Chapter Summaries

Su Mo awakened Asura Sword Intent during a desperate fight and used Asura Slash to defeat two Fallen Soul Masters before collapsing. He woke in Spirit City the next morning, where Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong checked on him; Bibi Dong stayed behind, still upset and tearful over his recklessness.

• Su Mo unleashed Asura Sword Intent and struck down the defenses of the bald man and the fat man with Asura Slash, leaving both gravely wounded.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo caught the exhausted Su Mo, killed the two Fallen Soul Masters, and departed with him after reassuring the surviving villagers.
• Su Mo woke in his room in Spirit City the next morning and found that his injuries had been treated.
• Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong visited Su Mo, and Qian Xunji warned him not to risk his life again.
• Bibi Dong stayed behind and tearfully scolded Su Mo for confronting the Fallen Soul Masters alone.

After recovering from his injuries, Su Mo spent two years training in Spirit City while Bibi Dong grew into a Soul Grandmaster and cared for him devotedly. Su Mo and Bibi Dong received Qian Xunji’s permission to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire, with Golden Crocodile Douluo secretly accompanying them.

• Bibi Dong made Su Mo promise not to risk himself again, then cared for him as he recovered.
• Over the next two years, Su Mo trained in Spirit City, while Bibi Dong reached level twenty-six and obtained a thousand-year second Spirit Ring.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji for permission to travel and gain experience outside Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji agreed and arranged for an elder to protect them, while Su Mo chose the Heaven Dou Empire as their destination.
• The next morning, Su Mo and Bibi Dong left Spirit City by carriage with Golden Crocodile Douluo driving in disguise.

After breaking through, Su Mo diverted to Sunset Forest, hoping to find the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well before hunting his fourth Spirit Ring. He and Bibi Dong encountered two groups fighting over a Shadow Leopard’s Left Arm Soul Bone, and the burly leader called out to someone hidden in the woods.

• Bibi Dong learned that Su Mo had broken through again, and Golden Crocodile Douluo suggested they hunt his next Spirit Ring in Sunset Forest.
• Su Mo agreed to enter Sunset Forest with Bibi Dong, while Golden Crocodile Douluo promised to watch from the shadows.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong avoided several Thousand-Year Soul Beasts as they searched the forest for the terrain surrounding the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• They discovered two groups confronting each other over the Left Arm Soul Bone from a six-thousand-year Shadow Leopard.
• The burly leader threatened the exhausted group into surrendering the Soul Bone, then sensed someone nearby and shouted for them to reveal themselves.

Su Mo and Bibi Dong were ambushed by a group of Soul Beast hunters who coveted Bibi Dong and threatened them. Su Mo killed all five attackers with his External Soul Bone, accepted a Soul Bone from the surviving hunters, and left with Bibi Dong to continue toward their destination.

• Su Mo and Bibi Dong were exposed when a soul skill blasted apart the forest around them.
• The hunters’ burly leader lusted after Bibi Dong and threatened Su Mo, while a tall, thin man warned them to run.
• Su Mo used his External Soul Bone to kill the Rank 44 Soul Ancestor and all four of his underlings in a single breath.
• The tall, thin man offered Su Mo the Soul Bone, and Su Mo accepted it.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Mo’s External Soul Bone and asked when she would get one before they headed deeper into the forest.

Su Mo and Bibi Dong searched Sunset Forest for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well until they found a powerful poison miasma. With Golden Crocodile Douluo protecting them, they crossed it and discovered the well and a collection of rare immortal herbs.

• Su Mo told Bibi Dong he had rejected two suitable soul beasts because he wanted to keep searching and gain more practical combat experience.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong traveled through Sunset Forest the next day and came upon a dense poison miasma near steep mountains.
• Su Mo summoned Golden Crocodile Douluo, who shielded him and Bibi Dong as they passed through the miasma.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong descended into a mountain depression and found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Bibi Dong recognized more than ten immortal herbs growing around the spring, while Golden Crocodile Douluo asked what immortal herbs were.

