Chapter Summaries

Su Ming left with Xiao Wu and the others, arranged for Lou Gao to teach Tenuo and the Strength Clan members about Soul Tool production, and received a new Diary reward. The chapter left Su Ming with Complete Soul Tool Production Experience and a Purple Gold Carving Knife.

• Su Ming teased Xiao Wu before the two joined Niu Gao and headed downstairs.
• Lou Gao handed the Blacksmith Association presidency to Si Long and departed with Su Ming's group.
• Su Ming asked Lou Gao to teach Tenuo and the others the principles of Soul Tool production, explaining that he trusted the people he employed.
• Su Ming checked the Diary and received Complete Soul Tool Production Experience and a Purple Gold Carving Knife.

Su Ming received complete Soul Tool crafting experience and planned to pass it to Lou Gao. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Rongrong fought a thirty-thousand-year Three-tailed Demon Fox to test her strengthened body and throwing knives, while Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi watched over her.

• Su Ming learned that he could transfer his Soul Tool crafting experience to Lou Gao and planned to give him the Purple Gold Carving Knife as well.
• Ning Fengzhi's group found him a suitable Soul Beast, and his cultivation rose to level eighty-three after he absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong received a reward guaranteeing a Soul Bone when she obtained her Fifth Soul Ring, then sensed a nearby Soul Beast.
• Ning Rongrong insisted on fighting the thirty-thousand-year Three-tailed Demon Fox, and Chen Xin trapped it with his Seven Killing Sword Formation.
• Ning Rongrong dodged the fox's attacks with Lingbo Weibu and wounded its flank with one of her five throwing knives.

Ning Rongrong killed the Three-tailed Demon Fox and obtained its thirty-thousand-year right arm bone before beginning to absorb both it and the Soul Ring. In the Star Luo Empire, Dai Mubai was imprisoned after blaming his downfall on his family, while Dai Weisi urged the Emperor to avoid provoking Spirit Hall and Su Ming.

• Ning Rongrong's throwing knives killed the Three-tailed Demon Fox after its Charm failed to affect her, and Chen Xin praised her growth.
• Chen Xin found a thirty-thousand-year Three-tailed Demon Fox Right Arm Bone, and Ning Rongrong began absorbing it and the Soul Ring while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin guarded her.
• Dai Weisi reported the tournament's events to the Star Luo Emperor and warned that Su Ming and Spirit Hall were too powerful to oppose.
• Dai Mubai blamed his defeat on his elder brother's age and the imperial succession rules, but the Star Luo Emperor condemned his choices and ordered him locked in the secret chamber.
• The Star Luo Emperor questioned Duke Zhu about Zhu Zhuqing joining Spirit Hall, and Dai Weisi urged him to leave the Zhu Family alone and consider making peace with Spirit Hall or cooperating with the Heaven Dou Empire.

Xue Ye sought an alliance with the Star Luo Empire and investigated Ning Rongrong’s return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Qian Renxue concealed her intentions. After returning to Spirit Hall, Su Ming introduced Da Ming and Er Ming to Bibi Dong and arranged for them to support her while he and the elders prepared for Sea God Island.

• Xue Ye ordered Qian Renxue to ask the Star Luo Imperial Family about an alliance and investigate Ning Rongrong’s situation.
• Qian Renxue reported that Ning Rongrong had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Su Ming returned to Spirit Hall with five days to spare, arranged lodging for Niu Gao and the others, and brought Da Ming, Er Ming, and Ah Yin to the Pope's Palace.
• Su Ming introduced Da Ming and Er Ming to Bibi Dong as Xiao Wu’s companions and explained that they had become his Soul Spirits and regained physical bodies.
• Su Ming told Bibi Dong he planned to take Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei to Sea God Island for trials, leaving Da Ming and Er Ming to assist her.

Su Ming told Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had died and Tang San had been saved by the Asura God, then reunited Da Ming and Er Ming with Ah Rou. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong asking Su Ming to help resolve the sacrifice required for Qian Renxue’s Angel God Trial, while Su Ming considered testing the trial with a Substitute Puppet.

• Bibi Dong asked Da Ming and Er Ming about their strength, and Da Ming said he was comparable to a level ninety-seven Titled Douluo while Er Ming was comparable to a level ninety-six one.
• Su Ming told Da Ming to contact him when he neared the two-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, then informed Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had died and the Asura God had saved Tang San.
• Bibi Dong let Da Ming and Er Ming see Ah Rou, and they reassured her that they would help Su Ming and that he was taking good care of Xiao Wu.
• Da Ming took Er Ming away so Bibi Dong could speak with Su Ming privately, and Er Ming eagerly followed when Da Ming promised him delicious food.
• Bibi Dong told Su Ming that Qian Renxue refused to begin the Angel God Trial because its final trial required Qian Daoliu’s life, and Su Ming suggested she complete the first eight trials while they sought a solution.
• Su Ming privately considered using a Substitute Puppet in Qian Daoliu’s place to test whether the Sea God had tampered with the Angel God Trial.

