Chapter Summaries

At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Su Bai rejected Yu Xiaogang’s insistence that he become a support-type soul master, asserting that his Spirit Pagoda could contract with soul beasts and use many kinds of abilities. Yu Xiaogang challenged him to spar with Tang San after Tang San obtained his first soul ring, while Su Bai anticipated using their trip to the Soul Hunting Forest to contract with Ah Yin.

• Yu Xiaogang told Su Bai to follow the support path because he considered Su Bai’s pagoda martial soul inferior to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Su Bai refused, explaining that his Spirit Pagoda could form contracts with soul beasts and wield different soul-master abilities.
• Yu Xiaogang invoked his Grandmaster title and warned that Su Bai’s contract plan would waste his martial soul’s potential, but Su Bai dismissed his advice.
• Yu Xiaogang praised his disciple Tang San and challenged Su Bai to spar with him after he obtained his first soul ring.
• Su Bai accepted the challenge and considered how Tang San and Yu Xiaogang’s trip to the Soul Hunting Forest could let him contract with Ah Yin.

Su Bai contracted with the recovering Ah Yin, giving her sunlight and gaining the Blue Silver Emperor as a soul spirit and martial soul. Meanwhile, Tang San absorbed his first soul ring under Yu Xiaogang’s guidance and left the forest determined to punish Su Bai, while Tang Hao watched and mourned Ah Yin.

• Su Bai connected with Ah Yin and learned that she longed for sunlight, then placed her flowerpot by the window.
• Ah Yin agreed to contract with Su Bai in exchange for daily sunlight, and the contract succeeded, giving him a 423-year first soul ring and two Blue Silver Emperor soul skills.
• Tang San absorbed a Mandala Snake soul ring, and Yu Xiaogang celebrated the result as proof of his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang disparaged Su Bai, prompting Tang San to vow to teach him a lesson when they returned.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had arranged for the Mandala Snake to reach Tang San, then decided to buy liquor and get drunk while missing Ah Yin.

At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Su Bai faced Tang San in a duel after refusing Yu Xiaogang’s demand for a public apology. Su Bai revealed Blue Silver Grass as his martial soul, and Tang San opened the fight with Entanglement as Su Bai prepared to counter it.

• Students gathered to watch Tang San duel Su Bai and mocked Yu Xiaogang and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Su Bai to apologize and follow his instructions, but Su Bai refused and told them to begin.
• Tang San revealed a yellow first soul ring, then Su Bai also summoned a yellow ring and Blue Silver Grass, prompting speculation that he had twin martial souls.
• Yu Xiaogang criticized Su Bai’s use of Blue Silver Grass, then reassured Tang San that his own martial soul could become powerful under his guidance.
• Tang San used his first soul skill, Entanglement, to bind Su Bai and charged at him.
• Su Bai smirked at Tang San’s attack and prepared to show him what real Mother’s Entanglement looked like.

Su Bai defeated Tang San in a public fight, exposing how much stronger his Blue Silver Grass was, while Yu Xiaogang avoided admitting he had been wrong. As Su Bai left, Xiao Wu stopped him and challenged him to a fight.

• Tang San charged at Su Bai but was bound by Su Bai's Blue Silver Grass, and the students noticed that their first Soul Skills appeared to match.
• Tang San broke free of Su Bai's grass, but Su Bai's strands overwhelmed him, resisted his escape, and severed the grass he summoned.
• Tang San conceded, and Su Bai asked Yu Xiaogang which of them had been right.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang San's physique, then fled with him without apologizing as the students jeered.
• Xiao Wu stopped Su Bai, said Tang San was her underling, and challenged him to a fight.

Su Bai defeated Xiao Wu with his blue silver grass, drawing attention to his unusual strength. Tang San questioned why he had lost to Su Bai, but Yu Xiaogang offered an unfounded explanation that restored Tang San’s confidence and left him determined to challenge Su Bai again.

• Xiao Wu attacked Su Bai, but he used his Vitality soul skill to bind her with blue silver grass and win the fight.
• Xiao Wu escaped after declaring that the fight did not count, while the spectators marveled at Su Bai’s martial soul.
• Su Bai left the training grounds and reminded himself not to attract too much attention while he was still weak.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang whether Su Bai’s tougher blue silver grass had caused his defeat.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Su Bai had sacrificed future potential by absorbing a plant-type soul ring, and Tang San accepted the explanation for now and vowed to face Su Bai again.

