Chapter Summaries

Su Ming brought Lan Fozu to the Heavenly Dragon Sect and reflected on the sect’s decline and his plans to restore its glory. Lan Fozu’s growing attachment to Su Ming left her wary of the women waiting for him there as they began climbing the mountain.

• Lan Fozu praised the Heavenly Dragon Sect’s mountain stronghold while Su Ming considered its weakened standing and resolved to lead it back to glory.
• Lan Fozu worried that Su Ming was unhappy with her praise and questioned whether his relationship with the sect was truly good.
• Su Ming sensed Lan Fozu’s intense emotional fluctuations and reassured her that he was only wondering how the Grand Elder and the others were doing.
• Lan Fozu took Su Ming’s hand and decided to watch how the Heavenly Dragon Sect treated him, prepared to retaliate if they mistreated him.
• Lan Fozu reflected on how her growing attachment to Su Ming had made her anxious about the fiancée and other girl waiting at the sect.

Su Ming returned to the Heavenly Dragon Sect with Lan Fozu, and Nan Qiuqiu grew jealous of the beautiful girl. The two girls clashed over Su Ming, and he ended the argument by asking Lan Fozu to apologize.

• Nan Qiuqiu rushed to see Su Ming and was unsettled when she found Lan Fozu beside him.
• Su Ming introduced Lan Fozu as his younger sister and Nan Qiuqiu as his fiancee.
• Nan Qiuqiu tried to establish herself as Lan Fozu’s older sister, but Lan Fozu accused her of having another fiance outside the engagement.
• Su Ming was stunned by Lan Fozu’s sharp retort and ultimately told her to apologize to Nan Qiuqiu.

Su Ming tried to smooth over the rivalry between Nan Qiuqiu and Lan Fozu, but their desire to have him to themselves left the conflict unresolved. Jiang Nannan arrived and explained that she had become Su Ming’s attendant to repay the kindness he showed her family, setting up further complications.

• Lan Fozu gave Nan Qiuqiu an insincere apology, and Nan Qiuqiu answered with a show of generosity while privately resenting her.
• Su Ming acted as a peacemaker but avoided taking sides, knowing neither girl would give up her desire to have him.
• Jiang Nannan entered Su Ming’s room and asked who Lan Fozu was.
• Su Ming introduced Lan Fozu as his little sister and asked Jiang Nannan why she had begun calling him young master.
• Jiang Nannan explained that Yu Xingtuo had arranged her mother's treatment and waived the costs because of Su Ming, so she had become Su Ming’s attendant to repay the debt.

Six years later, Su Ming tested his Self-Created Soul Skill, Sacrificial Strike, and continued modernizing the Heavenly Dragon Sect with equipment and training methods from the Sun Moon Empire. He declined to meet newly hired Soul Engineers because he was leaving the next day to hunt for his third Spirit Ring.

• Su Ming used Sacrificial Strike in his training room and destroyed the strength-testing apparatus.
• Jiang Nannan recorded Su Ming's results as he ordered her to arrange purchases of upgraded equipment from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Su Ming reflected on the Heavenly Dragon Sect's reforms, which Yu Xingtuo had supported, and on the sect's adoption of imported equipment, training knowledge, and pills.
• Jiang Nannan told Su Ming that hired Soul Engineers would arrive in three days, but he declined to meet them because his schedule conflicted.
• Su Ming left the training room after instructing Jiang Nannan and prepared to set out for the ocean the next day to obtain his third Spirit Ring.

Su Ming left Heavenly Dragon Sect with Lan Fozu to hunt his third Spirit Ring, which he planned to make ten thousand years old. He also intended to buy Whale Rubber in nearby coastal cities, while Lan Fozu secured a day of shopping with him.

• Nan Qiuqiu reluctantly accepted that Su Ming was taking Lan Fozu instead of her, while Jiang Nannan agreed to oversee his tasks during his absence.
• Su Ming and Lan Fozu boarded a carriage and headed toward the northern city gate.
• Lan Fozu asked whether Su Ming would absorb a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and Su Ming confirmed that he planned to do so.
• Su Ming explained that he would also look for Whale Rubber for the sect and try to find high-aged Whale Rubber for himself.
• Lan Fozu feigned displeasure at Su Ming's mention of Whale Rubber, so Su Ming promised to spend a day shopping with her after absorbing his Spirit Ring.

