Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi recognized that Yu Chen’s new cultivation system could destabilize the continent but offer the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect an opportunity. Yu Chen proved that cultivation could continue after a Martial Soul shattered, leaving Tang San eager to pursue the method as Yu Chen prepared to test it on himself.

• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin that the new cultivation system could throw the continent into chaos, but saw it as a chance for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to overcome its weakness in offense.
• Yu Xiaogang publicly dismissed Yu Chen’s claim that someone could cultivate after their Martial Soul shattered, insisting that a shattered Martial Soul made cultivation impossible.
• Yu Chen forced Yu Kun to drink prepared substances that caused his Thunder Pattern Python Martial Soul to erupt and shatter, then confirmed Yu Kun had survived.
• Yu Chen purified Yu Kun’s blood and found its Soul Power concentration had more than doubled, proving that a person could still absorb Soul Power and cultivate after a Martial Soul shattered.
• Tang San realized that the method might suit him because he could use the Mysterious Heaven Skill to absorb Natural Soul Power, while Yu Yuanzhen warned that many practical problems remained.
• Yu Chen began preparing to shatter his own Martial Soul.

Yu Chen deliberately shattered his Martial Soul to learn how to cultivate by absorbing Natural Soul Power, enduring excruciating pain to observe the process. He survived and gained the insight he sought, but collapsed unconscious afterward.

• Yu Chen killed Yu Kun after confirming that his Martial Soul Shattering Theory was correct, then prepared to test it on himself.
• Qian Renxue praised Yu Chen's resolve, while Bibi Dong condemned him and predicted he would die.
• Yu Chen shattered his Martial Soul without assistance and endured severe agony while recording how Soul Power moved through his body.
• After an hour, Yu Chen's pain subsided, and he realized he had gained an idea for cultivating through Natural Soul Power.
• Yu Chen laughed in relief, then lost consciousness from exhaustion.

After seven years of cultivating without a Martial Soul, Yu Chen had reached the Soul Grandmaster level through a new cultivation path. He decided to leave the sect because he had exhausted its useful books and could not advance past Early Foundation Establishment.

• Ning Rongrong praised Yu Chen for enduring the pain of shattering his Martial Soul, while Yu Xiaogang insisted the feat was impossible and called it an act.
• The Sky Screen showed Yu Chen seven years later, gathering pale golden currents as he cultivated in a wooden cabin.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong recognized that Yu Chen had reached at least the Soul Grandmaster level, and Ning Fengzhi admired his new cultivation method.
• Qian Renxue expressed interest in Yu Chen, Yu Xiaogang struggled to accept his success, and Tang San resolved to borrow his cultivation method for reference.
• Yu Chen failed to break through Early Foundation Establishment, realized he had read all the useful ancient books in the sect, and decided to leave.

Yu Chen left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to pursue research and cultivation resources at Spirit Hall, while the Sky Screen’s viewers reacted to his footage and debated his unfinished cultivation path. The Sky Screen announced that viewers would vote on the playback order for the third-stage footage.

• Yu Chen packed his research notes and left the clan, overhearing people praise Yu Xiaogang’s supposed Martial Soul Evolutions as he went.
• Yu Chen recalled that his tests of Yu Xiaogang’s blood suggested the claims about Martial Soul Evolution were exaggerated, then walked out of the clan gates.
• Viewers complained that the Sky Screen had skipped Yu Chen’s later cultivation, while Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er criticized Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong defended him.
• Tang San said Yu Xiaogang could study and improve Yu Chen’s method, and Yu Xiaogang claimed he could deduce it within a year.
• Di Tian realized Yu Chen’s cultivation method might let humans advance without Soul Rings and hoped Yu Chen would complete his system.
• The Sky Screen announced that viewers would vote to decide the playback order of the third-stage footage.

The Sky Screen selected World 2 for the third-stage comparison and showed Yu Chen’s journey to Spirit City, where he arrived seeking an audience with the Pope. Bibi Dong recognized him as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader’s son and agreed to escort him into the Pope’s Palace.

• The vote selected World 2, prompting Bibi Dong to worry that the Sky Screen would reveal her past with Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Chen spent three months walking to Spirit City, intervening in several crises and using thirty-four volunteers to study shattered Martial Souls and Soul Power.
• At the foot of the mountain leading to the Pope’s Palace, a guard stopped Yu Chen as he requested an audience with the Pope.
• Bibi Dong appeared, learned Yu Chen was the clan leader’s son, and accidentally called his brother useless before apologizing.
• Yu Chen calmly explained that he lived by his own choices, earning Bibi Dong’s admiration.
• Bibi Dong agreed to bring Yu Chen to the Pope but warned him not to speak carelessly, and he followed her toward the palace.

