Chapter Summaries

Su Chen fought several Soul Battles, earning the nickname Two-Shot Master, then persuaded Ye Lingling to team up with him by threatening to reveal an embarrassing secret. As Dugu Yan took them to register their team, the God of Destruction unexpectedly asked Su Chen if he wanted a holster.

• Su Chen won five more matches, using two shots in each, and the audience nicknamed him Two-Shot Master.
• Su Chen asked Ye Lingling to partner with him because he only needed someone to make up the numbers, offending her and amusing Dugu Yan.
• Su Chen threatened to tell Dugu Yan about Ye Lingling's embarrassing incident, and Ye Lingling agreed to team up with him in exchange for his silence.
• Dugu Yan failed to learn Ye Lingling's secret and agreed to take Su Chen and Ye Lingling to register their two-person team.
• The God of Destruction suddenly asked Su Chen, "Want a holster?"

Su Chen and Ye Lingling entered a two-on-two Soul Fighting match against Ye Lingling’s teammates Osler and Shi Mo. After Su Chen easily sent Osler flying, the two opponents regrouped and planned a coordinated attack.

• The God of Destruction briefly mentioned preparing a gun holster for Su Chen before disappearing from their conversation.
• Dugu Yan registered Su Chen and Ye Lingling under the mocking team name “Deadweight Duo,” and their match began against Osler and Shi Mo.
• Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team watched from the stands, and Qin Ming’s displeasure eased when he realized Su Chen was a young Soul Grandmaster.
• Osler charged Su Chen alone and was knocked away by a single sweep of Su Chen’s spear shaft.
• Shi Mo guarded Osler as they admitted their mistakes and planned a coordinated attack against Su Chen.

Su Chen defeated Osler and Shi Mo in a battle, while Qin Ming hurried to meet him. In the God Realm, the God of Evil revealed his plan to use convincing imitations of Life and Destruction Divine Power to tempt Tang San away from the God of Asura’s inheritance, then went to investigate the God of Falsehood’s power.

• Su Chen used his first soul skill to slow Osler and struck down his true body while evading Shi Mo’s attack.
• Su Chen used his second soul skill to shatter Shi Mo’s defense, then healed Shi Mo and Osler with Nine-Heart Begonias.
• Qin Ming left with Yu Tianheng and the others, intending to find Su Chen rather than scold the defeated students.
• The God of Destruction learned that the God of Evil had requested divine power from the God of Wild Grass and the God of Tyranny, and suspected a scheme.
• The God of Evil explained to the God of Goodness that he had combined their divine powers with those of the God of Illusion and the God of Bewilderment to imitate Life and Destruction Divine Power for Tang San.
• The God of Evil decided to obtain and test the God of Falsehood’s power, then disappeared before the God of Goodness could respond.

Su Chen rejected Qin Ming’s offer to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling stayed away from the academy until Dugu Bo returned. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo retrieved Ah Yin and the hidden soul bone from the waterfall cave, leaving the chamber empty.

• Qin Ming offered Su Chen a place at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Su Chen refused and left with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling told Qin Ming they could not return to the academy until Dugu Bo came back, and Qin Ming let them go.
• Qin Ming decided to recommend Su Chen to Headmaster Flender at Shrek Academy.
• Dugu Bo reached the waterfall cave and retrieved the hidden soul bone and Ah Yin, carrying her away in his Wishful Hundred Treasure Pouch.

God of Destruction arranged for skilled gods to develop Soul Tool crafting methods so Su Chen could learn ways to protect himself from Tang San. Su Chen began gathering tools and materials at the Dugu Clan, preparing to try making Soul Tools.

• God of Destruction saw Tang San making concealed weapons for Xiao Wu and decided Su Chen needed better ways to defend himself.
• God of Destruction summoned crafting gods, who developed methods for making basic Soul Tools and began work on more advanced ones.
• God of Destruction gave Su Chen books on crafting and basic Soul Tool methods, explaining that he should learn techniques to protect himself.
• Su Chen asked Dugu Yan to procure a forge, engraving tools, gemstones, and metal and clear a space for him at the Dugu Clan.
• Dugu Yan agreed to buy the supplies, while Ye Lingling asked Su Chen whether he planned to make weapons.

Su Chen tested the Soul Tool bracers he had made with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, giving the support Soul Master Ye Lingling a way to attack. Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City, saw the bracers’ potential, and remembered he had something to give Su Chen.

