Chapter Summaries

After rejecting invitations from more than twenty sects, Su Mo accepted a token from Ning Fengzhi and left Spirit City with Xiao Wu. At the Creation Institute, scholars studied his Ring Condensation Technique and marveled at its principles, while Yu Xiaogang questioned Tang San about the circulation route.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Su Mo to become a guest elder, and after Su Mo declined, Ning Fengzhi gave him a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Token.
• Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao offered Su Mo positions and rewards, but Su Mo refused to join either the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan or the Clear Sky Sect.
• Representatives from more than twenty sects and an academy made offers to Su Mo, who accepted none and teleported away with Xiao Wu.
• At the Creation Institute, Elder Yun Shuo and the scholars studied Su Mo's Ring Condensation Technique and judged its theory far ahead of their era.
• Tang San silently recognized that Su Mo's Soul Power circulation route had evolved from his Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• After the scholars left, Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San whether he thought something was wrong with the circulation route.

Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Su Mo had learned the meridian-based Internal Energy Methods from Xiao Wu, who had learned them from Tang San. Yu Xiaogang realized those methods could have helped his eleven-year effort to develop the Ring Condensation Technique, and after Tang San explained them, he asked Tang San to test whether they could help him condense a Soul Ring.

• Tang San revealed that Su Mo had likely learned the Internal Energy Methods from Xiao Wu, whom Tang San had taught at Nuoding Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Tang San's father had taught him the methods and regretted never asking about them.
• Yu Xiaogang became overwhelmed with frustration, vomited blood, and collapsed into Tang San's arms.
• Tang San shared everything he knew about the Internal Energy Methods, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed their connection to Su Mo's Ring Condensation Technique.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Tang San to combine the Mysterious Heaven Skill with the Soul Ring Visualization Method and attempt to condense a Soul Ring.

Tang San and Yu Xiaogang tested whether other Internal Energy Methods could condense Soul Rings using Su Mo’s Visualization Method, but none worked. When Tang San tried Su Mo’s circulation route, Soul Power leaked from the path, leading him to realize the technique deliberately used that deviation to gather energy for a Soul Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang suggested Tang San combine the Soul Ring Visualization Method with other Internal Energy Methods, and Tang San tried the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San switched to the Hunyuan Mental Method and then tested his other Internal Energy Methods, but none showed signs of condensing a Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to try the circulation route from Su Mo’s Ring Condensation Technique without the Visualization Method.
• Tang San felt Soul Power leak from the route after one Heavenly Cycle and concluded that the technique would cause Qi Deviation.
• Tang San realized that Su Mo’s method used the leaking Soul Power so the Visualization Method could gather it and condense it into a Soul Ring.

Tang San learned that Su Mo had created his Ring Condensation Technique by harnessing qi deviation, but he refused to use it and chose to develop his own. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong failed to locate Su Mo and Xiao Wu and ordered Spirit Hall to keep searching.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang how Su Mo used qi deviation and the Visualization Method to condense Soul Rings, and Yu Xiaogang praised Su Mo as a genius.
• Tang San tried Yu Xiaogang’s complex Soul Ring structures with Su Mo’s circulation route but could not memorize them, so Yu Xiaogang urged him to use Su Mo’s technique.
• Tang San refused and told Yu Xiaogang he wanted to create his own Ring Condensation Technique, despite the delay to his cultivation.
• Yue Guan reported to Bibi Dong that Su Mo and Xiao Wu had vanished from Spirit City without leaving detectable traces.
• Bibi Dong reasoned that Su Mo and Xiao Wu likely feared Spirit Hall because they knew each other’s secrets, then ordered Yue Guan to report them immediately if they were found.

After learning that Bibi Dong had killed her mother, Xiao Wu swore to take revenge, while Su Mo comforted her and planned how to stop Bibi Dong from becoming a god. He realized Bibi Dong could use Slaughter City to activate her ninth trial and decided to destroy it ahead of time.

