Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan failed to meet Immortal Mountain’s Apprenticeship Standard, and Yue Guan mocked her before paying to test his own Trait Entries. The crystal ball began revealing his results, leaving Dugu Yan stunned by his first red entry.

• Dugu Yan saw her Trait Entries, including Short-Lived Potential, and learned she did not meet the Apprenticeship Standard.
• Dugu Yan blamed the Detection Platform and demanded another test, while Tang San prepared to stop her.
• Yue Guan recognized Dugu Yan as Dugu Bo’s granddaughter and taunted her about the flaws of her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul.
• Yue Guan paid ten Gold Soul Coins to test his Trait Entries and admired the crystal ball.
• The crystal ball began displaying Yue Guan’s results, and Dugu Yan’s anger faded when she saw his first red Trait Entry.

Yue Guan’s Trait Entry results humiliated him, so he and Gui Mei tried to storm Immortal Mountain. The mountain’s formation blasted them back, leaving them wondering whether Chen Xin was there and whether Su Chen was Chen Xin’s alias.

• Yue Guan’s Trait Entries revealed that he had only one Supreme-Grade entry and failed to meet the Apprenticeship Standard, while Dugu Yan mocked him.
• Yue Guan cut Dugu Yan’s cheek and forced her to one knee with his Soul Power before deciding to confront the master of Immortal Mountain.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei flew toward the mountain, triggering its protective formation, which struck them down with a powerful sword.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei recognized the sword’s might and wondered whether Chen Xin was on the mountain and Su Chen was his alias.

Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi arrived at Immortal Mountain and confronted Yue Guan and Gui Mei, but Ning Rongrong's invitation from Immortal Su turned the standoff into a meeting. At the mountain gate, Rongrong barred uninvited visitors, Yu Tianheng failed the apprenticeship assessment, and Ye Lingling volunteered to try.

• Chen Xin used his Seven Kill Sword to stop Yue Guan and Gui Mei from attacking Immortal Mountain, while Ning Fengzhi stood with him.
• Ning Rongrong reunited with Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi, then announced that Immortal Su had invited them and the two Spirit Hall Douluo up the mountain.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei hesitated over the invitation, but Yue Guan chose to proceed after Rongrong mocked their caution.
• Ning Rongrong stopped Dugu Yan from following the invited guests and stated that only invited people and applicants who passed the apprenticeship assessment could ascend.
• Yu Tianheng tested the Trait Entry Detection Platform but failed to meet the standard, and Ye Lingling stepped forward to try.

Ning Rongrong led Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to meet Su Chen on Immortal Mountain. Su Chen dismissed Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s suspicions, then revealed that their enemies Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao were at the foot of the mountain.

• Ning Rongrong guided Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei through the mountain while Zhu Zhuqing patrolled below and Tang San maintained order at the Detection Platform.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei wondered who had displayed the powerful sword intent and kept watch as they climbed.
• Ning Rongrong brought the group to the pavilion, where they saw Su Chen pouring tea and were struck by his bearing and sword intent.
• Su Chen invited the visitors to drink tea, and Yue Guan apologized for his and Gui Mei’s earlier behavior.
• Su Chen told Yue Guan and Gui Mei that Immortal Mountain did not welcome them as tools for others and named Yu Xiaogang and Tang Hao as their enemies at the mountain’s foot.

Tang Hao tried to take Tang San away from Immortal Mountain, but Yue Guan and Gui Mei attacked him on Su Chen’s encouragement. Tang Hao fled while the two Douluos pursued and wounded him, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Tang Hao told Tang San to leave with him, but Tang San went to find Xiao Wu and could not locate her.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei descended from Immortal Mountain and attacked Tang Hao with their eighth soul skills.
• Tang Hao blocked their attacks with the Clear Sky Hammer and used Haotian True Body to intimidate them, but they stood their ground.
• Tang Hao realized he could not take Tang San and fled, with Yue Guan and Gui Mei chasing after him.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei pursued Tang Hao for hundreds of miles, repeatedly striking him as he endured his injuries and threatened revenge.
• Su Chen watched the chase from Immortal Mountain and remarked that Tang Hao should either surrender to his misery or face it openly.

