Chapter Summaries

Su Wen defeated Blazing Fire Academy’s students in a sixteen-match gauntlet, overwhelming Huo Wushuang and the rest with his mastery of flames. After the exchange match, Blazing Sun brought him to the Sea of Fire and began teaching him Blazing Sun, his ultimate technique.

• Su Wen used flame explosions to charge Huo Wushuang and defeated his attacks with swift, powerful punches.
• Su Wen burned and overwhelmed Huo Wushuang, then continued defeating Blazing Fire Academy’s students in succession.
• Su Wen eliminated Mo Yan and won the exchange match after sixteen battles, leaving the academy’s students impressed and dejected.
• Huo Wu asked Su Wen how he cultivated, and he credited his advantage to developing flames; Blazing Sun warned the students that Su Wen’s path was unsuitable for them before becoming Soul Saints.
• Blazing Sun took Su Wen to the deepest part of the Sea of Fire and began explaining how he had built his Blazing Sun technique by fusing six of his Soul Skills.

Huo Tianyang explained the requirements for learning Blazing Sun, and Su Wen used his Copy Soul Skill to master the core technique. Su Wen began training at Blazing Fire Academy, while Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo prepared to meet him in Godwind City after seven days.

• Huo Tianyang explained that Su Wen needed abilities resembling his four foundational Soul Skills to learn Blazing Sun, with Brilliant Sun as the most difficult requirement.
• Su Wen learned that Brilliant Sun was Huo Tianyang’s Fourth Soul Skill and borrowed Huo Tianyang’s blood to use Copy, then recreated the fiery energy-gathering technique.
• Huo Tianyang realized Su Wen could quickly master the remaining foundational Soul Skills and agreed to teach him Blazing Sun.
• Huo Tianyang spent half a day explaining Blazing Sun’s structure, and Su Wen began cultivating it under his guidance.
• Dugu Bo watched over Dugu Yan as she absorbed her Soul Bone and stored its toxins, while Dugu Yan said Su Wen would train for seven days before meeting them in Godwind City.

Su Wen learned to develop Blazing Sun from Huo Tianyang and mastered its basic form in seven days, then heard how Huo Tianyang had advanced it with additional Soul Skills. After exchanging gifts and leaving for Godwind Academy, Su Wen realized his copied Blazing Fire Tyrant Dragon was consuming his soul power rapidly.

• Huo Tianyang taught Su Wen to condense Brilliant Sun from Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and use it to power Blazing Sun.
• Su Wen quickly mastered the energy conversion and, over seven days, developed an unstable basic Blazing Sun that covered a ten-meter radius.
• Huo Tianyang explained how Blazing Fire Meteor and Blazing Fire Dragon's Wrath could enhance Blazing Sun, and Su Wen completed another round of cultivation.
• Su Wen gave Huo Tianyang a Book Page recording his Internal Energy circulation route, and Huo Tianyang gave him a crystal ball to deliver to Godwind Academy's dean.
• Su Wen left for Godwind Academy and realized that copying Blazing Fire Tyrant Dragon was causing his soul power to drain rapidly.

Su Wen realized that maintaining Huo Tianyang’s copied Blazing Fire Tyrant Dragon consumed enormous Soul Power and considered which copied abilities to keep and how to develop Blazing Sun. After rejoining the Royal Fight Team in Godwind City, he signed up for challenging matches and arranged to visit Godwind Academy before catching up with the team.

• Su Wen discovered that maintaining the copied Blazing Fire Tyrant Dragon had drained much of his Soul Power and that keeping it could let him experience Huo Tianyang’s later Soul Skills after reaching Soul King.
• Su Wen decided to discard several copied martial souls, retain selected fire abilities, and explore integrating the Flame Flower martial soul’s three Soul Skills into Blazing Sun.
• Su Wen arrived in Godwind City after traveling alone for ten days and reunited with Ning Rongrong and the Royal Fight Team.
• Su Wen signed up for a 2v2 challenge against a Soul Ancestor pair and a team battle against a Silver Soul Dou Soul Elder team despite Qin Ming’s objections.
• Su Wen asked Qin Ming for leave to visit Godwind Academy, and Qin Ming agreed that he could travel directly to Elephant Armor City afterward.
• Su Wen left the Royal Fight Team and arrived at Godwind Academy.

