Chapter Summaries

Su Bei rebuked Tang San for acting overly sentimental and explained why he had kept Xiao Wu and the others away, while privately considering the tangled history between Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect. He resolved to toughen Tang San up, and Bibi Dong noticed Su Bei’s imperial bearing.

• Su Bei told Tang San that he had left Xiao Wu and the others behind because bringing them together with Bibi Dong and his godmother could put him in danger.
• Tang San insisted that he loved and wanted to protect Su Bei, then resolved to become an inseparable master-disciple pair with him.
• Su Bei warned Tang San to pull himself together and concealed his knowledge of Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul.
• Su Bei reflected on the conflict involving Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, Tang Hao, and the Clear Sky Sect, deciding Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer should remain hidden for now.
• Su Bei decided to straighten out Tang San’s delicate behavior, and Bibi Dong was startled by the emperor-like authority in his bearing.

Su Bei calmed Tang San after his Conqueror’s Haki made Tang San fear that his teacher would abandon him, while Bibi Dong wondered whether Su Bei was meant to ally with Qian Renxue. Guimei then reported that he had cleared away nearby aggressive thousand-year Soul Beasts and brought their fresh corpses for Su Bei’s ingredients.

• Bibi Dong wondered whether Su Bei’s display of power hinted that he should join forces with Qian Renxue and eventually rule the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tang San mistook Su Bei’s Conqueror’s Haki for a reprimand and begged his teacher not to abandon him.
• Su Bei withdrew his aura, reassured Tang San, and explained that he had been testing his temperament.
• Tang San accepted Su Bei’s explanation and secretly resolved to claim him once he became the strongest person in the world.
• Guimei reported to Bibi Dong that he had killed the nearby aggressive thousand-year Soul Beasts and brought their corpses for Su Bei to use as ingredients.

Su Bei and Elder Ghost discussed the Soul Beasts gathered for a meal and searched for one suitable to become Tang San’s first Soul Ring. Bibi Dong decided to take Su Bei and Tang San to hunt, while Hu Liena stayed behind with Elder Ghost and Yan.

• Elder Ghost explained that most of the gathered Soul Beasts had tough, dry meat, and Su Bei agreed that more powerful beasts were unlikely to taste tender.
• Su Bei’s thoughts about eating the Dragon King made Di Tian uneasy, so Di Tian checked on Gu Yuena before returning to cultivate.
• Elder Ghost reported that he had found Soul Beasts of several ages but none within the exact range requested for Tang San.
• Yan and Bibi Dong worried that Tang San had delayed his first Soul Ring for too long, and Bibi Dong decided to take him and Su Bei hunting.
• Hu Liena asked to join them, but Bibi Dong ordered her to stay behind with Elder Ghost and Yan.
• Su Bei comforted Hu Liena, who agreed to behave if he kissed her cheek.

After Su Bei kissed Hu Liena in front of everyone, Bibi Dong insisted on accompanying him and Tang San to hunt for Tang San’s first Soul Ring. Back at camp, Hu Liena, Yan, and Guimei realized none of them knew how to prepare the dead Soul Beasts, so Guimei volunteered to handle it rather than ask Bibi Dong for help.

• Su Bei bit Hu Liena’s cheek during their kiss, and Hu Liena blushed and hurried into the tent.
• Guimei suggested that he take Su Bei and Tang San to find Tang San’s first Soul Ring, but Bibi Dong chose to oversee the hunt herself.
• Guimei wondered why Bibi Dong’s emotions had become so changeable since Su Bei arrived at Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Guimei realized they did not know how to prepare the dead Soul Beasts for cooking.
• Yan urged Guimei to ask Bibi Dong to return, but Guimei refused and volunteered to handle the food preparation.

Su Bei found a Ghost Vine for Tang San and urged him to absorb it as his first Soul Ring despite its cultivation exceeding the ordinary limit. Tang San trusted Su Bei and prepared to take the risk.

