Chapter Summaries

Tang San resented Yu Xiaogang after absorbing a Soul Ring that gave him an embarrassing Soul Skill, weakening their master-disciple bond. Back in Notting City, Su Mo arranged to teach about Soul Beasts and left a clone at the academy so he could return to Spirit City and use his Mind Warp opportunity on Bibi Dong.

• Tang San confronted Yu Xiaogang over the foul Soul Skill he gained from the Gecko Rascal Snake, and Yu Xiaogang apologized and explained his mistake.
• Tang San let go of some of his resentment, but Yu Xiaogang's standing with him suffered and a crack appeared in their bond.
• Su Mo and Xiao Wu returned to Notting City, while Wang Sheng went to the Spirit Hall Branch to register as a Soul Master and collect his subsidy.
• Su Mo agreed to teach Soul Beast knowledge at Notting Academy and decided to return to Spirit City to influence Bibi Dong with his Mind Warp opportunity.
• Su Mo created a True Clone to teach in his place, then flew toward Spirit City using his Titled Douluo cultivation.

Su Mo returned to Spirit City and found Bibi Dong holding Ah Rou there to keep her separated from Xiao Wu. After Su Mo used a Mind Warp opportunity, Bibi Dong decided to send him to approach and protect Xiao Wu.

• Su Mo returned to Spirit City and learned that Hu Liena had gone to eat and planned to attend the Great Soul Arena with Xie Yue and Yan.
• Su Mo went to Pope's Hall and overheard Ah Rou pleading with Bibi Dong to let her go and explain why Xiao Wu might be in danger.
• Bibi Dong refused to release Ah Rou, saying she trusted herself to protect Xiao Wu more than she trusted Ah Rou's promises.
• Su Mo used a Mind Warp opportunity to make Bibi Dong consider sending him to approach and protect Xiao Wu.
• Bibi Dong decided Su Mo could protect Xiao Wu and help keep Tang San's development under control, then began giving him a mission.

Bibi Dong asked Su Mo to find and protect Xiao Wu, Ah Rou’s daughter, and Su Mo agreed after revealing his Titled Douluo strength. Before leaving Spirit City for Notting Academy, he went to see Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan and discovered their Martial Souls had evolved.

• Bibi Dong told Su Mo she had captured Ah Rou, a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast who had once saved her, and asked him to protect Ah Rou’s daughter, Xiao Wu.
• Ah Rou revealed that Xiao Wu had transformed into a human and was studying at Notting Academy in Notting City, and Su Mo agreed to find her.
• Su Mo summoned his Death God Scythe and displayed his nine Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, convincing Ah Rou that he could protect Xiao Wu.
• After leaving Pope's Hall, Su Mo went to the Great Soul Arena in Spirit City and noticed that Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan’s Martial Souls had evolved.
• Su Mo greeted Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan after their Spirit Battles, and Hu Liena joyfully welcomed him back.

Su Mo met Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in Spirit City, then left for Notting Academy after telling them he would be away for a long time. Back at the academy, he found Tang San isolated in Seventh Dormitory, and his animal lookouts spotted Tang Hao.

• Su Mo praised Yan, who mistakenly believed the Saint Son was considering him as a partner for Hu Liena.
• Su Mo took Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan around Spirit City and offered guidance on their cultivation before leaving the next day.
• Su Mo returned to Notting Academy and resumed his teaching after about two days away.
• Wang Sheng reclaimed his position as Seventh Dormitory's boss after becoming a Soul Master with a hundred-year Soul Ring, leaving Tang San isolated and resentful of Wang Sheng and Su Mo.
• Su Mo's animal lookouts discovered Tang Hao, dressed in a black robe, inside Notting Academy.

Tang Hao returned to Notting Academy and asked Yu Xiaogang about Tang San’s first Soul Ring. Yu Xiaogang admitted the Soul Skill was problematic and blamed Su Mo, leaving Tang Hao without the full truth.

• Su Mo noticed Tang Hao at Notting Academy and anticipated his reaction to Tang San’s fart-type First Soul Skill.
• Tang Hao returned from searching for Ah Yin’s seed, concluded a human had likely stolen it, and recalled his troubling dream of Ah Yin with an unfamiliar young man.
• Tang Hao went to Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory to ask whether Tang San had become a Soul Master and obtained a hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang confirmed Tang San had become a Soul Master but admitted there was a problem with the Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted someone had set them up and blamed Su Mo for the Mandala Snake and Gecko Stinky Fart Snake incidents.

