Chapter Summaries

Su Chen and Chrysanthemum Douluo used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to overpower Tang Hao, who resolved to kill Su Chen after recognizing his extraordinary potential. Tang Hao fled when reinforcements approached, but Chrysanthemum Douluo pursued him with an enhanced Gate of Holy Light.

• Tang Hao realized Su Chen's martial soul could fuse with different martial souls and decided to eliminate him before he became a threat to Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen and Chrysanthemum Douluo used Dragon Might to restrain Tang Hao and weaken his speed and strength.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed Cold Blossom Tornado, and Tang Hao's Suppressing Strike only matched it evenly.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo followed with A Hundred Flowers Vie for Splendor, sending countless petal fragments toward Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao sensed a disciplined force approaching from Suotuo City and fled, but Chrysanthemum Douluo launched an enhanced Gate of Holy Light after him.

Su Chen and Chrysanthemum Douluo used their martial soul fusion skill to drive Tang Hao away, but Spirit Hall's search party found that Bishop Zhang had died. Su Chen blamed himself and vowed to avenge him as the group prepared to return for the funeral.

• Su Chen and Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed Chrysanthemum God's Roar, and the golden beam engulfed Tang Hao.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo thanked Su Chen for helping him fight Tang Hao, while Su Chen collapsed from exhaustion.
• Su Chen ordered the Spirit Hall soldiers to search ahead, and Chrysanthemum Douluo wondered why Tang Hao had fled.
• Su Chen recognized that Tang Hao had retreated to protect Tang San and avoid the risks of fighting while injured.
• Su Chen knelt beside Bishop Zhang's corpse, blamed his overconfidence for the death, and vowed to avenge him.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo reported that Tang Hao had escaped, and the group left to arrange Bishop Zhang's funeral.

After Bishop Zhang’s death, Su Chen comforted Zhang Ping and asked her to become his family, promising to protect her as her older brother. He gave her ten Dragon Whisker Needles and began arranging for the Spirit Hall to gather materials to make more hidden weapons.

• As they watched the sunset seven days after Bishop Zhang’s death, Zhang Ping thanked Su Chen for helping with the funeral and told him she did not blame him for her grandfather’s death.
• Su Chen asked Zhang Ping to become his family, and after they settled on him as her older brother, she called him “Brother.”
• Su Chen demonstrated how a Dragon Whisker Needle pierced a tree’s trunk and gave ten of the weapons to Zhang Ping for her use as an agility-type Soul Master.
• Su Chen revealed that he had ordered people across the continent to gather hair crystal and plate crystal so the Spirit Hall could produce more Dragon Whisker Needles.

Su Chen refused Bull Demon’s request to borrow the Pope Token and deploy Spirit Hall’s forces against Shrek Academy. He then revealed that Bull Demon could use Tang Hao’s hidden wife, Ah Yin, as leverage, leaving Bull Demon with a new way to pursue revenge for Bishop Zhang.

• Su Chen and Zhang Ping encountered Bull Demon, who demanded to borrow Su Chen’s Pope Token to capture Tang San and avenge Bishop Zhang.
• Su Chen refused, warning that deploying Spirit Hall’s forces could provoke a war with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhang Ping noticed Bull Demon’s injuries, and Su Chen realized he had challenged Shrek Academy and been defeated.
• Su Chen told Bull Demon that Tang San was not the only way to pressure Tang Hao and described a hidden cave behind a waterfall.
• Su Chen revealed that Tang Hao’s wife, Ah Yin, was hidden in the cave as a blade of Blue Silver Grass with pale-gold markings.

Su Chen persuaded Bull Demon to find Ah Yin’s hiding place and use it to threaten Tang Hao, while Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed where the battle that forced Ah Yin to sacrifice herself had begun. Bull Demon prepared to search, and Su Chen outlined a plan to keep Tang Hao occupied protecting Tang San as the search continued.

• Su Chen told Bull Demon that Tang Hao’s wife was a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass soul beast, and Bull Demon considered using her to control Tang Hao.
• Su Chen summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo, who offered to reveal where the battle between Tang Hao and Spirit Hall had begun.
• Su Chen explained that Bull Demon could search outward from the battle site for the waterfall where Ah Yin was hidden, and Chrysanthemum Douluo gave him the location.
• Bull Demon set out to gather people and search, but Su Chen warned that Tang Hao would discover and kill him if he acted carelessly.
• Zhang Ping interpreted Su Chen’s plan: Bull Demon should secretly monitor Tang Hao and Tang San while searching, using operatives to keep Tang Hao from leaving Tang San unprotected.

