Chapter Summaries

Xiao Wu failed to gain the Lovesick Heartbreak Red's approval after Su Chen appeared in her heart, leaving her confused about her feelings. Su Chen gave the herb to Qian Renxue, who passed its test and left with it, keeping secret whom she had been thinking of.

• Xiao Wu recalled that Su Chen's image had appeared in her consciousness, causing the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to reject her, and wondered whether she had fallen for him.
• Qian Renxue prepared to return to the Crown Prince's palace before dawn, but Su Chen stopped her and showed her the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Su Chen told Qian Renxue the herb's legend and explained that picking it required sincere thoughts of a loved one and a drop of blood.
• Qian Renxue dripped blood onto the petals, and the Wujue stone beneath the herb disappeared, marking her as its owner.
• Qian Renxue stored the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and left through the window after refusing to tell Su Chen whom she had thought of.

Su Chen gave Bull Demon and the Spirit Hall Golden Generation Immortal Herbs and the Mysterious Jade Hand to strengthen their abilities. As they began refining the herbs, Su Chen hoped the group would grow strong enough to join him in the Divine Realm one day.

• Bull Demon told Su Chen that the Bloodrock Seven-Leaf Flower had raised his soul power by eight levels to level seventy-nine and greatly increased his strength.
• Su Chen gave Bull Demon the Mysterious Jade Hand, warning that its contents might have been tampered with, and Bull Demon agreed to learn it.
• Yan teased Bull Demon about marrying Zhang Ping to Su Chen, making Zhang Ping blush.
• Su Chen gave Zhang Ping, Xie Yue, Xu Yu, Li Kai, Yan, and Hu Liena Immortal Herbs chosen for their Martial Souls.
• An unseen elder cautioned Su Chen to consult the Pope before letting the group consume Immortal Herbs, then accepted his assurance that the herbs were safe.
• The Spirit Hall Golden Generation began refining their Immortal Herbs as Su Chen considered preparing them to reach godhood with him.

The Spirit Hall Golden Generation absorbed immortal herbs and gained major increases in soul power, with Yan also awakening the Flame Domain. Su Chen prepared to take Zhang Ping and Li Kai to find soul rings, while aiming to make the team strong enough to win the upcoming tournament and complete his Dragon God's Third Trial.

• Yan's soul power rose six levels and he acquired the Flame Domain, while Li Kai's soul power reached level fifty and his Black-Horned Mountain Boar martial soul evolved.
• Xie Yue reported that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum raised his soul power six levels and sharpened his Moon Blades, and Xu Yu said the Brilliant Gold Dragon Fruit raised his soul power five levels.
• Hu Liena and Zhang Ping each gained eight soul-power levels from their immortal herbs, while Su Chen said he remained at level forty.
• Su Chen warned Yan that repeatedly eating immortal herbs could be harmful and told Zhang Ping that the group would find her a suitable soul ring.
• Su Chen assessed the Golden Generation's strengths and resolved to lead the team toward victory in the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament and completion of his Dragon God's Third Trial.

Su Chen and the Spirit Hall Golden Generation witnessed a father selling his daughter and condemned the empires’ slave auctions. Su Chen voiced his dream of ending the practice and bid to save the girl, leaving the group united behind his vision.

• Hu Liena tried to intervene when a middle-aged man offered his daughter for sale, but Su Chen stopped her and explained that slavery persisted despite the law.
• Su Chen and Xie Yue told Hu Liena that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo imperial families profited from slave auctions, provoking outrage among the Golden Generation.
• Su Chen declared that Spirit Hall should abolish slave auctions and create a new order, and the others realized they shared his goal.
• When a buyer bid for the girl, Su Chen offered 110,000 Gold Soul Coins and warned her father not to sell her to anyone else.

Su Chen discovered that Xiao Xingyue had been sold into slavery after her family fell into ruin, and he resolved to end the practice once Spirit Hall united the continent. After learning that her Nine-Petal Azure Lotus martial soul had been dismissed as useless, he offered to train her and asked her to become his disciple.

• Su Chen greeted Xiao Xingyue and noticed that she feared he had bought her to use as a plaything.
• Xiao Xingyue served Su Chen a meal and told him that her father’s gambling had ruined her noble family and led to her being sold.
• Su Chen asked whether Xiao Xingyue wanted to become a Soul Master, and she said Su Yuntao had called her martial soul useless.
• Xiao Xingyue revealed her Nine-Petal Azure Lotus martial soul, and Su Chen argued that even Blue Silver Grass could become powerful.
• Su Chen offered to help Xiao Xingyue become a Soul Master and asked her to take him as her master, considering her a possible heir to his work of unifying the continent.

