Chapter Summaries

Taichu’s group encountered Dai Ruifeng, who claimed the Jingang Tiger as his and harassed Dugu Yan while insulting Zhu Zhuqing. After Taichu called him an idiot and threatened him, Dai Ruifeng ordered Elder Mu to capture Taichu and his companions, hoping to claim Dugu Yan for himself.

• Dai Ruifeng angrily accused Taichu’s group of taking the Jingang Tiger he had claimed for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Dai Ruifeng propositioned Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing objected to his bullying.
• Dai Ruifeng dismissed Zhu Zhuqing’s authority and invoked her fallen status after Dai Mubai fled.
• Taichu called Dai Ruifeng an idiot and decided he would kill him for insulting Dugu Yan.
• Dai Ruifeng ordered Elder Mu to capture Taichu and his companions so he could take revenge and pursue Dugu Yan.

Dugu Bo confronted Dai Ruifeng and the Dai Clan’s offerings after Dai Ruifeng targeted Zhu Zhuqing. Dugu Bo killed the two offerings, while Taichu incapacitated Dai Ruifeng and asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she wanted to live.

• Dugu Bo overwhelmed Dai Ruifeng, Zhu Zhuqing, and the two Dai Clan offerings with his Title Douluo aura.
• Elder Mu and Elder Du begged Dugu Bo for mercy and invoked their status as offerings of the Star Luo Empire.
• Dugu Bo revealed his strength and killed both Third-Rank Offerings.
• Taichu trapped Dai Ruifeng in Tsukuyomi, destroying his mind and knocking him unconscious.
• Taichu turned to the terrified Zhu Zhuqing and asked if she wanted to live.

Taichu recruited Zhu Zhuqing into Samsara Academy, keeping her from returning to the Star Luo Empire or joining Shrek Academy. Jingang completed his second soul-ring absorption, and Zhu Zhuqing was stunned by his two thousand-year soul rings.

• Taichu offered Zhu Zhuqing a place at Samsara Academy, and she accepted in order to live.
• Taichu decided Zhu Zhuqing would join his team for the future Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and explained that he needed a seventh member.
• Jingang completed absorbing the Jingang Tiger soul ring and announced that he had reached level 24.
• Taichu encouraged Jingang to keep training and predicted he could reach the Soul Ancestor realm before the tournament.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw Jingang's two thousand-year soul rings and was shocked.

Taichu welcomed Zhu Qing into Samsara Academy and promised her a Thousand Year Second Soul Ring after she strengthened her body. He then explained why Ye Ling would absorb a 3000 Year Gold Stone Grass soul ring, while Dugu Yan worried Zhu Qing might become another love rival.

• Zhu Qing was astonished by her Thousand Year First Soul Ring and asked whether her next ring could also be a thousand years old.
• Taichu told Zhu Qing she could receive a Thousand Year Second Soul Ring, but should train before absorbing a 1500 Year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan scrutinized Zhu Qing and worried she could become another rival for Taichu's affection.
• Taichu chose a 3000 Year Gold Stone Grass soul ring for Ye Ling and explained how it could strengthen her Blue Silver Grass roots and help her drain earth energy.

Taichu and his companions hunted Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, helping Ye Ling absorb her Second Soul Ring before Dugu Yan began absorbing an eighteen-thousand-year ring. Dugu Yan successfully gained the Wood-type Power of Wood skill, completing her set of Five Elements Soul Skills.

• Taichu and the others left Dai Ruifeng unconscious in the Star Dou Forest, where he was left to die.
• Taichu wounded a three-thousand-year Gold Stone Grass Soul Beast, and Ye Ling killed it and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level 24 and gaining Drain.
• Dugu Bo led the group to an eighteen-thousand-year Sharp Bamboo that he had selected for Dugu Yan's Fifth Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan killed the Sharp Bamboo and spent three hours resisting its Soul Shock as she absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan completed her absorption and gained the Fifth Soul Skill Power of Wood, joining her Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth abilities.

Taichu absorbed the Spirit-Eating Taotie's Forty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reached Level 44. He revealed the name of his Fourth Soul Skill to Dugu Bo, leaving its abilities unexplained.

