Chapter Summaries

Su Chen watched Oscar awaken a Food-Type Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Yang Ye to offer him a place in Spirit Hall. As Su Chen considered whether Oscar should leave, someone announced that the Pope had arrived.

• Su Chen told Oscar that Flender had once been a Soul Saint and recalled that Oscar had refused Flender's offer because he cherished his home.
• Yang Ye arrived to awaken the village children’s Martial Souls, and the first three showed no Soul Master talent.
• Oscar touched the crystal ball, revealing Innate Full Soul Power, and summoned a Sausage Martial Soul.
• Yang Ye urged Oscar to join Spirit Hall and offered to recommend him for focused training.
• Oscar asked Su Chen what he should do, and Su Chen hesitated over whether leaving would be safer for him.
• A voice announced that the Pope had arrived at the Council Hall.

Bibi Dong investigated Su Chen’s reported Innate Full Soul Power and discovered that his awakening could absorb her soul power and produce a mysterious black-and-white Soul Ring. She ordered Su Chen taken to Spirit City and included Oscar after learning he had awakened an Innate Full Soul Power food-type Martial Soul.

• Bibi Dong arrived to examine Su Chen, who stood before her while the others knelt.
• Su Chen injected soul power into a crystal ball, which darkened and shattered as his power continued to pour into it.
• Bibi Dong tried to stimulate Su Chen’s Martial Soul Awakening, but he began absorbing her soul power and formed a Soul Ring.
• The initially white Soul Ring gathered black wisps and became a unique black-and-white ring, after which Su Chen fell asleep.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to take Su Chen to Spirit City, then ordered them to take Oscar as well when Yang Ye reported his awakening.

Su Chen recovered under Bibi Dong’s care and became her second personal disciple, while Spirit Hall remained unable to identify his mysterious martial soul. When Hu Liena tested him with her charm and Fox Fire, Su Chen resisted both and released unusually dense Soul Power, leaving Bibi Dong puzzled about its true nature.

• Bibi Dong told Su Chen that Oscar was safe and had been assigned a food-type Soul Douluo instructor.
• After three days of recovery, Su Chen met Hu Liena, who demanded that he call her big sister.
• Hu Liena used her enchanting power on Su Chen, but he resisted it despite having less Soul Power than her.
• Hu Liena attacked with Fox Fire, and Su Chen’s Soul Power released a sinister wind that shriveled the flames.
• Bibi Dong noticed Su Chen’s Soul Power seemed far denser than his level 20 measurement and wondered if his martial soul compressed it.

Su Chen tested his first soul skill and produced two affectionate Soul Power creatures, which he named Little Black and Little White. After Bibi Dong left him with Hu Liena, Su Chen studied Spirit City’s defenses and began to grasp Spirit Hall’s strength.

• Hu Liena pounced on Su Chen and teased him until Bibi Dong told her to stop.
• Su Chen activated his first soul skill and produced two black-and-white Soul Power spheres that grew eyes and sucked Soul Power from Bibi Dong’s finger.
• Su Chen named the creatures Little Black and Little White, but they soon faded away.
• Bibi Dong left Hu Liena to show Su Chen around Spirit City and arranged for him to hunt a Soul Ring the next day.
• Su Chen examined Spirit City’s walls and learned that each patrol team had at least thirty Soul Ancestors, while Hu Liena complained that he was ignoring her.

Su Chen found a flower shop in Spirit City and bought common wildflowers, then ground and burned them to create fragrant incense. Hu Liena tried meditating in the calming smoke, while Su Chen prepared to show her the flowers’ unexpected use.

• Su Chen noticed a familiar scent and led Hu Liena into an inconspicuous flower shop run by an elderly woman.
• Su Chen recognized the shop’s Muli Flower as Fragrant Soul Grass and reflected on the differences between the empires and his ambition to unify the continent.
• Hu Liena paid for the flowers, then questioned Su Chen about why he had bought them.
• Su Chen returned to his room with Hu Liena, ground the flowers into powder, mixed them, and lit the mixture in an incense burner.
• Hu Liena inhaled the calming fragrance and began meditating on her Soul Power.

Su Chen tested an incense that improved Hu Liena’s meditation before Yan burst in, jealous of Su Chen’s closeness with her, and challenged him to a duel. During the fight, Su Chen’s Little Black and Little White devoured Yan’s lava attack and slightly increased Su Chen’s Soul Power.