After a month of training and sparring, Su Bai challenged Tang San and Yu Xiaogang’s confidence in a rematch at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. Su Bai defeated Tang San instantly, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and being mocked for his claims.

• Su Bai continued to defeat Xiao Wu in their daily sparring, and she praised how much stronger and sturdier his Blue Silver Grass was than Tang San’s.
• Tang San arrived, grew furious at Xiao Wu’s closeness with Su Bai, and challenged him to a duel.
• Yu Xiaogang joined Tang San and gathered students, insisting Tang San would win after raising his Soul Power to rank fifteen in a month.
• Su Bai revealed his own rank-seventeen Soul Power and accepted Tang San’s challenge.
• Before Tang San could attack, Su Bai’s Blue Silver Grass secretly wrapped around him and pinned down his grass, defeating him immediately.
• The students mocked Tang San’s weak Blue Silver Grass, while Yu Xiaogang called Su Bai’s strength impossible and Su Bai insulted his ignorance.

Su Bai publicly exposed Yu Xiaogang’s low innate soul power, humiliating him and Tang San before leaving the academy. Xiao Wu asked to go with Su Bai, but he refused and promised they would meet again, leaving her wondering about his feud with Tang San.

• Su Bai revealed that Yu Xiaogang had only half a level of innate soul power, and the students mocked Yu Xiaogang for his weakness.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao but fled rather than fight Su Bai, while Tang San fell and struggled against Su Bai’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Su Bai released Tang San and reflected that he had to avoid provoking Tang Hao while he was still weak.
• Xiao Wu caught up with Su Bai and asked why he was leaving, but he said the academy had nothing left to teach him.
• Xiao Wu offered to travel with Su Bai, but he refused because the journey was dangerous and promised they would meet again.
• Xiao Wu asked Su Bai what had happened between him and Tang San.

Su Bai decided to leave Nuoding Academy and reassured Xiao Wu that she could remain friends with Tang San. After Yu Xiaogang and Tang San vowed to take revenge on Su Bai, Xiao Wu chose not to approach them, and Su Bai completed his withdrawal.

• Su Bai told Xiao Wu that he held no grudge against her for spending time with Tang San, and they promised not to lie to each other before he left.
• Tang San found Yu Xiaogang and comforted him, and the two resolved to make Su Bai pay for humiliating them.
• Xiao Wu overheard Tang San and Yu Xiaogang plotting against Su Bai, felt disappointed, and left without speaking to Tang San.
• Su Bai told the principal he had carefully decided to withdraw and refused to reconsider, even after the principal warned him about losing education and cultivation resources.
• Su Bai signed the withdrawal form and left Nuoding Academy to focus on strengthening himself.

Six years later, rank-thirty-five Soul Elder Su Bai entered the Soto Great Soul Arena under the mask Faceless and was matched against Zhu Zhuqing. He let her attack first, and she charged at him as the match began.

• Su Bai arrived in Suotuo City and registered for a Great Soul Arena match while hiding his identity as Faceless.
• The attendant paired Su Bai with rank-twenty-seven Soul Grandmaster Zhu Zhuqing, who had requested a fight against a stronger opponent.
• Su Bai decided to seek Xiao Wu after the match so he could form a contract with a second Soul Spirit.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Su Bai revealed their soul rings before the match, and Su Bai told her to attack first.
• Zhu Zhuqing transformed her eyes, claws, and cat ears, then lunged at Su Bai, who remained still.

Su Bai, fighting as Faceless, defeated Zhu Zhuqing by making Blue Silver Grass sprout from her body and bind her. Dai Mubai decided to challenge Faceless the next day, while Xiao Wu suspected the masked fighter was Su Bai.

