Chapter Summaries

Su Hong took Zhang Lexuan to the Jingyang Mountain Range and caught a Mithril Spirit Ox to barbecue for her. As they began cooking, Su Hong promised that his barbecue would taste good.

• Su Hong and Zhang Lexuan arrived at the Jingyang Mountain Range and decided to have barbecue for lunch.
• Su Hong caught and slaughtered a Mithril Spirit Ox while its herd fled and later mourned their companion.
• Su Hong returned with the ox meat and told Zhang Lexuan that eating Mithril Spirit Ox could increase Spirit Soul Power.
• Su Hong set up a grill, cooked the meat, and served Zhang Lexuan grilled strips with dipping sauce.

Su Hong took Zhang Lexuan to a Silver Moon Wolf pack so she could obtain her First Soul Ring. After capturing or knocking out the other wolves, he left her a seven-hundred-and-forty-year-old wolf to hunt, and she began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Zhang Lexuan ate her fill of Su Hong's food before following him into the Jingyang Mountain Range to find a Silver Moon Wolf pack.
• The wolves attacked Su Hong and Zhang Lexuan, but Su Hong evaded them and captured or incapacitated the pack, leaving one seven-hundred-and-forty-year-old wolf behind.
• Su Hong gave Zhang Lexuan a dagger and assured her that her strengthened physique could safely absorb a Soul Ring above the book's recommended limit.
• Zhang Lexuan asked Su Hong about the book, Yu Xiaogang, and the existence of gods, and Su Hong answered her questions.
• Zhang Lexuan killed the unconscious Silver Moon Wolf and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

Su Hong brought Silver Moon Wolves and herbivorous Soul Beasts into his Demiplane, then waited while Zhang Lexuan absorbed her first Soul Ring. Zhang Lexuan successfully absorbed it and asked Su Hong about Soul Skills, but she had not yet revealed what skill she obtained.

• Su Hong entered the Demiplane, subdued the Silver Moon Wolves, and promised to provide them with food.
• Su Hong captured nearly three hundred herbivorous Soul Beasts, including Gold-eating Rabbits, and transplanted fruit trees and shrubs into the Demiplane.
• Su Hong returned to Zhang Lexuan and waited as she completed her Soul Ring absorption.
• Zhang Lexuan successfully absorbed her first Soul Ring and excitedly told Su Hong.
• Su Hong explained why enhancement-type Soul Skills remained useful and asked Zhang Lexuan what Soul Skill she had obtained.

After returning to Mingdu with Zhang Lexuan, Su Hong bought all the stock at Jinhua Flower Shop and commissioned Victor to gather ten million Gold Soul Coins' worth of durable flowers, plants, and trees, about half of them fruit-bearing. Su Hong stored the shop's goods in his Demiplane, left Victor a token to arrange delivery to the Imperial Palace, and vanished.

• Zhang Lexuan explained Silver Moon Blade's effects, and Su Hong judged it a useful First Soul Skill that Tian could later upgrade or replace.
• Su Hong flew Zhang Lexuan back to Mingdu, where she went to find Chen Leyao and he headed to a flower and plant shop.
• Su Hong bought the shop's entire stock, and manager Victor offered to obtain more flowers and plants for him.
• Su Hong ordered ten million Gold Soul Coins' worth of plants and trees, asking that they survive and that about half bear edible fruit.
• Su Hong stored the shop's goods in his Demiplane, told Victor to deliver the rest to the Imperial Palace, gave him a token, and vanished.

Su Hong planted flowers, trees, and seeds in his Demiplane, then exhausted his Spiritual Power accelerating the land by a year. While Su Hong slept, Su Hao transformed the Demiplane into a resource-rich world, and Su Hong woke to discover the changes and hear that it still needed more living creatures.

• Victor warned the Shop Assistant to keep Su Hong’s identity secret and rewarded him with a ten percent commission.
• Su Hong planted flowers, Fruit Trees, and seeds in his Demiplane, then accelerated the area by a year and fell asleep from Spiritual Power exhaustion.
• Su Hao sent golden light into Su Hong’s Demiplane, transforming its regions with forests, volcanoes, a desert, frozen lands, ocean resources, plains, and mineral veins.
• Su Hao arranged for the sun and moon to release essence that could change anything that absorbed it, then let the Demiplane’s tremors subside.
• Su Hong woke, noticed the transformed Demiplane, and heard Su Hao explain that he had made the changes and that more living creatures would need to be captured or await a long time to appear.
• Su Hong thanked Su Hao, who made no reply and resumed nurturing new laws.

After Su Hao finished transforming the Demiplane overnight, Su Hong found himself with unexpected free time and received a visit from Jing Hongchen, who questioned his background. Su Hong claimed he had studied at Shrek Academy and criticized its training and crowded facilities.