Su Chen took Xiao Xingyue as his disciple and used a Phoenix Tulip to transform her Martial Soul into the World-Cleansing Immortal Lotus, raising her Soul Power to rank twenty. He gave her four Tang Sect techniques, while she revealed that she had feared he wanted to use her as a plaything.

• Su Chen offered to make Xiao Xingyue his disciple, and she accepted after mistaking his intentions for something perverse.
• Xiao Xingyue performed the apprenticeship ceremony by kneeling and offering Su Chen tea.
• Su Chen gave Xiao Xingyue a Phoenix Tulip, which she ate and refined, gaining rank-twenty Soul Power and milky-white hair.
• Xiao Xingyue's Nine-Petal Azure Lotus evolved into the World-Cleansing Immortal Lotus, and Su Chen gave her four Tang Sect techniques to study.
• Xiao Xingyue admitted she had thought Su Chen wanted to treat her as a plaything, and he scolded her for the misunderstanding.

Tai Nuo and Tai Long challenged Zhang Ping at Spirit Hall’s gates after Tai Long lost to her, and Zhang Ping revealed that she was a Soul King. Su Chen stepped in to protect Zhang Ping and declared he could defeat Tai Nuo without using his Martial Soul.

• A Spirit Hall soldier told Su Chen that Tai Long, his father Tai Nuo, and his grandfather had arrived to challenge Zhang Ping.
• Tai Nuo released his Martial Soul and challenged Zhang Ping, who revealed that she was also a Soul King.
• Su Chen and Xiao Xingyue arrived, and Su Chen discussed with Hu Liena why the Strength Clan had chosen to confront Spirit Hall publicly.
• Zhang Ping prepared to fight Tai Nuo, but Su Chen stopped her and said he would take over.
• Tai Nuo demanded that Su Chen release his Martial Soul, and Su Chen replied that he did not need it to defeat him.

Su Chen defeated Tai Nuo in a contest of strength without using his martial soul, then confronted Tai Tan, patriarch of the Strength Clan. Tai Tan unleashed a crushing aura after Su Chen called the clan brainless, leaving Su Chen and the onlookers under immense pressure.

• Su Chen sent Tai Nuo flying with a single punch, even though Tai Nuo had withdrawn his Great Strength Gorilla martial soul.
• Tai Nuo summoned his martial soul and attacked with his fifth soul skill, but Su Chen matched his punch and shattered one of Tai Nuo's protective shields with a follow-up blow.
• Tai Tan ordered Tai Nuo to stand down, and Tai Nuo accepted his defeat after Su Chen beat him with pure strength.
• Tai Tan introduced himself as the Strength Clan's patriarch and tested Su Chen with a shock wave, but Su Chen remained unmoved.
• Su Chen called the Strength Clan brainless, prompting Tai Tan to release a terrifying aura that made spectators stagger and some faint.

Su Chen challenged Tai Tan’s loyalty to the Clear Sky Sect and agreed to a wager that could cost the Strength Clan its smithies and blacksmiths. Tai Tan added that Su Chen must join his clan if he lost, and Su Chen accepted, leaving everyone astonished.

• Tai Tan confronted Su Chen under his Soul Power pressure, while Bull Demon resisted the aura.
• Su Chen accused Tai Tan and the Strength Clan of foolishly returning to serve the Clear Sky Sect after it had abandoned them.
• Tai Tan proposed that Su Chen endure his Soul Power until an incense stick burned out, with his son and grandson’s apology as the prize for winning.
• Su Chen demanded twenty smithies and a thousand blacksmiths if Tai Tan lost, and Tai Tan countered that Su Chen must join the Strength Clan if he lost.
• Su Chen accepted Tai Tan’s counteroffer, surprising Tai Tan and the onlookers.

Su Chen outmaneuvered Tai Tan in their wager by using his Clone Technique and flying beyond Tai Tan’s reach, then claimed victory. He sent Bull Demon to collect the twenty blacksmith shops and a thousand blacksmiths owed by the Strength Clan.

