Chapter Summaries

Liu Erlong explained Su Ming’s conflict with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to Yu Luomian and urged him not to become Su Ming’s enemy. Convinced by her account and her Soul Douluo strength, Yu Luomian decided to offer Su Ming a treasured item to show the clan’s sincerity.

• Liu Erlong recalled that Yu Yuanzhen had led trusted clan members on the mission involving Su Ming, while Yu Luomian had not been told its purpose.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Luomian what had happened and falsely claimed that she and Su Ming were friends, hoping to keep her father from coveting Su Ming’s treasures.
• Yu Luomian abandoned the idea of taking Su Ming’s treasures after considering his strength and Liu Erlong’s connection to him.
• Liu Erlong revealed that Su Ming had helped her become a Soul Douluo and urged Yu Luomian to build goodwill with him.
• Yu Luomian asked whether Liu Erlong could join Su Ming’s circle, then returned to his room and retrieved a hidden treasure.

Liu Erlong persuaded Yu Luomian to give Su Ming a precious Soul Bone and support him against the clan leader. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan urged Ye Lingling to seek Su Ming’s help with her Martial Soul, but Lingling remained hesitant.

• Yu Luomian showed Liu Erlong a thirty-thousand-year Golden Armored Dragon Left Arm Bone that he had saved for her.
• Liu Erlong chose to offer the Soul Bone to Su Ming in Yu Luomian’s name and asked her father to support Su Ming even against the clan leader.
• Yu Luomian agreed after Liu Erlong warned him that Su Ming had the support of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Poison Douluo.
• Dugu Yan urged Ye Lingling to ask Su Ming about their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and whether he could address her Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Ye Lingling admitted she was nervous about approaching Su Ming, while Xiao Wu and Dugu Yan resolved to cultivate after reading Su Ming’s diary.

Su Ming received a reward that increased all his Soul Rings’ ages, then learned that Tang San’s new Soul Bone Skill only let nearby Blue Silver Grass relay information to him. He argued with Ah Yin over removing the Soul Bone without asking her and left her with doubts about whether Tang San was truly her son.

• Ye Lingling considered seeking Su Ming out to learn about Martial Soul Fusion Skills and improve her strength.
• The system rewarded Su Ming by increasing the age of all his Soul Rings by ten thousand years, and Ah Yin’s cultivation rose by the same amount.
• Ah Yin told Su Ming that Tang Hao had returned to Holy Soul Village with Tang San, who absorbed the disguised Soul Bone and gained a skill that made nearby Blue Silver Grass relay information.
• Su Ming laughed at Tang San’s new Soul Skill, and Ah Yin became angry that he had removed the Soul Bone without asking her.
• Su Ming urged Ah Yin to consider the possibility that Tang San was not her son and promised to take her to meet Tang San and Tang Hao once she recovered her strength.
• Qian Renxue anxiously waited for the system’s reward, believing that she was due to receive it.

Qian Renxue received Sun Breathing from the system and considered how to use it without revealing its origins. Su Ming went to an auction in Heaven Dou City with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, where he learned that a valuable Soul Bone had been stolen.

• Qian Renxue received Sun Breathing, a twelve-form combat technique adapted to her Angel Sacred Sword and Light Fire, and planned to cultivate it while concealing its forms from Su Ming.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing invited Su Ming to visit an auction in Heaven Dou City.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling joined the group, and Su Ming realized Ye Lingling had wanted to discuss their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• The group explored Heaven Dou City before the auction and overheard that Heaven Dou Auction House had been robbed of a precious treasure.
• Su Ming recognized that Shi Nian had stolen the Soul Bone before it could be auctioned.

Su Ming and his companions visited the Heaven Dou Auction House, where they learned that a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone suited to Ning Rongrong had been stolen. Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong joined them, and Su Ming advised Gu Rong that overcoming his fixation on Chen Xin might help him advance.

• Su Ming used Ning Fengzhi's Gold Card to enter the Heaven Dou Auction House with his companions.
• Xiao Wu questioned why nobles were groping the auction house hostesses, and Ning Rongrong explained the hostesses' role and the dark conditions behind it.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong met Su Ming's group and revealed that they had come to buy a ten-thousand-year Soul Bone suited to a Support Soul Master, but it had been stolen.
• Ning Fengzhi thanked Su Ming for helping Chen Xin deepen his sword comprehension and break through to level ninety-seven.
• Gu Rong complained that Chen Xin had surpassed him, and Su Ming suggested Gu Rong cultivate his heart and let go of his obsession with defeating Chen Xin.

Su Ming advised Gu Rong that a breakthrough might require facing deadly pressure while protecting Ning Fengzhi, though the sect decided not to risk it for now. At the auction, Su Ming bought a cat girl to free her from being treated as a plaything, and she joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under the name Su Ziling.

