Chapter Summaries

Su Yuntian, the frail younger brother of Su Yuntao, discovered that his body was growing stronger and was drawn into the crystal ball’s dark power. Amid its curses, he heard a voice that made him suspect Hero King Gilgamesh was present.

• Su Yuntian recalled his transmigration to Douluo Continent, his inability to awaken a martial soul, and his dependence on his brother, Su Yuntao.
• Su Yuntao comforted Su Yuntian and took him to water the blossoming loquat tree planted by their father.
• Su Yuntian watered the tree, remembered his parents’ deaths, and cried as Su Yuntao wiped away his tears.
• Su Yuntian hurried inside to escape the fertilizer’s stench, and Su Yuntao noticed that his sickly younger brother had become unusually nimble.
• Su Yuntian examined the glowing crystal ball, was pulled into its dark whirlpool of curses, and heard an affirming voice that he thought might belong to Hero King Gilgamesh.

Su Yuntian encountered Gilgamesh within All the Evils of this World and received his help to survive. He awakened two Martial Souls, including an Angel Martial Soul, while an unfamiliar young nobleman ordered scouts to investigate the golden beam.

• Gilgamesh found Su Yuntian conscious within the darkness and used his power to save him, calling him one of his subjects.
• As Su Yuntian lost consciousness, a voice identifying itself as Hassan of the Hassan spoke to him about their bond as master and servant.
• A golden beam burst from Su Yuntian and pierced the ceiling of his home, alarming Su Yuntao and drawing the attention of a young nobleman outside Nuoding City.
• The young nobleman mistook the beam for an Angel Martial Soul awakening and sent scouts into the city to investigate.
• Su Yuntian awoke with the Key of Royal Law and a Four-winged Angel Martial Soul, revealing that he had awakened Twin Martial Souls.
• Su Yuntao warned Su Yuntian to suppress his Soul Power and hide his Martial Souls, and Su Yuntian put them away before celebrating that he was now a Soul Master.

Su Yuntian awakened the Key of Royal Law and an Angel Martial Soul, then learned that his Innate Soul Power was level six. After someone watched them from the shadows, Su Yuntao decided they should move to the city Spirit Hall for safety.

• Su Yuntian summoned the Key of Royal Law again, and Su Yuntao warned him to keep his Twin Martial Souls secret.
• Su Yuntao noticed that Su Yuntian's hair and eyes had turned gold and red, and accepted the change as a result of his awakening.
• Su Yuntian tested at level six Innate Soul Power, making Su Yuntao celebrate.
• Su Yuntao sensed a powerful observer nearby, activated his Lone Wolf Martial Soul, and guarded Su Yuntian until the presence faded.
• Su Yuntao told Su Yuntian they would move into the city Spirit Hall, while Su Yuntian suspected the watcher had come because of his Four-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

Su Yuntian’s rapid cultivation breakthrough drew the attention of the First Prince, who ordered his men to capture the boy alive. Su Yuntian awoke to two masked intruders breaking into the Spirit Hall branch, with Su Yuntao standing between them and his brother.

• The First Prince learned that Su Yuntian had awakened his Martial Soul at eleven and ordered further investigation.
• Su Yuntao brought Su Yuntian to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch, where Ma Xiunuo let them use its laboratories.
• Su Yuntian cultivated with Su Yuntao’s guidance and rose to level 7 Soul Warrior in about three hours.
• A spy reported Su Yuntian’s breakthrough to the First Prince, who ordered a team to capture him alive.
• Two masked men broke into the Spirit Hall branch at night, and Su Yuntao activated his Martial Soul to shield Su Yuntian.

After assassins attacked the Nuoding City Spirit Hall branch, Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao escaped through a secret passage and reunited with the badly wounded Ma Xiunuo outside the city. Ma Xiunuo stayed behind as a decoy while the brothers fled toward Suotuo City.

• Old Blade and another assassin cornered Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao, and Su Yuntian offered to go with them if they spared his brother.
• Su Yuntao opened a secret escape passage and carried Su Yuntian through the underground corridors to an exit beyond Nuoding City's walls.
• The brothers found Ma Xiunuo outside the city; he said a level 36 Weapon Soul Master had badly wounded him.
• Su Yuntian urged them to keep fleeing, and Ma Xiunuo agreed that they should head east toward Suotuo City.
• Ma Xiunuo chose to head west and use a Signal Flare as a decoy while Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao escaped.

Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao escaped Nuoding City with Ma Xiunuo’s sacrifice, but Xue Qinghe ordered another pursuit and secretly anticipated the death of the Second Prince. After discovering the brothers in the forest, Xue Qinghe followed as Old Blade caught up to them.

• Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao escaped through an underground passage while Ma Xiunuo stayed behind to delay the death warriors and was killed.
• Old Blade reported his failure to capture Su Yuntian, and Xue Qinghe ordered him to try again before dawn while keeping the attack secret.
• Xue Luochuan died in the imperial palace, and Xue Qinghe remarked that the timing matched his expectations.
• Xue Qinghe transformed into a beautiful woman, flew from Nuoding City, and used the resonance between Angel Martial Souls to find the brothers.
• Wounded and exhausted, Su Yuntao and Su Yuntian fell in the forest as Old Blade caught up and taunted them.

Su Yuntao and Su Yuntian faced Old Blade, Broken Spear, and Withered Sword as the pursuers tried to abduct Su Yuntian before dawn. Su Yuntian revealed a mysterious Four-Winged Angel Martial Soul and struck Old Blade with a black greatsword that suppressed his Soul Power, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su Yuntao invoked his Gray Wolf Martial Soul and prepared to fight alongside Su Yuntian.
• Su Yuntian summoned his Four-Winged Angel Martial Soul, startling Old Blade, who recognized why Xue Qinghe wanted the boy captured.
• Old Blade chose to fight for Xue Qinghe and activated his Bloodlust Soul Skill as Su Yuntao rushed him with Thousand Mile Wolf Walk.
• Su Yuntao evaded Old Blade’s blade qi and wounded him with a claw strike.
• Su Yuntian formed a massive black greatsword and used Crimson Annihilation against Old Blade, whose blade and Soul Power were suppressed on contact.

Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao worked together to kill Old Blade, revealing the deadly power of Su Yuntian’s Four-Winged Angel Martial Soul. As Broken Spear and Withered Sword attacked the brothers, Qian Renxue rushed in to save them.

• Su Yuntian discovered that his Four-Winged Angel attacks eroded and suppressed Old Blade’s Soul Power, though he did not understand why.
• Su Yuntao stunned Old Blade with Wolf Howl, allowing Su Yuntian to behead him with a black greatsword.
• Broken Spear and Withered Sword watched in disbelief as the brothers defeated Old Blade, while Qian Renxue observed Su Yuntian’s unusual Martial Soul and their close bond.
• Broken Spear and Withered Sword attacked Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao, and Qian Renxue rushed toward the brothers as Broken Spear aimed for Su Yuntao’s heart.

Qian Renxue rescued Su Yuntian and Su Yuntao from the remaining assassins, then arranged for Su Yuntian to be hidden away for three years. Su Yuntian woke the next afternoon in a Nuoding City post house, separated from his brother.

• After exhausting his Soul Power, Su Yuntian was captured by Withered Sword while Broken Spear wounded Su Yuntao.
• Qian Renxue arrived and killed Broken Spear with one strike, then persuaded Withered Sword to release Su Yuntian.
• Su Yuntao knelt and begged Qian Renxue to save his brother, and Withered Sword fled after releasing Su Yuntian.
• Su Yuntian collapsed from exhaustion, and Qian Renxue told Su Yuntao she would take the boy somewhere safe to cultivate, requiring the brothers to stay apart for at least three years.
• Su Yuntao left without a word, and Su Yuntian awoke the following afternoon in a post house in Nuoding City.

Su Yuntian woke in a Nuoding City post house, where Xue Qinghe had brought him after finding him unconscious. He learned that his brother Su Yuntao and the girl who had saved them were missing, and the chapter ended with him still unsure what had happened after he passed out.

• Su Yuntian woke after more than a day and asked the maid where he was and where Su Yuntao had gone.
• Da Xue, Xue Qinghe's personal maid, told Su Yuntian that Xue Qinghe had found him alone beneath an old pine tree and brought him to the post house.
• Su Yuntian ate the meal Da Xue brought and learned she had never seen Su Yuntao or the long-haired girl.
• Xue Qinghe entered, introduced himself, and invited Su Yuntian to call him Brother Xue.
• Su Yuntian asked Xue Qinghe whether he had seen his brother or the girl, but Xue Qinghe said he had found only Su Yuntian.

Su Yuntian agreed to serve Xue Qinghe and traveled with her to Heaven Dou City, where he struggled to advance beyond level 9. As he attempted to break through again, Xue Qinghe noticed an error in his Soul Power circulation.