Su Ming arranged funding and construction for the Four Halls, then asked the Medicine Hall to prepare a garden where immortal herb seedlings could be transplanted. The elders discussed the herbs and their value, while Bai He quietly eyed Su Ming as the preparations continued.

• Bibi Dong remembered Su Ming's connections to Blazing Fire Academy and Skywater Academy and planned to have him deliver their invitations.
• Su Ming approved the Four Halls' site and gave Niu Gao a Soul Tool full of Gold Soul Coins to fund construction.
• Su Ming asked Yang Wudi and Ju Hua Guan to prepare a second medicinal garden so he could test cultivating transplanted immortal herb seedlings.
• Yang Wudi showed Niu Gao and Bai He the Aromatic Silk Beauty Su Ming had given him and explained its medicinal value.
• Dugu Bo revealed that he already had a second Aromatic Silk Beauty and a Blood Swan Kiss, which Yanyan could try cultivating through devouring.
• Niu Gao questioned whether Yang Wudi had joined Su Ming for the herb, and Su Ming confirmed that Yang Wudi received it only afterward; Bai He watched Su Ming thoughtfully.

Su Ming promised the Four Single Attribute Sects immortal herbs for their service and discussed his plans with Dugu Bo. The chapter ended with Bai He arriving at Su Ming’s room at night.

• Su Ming promised that each clan member would receive at least one Half Immortal Herb for contributing to Spirit Hall, and Niu Gao urged the clans to finish the Four Halls quickly.
• Su Ming and Dugu Bo discussed Su Ming’s Seventh Soul Ring, his future with Dugu Yan, and the possibility of cultivating immortal herbs artificially.
• Su Ming named Dugu Yan, Xiao Wu, Zhu Qing, Rongrong, Ju Hua Guan, and Gui Mei as likely candidates for Sea God Island, while Dugu Bo chose to stay behind and guard the Four Halls.
• At night, Su Ming sensed Bai He outside his window and called him in, and Bai He jumped into the room.

Bai He traded the Speed Clan’s Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng to Su Ming for a Wind God Grass suited to Bai Chenxiang, and agreed to change the clan’s future cultivation path. He also asked Su Ming to take Bai Chenxiang to Sea God Island, and Su Ming agreed while warning him of the dangers.

• Bai He showed Su Ming the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng and asked whether it was an Immortal Herb suitable for Bai Chenxiang.
• Su Ming said the ginseng was valuable but unsuitable for Bai Chenxiang, and offered to exchange it for the Wind God Grass.
• Bai He accepted the Wind God Grass and agreed that the Speed Clan’s later Spirit Skills would focus on offense and defense as well as speed.
• Bai He asked Su Ming to take Bai Chenxiang to Sea God Island, and Su Ming agreed if she wanted to go after warning him about the risks.

Zhu Zhuqing visited Su Ming to spend time alone with him, and their relationship became more intimate. Su Ming postponed absorbing his Seventh Soul Ring and fell asleep with Zhu Zhuqing, while the system awarded them a Divine Inheritance.

• After Bai He left, Su Ming was about to obtain his Seventh Soul Ring when Zhu Zhuqing knocked and came to see him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Su Ming she wanted more time alone with him and kissed him.
• Su Ming and Zhu Zhuqing became intimate, and he used a healing soul skill after she was exhausted and injured.
• Zhu Zhuqing fell asleep in Su Ming's arms, so Su Ming postponed absorbing his Seventh Soul Ring and slept beside her.
• The system announced that Su Ming and Zhu Zhuqing had received a Divine Inheritance.

Su Ming began absorbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring while Zhu Zhuqing and the others guarded him. His Seventh Soul Ring reached an astonishing 400,000 years, leaving everyone stunned as his transformation continued.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke beside Su Ming, and he asked her to guard him while he absorbed his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Su Ming began absorbing the God-Bestowed Soul Ring, and its color rapidly changed from white to red.
• Ah Yin, Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong arrived as Su Ming's Soul Power fluctuations drew attention, while the others waited outside.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the God-Bestowed Soul Ring could grant a Soul Ring and Soul Skills suited to its user's constitution.
• Su Ming's Seventh Soul Ring turned orange and continued growing in age until it reached 400,000 years, unleashing immense Soul Power pressure.

Su Ming revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and evolved his Wood Element Martial Soul into the Azure Wood Dragon before the Pope's Palace. Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed whether Qian Renxue would accept marrying Su Ming, and Qian Daoliu proposed a bet.