After Tang Hao fled, Su Chen discussed Spirit Hall’s threat with Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin, while his Mind Reading Technique revealed that Ning Fengzhi wanted him to marry Ning Rongrong and inherit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The chapter left Chen Xin inviting Su Chen to spar with swords in the Red Maple Forest.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Su Chen that Spirit Hall might target Immortal Mountain, and Su Chen said he had his own way to deal with them.
• Su Chen overheard Ning Fengzhi thinking of making him Ning Rongrong’s husband and offering him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, which startled him.
• Su Chen recalled that his Mind Reading Technique had helped him discover how Yu Xiaogang’s letter to Tang Hao had provoked the conflict.
• Chen Xin entered the Red Maple Forest with his Seven Kill Sword and asked Su Chen to give him pointers in swordsmanship.

Su Chen demonstrated his carefree swordsmanship to Chen Xin, inspiring Chen Xin to break through to level ninety-seven and reach the Moon-Touching Realm. Chen Xin thanked Su Chen for his guidance and pledged to repay him.

• Chen Xin performed his Seven Kill sword technique, infusing his blade with the seven human emotions, then asked Su Chen to show him his swordsmanship.
• Su Chen used the Transcendent Immortal Flute to perform sword forms that evoked a clear breeze, transformed heaven and earth, and summoned a bright moon into the midday sky.
• Chen Xin entered a state of enlightenment as Su Chen’s sword intent resonated with his own, while Ning Fengzhi realized that Chen Xin was on the verge of a breakthrough.
• Chen Xin merged his sword intent with the laws of heaven and earth, broke through to level ninety-seven, and attained the Moon-Touching Realm.
• Chen Xin thanked Su Chen for his guidance and promised to do all he could for him in the future.

Ye Lingling awakened four top-tier Trait Entries at Immortal Mountain’s detection platform and qualified to become the Immortal’s apprentice. Zhu Zhuqing brought her up the mountain to meet the Teacher, while the Imperial Fighting Team and Ning Rongrong reacted with surprise and envy.

• Ye Lingling completed her Trait Entry detection, awakened four top-tier entries, and gained permission to ascend Immortal Mountain.
• Zhu Zhuqing congratulated Ye Lingling and asked whether she wanted to take the Immortal as her master; Ye Lingling agreed.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng were stunned that Ye Lingling qualified when they had not awakened any top-tier entries.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought Ye Lingling to the Maple Pavilion, where Ning Rongrong questioned her talent and then let them continue to see the Teacher.
• Zhuqing announced Ye Lingling’s arrival at the Great Maple Pavilion, and the Teacher invited her inside.

Ye Lingling visited Immortal Su at Maple Pavilion, where Su Chen explained why her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul had earned four Supreme-Grade Trait Entries. After she pleaded to become his disciple, he accepted her as the third student of Immortal Mountain and awarded her a Flute Bone Token.

• Ye Lingling arrived at Maple Pavilion and was overwhelmed by Su Chen’s appearance.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin left Su Chen alone with Ye Lingling so he could consider taking her as a disciple.
• Su Chen explained that Ye Lingling’s rare Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul was more exceptional than the Martial Souls of her teammates Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• When Ye Lingling lamented that she lacked combat power, Su Chen suggested she could leave, prompting her to kneel and beg him to accept her.
• Su Chen accepted Ye Lingling as his third student, gave her a Flute Bone Token, and gained nine levels of Soul Power and two God-Level nine-choose-three lottery chances.

Ye Lingling joined Immortal Mountain and descended to tell the Imperial Fighting Team she would stay there to study. After hearing Su Chen’s assessment of her former teammates and seeing Ye Lingling blush as she praised him, Dugu Yan decided to go home and ask her grandfather for help getting onto the mountain.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed Ye Lingling her room and let her descend to say goodbye to the Imperial Fighting Team.
• Ning Rongrong urged Ye Lingling to abandon worldly desires, while Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin scolded Rongrong for her mischief and spending.
• Ye Lingling told the Imperial Fighting Team she had become an Immortal Mountain student and would not return to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Ye Lingling relayed Su Chen’s advice about Yu Tianheng’s mixed bloodlines, Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Poison, and the other teammates’ Trait Entries.
• Ye Lingling blushed while praising Su Chen, and Dugu Yan resolved to find her grandfather and ask him to help her enter Immortal Mountain.

Su Chen broke past the Soul Power Level 99 limit and used a God-Level selection opportunity to remove his level cap, then prepared cultivation resources for his disciples. At Spirit Hall, Yue Guan and Gui Mei reported that Tang Hao had escaped, while the captured Yu Xiaogang warned Bibi Dong that Immortal Mountain would destroy Spirit Hall.