Tang Hao suspected Yu Xiaogang had shifted blame for Tang San’s bad Soul Ring onto Su Mo, but chose to keep Yu Xiaogang as Tang San’s teacher for his useful knowledge and ties to Bibi Dong. After spotting Tang Hao at Notting Academy, Su Mo used a Mind Warp to make him test whether Su Mo would protect Xiao Wu after learning she was a 100,000-year Soul Beast.

• Tang Hao reasoned that Yu Xiaogang had likely caused Tang San to absorb the Gecko Stinky Fart Snake’s Soul Ring and warned him instead of holding him accountable.
• Tang Hao decided Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul Theory, connections, and possible influence over Bibi Dong still made him useful as Tang San’s teacher.
• Su Mo spotted Tang Hao through his surveillance birds and concluded that a crisis could raise Xiao Wu’s favorability to its maximum.
• Su Mo used a Mind Warp on Tang Hao, directing him to pretend he would take Xiao Wu away and kill Su Mo if he failed to protect her.

After Su Mo used a Mind Warp opportunity on Tang Hao, Tang Hao devised a test for Su Mo involving Xiao Wu’s identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He finally confronted them during their picnic outside Notting City, leaving Su Mo and Xiao Wu facing his reveal.

• Tang Hao learned from Yu Xiaogang that Su Mo belonged to Spirit Hall and devised a test to judge whether Su Mo would abandon Xiao Wu after learning she was a Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao warned Yu Xiaogang not to repeat his earlier mistake and left.
• Su Mo continued his routine with Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao could not confront them while crowds surrounded them in Notting City.
• Su Mo took Xiao Wu outside the city for a picnic and spotted Tang Hao watching them through his monitors.
• Tang Hao revealed his Titled Douluo aura, descended before Su Mo and Xiao Wu, and announced that he had found a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

Tang Hao revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and demanded that Su Mo hand her over or die. Su Mo chose to protect Xiao Wu, leaving them facing Tang Hao’s threat.

• Tang Hao appeared before Su Mo and Xiao Wu, identified Xiao Wu as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and threatened to kill Su Mo if he refused to give her up.
• Su Mo acted as though he could not believe Tang Hao, while Xiao Wu’s silence and pale expression confirmed the accusation.
• Xiao Wu admitted her identity and offered to go with Tang Hao if he would spare Su Mo.
• Su Mo pulled Xiao Wu behind him again, declared that her identity would not change their bond, and chose to fight rather than surrender her.

Su Mo stood against Tang Hao to protect Xiao Wu, earning her complete devotion as Tang Hao tested his resolve and then withdrew. Tang Hao left them alive, but Su Mo warned Xiao Wu that they remained in danger if Tang Hao returned.

• Su Mo chose to protect Xiao Wu, and the system rewarded him as her favorability rose to 100.
• Tang Hao questioned Su Mo’s choice, then attacked him after Su Mo declared he would not let Tang Hao take Xiao Wu without killing him first.
• Xiao Wu stood beside Su Mo and vowed she would never live on if he died.
• Tang Hao knocked Su Mo around but held back, concluded that Su Mo had passed his test, and left without taking Xiao Wu.
• Su Mo speculated that Tang Hao had spared them to preserve the chance of obtaining Xiao Wu’s soul ring and spirit bone later.
• Xiao Wu told Su Mo she would follow his lead and face danger with him, confirming her devotion.

After deciding that a peaceful unification of the empires would benefit Spirit Hall, Su Mo chose to use a Memory Modification Opportunity on Star Luo Emperor Dai Tianfeng. After secretly learning the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect arts through Avici Hell, Su Mo left for Star Luo Imperial City to carry out his plan and pursue other purposes.

• Su Mo read that Memory Modification Opportunities could freely alter anyone's memories, including those of Gods, and could make a target his slave.
• Su Mo decided to use one opportunity on Dai Tianfeng so the Star Luo Empire could join the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall without a devastating war.
• Su Mo used Avici Hell to observe Tang San and Tang Hao recalling their training and secretly learned the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect secret arts.
• More than half a year after winning over Xiao Wu, Su Mo left a True Clone at Notting Academy and flew toward Star Luo Imperial City to meet Dai Tianfeng and pursue other aims.

Su Mo infiltrated Star Luo Imperial Palace and used a Memory Modification Opportunity to make Emperor Dai Tianfeng his loyal servant. Dai Tianfeng retained his imperial identity but believed he had served Su Mo across many lifetimes, and he pledged to help Su Mo unify the plane.