Spirit Hall held a merit medal ceremony for its promising young fighters, and Bibi Dong named soul bones and other treasures as prizes for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament a year later. The chapter ended with Su Chen telling Bibi Dong that he had discovered a girl who was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form.

• Bibi Dong awarded Li Kai and Xu Yu Gold Merit Badges for completing their missions.
• Bibi Dong awarded Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and Zhang Ping Purple Merit Badges, with Su Chen's guidance having helped Zhang Ping earn hers.
• Bibi Dong awarded Su Chen a blue sapphire medal and announced that soul bones would be prizes at the tournament a year later.
• Bibi Dong promised Xu Yu and Li Kai other treasures if they won the tournament.
• Su Chen told Bibi Dong he had discovered a girl who was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form.

Su Chen told Bibi Dong that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, but Bibi Dong chose to wait for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament to capture her. She appointed Su Chen captain of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation, and he led the team toward the Sunset Forest while deciding to take bold action of his own.

• Su Chen revealed that Xiao Wu, who was hiding at Shrek Academy, was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and Bibi Dong ordered the information kept secret.
• Su Chen offered to help restrain Tang Hao if Spirit Hall moved against Xiao Wu, but Bibi Dong planned to wait until the tournament finals were held in Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong asked the seven geniuses to choose a captain, and they agreed that Su Chen would lead them after Xu Yu suggested he was best suited for the role.
• Su Chen chose the Sunset Forest as the place for the team to improve its coordination, and Bibi Dong gave them six months to prepare for the championship.
• After leaving the Papal Hall, Su Chen suspected Bibi Dong’s feelings for Yu Xiaogang were clouding her judgment and resolved to act boldly, while Bibi Dong privately planned to delay pursuing Xiao Wu until her Rakshasa trial advanced.

Su Chen led Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation through an ambush on a Flame Tiger in Sunset Forest, using the hunt to improve their teamwork. After praising their coordination, he left the group poised to continue training while keeping their abilities secret for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament.

• Su Chen boosted the group as Hu Liena, Zhang Ping, and the others ambushed a Flame Tiger in Sunset Forest.
• Zhang Ping struck from above while the red-haired man trapped the tiger in magma and Xie Yue wounded it with his Moon Blade.
• Xie Yue followed with Extreme Blade Storm and knocked the Flame Tiger to the ground.
• Su Chen praised the group’s improved coordination, and Xie Yue said the young leader had not needed to fight.
• The narration explained that Su Chen was training the Golden Generation by hunting Soul Beasts while keeping their abilities secret for the tournament, as Bibi Dong had ordered.

Su Chen and Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation followed Chrysanthemum Douluo to Poison Douluo’s hidden Medicine Garden, where they discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Su Chen spotted a blurry figure in the water that he suspected was Tang San.

• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan saw the Golden Iron Triangle fighting Poison Douluo, while Su Chen asked Chrysanthemum Douluo for a map of the forest.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo showed Su Chen a map marked with dangerous locations, and they headed toward the nearest one.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo gave the group Poison-Avoidance Pills, allowing them to pass through the poisonous mist and enter a cavern.
• Su Chen flew down into the cavern, where Zhang Ping and Chrysanthemum Douluo joined him among crystals and rare medicinal plants.
• Su Chen stopped Zhang Ping from approaching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and noticed a blurry figure in the water that he believed was Tang San.

Su Chen explained the danger of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and led the group to its medicinal treasures, where he drew Tang San out of the pool. He declared his intention to kill Tang San and accused him of hypocrisy, leaving the two facing each other in hostility.

• Su Chen warned Zhang Ping that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could kill anyone below Soul Emperor rank without special protection.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and the other Titled Douluo discovered rare medicinal herbs, and Su Chen told them to collect whatever they wanted.
• Su Chen revealed that he wanted a person rather than herbs and tossed a crystal into the pool, prompting Tang San to emerge.
• Tang San summoned Blue Silver Grass and asked why Su Chen was there, while Su Chen said he intended to kill him.
• Tang San appealed to their shared hometown, and Su Chen accused him of hypocrisy and recalled past choices that had made him distrust Tang San.

Su Chen captured Tang San and ordered Ghost Douluo to kill him, but Tang Hao arrived with Dugu Bo, Flender, and Liu Erlong and turned the standoff into a hostage negotiation. Su Chen reluctantly agreed to exchange hostages, but demanded all five of his companions for Tang San and threatened Tang San when the others refused.