• Su Bai bound Zhu Zhuqing with Blue Silver Grass that grew from her body and won their Soul Fighting match.
• Zhu Zhuqing escaped the binding, was shaken by the strength of Faceless's Blue Silver Grass, and left the arena.
• Dai Mubai heard that Faceless had defeated Zhu Zhuqing and registered to fight him the next day.
• Dai Mubai met Tang San and Xiao Wu outside the arena and disparaged Faceless for fighting a lower-ranked Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu heard that Faceless used Blue Silver Grass and wondered if he was Su Bai.

Su Bai faced Dai Mubai at the Soto Great Soul Arena after betting his savings on himself. He thwarted Dai Mubai’s opening attacks and restrained him with Blue Silver Grass, leaving Dai Mubai struggling to break free.

• Su Bai bet all his savings on his own victory as the crowd gathered to watch him fight Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai entered the ring, declared that he was avenging Hell Spirit Cat, and challenged Su Bai to attack first.
• Su Bai taunted Dai Mubai about Zhu Zhuqing’s absence and mocked him for acting like a lovesick lapdog.
• Dai Mubai lost his temper, fired White Tiger Fierce Light Wave, and attacked Su Bai from above.
• Su Bai blocked both attacks with Blue Silver Armor and bound Dai Mubai with Blue Silver Grass.
• Dai Mubai used White Tiger Vajra Transformation and tried to tear free, but the Blue Silver Grass held him fast.

Su Bai defeated Dai Mubai in the Great Soul Arena and reunited with Xiao Wu after she chased him down. As they left the arena together, Yu Xiaogang appeared and ordered them to stop.

• Su Bai's Blue Silver Grass overpowered Dai Mubai, forcing him to his knees and securing the match; the crowd mocked Dai Mubai as he remained bound.
• Tang San recognized Faceless as Su Bai and left the arena, while Xiao Wu hurried after Su Bai and Ning Rongrong taunted Tang San about her departure.
• Su Bai removed his mask backstage and dodged Xiao Wu's playful surprise attack when she caught up with him.
• Xiao Wu complained that Su Bai had been gone for six years, then persuaded him to take her to eat and buy her things.
• Su Bai and Xiao Wu left the Soto Great Soul Arena together, but Yu Xiaogang called out and ordered them to stop.

Yu Xiaogang tried to turn Xiao Wu and Su Bai against each other, then claimed he could bar Su Bai from Shrek Academy. Su Bai insulted Yu Xiaogang until he summoned Luo Sanpao and launched an attack.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Xiao Wu to stay away from Su Bai, but Xiao Wu ignored him and asked Su Bai to buy her something.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded respect as Xiao Wu's teacher, and Xiao Wu mocked his low level and challenged him to fight.
• Yu Xiaogang told Su Bai to kneel, apologize, and support Tang San if he wanted to join Shrek Academy.
• Su Bai mocked Yu Xiaogang's breath and Luo Sanpao, enraging him.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and used his first soul skill, fart like thunder, Earth-Shattering Luo Sanpao, against Su Bai.

Yu Xiaogang’s foul breath became the target of Su Bai’s mockery until Tang San tried to ambush Su Bai with poisoned needles and hit Yu Xiaogang instead. Tang San blamed Su Bai and challenged him, but Xiao Wu rejected Tang San and told him to leave.

• Yu Xiaogang’s breath knocked Luo Sanpao unconscious, and Su Bai mocked Yu Xiaogang about it as Xiao Wu laughed.
• Su Bai deflected a poisoned silver needle fired from the shadows, and it struck Yu Xiaogang between the eyebrows.
• Tang San emerged, treated Yu Xiaogang with an antidote pill, and accused Su Bai of causing his teacher’s condition.
• Xiao Wu accused Tang San of attacking Su Bai from hiding and noticed that Tang San’s needle had also struck Luo Sanpao.
• Tang San blamed Su Bai, challenged him to a duel, and claimed he would prove he was stronger, but Xiao Wu said she would not follow someone just because he was strong and told Tang San to get lost.

Su Bai stopped Tang San from fleeing and broke his right arm after Tang San challenged him and tried to leave. Su Bai and Xiao Wu later went to the Rose Hotel, where they were about to find out whether only one room was available.

