Chapter Summaries

Su Ge assessed his new Strength Contest soul skill and handled the Breaking Clan and Ye Clan’s affairs, including plans to support the Ye Clan and relocate them near the Breaking Clan. The chapter ended with Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Qin Ming gathered outside Liu Erlong’s hut at Shrek Academy.

• Su Ge reviewed Strength Contest, a once-daily soul skill that forced a strength duel, and decided its benefits made up for the Soul Power he had exchanged for cultivation.
• Deng Jilin told Su Ge that Tai Tan was pressuring Yang Wudi to mediate with Tang San, while Shrek had asked Ye Tianxin to treat Liu Erlong; Yang Wudi and Ye Tianxin had both refused.
• Su Ge told Deng Jilin he would handle Tai Tan and approved Yang Wudi’s progress with the medicinal cuisine, entrusting him with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Su Ge gave Deng Jilin information about the Morningstar Reflection Flower and instructed him to deliver it to Ye Tianxin, while Deng Jilin planned to relocate the Ye Clan near the Breaking Clan.
• Deng Jilin asked how strong Su Ge had become, and Su Ge said he was one vertical line stronger than Deng Jilin before returning to the training grounds.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San, Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Qin Ming stood outside Liu Erlong’s thatched hut with troubled expressions.

Yu Xiaogang and the Shrek Academy group struggled to find a cure for Liu Erlong’s poison, while their attempts to seek help from the Ye Clan and Breaking Clan failed. Yu Xiaogang set out to find a poison expert, Tang San resolved to grow stronger and challenge Su Ge, and Liu Erlong silently made a desperate decision.

• Zhao Wuji, Tang San, and Qin Ming reported that the Ye Clan and Yang Wudi had refused to help cure Liu Erlong’s poison.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he knew where to find a powerful poison expert and left Shrek Academy to seek her help.
• Tang San blamed Su Ge for Yu Xiaogang’s suffering, sensed his Soul Power nearing a breakthrough, and left to prepare for it.
• Flender stayed beside Liu Erlong while Zhao Wuji and Qin Ming went to train the Shrek Team.
• Liu Erlong overheard the conversation, wept, then steeled herself to resolve the difficulties by sacrificing herself.

Liu Erlong resolved to avoid becoming a burden to Xiao Gang and the others, while Su Ge went to the Breaking Clan’s residence to confront Tai Tan’s efforts to recruit Yang Wudi for Tang San. Yang Wudi refused to abandon his allegiance to Su Ge, and Tai Tan’s persuasion remained unresolved when Su Ge arrived.

• Liu Erlong forced herself to sit up and wrote down what was in her heart as night fell.
• Su Ge left the academy and headed to the Breaking Clan’s new residence to address Tai Tan and reward Yang Wudi with the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Su Ge entered the residence without an announcement while the guards recognized him and let him proceed.
• Yang Wudi told Tai Tan that he would not serve Tang San or return to the Clear Sky Sect after its abandonment of the Four Single-Attribute Clans.
• Tai Tan praised Tang San’s talent and urged Yang Wudi to give him a chance, but Yang Wudi rejected the appeal and prepared to leave.

Su Ge refused Tai Tan’s request for medicinal herbs to cure Liu Erlong and revealed that he had administered the poison himself. Tai Tan left after Yang Wudi confirmed the truth, setting their former friendship aside.

• Tai Tan pressed Yang Wudi to provide medicinal herbs and treat Liu Erlong, but Yang Wudi refused to decide on the herbs himself.
• Su Ge arrived, warned Yang Wudi about his loyalty, and declared that the medicinal herbs belonged to him.
• Tai Tan asked Su Ge for help, but Su Ge bluntly refused, prompting Tai Tan to release his martial soul.
• Yang Wudi stood between Tai Tan and Su Ge until Su Ge told him to step aside.
• Su Ge revealed that he had poisoned Liu Erlong, and Yang Wudi confirmed it when Tai Tan demanded the truth.
• Tai Tan laughed bitterly and left, while Yang Wudi accepted that they might become enemies.

Su Ge warned Yang Wudi about his loyalty to Tai Tan, then rewarded him with the Aromatic Silk Beauty after Yang Wudi stood by him. Outside the Breaking Clan, Su Ge confronted Tang San, Tai Tan, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming, and Zhao Wuji tried to end the dispute with an apology.

• Su Ge told Yang Wudi that his lingering attachment to Tai Tan had disappointed him, but praised his conduct and gave him the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Yang Wudi accepted the Immortal Herb and swore to serve Su Ge, who left the Breaking Clan.
• Su Ge encountered Tang San, Tai Tan, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming, who had learned of his support for the Breaking Clan.
• Tang San accused Su Ge of targeting him through the Breaking Clan and the Ye Clan, while Su Ge argued that Liu Erlong had attacked him first.
• Zhao Wuji apologized on behalf of the academy and urged Su Ge to let the matter end.