Su Ming and Lan Fozu relaxed in Heartsea City while waiting for Lan Fei to find a rare Ten Thousand Year Mirage Rain Phantom Mother for Su Ming. Lan Fei planned to capture the beast himself and bring it to them, while Su Ming’s search for Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber remained fruitless.

• Su Ming and Lan Fozu waited in Heartsea City as Lan Fei searched the boundary waters for a Ten Thousand Year Mirage Rain Phantom Mother.
• Lan Fei decided to knock out the Mirage Rain Phantom Mother and bring it directly to Su Ming and Lan Fozu to save them a trip and earn their favor.
• Su Ming and Lan Fozu spent several days touring Heartsea City and relaxing together while they awaited their next meeting with Lan Fei.
• Su Ming searched Heartsea City’s markets for Whale Rubber but found that Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber was still exceedingly rare.

Lan Fei brought Su Ming the Mirage Rain Phantom Mother, allowing Su Ming to absorb his third Spirit Ring without venturing out to sea. After reaching the Soul Elder rank, Su Ming prepared to return with Lan Fozu, who secretly planned a surprise for him.

• Lan Fei arrived at the secluded beach with the Mirage Rain Phantom Mother, and Su Ming confirmed that her age was suitable for his third Spirit Ring.
• Lan Fozu congratulated Su Ming and offered to guard him with Lan Fei while he absorbed the Spirit Ring.
• Su Ming killed the Mirage Rain Phantom Mother and absorbed her Ten Thousand Year Spirit Ring, overcoming its resentful remnant with ease.
• Su Ming completed the absorption and advanced to the rank of Soul Elder, gaining the third soul skill he needed.
• Lan Fozu told Su Ming that she had sent Lan Fei back early, concealing her plan to prepare him a grand gift.

Evil Soul Master Shi Lihao targeted Su Ming and Lan Fozu, believing that devouring them would help him break through to Soul Emperor. Su Ming and Lan Fozu revealed that they had sensed him all along, and the chapter ended as Shi Lihao blocked their path and declared himself the future ruler of the continent.

• Shi Lihao, an Evil Soul Master with the Blood Infant Martial Soul, reflected on his rapid cultivation through devouring children and his ambition to become a Titled Douluo.
• Shi Lihao sensed that Su Ming and Lan Fozu could benefit his cultivation and waited for them to approach so he could toy with them before devouring them.
• Lan Fozu asked Su Ming why he had spared the evil presence they had sensed, and Su Ming said they should wait while they mocked it as a beast.
• Shi Lihao emerged and threatened to devour Su Ming and Lan Fozu, then proudly proclaimed himself an Evil Soul Master and the future ruler of the continent.
• Su Ming recognized Shi Lihao as a particularly bestial Evil Soul Master and resolved that a creature like him had to be killed.

Su Ming reflected on the different kinds of Evil Soul Masters and resolved to distinguish the innocent from those who deserved to be eliminated. Shi Lihao revealed his Blood Infant Martial Soul and attacked Su Ming and Lan Fozu, leaving the fight underway.

• Su Ming considered how people with dark Martial Souls could be falsely branded as Evil Soul Masters, while most Evil Soul Masters were cruel and deserved to die.
• Shi Lihao taunted Su Ming and Lan Fozu when they stood unmoved, then decided to make them suffer before eating them.
• Shi Lihao summoned his Blood Infant Martial Soul, whose cultivation method had harmed many infants, and Lan Fozu felt disgust and anger at its aura.
• Su Ming recognized the Blood Infant Martial Soul and grew more intent on killing Shi Lihao.
• Shi Lihao used his Second Soul Skill, Parasite, sending blood threads from the Blood Infant toward Su Ming and Lan Fozu.

Su Ming used his Third Soul Skill, Bewildering Rain Mist, to trap and disorient Shi Lihao while protecting himself and Lan Fozu. Shi Lihao broke down and begged for release, but Su Ming remained unmoved.

• Su Ming activated Bewildering Rain Mist as Shi Lihao attacked with the Blood Infant, and the mist neutralized Shi Lihao's crimson threads.
• The mist concealed Su Ming and Lan Fozu and caused Shi Lihao to lose his direction, senses of time and space, speed, and attack power.
• Shi Lihao repeatedly tried to escape but kept returning to a marked tree, then watched the tree and his surroundings vanish into the mist.
• Lan Fozu urged Su Ming not to let Shi Lihao die easily after learning about the Blood Infant martial soul, and Su Ming reassured her.
• Shi Lihao collapsed, wept, and begged Su Ming to release him, offering to become his servant, but Su Ming rejected the idea of taking him in.