• Dugu Bo split from Taichu and the others to search for the Spirit-Eating Taotie while staying close enough to help.
• Dugu Bo captured a severely injured Forty-Thousand-Year Spirit-Eating Taotie and brought it to Taichu.
• Taichu killed the Spirit-Eating Taotie and began absorbing its Soul Ring, crushing its remnant soul with a Mental Shock.
• After an hour, Taichu finished absorbing the ring and discovered that his Soul Power had risen to Level 44.
• When Dugu Bo asked about his Fourth Soul Skill, Taichu named it Amenominakanushi.

Taichu demonstrated that his Fourth Soul Skill, Amenominakanushi, could absorb elemental attacks and release them with multiplied power. He explained its limits and reflected on choosing it instead of a spatial Dojutsu like Kamui, leaving him satisfied with his new ability while still hoping to obtain Kamui later.

• Taichu asked Dugu Yan to attack him with an elemental ability, and she used her First Soul Skill, Power of Fire.
• Taichu activated Amenominakanushi and absorbed Dugu Yan’s flames through his palm.
• Taichu released the absorbed flames at increased power, knocking down several trees and astonishing Dugu Bo.
• Taichu explained that Amenominakanushi absorbed and amplified elemental attacks but could not counter physical attacks or weapons.
• Taichu recalled choosing Amenominakanushi after failing to find a suitable Space-Type Soul Beast and deciding not to risk getting an unwanted spatial Dojutsu instead of Kamui.

After completing Samsara Academy’s seven-person team, Taichu returned and focused on growing stronger before Tang Hao learned of his theft of Ah Yin and her spirit bone. Two years passed without major incidents, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City.

• Taichu explained that he still considered himself too weak because he feared Tang Hao would eventually discover what he had taken and seek revenge.
• Dugu Bo and Taichu returned from their journey with one more companion, completing Samsara Academy’s seven-person tournament team.
• Ning Rongrong was turned away when she tried to see Taichu, then was sent to cultivate; Zhu Zhuqing began her academy arrangements, including medicinal treatments and preparations for hunting her second Soul Ring.
• Yang Wudi took charge of most of Samsara Academy’s remaining affairs as two uneventful years passed.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in Suotuo City, where Ning Rongrong used her Soul Power Pressure to drive off a man who invited them for a drink.

Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong arrived in Suotuo City after spending the day shopping, where they encountered Zhu Zhuqing’s fiancé, Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing declared that she had come to dissolve their engagement, but Dai Mubai refused to accept it.

• Ning Rongrong persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to spend the day shopping in Suotuo City instead of hurrying back to Samsara Academy.
• At the Rose Hotel, Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing learned that only one room remained.
• Dai Mubai arrived with two girls and tried to claim the room, then recognized Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing dismissed Dai Mubai’s excuses and told Ning Rongrong that she had come to end their connection.
• Zhu Zhuqing announced that she wanted to dissolve their engagement, and Dai Mubai angrily argued that she could not do so unilaterally.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai to end their engagement, but he tore up the contract and attacked her. After she revealed her immense strength and rare Soul Ring Configuration, Dai Mubai refused to let her go and proposed that they join forces to seize the Star Luo Empire’s throne.

• Zhu Zhuqing presented Dai Mubai with an engagement termination contract, and Dai Mubai tore it up in anger before attacking her.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated her Martial Soul and sent Dai Mubai flying with a single strike.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Level 40 Soul Ancestor strength and her yellow, purple, purple, and black Soul Rings, shocking Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered Dai Mubai another contract and explained that she wanted to end their engagement so she could focus on cultivation.
• Dai Mubai tore up the second contract and urged Zhu Zhuqing to help him defeat his Big Brother and claim the Star Luo Empire’s throne.

Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai’s offer to join forces for the Star Luo throne and demanded he sign their engagement termination contract. When he refused and claimed she could never escape being his fiancée, she beat him badly, but he still refused to sign and dared her to kill him.

