Chapter Summaries

After Soul Beasts went extinct, the Sky Screen showed the resulting collapse of Soul Master society and Spirit Hall's response: Bibi Dong founded the Soul Master Creation Institute to seek a new path. In the present, people debated why Yu Xiaogang had not joined, while Bibi Dong praised her counterpart's decision and regretted that she had not recruited Xiao Gang.

• The Sky Screen showed Soul Fighting Arenas and empty Soul Hunting Forests as Soul Masters and former hunters lost hope and livelihoods.
• Young Soul Masters rioted and fought in the streets, while the great sects and academies argued without finding a solution.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit Hall would establish the Soul Master Creation Institute and gather scholars to find a new path for Soul Masters.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized that the institute was a sensible step but doubted that gathering scholars would quickly solve the unprecedented problem.
• People argued over why Yu Xiaogang had not been invited to the institute, and Bibi Dong praised her counterpart while wishing she had brought Xiao Gang back.

After a year of fruitless research into the disappearance of Soul Beasts, Bibi Dong summoned Yu Xiaogang to the Creation Institute, and he accepted to offer the Soul Master world hope. The scene left Tang San and Xiao Wu worried because Xiao Wu had not gone with him, while Tang Hao was deeply shaken.

• The Creation Institute's scholars spent a year failing to find a way forward, so Bibi Dong ordered people to invite Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang left Nuoding Academy with Tang San and entered the Creation Institute in Spirit City.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Tang Xiao, and Bibi Dong watched the invitation and reacted to Yu Xiaogang's involvement.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang said he would accept the invitation because the trapped Soul Masters mattered more than personal grudges.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu worried that Xiao Wu had not gone with them, and Tang Hao nearly broke down after seeing the scene.

Yu Xiaogang joined Spirit Hall’s Creation Institute to help develop a replacement for Soul Rings, drawing attention and hopes from across the continent. After a year of fruitless research, he asked Bibi Dong to convene a continent-wide exchange conference, leaving the search for a solution at a turning point.

• Tang Hao saw Tang San enter Spirit Hall in the Sky Screen’s world and raged at Yu Xiaogang before reminding himself that his own Tang San had gone to Shrek Academy.
• Bibi Dong expressed confidence that Yu Xiaogang would succeed, while Liu Erlong defended him and decided to seek him out in Nuoding City.
• Yu Xiaogang took charge of the Creation Institute and began reviewing its failed research, with Tang San assisting him.
• Yu Xiaogang explained to the Shrek Academy group that Spirit Hall’s records, scholars, and resources gave the research a chance that he would not have alone.
• After a year without progress, Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong to summon titled Douluo, sect leaders, academy heads, and other specialists for an exchange conference.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Bibi Dong to convene the continent’s leading Soul Masters to share their knowledge about Soul Rings, Soul Power, and Martial Souls. The exchange conference began with experts presenting their insights, leaving everyone waiting to see whether their combined knowledge would reveal a new path.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that the Creation Institute needed practical insights from the continent’s strongest experts and proposed an exchange conference.
• Bibi Dong approved the proposal, and Spirit Hall sent invitations across the continent.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Clear Sky Sect, empires, and other powers sent representatives to Spirit City.
• Observers in the original world reacted with surprise as Yu Xiaogang stood among the assembled Titled Douluo, while his original self said he would have done the same if he had the standing.
• The exchange conference began, and experts shared their insights into Soul Rings, Soul Power, and Martial Souls.

After ten years of failed research at the Creation Institute, Soul Masters in the Sky Screen World lost hope and turned to scams and violence. The Sky Screen announced that a young man had developed the Self-Condensed Soul Ring, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and unable to accept his counterpart’s failure.

• The Creation Institute spent years compiling insights and attempting breakthroughs, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San made no progress.
• Soul Masters across the continent grew desperate, and fraudsters sold a false Soul Ring Substitution Method that injured its practitioners.
• Several small sects fought over a Soul Bone in the Star Luo Empire as disorder spread among Soul Masters.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he was useless, and Tang San could not bring himself to answer.
• Yu Xiaogang in the Original-Work World argued that ten years was too short for research from nothing and defended his counterpart’s efforts.
• The Sky Screen declared that the Creation Institute had failed and revealed that a young man had developed the Self-Condensed Soul Ring, shocking Yu Xiaogang.

The Sky Screen revealed that someone outside the Creation Institute had developed Self-Condensed Soul Rings after Spirit Hall’s eleven-year effort failed, shocking sect leaders and upsetting Bibi Dong. As the screen began showing the method, Xiao Wu asked Yu Xiaogang whether it could save their world’s Soul Beasts, and he explained that its impact depended on whether the rings granted Soul Skills.