• Su Ming revealed six red Soul Rings and one deep orange Soul Ring, shocking Dugu Bo and the others; Xiao Wu and Ah Yin reassured Da Ming and Er Ming that he had not hunted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts to obtain them.
• Su Ming's Wood Element Martial Soul transformed into the Azure Wood Dragon, forcing him to leave the hotel for the plaza before the Pope's Palace as the building began to crack.
• The Azure Wood Dragon's pressure suppressed Dugu Bo's Martial Soul and nearly brought Dugu Yan to her knees, while Ah Yin also felt its force.
• Bibi Dong sent Moon Guan and Gui Mei to calm the city residents unsettled by Su Ming's Martial Soul Evolution.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and discussed Su Ming's engagement to Qian Renxue; Golden Crocodile doubted she would share a husband, and Qian Daoliu proposed a bet.

After the Azure Wood Dragon evolved, Su Ming awakened the Life Domain and the Destruction Domain, then revealed that his Soul Power had risen to level seventy-seven and a half. He left the gathered Spirit Hall members astonished by his new abilities and sudden increase in strength.

• Su Ming's evolved Azure Wood Dragon released the Life Domain, whose plants and miniature Wood Dragons enhanced vitality while draining Soul Power.
• Su Ming unleashed the Destruction Domain, which rapidly wore away everything within it until he withdrew the power.
• Su Ming explained that the Life Domain enhanced and devoured, while the Destruction Domain annihilated, and Golden Crocodile praised him.
• Su Ming respectfully greeted Golden Crocodile as Second Worship, impressing him with his courtesy.
• Su Ming told Bibi Dong that his Soul Power had reached level seventy-seven and a half, and reassured her that he felt no discomfort.

Su Ming prepared Spirit Hall’s next moves and departed with Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei, while Tang San’s worsening bloodlust led him to face Zhao Wuji in the City of Slaughter. Zhao Wuji explained that he had been captured and now had to fight Tang San or die.

• Bibi Dong gave Su Ming invitations for Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, and he set off with Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei to deliver them.
• Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei told Golden Crocodile Douluo that witnessing Tang Hao’s death had cleared their inner demons and raised their cultivation to level ninety-six.
• Su Ming asked Lou Gao and Niu Gao to build a sturdy ship for the trip to Sea God Island, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind to receive the visitors expected from Holy Soul Village.
• Bibi Dong ordered Hu Liena to accompany Su Ming to Sea God Island and strengthen herself quickly.
• Tang San won several matches in the City of Slaughter and absorbed his defeated opponents, becoming increasingly bloodthirsty as his Blue Silver Grass darkened.
• Tang San encountered Zhao Wuji in the arena, where Zhao Wuji revealed that he had been captured after Tang San was rescued and had to fight or die.

Tang San killed Zhao Wuji during a slaughter match in the City of Slaughter and blamed Su Ming for his misfortune, while Su Ming arrived at Blazing Fire Academy with Ju and Gui to recruit its people. Su Ming located Huo Wu and the academy's strongest Soul Master, preparing to ask Huo Wu to take him to the headmaster.

• Tang San told Zhao Wuji that Tang Hao had died protecting him and explained that he had come to the City of Slaughter to begin Asura God's first trial.
• Zhao Wuji agreed to cooperate with Tang San, but secretly planned to kill him once the slaughter match had reduced the arena's fighters.
• Tang San anticipated Zhao Wuji's betrayal, turned aside from his attack, and killed him with Hidden Weapons before defeating the remaining opponents and absorbing the corpses.
• Tang San resented Su Ming and his mother, while the King of Slaughter felt a strange familiarity as he watched Tang San wield the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Su Ming arrived at Blazing Fire Academy with Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei, sent them to conceal themselves, and used his Spiritual Power to locate Huo Wu and the academy's strongest Soul Master.

Su Ming visited Blazing Fire Academy to persuade Huo Wushuang and Huozhuhuá to align with Spirit Hall before its future moves. He met Huo Wu’s mother, who said she knew why he had come, and left Huo Wu flustered by calling her “Mother-in-law.”

• Su Ming appeared at Blazing Fire Academy, kissed Huo Wu, and told Huo Wushuang he had come on important business.
• Su Ming explained Spirit Hall’s benefits to Huo Wushuang and shared information that challenged his hostility toward it.
• Huo Wu agreed to take Su Ming to meet her mother, saying she had already prepared herself for his connection to Spirit Hall.
• Huo Wu introduced Su Ming to Huozhuhuá, an eighty-first-rank Control System Soul Douluo, in the dean’s office.
• Huozhuhuá said she knew why Su Ming had come, and Su Ming called her “Mother-in-law,” making Huo Wu blush and pinch him.