Su Wen arranged an exchange match at Godwind Academy, where his age and Soul Power Level impressed Dean Yun Fei and the academy’s elite students. At Shrek Academy, Grandmaster began preparing Flender for a plan involving Blue Tyrant Academy after receiving a reply from his father.

• Su Wen gave Yun Fei Huo Tianyang’s token and asked to cultivate at Godwind Academy and exchange pointers with its elite students.
• Yun Fei agreed to arrange an exchange match, and Su Wen told Director Mo he would fight one-on-one using only his Wind Attribute Elemental Control ability.
• Director Mo introduced Su Wen to Feng Xiaotian and the six other competition candidates, then revealed that Su Wen was fourteen and Level 39, prompting them to take him seriously.
• Yun Fei reflected that Su Wen’s ability could spur Feng Xiaotian to focus more on cultivation instead of his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• At Shrek Academy, Grandmaster told Flender about Blue Tyrant Academy and confirmed it was founded by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while preparing him for a plan he had not yet revealed.

Grandmaster connected the Su Wen in his father's letter to the powerful young soul master he knew and considered how to bring Tianheng to Shrek. At Godwind Academy, Su Wen faced Feng Xiaotian's strongest self-created skill and evaded its final slash.

• Grandmaster concluded that Su Wen's martial soul mutation explained his extraordinary cultivation speed and considered persuading Tianheng to join Shrek or arranging for Shrek to merge with Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Su Wen defeated six members of Godwind Academy's battle team, leaving only Feng Xiaotian to fight.
• Feng Xiaotian used his soul skills to prepare his self-created skill, Swift Wind Demon Wolf Eighteen Consecutive Slashes, and attacked Su Wen.
• Su Wen countered the escalating slashes with Rasengan techniques, a Rasen Shuriken, and a Great Ball Rasengan.
• Feng Xiaotian launched his eighteenth slash, and Su Wen formed cyan wings to flash past it.

Su Wen defeated Feng Xiaotian’s Swift Wind Demon Wolf Eighteen Consecutive Slashes and then discussed ways to improve the technique. Feng Xiaotian resolved to focus on breaking through Level 40, while Su Wen sought to learn from his airflow-conversion method.

• Su Wen dodged Feng Xiaotian’s final slash, and Feng Xiaotian landed gravely injured after unleashing his eighteen-strike technique.
• Director Mo praised Feng Xiaotian’s Self-Created Soul Skill but reprimanded him for neglecting cultivation, and Feng Xiaotian promised to enter seclusion and attempt to break through Level 40.
• Director Mo arranged an exchange of insights between Su Wen and the seven members of the Divine Wind Battle Team.
• Su Wen advised Feng Xiaotian to focus on stacking speed, strengthen his wind-blade attacks, and reduce the strain his technique placed on his body.
• Feng Xiaotian understood Su Wen’s suggestions, while Su Wen hoped to reference Feng Xiaotian’s airflow-conversion technique for dispersing and transforming force.

Su Wen completed his training at Divine Wind Academy, traveled to Elephant Armor City, and reunited with the Royal Fight Team. He and Ning Rongrong were matched against two powerful Elephant Armor Sect members for a 2v2 challenge.

• Su Wen exchanged techniques with Feng Xiaotian, then trained in Wind Demon Valley for ten days while learning to control and redirect the airflow.
• Su Wen traveled toward Elephant Armor City, continued studying battles along the way, and arrived before the Royal Fight Team.
• Qin Ming noticed Su Wen's changed demeanor and advised the team to avoid drawing attention in Elephant Armor City.
• Ning Rongrong replenished her Engraving Enhancement Book Pages, while Su Wen noticed that Dugu Yan's toxins had been cleared and her appearance had changed.
• Qin Ming told Su Wen and Ning Rongrong they would face two direct Elephant Armor Sect members whose Diamond Mammoth Martial Souls and Soul Power above Level 45 made them formidable opponents.