• Tai Tan unleashed Soul Douluo pressure against Su Chen, but Su Chen endured the first strike and then vanished beneath Tai Tan’s descending soul-power attack.
• Hu Liena recognized that Su Chen had not used his Substitution Technique, while Tai Tan demanded that he reappear.
• Su Chen revealed himself hovering more than eight hundred meters above the ground with his external soul bone cloak and pointed out that the wager did not forbid him from moving.
• Tai Tan could not reach Su Chen because he could not fly, and he conceded the wager after Su Chen declared victory.
• Su Chen demanded the twenty blacksmith shops and a thousand blacksmiths, then ordered Bull Demon to accompany Tai Tan and collect them that day.

Su Chen punished Tai Tan and the Strength Clan for causing trouble outside Spirit Hall, while Shrek Academy learned how he had defeated Tai Tan and lost the clan’s smithies and blacksmiths. Tang San realized the loss had badly damaged the foundations of his Tang Sect and renewed his hatred of Su Chen.

• Su Chen ordered the Strength Clan’s Soul Master stipends suspended for a year and Tai Tan, Tai Nuo, and Tai Long’s stipends suspended for three years, placing the three on probation.
• Flender told the Shrek Academy group that Su Chen had evaded Tai Tan’s Soul Power pressure by flying with his External Soul Bone.
• Yu Xiaogang analyzed Su Chen’s clone skill and advised the Shrek Seven Devils to exploit the clone’s limits in the upcoming tournament.
• Flender revealed that Tai Tan had lost twenty smithies and one thousand blacksmiths, and Tang San said they were essential to the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons.
• Tang San clenched his fists and cursed Su Chen after realizing the loss had undermined the Tang Sect’s foundations.

Su Chen and the Spirit Hall team watched the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament, where they encountered Shrek Academy and later followed the dispute over Tang San crippling Canghui Academy. Salas disqualified Shrek Academy, but someone threw him a Pope Token, leaving the ruling in question.

• Su Chen brought Yan to watch the tournament and told him to take every opponent seriously despite their strength.
• The Spirit Hall team mocked Shrek Academy when its students passed by in uniforms seeking naming-rights sponsors.
• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eye to counter Canghui Academy's Seven-Asura Illusion Formation and cripple its seven members, while Shi Nian abandoned his attempt to attack him.
• Salas questioned Flender, Qin Ming, and Tang San about the injured Canghui students, then disqualified Shrek Academy for resisting the investigation and covering up what happened.
• An unidentified person threw Spirit Hall's Pope Token to Salas.

Yu Xiaogang used a counterfeit Pope Token to order Salas to halt the investigation into Tang San, but Salas exposed the deception and ordered him punished. The guards surrounded Yu Xiaogang and prepared to drag him out for fifty strokes.

• Yu Xiaogang presented a Pope Token and ordered Salas to stop investigating Tang San.
• Salas refused to obey Yu Xiaogang, and the Spirit Hall soldiers followed Salas's command to surround him.
• Salas accused Yu Xiaogang of using a fake token, and Ning Fengzhi confirmed that it was counterfeit.
• Salas condemned Yu Xiaogang for interfering in Spirit Hall's affairs and ordered the guards to give him fifty heavy strokes of the paddle.

Salas changed Yu Xiaogang’s punishment to Liu Erlong’s, then lifted the investigation into Tang San and allowed Shrek Academy to keep competing after receiving Su Chen’s order. Su Chen and the Spirit Hall team left the arena, and he kept his reasons for helping Shrek Academy secret.

• Salas ordered Liu Erlong to take Yu Xiaogang’s punishment, and the Spirit Hall Soldiers escorted her away for fifty strokes.
• A soldier relayed Su Chen’s order to Salas, who stopped the investigation into Tang San and let Shrek Academy continue in the tournament with a warning about further injuries or deaths.
• Yu Xiaogang learned from Ning Fengzhi that his Pope Token was genuine but no longer granted authority, and he wondered who had changed Salas’s decision.
• Su Chen left Heaven Dou Arena with the Spirit Hall team, and Hu Liena asked why he had helped Shrek Academy.
• Su Chen said his reasons were secret and privately decided that keeping Tang San in the tournament would benefit him more than disqualifying Shrek Academy.

Su Chen and Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation returned to Spirit City after defeating an Evil Soul Master, where Bibi Dong appointed Su Chen Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. The chapter ended with Su Chen presenting Bibi Dong with the three Soul Bones taken from Tang Hao.