Su Ming secured Blazing Fire Academy’s support for Spirit Hall while agreeing that it would remain autonomous and later relocate to Spirit Hall territory. He prepared to continue to Skywater Academy, while Huo Wu and her companions departed early for Spirit Hall’s succession ceremony.

• Huozhuhuá agreed to have Blazing Fire Academy support Spirit Hall on the condition that it retain its autonomy and not merge into Spirit Academy.
• Su Ming told Huozhuhuá that Blazing Fire Academy would eventually move to Spirit Hall territory and that the Defense Clan would design a new academy for it.
• Huozhuhuá learned Su Ming planned to visit Skywater Academy next and teased him about his relationships there.
• Su Ming summoned Gui Mei and Ju Hua Guan and asked Gui Mei to escort Huo Wu and others to Spirit Hall ahead of the succession ceremony.
• Ju Hua Guan reassured Huozhuhuá that she need not be formal with the elders because they were all on Su Ming’s side.

Su Ming gathered more allies for Spirit Hall and received the Saint Son title and a token granting authority second only to Bibi Dong. The ceremony took an unexpected turn when Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would establish a nation.

• Su Ming brought Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, Shui Yue'er, and Skywater Academy's teachers to Spirit City after bringing the academy under his wing.
• Bibi Dong questioned Su Ming about Thunderclap Academy joining Spirit Hall, and Su Ming revealed that he had eliminated Yu Yuanzhen's branch of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Bibi Dong held a ceremony before Spirit Hall members and visiting faction leaders to coronate Su Ming as Saint Son.
• Bibi Dong gave Su Ming a unique Saint Son Token whose authority was second only to her own.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would establish a nation.

Bibi Dong proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire and invited factions to join, while Qian Renxue challenged the move on behalf of the Heaven Dou Empire. Several major factions pledged allegiance, and Dai Weisi sought peace for the Star Luo Empire as Ning Fengzhi backed Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong declared the founding of the Spirit Hall Empire, named Spirit City its first main city, and announced herself as its first Empress.
• Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, Bai He, Tenuo, and Lou Gao pledged the Four Great Single-Attribute Sects and the Blacksmith Association to the empire.
• Yu Luomian and Ning Fengzhi pledged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Thunderclap Academy, and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Hu Yan Zhen added the Elephant Armored Sect and Academy.
• Qian Renxue challenged Bibi Dong, and Dai Weisi proposed a non-aggression pact rather than openly opposing Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s financial support for Soul Master subsidies, and Qian Renxue accused him of betraying the Heaven Dou Empire.

After Spirit Hall became an empire, Su Ming told Bibi Dong he would leave for Sea God Island in three days with a group of women and Elder Ju and Elder Gui. He inspected the ship Lou Gao had built and hinted that he had another matter to discuss before departing.

• Ning Fengzhi defended the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's support for the Heaven Dou Empire as a matter of mutual benefit, while Qian Renxue explained that ending imperial subsidies to Soul Masters suited her plans.
• Spirit Hall officially became the Spirit Hall Empire, and Bibi Dong ordered the names of its supporters recorded without creating an imperial family.
• Su Ming told Bibi Dong that he planned to travel to Sea God Island with Xiao Wu, Rongrong, Zhu Qing, other Diary holders, Elder Ju, and Elder Gui.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether the Sea God might interfere with so many assessments, and Su Ming reassured her that the Goddess of Life would watch the Sea God.
• Su Ming visited Lou Gao and Niu Gao, who showed him a furnished ship built to carry thirty people and withstand attacks from Ten-Thousand-Year Sea Spirit Beasts.
• Su Ming praised the ship and said he had come to discuss one more matter, prompting Lou Gao to hope for more Soul Tool design blueprints.

Su Ming gave Lou Gao the knowledge and blueprints needed to craft Soul Tools, then helped Xiao Wu absorb a Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng. When Xiao Wu tried to condense her Sixth Soul Ring, it remained yellow, and Su Ming urged her to use the herb’s remaining medicinal effects.

• Su Ming transmitted his Soul Tool crafting knowledge and blueprints to Lou Gao, warning him to build his strength and train trusted people to make simpler weapons for the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Su Ming visited Xiao Wu and learned that her cultivation had reached level fifty-eight.
• Su Ming gave Xiao Wu the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng he had obtained from Bai He, explaining that it could combine with the lingering effects of her Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• After an hour of absorption, Xiao Wu reached level sixty and began condensing her Sixth Soul Ring, but the yellow ring did not turn purple.
• Su Ming told Xiao Wu to gather the remaining medicinal effects in her body and use them to condense the Soul Ring.