Recaps

After Soul Beasts vanished, Su Mo developed a way to condense Soul Rings and began creating new abilities while traveling with Xiao Wu. Yu Xiaogang joined Spirit Hall to lead research into replacement Soul Rings, and Tang Hao set out to find Xiao Wu after fearing Ah Yin had died.

• The gods failed to explain the Soul Beasts’ overnight extinction, while Su Mo learned his Broken Sword Martial Soul and the system’s Self-Created Soul Skill feature might help him advance without Soul Beasts.
• Su Mo discovered Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and asked her to teach him how she condensed a Soul Ring, then used her experience to develop the Ring Condensation Technique.
• As Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire confirmed the extinction, Tang Hao found Ah Yin’s hidden body gone, and Xiao Wu returned from the empty Lake of Life grieving for Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Su Mo created a Soul Power Cultivation Technique, condensed his own Soul Ring, reached level eleven, and gained Broken Sword Instant Kill as his first Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu left Nuoding City to seek battles and Soul Masters to study, while Yu Xiaogang accepted Bibi Dong’s invitation to join the Soul Master Creation Institute with Tang San.
• Su Mo merged his Martial Soul’s energy into a Refined Iron Longsword, created Soul Weapon Fusion, and discovered that the fusion let his Martial Soul absorb the sword’s essence and evolve.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at the Creation Institute and proposed stable Soul Rings without embedded Soul Skills, so Bibi Dong appointed him its head and announced Spirit Hall’s research effort.
• Tang Hao learned that Soul Beasts had exploded and their rings had faded, feared Ah Yin had perished, and rushed to Nuoding City to check whether Xiao Wu was safe.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu strengthened themselves while Yu Xiaogang’s Creation Institute failed to solve the Soul Ring crisis. Su Mo revealed his Ring Condensation Technique and announced he would make it public at Spirit Hall, prompting factions across the continent to prepare for Spirit City.

• Tang Hao found that Tang San had left Nuoding City with Yu Xiaogang, then learned Yu Xiaogang had joined Spirit Hall to lead the Creation Institute and chose not to storm Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang’s appointment stirred reactions across the continent, while Su Mo and Xiao Wu kept the Ring Condensation Technique secret and waited for the Soul Beast Clan’s return.
• Su Mo trained at the Suotuo Great Soul Arena, reached Level 20, and learned Teleportation by observing Xiao Wu use her second Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Titled Douluo to Spirit City to help the Creation Institute overcome its research bottleneck, but the gathering produced no solution.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, absorbed its Immortal Herbs, and escaped a group of attackers in Sunset Forest after Su Mo and Xiao Wu killed them.
• Ten years passed as Soul Masters remained trapped at their bottlenecks and the Creation Institute made no progress, while Su Mo and Xiao Wu reached Soul Saint rank.
• Su Mo learned that someone had created a Soul Beast by infusing a rabbit with Soul Power, then decided to reveal his Ring Condensation Technique and demonstrated his seven self-condensed Soul Rings at the Suotuo Spirit Hall Branch.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to invite Su Mo to Spirit City, while she offered Yu Xiaogang credit for his discovery and ordered the news suppressed.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu drew a crowd at the Great Soul Arena with their Soul Rings, fought to a draw, and Su Mo announced that he would reveal the complete Ring Condensation Technique at Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao prepared to travel to Spirit City with Clear Sky Sect members to obtain the technique, while Ning Rongrong learned she could resume cultivating and urged Ning Fengzhi to escort Su Mo.

Su Mo publicly revealed his Ring Condensation Technique, protected Xiao Wu from Bibi Dong, and later entered Slaughter City with her. There he trapped Tang Hao in his Void Space, while Bibi Dong ordered rumors about Xiao Wu’s identity spread.

• Bibi Dong acknowledged Su Mo’s achievement and invited him to reveal the Ring Condensation Technique in Spirit City, where he demonstrated how Soul Masters could condense Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong accused Xiao Wu of being a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but Su Mo and the gathered sect representatives challenged her, and she apologized for lacking proof.
• Su Mo refused offers to join the major sects, while Yu Xiaogang and Tang San studied his technique and Tang San decided to create his own method.
• Lin Yue announced that he could catalyze Soul Beasts, and his public demonstration left Yu Xiaogang devastated by the Creation Institute’s failure.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu traveled to Slaughter City, tested its restrictions, and each defeated multiple opponents in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu and asked about Ah Yin, so Su Mo took Ah Yin’s Soul Bone in exchange for a false promise to find her and then drew Tang Hao into his Void Space.
• Su Mo defeated and imprisoned Tang Hao, studying his Ring Detonation technique while he and Xiao Wu continued fighting daily in Slaughter City.
• Bibi Dong learned that Su Mo and Xiao Wu remained untraceable and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to spread rumors identifying Xiao Wu while concealing Spirit Hall’s role.

Su Mo established an academy to teach self-created soul skills, drawing support and scrutiny from across the continent. After killing Tang Hao and demonstrating his abilities to challenge Tang Xiao, Su Mo began admissions, where the comprehension test remained underway.

• Su Mo planned an academy with Xiao Wu, spread scandalous rumors about Bibi Dong, and watched Qian Renxue confront her mother before leaving the Pope Palace.
• Su Mo won the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support, sparred with Sword Douluo, and copied and taught him self-created versions of his soul skills.
• Su Mo challenged Tang Hao in Void Space, analyzed Ring Detonation, killed him, and studied his Soul Bones to develop the Soul Bone Cultivation Method.
• Su Mo Academy announced its recruitment and began admissions in Seven Treasure City, attracting applicants including Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun.
• Su Mo demonstrated his self-created skills to Tang Xiao and Salas, revealed his eight Soul Rings, and used the Great Sumeru Slash before Tang Xiao withdrew.
• Su Mo expelled Ma Hongjun and Oscar from the admissions process, then began a comprehension test in which candidates had to create a soul power ball.
• Ning Rongrong and Feng Xiaotian passed the second assessment, leaving eight places as the test continued.