Chapter Summaries

Yu Cheng used his Third Soul Skill to transfer part of Yu Tianheng’s damage to Oscar, knocking Oscar out of the arena while keeping Yu Tianheng in the fight. When Xiao Wu charged at Yu Cheng, she discovered he had also linked himself to Zhu Zhuqing and taken her attribute boosts.

• Yu Tianheng received healing from Ye Lingling and a boost from Yu Cheng, then attacked Zhu Zhuqing again and was badly injured by her strike.
• Oscar collapsed beneath the arena after Yu Cheng transferred part of Yu Tianheng’s damage to him, making Oscar the first contestant eliminated.
• Tang San realized Yu Cheng’s Third Soul Skill could transfer damage, while Qin Ming and Ning Rongrong praised Yu Cheng’s move.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized the damage transfer and told Xiao Wu to take Yu Cheng out before his Soul Power ran low.
• Xiao Wu teleported behind Yu Tianheng and charged Yu Cheng, but Yu Cheng blocked her and revealed a blue beam linking him to Zhu Zhuqing, whose boosts he had taken.

Yu Cheng used his enhanced strength and combat skill to defeat Xiao Wu, while the Imperial Fighting Team overwhelmed Shrek and secured the match after Tang San surrendered. Shrek left the arena in defeat, and Tang San vowed to strengthen his Blue Silver Grass and prove himself.

• Yu Cheng blocked Xiao Wu's Bewitchment with Middle-aged Yu Cheng, activated Frenzied Seed, and threw Xiao Wu out of the arena.
• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan laughed at Xiao Wu's defeat as Qin Ming recognized Yu Cheng's role in turning the match in the Imperial Fighting Team's favor.
• Dai Mubai ran out of strength against the Shi Brothers' Energy Shield, Zhu Zhuqing struggled against Yu Tianheng, and Osler held off Tang San and Ma Hongjun.
• Tang San surrendered for the Shrek Team after only ten minutes, giving the Imperial Fighting Team another victory.
• Yu Cheng and Yu Tianheng acknowledged Shrek's strength, while Tang San vowed to improve his Blue Silver Grass and defeat Yu Cheng next time.

After Shrek’s defeat, Tang San questioned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul and considered abandoning it, but Yu Xiaogang urged him to keep cultivating it. Yu Xiaogang then revealed that he had developed a theory about Martial Soul Mutation during his seclusion and began to demonstrate his research.

• After the match, Qin Ming praised the Imperial Fighting Team, while Yu Tianheng and his teammates discussed their mistakes and contributions.
• Tang San tested his Blue Silver Grass on a hillside and wondered why Yu Cheng had suppressed it during the battle.
• Tang San reconsidered his Control System path and contemplated switching to Support System or focusing on his second Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived, stopped Tang San from abandoning Blue Silver Grass, and reminded him that there were no useless Martial Souls, only useless Soul Masters.
• Tang San described Yu Cheng’s suppression, and Yu Xiaogang explained that his Martial Soul Mutation theory could shed light on it before summoning Luo Sanpao to demonstrate his research.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated that opening a meridian had strengthened his Soul Skill, allowing him to unleash a blast even more powerful than Luo Sanpao’s. Tang San connected Yu Xiaogang’s discovery to the Mysterious Heaven Skill and left eager to explore body cultivation and meridian training.

• Yu Xiaogang used Luo Sanpao’s Soul Skill to split a tree, then unleashed an even stronger blast himself, overwhelming Tang San with its stench.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that opening a meridian during secluded cultivation had changed his Soul Skill and let him use it three more times.
• Tang San realized that the meridian theory behind the Mysterious Heaven Skill might improve Martial Soul cultivation.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to strengthen his body through tempering, extreme environments, and special tonics, while withholding how his own meridian had been opened.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Tang San to rest before training and left while eating a white radish.

Tang San and Xiao Wu considered their futures as Tang Hao watched them spar, while Shrek's group traveled to Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi approaching Yu Cheng after welcoming Ning Rongrong back.

• Tang San thought about opening his meridians and finding cultivation resources in Heaven Dou City, then dreamed of defeating Yu Cheng and impressing Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu worried that powerful soul masters in Heaven Dou City might expose her identity, so she decided to run away after sparring with Tang San.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu met on the training ground and began sparring while Tang Hao watched from the shadows and then left to visit Ah Yin.
• Half a month later, Yu Cheng and the others arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Ning Rongrong reunited with her father, Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin welcomed Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi then walked toward Yu Cheng.