• Su Chen ordered Ghost Douluo to capture Tang San, then told him to kill Tang San.
• Tang Hao, Dugu Bo, Flender, and Liu Erlong arrived before Ghost Douluo could strike, and Liu Erlong and Flender brought Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Xu Yu, Yan, and Li Kai as prisoners.
• Tang Hao proposed exchanging hostages, and Su Chen reluctantly agreed to negotiate.
• Su Chen demanded all five Spirit Hall captives in exchange for Tang San, while Dugu Bo insisted on a one-for-one exchange.
• Su Chen threatened to have Tang San dismembered for every captive Tang Hao killed.

Su Chen forced Tang Hao to release most of his hostages, but the arrival of Yu Xiaogang and the Heaven Dou imperial princes ensured Tang San escaped in the exchange. Afterward, Bull Demon reported that he had found the Blue Silver Grass Su Chen had been searching for.

• Su Chen made Tang Hao release Xie Yue, Yan, Xu Yu, and Li Kai while keeping Hu Liena as a hostage.
• Tang Hao revealed that Yu Xiaogang had gone to summon the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and Yu Xiaogang arrived with Prince Xue Xing, Prince Xue Beng, and Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Su Chen and Tang Hao exchanged Tang San for Hu Liena without a fight, and Tang San vowed to take revenge on Su Chen.
• Su Chen reassured Hu Liena and noted that his group had taken all the medicinal herbs from Dugu Bo's garden, including immortal herbs.
• Bull Demon told Su Chen that he had found the waterfall cave and the Blue Silver Grass with pale golden markings.

Su Chen and the Spirit Hall Golden Generation went to Shrek Academy to demand Tang San and Tang Hao, and they fought the guards and Tai Long. Zhang Ping defeated Tai Long without using her Martial Soul, just as Flender, Poison Douluo, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, Tang San, and the others arrived.

• Su Chen demanded that the guards summon Tang San and Tang Hao, and his companions defeated the guards without using Soul Skills.
• Tai Long challenged Su Chen's group, and Bull Demon revealed that he had reached rank seventy and become a Soul Saint.
• Su Chen sent Zhang Ping to fight Tai Long, who activated his first Soul Skill while Zhang Ping used a self-created technique without summoning her Martial Soul.
• Zhang Ping knocked Tai Long to the ground, then challenged the gathered teachers and students to fight her.
• Flender, Poison Douluo, Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, Tang San, and the others arrived as someone shouted at Zhang Ping.

Su Chen confronted Tang San and Tang Hao, using Ah Yin's Blue Silver Grass to demand Tang San's hidden weapon methods. After Tang San provided only four diagrams, Su Chen named Tang San's other secret weapons and skills, leaving Tang San convinced that Su Chen was also a transmigrator.

• Su Chen revealed a stalk of Blue Silver Grass, and Tang Hao recognized it as Ah Yin.
• Su Chen demanded Tang San's hidden weapon methods in exchange for Ah Yin, and Tang Hao told Tang San that the Blue Silver Grass was his mother.
• Tang San reluctantly drew diagrams for four hidden weapons and gave them to Su Chen.
• Su Chen demanded the remaining hidden weapon designs and Tang San's Tang Sect skills, startling Tang San by revealing how much he knew.
• Tang San concluded that Su Chen's soul, like his own, came from another world.

Su Chen forced Tang San to surrender the Tang Sect's hidden-weapon designs and secret arts while holding Ah Yin hostage. He then demanded Tang Hao's soul bones and offered three years of safety for Tang San, backing the promise with the Spirit Hall Pope Token.

• Tang San handed Su Chen drawings of the hidden weapons and the cultivation methods for Purple Demon Eye, Mysterious Jade Hand, and Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Tang San asked Su Chen to release Ah Yin, but Su Chen refused, prompting Tang Hao to unleash his killing intent.
• The Dragon God's Heart helped Su Chen resist Tang Hao's killing intent, while seven figures appeared and shielded Su Chen and the others.
• Su Chen demanded Tang Hao's right leg bone, left hand bone, and a third hidden soul bone.
• Su Chen promised that he and the Spirit Hall would not target Tang San for three years if Tang San did not provoke them, and showed Tang Hao the Pope Token.

