Chapter Summaries

Su Mo woke from a nightmare about being killed by Tang San and eagerly went with Old Jack to awaken his martial soul, hoping to gain the power to take revenge. At the village Spirit Hall, Tang San’s awakening began with a striking golden light, and Su Mo recognized the Clear Sky Hammer concealed in his left hand as blue radiance appeared in his right.

• Su Mo recalled his previous life and resolved to settle his death at Tang San’s hands once he gained power.
• Old Jack brought Su Mo and Tang San to the village Spirit Hall for their six-year-old martial soul awakenings.
• Su Yuntao introduced himself as a level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster and began the ceremony, placing Tang San first in line.
• Su Yuntao activated the Awakening Stones around Tang San, whose calm demeanor and intense golden light drew his attention.
• Tang San held his left hand behind his back while blue radiance emerged from his right, and Su Mo recognized the hidden Clear Sky Hammer.

Su Mo trained after awakening his martial souls and learned more about the Infinity Gauntlet. His Travel Log revealed that Little Frog had found Tang Hao’s hidden cave and the blue silver grass growing inside.

• Su Mo decided to train his body and explore the Infinity Gauntlet while waiting for Xiao Wu to arrive in Nuoding City.
• Su Mo completed Saitama’s training regimen more easily after awakening, and over the following week grew three centimeters taller.
• Su Mo discovered that the Infinity Gauntlet could transform into melee weapons and condense pure energy into gems.
• Su Mo checked the Travel Log and learned that Little Frog had wandered into the mountains, ridden a Wind Baboon, and reached a waterfall.
• Little Frog found a hidden doorway behind the waterfall and entered a cave containing a lit stone chamber and blue silver grass.

Froggy stole the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from the Water Curtain Cave, and Tang Hao discovered the theft and began searching for the culprit. The next morning, Su Mo was wracked with pain when Froggy absorbed a Yellow Soul Ring, leaving Su Mo to realize what was causing it.

• Froggy found a crystal-clear blue-and-gold bone in a lead box, took it, and drifted downstream on his lotus-leaf hat.
• Tang Hao found the missing Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, moved Ah Yin into the lead box, and searched the valley for the thief.
• Su Mo woke before dawn with scorching pain spreading through his body and checked the updated travel log.
• Froggy reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, approached two dying wolf-type soul beasts, and accidentally acquired one of their Yellow Soul Rings.

Su Mo discovered that Froggy’s soul skill, Frog Home, created a private dimension where he could store items and enter safely. After finding the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone inside, he faced a new surprise when a little girl appeared in the dimension and attacked him.

• Su Mo recovered from absorbing a soul ring, discovered he had gained strength and a yellow soul ring, and tested his Frog Home soul skill.
• Su Mo entered the dimension and explored its cottage and courtyard, delighted to have a home of his own.
• A Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone appeared in the courtyard, but Su Mo decided he could not safely absorb it while Tang Hao was nearby.
• Su Mo resolved to plan how to obtain Xiao Wu’s soul bone.
• A little girl suddenly appeared and kicked at Su Mo, who used the Infinity Gauntlet to bind her and pull her to the ground.

Su Mo discovered that Froggy had brought Xiao Wu into his soul-skill space and followed the travel log as Froggy wandered into the Ferocious Beasts’ hidden lair beneath the Lake of Life. The chapter ended with Froggy offering to bring Tian Meng home, leaving Su Mo worried that stealing the powerful soul beast would provoke the Ferocious Beasts.

• Xiao Wu introduced herself and explained that Froggy had brought her to Su Mo’s soul-skill space.
• Su Mo read that Froggy had met Xiao Wu and Er Ming at the Lake of Life before diving beneath it and passing through a hidden barrier.
• Froggy entered the Ferocious Beasts’ sleeping place and encountered Tian Meng, who asked whether Froggy could take him out.
• Froggy offered to invite Tian Meng to his home, and Su Mo feared that abducting him would enrage the Ferocious Beasts.

Su Mo used an illusion to show Tian Meng the future, including his role as Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring and the path to godhood, then tried to recruit him as his own Wisdom Soul Ring. Tian Meng questioned whether Su Mo could do better than Yuhao, while the Myriad Demon King ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to search for the missing ice silkworm.

• After Tian Meng vanished with the little frog, Er Ming woke Da Ming and confessed what had happened, but oppressive auras from the Lake of Life kept them from searching.
• The Myriad Demon King emerged from the lake, ordered Da Ming and Er Ming to gather soul beasts over fifty thousand years old to find Tian Meng, and relied on a mark he had placed on him.
• In the frog’s pocket dimension, Tian Meng celebrated his escape, while Xiao Wu begged him to save her from Su Mo.
• Su Mo showed Tian Meng an illusion depicting the first three Douluo installments, and Tian Meng learned about his future as Yuhao’s Wisdom Soul Ring and the eventual creation of a god.
• Su Mo asked Tian Meng to become his Wisdom Soul Ring and promised to take him to godhood, citing his foreknowledge, triple martial souls, divine artifact, and the little frog.