Su Ming revealed himself to Shi Lihao and unleashed Sky-Sea Final Burial, obliterating the forest and killing his attacker. He surveyed the crater and newly formed lake, satisfied with the soul skill’s power.

• Su Ming withdrew the Bewildering Rain Mist and approached Shi Lihao, who pretended to be unconscious while planning a close-range attack.
• Shi Lihao sprang up and unleashed his fourth soul skill, but Su Ming activated Sky-Sea Final Burial with Rayquaza’s phantom and a red Spirit Ring bearing three golden bands.
• Rayquaza and the Demon Empress’s phantom merged as an inverted ocean descended and compressed into a dark-blue sphere of light.
• The sphere struck the ground and erased the forest, leaving a vast crater that filled with seawater as the sky’s cracks slowly closed.
• Su Ming stood in the seawater and declared the soul skill’s spectacle and power perfect.

Su Ming demonstrated his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skills to Lan Fozu, first unleashing Sky-Sea Final Burial and then forming the Heaven-Sea Dragon Court. He enhanced Lan Fozu with the Dragon Court’s blessings and resolved to develop the growing domain toward a greater goal.

• Su Ming explained that his Heart of the Sea God let him recover the Soul Power spent on Sky-Sea Final Burial, then confirmed the skill’s name to Lan Fozu.
• Lan Fozu asked to see Su Ming’s second Hundred Thousand Year Soul Skill, and he agreed.
• Su Ming activated Heaven-Sea Dragon Court · Ten Thousand Dragons Paying Homage, forming a Dragon Court that absorbed the lingering power of Sky-Sea Final Burial.
• Su Ming granted Lan Fozu the Dragon Court’s enhancements, and she praised their strength.
• Su Ming reflected that the Dragon Court would grow beyond its current blessings and was not his ultimate goal.

Three years after the previous events, Su Ming left Dragon City with Lan Fozu to pursue opportunities and grow stronger, while his friends and fiancée saw him off. Su Ming looked ahead to the next-next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, where sects would be allowed to compete again.

• Su Ming told Yu Tianlong, Xing Yan, and the others he was leaving to gain experience, then urged them to prepare for the next-next Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Nan Qiuqiu watched Su Ming depart from hiding, resolved to train hard and surprise him when he returned.
• Lan Fozu asked Su Ming whether the Heavenly Dragon Sect would eventually be allowed to enter the tournament, and Su Ming assured her that it would.
• Su Ming recalled that the Sun Moon Empire would host the tournament and restore sects' eligibility, drawing competitors from across the continent, including four Soul Sages.
• Su Ming wondered whether he could reach Titled Douluo level within seven years and looked forward to the tournament.

Su Ming and Lan Fozu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek the Million Year Soul Beast Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and the Undead Saint Dharma God's remnant soul. Reassured that the beast posed no danger, they followed the scent of grilled fish toward Huo Yuhao and others.

• Lan Fozu asked why Su Ming had come to the Star Dou Great Forest, and he told her he sought a Million Year Soul Ring.
• Lan Fozu worried that a Million Year Soul Beast might be dangerous and considered using her father's Whale Pearl to protect Su Ming.
• Su Ming reassured Lan Fozu that the Soul Beast was in an unusual situation and told her to keep the Whale Pearl her parents had left her.
• Lan Fozu teased and playfully pinched Su Ming after telling him that what was hers was his.
• Su Ming recognized the aroma of Huo Yuhao's grilled fish and led Lan Fozu toward Huo Yuhao, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, and Jiang Nannan.

Su Ming, Lan Fozu, Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan encountered Huo Yuhao while he grilled fish, and Su Ming sensed the young man's deep-seated inferiority and resentment. The group gathered around Huo Yuhao's fish, while Su Ming resolved to destroy the White Tiger Duke's Estate in the future.

• Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan asked Huo Yuhao whether he would sell his grilled fish, startling him so badly that he dropped it into the fire.
• Su Ming and Lan Fozu emerged and reunited with Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Jiang Nannan.
• Huo Yuhao compared himself with the accomplished group and felt inferior, while Su Ming sensed his buried rage and reflected on the support he would lose in the future.
• Su Ming decided he would destroy the White Tiger Duke's Estate after taking Huo Yuhao's opportunity.
• Tang Ya remembered the grilled fish and asked Huo Yuhao if he was selling it, and Huo Yuhao offered to share it for free.