• Ning Fengzhi, Tang Xiao, and Yu Yuanzhen reacted to the revelation that the Creation Institute had failed and someone else had developed the Ring Condensation Technique.
• Bibi Dong insisted that Yu Xiaogang could still succeed and suggested the other developer might have stolen his results.
• Bo Saixi recognized that Self-Condensed Soul Rings could end the need to hunt Soul Beasts and watched for a way to reproduce them.
• Xiao Wu excitedly asked Yu Xiaogang whether Self-Condensed Soul Rings could spare the Soul Beasts in their world.
• Yu Xiaogang said their effect depended on whether the rings came with Soul Skills, then began contrasting the two worlds.

Xiao Wu and Soul Beasts across the continent feared the possibility that Self-Condensed Soul Rings might still leave humans with reasons to hunt them. The chapter ended with Gu Yuena and other powerful Soul Beasts wondering whether the new method could finally end the conflict between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Xiao Wu that Self-Condensed Soul Rings without Soul Skills would not stop strong Soul Masters from hunting Soul Beasts, while rings with Soul Skills could make humans stop needing them altogether.
• Xiao Wu prayed that Self-Condensed Soul Rings would have no Soul Skills after Yu Xiaogang suggested Soul Beasts might be exterminated if humans no longer needed them.
• At the Lake of Life, Da Ming and Er Ming mourned the Soul Beasts shown dying on the Sky Screen, then wondered whether Self-Condensed Soul Rings could spare their kind.
• Gu Yuena recognized that humans might use Self-Condensed Soul Rings to resolve the conflict, but Di Tian remained convinced that humans would still prey on Soul Beasts.
• In the Far North, Snow Empress cautioned Ice Empress that no Soul Beast could resist the law that caused the extinction, while Ice Empress hoped humans would stop hunting them.
• Intelligent Soul Beasts across the world became curious about the person who had developed Self-Condensed Soul Rings.

The Sky Screen showed Su Mo, a nineteen-year-old Rank 78 Soul Saint with one yellow and six black Soul Rings, astonishing Soul Masters across the continent. The leaders of several major factions recognized that he had likely developed Self-Condensed Soul Rings and ordered investigations, while Bo Saixi considered inviting him to the Sea God Island trial.

• Su Mo registered at Suotuo City Great Soul Arena as a nineteen-year-old Rank 78 Soul Saint and revealed one yellow and six black Soul Rings.
• Shrek Academy's Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Zhao Wuji were stunned by Su Mo's ten-thousand-year Second Soul Ring and the limits it appeared to defy.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo suspected Su Mo had created Self-Condensed Soul Rings, while Yu Yuanzhen considered changing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's methods.
• Bibi Dong realized Su Mo had developed Self-Condensed Soul Rings without Yu Xiaogang's support and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to investigate him.
• Tang Xiao concluded that Su Mo's Self-Condensed Soul Rings were his true foundation and ordered Clear Sky Sect to investigate him.
• Bo Saixi hoped Su Mo's method could end the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts and considered inviting him to Sea God Island's trial.

The Sky Screen revealed that Xiao Wu had become a Level 77 Soul Saint at seventeen in Su Mo’s world, where she and Su Mo fought to a draw. After the match, Su Mo announced that he would publicly reveal his Ring Condensation Technique at Spirit Hall and invited all factions to witness it.

• The Sky Screen introduced Xiao Wu as a seventeen-year-old Level 77 Soul Saint, stunning the Shrek Academy students in the Original-Work World.
• Tang San recognized Xiao Wu’s Teleportation as a Self-Created Soul Skill while she and Su Mo fought fiercely across the arena.
• Da Ming and Er Ming rejoiced that Xiao Wu was alive and had grown stronger, and Da Ming saw hope for the Soul Beasts’ future.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu’s match ended in a draw, prompting cheers from the Great Soul Arena and the Original-Work World.
• Su Mo announced that he had developed the Ring Condensation Technique and would reveal it publicly at Spirit Hall, inviting all sects and factions.

Su Mo publicly revealed the Ring Condensation Technique at Spirit City, demonstrating how Soul Masters could form Soul Rings through meridian circulation and visualization. After three Soul Masters broke through under his guidance, he named the method the Su Mo Ring Condensation Technique, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the Creation Institute overshadowed.

• Su Mo addressed the crowd at Pope Palace and announced that he had found a solution to the extinction of Soul Beasts and the loss of Soul Rings.
• Su Mo explained the Soul Power circulation route and Soul Ring visualization used to form a ring through cultivation.
• Su Mo guided three Soul Masters at different bottlenecks through the method, and all three successfully condensed Soul Rings.
• Su Mo named the method the Su Mo Ring Condensation Technique, prompting cheers from the crowd and humiliation for Yu Xiaogang.
• Soul Masters beneath the Sky Screen began cultivating according to Su Mo's technique.