• Su Mo traveled from Notting City to Star Luo Imperial City and flew toward the imperial palace.
• Su Mo used Avici Hell to place the palace guards and maids within an illusion, allowing him to enter unseen.
• Su Mo asked the system to modify Dai Tianfeng's memories so the emperor would remain in power while becoming completely loyal to him.
• Su Mo reached the Imperial Study and found its guards dismissed, then watched Dai Tianfeng prostrate himself and call him his god.
• Dai Tianfeng claimed that Su Mo had made him the White Tiger Beast King and pledged to use his position as emperor to support Su Mo's plans.

Su Mo secured a residence and authority to take death-row prisoners in Star Luo Imperial City through Dai Tianfeng, whose implanted memories made him a fanatical servant. Dai Tianfeng offered his wife and consorts to Su Mo, then proposed his daughter Dai Lingxuan instead after Su Mo refused.

• Su Mo inferred that the system had given Dai Tianfeng memories of serving him through a hundred reincarnations across the All Heavens.
• Dai Tianfeng offered Su Mo an estate and a golden Waist Token granting him authority throughout the Star Luo Empire, including access to death-row prisoners.
• Dai Tianfeng asked Su Mo whether he was eighteen, then blamed himself for Su Mo's virginity and offered his wife Zhu Yuehua and his consorts to help him comprehend the Dao of yin and yang.
• Su Mo declined Dai Tianfeng's offer because the women did not know about him and the arrangement could cause trouble.
• Dai Tianfeng apologized and proposed that his beautiful, talented eldest daughter, Dai Lingxuan, attend Su Mo in bed and accompany him around Star Luo Imperial City.

Su Mo agreed to Dai Tianfeng’s offer to have the Star Luo Empire’s Great Princess, Dai Lingxuan, serve him, and Dai Tianfeng summoned her to the Imperial Palace. Dai Lingxuan angrily refused, but Dai Tianfeng began explaining that the God Realm’s support for Spirit Hall was the real reason the Star Luo Empire feared it.

• Su Mo agreed to meet Dai Lingxuan and told Dai Tianfeng to persuade her himself.
• Dai Tianfeng summoned Dai Lingxuan from her palace and brought her into a side hall.
• Dai Lingxuan protested when Dai Tianfeng told her to serve Su Mo, insisting she could not accept the demand.
• Dai Tianfeng argued that serving Su Mo would be an honor and explained that the God Realm stood behind Spirit Hall.

Dai Tianfeng told Dai Lingxuan that the God Realm had secretly prevented Douluo Continent from unifying, including destroying the Soul Tool Empire and causing the Evil Soul Master unrest. He urged her to serve Su Mo, whom he believed could one day surpass the gods, and left the choice to her.

• Dai Lingxuan questioned how the God Realm could have affected Star Luo Empire's reluctance to attack Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dai Tianfeng explained that the gods, especially Sea God Poseidon, would intervene to prevent the continent from unifying.
• Dai Tianfeng linked the Soul Tool Empire's destruction and the Evil Soul Master unrest to the God Realm's efforts to prevent a new unified empire.
• Dai Lingxuan asked whether the God Realm had manipulated those events, and Dai Tianfeng affirmed that it had.
• Dai Tianfeng said Star Luo Empire could unify the continent by pledging itself to an existence greater than the gods, and described Su Mo as a future god above gods.
• Dai Tianfeng asked Dai Lingxuan whether she was willing to serve Su Mo, leaving her to choose.

Dai Lingxuan agreed to meet Su Mo after Dai Tianfeng told her about his extraordinary strength, but she insisted that he defeat her before she would serve him. As Su Mo studied records implicating the God Realm in Douluo Continent’s lost empire and centuries of turmoil, Dai Lingxuan challenged him in the Imperial Study.

• Dai Lingxuan agreed to meet Dai Tianfeng’s lord, promising to serve him only if he truly was a Titled Douluo in his twenties.
• Dai Tianfeng led Dai Lingxuan to the Imperial Study, where Su Mo had been reading Star Luo Empire records about the lost empire and Soul Tool Technology.
• Su Mo concluded that the God Realm was likely involved in the empire’s destruction and the centuries of Evil Soul Master turmoil.
• Dai Tianfeng introduced Dai Lingxuan to Su Mo, and the two sized each other up.
• Dai Lingxuan challenged Su Mo, declaring that he had to defeat her before she would serve him.

Su Mo accepted Dai Lingxuan’s challenge and defeated her effortlessly, after which she honored her promise to serve him. She settled him into a residence in Star Luo Imperial City, and the chapter ended with Su Mo carrying her to bed and asking her to use Martial Soul Possession.

