Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong revealed Spirit Hall’s strength to Yu Xiaogang and confronted him over the hypocrisy of his claim that no Martial Soul was useless. The chapter also recounted Spirit Hall’s apology and compensation to the Blacksmith Association, while Yu Xiaogang remained trapped in the Pope’s Palace.

• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that Spirit Hall had sent five Titled Douluo to capture Tang Hao, alarming him about Spirit Hall’s power.
• A Titled Douluo obeyed Bibi Dong’s order to destroy the Gengxin City Spirit Hall branch and deliver its branch master’s head to Lou Gao.
• The Titled Douluo apologized to Lou Gao and left Spirit Hall’s compensation, but Lou Gao refused to let the Blacksmith Association join Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang why he had claimed that there were no useless Martial Souls when his own Soul Power had remained at Level Twenty-nine.
• Bibi Dong accused Yu Xiaogang of choosing the talented Tang San as his disciple for the boy’s potential, not to prove his theory about weak Martial Souls.

Bibi Dong condemned Yu Xiaogang for exploiting talented students as Su Ming sensed an attack on the road to Spirit City. The masked attackers bypassed the Heaven Dou convoy and targeted Thunderclap Academy, while Su Ming gathered the Blazing Fire and Skywater Academy students beside him for safety.

• Bibi Dong accused Yu Xiaogang of scheming to benefit from Tang San and his gifted classmates.
• Su Ming told Dugu Bo that an attack was coming and warned him not to intervene because the attackers were likely targeting someone else.
• Masked men in black broke through the Heaven Dou escort formation, announced that Thunderclap Academy was their target, and flew toward its convoy.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji activated their Martial Soul Avatars to defend Thunderclap Academy, while Tang San handed out Zhuge Crossbows and linked his teammates with Blue Silver Grass.
• Su Ming used Divine Might and Wood Style to pull the Blazing Fire and Skywater Academy students beside him, then told them to stay put because the attackers were focused on Thunderclap Academy.

Su Ming rescued the Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran before they could confront Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo, then warned them against helping Tang San. The three Spirit Hall elders continued toward Thunderclap Academy, while the couple learned that Tang San had rapidly advanced by devouring others’ Soul Power and attributes.

• Su Ming saw Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Lingyuan Douluo approaching Thunderclap Academy, then spotted the Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran nearby.
• Su Ming used branches and spatial power to bring the Dragon Duke, Snake Dowager, and Meng Yiran to his side before the couple could use Dragon-Snake Strike.
• Snake Lance Douluo recognized Su Ming’s intervention, and he, Porcupinefish Douluo, and Lingyuan Douluo continued toward Thunderclap Academy after Snake Lance explained Su Ming was Qian Renxue’s younger brother.
• Meng Yiran asked Su Ming why he had left Tang San’s group, and Su Ming said they had parted ways after a conflict.
• Su Ming warned the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager that Tang San was no good person and revealed that Tang San had risen from Soul Ancestor to Soul King in a short time.
• Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er said Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass could devour other people’s Soul Power and attributes, leaving the Dragon Duke and Snake Dowager alarmed and grateful to Su Ming.

Spirit Hall’s three Titled Douluo attacked Tang San and his allies, while Su Ming’s warning convinced the Dragon-Snake couple not to intervene. Qin Ming was killed before Tang Hao finally appeared, and Spirit Hall’s Douluo challenged Tang Hao’s claim that they had harmed innocent bystanders.

• The Dragon-Snake couple reconsidered helping Tang San after Su Ming warned them, and Meng Yiran thanked Su Ming.
• Snake Lance Douluo fought Titan while the other Spirit Hall Douluo attacked Tang San’s group.
• Qin Ming was poisoned and burned to ashes, and Flender and Tang San called for Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao appeared and struck Snake Lance Douluo with his Clear Sky Hammer, accusing Spirit Hall of harming innocents.
• Porcupinefish Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo pointed out that Qin Ming had been Tang San’s teacher and accused Tang Hao of hypocrisy.