• At the Lake of Life, Xiao Wu told Su Mo that Bibi Dong had killed her mother and worn her mother's leg bone as a trophy.
• Xiao Wu wept and vowed to kill Bibi Dong herself, and Su Mo comforted her while telling her it could not happen yet.
• Su Mo reflected that revealing the Ring Condensation Technique had earned him the prestige he wanted, though bringing Xiao Wu to Spirit City had exposed her to Bibi Dong.
• Su Mo planned to stop Bibi Dong from completing the Rakshasa God's ninth trial by secretly collecting the corpses she would need if she started a war.
• Su Mo realized Bibi Dong could instead sacrifice Slaughter City, so he decided to destroy it first with the Snowy Swan Kiss he had kept.
• After Xiao Wu's sobs quieted, she raised her head and asked Su Mo where they would go next.

After proving that his Soul Beast Catalyzing Technique worked, Lin Yue planned to join Spirit Hall, but he learned that Su Mo had already revealed a technique for condensing Soul Rings. Jealous and desperate to claim recognition for his own discovery, Lin Yue went to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch and offered to prove his ability to create Soul Beasts.

• Lin Yue successfully catalyzed a second Soul Beast and concluded that only animals with the potential to awaken as Soul Beasts could be catalyzed.
• Lin Yue decided to raise the Soul Beasts and join Spirit Hall so he could develop and use his technique.
• After returning to Nuoding City, Lin Yue learned that Su Mo had publicly revealed the Ring Condensation Technique and regretted not going to Spirit Hall sooner.
• Consumed by resentment, Lin Yue went to the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch and told Ma Xiunuo that he could create Soul Beasts.
• Lin Yue showed Ma Xiunuo his unusually weak Second Soul Ring and offered to take him to see a living Soul Beast.

Lin Yue demonstrated that he could create a Soul Beast and demanded that Spirit Hall escort him to Spirit City while publicizing his achievement. Bibi Dong agreed despite her anger and frustration, then lamented that Yu Xiaogang had failed to solve the Soul Ring problem after years of support.

• Lin Yue showed Ma Xiunuo the awakened Soul Beast and refused to reveal his method until reaching Spirit Hall, demanding an escort and public announcement.
• Ma Xiunuo agreed and spread the news that Lin Yue could create Soul Beasts.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan brought Ma Xiunuo's report to Bibi Dong, who confirmed that Lin Yue had created a genuine Ten-Year Soul Beast.
• Bibi Dong criticized Yu Xiaogang for producing no results after eleven years at the Creation Institute while younger men solved the Soul Ring problem.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to do as Lin Yue requested, then privately told herself that Yu Xiaogang had failed to live up to expectations.

Ning Rongrong used the Su Mo Ring Condensation Technique to form her First Soul Ring and broke through to the Soul Master realm, bringing joy and relief to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The sect then received news that someone had created Soul Beasts, revealing another possible source of Soul Rings and Soul Skills.

• Ning Rongrong condensed a yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring after years of cultivation and broke through to the Soul Master realm.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo celebrated Ning Rongrong's breakthrough and learned that she could use the Soul Skill Power.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed the news that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's Soul Skills could help the sect remain secure despite its cultivation limit.
• A steward delivered an invitation from Spirit Hall, and Ning Fengzhi read that someone had created Soul Beasts.
• Ning Rongrong, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo reacted with shock to the news and discussed how Soul Beasts could provide Soul Rings and Soul Skills.

Yu Xiaogang and the Creation Institute learned that Lin Yue had created living Soul Beasts, a field Yu Xiaogang had studied his entire life without considering. After Lin Yue publicly demonstrated the simple Soul Beast Catalyzing Technique, Yu Xiaogang suffered another collapse.

• A researcher brought Yu Xiaogang Spirit Hall’s announcement that Lin Yue had created a living Soul Beast and would demonstrate the method publicly.
• Yu Xiaogang and the Creation Institute’s researchers were shocked that they had never thought to create Soul Beasts themselves.
• Yu Xiaogang regretted focusing only on finding and using Soul Beasts, vomited blood, and fainted.
• Lin Yue arrived at Spirit Hall and publicly revealed that Soul Beasts could be catalyzed from suitable animals or plants using Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang heard the technique was simple, vomited blood repeatedly, and broke down again.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu traveled to Slaughter City after discussing the public release of the Soul Beast Catalyzing Technique. After testing the restrictions at its entrance, they confirmed Xiao Wu could still use Self-Created Soul Skills and decided to enter.