• Su Yuntian introduced himself and his Key of Royal Law, then asked to serve by Xue Qinghe's side for protection.
• Xue Qinghe received Withered Sword's head and prepared to conceal the attack on the Spirit Hall branch by gradually eliminating the remaining dead soldiers.
• Xue Qinghe's party traveled to Heaven Dou City, and Su Yuntian reached level 9 during the journey through meditation.
• Xue Qinghe arranged for Su Yuntian to become his attendant and live in the imperial palace with him and Da Xue.
• After remaining stuck at level 9 for nearly a month, Su Yuntian tried to break through again, and Xue Qinghe said his Soul Power circulation path was inaccurate.

Su Yuntian reached level 10 Soul Power after Xue Qinghe taught him to circulate it through his heart, and he prepared to hunt for his first Soul Ring. Xue Qinghe accompanied him to Heaven Dou City's Soul Hunting Forest, where Su Yuntian spotted a Six Hundred Year Purple Shirt.

• Xue Qinghe explained that Soul Power should converge at the heart, and Su Yuntian changed his cultivation method and broke through to level 10.
• Xue Qinghe told Su Yuntian to seek his first Soul Ring in the Soul Hunting Forest and suggested choosing a Soul Beast that could increase his Soul Power.
• Su Yuntian remained unsure which Soul Beast to hunt, and Da Xue advised him to decide after seeing what they encountered.
• Three days later, Su Yuntian entered the Soul Hunting Forest with Xue Qinghe and two Soul Elder guards.
• Xue Qinghe advised Su Yuntian to choose a Soul Beast at least four hundred years old, and Su Yuntian saw a Six Hundred Year Purple Shirt.

Su Yuntian absorbed a purple yew as his first soul ring, reaching level 12 and awakening the Gate of Babylon. He demonstrated that the Soul Skill could also teleport him, leaving Xue Qinghe and the two Soul Elders astonished.

• Su Yuntian chose the purple yew for his first soul ring and had Xue Qinghe's two Soul Elders hold it in place.
• Su Yuntian cut down the purple yew and began absorbing its soul ring, overcoming its resentment with his spiritual strength.
• Su Yuntian completed the absorption and rose two Soul Power levels to level 12.
• Su Yuntian awakened the Gate of Babylon and retrieved several ordinary items, explaining that his low Soul Power prevented him from taking out powerful treasures.
• Su Yuntian opened an Aether Gate and teleported three meters behind Xue Qinghe and the two Soul Elders, leaving them stunned.

Su Yuntian discovered that his first Soul Skill, Gate of Babylon, let him teleport through its Aether Gate, then reflected on his plans to grow stronger and find his missing brother. On the way back to Heaven Dou City, he learned the Second Prince’s funeral was imminent and began to suspect Xue Qinghe had used his earlier trip to Nuoding City as an alibi for the prince’s death.

• Su Yuntian tested Gate of Babylon and found that he could teleport through its Aether Gate, though Flash Step had limits on its use.
• Su Yuntian and Xue Qinghe left the Soul Hunting Forest and rode toward Heaven Dou City while thinking about their respective plans.
• Su Yuntian recalled that Tang San was eight and decided he needed to reach at least level forty before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Su Yuntian wondered where Su Yuntao was and resolved to stay by Qian Renxue’s side and cultivate until he reached Soul Elder level.
• Lu Renjia met the group and told Xue Qinghe that the Second Prince’s funeral would be held the next day.
• Su Yuntian suspected Xue Qinghe had gone to Nuoding City to create an alibi for the Second Prince’s death and wondered what had happened to the long-haired young lady.

Su Yuntian stored weapons and shopping in the Gate of Babylon while accompanying Da Xue around Heaven Dou City. Their meal at a barbecue stall turned into a dispute with Ning Rongrong, who revealed she was from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xue Qinghe shut himself in his room after the chief maid explained palace etiquette, while Su Yuntian kept quiet about knowing Qian Renxue had killed Xue Luochuan.
• Su Yuntian demonstrated the Gate of Babylon to Da Xue and used it to store ordinary weapons, prompting her to call him a storage Soul Tool.
• Da Xue took Su Yuntian shopping outside the palace and filled the Gate of Babylon with their purchases.
• Da Xue claimed the last empty table at a barbecue stall, and Su Yuntian sat down as a young girl and her hesitant companion approached.
• The girl demanded that Da Xue and Su Yuntian leave, then introduced herself as Ning Rongrong of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Su Yuntian clashed with Ning Rongrong after she insulted him, and their argument escalated into a soul master duel. He revealed his Gate of Babylon martial soul and attacked Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengya with a barrage of blades, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Su Yuntian tricked Ning Rongrong into insulting herself, angering her and prompting her to challenge him to a duel.
• After Ning Rongrong threatened Da Xue and her master, Su Yuntian splashed tea on her and knocked her back when she swung at him.
• Ning Rongrong summoned her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda martial soul, and Su Yuntian led the confrontation into the street before revealing his own martial soul.
• Ning Fengya summoned his mutated Black Iron Pagoda martial soul, while Ning Rongrong used a strength-enhancing Soul Skill and attacked Su Yuntian.
• Su Yuntian teleported behind Ning Rongrong with an Aether Gate and kicked her down, then opened eight more gates and sent blades flying at the siblings.