Tang Hao attacked the Spirit Hall convoy with his Clear Sky Hammer and Divine Slaughter's Domain, but Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei trapped him with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Su Ming warned Dugu Bo that Yu Yuanzhen was nearby and might exploit the chaos to attack them.

• Snake Lance Douluo confronted Tang Hao over his long history of killing Spirit Hall Soul Masters, and Tang Hao stepped out of hiding to fight.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky True Body and Divine Slaughter's Domain, frightening the three Titled Douluo and disrupting Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei's concealed fusion.
• Su Ming urged Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei to seize the opportunity, and the two emerged to immobilize Tang Hao with Bipolar Forbidden Domain.
• Su Ming told Dugu Bo that Yu Yuanzhen was present and might attack them during the confusion, and Dugu Bo agreed that it was a chance to avenge Dugu Yan.

Tang Hao’s allies fought to free him from Ju and Gui Douluo’s restraint as Spirit Hall’s ambush turned desperate. When Ling Yuan targeted Tang Hao, Tang San used Titan as a shield, leaving Su Ming and the others to witness his ruthless choice.

• Su Ming warned Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and the others to use their Soul Tools if they encountered danger, while Yu Yuanzhen revealed himself to aid Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao exploded eight Soul Rings, raising his strength to level ninety-six, and Su Ming’s recovery ability helped Ju and Gui Douluo maintain their restraint.
• Gui Mei ordered Snake Lance and Pufferfish to hold off Yu Yuanzhen while Ling Yuan attacked Tang Hao with her ninth Spirit Skill.
• Yu Yuanzhen clashed with Snake Lance and Pufferfish, and Tang Hao exploded his ninth Soul Ring to resist Ling Yuan’s attack.
• Tang San struck Titan with three King of Hell’s Posts, seized him with Blue Silver Entanglement, and threw him in front of Tang Hao to block the attack.

After Spirit Hall’s interception failed, Yu Yuanzhen surrounded the convoy and demanded Su Ming hand over something he possessed. Su Ming let the others leave and prepared for a standoff, but Yu Luomian arrived with Liu Erlong and his branch before the confrontation began.

• Ling Yuan killed Titan, while Yu Yuanzhen gained a slight advantage over Snake Lance and Pufferfish before Spirit Hall withdrew under Ju and Gui’s concealment.
• Qian Renxue tried to lead the convoy onward, but Yu Yuanzhen surrounded it with Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan experts and demanded Su Ming come with him.
• Su Ming asked Yu Yuanzhen to let the other academies leave, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed while privately telling Tang Hao to leave with Thunderclap Academy.
• Su Ming told Qian Renxue to take the convoy onward, then remained with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan as the others departed.
• Yu Luomian arrived with Liu Erlong and members of his branch, standing in front of Su Ming.

Yu Luomian sided with Su Ming against Yu Yuanzhen, and the two branches clashed while Dugu Bo prepared to face the clan leader. The chapter left Dugu Bo unleashing his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison as Yu Yuanzhen’s forces gained the upper hand over Yu Luomian’s people.

• Yu Luomian arrived with his branch to support Su Ming, and Yu Yuanzhen accused him of betraying the clan.
• Dugu Bo handed out Detoxification Pills while Su Ming promised to protect Liu Erlong and the others.
• Yu Luomian led his people into battle against Yu Yuanzhen’s subordinates, leaving Dugu Bo to confront Yu Yuanzhen.
• Yu Luomian’s forces began to lose ground while Yu Yuanzhen watched without joining the fight.
• Dugu Bo transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor True Body and released his poison.

Dugu Bo wiped out Yu Yuanzhen’s subordinates with his poison, revealing that his strength had risen to level ninety-six. When Yu Yuanzhen attacked Yu Luomian, Su Ming saved him and the others with spatial transfer, leaving Dugu Bo to face Yu Yuanzhen.