• Hu Liena confirmed that Su Chen’s incense calmed her mind and improved her meditation efficiency.
• Yan burst into the room, accused Su Chen of luring Hu Liena away, and challenged him to a duel.
• Su Chen and Yan went to a practice arena while Hu Liena worried that Su Chen lacked a soul skill and went to find Xie Yue.
• Yan used his first soul skill, Hell Lava Surge, against Su Chen.
• Su Chen released Little Black and Little White, which reverted Yan’s lava to Soul Power and began devouring it.
• Su Chen sensed that Little Black and Little White’s devouring was slowly increasing his Soul Power.

Su Chen defeated Yan with his Soul Skills, then stopped before killing him and insisted that the Spirit Hall disciples should become companions. The chapter left Su Chen proposing that they cooperate, inspired by the effects of blended incense.

• Yan attacked Su Chen with his lava-covered arm and unleashed his full-strength strike, but Su Chen froze him with Soul-Reaping Ghoul and began draining his Soul Power with Life-Claiming Impermanence.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue tried to interrupt Su Chen’s Soul Skill, but their mental attack was overwhelmed; Su Chen then reversed his soul rings and stopped the skill himself.
• Yan admitted defeat and vowed to become stronger and win Nana back, while Su Chen denied that Yan understood the situation correctly.
• Yue Guan arrived, asked what had happened, and ordered Yan to report to the Teaching Hall for sparring without permission.
• Su Chen offered to accompany Yan and urged Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena to act as companions, then suggested they might benefit from cooperating like the ingredients in the incense.

Su Chen discovered that meditation led him into a strange inner realm with the Gates of Hell and two mysterious companions, Little Black and Little White. He suspected they were Original Soul Spirits and approached the gates to test his theory.

• The Teaching Hall gave Su Chen, Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue twenty lashes each for their earlier dispute.
• Xie Yue offered to teach Su Chen meditation, and the group began cultivating together.
• Su Chen entered a silent inner realm where Little Black and Little White led him past ghostly figures toward the Gates of Hell.
• Su Chen connected the two companions to Black and White Impermanence and concluded they might be Original Soul Spirits.
• Believing the Gates of Hell were part of his sea of consciousness, Su Chen strode toward them to verify his guess.

Su Chen was trapped beyond the Gates of Hell, where strange Soul Power invaded his body and left him unconscious. Master Ping explained that an Immortal Herb might cure him by reshaping his meridians, but his meaning remained unclear as the chapter ended.

• Su Chen entered the Road to the Underworld and found that resentment prevented Little Black and Little White from approaching the roadside seedlings.
• Su Chen discovered unfamiliar Soul Power rampaging through his meridians and tried to flee, but howls and a powerful assault knocked him unconscious.
• Su Chen awoke before Bibi Dong, Xie Yue, and Master Ping, who said hundreds of strands of Heterogeneous Soul Power had afflicted his body.
• Master Ping said Su Chen could wait until he became a Soul Emperor to dissolve the strange Soul Power or seek a pure-yang Immortal Herb such as the Ten-Thousand Year Ginseng King.
• Bibi Dong questioned Master Ping about reshaping Su Chen's meridians, and he answered, “without destruction, there can be no rebirth.”

Bibi Dong rejected Ping Su’s risky suggestion to break and rebuild Su Chen’s meridians, and Ping Su prescribed medicine and rest to manage his condition. Su Chen’s friends visited him, and he reassured them despite his pain as Hu Liena and Oscar showed their concern.

• Bibi Dong questioned Ping Su about safer treatment, and he gave Su Chen a prescription to strengthen his foundation and advised him not to use much Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen to rest, then left with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Xie Yue apologized to Su Chen and fled the room, while Su Chen was too injured to follow him.
• Oscar visited Su Chen, explained that Mr. Hu had become his teacher, and described his advice to build up Soul Power before advancing.
• Hu Liena rushed to see Su Chen and accidentally worsened his pain when she tried to pat his head.
• Su Chen comforted Hu Liena and Oscar, then gave them both head pats, which they accepted quietly.

Bibi Dong sought the Elders Hall’s approval to use the Rebirth Green Lotus to save Su Chen, but Qiandao Liu opposed spending the rare herb on an unproven genius. He agreed to examine Su Chen, and their meeting ended with Qiandao Liu discovering that his Angel Soul Power was withering when it touched Su Chen’s.