• Su Ming explained that Gu Rong might need to face a life-or-death threat without using Space Transfer to awaken the resolve needed for a breakthrough.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong chose to consider Su Ming's dangerous suggestion later, and Gu Rong agreed to reflect on how he protected others.
• At the auction, Su Ming outbid Prince Xue Xing and bought the cat girl for 180,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to let the cat girl stay at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and receive cultivation training.
• Xiao Wu helped the cat girl wash, and Su Ming named her Su Ziling.

Su Ming freed Su Ziling and helped her improve her Soul Power before entrusting her to Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As Su Ming and his companions headed back to the academy, Liu Erlong appeared to intercept them.

• Su Ziling chose to cultivate at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and a test showed her Soul Power was rank six.
• Su Ming opened Su Ziling's meridians, raising her Soul Power to rank ten, and told her to live as herself rather than as a slave.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to take Su Ziling back to the sect, and she thanked Su Ming as his group departed.
• Dugu Yan said her grandfather was away, and Su Ming suspected he had gone to challenge Ju Hua Guan.
• Su Ming and his companions set off for the academy, where they encountered Liu Erlong waiting for them.

Liu Erlong brought Su Ming to Blue Tyrant Academy to apologize for her branch’s lack of involvement in the attack and to seek his goodwill. After explaining that she and Yu Luomian planned to distance themselves from Yu Yuanzhen’s branch, she faced Su Ming’s question about whether she could turn against the branch of Yu Xiaogang’s father.

• Liu Erlong waited for Su Ming, introduced herself, and invited him to Blue Tyrant Academy to offer an apology on behalf of her branch.
• Su Ming accepted Liu Erlong’s invitation and arranged to meet Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling the next morning.
• At Liu Erlong’s cottage, she apologized and asked Su Ming not to punish uninvolved members of her branch.
• Liu Erlong explained that she and Yu Luomian had confirmed Yu Luomian’s branch was uninvolved and decided to cut ties with Yu Yuanzhen’s branch and show Su Ming goodwill.
• Su Ming asked Liu Erlong whether she could truly abandon Yu Yuanzhen’s branch despite its connection to Yu Xiaogang.

Su Ming tested Liu Erlong's stance toward Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen, accepted a valuable Soul Bone from her, and offered her Space Talismans in return. After leaving Blue Tyrant Academy, he reunited with Xiao Wu, and they went to eat together before returning to the academy.

• Liu Erlong told Su Ming she had discovered Yu Xiaogang's true nature, trained until she reached rank eighty-one, and would side with Su Ming if he clashed with Yu Yuanzhen.
• Liu Erlong gave Su Ming a thirty-thousand-year Golden Armored Dragon Left Arm Bone on behalf of Yu Luomian, and Su Ming accepted it while declining the academy's other resources.
• Su Ming gave Liu Erlong ten Level 2 Space Talismans and the crown prince's token, and they agreed to be friends.
• Su Ming noticed Xiao Wu hiding nearby after leaving Blue Tyrant Academy, vanished to tease her, then startled her and carried her away from the crowd.
• Su Ming and Xiao Wu kissed in a secluded alley, stopped when Xiao Wu's stomach growled, and went to eat at Heaven Dou City's night market before returning to the academy.

Su Ming wrote about the stolen Soul Bone and Shi Nian while Dugu Bo defeated Ju Hua Guan and hid the source of his new strength. Ju Hua Guan suspected Dugu Bo had gained a treasure and planned to investigate his connections, while the chapter ended with Su Ming recalling how Shi Nian’s overconfidence led to his death at Tang San’s hands.

• Xiao Wu returned to her dormitory to sleep after Su Ming taught her how to breathe, while Su Ming prepared to test his Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Ye Lingling and wrote in his diary.
• Su Ming described Shi Nian stealing a valuable Soul Bone from the auction and reflected that Shi Nian’s illusions and overconfidence would eventually lead to his defeat by Tang San.
• Dugu Bo overwhelmed Ju Hua Guan, whose attacks withered against Dugu Bo’s poison, and warned him not to challenge him again.
• Ju Hua Guan suspected Dugu Bo had used an evil technique, but Dugu Bo denied it and concealed Su Ming’s role in his increased strength.
• Ju Hua Guan revealed that his Martial Soul was the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and admitted he hoped to find an Immortal Herb to improve his strength.
• After Dugu Bo left, Ju Hua Guan resolved to investigate who had recently helped Dugu Bo and considered how to explain his long absence to Bibi Dong.