Yu Chen explained his Martial Soul Shattering Theory and the Soul-Shattering Foundation Building Method to Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong. Qian Xunji recognized Yu Chen as a threat to Spirit Hall and appeared before him with killing intent.

• Qian Xunji arrived in the Pope's Palace, triggering Bibi Dong's fury and stirring Qian Renxue's feelings as she saw her father on the Sky Screen.
• Qian Xunji questioned Yu Chen about his Soul Power, and Yu Chen revealed that he had shattered his Martial Soul himself.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong accompanied Yu Chen to a private room, where he explained his theory that Martial Souls shackled Soul Masters.
• Yu Chen described his Soul-Shattering Foundation Building Method, which used natural Soul Power to temper the body and had brought him to the Early Foundation Building Stage.
• Qian Xunji feared Yu Chen's potential and the threat his cultivation path posed to Spirit Hall, then appeared before him with killing intent.

Yu Chen survived Qian Xunji’s test and asked Spirit Hall for ancient texts and research resources in exchange for leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and giving Spirit Hall his future discoveries. Qian Xunji weighed the offer as the clan’s members angrily denounced Yu Chen on the Sky Screen.

• Gu Rong and Yue Guan traded accusations about their sects on the Sky Screen until Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi stopped the quarrel.
• Bibi Dong stood between Qian Xunji and Yu Chen, but Yu Chen recognized the killing intent as a test, and Qian Xunji withdrew it, impressed by Yu Chen’s composure.
• Qian Xunji asked what Yu Chen wanted from Spirit Hall, and Yu Chen requested ancient texts, resources, research facilities, and experimental materials.
• Yu Chen offered to leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, take the name Su Chen, and hand Spirit Hall all his research so he could become stronger.
• Qian Xunji silently considered Yu Chen’s proposal while Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members flooded the Sky Screen with angry comments condemning him.

Ning Rongrong defended Yu Chen against Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, while the Sky Screen showed Qian Xunji recruiting Yu Chen into Spirit Hall and arranging for Bibi Dong to spend time with him. Bibi Dong and Su Chen grew closer, and the chapter ended with her knocking at his door the next morning.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Yu Xiaogang's accusations against Yu Chen and pointed out that the clan had abandoned him, while Tang San condemned Yu Chen for leaving his clan.
• Qian Xunji gave Yu Chen the Pope's Order, promised to make him Spirit Hall's Holy Son if he perfected his cultivation system, and asked Bibi Dong to show him around Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji told Ghost Douluo that he wanted to tie Yu Chen to Spirit Hall and would even consider marrying Bibi Dong to him.
• Bibi Dong and Yu Chen spoke privately as they walked to his courtyard, agreed to use each other's names, and became more familiar through their conversation.
• Bibi Dong left after Yu Chen promised they would have time together while he researched at Spirit Hall, then returned the next morning and knocked on his door.

Bibi Dong took Su Chen around Spirit City and brought him to Martial Soul Academy, where Wang Batian challenged him out of jealousy. Su Chen accepted despite the gap between their levels, and the chapter ended as Wang Batian revealed his Soul Ancestor power in the arena.

• Bibi Dong showed Su Chen Spirit City and offered to arrange his enrollment at Martial Soul Academy, but Su Chen declined because his cultivation method was different.
• Wang Batian blocked Bibi Dong and Su Chen at the academy gates, then challenged Su Chen to a sparring match.
• Su Chen accepted Wang Batian’s challenge to test his combat strength, despite Bibi Dong warning that Wang Batian was a level forty-two Soul Ancestor.
• Yu Xiaogang and Tang San predicted Su Chen would lose, while Ning Rongrong defended him and believed he could win.
• Wang Batian announced his level and Martial Soul in the Soul Fighting Arena as students gathered to cheer him on.

Su Chen fought Wang Batian in the Soul Fighting Arena, first evading his charge and then enduring his powerful attacks without using his Martial Soul. He exploited an opening in Wang Batian’s final charge and struck the back of his neck, leaving Wang Batian fallen as the arena went silent.

• Wang Batian activated his first and second Soul Skills and charged at Su Chen, but Su Chen sidestepped and sent him crashing into a stone pillar.
• Wang Batian punched Su Chen, who met the blow head-on and was pushed back only a few steps, revealing his physique was at least as strong as a level-37 Soul Elder.
• Wang Batian used his third Soul Skill to disrupt Su Chen’s footing and landed a glancing punch on his shoulder.
• Wang Batian activated his fourth Soul Skill and charged at Su Chen, who turned aside, used Wang Batian’s momentum, and struck the back of his neck.
• Wang Batian fell to the ground, and the Soul Fighting Arena fell silent.