• Su Bei led Tang San through the Star Dou Great Forest while Bibi Dong kept weaker Soul Beasts away with her aura.
• Su Bei identified a Ghost Vine and demonstrated its poisonous, corrosive vines to Tang San.
• Su Bei explained that the Ghost Vine’s parasitic traits would suit Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.
• Bibi Dong discovered the Ghost Vine had more than five hundred and forty years of cultivation and warned that it exceeded the ordinary first Soul Ring limit.
• Su Bei chose the Ghost Vine anyway, and Tang San agreed to absorb it as his first Soul Ring.

Tang San endured the dangerous absorption of a Ghost Vine Soul Ring beyond his limit while Su Bei and Bibi Dong watched over him. Su Bei believed Tang San might survive and eventually surpass the usual thousand-year limit for his second Soul Ring, while Bibi Dong worried about the risk.

• Tang San began absorbing the Ghost Vine's Soul Ring after he and Bibi Dong defeated it, while Su Bei fell asleep beside Bibi Dong.
• A Crimson Serpent attacked Tang San, but Bibi Dong's Soul Power blasted it away before it could reach him.
• Bibi Dong questioned whether Tang San could safely absorb a Soul Ring more than five hundred years old, and Su Bei said Tang San's willpower and physique would decide the outcome.
• Bibi Dong praised Tang San's fighting skills and resolve, and considered him a rare genius with the potential to become a powerful Soul Master.
• Su Bei recalled how Tang San's six Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record arts had helped him fight the Ghost Vine, but concluded that Tang San's future could reach beyond becoming a Titled Douluo.

Tang San survived absorbing the five-hundred-year Ghost Vine Soul Ring and gained his first Soul Skill, Parasitism. As he returned to camp with Su Bei, he asked about the promised “big treasure” and reflected on how much the Soul Ring had strengthened him.

• Tang San began bleeding from all seven orifices while absorbing the Ghost Vine Soul Ring, and Bibi Dong used Soul Power to steady him.
• Su Bei urged Tang San to hold on and promised him a big treasure, after which Tang San recovered and successfully absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Tang San demonstrated his first Soul Skill, Parasitism, and Bibi Dong declared that he had surpassed the Soul Master World's limit for a First Soul Ring.
• Tang San credited Su Bei's thousand-year First Soul Ring as the true record-breaking feat and asked what big treasure Su Bei had promised.
• Su Bei gave Tang San a vague answer and reassured him that he would look after him as his disciple.
• Tang San noticed that absorbing the Soul Ring had increased his strength and speed as well as granting him a Soul Skill.

Su Bei explained to Bibi Dong how Soul Rings helped Soul Masters break through physical limits, while bloodlines and other powers could also surpass ordinary limits. After Tang San absorbed his first Soul Ring, the group returned to camp and found Guimei struggling to prepare the promised barbecue.

• Su Bei explained that Soul Rings let Soul Masters exceed normal human limits, and Bibi Dong considered his account.
• After Tang San absorbed his first Soul Ring, Su Bei looked forward to the barbecue feast.
• Su Bei, Bibi Dong, and Tang San returned to find Soul Beast corpses scattered across camp and Guimei hacking at a python with a cleaver.
• Yan praised Guimei's knife skills while Hu Liena watched his rough butchery in distress.
• Hu Liena rushed to greet Su Bei and Bibi Dong, and Bibi Dong felt slighted when Hu Liena focused first on Su Bei.

Bibi Dong urged Hu Liena to keep improving, while Su Bei comforted her and returned with the others to find Guimei pleading for help. At a stream on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Su Bei expertly prepared a Soul Beast for a meal, impressing the group, while Guimei had warned that the little ghost needed saving.

• Bibi Dong reminded Hu Liena that Little San had a stronger first Soul Ring and greater combat experience, and Hu Liena accepted the warning to work harder.
• Hu Liena secretly glanced at Su Bei, and he took her hand to comfort her.
• Su Bei and the others returned to find Guimei in a mess, tearfully asking them to save the little ghost.
• Beside a stream on the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, Su Bei skillfully butchered a Soul Beast and suggested that Yan catch fish.
• Bibi Dong explained that Su Bei's Martial Soul was unrelated to blades, while Hu Liena praised his knife skills.

