Chapter Summaries

Su Chen entered a one-on-one match at the Soul Arena and faced Niu Jing, a powerful Man Bull martial soul user. He defeated Niu Jing with the newly practiced Six Meridian Divine Sword, though he judged its range and execution to be limited.

• Su Chen paid the registration fee and waited for his turn in the solo division.
• The host introduced Niu Jing, a level-twenty-six Soul Grandmaster, and Su Chen, a level-twenty-eight control-type Battle Soul Master from Skywater Academy.
• Niu Jing mocked Su Chen and assumed he was a girl, prompting Su Chen to clarify that he was a man as the crowd jeered.
• Niu Jing activated his Brute Force soul skill and charged, while Su Chen stayed calm and declined to use a soul skill.
• Su Chen used the Six Meridian Divine Sword's Shang Yang Sword to shoot a sharp sword aura through Niu Jing's shoulder.
• Su Chen assessed the technique's short effective range, while the audience praised his impressive skill.

Su Chen defeated Niu Jing in his first Soul Arena match, revealing both the power and limits of his Shang Yang Sword. Afterward, Little Black and Little White fed on traces of soul energy lingering around the stone monument, leaving the nature of the sensation unexplained.

• Su Chen tested Niu Jing's Second Soul Skill, Mud Bull Force, and found that it reduced the Shang Yang Sword Qi's damage.
• Su Chen dodged Niu Jing's attacks and wounded him with repeated sword qi until Niu Jing surrendered.
• The commentator declared Su Chen the winner, while most spectators booed because they had bet on Niu Jing.
• Shui Qingxuan watched Su Chen from the stands, praised his performance, and disappeared before he could approach her.
• Su Chen summoned Little Black and Little White, who greedily devoured traces of soul lingering near the stone monument before returning to his body to rest.

Su Chen faced Chihuo Academy prodigy Huo Wushuang in a Soul Arena match, confident that his higher Soul Power would secure victory. The match began with Huo Wushuang firing a guided Fireball at him.

• Su Chen signed up for another match and learned that his opponent would be Huo Wushuang.
• Xue Wu offered Su Chen records of Huo Wushuang's past matches, but Su Chen said he already understood his abilities and was not worried.
• The host introduced Huo Wushuang and Su Chen, and spectators from Chihuo Academy and Skywater Academy cheered for their respective contestants.
• Huo Wushuang released his Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, while Su Chen judged its purity inferior to Yan's Flame Lord.
• Su Chen revealed that his Soul Power was Rank 29 compared with Huo Wushuang's Rank 27, then the match began.
• Huo Wushuang used his first Soul Skill, Fireball, launching a dark-red orb whose path he could guide with Soul Power.

Su Chen defeated Huo Wushuang in the Soul Arena by exposing the limits of his fireball and using Little Black and Little White to drain and immobilize him. The Chihuo Academy headmaster surrendered to prevent lasting harm, leaving Huo Wushuang furious as Su Chen was declared the winner.

• Su Chen used Shang Yang Sword Qi to wound Huo Wushuang and reveal that his fireball’s tracking depended on his control.
• Huo Wushuang rose again and attacked with renewed resolve, but Su Chen summoned Little Black and Little White to devour the fireball’s Soul Power.
• Huo Wushuang unleashed Smoke Spray, and Su Chen displayed a white Soul Ring that appeared to be ten years old.
• Su Chen used Soul-Reaping Ghoul and Life-Claiming Impermanence to freeze Huo Wushuang and drain his Soul Power.
• The Chihuo Academy headmaster surrendered to protect Huo Wushuang, and the host declared Su Chen the winner.

After Su Chen defeated Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu became determined to understand and eventually defeat him, while Xue Wu asked Su Chen to team up for a doubles match. They registered as the Profound Darkness Duo, just as an angry woman arrived to confront Su Chen.

• Huo Yuan congratulated Shui Qingxuan on Su Chen’s victory, then prepared to leave with Huo Wushuang.
• Huo Wu asked to stay because she wanted to learn about Su Chen and defeat him herself.
• Xue Wu admitted she had lost two solo matches, and Su Chen agreed to partner with her in a doubles match.
• Su Chen let Xue Wu choose their team name, and they registered as the Profound Darkness Duo.
• An angry woman arrived and scolded Su Chen for enjoying himself while she had come all this way to find him.

Su Chen and Xue Wu faced Hu Liena and Xie Yue in a two-versus-two Soul Battle, where the siblings showed off their practiced coordination. The fight began with Xue Wu summoning dark clouds and Su Chen blocking Hu Liena’s attacks, leaving the battle underway.

