Chapter Summaries

At the Grand Finals, Su Ming’s team faced Blue Sunshine Academy, whose members unleashed the Seven Asura Illusionary Realm. The audience was stunned, while Yu Xiaogang recognized the technique from insights recorded in Shi Nian’s Soul Tool.

• Dugu Yan suspected Su Ming had deliberately arranged for Yufeng and the others to face Blue Sunshine Academy’s illusionary skill.
• A Spirit Hall bishop announced the Grand Finals, and Star Luo Team received a bye as tens of thousands of spectators filled the expanded stands.
• Bibi Dong planned to expose Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism and disgrace Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect during the tournament.
• Su Ming’s team took the fighting platform, and Blue Sunshine Academy’s captain realized that Heaven Dou Team had two Soul Kings and several Soul Ancestors.
• Blue Sunshine Academy’s members joined their gem Martial Souls and cast the Seven Asura Illusionary Realm, shocking the crowd.
• Yu Xiaogang excitedly recognized the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill from insights in Shi Nian’s Soul Tool.

Blue Sunshine Academy trapped the Heaven Dou Team in its Seven Asura Illusionary Realm, while Yu Xiaogang realized the match gave him an idea for a team fusion technique centered on Tang San. Su Ming reversed the attackers’ own strike and defeated Blue Sunshine Academy, leaving the Heaven Dou Team standing and all seven opponents unconscious.

• Yu Xiaogang saw Blue Sunshine Academy’s seven-in-one skill and decided that Tang San could serve as the core of a technique that combined the team’s Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai revealed increased strength after taking Tang San’s medicine, but his hair had turned half white and he had lost at least thirty years of lifespan.
• Su Ming asked Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong about resisting the illusion, while Yufeng and the others struggled inside it and admitted they had underestimated their opponents.
• Blue Sunshine Academy threatened to leave the Heaven Dou Team as idiots, so Su Ming told his teammates to stay still and trust him.
• Su Ming used Divine Might: Reverse Teleportation to send himself behind Blue Sunshine Academy’s seven members as they launched their attack.
• Blue Sunshine Academy’s members were struck by their own attacks and fainted, and the Seven Asura Illusionary Realm dissipated with the Heaven Dou Team still standing.

Su Ming reflected Blue Sunshine Academy’s Seven-in-One Fusion Skill back at its users, securing the Heaven Dou Team’s victory and prompting Dugu Bo to explain the difference between a Fusion Skill and a true Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo calling a seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill impossible, except perhaps if seven identical-Martial-Soul siblings were born together.

• Blue Sunshine Academy’s leader accused the Heaven Dou Team of attempted murder, but Su Ming said the team had been struck by its own attack, and Ju Hua Guan confirmed that they had broken no rules.
• Spectators blamed Blue Sunshine Academy, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang wondered how Su Ming had returned the attack and Tang San suspected a distortion of space.
• Dugu Bo praised Su Ming, who told his teammates he had reflected the illusion’s damage using his Spiritual Power and kept the method secret.
• Dugu Bo explained that a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill merely combined abilities, whereas a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill could threaten even a Titled Douluo below level ninety-five.
• Su Ming asked whether a seven-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill could exist, and Dugu Bo said none had appeared before, joking that it might require seven identical-Martial-Soul septuplets.

Su Ming and Dugu Bo left the arena and encountered Tang San's group, where Su Ming noticed Dai Mubai's unnatural increase in strength and lost vitality. After Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing, Su Ming attacked him with Wood Release: Hellstorm, leaving Yu Xiaogang accusing him of murder.

• Su Ming decided to leave the arena with Dugu Bo because the remaining matches were not worth watching.
• Su Ming met Tang San's group and noticed Yu Xiaogang had lost an arm and cultivation, while Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar showed signs of using methods that drained their vitality.
• Dai Mubai blamed Zhu Zhuqing for his troubles and unleashed his five Soul Rings against her.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed her ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and stood ready to face Dai Mubai at Level Forty-Nine.
• Dai Mubai accused Zhu Zhuqing of cheating with Su Ming, and Su Ming struck him with Wood Release: Hellstorm.
• Yu Xiaogang pointed at Su Ming and accused him of deliberate murder during the ongoing competition.