Su Chen defeated Wang Batian and realized he needed offensive methods like Soul Skills, while Tang San and Zhu Zhuqing grew more interested in his cultivation method. After touring Martial Soul Academy with Bibi Dong, Su Chen asked where Spirit City's prison was so he could obtain criminals for experiments, leaving Bibi Dong uneasy about his plan.

• Su Chen knocked out Wang Batian, shocking the academy students, while Bibi Dong ran over to congratulate him.
• Tang San concluded that Su Chen's cultivation method had greatly strengthened his body and became more determined to shatter his Martial Soul; Zhu Zhuqing also hoped to obtain the method to challenge Zhu Zhuyun.
• Su Chen recognized that he lacked offensive techniques and had relied only on speed and strength, then continued touring Martial Soul Academy with Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong enthusiastically showed Su Chen the academy and asked him about cultivation as they walked.
• Su Chen asked where Spirit City's prison was and explained that he wanted death-row inmates or other criminals as living experimental subjects.
• Bibi Dong reacted with shock and hesitation, then questioned whether using people for experiments was too cruel.

Su Chen defended his use of prisoners for experiments by citing the atrocities committed by Fallen Soul Masters and human traffickers, prompting Bibi Dong to resolve to cleanse the continent’s evildoers. He and Bibi Dong entered Spirit City’s prison, where Su Chen brutally disabled a prisoner and extracted his Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf Martial Soul, leaving the other inmates silent.

• Su Chen told Bibi Dong that he had witnessed Fallen Soul Masters and traffickers commit horrific crimes, and that experimenting on such criminals was a mercy compared with what they had done.
• Qian Renxue recognized the connection between human traffickers and auction houses and decided to accelerate her plans, while Yu Xiaogang accused Su Chen of hypocrisy.
• Qian Daoliu argued that Su Chen should be judged by his actions, and Bibi Dong resolved to cleanse evil if she became Pope before agreeing to take Su Chen to the prison.
• Bibi Dong and Su Chen entered Spirit City's prison and descended to the lowest level, where prisoners shouted lewd insults at them.
• Su Chen tore open a cell door, broke a bald prisoner's legs, shattered his Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf Martial Soul, and gathered its Soul Power into a small phantom.

Su Chen tested whether he could use Bloodline Soul Power to simulate Martial Souls as a step toward developing combat techniques, shattering the Martial Souls of prisoners as he experimented. After refusing to let Bibi Dong use his unfinished cultivation method, he offered to advise her, leaving her unsure whether to reveal that she had Twin Martial Souls.

• Su Chen explained to Bibi Dong that his simulated Bloodthirsty Demon Wolf was only an empty shell, but that simulating Martial Souls might help him discover ways to use Soul Power in combat.
• Su Chen moved through the prison cells and shattered the prisoners' Martial Souls, studying their Bloodline Soul Power and briefly forming phantom Martial Souls in his palm.
• Su Chen and Bibi Dong left the prison, and Su Chen refused her request to use his cultivation method because it was still incomplete and tailored to his own circumstances.
• Su Chen offered to advise Bibi Dong and said she could reach the rank of Titled Douluo within a few years if he understood her condition.
• Bibi Dong hesitated over whether to tell Su Chen that she had Twin Martial Souls, a secret her teacher had warned her to keep.

Bibi Dong revealed to Su Chen that she had Twin Martial Souls and feared dying during cultivation, while Su Chen assured her he would prevent it and secretly saw her as a valuable research subject. The revelation alarmed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, whose leaders began planning to unite with other factions against Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong told Su Chen she had Twin Martial Souls and trusted him with the secret, admitting she feared her body would explode during cultivation.
• Su Chen promised Bibi Dong that nothing would happen to her, then watched her leave and regarded her as a rare treasure.
• People watching the Sky Screen criticized Su Chen for focusing on research instead of Bibi Dong, while Chen Xin and Di Tian defended his pursuit of strength.
• Shui Yue'er pointed out that Bibi Dong was a wielder of Twin Martial Souls, surprising Soul Masters who had not known the Pope possessed them.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded Bibi Dong had likely overcome the flaws of cultivating Twin Martial Souls and urged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to join forces with other factions after the Sky Screen ended.

Over the course of a year, Su Chen advanced his cultivation method and developed combat techniques while Bibi Dong grew devoted to him. After Su Chen swiftly defeated Niu Ben in the Spirit City arena, Bibi Dong invited him to meet her teacher.

• Su Chen advanced his Soul-Shattering Foundation Building Method to Mid-Stage Foundation Building and developed new combat techniques through his research.
• Su Chen defeated the level forty-five Niu Ben in the Great Soul Arena without using his Martial Soul or Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Chen's Thunder Method and Wind Formula and credited his guidance for her growth to level sixty-three Soul Emperor.
• Bibi Dong told Su Chen that her teacher was free and invited him to meet her.