Su Mo and his companions entered the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in search of Immortal Herbs, where Golden Crocodile Douluo killed a Medusa and Su Mo found its skull bone. Su Mo then gave Golden Crocodile Douluo an Earth Dragon Golden Melon suited to his Martial Soul, and Golden Crocodile Douluo began refining it.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Medusa, and Su Mo found a skull bone in its remains.
• Su Mo gave the Medusa skull bone to Bibi Dong, advising her to save it rather than absorb it yet.
• Su Mo found an Earth Dragon Golden Melon and explained that it could strengthen Golden Crocodile Douluo's path toward the Limit Realm.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo thanked Su Mo, sat down in an open space, and swallowed the Earth Dragon Golden Melon to refine it.

Bibi Dong successfully claimed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red by focusing on her love for Su Mo, then began refining it while he stood guard. Golden Crocodile Douluo emerged from his cultivation at the peak of level 98, close to reaching the Limit Realm.

• Bibi Dong recalled her childhood and growing feelings for Su Mo as she offered her heart's blood to the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red accepted Bibi Dong, and Su Mo teased her about the person she loved.
• Su Mo persuaded Bibi Dong to refine the flower so she could gain strength and catch up to him.
• Bibi Dong swallowed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and began cultivating while Su Mo guarded her.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo reached the peak of level 98 after absorbing the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, then offered to catch Soul Beasts for dinner.

Su Mo began refining the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while Bibi Dong gained her third Soul Ring. After enduring the herbs’ ice-and-fire energies, Su Mo emerged to learn that Bibi Dong had reached level thirty-eight.

• While roasting Soft Bone Rabbits, Su Mo asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to notify Spirit Hall and bring Yue Guan to guard and manage the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Bibi Dong finished refining the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, broke through to level thirty, and agreed to stay with Su Mo as he refined the two Immortal Herbs.
• The next morning, Su Mo used his Black Gold Sword Wings to cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, swallowed them, and entered the spring to temper his body.
• Su Mo told Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo to leave him safely in the spring while he cultivated, and they went to hunt for her third Soul Ring and send word to Heaven Dou City.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong returned at sunset, and Bibi Dong told Su Mo that her Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring gave her Death Spider Web Restraint and that her Soul Power had reached level thirty-eight.

Qian Xunji dispatched Falling Devil Douluo and Yue Guan to join Golden Crocodile Douluo after receiving word of an important discovery. When Yue Guan arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he saw something that left him trembling with excitement.

• Qian Xunji received Golden Crocodile Douluo's urgent letter and sent Falling Devil Douluo and Yue Guan to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Yue Guan packed his treasured flowers and said farewell to Gui Mei before leaving Spirit City with Falling Devil Douluo.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo met the pair at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and led them through the poisonous miasma.
• Yue Guan saw the scene at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and reacted with astonishment and excitement.

Su Mo distributed Immortal Herbs in the flower sea, rewarding Yue Guan with the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Falling Devil Douluo with an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo. Yue Guan accepted the herb and began tending to it, while Falling Devil Douluo started refining his; Su Mo had another bamboo reserved for Qian Jun.

• Yue Guan recognized the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and explained to Falling Devil Douluo that Immortal Herbs could improve talent or evolve a Martial Soul.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong greeted the elders, and Su Mo told Yue Guan that his teacher had assigned him to tend the rare plants.
• Su Mo gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in recognition of the handbook Yue Guan had lent him.
• Su Mo gave Falling Devil Douluo one of the two Ink Jade Divine Bamboos, reserving the other for Qian Jun, and explained how to use it.
• Falling Devil Douluo began refining the bamboo, while Yue Guan carefully plucked the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.

At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, Falling Devil refined an Immortal Herb and reached level 96, while Yue Guan used the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to break through to level 90. Su Mo arranged for Yue Guan to cultivate medicinal herbs and sent Falling Devil to deliver the remaining Immortal Herbs and plans to Spirit Hall before beginning secluded cultivation.

• Falling Devil absorbed the Immortal Herb, advanced to level 96, and was named an Elder Worshipper by Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Yue Guan refined the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and reached level 90, becoming a Spirit Master on the threshold of Titled Douluo.
• Su Mo promised to help Yue Guan obtain a powerful ninth Spirit Ring and assigned him to cultivate rare medicinal herbs at the well.
• Su Mo gathered the remaining Immortal Herbs, explained their effects and use to Falling Devil, and sent him to inform Su Mo's teacher about the arrangements.
• Su Mo returned to the spring to cultivate, while Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile cultivated and Yue Guan planted his flowers and herbs.