• Dugu Bo released his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison and killed Yu Yuanzhen’s subordinates, while Yu Yuanzhen survived the mist.
• Yu Yuanzhen discovered that Dugu Bo had reached level ninety-six and deduced that Su Ming had cured his poison and helped him grow stronger.
• Yu Yuanzhen activated all five parts of Dragon Transformation and launched a lightning attack at Yu Luomian.
• Su Ming used Divine Might, Spatial Transfer to redirect Yu Yuanzhen’s strike and pull Yu Luomian and the other subordinates to safety.
• Su Ming told Yu Luomian and the others to stay within fifty meters of him while Dugu Bo fought Yu Yuanzhen.

Su Ming redirected Yu Yuanzhen’s own attack with Divine Might: Portal, while Dugu Bo’s poison gradually weakened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon patriarch. Yu Yuanzhen then unleashed his ultimate technique, True Dragon Nine Crowns, leaving Dugu Bo facing a lethal assault.

• Yu Yuanzhen challenged Su Ming, but Dugu Bo stepped in and fought him with his Jade Phosphorous spirit skills.
• Su Ming used Divine Might: Portal to send Yu Yuanzhen’s attack back at him, cracking his dragon armor and astonishing the others.
• Yu Yuanzhen moved the fight into the air, while Dugu Bo warned him that his poison had already entered his body.
• Yu Yuanzhen activated True Dragon Nine Crowns and unleashed nine Lightning Dragons with his Ninth Spirit Skill.
• Dugu Bo realized Yu Yuanzhen’s life-or-death attack threatened to overwhelm his evasive fighting style.

Dugu Bo unleashed his full strength against Yu Yuanzhen’s ninth Spirit Skill, but the True Dragon Nine Crowns gave Yu Yuanzhen the advantage. Su Ming revealed his Perfect Susanoo, rescued and healed Dugu Bo, then shattered Yu Yuanzhen’s Lightning Dragons and launched an attack of his own.

• Dugu Bo used his ninth Spirit Skill and every available defense to fight Yu Yuanzhen’s nine Lightning Dragons, but two struck him and shattered much of his armor.
• Yu Luomian explained that Yu Yuanzhen’s True Dragon Nine Crowns temporarily raised his body to the demigod level, while Dugu Yan asked Su Ming to save Dugu Bo.
• Su Ming activated his Eternal Mangekyo and Perfect Susanoo, shocking Xiao Wu, Yu Luomian, and the others with its immense size.
• Su Ming used Divine Might to teleport Dugu Bo to safety and healed him with Withered Wood Meets Spring.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent his nine Lightning Dragons at Su Ming, but the Perfect Susanoo broke them with ease.
• As his Spiritual Power rapidly drained, Su Ming sent Susanoo’s Shuriken toward both sides of Yu Yuanzhen.

Su Ming killed Yu Yuanzhen with Divine Might: Shuriken, but the strain of Perfect Susanoo left him depleted and unable to stand. As his companions waited for him to recover and Yu Luomian deferred to him over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the God of Destruction noticed Su Ming’s brief, powerful aura from the God Realm.

• Su Ming’s four Divine Might: Shuriken cut Yu Yuanzhen into three pieces, killing him before Su Ming’s Spiritual Power ran out and Perfect Susanoo disappeared.
• Dugu Bo caught Su Ming as he fell, and Ah Yin emerged to explain that his Spiritual Power was completely depleted.
• Ah Yin warned Su Ming not to use the draining technique again soon, while Su Ming said he could recover through the Spiritual Grinding Disc.
• Ning Rongrong decided to seek a fifth Soul Ring that could boost Spiritual Power, using her God-Bestowed Soul Ring if necessary.
• Yu Luomian resisted taking the treasures from Yu Yuanzhen’s body and waited for Su Ming to decide what happened to them, recognizing Su Ming’s influence over the clan.
• The God of Destruction sensed a brief force of destruction from the Lower Realm, found Su Ming recovering, and became interested.