Low-level Soul Masters in the Original-Work World discovered that Self-Condensed Soul Rings had no Soul Skills, prompting major factions to forbid the technique. As the Sky Screen prepared to reveal Su Mo’s rise, Xiao Wu wondered about her connection to him in the other world.

• Wang Liu and other low-level Soul Masters condensed Self-Condensed Soul Rings, then discovered the rings granted no Soul Skills.
• The Sky Screen explained that Self-Condensed Soul Rings used a Soul Master’s own Soul Power and required another method to obtain Soul Skills.
• Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, and Dai Mubai discussed why Blank Soul Rings might help a world without Soul Beasts but were poor substitutes where Soul Beasts remained.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and Tang Xiao ordered their followers not to practice the Ring Condensation Technique, while Bibi Dong agreed it was unsuitable for their world.
• Xiao Wu felt relieved that the technique had no Soul Skills, then wondered why the Xiao Wu in the Sky Screen World was close to Su Mo when she liked Tang San.
• The Sky Screen announced it would show how Su Mo developed the Ring Condensation Technique and asked whether anyone had solved the crisis caused by Soul Beasts’ extinction.

After the Sky Screen asked how Soul Masters could break through without Soul Rings or Self-Condensed Soul Rings, people across the Original-Work World debated the possibilities. The Sky Screen then showed a slovenly young man in a cabin filled with cages, leaving his identity and method unrevealed.

• Soul Masters across the Original-Work World argued that Self-Condensed Soul Rings seemed to be the only way to break through after Soul Beasts went extinct.
• Tang San reasoned that someone might create a cultivation technique that allowed people to advance without Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that the Sky Screen wanted viewers to identify someone who had forged a path different from Su Mo's.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that the new method might bypass the Soul Ring system and allow direct cultivation past level limits.
• Bibi Dong considered whether someone could break through using Soul Power alone and submitted her answer.
• The Sky Screen showed a slovenly young man in a wooden cabin containing cages of small animals.

A young man demonstrated that he could turn an ordinary wild rabbit into a one-year Soul Beast by injecting it with Soul Power, astonishing viewers across the Original-Work World. The chapter left Bibi Dong and others considering how the method might change the future of Soul Rings and Soul Beast extinction.

• A young man infused a caged wild rabbit with Soul Power, and it began transforming into a Soul Beast.
• The rabbit completed its transformation, and the young man declared that killing it could produce a Soul Ring.
• People across the Original-Work World debated the breakthrough, while Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Xiao Wu reacted to its implications.
• Bibi Dong asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to confirm what he had seen and considered whether the method could produce higher-level Soul Beasts.
• Ghost Douluo questioned whether created Soul Beasts would yield the same Soul Rings as wild ones, and Bibi Dong awaited further information from the Sky Screen.

The Sky Screen revealed that Lin Yue had created a method for turning ordinary animals into Soul Beasts, prompting the sects and Shrek Academy to assess its value and risks. Lin Yue celebrated his discovery, but the answer round ended with nobody in the Original-Work World winning the 100,000-year Soul Ring reward.

• Ning Fengzhi and Bone Douluo considered the potential and limitations of creating Soul Beasts.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan against relying on domesticated Soul Beasts, despite his private shock.
• Tang Xiao and Second Elder suspected the method had serious drawbacks or costs and dismissed it as irrelevant to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Lin Yue announced that he had succeeded and named his discovery the Soul Beast Creation Method.
• Yu Xiaogang compared Lin Yue with Su Mo and privately rejected any resemblance to the Yu Xiaogang shown on the Sky Screen.
• The Sky Screen announced that nobody had answered correctly and displayed the unclaimed 100,000-year Soul Ring reward.

After the Sky Screen revealed that the correct answer would have earned a 100,000-year Soul Ring, Soul Masters and sect leaders regretted missing the opportunity. Lin Yue then returned to Nuoding City and learned that Su Mo had already made the Ring Condensation Technique public, leaving him stunned.

• The Original-Work World reacted with shock and regret when the Sky Screen revealed the 100,000-year Soul Ring reward, while major sects vowed to prepare better for future questions.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang urged everyone to study the Sky Screen's clues as Lin Yue's story continued.
• Lin Yue wrote detailed notes about the Soul Beast Cultivation Method and imagined that revealing it would make the major sects and Spirit Hall revere him.
• Days later, Lin Yue returned to Nuoding City and heard people praising Su Mo for publicly revealing the Ring Condensation Technique.
• Lin Yue grabbed a nearby Soul Master and asked whether someone had developed an alternative way to obtain Soul Rings.