• Su Hong inspected the transformed Demiplane and decided Victor could still spend ten million Gold Soul Coins on flowers and grass for it.
• Su Hong reflected on his lack of plans until he would need to teach Jia Lin, then learned that Jing Hongchen had come to visit.
• Su Hong met Jing Hongchen in the front hall and denied belonging to a reclusive family.
• Su Hong told Jing Hongchen that he had studied at Shrek Academy for a year before leaving to cultivate on his own.
• Su Hong criticized Shrek Academy's training, resource access, and overcrowding, and Jing Hongchen said Sun Moon Empire academies had far fewer students sharing toilets.

Su Hong explained to Jing Hongchen why Shrek Academy’s resources and teaching were not worth pursuing, and Jing Hongchen acknowledged that the Sun Moon Empire lacked high-level Martial Soul talent. Su Hong agreed to join Sun Moon Royal Academy as Vice Dean, and Jing Hongchen obtained Xu Zhenyu’s approval.

• Su Hong told Jing Hongchen that the Sun Moon Empire already had theoretical research and described how both sides had spied on each other, while Shrek defectors had brought Soul Guide Technology back to the academy.
• Su Hong recommended setting up Martial Soul-only soul-fighting arenas and said Shrek’s larger pool of high-level Martial Souls made it difficult for the Sun Moon Empire to match.
• Jing Hongchen asked why Su Hong had left Shrek after one year, and Su Hong said its teaching could not help him and he preferred to cultivate on his own.
• Jing Hongchen invited Su Hong to join Sun Moon Royal Academy, and Su Hong accepted after negotiating for a Vice Dean position instead of becoming dean.
• Jing Hongchen sought Xu Zhenyu’s approval, and Xu Zhenyu readily agreed to appoint Su Hong as Vice Dean.

Su Hong toured Sun Moon Royal Academy with Jing Hongchen and saw its Soul Tool classes and sparring matches. Impressed by Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian, he asked them to become his students and revealed his strength as a ninth-level Soul Engineer and Level 99 Limit Douluo.

• Jing Hongchen introduced Lin Jiayi to Su Hong as the future Vice Dean of Sun Moon Royal Academy.
• Jing Hongchen showed Su Hong the academy’s teaching building, where students and teachers focused mainly on Soul Tool studies.
• Jing Hongchen took Su Hong to the testing area, where they watched Soul Tool experiments and Martial Soul sparring matches.
• Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian defeated the Lu Renjia brothers in a class competition.
• Su Hong asked Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian to become his students, then disclosed that he was a ninth-level Soul Engineer and Level 99 Limit Douluo.

Su Hong accepted Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian as disciples and promised to evolve their Martial Souls despite the method’s restrictions. Jing Hongchen then showed Su Hong the Dormitory Area and led him to the hidden entrance to Mingde Hall.

• Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian knelt to become Su Hong’s disciples, and Su Hong offered to tailor Soul Tools or evolve their Martial Souls.
• Su Hong learned that Zhuang Bifan had a Fire Lizard Martial Soul and Bu Yaolian had a Phantom Snake Martial Soul, and arranged to evolve them at the academy that weekend.
• Su Hong dismissed the pair to class, and Zhuang Bifan boasted to the teacher that they had become the Vice Dean’s disciples.
• Jing Hongchen showed Su Hong the Dormitory Area and explained its rooms, Cultivation Rooms, and fees.
• Jing Hongchen brought Su Hong to Mingde Hall and explained that its true entrance was through an elevator.

Jing Hongchen showed Su Hong the underground Mingde Hall and its Soul Engineer facilities, then Lin Jiayi escorted Su Hong to his office. After inspecting the office, Su Hong left the academy at night.

• Jing Hongchen took Su Hong by elevator to Mingde Hall, two hundred meters beneath Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.
• Su Hong saw the hall’s five thousand workbenches and learned that it housed nearly all of the Sun Moon Empire’s high-level Soul Engineers.
• Jing Hongchen told Su Hong that he had a private research room, Number 102, and showed him his Level 9 Soul Tool Master Badge.
• Lin Jiayi delivered Su Hong’s badge, keys, and Access Card, then showed him around his office.
• Su Hong inspected the Warm Spirit Wood furnishings and books in his office before notifying Jing Hongchen and leaving the academy after dark.

Su Hong evolved Zhuang Bifan’s Fire Snake Martial Soul, awakening a powerful dragon form infused with Calamity Qi. After the evolution, the Martial Soul changed again, leaving Zhuang Bifan convinced it had become much weaker.