Falling Devil returned to Spirit City with news of a treasure land and Immortal Herbs, which had helped him reach level 96. Qian Xunji distributed several herbs among Spirit Hall’s elders, and Mighty Lion Douluo and Azure Luan Douluo broke through to level 97.

• Falling Devil demonstrated his level 96 strength and explained that an Immortal Herb from the treasure land had helped him break through.
• Falling Devil presented Qian Xunji with Bright Sacred Heart Grass and described the treasure land’s other Immortal Herbs and rare medicinal materials.
• Thousand Jun Douluo refined the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo in the Pope Palace while Qian Xunji agreed to establish a secret channel with the treasure land.
• Qian Xunji brought Thousand Jun and Falling Devil to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu appointed both level 96 Douluos as elders.
• Qian Xunji gave Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to Mighty Lion Douluo and Wind Shadow Phantom Spirit Grass to Azure Luan Douluo, while keeping Bright Sacred Heart Grass for the next generation.
• Mighty Lion Douluo and Azure Luan Douluo refined their Immortal Herbs and advanced from level 96 to level 97.

Qian Xunji distributed Immortal Herbs among Spirit Hall’s elders, crediting Su Mo and naming him his intended successor. Three days later, Gui Mei and Ci Xue arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Gui Mei reunited with Yue Guan and Ci Xue was assigned to fortify the defenses.

• Qian Xunji made seven attendees swear secrecy before Falling Devil Douluo explained the Immortal Herbs.
• Qian Xunji distributed the herbs and told the elders that Su Mo had discovered them and would become the Holy Son.
• Qian Xunji ordered the recipients to return and refine their herbs.
• Three days later, Falling Devil Douluo brought Gui Mei and Ci Xue to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Gui Mei had reached rank ninety.
• Yue Guan welcomed Gui Mei and suggested they hunt for his Spirit Ring together with Elder Golden Crocodile’s help.
• Falling Devil Douluo assigned Ci Xue to maintain the site’s defenses, and Ci Xue went to establish a poison formation.

After ten months of cultivation, Su Mo and Bibi Dong traveled with Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum Guan, and Gui Mei to the Star Dou Great Forest. Su Mo began fighting a twelve-thousand-year-old Green Blade Mantis as a potential Soul Ring source, and the battle continued with his Sword Feathers targeting its abdomen.

• Gui Mei received Su Mo's Shadow Leopard left arm bone and pledged his life to him.
• Su Mo finished refining his Immortal Herbs and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, while Bibi Dong reached level forty-four after obtaining her Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Su Mo and Bibi Dong entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum Guan, and Gui Mei.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo identified a twelve-thousand-year-old Green Blade Mantis, and Su Mo chose to fight it.
• The Green Blade Mantis matched Su Mo's speed and battered his defenses, forcing him to release his Sword Wings and attack its abdomen with Sword Feathers.

Su Mo killed the Green Blade Mantis, absorbed its Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, and reached level forty-seven while gaining the defense-piercing fourth Soul Skill, Asura Rending Slash. He then led the group deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find ninth Spirit Rings for Yue Guan and Gui Mei.

• Su Mo used Asura Slash to cripple the Green Blade Mantis, then killed it and claimed its black Spirit Ring.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei praised Su Mo after his victory, and he began absorbing the Spirit Ring.
• Su Mo destroyed the Green Blade Mantis's remnant will in his Spirit Sea and emerged with his Soul Power at level forty-seven.
• Su Mo revealed that his fourth Soul Skill, Asura Rending Slash, released sword aura that ignored defense and eroded its targets.
• Su Mo and the group headed into the Core Zone to hunt ninth Spirit Rings for Yue Guan and Gui Mei, while Golden Crocodile Douluo's aura kept Soul Beasts at bay.
• The group passed over several suitable Soul Beasts that were around seventy thousand years old as they continued searching for stronger candidates.

Xiao Wu lived peacefully with her mother, Aunt Rou, and the forest rulers Er Ming and Da Ming near the Lake of Life. Da Ming warned that five powerful humans had entered the Core Zone, and the group realized the intruders had already found them.

