Chapter Summaries

Su Ming helped Zhu Zhuqing endure the resentment assault during her absorption of the ten thousand year Soul Ring by transferring his Spiritual Power into her Sea of Consciousness. Zhu Zhuqing destroyed the resentment after an hour, leaving the Soul Ring absorption to continue as long as her body could withstand it.

• Dugu Bo recognized Su Ming's amplification as a domain, while Zhu Zhuqing's boosted physique and healing helped her endure the Soul Ring absorption.
• The Shadow Demon Lizard's resentment attacked Zhu Zhuqing inside her Sea of Consciousness and quickly overwhelmed her spiritual body.
• Su Ming gave Dugu Bo three Nine Revolutions Soul Transformation Instruments to help replenish his Soul Power, then prepared to transfer his Spiritual Power to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dugu Bo explained the risks of the transfer to Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong as Su Ming entered Zhu Zhuqing's Sea of Consciousness to strengthen her.
• Zhu Zhuqing's spiritual strength rose to the level of a Soul King, and she used her claws to defeat the Shadow Demon Lizard's resentment after an hour.

Su Ming exhausted his Spiritual Power maintaining Zhu Zhuqing’s Soul Ring absorption, but she survived and gained a powerful Fourth Spirit Skill. After thanking him with a kiss, Zhu Zhuqing also thanked the others who had helped her.

• Su Ming collapsed after maintaining his Spirit Skill for an hour, and Xiao Wu and Rongrong worried over his depleted Spiritual Power.
• Ning Rongrong decided to seek a future Soul Ring that could boost Spiritual Power, while Su Ming reassured everyone that Zhu Zhuqing had passed the dangerous stage.
• After a day, Zhu Zhuqing completed her ten thousand year Soul Ring absorption and reached level forty-four, while her Hell Spirit Cat also changed.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her Fourth Spirit Skill, Stealth. Netherworld Without End, which gave her camouflage, increased speed and attack, and a powerful high-speed state after her first strike.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Su Ming’s cheek to thank him, then thanked Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Dugu Bo for their help.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Shadow Demon Lizard’s ten thousand year Soul Ring, Dugu Bo explained how much Su Ming had sacrificed to help her and advised her to keep the Soul Bone instead of absorbing it. After a day of recovery, Su Ming reassured Zhu Zhuqing that the bone was not worth using, and the group prepared to return.

• Dugu Bo told Zhu Zhuqing that Su Ming had exhausted himself transferring Soul Power and Spiritual Power to help her absorb the Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo found a ten thousand year left leg Soul Bone on the Shadow Demon Lizard and advised Zhu Zhuqing to save it rather than absorb it.
• Zhu Zhuqing watched Su Ming while the group recovered and reflected on the care and friendship she had found at Shrek.
• After a day, Su Ming woke and asked why Zhu Zhuqing had been watching him; she explained that she had not absorbed the Soul Bone and asked whether he wanted it.
• Su Ming told Zhu Zhuqing to keep the Soul Bone, and Dugu Bo led the group onward toward home.

After Spirit Hall’s attacker stole Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances and weakened him, Tang Hao revealed his past and began taking Tang San away to train. Tang San learned that his mother had survived as a Blue Silver Grass seed and that Tang Hao had saved her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone for him as they headed to Holy Soul Village.

• Yu Xiaogang and Flender told Tang Hao that a hidden attacker from Spirit Hall had taken Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, lowering Tang San to Level Thirty-Four.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao about his past, and Tang Hao explained Spirit Hall’s role in his mother’s apparent death and the Clear Sky Sect’s isolation.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Tang San not to let hatred overcome him, and Tang Hao offered to train Tang San in Clear Sky Hammer techniques for the next few months.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his mother had become a Blue Silver Grass seed after sacrificing herself and that he had kept her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone for Tang San.
• Tang Hao and Tang San set off for Holy Soul Village to visit Tang San’s mother before Tang San absorbed the Soul Bone.

Tang San and Tang Hao returned to Holy Soul Village, then visited Ah Yin, where Tang Hao planned to have Tang San absorb her Soul Bone before the Soul Master Tournament. Tang San learned his father still suffered hidden injuries and suggested Su Ming or Ye Lingling as healers, leaving Tang Hao planning to seek Ye Lingling at the tournament.

• Tang San and Tang Hao found Holy Soul Village deserted and went to the back mountain to visit Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao told Ah Yin he planned for Tang San to absorb her Soul Bone and said his hidden injuries would not stop him from protecting his son.
• Tang San asked about Tang Hao's injuries and suggested Su Ming, but Tang Hao said their strained relationship and Su Ming's connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect made treatment too risky.
• Tang San described Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and its powerful healing potential, though she was only around level thirty-five.
• Tang Hao decided to wait for the Soul Master Tournament and planned to capture Ye Lingling so she could treat him until his injuries healed.