Su Ming defended Zhu Zhuqing after Dai Mubai accused her of abandoning him, then confronted Dai Weisi over the Star Luo imperial family's threats against her and the Zhu Family. Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi left, while Zhu Zhuqing looked at Su Ming with undisguised affection.

• Su Ming told Dai Mubai that his injuries were superficial and mocked his chances against Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, causing Dai Mubai to cough blood and collapse.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived, and Zhu Zhuyun exchanged conflicted looks with Zhu Zhuqing as the sisters met again.
• Dai Mubai proclaimed that he had become a Soul King, but Dai Weisi mocked his condition and threatened that the imperial family might punish the Zhu Family over Zhu Zhuqing's broken engagement.
• Su Ming defended Zhu Zhuqing's choice and warned Dai Weisi not to threaten her or the Zhu Family, forcing the prince to retreat without a fight.
• Zhu Zhuyun left with Dai Weisi, while Zhu Zhuqing gazed at Su Ming with open affection and Xiao Wu and the others noticed.

Su Ming defeated Dai Mubai and comforted Zhu Zhuqing, who confided her fears about the Star Luo succession struggle. After returning to the hotel, he wrote in his diary about the Heaven Dou Team’s victory over Blue Sunshine Academy and the severe toll Tang San’s cultivation method had taken on Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.

• Gui Mei watched Zhu Zhuqing reveal her ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring and decided he wanted to take her as his disciple, though he thought he should first ask Su Ming.
• Yu Xiaogang had Tang San and the others carry the injured Dai Mubai back to the hotel, while Tang San worried about Su Ming’s overwhelming strength.
• Su Ming promised Zhu Zhuqing he would protect her family, and Zhu Zhuqing told him about her sister’s changed behavior, the assassination attempts, and her wish to escape the Star Luo succession struggle.
• Su Ming comforted Zhu Zhuqing and led everyone back to the hotel, where he wrote that the Heaven Dou Team had defeated Blue Sunshine Academy after its members underestimated the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Su Ming noted that Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun had rapidly lost lifespan after following Tang San’s cultivation method.

Su Ming defended Zhu Zhuqing against Dai Mubai, and she realized that his domineering behavior had made her fall for him completely. After Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased her about it, the three of them made up and read Su Ming’s diary together.

• Dai Mubai used a life-consuming secret art to boost his strength, then insulted Zhu Zhuqing after seeing how powerful she had become.
• Su Ming attacked Dai Mubai with a Combination Skill of Divine Might and Wood Style, while Zhu Zhuqing decided she would join Spirit Hall after the tournament.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about liking Su Ming’s domineering side, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted that his defense of her had made her fall for him.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong would blame her for her feelings, but they joked that she had taken too long to realize how wonderful Su Ming was.
• Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong playfully tickled one another before Ning Rongrong suggested reading Su Ming’s diary.

Su Ming questioned Zhu Zhuyun’s past pursuit and attack on Zhu Zhuqing, suggesting she might have acted harshly to protect her younger sister from Dai Weisi. Zhu Zhuqing was left wondering whether her sister had hidden reasons, while Su Ming said the truth could be tested if their teams met again.

• Zhu Zhuqing recalled that Zhu Zhuyun had once been kind to her but grew distant after their Martial Soul Awakening and later sent assassins after her.
• Su Ming recalled Zhu Zhuyun’s sneak attack on Zhu Zhuqing after the tournament match, despite Zhu Zhuqing sparing her.
• Zhu Zhuqing wondered how she had crossed the empires at level twenty-six while Zhu Zhuyun pursued her, and considered whether the pursuit might have secretly protected her.
• Su Ming compared Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing’s relationship to Itachi and Sasuke, then speculated that Zhu Zhuyun might have staged her attack to prevent Dai Weisi from killing them if they lost.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the others considered the theory, and Su Ming said they could test Zhu Zhuyun’s intentions if the teams met later.

