Chapter Summaries

The God Realm’s deities discovered that every soul beast in the Douluo Continent had perished, but their efforts to learn the cause or reverse it failed. Su Mo learned that the extinction had awakened his self-created soul skill system, leaving him shocked and worried about how he could advance without soul rings.

• Asura God told the gathered deities that all soul beasts in the Douluo Continent had vanished, and the gods failed to discover why or restore them.
• Soul beasts across the continent died overnight, releasing soul rings that soon dissipated, while most people remained unaware of what had happened.
• Su Mo noticed his cultivation speed had increased several times and received a system message announcing the soul beasts’ extinction and the activation of the Self-Created Soul Skill system.
• Su Mo learned that he had awakened a Broken Sword Martial Soul with only level-two innate soul power, then panicked that he would soon be unable to obtain a soul ring or advance beyond level 10.
• Su Mo anxiously asked the system whether it could help him obtain soul rings.

Su Mo realized he might be able to create a Soul Ring by studying Xiao Wu’s self-condensed ring, while the sudden extinction of Soul Beasts appeared to have increased Soul Power throughout the world. In Spirit Hall, Qian Daoliu worried that the change would bring turmoil even as the other Worships celebrated their faster cultivation.

• The system told Su Mo that he could create a Soul Skill by observing existing abilities and understanding how they worked.
• Su Mo suspected Xiao Wu’s self-condensed Soul Ring could teach him how to make his own, and Tang San noticed him watching Xiao Wu before Su Mo returned to cultivating.
• Su Mo sensed that Soul Power in the air had become denser and guessed that Soul Beast extinction had returned their Soul Power to heaven and earth.
• The Worships in Spirit Hall discovered that Soul Power density had surged worldwide and that their cultivation speed had increased severalfold.
• Qian Daoliu warned that faster cultivation could lead to more powerful Soul Masters, greater turmoil, and more awakened Soul Beasts, while Golden Crocodile Douluo argued that Spirit Hall would benefit most.

After reaching level 10, Su Mo sought Xiao Wu’s help in learning to condense Soul Rings and revealed that he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Xiao Wu’s hostility eased when she learned he wanted to create Soul Rings without killing Soul Beasts, and Su Mo asked her to explain the process.

• Su Mo observed his teacher’s Soul Rings with his system and realized that observation alone would take years to teach him how to create one.
• Su Mo approached Xiao Wu and asked to speak with her privately, while Tang San briefly blocked him before letting Xiao Wu go with him.
• At the training field, Su Mo revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and explained how he had deduced her identity.
• Su Mo assured Xiao Wu that he would keep her identity secret unless she tried to silence him.
• Su Mo asked Xiao Wu to teach him how to condense Soul Rings, claiming that he wanted to advance without hunting Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Wu’s hostility toward Su Mo diminished, and he asked her to tell him everything she knew about condensing Soul Rings.

Su Mo learned Rogue Rabbit’s method of condensing a Soul Ring and began adapting it for humans, while Tang San watched from afar. Meanwhile, Heaven Dou Empire leaders learned that Soul Beasts had apparently vanished across the continent and began planning for the upheaval, leaving Ning Fengzhi and his companions heading to verify the reports.

• Rogue Rabbit explained how she had condensed her Soul Ring, and Su Mo used her account to develop his own ideas.
• Tang San watched Su Mo and Rogue Rabbit from across the training ground and felt unable to approach them.
• Xue Ye’s council received verified reports that Soul Beasts had vanished from major gathering areas, leaving only traces of Soul Ring phenomena.
• Qian Renxue advised concealing the extinction and calming the public, and Xue Ye ordered measures to maintain stability.
• Qian Renxue gave Ning Fengzhi a gift for Ning Rongrong, then Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo left to investigate a nearby Soul Beast Forest.
• Ning Fengzhi said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would draw closer to the Heaven Dou Empire if Soul Beasts were truly extinct, while Sword Douluo warned that Spirit Hall would also respond.

After governments and Spirit Hall reacted to the apparent extinction of Soul Beasts, Su Mo comprehended a technique for condensing Soul Rings and planned to gather Soul Power before trying it himself. Rogue Rabbit chose to stay near him and, that evening, tried to share his bed, but he refused.