• Su Chen removed his Soul Power level barrier, rose above Level 100, and exchanged a God-Level selection opportunity for Immortal-Grade Flowers and Herbs, an Ultimate Techniques Library, and two Ultimate Attributes.
• A few days later, Yue Guan and Gui Mei told Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had tricked them with a fabricated letter and escaped after using Ring Explosion and being swept away by a tsunami.
• Yue Guan praised Immortal Mountain to Bibi Dong, who asked whether they had brought back the person she wanted.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei presented Yu Xiaogang, who declared that Immortal Mountain would destroy Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong recognized Yu Xiaogang, tightened her grip on her scepter, and ordered him to continue.

Hu Liena proposed that she and her brother challenge Immortal Mountain’s students to a spirit battle, giving Spirit Hall a pretext to claim the mountain whether they won or the students refused. The chapter left Bibi Dong considering the proposal while Yu Xiaogang offered to guide them.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei warned Hu Liena that Immortal Mountain and Su Chen were formidable after she asked about their mission.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei tried to stop Hu Liena from seeking permission to bring Immortal Mountain under Spirit Hall’s command.
• Hu Liena insisted she wanted to test herself against Immortal Mountain’s younger soul masters and went to see Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena proposed that she and her brother challenge Immortal Mountain’s students, claiming victory would let Spirit Hall take the mountain and refusal would justify an attack.
• Yu Xiaogang declared that Hu Liena would lose without his guidance.

Ning Rongrong woke Ye Lingling and sent her to meet Su Chen, who demonstrated the self-damaging Seven Injury Fist and explained how Ye Lingling's Nine-Heart Begonia could turn its healing power into an attack. Ye Lingling agreed to learn the technique but worried about Su Chen hurting himself again.

• Ning Rongrong woke Ye Lingling and urged her to follow Immortal Mountain's demanding training schedule, then sent her to find Su Chen for instruction in secret arts.
• Ye Lingling reached the summit and watched Su Chen demonstrate a powerful fist technique beneath the old maple tree.
• Su Chen coughed blood after his final strike, and Ye Lingling rushed to heal him with her Nine-Heart Begonia.
• Su Chen explained that the technique was the Seven Injury Fist and that Ye Lingling's healing ability made her suited to learn it.
• Ye Lingling agreed to learn the Seven Injury Fist but asked Su Chen not to injure himself to demonstrate it again.

Su Chen taught Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling about the Five Elements and bestowed each of them an immortal-grade treasure suited to her cultivation. The three disciples left Maple Pavilion to study their gifts, which promised to transform their abilities and bring them closer to their next cultivation bottleneck.

• After Ye Lingling fainted while demonstrating the Seven Injury Fist, Ning Rongrong cared for her and advised her not to push herself so hard.
• Su Chen taught the three disciples the Five Elements and explained that their Soul Arena progress had brought them near their current cultivation bottlenecks.
• Ning Rongrong received the Nine-Petal Elemental Stamen, which awakened her Glazed Pagoda's elemental power and let her successfully cast Qimen arts.
• Zhu Zhuqing received Myriad Concealment Escape and learned that it could help her Hell Spirit Cat merge into its surroundings through the Five Elements.
• Ye Lingling received the Nine-Turn Spirit Thorn, Do Not Harm Me, which could give her healing martial soul defensive counterattack abilities and set her on the path to becoming a Battle-Defense Soul Master.
• Su Chen sent the three disciples away to absorb and study their treasures, telling them they would likely approach level forty afterward.

Dugu Yan brought Dugu Bo to Immortal Mountain, warning him that its people had discovered the Jade Phosphorous Serpent bloodline’s deadly poison. As the Pope’s procession arrived, Yu Xiaogang accompanied it to the gates and called for Immortal Su Chen to receive Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Yan told Dugu Bo that Immortal Mountain had warned their bloodline was short-lived and that the serpent poison would eventually backlash against them.
• Dugu Bo agreed to meet Immortal Su Chen, but he and Dugu Yan found the Pope’s Personal Guard clearing the road to Immortal Mountain.
• Bibi Dong observed the crowds seeking to study at Immortal Mountain and remarked that it seemed more extraordinary than she had imagined.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji spotted Yu Xiaogang walking beside the Pope’s Carriage and hurried down to greet him.
• Yu Xiaogang continued to Immortal Mountain’s gates and announced that Spirit Hall had come to visit, demanding that Immortal Su Chen receive them.