• Zhuang Bifan swallowed a Fire Attribute Dragon Soul Crystal and circulated his Soul Power while Su Hong and Jing Hongchen watched.
• Black flames appeared during the evolution, and Su Hong identified their source as Calamity Qi that could bring misfortune to people nearby.
• Su Hong reassured Jing Hongchen and Bu Yaolian that Zhuang Bifan would eventually control the calamities as he grew stronger.
• Zhuang Bifan’s Martial Soul evolved into a fierce crimson-flamed dragon, and he boasted about his newfound power.
• The dragon changed into a scarlet-and-dark-gray form with silver-white horns and black-red wing blades, and Zhuang Bifan lamented that his Martial Soul felt weaker.

Su Hong guided Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian through Martial Soul Evolutions using Dragon Soul Crystals, and both awakened powerful dragon-type Martial Souls. He gave Jing Hongchen the two remaining crystals and explained that they worked best after Martial Soul awakening.

• Su Hong explained that Zhuang Bifan's incomplete transformation resulted from his need to master the Power of Disaster, and Zhuang Bifan accepted the explanation.
• Su Hong gave Bu Yaolian a spiritual-type Dragon Soul Crystal, and her Phantom Snake evolved into a dragon Martial Soul with formidable Spiritual Power.
• Zhuang Bifan named his Martial Soul the Disaster Flame Dragon and its pre-regression form the Ember Disaster Dragon, while Bu Yaolian named hers the Dream Illusion Sky Dragon.
• Jing Hongchen asked to buy more Dragon Soul Crystals, and Su Hong gave him the two remaining crystals, one with Ice Attribute and one with Gold Attribute.
• Su Hong advised Jing Hongchen to use the crystals after awakening his Martial Soul for a faster evolution process.

Su Hong examined how Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian’s evolved Martial Souls had changed their Soul Skills. Testing Bu Yaolian’s Dream Mirror revealed that it concealed transformations from most observers, and Su Hong explained the Spiritual Power needed to see through it.

• Su Hong learned that Zhuang Bifan’s Soul Skills had become Dragon Claw and Dragon Might, while Bu Yaolian’s Phantom Clone had become Dream Light Illusion.
• Bu Yaolian explained that her Phantom Soul Skill had changed into Dream Mirror, though she had noticed little difference beyond a mirror only she could see.
• At Su Hong’s request, Bu Yaolian used Dream Mirror on Zhuang Bifan, whose reflected image turned into a pet dog while Su Hong perceived the illusion through his Spiritual Power.
• Su Hong tested the illusion and found that Spirit Sea Realm Spiritual Power could see through the transformation, while Spirit Abyss Realm Spiritual Power was needed to see the mirror.
• Su Hong told Bu Yaolian that Dream Mirror was stronger than she had realized and explained which Soul Masters might be able to overcome its effects.

Su Hong took Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian to the Star Dou Great Forest in a repaired Black-tier mecha so they could obtain Soul Rings. Meanwhile, Su Hao observed their Martial Soul awakenings and identified the Dream and Disaster Laws, noting what each would need to develop further.

• Su Hong met Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian at Sun Moon Royal Academy and promised to find Soul Rings suited to them.
• Su Hong brought out a gorilla-shaped Black-tier mecha, and Zhuang Bifan eagerly asked about it while Su Hong said he might build a humanoid one later.
• Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian argued over the mecha’s passenger seat until Su Hong assigned Bu Yaolian the seat for the trip and Zhuang Bifan the return journey.
• Su Hong piloted the mecha toward the Star Dou Great Forest with both students aboard.
• Su Hao recalled watching their awakenings and recognized Bu Yaolian’s Dream Law and Zhuang Bifan’s Disaster Law.
• Su Hao concluded that Zhuang Bifan would need Destruction Law to advance his disaster power, while Bu Yaolian would need an Illusion Crystal to develop her Dream Mirror.

Su Hong, Zhuang Bifan, and Bu Yaolian reached Thousand Spirit City on their way to the Star Dou Great Forest. At a hotel, Su Hong explained why complete Body Martial Souls could adapt to different Soul Ring attributes, leaving the group discussing their potential as someone applauded.

• Su Hong landed his mecha outside Thousand Spirit City and led Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian into the city to rest for the night.
• Su Hong ordered rooms and local dishes at a hotel, while Zhuang Bifan complained that sitting in the mecha all day had exhausted him.
• Bu Yaolian noticed a group with unusual physical features entering the hotel, and Su Hong identified them as likely members of the Body Sect.
• Su Hong explained that most Body Martial Souls awakened only one body part, while a complete Body Martial Soul could grow stronger by adapting to Soul Rings of different attributes.
• Bu Yaolian compared Body Martial Souls with Blue Silver Grass and blank Tool Martial Souls, and Su Hong explained why those Martial Souls could be harmed by certain attributes.
• Someone in the hotel applauded as Su Hong finished his explanation.