• Dai Lingxuan challenged Su Mo, and they went to the courtyard for their duel.
• Dai Lingxuan revealed her Level 38 Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul, while Su Mo summoned his Death God Scythe and displayed his Level 95 Titled Douluo strength and 100,000-Year Soul Ring.
• Dai Lingxuan charged at Su Mo, but he stopped her with spiritual power and blasted her away, so she admitted defeat and agreed to serve him.
• Dai Tianfeng ordered Dai Lingxuan to take Su Mo to his Inner City District residence, where she arranged Maids, servants, cooks, and supplies.
• Dai Lingxuan served Su Mo that night and asked whether he wanted her to share his bed; Su Mo carried her toward the bed and told her to use Martial Soul Possession.

Su Mo began testing ways to upgrade the Tang Sect's Secret Arts on Star Luo Empire death-row prisoners while teaching the techniques to Dai Lingxuan. After learning the grand identity assigned to him in Dai Tianfeng's altered memories, he planned to claim he had invented the arts and someday use their improved versions against Tang San.

• Su Mo used Dai Tianfeng's waist token to take death-row prisoners from the Heavenly Prison and tested whether his Dominate Soul skill could control them for research.
• Su Mo used the prisoners and the healing power of his Staff of the Tree of Life Spirit to experiment with improving the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Purple Demon Eyes, Mystic Jade Hand, and other Tang Sect techniques.
• Su Mo taught the Tang Sect's Secret Arts to Dai Lingxuan, whom he valued as a capable partner and potential ally.
• Su Mo learned that Dai Tianfeng's altered memories portrayed him as the God of Creation who had reincarnated across worlds, conquered them, and once raised Dai Tianfeng as a white tiger.
• Su Mo planned to claim that he had founded the Tang Sect and created its secret arts, then use improved techniques taught to Dai Lingxuan to humiliate Tang San.

Su Mo’s standing with Dai Tianfeng made Dai Weisi eager to secure his support, but Su Mo ignored his overtures. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun planned to visit Mo Xuan Mansion, and Dai Lingxuan’s mention of Zhu Zhuyun finally caught Su Mo’s attention.

• Su Mo taught Dai Lingxuan the Tang Sect’s Secret Arts, greatly strengthening her combat abilities, and she became more devoted to him.
• Dai Tianfeng warned Dai Weisi to treat Su Mo with respect, revealing that Su Mo was a Titled Douluo and that his opinion would influence the choice of crown prince.
• Dai Weisi tried to win Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan over with visits and lavish gifts, but Su Mo remained indifferent.
• Dai Weisi sought advice from Zhu Zhuyun, and they decided to visit Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan at Mo Xuan Mansion.
• Dai Lingxuan told Su Mo that Dai Weisi had invited himself and Zhu Zhuyun to visit; Su Mo dismissed the invitation until he heard Zhu Zhuyun was coming.

Dai Lingxuan teased Su Mo about his interest in Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, then reassured him that she accepted his other relationships and persuaded him to support Dai Weisi. The chapter ended with Dai Lingxuan offering to arrange for Dai Weisi to give Zhu Zhuyun to Su Mo in exchange for his support.

• Dai Lingxuan told Su Mo that Zhu Zhuyun would visit with Dai Weisi, and teased him about his interest in the Zhu sisters.
• Su Mo worried that Dai Lingxuan was jealous, so she said she did not mind him having other women, and he reassured her that he regarded her as his wife.
• Dai Lingxuan privately planned to help Su Mo find other women so she could strengthen her place in his heart and advance her ambition to become a female general.
• Su Mo said he did not care who became crown prince of the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Lingxuan offered to help Su Mo obtain Zhu Zhuyun if he agreed to support Dai Weisi, claiming she could persuade her brother to give up his fiancée.

Dai Lingxuan helped Su Mo secure Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun’s visit, where Su Mo’s cold reception left Dai Weisi desperate to win his support. She offered Dai Weisi a way to gain Su Mo’s favor by giving him a beautiful woman, then pointed to Zhu Zhuyun as the price.

• Su Mo agreed to let Dai Lingxuan arrange for Dai Weisi to offer Zhu Zhuyun to him.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuqing visited Mo Xuan Mansion, where Su Mo treated Dai Weisi coldly during their luncheon.
• After Su Mo and Zhu Zhuyun became drunk, Dai Lingxuan told Dai Weisi that Su Mo disliked him and warned that his standing in the succession struggle was at risk.
• Dai Weisi promised to support Dai Lingxuan’s ambition to become a female general if she helped him gain Su Mo’s support.
• Dai Lingxuan explained that Su Mo liked beautiful women and suggested Dai Weisi give him someone as beautiful as she was.
• Dai Lingxuan pointed out that Zhu Zhuyun was beside Dai Weisi and suggested giving her to Su Mo.