Su Wen and Ning Rongrong fought the Huyan brothers in the Arena, where Su Wen’s Blazing Sun domain overwhelmed their strength and defense. Su Wen won the match, leaving the brothers pinned beneath the Giant Stone Array.

• Su Wen told Ning Rongrong to fly above the Arena and support him with her Soul Skills while staying out of the fight.
• Ning Rongrong buffed Su Wen as Huyan Daxiong and Huyan Erxiong activated their defensive and strength-boosting Soul Skills.
• Su Wen spread his Blazing Sun domain and used the Fire Demon Style to keep the brothers at bay with powerful flames.
• Huyan Daxiong and Huyan Erxiong unleashed their Fourth Soul Skills, but Su Wen defended against their attacks and kept his distance.
• Su Wen’s Giant Stone Array pinned the exhausted Huyan brothers to the Arena floor, and the host declared the 'Humility Makes People Progress' duo the winner.

After his difficult battle against Hu Yan Shuang Xiong, Su Wen recognized that his advantages were fading as his Soul Power grew and resolved to develop a Soul Ring Replacement Method. At the Elephant Armor Sect, Hu Yan Li analyzed Su Wen’s many Soul Skills for Hu Yan Zhen.

• Su Wen reflected that his Martial Soul lacked a defining combat specialty and that his early Soul Rings weakened him against powerful opponents.
• Su Wen decided to prioritize raising his first three Soul Rings’ ages through replacement and identified Soul Ring detonation as a possible way to free a Soul Ring slot.
• Hu Yan Li led Hu Yan Shuang Xiong back to the Elephant Armor Sect and asked them to report how the fight against Su Wen had felt.
• Hu Yan Zhen heard the brothers’ account, then Hu Yan Li pointed out that Su Wen had displayed at least five categories of Soul Skills and likely another flame-based skill.

Hu Yan Zhen and Hu Yan Li deduced that Su Wen, known as “Ignorant Scholar,” possessed multiple Soul Bones and planned to ambush him for them. As the team left Elephant Armor City, Su Wen asked Qin Ming for permission to survey the nearby terrain, unaware that he had been targeted.

• Hu Yan Zhen identified Su Wen’s fire abilities as Huo Tianyang’s Blazing Sun and reasoned that Su Wen must have more soul skills than he had displayed.
• Hu Yan Li concluded that Su Wen likely possessed at least two Soul Bones, and Hu Yan Zhen agreed to investigate before making a move.
• After gathering intelligence, Hu Yan Zhen decided the Elephant Armor Sect could target Su Wen, while avoiding the rest of the Royal Fight Team.
• Seven days after arriving in Elephant Armor City, Su Wen and the others prepared to leave, and Qin Ming explained the steep borderland terrain along their route.
• Su Wen asked Qin Ming to let him observe and record the surroundings, and Qin Ming allowed him to go.

Su Wen developed the Earth-element Mountain Flipping Seal while observing the mountains, then sensed danger from Hu Yan Zhen of the Elephant Armor Sect. Hu Yan Zhen demanded a soul bone, and Su Wen broke free of his Soul Power pressure by restoring his strength before fleeing toward a cliff as Hu Yan Zhen attacked.

• Su Wen used the Earth element and the Giant Stone Array to form a powerful move he named Mountain Flipping Seal.
• Su Wen's Illusion Spirit Eye warned him of danger, and Hu Yan Zhen arrived and identified himself as being from the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Hu Yan Zhen demanded Su Wen's soul bone and concluded from his reaction that he possessed one.
• Su Wen revealed he was a rank forty-eight Soul Ancestor, swallowed an Earth Origin Ginseng, and recovered his Soul Power.
• Su Wen broke Hu Yan Zhen's pressure and fled toward the cliff as Hu Yan Zhen unleashed Crushing Kill and Gravity Squeeze.