Ning Rongrong decided to seek a way to amplify Su Ming’s Spiritual Power and focus on cultivating Heart Separation Control. Meanwhile, Su Ming rescued and named the catgirl Su Ziling, then met Liu Erlong, who offered a thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone on Yu Luomian’s behalf and pledged his support.

• Ning Rongrong decided to ask her father about spiritual Soul Beasts and, if none existed, consider using her God-Bestowed Soul Ring to gain a Spiritual Power amplification skill.
• Su Ming bought the catgirl at the auction, named her Su Ziling, helped open her meridians, and arranged for her to cultivate at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Liu Erlong met Su Ming at Blue Tyrant Academy to explain Yu Yuanzhen’s interception and offer compensation for her branch.
• Liu Erlong gave Su Ming a thirty-thousand-year Golden Armored Dragon Left Arm Bone as a gesture of goodwill from Yu Luomian.
• Liu Erlong told Su Ming that Yu Luomian would support him if he came into conflict with Yu Yuanzhen, and Su Ming resolved to repay that support by helping Yu Luomian become a Titled Douluo.

After leaving Blue Tyrant Academy, Su Ming realized Xiao Wu had secretly waited for him, and Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing confronted Xiao Wu about it the next morning. Ning Rongrong explained that she had begun cultivating more diligently so she could keep pace with the others and help Su Ming.

• After speaking with Liu Erlong, Su Ming sensed Xiao Wu following him and realized she had secretly come to wait for him.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing knocked on Xiao Wu's door at dawn and found her bed unusually neat.
• Ning Rongrong teased Xiao Wu for sneaking back to Blue Tyrant Academy to see Su Ming, and Xiao Wu admitted she had also wanted to spend time with him.
• Ning Rongrong told Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing that she was cultivating more diligently because she wanted to keep up with them and support Su Ming.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing decided to stay in Xiao Wu's dormitory and read the Diary together.

Su Ming met Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling in the academy’s back woods to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Dugu Yan stayed to observe as Su Ming asked Ye Lingling whether she understood the conditions for performing one.

• Su Ming went to the cafeteria after leaving his dormitory, then arrived at the back woods at the agreed time.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling arrived early, driven by a growing determination to improve their cultivation before the Soul Master Tournament.
• The Imperial Dou Team members focused on individual cultivation as they faced competition for their main-team positions from Su Ming, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Su Ming, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling chose a secluded spot in the woods to practice a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Dugu Yan said she would observe, and Su Ming asked Ye Lingling whether she knew the conditions needed to perform the skill.

Su Ming and Ye Lingling attempted to develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but their Soul Power could not fully merge because Ye Lingling instinctively resisted letting him into her body. The attempt ended without success, leaving them to build more trust and intimacy before trying again.

• Su Ming clarified that he meant Ye Lingling should become an ordinary friend, not a lover, and admitted that he was attracted to both her and Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan said she would consider her grandfather's suggestion that she marry Su Ming, while Ye Lingling said she could not answer his interest yet.
• Su Ming and Ye Lingling joined palms and successfully fused their Soul Power there, but their bodies felt only a brief warmth.
• Su Ming tried to guide his Soul Power through Ye Lingling's body, but her instinctive resistance blocked the fusion despite her efforts to relax.
• After the attempt failed, Su Ming suggested that an embrace might help their Soul Power merge, but Ye Lingling blushed and remained conflicted.

Su Ming and Ye Lingling successfully fused their Soul Powers, discovering that their Martial Souls had 100% compatibility and that fusion improved recovery, cultivation, and soul-skill strength. Ye Lingling fainted from the effort, and Su Ming left her in Dugu Yan’s care before rejoining Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing; he then headed to explore the academy’s mimetic cultivation environment.

• Ye Lingling agreed to try fusing Soul Powers with Su Ming before the tournament and asked him to embrace her from behind.
• Su Ming and Ye Lingling fused their Soul Powers after half an hour, and they felt their recovery and cultivation speeds improve.
• Ye Lingling fainted from mental and Soul Power exhaustion, so Su Ming carried her to the Girls' Dormitory and left her with Dugu Yan.
• Su Ming told Dugu Yan to meet him in the small grove the next morning to examine the fusion’s effects.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing met Su Ming in the cafeteria, where he explained the fusion and Ye Lingling’s collapse.
• Su Ming planned to visit the academy’s mimetic cultivation environment after lunch while Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing described their recent training.

Ye Lingling woke after fainting during her first Soul Power fusion practice with Su Ming, and Dugu Yan told her to continue practicing the next morning. Su Ming considered Dugu Yan’s hesitation about his other relationships, while Bibi Dong reflected on the Rakshasa God’s influence and her path toward controlling its evil power.