Su Chen forced Tang Hao to trade three soul bones and Tang San’s techniques and blueprints for a promise not to target Tang San for three years, while keeping Ah Yin in his custody. Tang Hao lost an arm and a leg, and the chapter ended with him spitting blood in fury as Su Chen left.

• Su Chen threatened Ah Yin and demanded Tang Hao sever his left leg and right arm in exchange for her.
• Su Chen accused Tang Hao of bearing responsibility for Ah Yin’s death, and Tang San urged his father not to be swayed.
• Tang Hao cut off his left leg and right arm, then handed Su Chen three soul bones.
• Su Chen accepted Tang San’s hidden weapon blueprints and soul skills but kept Ah Yin for three years until he could verify them.
• Su Chen left after mocking Tang San and Tang Hao for failing to clarify the trade’s terms, and Tang Hao spat blood in anger.

Su Chen explained to Bull Demon why he had bargained with Tang Hao instead of using Ah Yin to threaten him. He reconciled with Bull Demon, gave him an immortal herb, and arranged for him to become the Imperial Capital’s bishop.

• Su Chen asked Bull Demon whether he resented him for trading with Tang Hao instead of using Ah Yin to punish him.
• Zhang Ping explained that Tang Hao and Tang San would not have been forced into the choice Bull Demon imagined, and Bull Demon realized he had misunderstood Su Chen’s plan.
• Su Chen confirmed that he had bargained with Tang Hao to obtain three Soul Bones, and Bull Demon accepted his explanation and invited him to drink.
• Su Chen gave Bull Demon a Bloodrock Seven-Leaf Flower and told him to remain in the Imperial Capital.
• Su Chen told Bull Demon that he had requested his appointment as the Imperial Capital’s bishop, and Bull Demon reacted with astonishment.

Su Chen gave Zhang Ping Dragon Whisker Needles and joined Bull Demon for a late-night drink, then returned to his room and found Qian Renxue waiting in her Xue Qinghe disguise. Qian Renxue asked how he had recognized her, and they warmly discussed their encounter two days earlier.

• Su Chen gave Zhang Ping ten Dragon Whisker Needles and explained that they could pierce protective qi barriers.
• Bull Demon invited Su Chen out for drinks to make amends, and Su Chen accepted.
• After drinking with Bull Demon, Su Chen returned to his bedroom and sensed someone hiding there.
• Su Chen recognized the disguised Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, surprising her.
• Su Chen claimed his years with Qian Renxue at the Junior Soul Master Academy had given him an intuition about her identity.
• Qian Renxue apologized for not greeting Su Chen during their encounter two days earlier and said she would have fought Prince Xue Xing if he had opposed them.

Qian Renxue told Su Chen how she came to impersonate Xue Qinghe after he was fatally poisoned during a royal hunt, and explained how she dealt with the princes and their mother. Su Chen reassured her that he still saw her as Xiao Xue, then warned her to avoid meeting him while she remained undercover.

• Qian Renxue explained that she had become Xue Qinghe’s trusted maid and planned to stir conflict within the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, but he refused to harm his brothers.
• During the royal hunt, Qian Renxue discovered that Xue Qinghe had been poisoned, disposed of his body, and used her Angel Soul Bone skill to take his place.
• Qian Renxue revealed that the second prince’s mother had poisoned Xue Qinghe and later tried to poison her, so Qian Renxue killed her and the second prince after he sent assassins.
• Qian Renxue said the third prince targeted her after his mother encouraged him, while she spared Xue Beng and Prince Xue Xing because she had seen through their act and found them useful alive.
• Qian Renxue anxiously asked whether Su Chen thought she was cruel, and he reassured her before telling her to avoid meeting him until her undercover mission was complete.

Tang San wrestled with the consequences of giving Su Chen the Tang Sect secrets, then renewed his resolve to reunite his family and kill Su Chen. Xiao Wu joined him at the cliff and worried that Tang Hao might have wanted Ah Yin’s soul ring, leaving her afraid Tang San could someday covet her own.

• Tang San considered ending his life for betraying the Tang Sect but chose to live and believed he could still surpass Su Chen with his skill and knowledge.
• Tang San vowed to rescue his mother, avenge his father, and ensure that only he or Su Chen survived.
• Tang San spotted Xiao Wu and apologized for making her give Su Chen the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Xiao Wu said she did not blame him.
• Xiao Wu asked whether Tang Hao had taken Ah Yin into the human world hoping to obtain her hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang San defended his father by pointing to Tang Hao’s sacrifice, though he privately suspected that Tang Hao might have been atoning for a sin.