The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discovered that Su Ming possessed an Ultimate Wood attribute as well as an unexplained burst of immense destructive power, and decided to keep observing him as a possible inheritor. Meanwhile, the Asura God and the Sea God recognized Su Ming and his companions as a threat to their plans involving Tang San and prepared to watch them closely.

• The God of Destruction sensed Su Ming's Ultimate Wood Martial Soul and brief Demigod-level destructive power, then told the Goddess of Life about him.
• The Goddess of Life examined Su Ming and considered him a possible inheritor, while she and the God of Destruction agreed to observe him further.
• The God of Destruction warned that the Asura God and the Sea God might be violating God Realm rules through their interference in the Lower Realm, and suspected their plans involved Tang San.
• The Asura God met with the Sea God, and they acknowledged that Su Ming and those around him were stronger than Tang San despite the power he had gained from another plane.
• The Asura God proposed using Tang Hao's Divine Slaughter's Domain to watch the Soul Master Tournament and respond if events went against their plans.

After recovering from using Susanoo to kill Yu Yuanzhen, Su Ming prepared to leave for Spirit City and the Soul Master Tournament. He entrusted Yu Luomian with taking over the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and gave him a Soul Bone to help him become a Titled Douluo.

• The Sea God questioned whether the gods should save Tang San if he faced danger, while the Asura God insisted that deities must not interfere in the Lower Realm; the Sea God inwardly recalled the Asura God's secret interference with Tang Chen.
• Su Ming recovered some Spiritual Power, then gathered with the women and said they needed to settle the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's affairs before departing for Spirit City.
• Yu Luomian presented Yu Yuanzhen's three Soul Bones and the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and Su Ming kept them before giving Yu Luomian the right arm bone to help him advance from Soul Douluo to Titled Douluo.
• Su Ming told Yu Luomian to put the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in order with Liu Erlong, then left on foot with Dugu Bo and the others for Spirit City.

Su Ming and his companions reached Spirit City after surviving Yu Yuanzhen’s attack, while Dugu Bo received the True Dragon Nine Crowns. Tang San learned that Bibi Dong had severed Yu Xiaogang’s right arm and crippled his cultivation, and Qian Renxue visited Su Ming to ask how they escaped.

• A Heaven Dou Imperial Family guard welcomed Su Ming and his companions into a carriage sent by Qian Renxue.
• Su Ming gave Dugu Bo the True Dragon Nine Crowns, and Dugu Bo accepted the treasure despite Su Ming’s teasing.
• Su Ming’s group arrived in Spirit City and learned Qian Renxue had delayed her journey to wait for them.
• Tang San and the others discovered Yu Xiaogang had lost his right arm and could no longer cultivate after meeting Bibi Dong; Tang Hao decided to take Tang San away after the tournament.
• Qian Renxue visited Su Ming in his hotel room, returned to her female appearance, and asked how he and Dugu Bo had escaped Yu Yuanzhen.

Su Ming told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo had killed Yu Yuanzhen and learned that Bibi Dong had crippled Yu Xiaogang. Qian Renxue kissed Su Ming before leaving, deciding to pursue him herself.

• Su Ming claimed Dugu Bo had defeated and killed Yu Yuanzhen, while Qian Renxue doubted his account.
• Su Ming told Qian Renxue he had a backup plan for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and she said Bibi Dong had crippled Yu Xiaogang and abolished his cultivation.
• Su Ming laughed at Yu Xiaogang’s fate and wondered why Bibi Dong had spared his life.
• Qian Renxue kissed Su Ming on the cheek, transformed back into Xue Qinghe, and left his room.
• Pufferfish saw Qian Renxue’s flushed face after she returned to her room.