• Hu Liena confronted Su Chen in the rest area, then took Xie Yue away after he said he was bringing Xue Wu to a doubles match.
• Su Chen and Xue Wu entered the arena as the Profound Darkness Duo to face the Crescent Moon Duo, whose twenty-two wins included a ten-match streak.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue prepared to test their training and Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Su Chen, who revealed his face and a chilling aura.
• Xue Wu used her first Soul Skill, Dark Clouds, while Hu Liena attacked her with Fox Fire.
• Su Chen used Shang Yang Sword Qi to destroy Hu Liena’s attacks, and Hu Liena activated her second Soul Skill, Guard.

Su Chen fought Xie Yue and then faced Hu Liena after she and her brother activated their Spirit Fusion, Alluring Charm. The chapter ended with Su Chen’s first soul skill countered, leaving him to choose another way to fight.

• Su Chen used his Self-Created Soul Skill Overclock to surprise Xie Yue, who blocked his attack with his First Soul Skill, Slash.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue activated their Spirit Fusion, Alluring Charm, and Hu Liena attacked Xue Wu.
• Su Chen shielded Xue Wu and sent her off the arena so he could fight Hu Liena without holding back.
• Huo Yuan worried that Huo Wushuang lagged behind the other young fighters, while Huo Wu reassured him.
• Su Chen used Soul-Reaping Ghoul, Life-Claiming Impermanence, but Hu Liena countered it by covering herself with Soul Power.
• Shui Bing'er asked Shui Qingxuan about Su Chen and learned that she could attend the academy district after awakening her martial soul and turning ten.

Su Chen defeated Hu Liena and Xie Yue in the Soul Arena by revealing a delayed finishing attack after they believed he had exhausted his strength. Three days later, Xie Yue woke and learned Su Chen had collapsed too, while keeping his strange dream of endless ghosts and a shattered moon to himself.

• Su Chen and Hu Liena fought at close range as their Soul Power and stamina rapidly dwindled.
• Hu Liena landed a heavy kick that ended Su Chen's Overclock, then raised her Moon Blade and called for him to admit defeat.
• Su Chen used Soul-Reaping Ghoul, Life-Claiming Impermanence to immobilize Hu Liena and drain her Soul Power, then struck Xie Yue with accumulated spiritual damage.
• The host declared Su Chen the winner, and all three fighters were taken away by their academies for treatment.
• Three days later, Xie Yue regained consciousness and learned from Hu Liena that Su Chen had reached his limit before his final attack.
• Xie Yue kept to himself his dream of fighting endless ghosts beneath a full moon that shattered.

Shui Qingxuan suppressed the Heterogeneous Soul Power in Su Chen's body, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue visited him as he recovered. When Shui Qingxuan checked on him, Su Chen discovered that her Ice Crystal Soul Power had left a second, chilling strand inside him.

• Shui Qingxuan told Jing that Su Chen's injuries were not serious, though a large amount of foreign Soul Power remained in his body, and said her own Soul Power had temporarily suppressed it.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue visited Su Chen, and Hu Liena brought him porridge made using his notes on medicinal herbs.
• Su Chen asked about Yan and learned that he had become a Soul Elder, trained relentlessly, and devised a way to counter Su Chen's first soul skill.
• Shui Qingxuan entered Su Chen's dormitory, and her Ice Crystal Soul Power caused a chill to surge through him when he circulated his own Soul Power.
• Su Chen told Hu Liena that he sensed another strand of Heterogeneous Soul Power, and Shui Qingxuan admitted she had infused it into him to suppress the dangerous power already inside his body.

After Shui Qingxuan’s Soul Power clashed with the Heterogeneous Soul Power inside Su Chen, he struggled to cultivate and received Frost Lotus pills to suppress the condition. He eventually left his dorm to take a walk, unaware that his pills would later inspire alchemy across the Douluo Continent.

• Su Chen stopped circulating his Soul Power before the conflicting energies could damage his meridians, and Shui Qingxuan told him to rest.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue reunited with Su Chen, explained that they attended Spirit Hall Academy, and revealed they were leaving that night.
• Two days later, Su Chen had mostly recovered physically, but the clashing Heterogeneous Soul Power made even slight cultivation dangerous.
• Shui Qingxuan gave Su Chen Frost Lotus seeds, and he refined them with other ingredients into pills that could suppress his condition for about fifteen minutes each.
• After remaining in his dorm for weeks, Su Chen went outside for a walk, not knowing his Ice Lotus Pills would make him revered as the founding ancestor of alchemists.