Su Ge confronted Tang San, Zhao Wuji, and Tai Tan, revealing that he had reached Soul Emperor and overpowering Tai Tan after Tai Tan threatened him. After Tang San attacked with a hidden weapon and Blue Silver Grass, Su Ge continued toward the injured Tai Tan, until a gentle voice urged him not to kill anyone in the city.

• Su Ge mocked Flender and Yu Xiaogang, revealed that he had surpassed Soul Emperor level sixty, and dismissed Liu Erlong's demand for treatment.
• Tai Tan warned Su Ge about whom he had offended, and Su Ge slammed him into the pavement and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Su Ge threatened to kill Tai Tan and insulted the Clear Sky Sect while Zhao Wuji begged him to stop.
• Tang San attacked Su Ge with Blue Silver Grass and a concealed Yama Invitation, but Su Ge dodged the hidden weapon and blasted away the grass.
• Su Ge ignored Zhao Wuji and walked toward Tai Tan as Tang San hesitated, until a gentle voice asked Su Ge not to kill anyone in the city.

Su Ge abducted the injured Tai Tan from Heaven Dou City, while Xue Qinghe suppressed news of the incident and had Tang San’s group taken for questioning. Outside the city, Su Ge confronted Tai Tan and revealed the overwhelming power of his six Soul Rings.

• Xue Qinghe warned Su Ge against acting in the city, but Su Ge spread eight wings and flew away with Tai Tan.
• Xue Qinghe ordered her guards to suppress information about the incident and take Tang San’s group away for questioning.
• Qin Ming stopped Tang San from resisting the guards, and Tang San swore that Su Ge would pay for taking Tai Tan.
• Xue Qinghe headed to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to investigate Su Ge further.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, Su Ge asked Tai Tan for his last words, but Tai Tan refused to submit and activated Martial Soul Possession.
• Su Ge summoned six Soul Rings, including a red one, and crushed Tai Tan beneath the pressure of the Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff.

Su Ge killed Tai Tan with his amplified strength and headed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to clean up and investigate whether its energy could raise his Soul Rings. Meanwhile, Flender told Tang San and the others that Liu Erlong had disappeared.

• Tai Tan attacked Su Ge, who activated Contest of Strength and used his Sixth Soul Skill to magnify his strength.
• Su Ge killed Tai Tan with a single punch, reducing him to a cloud of blood mist.
• Su Ge decided not to pursue Tang San yet and flew toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest.
• Flender told Tang San, Zhao Wuji, and Qin Ming that Liu Erlong had disappeared while he was away seeking Shao Xin.

After Liu Erlong disappeared and Tai Tan was presumed dead, Tang San urged Shrek’s core members to flee Heaven Dou City to avoid Su Ge. Over half a month later, Su Ge continued cultivating at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and reached Soul Power Level 63.

• Flender told Tang San and the others that Liu Erlong had left Shrek Academy, and he begged Tang San to ask Tai Tan to help search for her.
• Zhao Wuji revealed that Su Ge had likely killed Tai Tan, while Tang San warned that Su Ge’s actions and the royal family’s favor made Heaven Dou City unsafe for them.
• Flender agreed that the tournament members and their teachers should leave the city, while he stayed behind to manage the academy and search for Liu Erlong.
• During the following half month, news of Su Ge’s rise to Soul Emperor and the Imperial Fighting Team’s strength spread through the Soul Master world.
• Su Ge cultivated at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, stabilized at Soul Power Level 63, and concluded that the energy from his Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring could carry him to Level 65.

Su Ge met with Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and the academy’s education committee to discuss the rumors threatening his participation in the Soul Master Tournament. Later, he confronted the hidden visitor in his Mimicry Environment and identified him as Ghost Douluo of Spirit Hall.

• Su Ge sensed several Titled Douluo within Heaven Dou Royal Academy, including an unfamiliar dark-aura visitor lurking in his Mimicry Environment.
• Su Ge joined Ning Fengzhi, Xue Qinghe, and the education committee, who discussed how to handle the rumors and help him compete in the Soul Master Tournament.
• Chen Xin released a sharp aura at Su Ge to warn him after seeing him.
• Su Ge returned to his Mimicry Environment and waited for the intruder to reveal himself.
• Ghost Douluo emerged from the shadows, and Su Ge calmly asked why he had come to Heaven Dou City.