• Xiao Wu worried that the public Soul Beast Catalyzing Technique would create Soul Beasts that could be enslaved or killed, and Su Mo tried to comfort her.
• Su Mo teased Xiao Wu by feeding her a carrot before they traveled for several days toward Slaughter City.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu reached a desolate wasteland and paid the bartender at a run-down tavern to open the hidden entrance beneath it.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu descended into Slaughter City and saw its dim crimson sky and enormous underground city.
• Su Mo asked Xiao Wu to test the city's rules, and she found that Soul Ring Soul Skills were restricted but Self-Created Soul Skills still worked.
• Su Mo confirmed the restriction himself and decided that they would enter Slaughter City to gain experience and seek the Asura God's inheritance.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu entered Slaughter City after defeating its patrol and learning its rules. Su Mo won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match by killing all nine opponents with precise swordsmanship, and Xiao Wu prepared to fight next.

• Su Mo and Xiao Wu defeated two black-armored patrol soldiers, earning passage into Slaughter City.
• A guide explained that Fallen Ones could stay in the Outer City by paying Yellow Spring Dew or enter the Inner City by competing in the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Su Mo entered the arena and killed the man who attacked him with a flaming meteor hammer, then killed a dagger-wielding opponent.
• Seven contestants attacked Su Mo together, but he disarmed and killed all seven with sword techniques alone.
• Su Mo left the arena after his victory, and Xiao Wu praised him before preparing for her own match.

Xiao Wu won her Hell Slaughter Arena match with swift, precise swordsmanship, drawing comparisons to Su Mo. In the stands, a drunken Tang Hao recognized her, briefly regaining his senses after years of grieving Ah Yin and abandoning his son, Tang Shan.

• Xiao Wu killed her first opponent and then defeated the other eight Fallen Ones who joined forces against her.
• Spectators discussed Xiao Wu and Su Mo's similar fighting styles and wondered whether they were together.
• Tang Hao sat alone in the stands, drinking Yellow Spring Dew and recalling how he had given up searching for Ah Yin and rescuing Tang Shan.
• Tang Hao saw Xiao Wu leave the arena and recognized her, his gaze briefly clearing.

Tang Hao confronted Xiao Wu, desperate to learn whether Ah Yin was alive, while Su Mo tricked him into handing over Ah Yin’s Soul Bone. Su Mo revealed that Ah Yin had died after sacrificing herself, leaving Tang Hao enraged and in denial.

• Tang Hao recognized Xiao Wu as a surviving Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit and begged her to tell him whether Ah Yin was alive.
• Xiao Wu said Ah Yin would still be alive if she had been a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Transformation, then realized Tang Hao carried Ah Yin’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao threatened Xiao Wu, but Su Mo stepped in and claimed he could find Ah Yin if Tang Hao gave him her Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao handed Su Mo the Blue Silver Emperor’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Xiao Wu helped Su Mo maintain the deception.
• Su Mo told Tang Hao that Ah Yin had sacrificed herself and was destroyed eleven years earlier, prompting Tang Hao to roar in disbelief.

Su Mo lured Tang Hao into his Void Space after taking Ah Yin's Soul Bone, intending to kill him so he could not reveal Xiao Wu's identity. Tang Hao unleashed Ring Detonation but failed to hit Su Mo or Xiao Wu, and he ended trapped inside the space with his power spent.

• Su Mo took Ah Yin's Soul Bone from Tang Hao and led Xiao Wu away, drawing Tang Hao into a spatial rift that closed behind them.
• Su Mo revealed that they were in his Void Space and told Tang Hao it would be his burial ground.
• Tang Hao attacked Su Mo and Xiao Wu with the Great Sumeru Hammer, while they evaded his strikes using Teleportation and Su Mo's Void ability.
• Su Mo learned from Tang Hao's techniques and provoked him until Tang Hao unleashed Ring Detonation.
• Tang Hao tried to flee but struck the spatial barrier, failed to break it, and collapsed after Ring Detonation ended.

Su Mo imprisoned Tang Hao in the Void Space to study Ring Detonation while he and Xiao Wu continued their trials in Slaughter City. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to spread the truth that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, hoping to turn the world against them.