• Dai Mubai saw a chance to challenge Dai Weisi for the throne, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected his appeal and said she would not help him.
• Dai Mubai offered Zhu Zhuqing the position of Star Luo Empress if they joined forces, but she said she was not interested and demanded he sign the Engagement Termination Contract.
• Dai Mubai refused to sign and declared that Zhu Zhuqing would remain his fiancée for life.
• Zhu Zhuqing punched Dai Mubai until his face was swollen, then presented the contract again.
• Dai Mubai refused to submit, and Zhu Zhuqing gathered Soul Power around her claws and threatened him with Killing intent.

Zhu Zhuqing confronted Dai Mubai in Suotuo City to end their engagement, revealing how Samsara Academy and Taichu’s mentorship had transformed her into a powerful Soul Ancestor. After defeating him and warning that she would kill him if he resisted again, she forced Dai Mubai to agree to sign the separation.

• Zhu Zhuqing slashed Dai Mubai twice and dismissed his threats about the Star Luo Empire and her family.
• Dai Mubai attacked Zhu Zhuqing with his White Tiger Soul Skills, but she tore apart his attack with Hell Claw.
• Zhu Zhuqing recalled how Samsara Academy, Taichu’s training, and an Immortal Herb had evolved her Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power to level 40.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Dai Mubai with Nether Step and Hell Claw, leaving five claw marks across his chest.
• Zhu Zhuqing demanded that Dai Mubai sign their separation, and he agreed after realizing she might kill him.

After Dai Mubai signed the contract ending his engagement to Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong mocked him and he collapsed, while the Twin Sisters took him to Shrek Academy to collect payment. In the Star Dou Forest, Taichu and his companions finally subdued the ninety-thousand-year Void Beast he needed for a Soul Ring.

• Dai Mubai signed the Engagement Termination Contract, and Ning Rongrong mocked his chances of surpassing Zhu Zhuqing or surviving the Star Luo Empire's succession struggle.
• Dai Mubai spat blood and fainted, so the Twin Sisters loaded him onto a cart and took him to Shrek Academy to make his Teacher pay.
• Taichu used Amaterasu on the Void Beast, but it turned into Void and escaped the flames.
• Taichu switched places with the fleeing Void Beast using Amenotejikara, allowing Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi to attack it, but it used its Void ability again to evade their damage.
• Taichu tracked the Void Beast, switched places with a nearby leaf, and used Tsukuyomi to bring it down, completing the hunt.

Taichu killed the Void Beast and absorbed its over ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring as his Fifth Soul Ring. He successfully gained Izanagi, while Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi guarded him during the absorption.

• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi praised Taichu for capturing the Void Beast, though they regretted that it was not a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Yang Wudi suggested seeking help from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Taichu refused because he wanted the Void Beast’s Dojutsu as his Fifth Soul Skill.
• Taichu used his Kusanagi Sword to kill the Void Beast and began absorbing its Soul Ring, while Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi stood guard.
• After ten hours, Taichu finished absorbing the Soul Ring and learned that his Fifth Soul Skill was Izanagi.

Taichu gained Izanagi as his Fifth Soul Skill after absorbing the Void Beast's Soul Ring, though using it temporarily blinded one eye for a week. He refused the Void Beast's Ninety Thousand Year Soul Bone and revealed his plan to collect a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.

• Taichu explained that Izanagi could undo something unfavorable that happened to him, at the cost of temporarily losing sight in one eye.
• Taichu told Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi that his eye would recover after a week, then cut open the Void Beast's corpse and retrieved its Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi urged Taichu to absorb the Ninety Thousand Year Soul Bone, but Taichu refused because he expected to obtain better ones.
• Taichu told Dugu Bo that he planned to gather six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones by hunting Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, the Far North, and the sea.

Taichu rejected the idea of settling for lower-ranked Soul Bones and planned to collect a full set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones. After giving Yang Wudi a Ninety Thousand Year Soul Bone to strengthen Samsara Academy, Taichu proposed hunting Tang Hao.