Su Mo and Tian Meng completed Tian Meng’s sacrifice, and Tian Meng unexpectedly broke through to a million years before merging with Su Mo. In Su Mo’s Sea of Consciousness, they discovered that Su Mo’s divine artifact had absorbed Tian Meng’s ice attribute, while Tian Meng had created a skull Soul Bone with four skills.

• Tian Meng agreed to sacrifice himself to Su Mo after Su Mo promised to save a place for the Ice Empress and help him take revenge.
• Tian Meng explained that he had worked out the Wisdom Soul Ring method, then began the sacrifice and transferred his golden rings to Su Mo.
• Tian Meng broke through to a million years as his final ring left him, then sacrificed himself when a terrifying energy threatened the separate dimension.
• Tian Meng’s fusion with Su Mo released a mental wave that briefly dazed Xiao Wu, while a white Soul Ring appeared beneath Su Mo and merged into him.
• In Su Mo’s Sea of Consciousness, Tian Meng revealed that Su Mo’s divine artifact had absorbed his ice attribute, forming an Ice Stone in the Infinity Gauntlet.
• Tian Meng said he could not influence Su Mo’s Soul Skills but had created a skull Soul Bone, and Su Mo asked whether Tian Meng could arrange its four skills.

After Tian Meng sacrificed himself, Su Mo learned the new abilities of his Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone. He turned his attention to Xiao Wu and considered using her in a plan to undermine Tang San.

• Tian Meng explained that Su Mo's sealed Soul Bone granted Spiritual Detection and Sharing, Spiritual Simulation, Spiritual Manifestation, and Emotion Control, and helped his Sharingan evolve to two tomoe.
• Su Mo discovered that his Soul Ring granted the ocular techniques Return a Peach with a Plum, which demanded repayment for favors, and Sacrifice the Plum to Save the Peach, which forcibly exchanged things between targets.
• Su Mo absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone with Tian Meng's help and gained Flying Over Grass and Unending Vitality.
• Su Mo realized Froggy had likely absorbed the Soul Power of a dissipating Soul Ring, raising him to level thirteen.
• Su Mo considered Xiao Wu's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone and decided she could help him carry out a plan against Tang San.

Su Mo used illusion and Emotion Control to make Xiao Wu believe she had taken a poison that would kill her if she left him, then promised to conceal her soul beast aura. After secretly transferring that aura to Tang San, he brought Xiao Wu into Holy Soul Village to arrange an identity for her, where a woman's suspicion that he had abducted her left him inwardly exasperated.

• Su Mo made Xiao Wu swallow an illusory pill and used Emotion Control to convince her she would die if she stayed away from him for a day.
• Su Mo promised to conceal Xiao Wu's soul beast aura, then returned to Holy Soul Village and confirmed Tang Hao was absent from Tang San's home.
• Su Mo secretly marked Tang San and Xiao Wu and used Sacrifice the Plum to Save the Peach to transfer Xiao Wu's soul beast aura onto Tang San.
• Su Mo brought Xiao Wu into the village and said he would get her a martial soul certificate and a work-study student spot.
• A woman questioned whether Su Mo had abducted Xiao Wu after he said he had picked her up outside the village.

Su Mo brought Xiao Wu to Old Jack and arranged for her to become a work-study student at Nuoding Academy. Meanwhile, Tang Hao returned to Holy Soul Village, mistook Tang San’s Soul Beast aura for a threat, and revealed the Blue Silver Emperor in his lead box as Tang San’s mother.

• Su Mo told Old Jack that he had adopted Xiao Wu as his little sister and asked him to arrange her Spirit Hall certificate and a work-study place at Nuoding Academy.
• The Myriad Demon King lost his mark on Tian Meng and raged at the Lake of Life, alarming Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Tang Hao sensed the Myriad Demon King’s powerful aura and a Plant-type domain, then fled the forest without finding the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Tang Hao returned to Holy Soul Village, mistook Tang San’s Soul Beast aura for evidence that he was an impostor, and confirmed his identity after Tang San summoned both Martial Souls.
• Tang Hao opened his lead box to show Tang San the Blue Silver Emperor and told him to kowtow to his mother.