Qian Renxue discussed Tang San and Xiao Wu with Spirit Hall’s elders, while Ju Hua Guan asked to meet Su Ming about the Immortal Herb aura he sensed. That night, Su Ming broke through to Vast-realm Spiritual Power and considered ways to reduce Susanoo’s heavy Spiritual Power cost.

• Qian Renxue and the elders discussed Tang San’s actions and how Spirit Hall could use Titan’s death and accusations of evil cultivation to damage his and the Clear Sky Sect’s reputations.
• Ju Hua Guan told Qian Renxue that Xiao Wu’s aura made his Martial Soul tremble, suggesting she possessed the King of Flowers among Immortal Herbs, and asked to meet Su Ming.
• Qian Renxue agreed to Ju Hua Guan approaching Su Ming, hoping the elder’s respectful attitude might earn him an Immortal Herb.
• Su Ming cultivated his depleted Spiritual Power and broke through into the Vast realm.
• Su Ming considered whether Soul Power could help sustain Susanoo, whose complete form consumed too much Spiritual Power.

Ju Hua Guan visited Su Ming to confirm that Xiao Wu had absorbed Lovesick Heartbreak Red and ask whether Su Ming had other Immortal Herbs. Su Ming refused to give one away but hinted that Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei could earn his support by backing him after he joined Spirit Hall, and then turned to studying his abilities before the Grand Finals.

• Ju Hua Guan secretly entered Su Ming's room and asked whether Xiao Wu had absorbed an Immortal Herb.
• Su Ming confirmed that Xiao Wu had absorbed Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Ju Hua Guan asked for an Immortal Herb suited to his Martial Soul or one with a dark affinity.
• Su Ming challenged Ju Hua Guan over whether he would try to seize an Immortal Herb, and Ju Hua Guan decided not to attack him.
• Su Ming hinted that he would need supporters if he joined Spirit Hall, and Ju Hua Guan understood that support could earn him and Gui Mei Immortal Herbs.
• Ju Hua Guan left, and Su Ming began preparing to study his abilities before the Grand Finals.

Su Ming experimented with using Soul Power to sustain Susanoo, then realized he needed to explore how the powers of life and destruction could transform into each other. He left to tour Spirit City with Xiao Wu and the others, while the God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life observed that he had begun to approach the threshold of combining those powers.

• Su Ming repeatedly tried to use Soul Power to drive Susanoo in the Battle Space, but failed and exhausted his Spiritual Power.
• After reviewing his abilities, Su Ming connected his Ultimate Wood Attribute with Susanoo and recalled how the Goddess of Life and the God of Destruction combined life and destruction into the Power of Creation.
• Su Ming decided to pursue the mutual transformation of life and destruction as a path toward using Soul Power to drive Susanoo.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Qing, Lingling, and Dugu Yan invited Su Ming to walk around Spirit City, and he agreed.
• The God of Destruction and the Goddess of Life discussed Su Ming's experiments, and the Goddess of Life noted that he had already produced a trace of destructive power amid his aura of life.

The God of Destruction and Goddess of Life divined that Su Ming had a favorable fate, then the Soul Master Tournament Grand Finals began in Spirit City. After drawing Blue Sunshine Academy as their first opponent, Su Ming chose the lineup and prepared to test his teammates against their hidden technique.

• The God of Destruction asked the Goddess of Life to use the Life Prayer Ritual to divine Su Ming's fate, and the Life Ancient Tree showed great fortune.
• The Soul Master Tournament Grand Finals began at Spirit City's reinforced arena, which Bibi Dong had strengthened because of Su Ming and his team's power.
• Dugu Bo drew Blue Sunshine Academy as the Heaven Dou Team's first opponent and let Su Ming choose who would compete.
• Yufeng and the others eagerly asked to fight, but Su Ming selected Yufeng, Osler, Shi Mo, Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and himself for the match.
• Su Ming ignored Dugu Yan's complaint and planned to see whether Xiao Wu and Rongrong could resist Blue Sunshine Academy's Seven Asura Illusionary Realm.