• Citizens welcomed Su Chen, Hu Liena, and the others as Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation returned to Spirit City, while Xiao Xingyue accompanied them as Su Chen’s disciple.
• Bibi Dong received the group at the Papal Hall and praised Su Chen for forcing Tang Hao to sever his hand and leg.
• Bibi Dong named Su Chen Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, despite Chrysanthemum Douluo’s concern that the Elder Hall might object.
• Su Chen accepted the appointment and gave Bibi Dong the three Soul Bones obtained from Tang Hao.

Su Chen distributed three hundred-thousand-year soul bones among Spirit Hall Academy's seeded contestants, choosing recipients based on their abilities and the upcoming tournament. After Bibi Dong learned that Xiao Xingyue was his disciple, the chapter ended with the rival teams heading to Spirit City and Su Chen reaching the Dragon God's third trial.

• Bibi Dong returned the three soul bones to Su Chen and let him decide how to distribute them.
• Su Chen gave the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone to Xiao Xingyue and a defensive torso bone to Yan.
• Su Chen awarded the strength-type soul bone to Xie Yue, who accepted it after Li Kai and Hu Liena encouraged him.
• Bibi Dong mistook Xiao Xingyue for Su Chen's girlfriend, and Su Chen clarified that she was his disciple and introduced her as Xiao Xingyue.
• The teams advancing to the finals set out for Spirit City's tournament, while Su Chen reached the Dragon God's third trial.

Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang in the Papal Hall, where he asked for the secret of successfully cultivating twin martial souls so he could help Tang San. She refused and revealed that she had sent an ambush to kill him, leaving Yu Xiaogang to rush out in alarm; Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo then entered.

• Bibi Dong summoned Yu Xiaogang and suppressed her memories of their past as she addressed him as Your Holiness.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the danger of twin martial souls so he could guide Tang San.
• Bibi Dong doubted Yu Xiaogang’s promise that Tang San would never oppose Spirit Hall, pointing out his ties to the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao.
• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that she had sent people to ambush and kill Tang San three days earlier.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to destroy Spirit Hall if Tang San was harmed, then hurried away to check on his disciple.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo entered the Papal Hall, surprising Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong confronted Su Chen for stopping the ambush on Tang San and helping Shrek Academy continue in the tournament. Su Chen defended his actions as a way to protect Spirit Hall’s reputation and keep Tang San under control, leaving Bibi Dong impressed and wary of his intentions.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo reported that Su Chen had used Bibi Dong’s Pope Token to halt their mission against Tang San for three days.
• Bibi Dong summoned Su Chen and demanded that he admit his guilt for interfering with her orders.
• Su Chen argued that an ambush would damage Spirit Hall’s reputation and alienate Soul Masters from other academies.
• Bibi Dong rebuked Su Chen for mentioning Spirit Hall’s future undertaking, then told him to call her Teacher when they were alone.
• Bibi Dong questioned Su Chen about helping Shrek Academy, and he said the tournament would keep Tang San confined and his movements under control.

Shrek Academy arrived in Spirit City and prepared to face Spirit Hall Academy in the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament. As the finals began, Su Chen promised Bibi Dong victory and hinted that he had an unusual plan for the competition.

• Tang San warned that Spirit Hall might have chosen Spirit City to target its opponents, while Ning Rongrong defended Spirit Hall’s charitable deeds and reaffirmed her loyalty to him.
• Tang San urged Shrek Academy to train hard and defeat Spirit Hall on its home turf; Dai Mubai and the others agreed.
• Shrek Academy and the other teams trained for three days, while Spirit Hall Academy’s seeded competitors spent their time at leisure.
• Bibi Dong told Xie Yue, Yan, Hu Liena, Zhang Ping, Li Kai, Xu Yu, and Su Chen that she expected them to win the championship.
• Su Chen assured Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall would claim victory, then told his teammates he planned to try something fresh without revealing what it was.

At the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament finals, Spirit Hall Holy Son Su Chen interrupted the opening ceremony to propose changing the competition format. He left the gathered teams furious by declaring them trash compared with Spirit Hall Academy, then began explaining that he wanted to try something new.

• Su Yuntao opened the finals and announced the first match between Longkui Academy and Yinfeng Academy.
• Xiao Xingyue recognized Su Yuntao as the man who had once called her martial soul trash.
• Su Chen asked to address the arena and revealed that, as Spirit Hall's Holy Son, he had a say in the tournament.
• Su Chen said all the academy teams were trash compared with Spirit Hall Academy, provoking anger from Dai Mubai and the other contestants.
• Flender asked how Su Chen planned to change the format, and Su Chen said the tournament needed something new.