Su Chen visited Skywater Academy's elementary division and watched a Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, where Shui Binger revealed Innate Full Soul Power. The awakening crystal ball shattered, unnoticed amid the teachers' excitement over the academy gaining a second such prodigy in the same generation.

• Su Chen arrived at the elementary division and accepted a teacher's invitation to observe a Martial Soul Awakening ceremony.
• The first six children awakened ordinary Martial Souls and had Soul Power levels mostly between Three and Four, with only one reaching Level Five.
• Su Chen learned that the final girl, Shui Binger, was Shui Qingxuan's granddaughter and that Shui Qingxuan was away after receiving an invitation from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Shui Binger placed her hand on the crystal ball, which shone brilliantly and revealed her Innate Full Soul Power.
• The teachers celebrated Shui Binger's talent, while the crystal ball fell and shattered unnoticed.

Su Chen stabilized Shui Binger’s dangerous Martial Soul Awakening by using an Ice Lotus Pill and Shui Qingxuan’s Soul Power, but the effort triggered his Heterogeneous Soul Power. After recovering in the school infirmary, he learned why young children often cultivated slowly and wondered whether Tang San had neglected cultivation for Tang Sect secret arts.

• Su Chen gave Shui Binger an Ice Lotus Pill and used Shui Qingxuan’s Soul Power to stabilize the ice-attributed Soul Power overwhelming her.
• Shui Binger awakened her Ice Phoenix martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power, and Su Chen collapsed as his Heterogeneous Soul Power turned chaotic.
• The vice principal examined Su Chen in the infirmary, thanked him for saving Binger, and warned him that his Heterogeneous Soul Power could hinder his cultivation.
• Su Chen said his Soul Power had reached level twenty-nine, and the vice principal explained that young bodies often struggled to handle high-quality martial souls and systematic meditation.
• Su Chen wondered whether Tang San’s cultivation had remained slow because he devoted his attention to Tang Sect Hidden Weapons and secret arts.

After leaving the infirmary, Su Chen welcomed Shui Binger’s visit and agreed to take her as his disciple. Over the next month, he and Master Ping Su completed a medicinal formula as Su Chen’s Soul Power reached level thirty.

• Su Chen was discharged from the infirmary after five days of recovery.
• Shui Binger visited Su Chen to thank him, and he made her a sweetened drink from flowers.
• Shui Binger asked to become Su Chen’s disciple so she could learn his Shang Yang Sword Qi, and he agreed.
• Su Chen had Shui Binger meditate while he studied medicinal records and worked on a cultivation-improving formula.
• After a month, Su Chen reached level thirty and finished the formula he had developed with Master Ping Su.
• Shui Qingxuan arrived to take Shui Binger home and asked Su Chen about the herbs on his paper.

Su Chen joined two Soul Kings and three students on a trip into the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings, with his own Third Soul Ring ideally coming from a plant-type soul beast. The group was attacked by a powerful Wind Baboon in the territory of a large soul beast clan, and the two Soul Kings moved to protect the students.

• Shui Qingxuan advised Su Chen to seek a plant-type Soul Ring that might help balance his Soul Power, and he agreed to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Two days later, two Soul Kings led Su Chen and three students into the forest to hunt for Soul Rings.
• Su Chen suggested searching near rivers for aquatic soul beasts and possible plant-type soul beasts, but the stream they found held only weak fish.
• A Wind Baboon ambushed the group, and Su Chen used Little Black and Little White to pull the two girls out of danger.
• The two Soul Kings fought the Wind Baboon and realized the group had entered a large soul beast clan's territory; the injured baboon hurled its ice spears back at them.

Su Chen and the two teachers encountered an Azure Sea Spirit Ape and its Wind Baboon followers, whose poisonous attacks endangered the two students. The teachers contained the poison mist, but the fight continued as their water barrier began to weaken.

• Su Chen identified the Azure Sea Spirit Ape as a rare ten-thousand-year soul beast after its poison mist slowed the two students and threatened the teachers.
• Su Chen told a teacher to freeze the Azure Sea Spirit Ape's poison mist, and she used Ice Imprisonment to neutralize it.
• Several Wind Baboons attacked, so a teacher raised a water curtain that blocked their strikes and trapped the Azure Sea Spirit Ape.
• Su Chen struck down one Wind Baboon with Netherworld Tremor and attacked the Azure Sea Spirit Ape with Shang Yang Sword Qi, but the beast blocked the blow.
• The teachers continued fighting while the poison they had inhaled remained suppressed, and the defending teacher warned that the water curtain might soon break.