Tang San absorbed his mother’s Hundred Thousand Year right leg Soul Bone, but it gave him no Soul Power increase and only a seemingly useless skill. Tang Hao suspected Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline had not awakened, and explained that awakening it could evolve his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year right leg Soul Bone to absorb, but Tang San finished quickly with no change to his Rank 34 Soul Power.
• Tang San revealed that the Soul Bone’s only skill, Growth, made Blue Silver Grass grow within one meter and relay nearby information, leaving Tang Hao baffled.
• Tang Hao suggested the Soul Bone’s power might be sealed until Tang San awakened his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline, then proposed asking Tang San’s teacher at Thunderclap Academy.
• Tang Hao explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass was weak because it had not undergone its second awakening and could evolve into the top-tier Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.

Tang San learned that awakening his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline required reaching level fifty, while Yu Xiaogang could not explain the strange Soul Bone and planned to seek answers at Spirit Hall. Tang Hao set Tang San to train for the upcoming tournament, as Su Ming and his group returned to Heaven Dou City.

• Tang Hao told Tang San that he needed to reach level fifty and gain the Blue Silver Grass’s recognition before awakening his Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and gaining a growth-type Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao brought Tang San back to Thunderclap Academy, where Yu Xiaogang examined Tang San’s unusual Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone but could not explain its effects.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to visit Spirit Hall to ask about Twin Martial Soul cultivation and Tang San’s Soul Bone without revealing Tang San’s identity.
• Tang Hao urged Tang San to train hard and aim for level forty before the Soul Master Tournament, while ruling out adding Soul Rings to his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Su Ming and his group returned to Heaven Dou City after their trip, and Zhu Zhuqing secretly glanced at Su Ming.

Dugu Bo warned Su Ming and the others that Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation might include several Soul Kings, with Hu Liena potentially reaching Soul Emperor before the tournament. Su Ming explained how his spiritual strength and special eyes could counter her abilities, while Dugu Bo cautioned him to conceal his strongest skills; Su Ming then planned to visit Qian Renxue the next day.

• Dugu Bo told the group that Hu Liena and two other members of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation had reached Soul King, and that Hu Liena might become a Soul Emperor before the tournament.
• Dugu Yan and the others reacted with surprise, while Su Ming wondered how Hu Liena and her teammates had grown so powerful.
• Dugu Bo asked whether Su Ming could defeat Hu Liena, and Su Ming pretended that her Charm and illusions would overwhelm him if he could use only his Wood Element Martial Soul.
• Su Ming revealed that his spiritual strength and special eyes could see through Hu Liena’s abilities, prompting Dugu Bo to warn him against using Susanoo or Divine Might in the tournament.
• Su Ming assured Dugu Bo he was cautious, and the group prepared to return to the academy and rest.
• Su Ming remembered Qian Renxue’s invitation and decided to visit her the next day to find out what she really wanted.

After delaying his promised visit for more than a month, Su Ming went to the palace to meet Xue Qinghe. His Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze saw through the disguise and revealed Qian Renxue, and the chapter ended with them entering her chambers to talk.

• Qian Renxue learned Su Ming would visit and ordered the guards to bring him to her chambers, while privately resenting how long he had kept her waiting.
• Su Ming arrived at the palace and was escorted directly to the Crown Prince's chambers.
• Qian Renxue greeted Su Ming and apologized for Xue Beng's earlier rudeness as he used his Fiery Eyes Golden Gaze to see through her disguise.
• Su Ming admired Qian Renxue's true appearance, then joked that he might like both men and women, leaving her bewildered.
• Qian Renxue realized her disguise had been exposed, kept her composure, and invited Su Ming inside to talk.

Su Ming met Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, who was secretly Qian Renxue, and rejected her offer to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. After Su Ming’s pointed test exposed the conflict between loyalty to the empire and loyalty to Qian Renxue personally, she gave up pretending and spoke openly about what she wanted.

• Qian Renxue used Xue Beng’s offense as an excuse to approach Su Ming and admitted she wanted to recruit him.
• Su Ming refused to join the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, then asked whether she still wanted him if his loyalty meant opposing any faction that threatened the empire.
• Qian Renxue recognized Su Ming’s question as a test about Spirit Hall and asked him to be loyal to her instead.
• Su Ming said he was loyal to factions and would rather be friends with the gentle crown prince, frustrating Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue told Su Ming not to join the empire because she wanted loyalty to herself, not the imperial family.
• Su Ming explained that his closeness to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect came from his relationship with Rongrong, its Young Sect Master.