Su Yuntian protected himself and Ning Rongrong with Ning Fengya’s Black Tower, then humiliated Rongrong with eggs when she attacked again. After Da Xue dragged him away, Ning Fengzhi ordered an investigation into Su Yuntian, while Rongrong prepared to complain to Sword and Bone Douluo.

• Ning Fengya used Draw Ground as Prison to shield himself and Ning Rongrong from Su Yuntian’s attack, and Su Yuntian’s flying swords turned out to be harmless chopsticks.
• After the Black Tower vanished, Ning Fengya admitted defeat, but Ning Rongrong buffed herself and charged Su Yuntian.
• Su Yuntian struck Ning Rongrong with eggs from his Aether Gates, making her cry and leaving her covered in egg yolk and white.
• Da Xue grabbed Su Yuntian by the ear, demanded his Gold Soul Coin subsidy, and took him away from the scene.
• A Soul Elder reported the encounter to Ning Fengzhi, who ordered an investigation into Su Yuntian despite his low Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the sect and wailed to Sword and Bone Douluo that someone had bullied her.

Two years after returning to the imperial city, Su Yuntian reached Soul Power Level 19 and explored new limits of his Gate of Babylon Soul Skill. When Xue Qinghe visited the courtyard, Su Yuntian joked with him over dinner and revealed that he had already surpassed the level required for Xue Qinghe’s threatened confinement.

• Over two years, Su Yuntian grew stronger and reached Level 19 while Da Xue became Xue Qinghe’s steward and often cooked for him.
• Su Yuntian learned to use Soul Power to replicate objects, but the high cost made the ability impractical, and Aether Gate still teleported only him.
• After cultivating until evening, Su Yuntian found Xue Qinghe eating in the courtyard with Da Xue.
• Su Yuntian claimed Da Xue’s chicken drumstick was a great sword that would strengthen what it resembled, making Xue Qinghe blush and threaten to confine him until Level 18.
• Su Yuntian told Xue Qinghe that he was already Level 19.

Su Yuntian told Xue Qinghe he suspected him of arranging the deaths and illness of the other princes, then urged him to spare Xue Haicang and rule openly. Xue Qinghe held a sword to Su Yuntian’s throat but was left considering his argument.

• Xue Qinghe told Su Yuntian that no Spirit Hall branch had records of his missing brother, Su Yuntao, and promised to ask Spirit City for information.
• Su Yuntian dismissed the maids and told Xue Qinghe that Xue Haicang had stopped visiting the Great Soul Arena and brothels after reportedly falling ill.
• Su Yuntian advised Xue Qinghe not to kill Xue Haicang, arguing that the Third Prince’s indulgence would keep him from becoming a serious rival for the throne.
• Xue Qinghe denied harming his brothers, but Su Yuntian accused him of arranging Xue Luochuan’s death and causing Xue Haicang’s illness.
• Xue Qinghe pressed a sword to Su Yuntian’s throat and demanded a reason to spare him, while Su Yuntian urged him to rule through open and honorable means.
• Xue Qinghe was stunned by Su Yuntian’s argument and found that it seemed to make sense.

After Xue Haicang died, Xue Qinghe was named Crown Prince and Su Yuntian was promoted to baron and assigned to serve as his study companion. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong arriving at the Crown Prince's Mansion and angrily confronting Su Yuntian.

• Qian Renxue spared Su Yuntian after he denied knowing more about Xue Haicang and Xue Luochuan, then punched him before leaving at dawn.
• News arrived that Third Prince Xue Haicang had died suddenly, and Su Yuntian suspected the First Prince was responsible.
• A month after Xue Haicang's funeral, Xue Ye formally invested Xue Qinghe as Crown Prince.
• Xue Qinghe established a residence and recruited advisers, while Da Xue became chief steward and Su Yuntian received a baron title and knighthood.
• Su Yuntian learned that Qian Renxue had made him the Crown Prince's study companion and become Ning Fengzhi's disciple.
• Ning Rongrong arrived at the Crown Prince's Mansion, recognized Su Yuntian, and shouted that she would kill him.