Su Chen used his second soul skill to stop the Azure Sea Spirit Ape from killing two classmates and helped the leading teacher finish it off. The beast died, but Su Chen collapsed after exhausting his Soul Power and suffering the effects of poison.

• The Azure Sea Spirit Ape shattered the leading teacher's ice spears and sent him flying, but Su Chen's Netherworld Tremor gave the teacher an opening to wound it near the eye.
• When the Azure Sea Spirit Ape charged toward two defenseless classmates, the leading teacher tried to stop Su Chen from intervening, but Su Chen refused to abandon them.
• Su Chen poured his remaining Soul Power into Netherworld Tremor, halting the beast and giving the leading teacher time to restrain it with Frost Array and Ice Imprisonment.
• The Azure Sea Spirit Ape broke free with a wounded arm and launched a final attack, but Su Chen used Netherworld Tremor again and knocked it down.
• Su Chen coughed up dark purple blood and collapsed as the Azure Sea Spirit Ape died from the leading teacher's ice spear.

A ninety-thousand-year Hell Demon Dragon sensed Su Chen and flew toward the forest’s edge, while Su Chen’s companions discovered that he had stopped breathing after the battle. Little Black and Little White devoured the Azure Sea Spirit Ape’s ten-thousand-year soul ring and merged back into Su Chen, but he did not wake before the dragon arrived and demanded that the teachers hand him over.

• A ninety-thousand-year Hell Demon Dragon sensed a familiar aura and set out to capture Su Chen in hopes of reaching a hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape sensed the dragon’s powerful presence and decided to investigate.
• After the Azure Sea Spirit Ape died, its Wind Baboons scattered, and the teachers found Su Chen without a breath or pulse.
• Little Black and Little White emerged from Su Chen, devoured the Azure Sea Spirit Ape’s ten-thousand-year soul ring, and merged into his body, but Su Chen remained motionless.
• The Hell Demon Dragon descended before the exhausted teachers and ordered them to put down Su Chen.

A Hell Demon Dragon took Su Chen’s corpse from the Skywater Academy teachers and returned to its dwelling, where it planned to find a way to keep him alive. After learning what happened, Shui Qingxuan ordered the incident kept quiet, while the dragon’s passage through the Star Dou Great Forest brought it into conflict with the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

• The Hell Demon Dragon suppressed the teachers with its Yin Water power, forced them to leave, and took Su Chen’s corpse through a purple portal.
• The dragon said Su Chen might help it overcome future cultivation bottlenecks, but it needed to keep him alive despite his half-dead state.
• Shui Qingxuan learned Su Chen had been taken by a powerful dragon-shaped Soul Beast and ordered the teachers not to spread the news.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python confronted the Hell Demon Dragon for entering its territory, and the dragon dismissed its warning.
• The Titan Giant Ape attacked the Hell Demon Dragon, lost a clash of strength, and mocked its ninety-thousand-year cultivation.

Ziji kept the gravely injured Su Chen alive inside Dragon Blood Crystal, hoping his unusual martial soul could help her break through to the hundred-thousand-year level. After a year, Su Chen regained consciousness, while Hu Liena and Spirit Hall believed he was dead and turned their anger toward their enemies.

• Ziji sealed Su Chen in Dragon Blood Crystal and estimated that his body might take years to recover.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Su Chen had died during Skywater Academy's soul-hunting expedition, and Hu Liena vowed revenge.
• Bibi Dong guided Oscar to hate Skywater Academy and Qiandao Liu while the truth about Su Chen remained hidden from him and Xie Yue.
• A year later, Ziji saw Su Chen awaken and explained that he could leave once he recovered enough to break out of the crystal.
• Su Chen told Ziji he wanted to return to his friends, and she left the cave to investigate the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Di Tian offered Ziji the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to help her become a Ferocious Beast, then proposed that they unite and have powerful offspring, prompting her to reject him in anger. After talking with Su Chen about human relationships, Ziji wondered whether strength could let someone live freely.

• Di Tian showed Ziji the captive Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and explained that its power could help her become a Ferocious Beast.
• Ziji rejected Di Tian’s proposal to unite for the sake of restoring the Dragon Clan, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm mocked Di Tian after she left.
• Ziji returned to her cave still angry, and Su Chen asked what had upset her.
• Ziji asked Su Chen how humans came together, and he described several kinds of relationships and marriages.
• Ziji asked whether having strength meant one could live freely, and her eyes lit up at the possibility.