Su Bei impressed Bibi Dong and the others with his precise butchering skills, then prepared a feast of grilled meat and vegetables with Hu Liena and Tang San. The food was ready over glowing coals, leaving the group poised to taste Su Bei’s cooking.

• Su Bei criticized Guimei’s rough knife work, and Bibi Dong agreed with him.
• Guimei made an excuse to leave and patrol the forest, while Yan remarked that he was thin-skinned.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Bei’s butchering skills and asked who had taught him.
• Su Bei credited his skills to a reclusive cook his father knew, and Bibi Dong guessed the cook was Liu Angxing, the Heavenly Chef.
• Su Bei, Hu Liena, and Tang San prepared meat skewers, sliced meat, fruit, and vegetables while Yan tended the fire.
• Su Bei finished grilling the food, filling the clearing with an array of colorful, fragrant dishes.

Su Bei cooked meat for Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and the others, and Hu Liena openly showed her affection for him. The gathering ended with Yan despairing over his chances with Hu Liena and Tang San quietly struggling with jealousy.

• Su Bei served the group meat he had cooked over a charcoal fire.
• Hu Liena sucked seasoning from Su Bei's finger, and he took her gesture as a sign of love.
• Bibi Dong coughed to remind Hu Liena and Su Bei to behave, while Yan realized Hu Liena would never choose him over Su Bei.
• Guimei silently ate the food, and Tang San felt envious and unsettled as he watched Su Bei and Hu Liena.

During dinner, Tang San tried to show filial respect to Bibi Dong, while Su Bei eased the awkwardness between Bibi Dong and Hu Liena. Su Bei then brought out two bottles of strong baijiu and offered everyone a drink.

• Su Bei served Bibi Dong the best piece of meat, and Bibi Dong praised him as Hu Liena hid beside him.
• Tang San served Bibi Dong food and explained that he respected her as his teacher more than Guimei, who feared Bibi Dong would become angry.
• Bibi Dong stayed calm, teased Su Bei about how well he had taught Tang San, and tapped his forehead.
• Su Bei produced two bottles of baijiu from his collection and offered the alcohol to the group.
• Guimei recognized the drink and asked Su Bei in surprise whether he could drink at such a young age.

Su Bei shared wine with Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Yan, and Tang San, and the group became drunk and affectionate. Nearby, the Titan Giant Ape caught the scent of wine and reacted with eager excitement.

• Su Bei agreed to share his treasured wine with the others, while Bibi Dong brought out royal wine for comparison.
• Hu Liena drank too much and clung to Su Bei, while Yan drank to drown his disappointment and Tang San watched the scene with interest.
• Bibi Dong grew rosy from the alcohol and moved closer to Su Bei as the group lounged together on the lawn.
• The Titan Giant Ape waited near the edge of the Mixed Circle, then smelled wine carried on the breeze and eagerly roared.

The Titan Giant Ape followed the scent of wine across the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to find Your Majesty, Xiao Wu, and more divine wine. His charge shook the ground near Su Bei and the drunken group, jolting Bibi Dong, Guimei, Yan, and Tang San awake.

• The Titan Giant Ape became obsessed with the wine Your Majesty had once given him and began stealing wine from Soul Masters in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Soul Masters spread rumors about the wine-stealing beast, and those who fought it were beaten down by the Titan Giant Ape.
• The Titan Giant Ape considered raiding nearby towns for wine, but the Sky Azure Bull Python stopped him.
• The Titan Giant Ape caught the scent of excellent wine and rushed toward it, hoping Your Majesty and Xiao Wu had returned.
• The Titan Giant Ape's approach shook the ground and woke Bibi Dong, Guimei, Yan, and Tang San from their drunken haze.
• Hu Liena nestled in Su Bei's arms and drunkenly murmured that she would be happy to die there.

Bibi Dong used wine to lure the Titan Giant Ape out of the Star Dou Great Forest, intending to defeat it and obtain its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone for Su Bei. The beast charged after Su Bei with the wine and food, and Bibi Dong restrained it with her Death Spiderweb.