• Xiao Wu rejected Tang San's claim that he was acting for her benefit, and Su Bai offered to duel him with one hand.
• Tang San tried to leave with Yu Xiaogang, but Su Bai used Blue Silver Grass to pull him down and restrain him.
• Su Bai broke Tang San's right arm despite Tang San's pleas, then left with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu praised Su Bai's use of joint locks, and the two wandered around Suotuo City.
• Xiao Wu suggested staying at the Rose Hotel, and Su Bai wondered whether only one room would be left.

Su Bai and Xiao Wu checked into the Rose Hotel’s only available room, where Xiao Wu asked him to comb her hair with the wooden comb her mother had made. As Xiao Wu asked Su Bai not to leave her again, he reminded her that her identity as a soul beast made traveling with him difficult.

• Su Bai and Xiao Wu checked into the Rose Hotel’s Red Ocean room, which was decorated with roses and a heart-shaped bed.
• Xiao Wu explored the room, then handed Su Bai her mother’s red sandalwood comb and asked him to comb her hair.
• Xiao Wu told Su Bai that he was her best friend and asked him not to leave her after the six years she had missed him.
• Su Bai stopped combing Xiao Wu’s hair and explained that her identity as a soul beast made it unsuitable for her to travel the continent with him.

Su Bai revealed that he knew Xiao Wu was a soul beast and offered to contract with her to conceal her identity and keep her safe. Xiao Wu accepted, and their contract began as the Spirit Pagoda lit up.

• Su Bai told Xiao Wu that her soul beast identity was exposed and explained that only he could recognize it without being a Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Wu feared Su Bai wanted her soul bone, soul ring, and martial soul, and resigned herself to being killed.
• Su Bai embraced Xiao Wu and offered a contract that would protect her identity in exchange for her strength.
• Xiao Wu agreed after Su Bai assured her she could still roam the continent freely.
• Su Bai brought out the Spirit Pagoda, and Xiao Wu placed her hand on it as the contracting began.

Xiao Wu contracted with Su Bai's Spirit Pagoda, evolving it and granting him new soul skills and the ability to switch between martial souls. After testing his new teleportation ability, Su Bai went to sleep beside Xiao Wu.

• Xiao Wu sensed that her contract with Su Bai had formed a close bond, then fell asleep against his chest.
• Su Bai saw the Soft Bone Rabbit appear on the Spirit Pagoda's second floor and discovered that all three of his soul rings had turned purple.
• Su Bai learned that Xiao Wu's soul spirit enhanced his Blue Silver Emperor skills and let him switch between the Blue Silver Emperor and Soft Bone Rabbit martial souls.
• Su Bai used Blue Silver Emperor growths to teleport anywhere within fifty meters where one of his controlled plants had appeared.
• Su Bai went to bed, and Xiao Wu cuddled up to him as they fell asleep.

After Xiao Wu asked whether they could stay together, Su Bai encouraged her to remain at Shrek Academy while he traveled to Heaven Dou City to seek the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He reached the Sunset Forest and recognized the unusual plants ahead as a sign that the treasure was nearby.

• Xiao Wu asked Su Bai to stay with her, and he told her they would remain connected but advised her to continue at Shrek Academy.
• Xiao Wu invited Su Bai to join the academy, but he declined and watched her leave before testing his Teleportation skill.
• Su Bai discovered that he could teleport seven times in succession and control Blue Silver Emperor plants within fifty meters.
• Su Bai traveled from Suotuo City to Heaven Dou City, and his repeated use of Teleportation helped his soul power reach rank thirty-eight.
• Su Bai entered the Sunset Forest, spotted unusual plants, and realized the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was nearby.

Su Bai stole the immortal herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Dugu Bo caught his trail and pursued him with deadly force. Su Bai survived by transforming into the Blue Silver Emperor and hiding from Dugu Bo, then escaped with the herbs.

• Su Bai reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and packed every immortal herb into his prepared boxes.
• Dugu Bo arrived, discovered the herbs were gone, and pursued Su Bai after sensing his soul-power fluctuations.
• Su Bai teleported repeatedly to dodge Dugu Bo’s poisonous attacks as his soul power ran low.
• Dugu Bo spread poisonous mist across the area but failed to find Su Bai and searched for an hour before leaving.
• Su Bai emerged from hiding after transforming into the Blue Silver Emperor, then teleported away with the stolen herbs.