• Dugu Bo returned to Heaven Dou City and learned that Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Su Chen were testing a weapon at the Martial Arts Arena.
• Ye Lingling used her Begonia Storm bracer to attack Dugu Yan, whose Invincible Shield cracked under the spinning metal blades.
• Su Chen explained that the bracers were unfinished Soul Tools, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reluctantly returned them for further improvement.
• Dugu Bo tried Begonia Storm and recognized the weapons’ potential to greatly improve young and ordinary Soul Masters’ combat strength.
• Dugu Bo remembered the box Lord Thunder God had asked him to bring and said he had something to give Su Chen.

Su Chen received Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year soul bone, while Dugu Bo planted her Blue Silver Grass and decided to teach Dugu Yan at home. Tang Hao discovered Ah Yin was missing from her cave and suspected that someone, possibly Little San, had taken her.

• Su Chen opened the box Dugu Bo brought back and found Ah Yin’s hundred-thousand-year soul bone, then absorbed it under the God of Destruction’s guidance.
• The God of Destruction told Dugu Bo to plant Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Grass in a flowerpot, and Dugu Bo carefully tended it.
• Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan to leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and study under him; she agreed but wanted to finish the school year alongside Ye Lingling.
• Tang Hao went to Ah Yin’s cave and found the Blue Silver Grass and its soul bone gone, then searched the chamber in a panic.
• Tang Hao smashed the cave apart in his rage, found no clues, and wondered whether Little San had taken Ah Yin.

After absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, Su Chen gained flight and powerful recovery abilities. Ye Lingling brought her mother, Ye Tanghua, to meet him and see his Soul Tools, leaving the Ye Clan poised to discuss a broader partnership.

• Su Chen finished absorbing the Soul Bone and discovered it gave him flight and rapid healing.
• Ye Lingling asked Su Chen for permission to tell her mother about his offensive Soul Tools, and he agreed.
• Dugu Bo brought the Blue Silver Grass to Su Chen’s room, where Su Chen agreed to keep it and study it.
• Ye Lingling returned with her mother, Ye Tanghua, and asked Su Chen to demonstrate his Soul Tools.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling demonstrated the Soul Tools while Dugu Bo and Ye Tanghua discussed whether the Ye Clan would buy them or pursue deeper cooperation.

Dugu Bo and Su Chen founded plans for a new sect, with Ye Tanghua agreeing to join and God of Destruction promising god-position trials to help it grow. Dugu Bo left to recruit talents, while Tang Hao visited Tang San at Notting Academy and, after learning he had not returned to Holy Soul Village, left again.

• Dugu Bo invited Ye Tanghua's Ye Clan to join Su Chen's new sect, and Ye Tanghua agreed after learning Su Chen would be its sect master.
• God of Destruction approved the plan and promised the sect several god-position trials to cultivate powerful fighters.
• Dugu Bo was tasked with recruiting talents and was told that a Poison God god-position trial awaited him.
• Dugu Bo asked Su Chen to teach Dugu Yan the foundational portions of the Poison Nerve Scripture before he left.
• Tang Hao visited Tang San at Notting Academy and asked whether he had returned to Holy Soul Village.
• Tang San said he had not returned, and Tang Hao left after his last hope was shattered.

After Tang Hao briefly visited Tang San, he left to search for Ah Yin, while Heaven Dou Royal Academy struggled with the sudden departures of Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. At the Dugu Clan, Su Chen offered Committee Member Zhilin a place in his planned sect and revealed an emerald-green energy that left Zhilin stunned.

• Tang Hao visited Tang San briefly, then left to search for Ah Yin rather than continue watching over his son in person.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's withdrawals unsettled Qin Ming's team, and Yu Tianheng returned to his clan after learning Dugu Yan had left.
• The academy committee authorized Qin Ming to recruit replacement students and sent Zhilin to ask the Dugu Clan about Dugu Yan's withdrawal.
• Zhilin found Dugu Yan at the Dugu Clan, where she introduced Su Chen as her little grandfather and Dugu Bo's stand-in.
• Zhilin offered to make Su Chen his student, but Su Chen instead invited him to join the sect he planned to establish.
• Su Chen showed Zhilin an emerald-green energy, and Zhilin rose in shock as he felt its powerful pull.

Zhilin received the God of Vines' Top-tier Seven Trials, whose first task required him to join Su Chen's sect and pledge loyalty. After completing it and gaining a Soul Power level, he became an elder and left to resign from the academy council, while Su Chen began teaching Dugu Yan and asked the God of Destruction to suggest a sect name.