• Taichu explained that he intended to gather a complete set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones rather than absorb lower-ranked ones, and Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi agreed to support him.
• Taichu offered the Ninety Thousand Year Soul Bone to Yang Wudi, who initially refused so it could be saved for Yanyan.
• Taichu persuaded Yang Wudi to absorb the Soul Bone so he could become a Title Douluo and help protect the academy during the upcoming tournament.
• Dugu Bo urged Yang Wudi to accept the Soul Bone and promised that Taichu would provide Yanyan with Soul Bones later.
• Taichu told Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi that he wanted to hunt Tang Hao, the enemy who had killed his parents.

Taichu secured Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo’s support for a planned hunt for Tang Hao, while Yang Wudi began absorbing a ninety-thousand-year Soul Bone. In Suotuo City, Flender treated Dai Mubai after the Twin Sisters brought him back, then went to the Rose Hotel to confront those who had mistreated him.

• Yang Wudi agreed to back Taichu’s plan to take down Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect, driven by the Breaking Clan’s history of losses and resentment.
• Dugu Bo hesitated over Tang Hao’s strength, but Taichu assured him that he had prepared to kill Tang Hao in one strike, and Dugu Bo agreed to help.
• Taichu urged Yang Wudi to absorb the ninety-thousand-year Void Right Leg Bone before they set out to hunt Tang Hao, and Yang Wudi began absorbing it.
• The Twin Sisters brought Dai Mubai to Shrek Academy, where Flender questioned them, threatened them with his Soul Saint pressure, and sent them away without payment.
• Flender had Shao Xin treat Dai Mubai, then headed to the Rose Hotel to stand up for his student.

Flender arrived at Rose Hotel and used his Soul Saint pressure to demand an explanation for Dai Mubai’s beating. He planned to defend Shrek Academy, extort compensation, and recruit Dai Mubai’s fiancée and her companion, then called for them to come out.

• Flender learned that Dai Mubai’s fiancée and another girl had beaten him after he refused to break off their engagement.
• Flender considered the political consequences for the Zhu Clan and the Dai Clan, who had intermarried for generations.
• Flender planned to defend Shrek Academy’s students, demand compensation, and recruit the two girls for his tournament team.
• Flender’s Soul Saint pressure frightened the guests and hotel staff, and the owner asked him what he was doing.
• Flender identified himself as Shrek Academy’s dean and shouted for whoever had beaten Dai Mubai to come out.

Flender confronted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong at the Rose Hotel over Dai Mubai, using his Soul Saint pressure to intimidate them. Their powerful Soul Ring configurations made him fantasize about recruiting them into Shrek Academy, while Ning Rongrong grew furious.

• Flender shouted through the Rose Hotel, waking guests as he demanded to see Dai Mubai’s fiancée and her companion.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong left their room and confronted Flender in the hotel’s Main Hall.
• Ning Rongrong admitted that she and Zhu Zhuqing had beaten Dai Mubai, and Flender accused them of humiliating a Shrek Academy student and breaking off the engagement.
• Flender pressed his Soul Saint pressure onto the two girls, who entered Martial Soul Possession and revealed their Soul Rings.
• Flender saw their ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Rings and learned they were level 47 and level 44 Soul Ancestors, then imagined recruiting them and winning the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Ning Rongrong’s face darkened as Flender continued fantasizing about Shrek Academy’s success.

Flender tried to force Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to compensate Shrek Academy and reveal their Soul Ring methods, but a rank-89 Spirit Douluo arrived and put him under pressure. Ning Rongrong called the old man Grandfather Luo, leaving Flender terrified to realize they knew each other.

• Flender demanded compensation, the termination of the Engagement Termination Contract be voided, and the girls’ Soul Ring methods in exchange for letting them join Shrek Academy.
• A Spirit Douluo appeared and suppressed Flender with his aura as he questioned the Soul Saint’s treatment of the two Soul Ancestors.
• Flender falsely claimed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing had attacked and injured his students, then accused Ning Rongrong of being unruly when she protested.
• Flender said he would discipline Ning Rongrong on behalf of her parents, and the old man increased his pressure to rank-89 strength.
• Ning Rongrong called the old man Grandfather Luo, and Flender realized they knew each other.