Su Wen escaped Hu Yan Zhen’s attack and reunited with Dugu Bo, who confronted the Elephant Armor Sect leader for attacking him. Dugu Bo demanded Soul Bone compensation, and Hu Yan Zhen began offering one as Su Wen rejected the first proposal.

• Su Wen weakened Hu Yan Zhen’s Gravity Squeeze, escaped over a cliff, and flew back toward his team.
• Hu Yan Zhen headed for the Royal Fight Team’s encampment, where he encountered Dugu Bo and Su Wen.
• Su Wen identified Hu Yan Zhen as his attacker, and Dugu Bo accused him of attacking a junior.
• Dugu Bo demanded Soul Bone compensation, while Hu Yan Zhen tried to justify his actions and offer a settlement.
• Hu Yan Zhen offered a Five Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, and Su Wen dismissed it as scraps.

Dugu Bo forced Hu Yan Zhen to surrender three soul bones to settle the Elephant Armor Sect’s grievance with Su Wen, then offered them to Su Wen. Su Wen declined to absorb them and explained the risks of soul-bone conflicts, leaving with two lower-year bones for other uses.

• Dugu Bo mocked Hu Yan Zhen and demanded soul bones from the Elephant Armor Sect as compensation for its grievance with Su Wen.
• Hu Yan Zhen agreed to give Dugu Bo one Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, a Five Thousand Year Head Soul Bone, and another Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo accompanied Hu Yan Zhen to the Elephant Armor Sect, collected the three soul bones, and warned him not to let news of Su Wen’s soul bones spread or threaten him again.
• Dugu Bo privately warned Su Wen to stop recording terrain for a while and offered him the three soul bones.
• Su Wen said he had no soul bones and did not plan to absorb any yet, explaining that conflicts between multiple soul bones could kill a Soul Master.
• Su Wen took a three-thousand-year Phantom Light Beast Soul Bone and a five-thousand-year Giant Water Rhinoceros Head Soul Bone for other uses.

Su Wen developed a method to copy and permanently engrave a Soul Bone skill into his Visualization Method, gaining the Phantom Light skill. After a month of training, Ning Rongrong reached Level 30 and Su Wen reached Level 49, and Su Wen told Qin Ming the group could return to the academy when training ended.

• Su Wen tested merging the Phantom Light Beast Soul Bone with his Flame Clone, then used his Fourth Soul Skill and Book Pages to analyze and copy the Soul Bone’s skill.
• Su Wen repeatedly copied the Phantom Light Beast Soul Bone’s skill over the next month, recording how his Martial Soul changed and reflecting the results into his Visualization Method.
• Su Wen permanently engraved the Phantom Light skill and demonstrated it by forming a ball of light in his palm.
• Su Wen reflected on how the Illusion Spirit Eye had fully fused with him when Hu Yan Zhen’s threat made it warn him to flee.
• Ning Rongrong broke through to Level 30, while Su Wen reached Level 49, though Qin Ming and the others believed Su Wen had reached Level 40.
• Qin Ming asked whether Su Wen had chosen his Fourth Soul Ring, and Su Wen said he had decided but told Qin Ming that everyone could return to the academy after training.

Su Wen and the Royal Fight Team reached Suotuo City, where he and Ning Rongrong began competing in the Great Soul Arena. After the arena arranged a match against the famous Shrek Team, Qin Ming asked his students not to injure them, while Yu Tianheng insisted on testing their strength.

• Qin Ming offered to help Su Wen and Ning Rongrong obtain Soul Rings, but Su Wen explained that he planned to seek a high-year Space Attribute Soul Ring and Qin Ming accepted his decision.
• Half a month later, the Royal Fight Team arrived in Suotuo City and registered at the Great Soul Arena, where Su Wen learned the Shrek Team had built a winning reputation.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong won their first 2v2 match against twin brothers with spear-type Martial Souls while Grandmaster watched and wondered how Su Wen had developed so many Self-Created Soul Skills.
• Four days after the Royal Fight Team arrived, the Great Soul Arena arranged a match between them and the Shrek Team, including a 2v2 bout for Su Wen and Ning Rongrong against Thousand Hands Shura and Soft Bone Charming Rabbit.
• Qin Ming asked the Royal Fight Team to avoid injuring Shrek's members, especially by controlling poison, but Yu Tianheng said he would fight seriously and test their strength.