Su Ming absorbed a Spiritual Power-focused God-Bestowed Soul Ring, while Zhu Zhuqing received a Martial Soul Evolution Card and reached Level Fifty. Gui Mei asked to take Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple, and Su Ming agreed on the condition that Gui Mei secretly protect her family, especially her parents and elder sister.

• Su Ming received and absorbed a Spiritual Power-focused God-Bestowed Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power from Level Sixty to Level Sixty-five.
• Zhu Zhuqing received a Martial Soul Evolution Card and revealed that she had broken through to Level Fifty.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she would ask Su Ming whether to seek her Fifth Soul Ring before deciding whether to leave the matches.
• Gui Mei visited Su Ming and asked to take Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple.
• Su Ming agreed, asking Gui Mei to teach and protect Zhu Zhuqing and secretly watch over her parents and elder sister.

Zhu Zhuqing reached level fifty and chose to seek her Fifth Soul Ring in Death Valley during the tournament. After Su Ming gave her cultivation techniques and she confirmed her feelings for him, Gui Mei offered to take them to Death Valley and help find a suitable Soul Beast quickly.

• Ning Rongrong told Su Ming that Zhu Zhuqing had broken through to level fifty and asked whether she should wait until the tournament ended to obtain her Soul Ring.
• Su Ming offered Zhu Zhuqing the choice of seeking her Fifth Soul Ring soon or waiting until he could give her something, then transmitted three cultivation methods to her.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Su Ming, agreed to be with him, and chose to obtain her Fifth Soul Ring in Death Valley during the tournament.
• Su Ming asked Gui Mei how far Death Valley was from Spirit City and explained that Zhu Zhuqing needed a Soul Beast for her Fifth Soul Ring.
• Gui Mei offered to take Su Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to Death Valley, where he expected they could find a suitable Soul Beast within four days.

Su Ming brought Ju Hua Guan and Gui Douluo to prepare for Zhu Zhuqing's Fifth Soul Ring, then revealed to Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing that he planned to join Spirit Hall after the tournament. He defended his choice by citing Spirit Hall's support for commoners, while Rongrong worried about how her family would react.

• Su Ming asked Ju Hua Guan to stay with Dugu Bo and his teammates while Gui Douluo accompanied him to Death Valley with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Su Ming created a Wood Clone with Soul King strength to keep in contact while he was away, and left it with Dugu Bo.
• Su Ming took Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing into Divine Might Space and apologized for not telling them sooner that he planned to join Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming explained that Spirit Hall's support for commoners mattered more to him than the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's resources.
• Rongrong asked how Su Ming would explain his decision to her father and grandfathers, who would be furious.

Su Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Gui Mei entered Death Valley to find a Fifth Soul Ring for Zhu Zhuqing, whose attacks Gui Mei discovered could pierce defenses. Impressed by her abilities, Gui Mei asked Zhu Zhuqing to become his disciple, and she accepted.

• Su Ming asked Ning Rongrong to keep his plans to join Spirit Hall from Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin for now, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing decided to go with him.
• Gui Mei took Su Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to Death Valley and asked what kind of Fifth Soul Ring Zhu Zhuqing wanted; she chose an offensive skill, so they prioritized tiger-type and then bear-type Soul Beasts.
• As the group traveled into Death Valley, Zhu Zhuqing fought the Soul Beasts they encountered while Su Ming and Gui Mei mostly watched.
• Gui Mei noticed that Zhu Zhuqing's attacks overwhelmed an Earth Armor Lizard's defenses, and Su Ming explained that her attacks ignored half of an opponent's defense.
• Gui Mei asked Zhu Zhuqing to become his disciple, and she accepted by performing the disciple ceremony.