Gui Mei offered Su Ge a Soul Bone and asked him to withdraw from future Soul Master Tournaments, while also pursuing another mission connected to the missing Shrek members. Su Ge accepted the compensation and used the growing web of alliances and intelligence to prepare to confront the forces gathering across the continent.

• Gui Mei apologized for his approach, tried to recruit Su Ge for Spirit Hall, and asked him to consider sitting out future Soul Master Tournaments in exchange for a Soul Bone more than fifty thousand years old.
• Su Ge accepted the compensation, and Gui Mei left Heaven Dou Royal Academy after promising a formal invitation and announcement.
• Su Ge connected Gui Mei’s visit to the Grandmaster’s journey to Spirit City and suspected Gui Mei had come to pass a message to Pufferfish, though Liu Erlong had already disappeared from Heaven Dou City.
• Su Ge reflected on his support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Dugu Bo, along with the movements of Ji Lin and Dugu Bo against those hiding from him.
• Su Ge surveyed the forces gathering around Heaven Dou City and resolved to find out who would break the deadlock.

Su Ge encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to keep cultivating while postponing any answer to her feelings until she had resolved her past and the Soul Master Tournament had passed. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Qinghe rejected the Pope’s request to use Pufferfish against Su Ge and became increasingly curious about his abilities.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Su Ge that her Soul Power had reached level forty-five and that she hoped to reach at least level forty-seven before the Soul Master Tournament.
• Su Ge explained that the connection between their Immortal Herbs had improved both of their cultivation speeds, then urged Zhu Zhuqing to focus on growing stronger before they discussed her feelings.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned to her room, vowed not to be abandoned again, and began cultivating while sensing Su Ge nearby.
• Gui Mei told Xue Qinghe that the Pope wanted him to find Su Ge and hoped Pufferfish could act against Liu Erlong.
• Xue Qinghe dismissed Gui Mei’s request because Liu Erlong had already left, then reflected on Su Ge’s hidden strength and her desire to make him submit.

Qian Renxue decided to pursue Su Ge by her own methods, while Ning Fengzhi learned that Su Ge had bested both Chen Xin and Gu Rong. With the Soul Master Tournament less than a month away, Su Ge restored his Soul Power to level sixty-five and prepared to treat Dugu Bo's poison before traveling to Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue sent Gui Mei away and decided to get serious about cultivation and use her own methods to approach Su Ge.
• Chen Xin returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and brushed off Gu Rong's questions about his fight with Su Ge.
• Ning Fengzhi inferred that Su Ge had impressed both Chen Xin and Gu Rong, then worried about the factions taking an interest in him.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong began fighting above the sect while Ning Fengzhi returned inside to gather intelligence and make preparations.
• Su Ge recovered to Soul Power level sixty-five, reviewed his medicinal knowledge, and decided to resolve Dugu Bo's poison before going to Spirit City.

Su Ge prepared Dugu Bo to detoxify himself by giving him instructions, antidote pills, and a Soul Bone as a safeguard. With Xiao Wu and Rongrong away training and Tang San's whereabouts unknown, Su Ge decided to investigate the other single-attribute clans for information and useful resources.

• Su Ge revealed that he had taken the Blue Silver Emperor's Soul Bone and the Blue Silver Emperor, while Dugu Bo had poisoned Blue Silver Forest to block Tang San's Blue Silver Grass cultivation.
• Su Ge gave Dugu Bo a booklet, antidote pills, and a right leg Soul Bone to help him condense his poison into a Soul Core and survive if the process went wrong.
• Dugu Bo accepted the items and entered seclusion to detoxify himself.
• Su Ge secured the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss in a jade box and returned to cultivation, while Gu Rong secretly protected Xiao Wu and Rongrong on their travels.
• Wondering where Tang San had gone, Su Ge decided to visit the Defense Clan and Speed Clan to seek information and benefits.

At the Silves City Great Soul Arena, Yu Tianheng asked Deng Jilin how he compared with Su Ge, prompting Deng to reveal how overwhelming Su Ge’s strength had been even at the same Soul Power Level. Yu Tianheng headed to the upcoming match still stunned by the revelation.

• Yu Tianheng asked Deng Jilin how far his strength fell short of Su Ge’s, and Deng teased him by comparing him to himself.
• Deng Jilin explained that Yu Tianheng’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul was separated from his Sky Cold Sword by a vertical gap in strength.
• A Great Soul Arena staff member announced that the match was about to begin, and Deng Jilin selected Yu Tianheng and six others for the team.
• Pressed for a direct answer, Deng Jilin said that even at level forty-five, Su Ge could have defeated Deng at his current strength.
• Dugu Yan dragged the shocked Yu Tianheng toward the Soul Battle platform.