Su Wen identified Shrek Team’s new defensive member and warned Yu Tianheng’s team about Tang San and Xiao Wu before facing them in a two-on-two match with Ning Rongrong. Su Wen’s flames blocked Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass and badly burned Xiao Wu, leaving Tang San enraged.

• Su Wen reviewed Shrek Team’s roster, recognized Tang San and Xiao Wu from their code names, and warned Yu Tianheng’s team about their abilities and relationship.
• Su Wen and Ning Rongrong faced Tang San and Xiao Wu in the arena, where Tang San recognized Su Wen and was shocked by his Soul Elder cultivation.
• Su Wen used Fire Demon Style without releasing his Martial Soul, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass failed to break through his wall of fire.
• Xiao Wu charged Su Wen with her third Soul Skill, but Su Wen struck her with a Flame Fist and sent her flying with burns on her leg.
• Tang San’s eyes turned red when he saw Xiao Wu injured.

Su Wen countered Tang San’s Hidden Weapons and fought him after Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances, while Dugu Bo recognized the External Soul Bone and coveted it. As Tang San kept Su Wen occupied, Xiao Wu advanced toward Ning Rongrong despite her injuries.

• Yu Tianheng realized Tang San’s rage reflected the same loss of control Su Wen had warned about, and reconsidered his view of Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang San attacked Su Wen with Hidden Weapons, but Su Wen’s Giant Stone Array and airflow disrupted their trajectories and helped him evade them.
• Su Wen threw a Rasen Shuriken toward Xiao Wu and clashed with Tang San using a Rasengan, making Tang San retreat from the direct impact.
• Tang San revealed his Eight Spider Lances, and Dugu Bo recognized them as an incompletely fused External Soul Bone from a poisonous spider-type soul beast.
• Su Wen used the Wind Fire Rasengan to interrupt Tang San’s close-range attacks, while Xiao Wu moved toward Ning Rongrong despite her burns.

Su Wen defeated Tang San after Ning Rongrong outmaneuvered Xiao Wu and knocked her off the Arena Platform. The loss left Tang San questioning whether he should have cultivated his other Martial Soul instead of Blue Silver Grass.

• Xiao Wu tried to eliminate Ning Rongrong, but Ning Rongrong dodged her Scorpion Braid and pushed her off the Arena Platform.
• Su Wen studied Tang San's Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track with Illusion Spirit Eye, then defeated Tang San after a ten-minute battle.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Xiao Wu at the Arena Platform's edge while Su Wen and the others left the match.
• Grandmaster privately told Tang San that Su Wen's higher Soul Power explained the loss and reflected that Xiao Wu's mistake had cost them a chance to turn the fight around.
• Tang San asked Grandmaster whether cultivating his other Martial Soul would have kept him from being so passive against Su Wen's flames.

After Tang San’s defeat, Grandmaster explained that his real advantage would come from cultivating his second Martial Soul later and warned him about the unusual abilities of “Tiny Support.” Meanwhile, Dugu Bo questioned Su Wen about Tang San’s unfused External Soul Bone, leaving Su Wen to consider Dugu Bo’s intentions.

• Tang San’s defeat by Su Wen made him realize how badly his Blue Silver Grass was disadvantaged against powerful Fire Attribute Soul Masters, and Grandmaster asked whether he still wanted to cultivate his second Martial Soul.
• Grandmaster explained that Tang San should wait until he reached Soul Saint before adding Soul Rings to his second Martial Soul, which could help him challenge a Titled Douluo at the Soul Douluo stage.
• Grandmaster told Tang San that “Tiny Support” had developed Wind and Fire abilities alongside her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Tang San noticed how similar her abilities were to Su Wen’s.
• Dugu Bo took Su Wen aside, asked about Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, and declared that the External Soul Bone had not been fully fused.