Su Ming used his Life Attribute to remove Gui Mei’s facial markings, and Gui Mei promised to teach Zhu Zhuqing his abilities. The group ventured deeper into Death Valley and found a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear fighting a Lightning Dragon.

• Gui Mei accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple and explained that his Martial Soul had caused the black markings on his face.
• Su Ming used his Life Attribute to remove Gui Mei’s markings, revealing his original handsome face, and Gui Mei thanked him.
• Su Ming, Gui Mei, and Zhu Zhuqing continued into Death Valley while Su Ming restrained the Spirit Beasts they had passed.
• Su Ming led the group farther ahead, saying that a violent aura suggested a suitable Soul Beast was nearby.
• The group found a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear suppressing a forty-thousand-year Lightning Dragon, and Su Ming identified the rare bear.

Gui Mei fought a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear after Su Ming warned him about its strength, while Zhu Zhuqing prepared to absorb it as her Soul Ring. Gui Mei unleashed his full power, and the battle was left poised for his attacks against the bear.

• Su Ming explained that even a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear could threaten a Titled Douluo and reassured Zhu Zhuqing that he would protect her while she absorbed it.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear killed a Lightning Dragon with its Dark Gold Dreadclaw and turned its attention toward Su Ming's group.
• Gui Mei accepted Su Ming's challenge and trapped the bear inside his Ghost Gate Pass.
• Gui Mei's Ghost Shadow Quagmire Hand failed to restrain the bear, which broke free through sheer strength.
• Gui Mei activated his Black Prison Ghost Armor, gaining powerful enhancements and abilities that left Su Ming and Zhu Zhuqing impressed.

Gui Mei helped Zhu Zhuqing kill a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear so she could obtain its Soul Ring, then worried she might not withstand absorbing it. Su Ming offered to strengthen Zhu Zhuqing’s healing ability and Spiritual Power before she began.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned Su Ming about Gui Mei’s fighting strength, and Su Ming explained that his attacks were strong but his ghost Martial Soul was vulnerable to light.
• Gui Mei wounded the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with his sixth Spirit Skill and called for Zhu Zhuqing to deliver the fatal blow.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her fourth and third Spirit Skills, then infused the bear with icy yin energy until it stopped breathing.
• Gui Mei praised Zhu Zhuqing and told her he hoped she would eventually surpass him, while Su Ming considered whether Gui Mei’s past defeat by Tang Hao had left him with a mental barrier.
• Gui Mei worried that Zhu Zhuqing could not absorb the bear’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Su Ming offered to strengthen her body and Spiritual Power before she tried.

Su Ming revealed that he was a Level Sixty-Five Soul Emperor and boosted Zhu Zhuqing’s spiritual power as she absorbed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing gained her fifth Spirit Skill and reached level fifty-one, while Su Ming decided to deal with the valuable bear carcass before they returned.

• Su Ming showed Zhu Zhuqing and Gui Mei his six Soul Rings and revealed that he was a Level Sixty-Five Soul Emperor with a Spirit Skill that enhanced Spiritual Power.
• Su Ming told Gui Mei that the Heaven Dou Team would win the tournament and that he expected to claim the champions’ Soul Bones as compensation for joining Spirit Hall.
• Su Ming enhanced Zhu Zhuqing’s Life Attribute and Spiritual Power, and Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• After an hour and a half, Zhu Zhuqing completed the absorption, rose from level fifty to level fifty-one, and gained the Fifth Spirit Skill Netherworld Claw, which increased her attack power by five hundred percent.
• When Zhu Zhuqing asked whether they should return, Su Ming said he would first deal with the valuable Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear’s body.

Su Ming discovered an External Soul Bone in the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and helped Zhu Zhuqing and Gui Mei decide how to exchange Soul Bones. He promised Gui Mei an immortal herb after the Soul Master Tournament, once Gui Mei and Moon Guan confronted their fear of Tang Hao.