• The God of Destruction arranged for Zhilin to receive the God of Vines' Top-tier Seven Trials, and its first task was to join Su Chen's sect and offer his loyalty.
• Zhilin accepted the trial's requirement, joined Su Chen's sect, and gained one Soul Power level as his reward.
• Su Chen named Zhilin an elder and allowed him to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to hand over his councilor duties.
• Dugu Yan questioned Su Chen about recruiting Zhilin, then began learning the Poison Nerve Scripture from him.
• Su Chen asked the God of Destruction for suggestions for the sect's name.

Zhilin resigned as a Heaven Dou Royal Academy councilor, then Qian Renxue grew suspicious of Su Chen’s presence at Dugu Bo’s residence and arranged to meet him. As Su Chen and Ye Lingling faced two Soul Elders in the arena, Ye Lingling prepared to fight using a Soul Tool.

• Zhilin told Meng Shenji and Bai Baoshan he had decided to resign, refused their attempts to persuade him, and said he would explain his decision to Xue Ye himself.
• Zhilin formally surrendered his councilor position to Xue Ye, and news of his departure spread through Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue learned that Su Chen was staying with Dugu Bo and suspected he might be a spy placed there by Bibi Dong, so she ordered a natural-looking meeting with him.
• Qian Renxue went to watch Su Chen and Ye Lingling fight two Soul Elders and learned that Su Chen had requested the higher-ranked opponents.
• Su Chen reassured Ye Lingling that she could defend herself with a Soul Tool, and she agreed to use it in the match.

Su Chen and Ye Lingling defeated two Soul Masters when Ye Lingling used a new defensive Soul Tool to protect herself, then knocked both opponents off the stage. After the match, Qian Renxue summoned Su Chen, and he went to meet her while Zhilin stayed with Ye Lingling.

• A mace Soul Master attacked Su Chen while a ribbon Soul Master tried to ensnare Ye Lingling, but her necklace-shaped defensive Soul Tool blocked the ribbon.
• Su Chen pressured the mace Soul Master, and the ribbon Soul Master pulled his companion away from danger, but Su Chen struck back with his spear and a round shield.
• Ye Lingling charged with her shield and knocked both opponents off the Soul Fighting stage, earning cheers and celebrating her first victory through her own efforts.
• A Soul Fighting Arena staff member told Su Chen that the Crown Prince wanted to meet him, and he left Ye Lingling with Zhilin.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, welcomed Su Chen into her private room, while he privately judged her intelligence harshly.

Su Chen revealed to Qian Renxue that he knew her identity and was also a divine inheritor. After he showed her his God-Bestowed Soul Ring, Qian Renxue learned that he served the God of Goodness and was already progressing through his trials.

• Qian Renxue questioned Su Chen about his ties to the Ye Clan and Dugu Clan and how he had reached Heaven Dou City.
• Su Chen told Qian Renxue that Chrysanthemum Douluo had brought him to the city, then revealed that he knew she was the Angel God's inheritor.
• Qian Renxue grew suspicious when Su Chen said he was also an inheritor of a divine position and briefly wondered whether he was related to her.
• Su Chen activated the golden radiance of his God-Bestowed Soul Ring, convincing Qian Renxue that he had already passed at least one divine trial.
• Qian Renxue asked which god Su Chen served, and he named the God of Goodness.

Su Chen told Qian Renxue that he had inherited the God of Goodness, a God King, and learned that the Angel God had left the God Realm. Qian Renxue agreed to keep his identity secret and assigned Snake Lance Douluo to protect him, while the God of Destruction urged Su Chen to keep seeking help from her.

• Su Chen explained that the God of Goodness had chosen him as her inheritor, and Qian Renxue realized his divine backing outranked hers.
• Su Chen told Qian Renxue that the Angel God had left the God Realm and that she would have to rely on herself.
• Qian Renxue asked Su Chen to keep her identity secret and offered to help him in return.
• Su Chen asked for a Title Douluo, and Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo to follow and protect him.
• Qian Renxue learned that Su Chen had met Chrysanthemum Douluo by chance, then Su Chen left with Snake Lance Douluo.
• The God of Destruction praised Su Chen for gaining a bodyguard and encouraged him to visit Qian Renxue for more support.