Su Mo discovered that Tang Hao had brought Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor grass home and copied Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique. He returned home to find Xiao Wu attempting to cook an all-carrot meal, then began planning a way to earn a great deal of gratitude without sacrificing anything.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Blue Silver Grass was his mother’s grave grass, without revealing the full truth about Ah Yin.
• Su Mo noticed the Blue Silver Emperor grass in Tang Hao’s house and discussed absorbing its ultimate wood attribute with Tian Meng.
• Su Mo copied Tang San’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer technique while Tang San forged under Tang Hao’s instruction.
• Tang Hao dismissed Tang San’s concern that Su Mo was stealing the technique and encouraged him to befriend Su Mo.
• Su Mo found Xiao Wu had traded his rice for carrots and prepared several uncooked carrot dishes, so he cleared the kitchen and cooked for himself.
• While cooking, Su Mo thought of a way to earn a great deal of gratitude without giving anything up.

Su Mo and Tian Meng devised three teachings to present to Tang San as the Ten Laws of Martial Souls, aiming to earn his gratitude without giving him useful knowledge. Su Mo began by explaining Soul Master basics and the link between physical strength and Soul Ring limits, leaving Tang San intrigued.

• Su Mo and Tian Meng discussed Su Mo’s hostility toward Tang San and chose whale rubber and other teachings that Tang San would find hard to use or believe.
• Su Mo named his three planned lessons the Ten Laws of Martial Souls and stopped Xiao Wu from eating more carrots by promising not to make spicy rabbit head.
• After changing his running route for several days, Su Mo approached Tang San and distracted him during hammer practice, causing the hammer to fly into a nearby room.
• Su Mo told Tang San he had met an old man who taught him about Soul Masters, Soul Rings, Soul Skills, and Soul Bones.
• Su Mo explained that Soul Ring limits depended partly on physical strength, surprising Tang San and earning Su Mo some gratitude.

Su Mo used theories attributed to Tian Meng to teach Tang San about whale rubber, martial soul evolution, and ultimate attributes while secretly draining the blue silver emperor bloodline from him. The blue silver grass on the windowsill then reacted in pain, leaving Tang Hao and Tang San alarmed and Su Mo suspecting Ah Yin had sensed what he had done.

• Su Mo told Tang San that softened whale rubber could strengthen a soul master's physique and increase their soul ring absorption limit.
• Su Mo explained that soul rings aligned with a martial soul could nourish it and help it evolve, prompting Tang San to consider his blue silver grass's potential.
• Su Mo described the power of ultimate attributes, and Tang San eagerly asked about the supposed grandmaster behind the theories.
• Su Mo named Tian Meng as the source of the theories and imagined gaining gratitude across the continent by spreading them.
• Su Mo used Returning a Peach for a Plum to drain Tang San's blue silver emperor bloodline.
• The blue silver grass trembled and released a painful spiritual fluctuation, prompting Tang Hao to rush to it as Su Mo suspected Ah Yin had sensed the bloodline's loss.

Su Mo stripped Tang San of the Blue Silver Emperor bloodline after briefly interrupting a warning from Ah Yin, while Tang Hao hid the truth from his son. Two and a half months later, Tang San, Su Mo, and Xiao Wu left the village for Nuoding Academy as Su Mo considered Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul and checked Froggy’s journal.

• Tian Meng warned Su Mo that draining Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline had triggered a warning from Ah Yin, so Su Mo transferred her bloodline back into Tang San to stop it.
• Su Mo then took the remaining Blue Silver Emperor bloodline from Tang San and left while Tang Hao and Tang San mourned over the Blue Silver Grass.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Blue Silver Grass was a soul beast Ah Yin had raised and claimed its fluctuations might have been her farewell, concealing the truth.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Su Mo’s cultivation theories seemed reasonable and encouraged him to befriend Su Mo.
• Two and a half months later, Old Jack took Tang San, Su Mo, and Xiao Wu to enroll at Nuoding Academy, where Su Mo planned to investigate Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao.
• Su Mo remembered Froggy and began reading his journal to see where he had gone.

Su Mo read Froggy's journal and discovered that Froggy had stolen whale rubber, Gold Soul Coins, and a crystal from Flender's shop before teleporting home. Su Mo arrived at Nuoding City with Old Jack and the children, but a gatekeeper stopped them at Nuoding Academy.

• Su Mo shared Froggy's journal with Tian Meng, who cheered Froggy on as he watched the enrollment process at Shrek Academy.
• Froggy followed the bespectacled shopkeeper, later identified by Su Mo as Flender, and stole a crystal and a bag of Gold Soul Coins.
• Froggy found whale rubber in Flender's shop and escaped with it by using Froggy's Home when Flender caught him.
• Su Mo found the whale rubber, Gold Soul Coins, and crystal in Froggy's Home and suspected the crystal was the plate crystal from the original story.
• Old Jack and the three children entered Nuoding City and reached Nuoding Academy, where the gatekeeper insulted them and blocked their way.