• Ye Lingling woke in her room, learned Su Ming had carried her back, and agreed to resume fusion practice the next morning.
• Dugu Yan explained the claimed benefits of Soul Power fusion, and Ye Lingling hoped she could stay close to Su Ming for cultivation.
• Su Ming wrote that Dugu Yan was still considering Old Monster’s marriage proposal and speculated she might care about his other women.
• Dugu Yan angrily rejected the idea that she still had feelings for Yu Tianheng, whom she regarded as a coward and traitor.
• Bibi Dong considered whether the Rakshasa God had manipulated her into devouring Qian Xunji and resolved to control its evil thoughts as she continued her trials.

Su Ming wrote about Dugu Yan’s resolve to settle things with Yu Tianheng herself and described how he and Ye Lingling successfully fused their Soul Power, revealing their Martial Souls had perfect compatibility. At midnight, Su Ming received a God-Bestowed Poison Soul Ring and an increase in the ages of his first three Soul Rings.

• Bibi Dong wondered how the Rakshasa God had tailored her seventh trial around the Pure Heart Bead’s evil intent, while Su Ming reflected on Dugu Yan’s past with Yu Tianheng.
• Dugu Yan decided she would cripple Yu Tianheng if they met in the next Soul Master Tournament, because he had endangered her and her teammates.
• Su Ming failed to fuse Soul Power with Ye Lingling at first, but they succeeded after she agreed to let him hug her from behind.
• Su Ming found that his and Ye Lingling’s Martial Souls had one hundred percent compatibility, and their Soul Power fusion could enhance recovery, cultivation, Soul Power quality, and Soul Skills.
• At midnight, Su Ming received ten thousand years of added age for his first three Soul Rings and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring suited to poison.

Su Ming discussed his plans to join Spirit Hall after the Soul Master Tournament and urged Dugu Bo to consider joining him. Dugu Bo agreed to support Su Ming, but said he would not obey the Pope’s orders.

• Dugu Yan received a system reward that raised her Soul Rings to ten thousand years, strengthening her poison and Spirit Skills.
• Su Ming, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan tested Soul Power fusion, and Su Ming arranged to cultivate with Ye Lingling each morning.
• Su Ming and Dugu Yan discussed confirming Su Ming as captain of the Imperial Dou Team and the academy’s selection rules.
• Dugu Bo told Su Ming that his poison had overcome Ju Hua Guan’s attacks during their sparring match.
• Su Ming explained why he preferred Spirit Hall to the Heaven Dou Empire and asked Dugu Bo to consider switching sides.
• Dugu Bo agreed to support Su Ming but insisted that he would remain independent of the Pope’s orders.

Qian Renxue decided to secretly kill Xue Beng with a slow-acting aphrodisiac after his behavior raised her suspicions. Four months later, Su Ming and his companions had advanced their cultivation, while Dugu Yan was away obtaining a Soul Ring and Xiao Wu had secretly condensed her fifth.

• Su Ming asked Dugu Bo to serve as the academy team's nominal leader, and Dugu Bo agreed to lend his name while studying the Heavenly Poison Scripture.
• Ju Hua Guan returned to Spirit Hall after fighting Dugu Bo, and Bibi Dong dismissed him without asking about the battle's outcome.
• Xue Beng provoked Qian Renxue with insults and claims about her interest in Su Ming, strengthening her suspicion that he was pretending to be a wastrel.
• Qian Renxue sent Snake Lance to deliver a letter to her mother requesting a secret, slow-acting aphrodisiac for Xue Beng.
• Four months later, Su Ming had reached Level Fifty-five, Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong had reached Levels Forty-six and Forty-four, Ye Lingling had reached Level Thirty-nine, and Xiao Wu had reached Level Fifty-three.
• Su Ming secretly helped Xiao Wu condense her Fifth Soul Ring at Holy Soul Village, while Dugu Bo took Dugu Yan to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring.

Xiao Wu obtained Space Lock as her fifth Spirit Skill, while Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s scheme left Xue Beng disgraced and confined. Su Ming then met Ye Lingling to cultivate, still wondering what was preventing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill from working.

• Xiao Wu condensed a roughly sixty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring and gained Space Lock, a control skill that sealed a small area and tore at those trapped inside.
• Xue Beng collapsed from exhaustion while with a woman, prompting Xue Ye to confine him to his residence for a month.
• Prince Xue Xing investigated whether Xue Beng had been set up but found no evidence, while Ghost Douluo’s surveillance assignment ended with Xue Beng under confinement.
• Su Ming suspected Qian Renxue had followed his earlier advice and started the scheme against Xue Beng.
• Su Ming met Ye Lingling for their usual cultivation session and considered that her favorability toward him might need to increase before their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could succeed.