Yu Yuanzhen plotted to use a Fallen Soul Master to remove Su Chen and win Dugu Bo’s favor, while Su Chen practiced spear techniques with Snake Lance Douluo. The sparring revealed that Su Chen’s Soul Arena move was a powerful Self-Created Soul Skill.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Tianheng to return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy while privately insisting that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect still needed to recruit Dugu Bo.
• Yu Yuanzhen proposed arranging for a Fallen Soul Master to attack Su Chen, and he ordered Yu Luomian to keep the plot secret from everyone, including Yu Tianheng.
• Su Chen asked Snake Lance Douluo to spar with him and practice spear techniques.
• Su Chen’s fierce, unpredictable attacks impressed Snake Lance Douluo, while repeated practice helped Su Chen weave Consistent Thrust into his ordinary spear strikes.
• Snake Lance Douluo recognized that Su Chen’s move from the Soul Fighting Arena was an exceptionally powerful Self-Created Soul Skill.

Su Chen completed the third form of the Hundred Battles Spear Art, Three Rivers Converging, during a spar with Snake Lance Douluo, who then pledged to serve him. Later, as Su Chen worked on a Soul Tool, the God of Destruction warned that a Soul Douluo was approaching Dugu Manor, and Snake Lance Douluo intercepted the intruder.

• Su Chen unleashed Three Rivers Converging, surrounding Snake Lance Douluo with three interwoven spear styles before bringing them together into a single attack.
• Snake Lance Douluo praised Su Chen’s spear art and offered to serve him as Yu Long, while Zhilin volunteered to spar and improve his strength.
• Su Chen sparred with Snake Lance Douluo regularly, reducing his visits to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• The God of Destruction warned Su Chen that a Soul Douluo was approaching Dugu Manor with clear intent.
• Snake Lance Douluo noticed the intruder and challenged them as they entered the manor.

A Blood Soul Sect remnant infiltrated Dugu Manor to kill Su Chen, but Snake Lance Douluo captured him with help from Zhilin. After learning the attacker had ties to the Blood Soul Sect, Su Chen suspected the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect might be involved.

• Snake Lance Douluo exposed and wounded the infiltrator, then asked Su Chen how to deal with him.
• Su Chen sensed the man’s malice, and Snake Lance Douluo attacked as the infiltrator revealed his Blood Jackal Martial Soul and escaped using a Blood Substitute Body.
• Snake Lance Douluo recognized the man as a Blood Soul Sect remnant and destroyed his Blood Shadow Clones when he tried to flee.
• The remnant turned to attack Su Chen, but Snake Lance Douluo cut off his legs and knocked him unconscious while Zhilin arrived to help.
• Zhilin apologized for failing to detect the intruder sooner, and Su Chen told him to cultivate diligently.
• Snake Lance Douluo explained the Blood Soul Sect’s history and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect’s role in its destruction, prompting Su Chen to suspect a connection to the attack.

Su Chen’s allies captured and interrogated an assassin from the Blood Soul Sect, while Dugu Bo returned after overpowering the Fire Leopard Sect and bringing its sect master to meet Su Chen. Dugu Bo quickly learned who had sent the assassin, leaving the culprit’s identity ready to be revealed.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling learned that a Soul Douluo had attacked Su Chen and that Snake Lance Douluo had defeated him; Su Chen ordered She Long to interrogate the prisoner.
• She Long reported that the prisoner refused to talk and suggested asking Porcupinefish Douluo for help, but Dugu Yan arrived to announce Dugu Bo’s return.
• Dugu Bo brought Huo Yanbao, sect master of the Fire Leopard Sect, and the two explained that Dugu Bo had defeated the sect and persuaded it to consider joining Su Chen’s sect.
• Dugu Bo met Snake Lance Douluo, accepted Su Chen’s request to interrogate the assassin, and extracted the answer in under three minutes.

After learning that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had ordered Su Chen’s assassination, Su Chen decided to destroy the sect and set out with Dugu Bo and their companions. Dugu Bo’s second Poison God Trial rewarded him with the Five-Colored Myriad Poison Pouch, giving him a powerful new tool for the attack.

• Dugu Bo poisoned the Blood Soul Sect remnants until they revealed that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was behind the assassination attempt on Su Chen.
• Su Chen rejected the idea of killing only a few disciples and declared that they would destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Dugu Bo received his second Poison God Trial and learned that preparing to destroy the sect would complete it.
• Su Chen, Dugu Bo, Snake Lance Douluo, Zhilin, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Huo Yanbao set out for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Dugu Bo completed the trial and received the Five-Colored Myriad Poison Pouch, a divine artifact that stored, transformed, and synthesized poisons.