• Su Ming explained that Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear meat could improve a Soul Master's constitution and uncovered its right palm bone, identifying it as an External Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered the palm bone to Gui Mei, but Gui Mei insisted she was the best person to absorb it because she had also obtained the bear's Soul Ring.
• Su Ming suggested Zhu Zhuqing give Gui Mei her ten-thousand-year Shadow Demon Lizard Left Leg Bone in exchange, and Gui Mei accepted it.
• Su Ming promised Gui Mei a gift worth at least as much as the External Soul Bone and said he would give him an immortal herb after the tournament.
• Su Ming explained that Gui Mei and Moon Guan needed to overcome their fear of Tang Hao before an immortal herb could help them advance, then prepared to stand guard while Gui Mei and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed their Soul Bones.

Su Ming and his companions returned to Spirit City after Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Soul Bone and gained a new skill. The group learned that their next match was against the Star Luo Imperial Family Team, and Dugu Bo welcomed them back with a feast.

• With Su Ming's help, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's right palm bone, gained the Dark Gold Dreadclaw skill, and reached Level Fifty-two.
• Dugu Bo told Su Ming that their next opponent was the Star Luo Imperial Family Team, and Su Ming said the group would return in time for the match.
• Su Ming told Zhu Zhuqing she would face her sister, and the group traveled back to Spirit City that evening.
• Dugu Bo had food prepared for Su Ming and the others, and Zhu Zhuqing described her Fifth Soul Ring and External Soul Bone to the group.
• Xiao Wu reflected on the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear clan leader Xiong Jun and its possible connection to her mother's death.
• Su Ming reassured the others that they could receive priority for suitable Soul Bones among the tournament prizes, while Dugu Bo watched the group happily.

Su Ming learned that Blazing Fire Academy had lost to the Spirit Hall Team and that Skywater Academy had defeated Godwind Academy. After dinner, he wrote in his diary about Zhu Zhuqing’s gains in Death Valley and her new teacher, Gui Mei.

• Dugu Bo told Su Ming that the Spirit Hall Team defeated Blazing Fire Academy with its Martial Soul Fusion Skill, despite Huo Wu’s Ring Fusion Fourth Spirit Skill.
• Dugu Bo described the Spirit Hall Team’s powerful members, including Hu Liena, a Level Sixty-Seven Soul Emperor, and the Soul Kings Yan and Xie Yue.
• Dugu Bo said Skywater Academy defeated Godwind Academy through Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Su Ming returned to his room after dinner and began writing his diary about the Death Valley trip.
• Su Ming recorded that Zhu Zhuqing obtained two Soul Bones, including an External Soul Bone from a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and took Gui Mei as her teacher.

Su Ming considered how to uncover Zhu Zhuyun’s true feelings and wondered why the system had stopped responding, while Dugu Yan decided to use her Mind Reading Card on Zhu Qing’s older sister. The chapter also recounted Blazing Fire Academy’s loss to the Spirit Hall Team and Su Ming’s surprise at Hu Liena’s unexpectedly high strength.

• Su Ming said he had promised Gui Mei an immortal herb and let him absorb Zhu Qing’s ten-thousand-year Shadow Demon Lizard left leg bone so he could protect Zhu Qing.
• Su Ming discussed the coming match against the Star Luo Imperial Family Team and worried that Zhu Zhuyun would hide the truth about her feelings and circumstances.
• Su Ming tried to get the silent system to respond, while Dugu Yan changed her plan and chose to use her Mind Reading Card to learn what Zhu Zhuyun was thinking.
• Su Ming recalled that Blazing Fire Academy had lost to the Spirit Hall Team, and Huo Wu relived how Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill disrupted her Ring Fusion attack.
• Su Ming wondered how Hu Liena had reached Soul Power Level sixty-seven, and Bibi Dong considered why she could not freely distribute Spirit Hall’s Soul Bones.