• Hu Liena drunkenly confessed that she liked Su Bei and asked him to sleep with her instead of Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong and Guimei revealed that they had used wine to lure the Titan Giant Ape, the King of the Forest.
• Bibi Dong sent Su Bei, Hu Liena, Yan, and Tang San away from the danger while Spirit Hall deacons emerged from hiding.
• The Titan Giant Ape snatched the wine and food, then charged toward Su Bei, alarming Guimei.
• Bibi Dong released all nine Soul Rings and bound the Titan Giant Ape with her Third Soul Skill, Death Spiderweb Restraint.

Bibi Dong restrained the Titan Giant Ape and attacked it, while Su Bei recognized that it had come to see him and ask about Xiao Wu. The Titan Giant Ape broke free of her webbing after her spear pierced it and began draining its blood.

• Bibi Dong trapped the Titan Giant Ape in her Death Spider Web as it charged toward Su Bei.
• Hu Liena and Tang San tried to protect Su Bei, while Guimei feared Bibi Dong’s power.
• Su Bei refused to leave, realizing the Titan Giant Ape wanted to catch up with him and ask about Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong struck the Titan Giant Ape with her Bloodsucking Spider Thorns, which pierced its flesh and drained its blood into Soul Power.
• The injured Titan Giant Ape roared, erupted with strength, and broke free of the Death Spider Silk, pulling the spear from its body.

Bibi Dong unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar and battled the Titan Giant Ape, while Guimei moved to protect Su Bei. The wounded Titan Giant Ape broke past them and reached for Su Bei.

• The Titan Giant Ape activated its Gravity Control Domain and launched a furious attack on Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong used her Death Spider Emperor True Form and overpowered the Titan Giant Ape with a powerful punch.
• Bibi Dong ordered Guimei to protect Su Bei while she fought the Titan Giant Ape alone.
• The Titan Giant Ape struck Guimei and charged toward Su Bei despite its wounds.
• The Titan Giant Ape reached out to grab Su Bei.

The Titan Giant Ape seized Su Bei and Tang San, prompting Bibi Dong to pursue and attack it. Just as it released them at Su Bei’s command, a black shadow snatched them away, and a massive hammer Martial Soul appeared in the sky.

• Tang San rushed to protect Su Bei but missed when Su Bei dodged, and the Titan Giant Ape captured them both.
• Bibi Dong pursued the Titan Giant Ape and attacked it with her soul skills.
• Su Bei ordered the Titan Giant Ape to throw them out, and it obeyed, making Bibi Dong withdraw her attack to catch them.
• A black shadow snatched Su Bei and Tang San away, and a gigantic hammer Martial Soul appeared overhead.

Tang Hao struck Bibi Dong with his Clear Sky Hammer and escaped the Star Dou Great Forest with the unconscious Su Bei and Tang San, while the Titan Giant Ape pursued him. Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to seal off the area and hunt Tang Hao down.

• Tang Hao appeared with a red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and smashed his Clear Sky Hammer toward Bibi Dong.
• Tang Hao fled with the unconscious Su Bei and Tang San, and the Titan Giant Ape followed him to rescue Su Bei.
• Bibi Dong recognized Tang Hao and pursued him, threatening to destroy the Clear Sky Sect if he harmed Su Bei.
• Tang Hao headed through the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest while keeping ahead of Bibi Dong and the Titan Giant Ape.
• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall Soul Masters to mobilize reinforcements and search the forest for Tang Hao.

Su Bei and Tang San woke in the forest after Tang Hao rescued them from the giant ape, and Tang San learned that his father was a powerful warrior. Tang Hao warned Tang San not to return to Spirit Hall, declaring it their enemy.

• Bibi Dong vowed to make Tang Hao pay as he escaped into the forest.
• Su Bei and Tang San woke beside a campfire and remembered being struck unconscious by a man wielding the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San recognized Tang Hao as his father and introduced him to Su Bei as his teacher.
• Tang San praised Su Bei and disparaged Grandmaster, while Tang Hao reacted with surprise to Su Bei's beauty and talent.
• Tang San asked where the others were, but Tang Hao told him he could not return to Spirit Hall because it was their enemy.