Su Ming pressed Qian Renxue to explain why she would make a choice against the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and she responded by revealing her true identity and appearance. After being briefly stunned by her beauty, Su Ming regained his composure and remembered that she was a calculating infiltrator.

• Su Ming questioned why Qian Renxue, the Heaven Dou crown prince, would choose an option unfavorable to the Imperial Family and promised loyalty if she chose the first option.
• Qian Renxue shut the bedchamber doors and windows, invited Su Ming inside, and walked to her bedroom.
• Qian Renxue spoke in her original female voice and used holy light to remove her disguise, revealing her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and true appearance.
• Su Ming noticed Qian Renxue's angelic mark and was briefly dazed by her beauty and smile.
• Qian Renxue asked what Su Ming thought of her true appearance, and he recovered his composure while reminding himself that she was deeply calculating.

Su Ming confronted Qian Renxue after she revealed that she was a woman posing as Xue Qinghe, and they traded teasing remarks while discussing his discovery of her disguise. Qian Renxue asked why he was so calm despite knowing her secret, and Su Ming pressed her to explain why she had exposed herself.

• Su Ming recognized Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and accused her of impersonating Xue Qinghe, while Qian Renxue said she knew he had detected her disguise and was testing her.
• Qian Renxue reasoned that Su Ming’s remarks about pledging loyalty to the empire had been intended to test her motives and whether she wanted to recruit him for Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming and Qian Renxue traded barbs over her calling him “little brother” and his calling her an older sister, before settling on “Little Brother Su Ming” and “Sister Qian Renxue.”
• Qian Renxue asked why Su Ming was not afraid she would kill him for knowing her secret, and he said he sensed no hostility and that exposing him would endanger her undercover plan.
• Su Ming asked why Qian Renxue had revealed her female identity to him, and she recognized that her disclosure could also ruin her mission.

Su Ming agreed not to reveal Qian Renxue’s identity, but refused her invitation to join Spirit Hall until after the Soul Master Tournament. He was surprised to learn that her mother was Bibi Dong and suspected their relationship had changed.

• Qian Renxue explained why she had revealed her identity, and Su Ming promised not to expose her.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo revealed themselves, but Qian Renxue ordered them to stand down when Pufferfish confronted Su Ming.
• Qian Renxue invited Su Ming to join Spirit Hall, but he declined for now and said he would discuss it after the Soul Master Tournament under his own conditions.
• Su Ming asked who Qian Renxue’s mother was, and she said it was Bibi Dong, the current Pope.
• Su Ming asked whether Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong had a good relationship, and the system guessed that a notebook about Yu Xiaogang had helped repair their bond.

Su Ming and Qian Renxue agreed to be friends after he explained why he would not pursue her, despite finding her attractive. He then questioned her decision to spare Xue Beng and warned that the prince’s playboy behavior might be an act, leaving Qian Renxue to consider the risks in her succession plot.

• Qian Renxue said she trusted Su Ming because she had investigated him and expected him to join Spirit Hall after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Su Ming admitted that Qian Renxue was his type but said her position and his existing relationships made pursuing her unrealistic.
• Qian Renxue accepted Su Ming’s proposal that they remain friends and asked him for advice.
• Su Ming questioned why Qian Renxue had spared Xue Beng after arranging the deaths of the Second Prince and Third Prince.
• Qian Renxue explained that sparing Xue Beng would avoid suspicion from Xue Ye and that she considered him harmless.
• Su Ming warned that Xue Beng might be pretending to be a playboy and asked whether Qian Renxue had left clues linking the princes’ deaths.

Su Ming warned Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo’s support for Xue Beng suggested the Fourth Prince was more capable and dangerous than he appeared. Qian Renxue considered a plan to kill Xue Beng by exploiting his debauchery, while Su Ming returned to the academy and wrote about meeting her in his Diary.

• Su Ming argued that Dugu Bo would not keep helping Xue Beng without a reason and urged Qian Renxue to investigate the prince.
• Su Ming left the bedchamber, and Qian Renxue realized she had underestimated Xue Beng as a potential threat.
• Snake Lance and Pufferfish discussed ways to eliminate Xue Beng, and Pufferfish suggested making his death look like the result of debauchery.
• Qian Renxue considered secretly addicting Xue Beng to a powerful aphrodisiac so he would appear to die from excess.
• Qian Renxue resumed Xue Qinghe’s appearance and dismissed Snake Lance and Pufferfish.
• Su Ming returned to the academy and wrote in his Diary about meeting Qian Renxue.