Su Chen presented Qian Xunji with his Soul-Shattering Foundation Building Method, which could let people with even slight talent cultivate to the level of a Soul Ancestor. Impressed by Su Chen’s achievement, Qian Xunji said he would seek to make him Holy Son, then proposed arranging a marriage between him and Bibi Dong.

• Qian Xunji told Su Chen and Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang’s supposed Martial Soul Evolution was a scam and mocked his Piglet Martial Soul and fart-producing Soul Skill.
• Bibi Dong defended Su Chen and said she would take him back to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan once she became a Title Douluo.
• Su Chen gave Qian Xunji his Soul-Shattering Foundation Building Method and explained that others could use it to cultivate to at least Soul Grandmaster level, with a maximum of Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Xunji praised the method’s potential to strengthen Spirit Hall and said he would visit the Elder Palace to secure Su Chen’s position as Holy Son.
• Qian Xunji asked Su Chen what he thought of Bibi Dong, then proposed formally arranging a marriage between them.

Su Chen declined Qian Xunji's proposed engagement to Bibi Dong, but promised to marry her if they both reached the Titled Douluo realm and she still wanted to. He then asked to leave Spirit City to gain experience, leaving Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji uneasy as Qian Xunji considered his request.

• Yu Xiaogang resented Qian Xunji for treating Su Chen better than he had treated him, while Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Qian Renxue reacted to the scene on the Sky Screen.
• Su Chen politely rejected Qian Xunji's proposed engagement, explaining that he wanted to focus on research and cultivation and did not want to delay Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong said she was willing to wait, and Su Chen promised to marry her if they both became Titled Douluo and she still wanted to.
• Qian Xunji recognized that Su Chen's explanation was an excuse and decided not to pressure him, while Bibi Dong accepted the promise with joy.
• Su Chen asked Qian Xunji for permission to leave Spirit City and gain experience by observing Soul Beasts and Soul Masters; Qian Xunji hesitated and Bibi Dong gripped her sleeve.

Su Chen and Bibi Dong left Spirit City to travel and gain experience, while Qian Xunji secretly ordered Gui Mei to watch them. After half a year of travel and research, Su Chen demonstrated that he could simulate and release ten different Soul Skill effects at once.

• Bibi Dong asked to accompany Su Chen, and Qian Xunji allowed her to go while ordering her to follow Su Chen's arrangements.
• Qian Xunji instructed Gui Mei to secretly protect Bibi Dong and monitor Su Chen during the journey.
• Su Chen and Bibi Dong left Spirit City, and Gui Mei followed them unseen.
• Over the next six months, Su Chen and Bibi Dong traveled through towns and cities, where Bibi Dong witnessed suffering and became more decisive as they confronted criminals.
• Outside an abandoned town, Su Chen finished gathering research subjects and demonstrated ten simultaneous Soul Skill effects, stunning Bibi Dong and the Sky Screen viewers.

Su Chen and Bibi Dong killed a Soul Sage with their combined attacks, then entered Suotuo City to enjoy the night market. There, Su Chen spotted his younger brother Yu Xiaogang nearby.

• Yu Xiaogang watched Su Chen's display on the Sky Screen and rejected the idea that Su Chen could use Soul Skills without Soul Rings.
• Su Chen and Bibi Dong worked together to kill a Soul Sage-level Fallen Soul Master, though Su Chen exhausted his Soul Power in the attack.
• Bibi Dong caught the weakened Su Chen and hurried with him toward the nearest city while Gui Mei watched from the shadows and worried about his rapid growth.
• Su Chen and Bibi Dong entered Suotuo City at night, where Bibi Dong excitedly explored the market and asked Su Chen which mask looked better.
• Su Chen spotted Yu Xiaogang walking around the corner with a man and a woman.

Su Chen encountered his younger brother Yu Xiaogang in Suotuo City, where Yu Xiaogang tried to reclaim a sense of superiority and became infatuated with Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong recognized him, rejected his grandiose self-introduction, and left Yu Xiaogang exposed as a fraud.

• Yu Xiaogang spotted Su Chen and approached him, mocking him while assuming he was still superior because he had Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang saw Bibi Dong beside Su Chen and immediately imagined her as his future partner, drawing angry reactions from Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong watching the Sky Screen.
• Su Chen introduced Yu Xiaogang as his younger brother, and Yu Xiaogang claimed Su Chen was his biological older brother to make himself feel superior.
• Flender introduced himself and Liu Erlong to Su Chen, while Yu Xiaogang tried to impress Bibi Dong by calling himself Grandmaster.
• Bibi Dong coldly challenged Yu Xiaogang's title and called him a useless fraud.