• Su Mo defeated Tang Hao and kept him imprisoned in the Void Space, provoking him to use Ring Detonation so he could study the technique.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu each fought one match in Slaughter City every day before teleporting away.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Spirit Hall's spies had failed to track Su Mo and Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong told Chrysanthemum Douluo that Xiao Wu was the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had escaped her before and suggested Su Mo had learned Ring Condensation from her.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to spread rumors revealing Xiao Wu's identity while keeping Spirit Hall's involvement hidden.

Su Mo and Xiao Wu learned that rumors across the continent accused Xiao Wu of being a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and Su Mo of stealing the Ring Condensation Technique from her. Su Mo dismissed the speculation and decided to establish an academy, where he would teach locked versions of his self-created soul skills.

• Rumors spread from Spirit City across the continent that Xiao Wu was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and had taught Su Mo the Ring Condensation Technique.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu heard the accusations, and Xiao Wu angrily defended Su Mo while he reassured her that suspicion alone could not expose her identity.
• Su Mo explained that his ability to escape danger meant he no longer needed to hide and cultivate in seclusion.
• Su Mo told Xiao Wu he planned to start an academy and teach self-created soul skills with restrictions on passing them along.

Su Mo planted anonymous notices across Spirit City accusing Bibi Dong of having been Yu Xiaogang’s lover, of being forcibly taken by Qian Xunji, and of killing him. The scandal spread across the continent, and Bibi Dong ordered her subordinates to find the person responsible.

• Su Mo left identical scandalous notes around Spirit City before returning to Void Space to watch the rumors spread.
• Residents across Spirit City found the notices and spread the accusations about Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang, and Qian Xunji.
• The scandal traveled to cities and towns throughout the continent, becoming a widespread topic of gossip.
• Bibi Dong read a notice in the Pope Palace and was especially shaken by its mention of Qian Xunji forcibly taking her.
• Bibi Dong furiously ordered her people to find whoever had spread the rumors.

After learning that Qian Xunji had forcibly possessed Bibi Dong, Yu Xiaogang realized she had pushed him away to protect him and quietly left Spirit Hall with Tang San. Qian Renxue learned the same truth and decided to confront Bibi Dong.

• Yu Xiaogang read the note and concluded that Bibi Dong had ended their relationship to protect him from Qian Xunji.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed himself for resenting Bibi Dong and failing to fulfill the trust and resources she had given him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San they would leave Spirit Hall, then secretly departed with him in disguise.
• Qian Renxue read the intelligence report and connected it to her memories of Bibi Dong and her father.
• Qian Renxue tore up the reports, struggled to accept that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji, and resolved to return and question her.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about the reports and learned that Bibi Dong’s rejection of her stemmed from her resemblance to Qian Xunji. Qian Renxue left without seeking her mother’s love or forgiveness, then threatened to remove Yu Xiaogang from Spirit Hall, unaware he had already departed.

• Qian Renxue entered the Pope Palace and demanded that Bibi Dong confirm the reports circulating outside.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong over abandoning her in Heaven Dou City and leaving her to pose as Xue Qinghe for over a dozen years.
• Bibi Dong confirmed the reports and told Qian Renxue she did nothing wrong, but that she could not accept her because she saw Qian Xunji in her.
• Qian Renxue said she would no longer expect maternal love or seek revenge, but would never forgive Bibi Dong, and then called her “Sister” as she left.
• Qian Renxue threatened to make Yu Xiaogang disappear if he remained in Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong watched her leave, knowing Yu Xiaogang had already gone.

Bibi Dong tried to suppress the scandal about her past by shifting attention to the revived Soul Master Tournament, which would take place in a year. Su Mo saw the tournament as an opportunity to launch his planned academy and set out with Xiao Wu to seek funding from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Bibi Dong gave up investigating who had spread the rumors and declared them false, offering a Soul Bone reward for catching rumor-mongers.
• Bibi Dong announced that the Continent-wide Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament would resume in a year with at least three top-tier Soul Bones as prizes.
• Xiao Wu complained that Bibi Dong had used the tournament to distract people from the scandal, while Su Mo recognized that it could serve as a stage for his new academy.
• Su Mo proposed forming an academy team for the tournament, and Xiao Wu agreed that their first students could compete.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu headed to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to ask Ning Fengzhi for donations, with Su Mo planning to offer the sect one place in the academy's first class.