Su Ming wrote about Qian Renxue’s beauty and his first meeting with her, prompting Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong to react jealously. Zhu Zhuqing realized she might have feelings for Su Ming but decided not to act on them while her engagement to Dai Mubai remained unresolved.

• The female leads read Su Ming’s new diary entry after his writing had been sporadic for months.
• Su Ming praised Qian Renxue’s beauty and figure, making Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong jealous and drawing a reaction from Bibi Dong.
• Su Ming recalled seeing through Qian Renxue’s disguise and described how her voice and appearance had affected him.
• Su Ming noted that Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong had not fully matured, while Zhu Zhuqing’s figure had already developed further.
• Zhu Zhuqing traced her growing feelings for Su Ming to their trip to the Star Dou Great Forest but chose not to confess because she was uncertain and still engaged to Dai Mubai.
• Su Ming wrote that Qian Renxue had revealed her true appearance after noticing something unusual about his eyes.

Su Ming explained how he tested Qian Renxue’s loyalty and refused to join her personally, then questioned her past fixation on Tang San. Qian Renxue denied being a love brain, but fell silent when Su Ming recounted how she had admitted loving Tang San and blamed Bibi Dong for killing him.

• Su Ming said he had offered to serve the Heaven Dou Imperial Family rather than Qian Renxue personally, forcing her to choose whether to accept his terms.
• Qian Renxue revealed her true appearance and invited Su Ming again, but he said they could be friends instead of pursuing a relationship.
• Su Ming argued that Qian Renxue had repeatedly spared Tang San and suspected she had been attracted to his rejection of her.
• Qian Renxue rejected the idea that she was a love brain and reasoned that Tang San’s unattainability had simply made her want to win him over.
• Su Ming recounted how Qian Renxue blamed Bibi Dong for killing Tang San and admitted that she loved him, leaving the present Qian Renxue silent.

Su Ming’s diary revealed how Tang San had received divine protection and how Qian Renxue had once let her enemy go, prompting Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong to reflect on their painful history and reconciliation. The chapter ended with Bo Saixi learning that Su Ming’s Spiritual Power had nearly reached the Vast realm.

• Qian Renxue read Su Ming’s account of Tang San’s divine allies and clenched her fist as she realized she had repeatedly spared him despite their enmity.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue considered their past conflict, while Qian Renxue recalled how her grandfather had urged her to let go of her hatred.
• Qian Renxue recognized that she might be a Love Brain after putting herself in Bibi Dong’s position and forgiving her.
• Su Ming recounted teasing Qian Renxue about her age and reaching a friendlier understanding with her after they agreed to call each other Sister Qian Renxue and Little Brother Su Ming.
• Su Ming revealed that his Spiritual Power had nearly reached the Vast realm, astonishing Bo Saixi.

Su Ming warned Qian Renxue that Xue Beng remained a hidden threat to her undercover mission and argued that she should eliminate him before he could inherit the throne. He also recalled how Xue Ye’s later actions helped Tang San gain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and reach the Sea God’s trials, while Bo Saixi reacted to Su Ming mentioning it.

• Qian Renxue asked Su Ming for advice about her undercover mission, and he judged that Tang San was less likely to sabotage it without his former allies.
• Su Ming identified Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing as the greater danger, noting that Xue Beng was pretending to be a dissolute prince while waiting for an opportunity.
• Su Ming argued that Qian Renxue should kill Xue Beng and reflected that sparing him could let him become Emperor after Xue Ye’s death.
• Su Ming recalled that Xue Ye later named Tang San King Lan Hao and gave him the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, which helped Tang San obtain the Sea God’s Nine Trials.
• Bo Saixi’s spirits lifted when she saw Su Ming mention the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.

Su Ming considered ways to keep the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from reaching Tang San and planned to visit Spirit Hall after the Soul Master Tournament. Qian Renxue resolved to pursue the treasure, while the Skywater and Blazing Fire teams reacted to Su Ming’s remarks about their academies.

• Bo Saixi hoped Su Ming’s interference would stop Tang San from obtaining the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, while Su Ming suspected the Sea God would favor Tang San even without it.
• Qian Renxue read Su Ming’s diary and decided she had to seize the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, though she worried Tang San might still receive the Sea God’s inheritance.
• Su Ming said he planned to visit Spirit Hall after the tournament and joked that he might have preferred joining Skywater Academy for its beautiful team members.
• Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu regretted that Su Ming had not joined Skywater Academy, while Huo Wu grew angry that he preferred it to Blazing Fire Academy.
• Su Ming argued that winning the tournament for Heaven Dou Royal Academy would repay any use of its resources, and those who knew his strength accepted that he could lead the team to victory.