• Aunt Rou gathered carrots while Xiao Wu returned from playing atop Er Ming, and the three shared a quiet moment at the hut.
• Da Ming emerged from the Lake of Life and warned Aunt Rou that five powerful humans were approaching.
• Da Ming said one intruder was so powerful that he and Er Ming might not be able to defeat him.
• Da Ming urged Aunt Rou to take Xiao Wu and hide while he held off the humans, but Aunt Rou insisted they should leave together.
• Da Ming stared toward the distant forest and said the humans had already discovered them.

Su Mo and the Spirit Masters attacked the Lake of Life, where Golden Crocodile Douluo fought the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python while Su Mo, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei pursued Ah Rou and Xiao Wu. Ah Rou and Xiao Wu were cornered, and Ah Rou prepared to hold off their pursuers so Xiao Wu could escape.

• Su Mo identified Ah Rou as a Soul Beast in human form and ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to hold back the two giant beasts while Yue Guan and Gui Mei captured Xiao Wu alive.
• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu used Teleportation to flee as Golden Crocodile Douluo engaged the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python combined their domains against Golden Crocodile Douluo, who fought to keep them from pursuing.
• Gui Mei, Yue Guan, and Su Mo intercepted Ah Rou and Xiao Wu and blocked their escape routes.
• Ah Rou told Xiao Wu to run deeper into the forest while she stayed behind to hold off their pursuers.

Su Mo, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei attacked Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, aiming to capture Xiao Wu alive. Ah Rou and Xiao Wu endured their attacks with powerful defensive skills, but their injuries and dwindling Soul Power left them struggling to hold out.

• Su Mo used Asura Sword Prison to delay Ah Rou and Xiao Wu while Yue Guan and Gui Mei prepared their fusion skill.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei trapped Ah Rou and Xiao Wu with Polarity Stasis Domain, allowing Su Mo to wound them with Asura Rending Slash and Bibi Dong to poison their wounds.
• Su Mo carried Bibi Dong away as Yue Guan and Gui Mei surrounded Ah Rou and Xiao Wu and launched further attacks.
• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu blocked the attacks with Invincible Golden Body and used Void to reduce the damage from Yue Guan's energy attack.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei realized that Ah Rou and Xiao Wu's Soul Skills were formidable, but their injuries and heavy Soul Power use were wearing them down.

Ah Rou and Xiao Wu ambushed Yue Guan and Gui Mei with Charm, but the Spirit Hall elders recovered and counterattacked. Gui Mei captured Xiao Wu while Yue Guan trapped Ah Rou between them.

• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu used Charm to stun Yue Guan and Gui Mei, then Xiao Wu broke Gui Mei’s ribs with a Rabbit Kick.
• Ah Rou struck Yue Guan with Explosive Kill Eight-Stage Slam, but he survived and retaliated with his Soul Skills.
• Xiao Wu used Invincible Golden Body to shield Ah Rou from Yue Guan’s attack, while Gui Mei summoned ghost hands around them.
• Ah Rou’s Soul Power barrier shattered, and Gui Mei’s ghost hand seized Xiao Wu as her golden protection faded.
• Yue Guan trapped Ah Rou in a floral barrier, allowing Gui Mei to capture Xiao Wu and the two elders to surround Ah Rou.

Su Mo forced Ah Rou to sacrifice herself to Gui Mei in exchange for Xiao Wu’s release, giving Gui Mei a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring and Soul Bone. Su Mo kept Xiao Wu captive and planned to use her to draw out the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.

• Su Mo told Ah Rou that he would release Xiao Wu if she sacrificed herself to Gui Mei.
• Ah Rou agreed, said goodbye to Xiao Wu, and sacrificed herself, leaving Xiao Wu devastated.
• Gui Mei gained a red hundred-thousand-year Spirit Ring, a left leg Soul Bone, and enough Soul Power to reach level 92.
• Yue Guan asked whether Su Mo would release Xiao Wu, and Su Mo said he would do so later.
• Su Mo led the group toward Golden Crocodile Douluo, intending to use Xiao Wu to lure out the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.