• Snake Lance Douluo She Long and Pufferfish Douluo opposed Bibi Dong’s plan, while Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo backed her.
• Qiandao Liu dismissed the elders and told Bibi Dong he opposed using the Rebirth Green Lotus on Su Chen because Spirit Hall could not risk investing in a genius before he matured.
• Bibi Dong and Qiandao Liu’s Soul Power clash ended in a stalemate, and Qiandao Liu agreed to meet Su Chen before deciding.
• A week later, Su Chen met Qiandao Liu in Douluo Hall after recovering and learning to suppress his chaotic Heterogeneous Soul Power.
• Qiandao Liu tested Su Chen’s Soul Power and was astonished when his golden Angel Soul Power began to wither.

Qiandao Liu offered Su Chen the role of Spirit Hall’s Judgment Elder, but Su Chen refused to join his faction in exchange for the Rebirth Green Lotus. Qiandao Liu instead set Su Chen a three-year trial at one of the Five Element Academies, leaving Su Chen to wonder how he would disguise his unusual Martial Soul and which academy he would attend.

• Qiandao Liu explained that borrowing the Angel God’s power had capped his cultivation at rank ninety-nine, then asked Su Chen to become Spirit Hall’s Judgment Elder.
• Su Chen refused to change allegiance for the Rebirth Green Lotus, and Qiandao Liu offered him another chance to earn it by proving himself over three years.
• Qiandao Liu chose the Five Element Academies as Su Chen’s destination and ordered him to become the greatest genius there, defeat his opponents, and bring designated geniuses back to Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen accepted Qiandao Liu’s challenge, while Qiandao Liu planned to disguise Su Chen’s Martial Soul and identity and secretly supply his cultivation resources.
• After Qiandao Liu departed, Su Chen considered the academies’ Martial Soul requirements and wondered which one could accept him.

Su Chen left Spirit Hall for a three-year study and trial in the Heaven Dou Empire, carrying a fabricated identity. On the journey, Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that Su Chen’s martial soul was powerful enough to suppress Ghost Douluo’s despite their enormous level gap.

• Su Chen told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Oscar that he would study in the Heaven Dou Empire, and promised Oscar he would return in time for his entrance ceremony.
• Su Chen asked Xie Yue to look after the others before Chrysanthemum Douluo called him to depart.
• Su Chen boarded Chrysanthemum Douluo’s carriage and learned that his cover identity named his martial soul Netherworld Yellow Springs, a false identity Spirit Hall planned to support with fabricated ancient records.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Su Chen that his martial soul suppressed Ghost Douluo’s despite a difference of more than seventy levels.
• Su Chen realized his martial soul might rank as high as Bibi Dong’s or Qiandao Liu’s, recalling that his Soul Power had devoured Qiandao Liu’s Angel Soul Power.

Su Chen arrived in the Heaven Dou Empire to infiltrate Skywater Academy under a fabricated identity and secretly help Qian Renxue’s future bid for the throne. After Chrysanthemum Douluo handed him over to Shui Yue, Su Chen received the details of his cover and began memorizing them.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Su Chen that the High Priest had arranged a false identity and that he would enter Skywater Academy as part of a secret mission.
• Yue Guan brought Su Chen to a courtyard in Luca, where Shui Yue introduced herself as a level fifty-one control-type Soul King and his contact for the mission.
• Shui Yue explained that Skywater Academy accepted male students despite being attended mostly by women, and said she had graduated from the academy.
• Yue Guan gave Su Chen a storage Soul Tool containing the details of his fabricated identity, and Su Chen named the ring Naring.
• Su Chen found a detailed account of his supposed past and said he could memorize it easily, while Yue Guan left to escape the pressures surrounding the mission.

Su Chen traveled with Shui Yue to Skywater Academy under the false identity of her nephew, hoping to enroll despite being a boy. After Shui Qingxuan examined his displayed martial soul and talent, she said she would have accepted him if he had been a girl, leaving his enrollment uncertain.

• Su Chen received a letter from Hu Liena and told Shui Yue that he was ready to leave for Skywater Academy after three months of cultivation.
• Su Chen and Shui Yue traveled to Skywater Academy, where Shui Yue began addressing him by name and introduced him as her nephew.
• Su Chen and Shui Yue met Dean Shui Qingxuan in her office.
• Su Chen claimed Innate Full Soul Power and displayed a Netherworld Yellow Springs as his martial soul.
• Shui Qingxuan praised Su Chen's talent but said she would have taken him in if he had been a girl.