Su Mo and the others brought three children with innate full soul power to Nuoding Academy, where Tang San violently injured a gatekeeper who tried to drive them away. Yu Xiaogang intervened, dismissed the gatekeeper, and led the children inside, where he began explaining which Martial Souls could have innate full soul power.

• Su Mo secretly intensified the gatekeeper’s contempt for Tang San, and the gatekeeper mocked the children’s certificates and clothes.
• The gatekeeper tried to kick Tang San, but Tang San used Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to throw him into a split and then kicked him in the crotch.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived before Tang San could use his Sleeve Arrow, checked the certificates, and ordered the gatekeeper not to return to work.
• Su Mo gave Old Jack Gold Soul Coins for a carriage home, and Yu Xiaogang took the three children into the academy to register.
• Yu Xiaogang asked the children about Martial Souls capable of innate full soul power and began describing the three categories he had identified.

Tang San became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, but their martial souls mysteriously resonated and revealed that Tang San had summoned Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao. Yu Xiaogang then summoned a Clear Sky Hammer, leaving them both confused about how their martial souls had become connected.

• Tang San decided Yu Xiaogang was knowledgeable and kowtowed to ask him to become his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang accidentally called Tang San his dear son, while Su Mo and Tian Meng watched and laughed through Spiritual Detection.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Su Mo and Xiao Wu to become his disciples, but they declined, and he left with Tang San.
• At Yu Xiaogang’s room, Tang San admitted that his other martial soul resonated with his teacher and summoned it.
• Tang San summoned Luo Sanpao instead of the Clear Sky Hammer, and Yu Xiaogang summoned a Clear Sky Hammer from his own hand.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Tang San might be the child of a great man, while Tang San asked why his martial soul was with his teacher.

Su Mo and Tian Meng watched Tang San discover that his Clear Sky Hammer had become Luo Sanpao while Yu Xiaogang received the Clear Sky Hammer and unexpectedly broke through to rank thirty. Su Mo then registered at Nuoding Academy with Xiao Wu and arranged for Tang San to join them on a soul-hunting trip.

• Yu Xiaogang speculated that the martial-soul exchange was a divine trial, and Tang San questioned him about Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Luo Sanpao’s harmful mutation had limited his cultivation, then suddenly broke through to rank thirty.
• Su Mo and Tian Meng secretly watched the exchange, and Su Mo considered ways to make Tang San use Luo Sanpao sooner.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu registered with Director Su, who offered to arrange a teacher to accompany them soul hunting.
• Su Mo asked Director Su to include Tang San, then shared the ten great laws of martial souls to establish his account before Yu Xiaogang could claim the ideas.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu received an upgraded room at Nuoding Academy, and Director Su helped Su Mo consume and absorb ten-thousand-year whale glue. When the final piece overwhelmed Su Mo, Tian Meng activated the Ice Gem, filling the dorm with ultimate ice and shocking Director Su.

• Su Mo persuaded Director Su to give him and Xiao Wu a twin room, then asked the director to soften whale glue with his Fire Crow flames.
• Director Su used his third soul skill to heat the whale glue while Su Mo exercised, and Xiao Wu left the room when the heat became unbearable.
• Su Mo ate small pieces of softened whale glue and repeatedly exercised as the medicinal potency strengthened and heated his body.
• After four hours, Su Mo swallowed the final piece and was overwhelmed by its scorching effects, leaving him unable to respond to Director Su.
• Tian Meng released a sliver of his origin power to activate the Ice Gem, and its ultimate chill spread through the dorm as Director Su recognized ultimate ice.

After absorbing ten-thousand-year whale glue, Su Mo and Xiao Wu grew taller and stronger, and Su Mo shared whale rubber with Director Su and Tang San. The friends prepared for a joint soul-hunting trip the next day, though Tang San had already made plans with his teacher.

• Tian Meng used the Ice Gem to help Su Mo recover after the whale glue triggered a chain reaction, and Director Su checked that Su Mo was well.
• Su Mo thanked Director Su with two pieces of thousand-year whale rubber, then asked him to help Xiao Wu absorb ten-thousand-year whale glue as well.
• Xiao Wu finished absorbing the whale glue, and she and Su Mo left their dorm room to buy bedding.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu visited Tang San in Dorm Seven, where Su Mo gave him his last piece of ten-thousand-year whale glue.
• Su Mo told Tang San that he had added him to the academy's soul-hunting trip the next day, and Tang San admitted he had already arranged to go with his teacher.
• Su Mo suggested that Tang San, his teacher, and their group could all go together.