Ning Rongrong refused to let Bibi Dong meet Su Chen, but Bibi Dong forced her way toward Immortal Mountain and was driven back by Su Chen’s powerful illusion. Su Chen accepted Bibi Dong’s three-on-three wager and demanded Spirit Hall’s papal throne as the prize if Immortal Mountain won.

• Ning Rongrong told Bibi Dong’s delegation that Su Chen would not receive visitors, and she defied Hu Liena’s objections.
• Bibi Dong brushed aside Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling with a burst of Soul Power and continued up the mountain steps.
• Su Chen’s flute-song sword illusion forced Bibi Dong to retreat, leaving her shaken by the possibility that his strength surpassed hers.
• Bibi Dong proposed a three-on-three Soul Duel at Suotuo City’s Great Soul Arena on the third day of next month, with Immortal Mountain joining Spirit Hall if it lost and Spirit Hall leaving Immortal Mountain alone if it won.
• Su Chen accepted the wager and demanded Bibi Dong’s papal throne if Immortal Mountain won.

After Bibi Dong avoided a direct confrontation with Immortal Mountain, she relied on the upcoming Soul Battle competition to challenge it. Yu Xiaogang proposed sending the Golden Generation to train in Death Grand Canyon, and Hu Liena agreed despite the danger.

• Hu Liena demanded that Spirit Hall attack Immortal Mountain, but Gui Mei and Yue Guan urged her to heed Bibi Dong’s caution about Immortal Su.
• Bibi Dong explained that Immortal Su’s overwhelming presence made a direct assault too risky, so she trusted the Golden Generation to win the competition next month.
• Yu Xiaogang planned to use victory over Immortal Mountain to regain his reputation and hoped to take Tang San as his disciple again.
• Yu Xiaogang proposed devil training in Death Grand Canyon, claiming it would raise the Golden Generation’s chance of winning from ten percent to forty or fifty percent.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan protested the dangerous training, but Hu Liena agreed to enter Death Grand Canyon if Bibi Dong required it.

After driving Bibi Dong away from Immortal Mountain, Su Chen warned Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling to prepare for the upcoming Soul Master duel. He promised to take them to do something earth-shaking if they won, leaving the three curious and excited.

• Su Chen reflected that Bibi Dong had left Immortal Mountain without attacking after sensing his strength and the mountain’s defenses.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing praised Su Chen, while Ye Lingling worried she might have to join the three-person duel despite having little time to train.
• Su Chen called the three students over and asked whether they were confident about the coming duel.
• Ning Rongrong boasted that they would defeat Spirit Hall, then cheekily patted Zhu Zhuqing’s chest and privately entertained perverted thoughts that Su Chen overheard.
• Su Chen told the students to train hard, absorb the Immortal-Grade Flowers and Herbs, and complete their fourth Spirit Rings over the next month.
• Su Chen refused Ning Rongrong’s request for an immediate reward but promised to take them to do something earth-shaking if they won, making all three eager to learn what he meant.

Tang San left Immortal Mountain to search for his father, while Xiao Wu chose to remain and pursue the chance to become Su Chen’s disciple. Su Chen watched their departure and planned to retrieve the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone for his third disciple.

• Tang San packed his belongings and asked Xiao Wu to leave Immortal Mountain with him to find his father.
• Xiao Wu refused to go and said she would stay to guard the mountain in Tang San’s place.
• Tang San left alone using Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, and Xiao Wu resolved to become Su Chen’s disciple so she could grow strong enough to avenge her mother.
• Su Chen observed Tang San and Xiao Wu, judged their Trait Entries worthy of consideration, and said Tang San would likely struggle to return.
• Su Chen planned to retrieve the 100,000-Year Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone for his third disciple.

Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Lingling completed intense training and broke through to level forty, each awakening new abilities through their Martial Souls. Su Chen announced that he would take them to Star Dou Forest to obtain their fourth Spirit Rings before their coming battle with Papal Hall soul masters.

• Ning Rongrong fused with the Nine-Petal Elemental Stamen, evolved her pagoda into dual forms, and advanced her Fenghou Qimen to the beginner level.
• Zhu Zhuqing fused with the Myriad Concealment Wood, awakened invisibility and escape abilities, and reached level forty.
• After more than twenty days of training, Ye Lingling absorbed Do Not Harm Me and evolved her Nine-Heart Begonia with defensive and damage-reflection abilities.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing hurried to congratulate Ye Lingling and proposed a spar.
• Su Chen arrived and told the three students to save their strength for obtaining their fourth Spirit Rings in Star Dou Forest.