Su Chen persuaded Shui Qingxuan to admit him to Skywater Academy despite its history of enrolling only girls. At the freshman ceremony, his Innate Full Soul Power and Netherworld Yellow Springs Martial Soul drew attention, and he met the jealous but easily embarrassed Xue Wu.

• Su Chen argued that he needed Skywater Academy because his unusual Martial Soul might not be cultivated elsewhere, and Shui Qingxuan agreed to admit him on the condition that he not harass the female students.
• Two days later, Xue Wu introduced herself at the freshman enrollment ceremony, announcing her Delicate Dance Snow Ornament Martial Soul and level-eight Innate Soul Power.
• Su Chen introduced himself with Innate Full Soul Power and the Netherworld Yellow Springs Martial Soul, startling the students and drawing romantic attention from some of the girls.
• Shui Qingxuan told her granddaughter that Innate Full Soul Power was extremely rare, while Xue Wu resented Su Chen for taking the spotlight and silently vowed to defeat him.
• Su Chen approached Xue Wu and offered his friendship; when they shook hands, he felt her unusual chill and noticed her sickly pale complexion.

Su Chen settled into Skywater Academy’s Elite Class and demonstrated his knowledge of martial souls to his classmates. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong encouraged Hu Liena to study hard and be brave about her feelings for Su Chen.

• Su Chen and Xue Wu were assigned to Skywater Academy’s Elite Class after the entrance ceremony.
• Su Chen reflected on talent and soul-master theory as Shui Jing began teaching the class.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Su Chen had enrolled at Skywater Academy and that she would join Spirit Hall Academy soon.
• Hu Liena vowed not to let her junior brother surpass her, and Bibi Dong encouraged her to speak bravely about her feelings.
• Shui Jing asked Su Chen to explain martial souls, and he described their categories, including the rare pure agility type.

Su Chen began using his acupoint chart to dissolve the Heterogeneous Soul Power in his meridians, making slow progress while discovering its dangerous force. After sleeping with his Soul Power circulating, he attended physical training, where Crystal assigned the students a hundred laps around the track.

• Su Chen declined a female student's invitation and returned to his private dormitory after classes.
• Su Chen directed Soul Power through the Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian and began dissolving the Heterogeneous Soul Power there.
• A stream of supposedly dissolved Heterogeneous Soul Power burst from Su Chen's fingertip and pierced the wall, so he proceeded more cautiously.
• Su Chen assimilated two or three tenths of the smaller streams in the meridian, then ate egg fried rice and went to sleep with Little Black and Little White maintaining his Soul Power circulation.
• Crystal ordered the students to run one hundred laps around the track, a forty-thousand-meter challenge for the young girls.

Su Chen joined Skywater Academy’s one-hundred-lap training and recognized that the impossible task was meant to teach students to respect their limits. After class, he focused on treating the Heterogeneous Soul Power within him, but Xue Wu visited with food and asked how he had understood the training.

• Shui Jing ordered the students to run one hundred laps, and Su Chen calmly began while explaining through his actions that they should stop when they could no longer continue.
• Xue Wu collapsed after twenty-three laps, and Su Chen helped her up before asking Shui Jing whether the training could end.
• Shui Jing told the class that Skywater Academy valued students’ well-being and wanted them to live well rather than become the strongest Soul Masters.
• Su Chen returned to his dormitory to prepare to open another acupoint and neutralize the Heterogeneous Soul Power, but Xue Wu arrived with a homemade meal to thank him.
• Xue Wu asked why Su Chen had started running without hesitation, and he explained that the academy had never expected the students to complete an impossible task.

Su Chen continued cultivating until his Soul Power reached level twenty-eight, then joined his classmates for their first Soul Master combat training at the Tianshui Soul Arena. The sight of the arena’s memorial stone stirred a familiar but unexplained feeling in him.

• Xue Wu envied Su Chen’s Innate Full Soul Power, and Su Chen told her about Hu Liena’s rapid cultivation and offered to ask her about her methods.
• Over the next half year, Su Chen opened the Shangyang and Erjian Acupoints, stabilized his Soul Power, and reached level twenty-eight.
• Shui Jing took the students to the Tianshui Soul Arena and explained its battle types and formats, warning them against death matches and wager matches.
• Su Chen chose to register for singles, disappointing classmates who had hoped to pair with him for doubles.
• Shui Jing told the students that the names on the arena’s stone monument belonged to people who had died there, and Su Chen felt something familiar as he touched it.