Su Hong explained his view of the Body Martial Soul and proposed a nine-ring configuration to Du Bisi, the Body Sect’s Sect Master. Du Bisi left convinced that a versatile Body Martial Soul could counter the mainstream Soul Master world.

• Du Bisi introduced himself to Su Hong and asked about Su Hong’s claimed ties to the Body Sect, but Su Hong said he could not explain them yet.
• Su Hong described the complete Body Martial Soul as highly adaptable, mobile, and powerful in one-on-one fights.
• Du Bisi asked how Su Hong would choose nine Soul Rings, and Su Hong outlined a balance of recovery, defense, speed, attack, and spiritual resistance.
• Du Bisi concluded that a Body Martial Soul developed in every direction could become the nemesis of mainstream Soul Masters, and Su Hong interrupted him.

Su Hong explained to Du Bisi why his method could not restore the Body Sect: complete Body Martial Souls were too rare, and the sect lacked the resources and reach to find more. As Du Bisi struggled with the slim prospects, Su Hao prepared a powerful gift for him and sent it toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Su Hong told Du Bisi that the scarcity and unpredictable inheritance of complete Body Martial Souls made the Body Sect’s revival plan impossible to sustain.
• Du Bisi considered the obstacles to awakening commoners’ Martial Souls and recruiting them, then abandoned the idea of rebuilding the sect that way.
• Su Hong declined Du Bisi’s offer to travel together to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Du Bisi told Yu Tao and the others that the Body Sect’s hope of returning to its peak was extremely slim.
• Su Hao observed that history had diverged further from its original course but accepted the changes as long as Huo Yuhao ultimately became a god.
• Su Hao formed a crystal containing multiple Laws and sent it toward the Star Dou Great Forest as a gift for Du Bisi.

Su Hong brought Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain Soul Rings and quickly subdued a Dark Fire Demon Dragon for Zhuang Bifan. After criticizing the usual teaching approach to hunting Soul Beasts, he offered to let the students find and fight Bu Yaolian’s Soul Beast themselves.

• Su Hong led Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian out of the hotel early, and Du Bisi’s group followed them toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Su Hong’s group reached the forest after another group led by Mu En had already entered, and Su Hong surveyed the area with his Spiritual Power.
• Su Hong took Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian to a Sub-Dragon’s nest, pulled out a Dark Fire Demon Dragon, knocked it unconscious, and told Zhuang Bifan to kill it and absorb its Soul Ring.
• Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian explained that teachers usually let students try hunting Soul Beasts before intervening, and Su Hong criticized that practice.
• Su Hong offered to let Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian search for and hunt Bu Yaolian’s Soul Beast themselves, but both students objected.

Zhuang Bifan successfully absorbed the Dark Fire Demon Dragon’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as his Third Soul Ring and learned his new skill, Disaster Flame Breath. Su Hong explained that hope, represented by the Angel Martial Soul, could counter calamity, then sent Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian to hunt for her Soul Ring while he watched over them.

• Zhuang Bifan questioned Su Hong’s choice of a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast, and Su Hong said the Dragon Soul Crystal had strengthened his physique enough to handle it.
• Zhuang Bifan absorbed the Dark Fire Demon Dragon’s Soul Ring, and his Disaster Flame Dragon Martial Soul suppressed the beast’s remnant soul.
• Zhuang Bifan awakened and revealed that Disaster Flame Breath scorched opponents and doubled their Soul Power consumption, with particular effects on Beast Martial Souls and certain Tool Martial Souls.
• Su Hong explained that hope, embodied by the Angel Martial Soul, could withstand calamity and mutually counter Zhuang Bifan’s skill.
• Su Hong sent Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian to find Bu Yaolian a Soul Ring and vanished to protect them from nearby.

Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian hunted a ten-thousand-year Phantom Swan under Su Hong’s guidance, using a decoy and an ambush to defeat it. Bu Yaolian prepared to absorb its Soul Ring, but someone suddenly ordered her to stop.

• After Su Hong told them where to find a Phantom Swan, Zhuang Bifan and Bu Yaolian traveled to its swamp nest.
• Bu Yaolian proposed using her Dream Illusion Realm to disguise an injured Great Strength Bear as Zhuang Bifan and lure the Phantom Swan into an ambush.
• The Phantom Swan’s purple bubbles disoriented the decoy, but Zhuang Bifan struck the Swan from behind and knocked it unconscious.
• Su Hong praised the pair, said they had managed a fight they would otherwise need a month to prepare for, and told Bu Yaolian to absorb the Soul Ring.
• As Bu Yaolian drew her dagger to kill the Phantom Swan, an unseen voice shouted, “Stop right there!”