Su Ge reunited with Deng Jilin, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling at the Silves City Great Soul Arena, where he explained that he planned to investigate the remaining two single-attribute clans. He then joined Deng Jilin and the others to watch the Imperial Fighting Team train, while Ye Lingling quietly struggled with her feelings for him.

• Su Ge arrived at the Great Soul Arena with its manager and teased Deng Jilin about losing face after a fight.
• Xiao Wu hugged Su Ge, and the two exchanged playful remarks while Ye Lingling quietly watched him.
• Su Ge told Deng Jilin that he suspected the Tang Clan would not let matters rest and planned to visit the remaining two single-attribute clans for clues.
• Deng Jilin questioned whether Su Ge could handle the clans alone, and Su Ge replied that numbers would not stop him.
• Su Ge invited Deng Jilin, Xiao Wu, and Ye Lingling to watch the Imperial Fighting Team, while Ye Lingling followed with envy as he and Xiao Wu joked together.

Su Ge watched the Imperial Fighting Team win at the Silvis Great Soul Arena while tracking factions interested in them and a Speed Clan spy connected to Tang San. After advising the team, he took flight to pursue the spy, leaving Deng Jilin to escort the others back to their hotel.

• Su Ge spotted observers from several factions in the audience, including the Speed Clan, and refused Dugu Bo's offer to capture them so he could follow their trail toward Tang San.
• The Imperial Fighting Team quickly defeated its Gold Soul Badge opponents, and Su Ge considered Dugu Yan's relationship with Yu Tianheng and warned Dugu Bo not to act foolishly.
• Outside the arena, Su Ge praised Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, pointed out Ning Rongrong's battlefield awareness problem, and gave the team further advice.
• Su Ge told Deng Jilin he would pursue the Speed Clan spy, then flew into the night using his Radiant Nether Eight Wings and Evil God Domain.
• Deng Jilin led the team toward their hotel, but sensed that something was wrong as they discussed Su Ge's advice.

Deng Jilin left the Imperial Fighting Team in Silves City to confront two Soul Saints who had been forced to attack him. After learning they were coerced, he prepared to fight them and vowed to hunt down the person behind the plot.

• Deng Jilin sent the Imperial Fighting Team back to the hotel and flew with the two Soul Saints toward the outskirts of Silves City.
• Ning Rongrong ordered the Shadow Guard to investigate the attackers and requested more support from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Xiao Wu prepared to break through and Zhu Zhuqing returned to cultivate.
• Dugu Bo sensed unfamiliar auras near the hotel and decided to deal with them himself.
• Outside Silves City, Deng Jilin confronted the Head of the Lin Family and Dean Zhang, who explained that they had been threatened into attacking him.
• The Head of the Lin Family and Dean Zhang unleashed their Martial Soul Avatars and asked Deng Jilin to kill them as they surrounded him.
• Deng Jilin readied the Sky Cold Sword and vowed to find and kill the person who had forced them to act.

Deng Jilin fought off the Lin Family's head and Dean Zhang, revealing a domain powered by Ultimate Ice. After easily overpowering their attacks, he questioned why they had been trying to hold him back.

• The Lin Family's head charged Deng Jilin with stone-armored fists, but Deng Jilin's ice sword struck him and spread bone-deep cold through his armor.
• Dean Zhang launched a massive crescent of fire at Deng Jilin, who transformed the surrounding area with his Heavenly Frost Domain.
• Deng Jilin froze Dean Zhang's fiery attack with his sword energy and shattered it, sending Dean Zhang flying and leaving him badly weakened.
• The Lin Family's head praised Deng Jilin's strength, while Dean Zhang admitted he had underestimated the difference between Soul Saints.
• Deng Jilin landed before the two men and asked why they had attacked him only to hold him there.

Deng Jilin fought Dean Zhang and the Lin Family head while Dugu Bo guarded the Imperial Fighting Team’s hotel and considered who had arranged the attacks. Su Ge realized he had been lured into a trap, learned the ambush was from the Clear Sky Sect, and activated his Martial Soul as the fight began.

• Deng Jilin resumed fighting Dean Zhang and the Lin Family head after they admitted their goal was to hold him off.
• Dugu Bo found the black-clad attackers at the hotel defeated, ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Masters to clear the scene, and waited for Su Ge and Deng Jilin.
• Su Ge followed a hidden agent into a desolate area, realized the journey was a trap, and confronted the ambush waiting in the forest.
• The eight attackers revealed that they belonged to the Clear Sky Sect and said Su Ge had offended them.
• Su Ge activated his Golden-Haired Lion Mastiff Martial Soul Possession and revealed his six Soul Rings.