• Bibi Dong ordered searches for surviving Soul Beasts and summoned scholars to study cultivation without them, while Qian Daoliu and the elders reacted with alarm to the extinction.
• Su Mo absorbed Rogue Rabbit’s experience and named the secret art he comprehended the Ring Condensation Technique.
• Su Mo told Rogue Rabbit he would not reveal her identity and left, prompting her to decide to stay because she wanted to see whether he could condense a Soul Ring.
• Su Mo realized his technique required accumulated Soul Power, since unlike Xiao Wu he could not draw on a Soul Beast’s source power.
• That evening, Rogue Rabbit abandoned Tang San and asked to sleep with Su Mo, but Su Mo rejected her.

Su Mo created a new Cultivation Technique by observing Tang San, then decided to use Xiao Wu to learn more about Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill. Xiao Wu saw through his plan but agreed to help, leaving Su Mo waiting for her news.

• Xiao Wu moved to a bed beside Su Mo, while Su Mo reflected that he would not stay at the academy much longer.
• After the students began cultivating under the accelerated Soul Power conditions, Su Mo observed Tang San and gained insight into Cultivation Techniques.
• Su Mo created a new Cultivation Technique and considered how learning Tang San’s Mysterious Heaven Skill could help him make a stronger one.
• Su Mo realized Xiao Wu might also teach him about Soul Skills and decided to draw closer to her.
• Su Mo asked Xiao Wu whether Tang San’s Meditation Method seemed unusual, and she immediately guessed he wanted her to obtain Tang San’s technique.
• Xiao Wu called Su Mo awful but agreed to help him and left, promising to bring him good news.

Rumors that Soul Beasts had disappeared spread through Nuoding City, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed them as impossible and convinced Tang San to trust his judgment. Spirit Hall’s investigation confirmed that Soul Beasts had vanished everywhere, leaving Bibi Dong shaken.

• Merchants and Soul Masters spread reports that Soul Beasts had vanished from forests, and students at Nuoding Academy argued over whether the rumors were true.
• Yu Xiaogang declared the disappearance impossible, and Tang San accepted his explanation despite worrying about how he would obtain Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Tang San a detailed study plan, and Tang San felt grateful that he had chosen him as his teacher.
• The intelligence chief reported to Bibi Dong that investigations across all environments found no Soul Beasts and that none had awakened recently.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the intelligence chief, then could no longer hide her reaction to the confirmed extinction.

Bibi Dong struggled with the disappearance of all Soul Beasts and considered recalling Yu Xiaogang to research alternatives. At Nuoding Academy, Su Mo created a more efficient cultivation technique just before Spirit Hall’s announcement confirmed the continent-wide disappearance, leaving students shocked about how Soul Masters could obtain Soul Rings.

• Bibi Dong learned that Soul Beasts were gone and wished Yu Xiaogang could help devise a solution.
• Su Mo used knowledge obtained from Tang San to create and name the Soul Power Cultivation Technique, which greatly increased his cultivation speed.
• A student summoned Nuoding Academy’s teachers and students to the main field for Spirit Hall’s highest-level announcement.
• The headmaster read Spirit Hall’s decree confirming that Soul Beasts had disappeared across Douluo Continent.
• The students erupted in alarm as they wondered whether Soul Masters could still obtain Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaogang rejected Spirit Hall’s announcement that Soul Beasts had disappeared, but the news shattered his confidence and drove him to investigate the Soul Hunting Forest. He found it empty and collapsed, while Spirit Hall members recorded his breakdown.

• Yu Xiaogang angrily denounced Spirit Hall’s announcement as false, and Tang San supported him as the students whispered about his earlier certainty.
• The headmaster confirmed that the Soul Beasts had vanished from the Soul Hunting Forest, prompting Yu Xiaogang to rush out with Tang San following him.
• Su Mo watched Yu Xiaogang’s distress with satisfaction and wondered whether Xiao Wu had gone to confirm the rumors.
• Yu Xiaogang traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest and searched for Soul Beasts, but found only ordinary plants and animals, including no trace of the Lone Bamboo.
• Yu Xiaogang collapsed in despair as two Spirit Hall members recorded the scene and discussed the Pope’s interest in his research.

After hearing that all Soul Beasts had disappeared, Tang Hao rushed to the hidden waterfall and found Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor body gone, leaving him grief-stricken and determined to find her. Xiao Wu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and found no trace of Da Ming, Er Ming, or any of her kin.

• Tang Hao learned from the villagers that all Soul Beasts had mysteriously vanished and feared for the Blue Silver Emperor plant that held Ah Yin's life essence.
• Tang Hao raced to the hidden waterfall and found only a charred crater where Ah Yin's original body had been.
• Tang Hao collapsed in grief, searched the crater, and roared through the forest before vowing to find whoever had taken Ah Yin.
• Xiao Wu left Nuoding Academy and Nuoding City and hurried back to the Star Dou Great Forest after hearing about the disappearance.
• Xiao Wu reached the Lake of Life, found it empty, and wept as she called for Da Ming and Er Ming.

Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding City after discovering that the Soul Beasts and her clan had vanished, while Su Mo mastered basic swordsmanship and learned that the Immortal Herbs still survived. As Xiao Wu grieved in Su Mo’s arms, she said she wanted to have children with him when she grew up.

• Xiao Wu searched the Lake of Life for Da Ming and Er Ming, found no one, and returned to Nuoding City in despair.
• Su Mo used the system to comprehend basic swordsmanship and mastered the foundational sword moves.
• Su Mo learned from the system that the Immortal Herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well remained, but he worried about confronting Dugu Bo to obtain them.
• Su Mo resumed cultivating to condense a Soul Ring after reaching level 10.
• Xiao Wu returned and told Su Mo that all the Soul Beasts and her clansmen were gone.
• Su Mo tried to comfort Xiao Wu, and she said she wanted to have children with him when she grew up.

Bibi Dong summoned the continent’s leading scholars and revealed that Soul Beasts had been completely exterminated, threatening the future of Soul Master cultivation. She ordered them to find a way for Soul Masters to advance without Soul Beasts and pledged Spirit Hall’s full support.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei welcomed Bibi Dong as she entered the assembly hall.
• Bibi Dong told the scholars that the meeting concerned the disappearance of Soul Beasts, then revealed they had been exterminated across the continent.
• The scholars erupted in disbelief and fear as they realized that Soul Rings and Soul Master breakthroughs depended on Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong urged the scholars to find a new path of cultivation that did not rely on Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong promised that Spirit Hall would devote all its resources to supporting their research.

Bibi Dong established the Soul Master Creation Institute and funded research into alternatives to Soul Rings while worrying about Yu Xiaogang, who had collapsed after the Soul Beasts vanished. At Nuoding Academy, Yu Xiaogang concluded that the Soul Beasts had gone extinct, leaving Tang San terrified that he could no longer cultivate.

• Bibi Dong founded the Soul Master Creation Institute, appointed Elder Yun Shuo as its chief, and promised three million Gold Soul Coins a year for research.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang had broken down and reasoned that his lifelong research had been rendered useless by the Soul Beasts’ disappearance.
• After several muddled days, Yu Xiaogang sat in his room at Nuoding Academy and called himself useless because his theories were now worthless.
• Tang San brought Yu Xiaogang porridge and tried to reassure him, but Yu Xiaogang argued that the Soul Beasts had gone extinct rather than merely disappeared.
• Tang San realized that extinction could leave him without Soul Beasts for Soul Rings and asked Yu Xiaogang in panic whether he would be unable to cultivate.

After Spirit Hall announced that the Soul Beasts had been wiped out, Yu Xiaogang and the students at Nuoding Academy struggled with the uncertain future of Soul Masters. Xiao Wu withdrew into grief and stayed close to Su Mo, while Tang San accused Su Mo of causing her sadness; after Xiao Wu rebuked him, Tang San went to Yu Xiaogang feeling deeply wronged.

• Yu Xiaogang lost heart over the extinction of Soul Beasts and worried that he could no longer train Tang San.
• The students at Nuoding Academy grew anxious after Spirit Hall announced that Soul Beasts were gone.
• Xiao Wu became quiet and despondent, seeking comfort by silently staying near Su Mo.
• Tang San confronted Su Mo and accused him of making Xiao Wu unhappy, but Xiao Wu defended Su Mo and told Tang San to stop meddling.
• Tang San left the dormitory and asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had really been meddling.

After Tang San described his heartbreak over Xiao Wu, Yu Xiaogang shared how the Spirit Hall Saintess had once rejected him and revealed the pain that had driven his research. Inspired to begin anew after Soul Beasts went extinct, he proposed researching Self-Condensed Soul Rings, leaving Tang San amazed by the possibility of creating Soul Rings without Soul Beasts.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized that Tang San liked Xiao Wu and told him about his own youthful love for the Spirit Hall Saintess.
• Yu Xiaogang recalled how the Saintess's teacher opposed their relationship and how she ultimately rejected him.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that he had spent half his life researching Martial Souls to prove his worth, but Soul Beast extinction had undermined his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to develop a replacement for Soul Rings and described them as structures combining energy and rules.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed that Soul Masters might condense Soul Power into rings themselves, naming the research direction Self-Condensed Soul Rings.