Su Ming and his companions helped Huo Yuhao catch and grill fish, then learned he was heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his first Spirit Ring. They decided to follow and help him, with Tang Ya hoping to recruit him into the Tang Sect as its chef.

• Su Ming suggested helping Huo Yuhao catch fish, and Bei Bei and Tang Ya used their Martial Souls to catch them while the others prepared the fish.
• Everyone enjoyed Huo Yuhao's grilled fish, and Tang Ya joked about hiring him as the Tang Sect's head chef.
• Huo Yuhao thanked the group and left alone, despite Bei Bei and the others urging him to travel with them.
• Jiang Nannan and the others realized Huo Yuhao was heading toward the Star Dou Great Forest, and Su Ming deduced he intended to obtain his first Spirit Ring.
• Su Ming proposed helping Huo Yuhao and recruiting him into the Tang Sect, teasing Tang Ya about wanting him as a chef.

Su Ming left the others to investigate Huo Yuhao’s situation and hid nearby as Huo Yuhao fought a Wind Baboon. When Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged, Su Ming prepared to seize and devour it rather than allow it into his Mental Sea.

• Su Ming volunteered to go after Huo Yuhao while Bei Bei and the others rested, and the group accepted his offer.
• Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, and Lan Fozu discussed Su Ming’s overwhelming strength, with Lan Fozu privately believing she alone knew its true extent.
• Su Ming caught up with Huo Yuhao and concealed himself, planning to devour Sky Dream Ice Silkworm when it appeared.
• Huo Yuhao killed the Wind Baboon, and Su Ming readied himself as Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began communicating with Huo Yuhao.
• Cracks opened in the ground near the exhausted Huo Yuhao, golden-white light shone from below, and the surrounding temperature began to drop.

Su Ming used the Three Divine Martial Souls and his Devouring Domain to overpower and devour the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as it began its voluntary sacrifice. The silkworm vanished, and its million-year spiritual origin flowed into Su Ming.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm emerged from a fissure and released a mental fluctuation that stunned Tang Ya's group and other creatures within a hundred-li radius, but it did not affect Su Ming.
• Su Ming activated the Three Divine Martial Souls to frighten the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and interrupt its sacrifice.
• Su Ming trapped the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in his Devouring Domain, suppressing its spiritual attacks and preventing it from escaping.
• The Devouring Domain stripped away the silkworm's ten golden patterns and consumed its spiritual power as it pleaded with Su Ming to spare it.
• Su Ming completely devoured the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and absorbed its million-year spiritual origin, while everything within a hundred-li radius returned to normal.

Su Ming examined the power and energy he gained by devouring Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, deciding to save the Million Year Soul Ring for Rayquaza’s seventh Spirit Ring slot and seek Ice Empress later. Lan Fozu and the others arrived to find Su Ming safe and Huo Yuhao unconscious, while Lan Fozu privately suspected Su Ming’s explanation for the disturbance was incomplete.

• Su Ming decided to reserve Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Million Year Soul Ring for Rayquaza’s seventh Spirit Ring slot and planned to pursue Ice Empress.
• Su Ming accepted that Electrolux’s remnant soul had not been drawn to him and judged the gains from devouring Sky Dream Ice Silkworm more valuable for his own path.
• Su Ming sensed Lan Fozu and the others approaching and returned his attention to the unconscious Huo Yuhao.
• Lan Fozu, Bei Bei, Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, and the others reached Su Ming and asked about the commotion and Huo Yuhao.
• Su Ming said he had rescued Huo Yuhao from a Soul Beast that fled when he released his aura, and Lan Fozu privately grew suspicious of his account.

Su Ming confirmed to Lan Fozu that he had obtained a Million Year Soul Ring and planned to absorb it after becoming a Soul Sage. After Huo Yuhao woke from his encounter with a soul beast, Tang Ya invited him to join the Tang Sect, and he accepted.

• Su Ming told Lan Fozu that he had obtained a Million Year Soul Ring and intended to wait until he became a Soul Sage to absorb it.
• Huo Yuhao woke up and recalled fragments of a soul beast attacking him, while Su Ming offered an explanation that concealed what had happened.
• Bei Bei explained basic soul beast knowledge, and Tang Ya praised Huo Yuhao for killing a Wind Baboon.
• Huo Yuhao felt discouraged about his weakness and his inability to avenge his mother and challenge the White Tiger Duke's Estate.
• Tang Ya invited Huo Yuhao to join the Tang Sect, emphasizing that it could help him grow stronger while he cooked for them.
• Huo Yuhao accepted Tang Ya's invitation to join the Tang Sect.