Yu Cheng negotiated with Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe to produce and sell Godly Zhuge Crossbows together, with a forging department planned near Nuoding City. After Xue Qinghe left, Yu Cheng hinted to Ning Fengzhi that he had another deal to discuss.

• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Yu Cheng and the Imperial Fighting Team, then invited them to a meal in Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Cheng met Xue Qinghe, who had come to welcome him and was impressed by the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Yu Cheng about buying the crossbow blueprints, and Yu Cheng first demanded one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Cheng proposed that he, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Qinghe jointly mass-produce the crossbows, and both men agreed to the partnership.
• Yu Cheng asked to establish a Forging Department near Nuoding City, and Xue Qinghe approved the plan.
• After Xue Qinghe departed, Yu Cheng told Ning Fengzhi he wanted to discuss another deal.

Yu Cheng offered Ning Fengzhi an Aromatic Silk Beauty, claiming it could greatly strengthen the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and perhaps help it evolve. Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Yu Cheng choose treasures from the sect’s treasury, while suspecting the herb was a betrothal gift for Ning Rongrong.

• Yu Cheng told Ning Fengzhi that gemstone-type Martial Souls shared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda’s ability to gain percentage-based amplification Soul Skills.
• Yu Cheng presented the Aromatic Silk Beauty and said he and Dugu Bo had found that it could benefit treasure-type Martial Souls.
• Ning Fengzhi sensed that his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda intensely desired the herb and might evolve if it consumed it.
• Yu Cheng asked to choose any three treasures from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasury in exchange for the herb.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Yu Cheng choose as many as thirty treasures, suspecting the herb was a betrothal gift for Ning Rongrong.

Yu Cheng advised Ning Fengzhi to take the rare herb himself so the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could pass an evolved martial soul through generations, and Ning Fengzhi decided to recruit him as a match for Ning Rongrong. Yu Cheng followed Ning Fengzhi to the sect and was left stunned by the immense wealth in its treasury.

• Yu Cheng explained how to absorb the herb and advised Ning Fengzhi that a male Soul Master could pass an evolved martial soul to more descendants than Ning Rongrong could.
• Ning Fengzhi accepted Yu Cheng’s reasoning, gave him one million Gold Soul Coins, and resolved to recruit him and pair him with Ning Rongrong.
• Yu Cheng left with Ning Fengzhi for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Qin Ming gave the Imperial Dou Team several days off in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi entered seclusion, and Yu Cheng followed an elder through the heavily guarded underground treasury.
• Yu Cheng gaped at the treasury’s mountains of treasure until Middle-aged Yu Cheng snapped him out of it with spiritual power.

Yu Cheng searched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasury with guidance from Middle-aged Yu Cheng and selected ancient Soul Tool blueprints and a flawed Soul Bone. He left one of his three choices undecided as he continued deeper into the treasury.

• Yu Cheng entered the treasury and followed Middle-aged Yu Cheng’s direction to a set of nine bronze cauldrons containing level-five Soul Tool crafting methods.
• Yu Cheng took the blueprints, considering how he might establish a workshop to develop Soul Tools in secret.
• Yu Cheng examined an eight-thousand-year-old left arm Soul Bone whose energy-storage skill leaked its charge.
• Middle-aged Yu Cheng suggested the flawed Soul Bone could hold Dugu Bo’s snake venom only temporarily, letting him expel the poison from his body.
• Yu Cheng took the Soul Bone as his second treasure and continued farther into the treasury to choose his third.

Yu Cheng discovered the Seven-Colored Heart, a suspected divine artifact that could strengthen his support skills, while Ning Fengzhi evolved his martial soul into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after receiving the immortal herb. The chapter ended with Tang Hao discovering that Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass had been stolen and finding torn cloth that might lead him to the culprit.

• Yu Cheng followed Middle-aged Yu Cheng’s advice and took the Seven-Colored Heart from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasure vault, learning that it could increase his support effects by ten percent once he bound it correctly.
• Middle-aged Yu Cheng warned Yu Cheng to hide the necklace from Ning Fengzhi and then grew more transparent as Ning Fengzhi’s breakthrough succeeded.
• Ning Fengzhi evolved his martial soul into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, gained eighty-five percent amplification, and resolved to keep Yu Cheng in the sect despite his ties to Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo.
• Tang Hao visited Ah Yin’s hiding place behind Holy Spirit Village and found the cave entrance smashed, the iron box open, and the Blue Silver Grass missing.
• Tang Hao mourned Ah Yin, then noticed torn strips of cloth on the wall and stared at them furiously.