Yu Xiaogang devised a theory for Self-Condensed Soul Rings and vowed to develop a new cultivation method, while Su Mo independently condensed a Soul Ring and broke through to become a One-Ring Soul Master. The system rewarded Su Mo with a self-created sword skill, and Xiao Wu asked whether he had advanced.

• Yu Xiaogang proposed Self-Condensed Soul Rings to Tang San and promised to research a cultivation method that did not rely on Soul Beasts.
• Su Mo cultivated outside Nuoding City while Xiao Wu watched him attempt to condense his own Soul Ring.
• Su Mo used his Ring Condensation Technique to create and stabilize a yellow Soul Ring, impressing Xiao Wu.
• Su Mo broke through to level ten, and the system rewarded him with the Self-Created Soul Skill Broken Sword Instant Kill.
• Su Mo mastered the sword skill, and Xiao Wu asked whether he had broken through his realm.

Su Mo successfully condensed his first Soul Ring but decided to keep the technique secret until he could protect himself and develop Soul Skills to make it useful to others. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s researchers admitted that creating Soul Rings might take a hundred years, and Bibi Dong reacted furiously.

• Su Mo became an eleventh-level One-Ring Soul Master after successfully condensing a Soul Ring himself.
• Xiao Wu urged Su Mo to register at the Spirit Hall Branch, but he refused to hide his ability from Spirit Hall and other powerful figures.
• Su Mo explained that his Ring Condensation Technique produced no Soul Skills and that exposing it could attract Titled Douluo and force Xiao Wu to flee.
• Su Mo told Xiao Wu he wanted to create Soul Skills that would make self-condensed Soul Rings appealing, and Xiao Wu promised to help him.
• At the Soul Master Creation Institute, Elder Yun Shuo reported to Bibi Dong that the scholars had made no progress and might need a hundred years.
• Bibi Dong flew into a rage when she heard the researchers’ estimate.

Bibi Dong ordered Elder Yun Shuo to bring Yu Xiaogang back to Spirit Hall to help find a solution to the Soul Beast extinction crisis. Meanwhile, Su Mo prepared to leave Nuoding Academy for a larger city and commissioned a refined-iron sword.

• Elder Yun Shuo warned Bibi Dong that developing Self-Condensed Soul Rings could take a hundred years because researchers lacked a foundation.
• Bibi Dong sent Elder Yun Shuo personally to Nuoding City with her letter, asking Yu Xiaogang to help Spirit Hall and the continent.
• Bibi Dong privately wondered whether Yu Xiaogang would come to her aid.
• At Nuoding Academy, Su Mo remained unaware to everyone but Xiao Wu as a newly advanced One-Ring Soul Master while students reacted to the Soul Beast crisis in different ways.
• Su Mo decided to leave Nuoding Academy for a town with a Soul Fighting Arena so he could improve his Soul Skills.
• Su Mo used Xiao Wu's money to commission a refined-iron sword from a blacksmith.

Su Mo prepared to leave Nuoding City with Xiao Wu so he could observe more Soul Masters and develop his own Soul Skills. As they departed, a group from Spirit Hall arrived at Nuoding Academy to find Yu Xiaogang, and Su Mo watched them enter.

• Su Mo received a refined iron sword and discovered that it did not fuse with his Broken Sword, inspiring him to explore merging a weapon with his Martial Soul.
• Su Mo told Xiao Wu he was leaving Nuoding City to seek more battles and Soul Masters to study, and Xiao Wu chose to go with him.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu packed their belongings and left the dormitory, while Tang San watched them go and feared Xiao Wu might never return.
• Outside the academy, Su Mo directed Elder Yun Shuo and his Spirit Hall party to Yu Xiaogang, then stopped to watch them enter.
• Xiao Wu urged Su Mo to hurry away because she feared the group might include a Title Douluo.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu watched as Spirit Hall invited Yu Xiaogang to join its Soul Master Creation Institute, and Yu Xiaogang accepted so he could research Self-Condensed Soul Rings. Before leaving Nuoding Academy, Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to join him, leaving Tang San stunned.

• Su Mo and Xiao Wu returned to watch Elder Yun Shuo deliver Bibi Dong's invitation to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang accepted Spirit Hall's offer to join the Soul Master Creation Institute and began packing.
• Xiao Wu told Su Mo that Yu Xiaogang had agreed to go, and Su Mo left the academy with her.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Tang San and invited him to join Spirit Hall and help research Self-Condensed Soul Rings.
• Tang San was stunned by Yu Xiaogang's invitation to join Spirit Hall.