Lin Yue revealed his Soul Beast Cultivation Method to Spirit Hall and demanded that it be announced publicly alongside Su Mo's Ring Condensation Technique. The Sky Screen left the question of which path Soul Masters would choose unanswered.

• Lin Yue learned that Su Mo had already publicized the Ring Condensation Technique and rushed to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch to claim credit for his own method.
• Lin Yue demonstrated a Ten-Year Soul Ring with a Soul Skill, proving that it came from a Soul Beast he had cultivated himself.
• Ma Xiunuo inspected Lin Yue's caged animals and asked whether he would hand his cultivation method over to Spirit Hall.
• Lin Yue agreed on the condition that Spirit Hall announce his method continent-wide and escort him to Spirit City to reveal it publicly.
• The Sky Screen posed a question about which method Soul Masters would choose and then stopped displaying the scene.

Soul Masters debated whether Su Mo's Ring Condensation Technique or Lin Yue's Soul Beast Cultivation Method was the better choice. The Sky Screen declared the Ring Condensation Technique correct because the cultivation method produced only Ten-Year Soul Rings that damaged a Soul Master's potential, and it began distributing rewards.

• Soul Masters across the world rushed to submit answers, with most favoring Lin Yue's Soul Beast Cultivation Method because it provided Soul Skills.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo concluded that Ten-Year Soul Rings would ruin a Soul Master's optimal configuration and chose Su Mo's Ring Condensation Technique.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao ordered their clans to choose the Ring Condensation Technique, citing its higher-quality Soul Rings and the cultivation method's harm to a Soul Master's foundation.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and Tang San convinced the students to choose the Ring Condensation Technique because Soul Ring configuration determined a Soul Master's potential.
• The Sky Screen announced that 102,600 of the 3.47 million submissions were correct and confirmed the Ring Condensation Technique as the answer.
• The Sky Screen began distributing rewards to those who answered correctly, leaving the Soul Masters eager to learn what they would receive.

The Sky Screen divided its Soul Ring reward among more than 102,600 correct respondents, giving each a five-hundred-year increase to their First Soul Ring. While powerful Soul Masters dismissed the reward as negligible, Yu Xiaogang hurried to test whether the improvement could loosen his level-twenty-nine cultivation bottleneck.

• Soul Masters across the continent discovered that their First Soul Rings had gained five hundred years, and the Sky Screen explained that many correct answers had split the reward.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo considered the reward nearly useless to powerful Soul Masters, while Yu Yuanzhen dismissed it despite his disciples' happiness.
• Wang Qiang celebrated his stronger First Soul Ring, reflecting how low-level Soul Masters benefited greatly from the increase.
• Yu Xiaogang wondered whether his stronger First Soul Ring could help him break through his level-twenty-nine bottleneck and rushed to his room to test it.
• Flender arranged for Zhao Wuji and several students to guard Yu Xiaogang's room while faint waves of Soul Power emerged from inside.

Yu Xiaogang failed to break through to Soul Elder despite gaining Soul Power from his raised Soul Ring, then watched the Sky Screen show Lin Yue’s Soul Beast Cultivation Method being mocked and rejected. The screen ended by asking at what age Su Mo developed the Ring Condensation Technique.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to break through his level-twenty-nine bottleneck, spat blood, and passed out after failing.
• Lin Yue presented his Soul Beast Cultivation Method in Spirit City, but Soul Masters mocked its weak Ten-Year White Rings and walked away.
• Ning Rongrong sympathized with Lin Yue, while Tang San and Yu Xiaogang explained why people preferred Su Mo’s Ring Condensation Technique.
• Yu Xiaogang told everyone to keep watching the Sky Screen, which then asked at what age Su Mo developed the Ring Condensation Technique.

Across the continent, people debated when Su Mo developed the Ring Condensation Technique, and several powerful figures inferred that he had created it at age eight. As the answer period ended, the Sky Screen began revealing the result, leaving everyone waiting to see who would win the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.

• People across the continent argued over Su Mo's age when he developed the Ring Condensation Technique, with most guessing he was older than eight.
• Bibi Dong chose eight years old and added that Su Mo developed the technique three months after Soul Beast Extinction.
• Ning Fengzhi, advised by Sword Douluo, answered eight years old and guessed that Su Mo created the technique within days of Soul Beast Extinction.
• Tang Xiao chose eight years old and specified the transition from autumn to winter in the first year after Soul Beast Extinction.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang concluded that Su Mo was eight and urged the others to guess how many days after Soul Beast Extinction he developed the technique.
• The answer period ended, and the Sky Screen spread golden light as everyone waited for the correct answer and the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.