Chapter Summaries

Dai Lingxuan persuaded Dai Weisi to let Zhu Zhuyun accompany Su Mo so Su Mo might feel indebted and support Dai Weisi's claim to the throne. Dai Weisi agreed, unaware that Dai Lingxuan expected Zhu Zhuyun to fall for Su Mo and betray him in turn.

• Dai Lingxuan warned Dai Weisi that he could lose the throne and his life if Su Mo continued opposing him.
• Dai Lingxuan argued that Dai Weisi should sacrifice Zhu Zhuyun for the sake of the throne, and Dai Weisi accepted her reasoning.
• Dai Lingxuan proposed taking the drunk Zhu Zhuyun to Su Mo's room so Su Mo would feel guilty and support Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi agreed to give Zhu Zhuyun to Su Mo, despite his pain at losing her, and convinced himself that her heart would remain his.
• Dai Lingxuan privately anticipated Zhu Zhuyun would fall for Su Mo, while Su Mo believed he could make Dai Weisi a Green Haired Turtle.

Dai Weisi sacrificed Zhu Zhuyun to win Su Mo’s support, and Zhu Zhuyun eventually chose Su Mo over her fiancé. With Dai Weisi emboldened by Su Mo’s backing, his harsh persecution drove Dai Mubai to plan an escape from Star Luo Imperial City more than a year early.

• Dai Weisi left Zhu Zhuyun in Su Mo’s bedroom, and she woke beside Su Mo confused and wary before finding Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi admitted that he had given Zhu Zhuyun to Su Mo to secure the powerful Titled Douluo’s favor and claimed he still loved her.
• Dai Weisi said Zhu Zhuyun should continue staying with Su Mo to win his support, and she accepted the arrangement while privately reconsidering her loyalty.
• Zhu Zhuyun frequently visited Su Mo, who agreed to support Dai Weisi; after seeing Su Mo’s strength and Dai Tianfeng’s deference, she stopped prioritizing Dai Weisi.
• Dai Weisi used Su Mo’s support to intensify his attacks on rival princes, especially Dai Mubai, who decided to flee Star Luo Imperial City more than a year early.

Su Mo learned that Dai Mubai planned to flee to Shrek Academy and promised Zhu Zhuyun he would protect Zhu Zhuqing. After Dai Mubai left, Zhu Zhuqing faced mounting persecution in Star Luo Imperial City and discovered that her fiancé had abandoned her.

• Dai Lingxuan told Su Mo that Dai Mubai was expected to receive permission to leave for Shrek Academy and criticized his choice of academy.
• Su Mo admitted his interest in Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuyun described how their family had grown distant from her after her engagement to Dai Mubai.
• Su Mo promised Zhu Zhuyun he would approach Zhu Zhuqing himself and protect her from the Star Luo Imperial House and her family’s succession rules.
• Dai Mubai received Dai Tianfeng’s approval and fled Star Luo Imperial City for Shrek Academy without telling Zhu Zhuqing.
• Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun began targeting Zhu Zhuqing, who faced obstruction at her academy and library after her family treated her like a stranger.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to seek support from Dai Mubai and learned that he had already left Star Luo Imperial City.

After learning that Dai Mubai had left Star Luo Imperial City, Zhu Zhuqing struggled with feeling abandoned and the danger of facing her sister and brother-in-law alone. She confided in Su Mo, who urged her to stop tying her future to her absent fiancé and choose her own destiny.

• Zhu Zhuqing learned from her mother that Dai Mubai had left Star Luo Imperial City months earlier, leaving her to face Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing tried to set aside her grief and head to Star Luo Elementary Royal Academy to cultivate, but she collided with Su Mo, who caught her and offered to listen.
• Su Mo took Zhu Zhuqing to a teahouse, where she described her engagement and predicament while concealing the identities involved.
• Su Mo criticized Zhu Zhuqing's fiancé for leaving her behind and suggested that he had given up resisting.
• Su Mo urged Zhu Zhuqing to choose her own destiny by becoming stronger or finding powerful support.

Su Mo befriended Zhu Zhuqing and encouraged her to stop relying on Dai Mubai, while privately deciding to protect her from the Star Luo Imperial House and the Netherworld Duke's Mansion. When Zhu Zhuqing prepared to hunt for her first Soul Ring, Su Mo learned Zhu Zhuyun planned to ambush her and saw a chance to reveal his identity.

• Su Mo advised Zhu Zhuqing to grow stronger or seek protection rather than place her hopes in Dai Mubai, and promised she could turn to him for help.
• Over the next half year, Zhu Zhuqing regularly confided in Su Mo, who comforted her and helped her smile despite Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi's pressure.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached level ten Soul Power and told Su Mo she was ready to absorb her first Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuyun told Su Mo she intended to ambush Zhu Zhuqing when she went to break through as a Soul Master, and asked him to protect her.
• Su Mo agreed, having already used small animals as scouts, and planned to reveal his identity so Zhu Zhuqing could rely on him.
• Zhu Zhuqing set out for the Soul Hunting Forest with members of the Netherworld Duke's Mansion, led by an elder.

Zhu Zhuqing and the other children from Netherworld Duke's Mansion traveled to Soul Hunting Forest to hunt Soul Beasts while Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan secretly followed them. A Ten Thousand Year Thorny Backed Dragon attacked the group, and the chapter ended with their Soul Emperor escort struggling to protect the fleeing children.

• A middle-aged Soul Master gathered Zhu Zhuqing and the other children, then led them by carriage toward Soul Hunting Forest.
• Su Mo ordered Dai Lingxuan to follow the group's carriages without being noticed.
• After entering the forest, the group faced repeated Soul Beast attacks as they traveled deeper inside.
• A Ten Thousand Year Thorny Backed Dragon charged toward the group, and the escort recognized the danger and told the children to run.
• The escort summoned his Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and tried to hold off the dragon, but his attacks barely harmed it as it pursued the fleeing children.

Su Mo saved Zhu Zhuqing from a Ten Thousand Year Thorny Backed Dragon and revealed that he was a Titled Douluo. After comforting her, he offered to protect her from her family’s cruel competition and her engagement to Dai Mubai.

• The middle-aged Soul Master tried to stop the Thorny Backed Dragon from pursuing Zhu Zhuqing, but its tail strike injured him and left him unable to continue.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized that someone had put a Soul Beast-attracting scent on her clothes, suspected Zhu Zhuyun had arranged it, and despaired as the Thorny Backed Dragon closed in.
• Su Mo used his First Soul Skill, Death Reaping, to kill the Thorny Backed Dragon before it could reach Zhu Zhuqing.
• Su Mo approached Zhu Zhuqing with Dai Lingxuan and revealed his Death God Scythe Spirit and nine Soul Rings, shocking her with the truth that he was a Titled Douluo.
• Su Mo comforted Zhu Zhuqing and offered to protect her from her family’s competition and her engagement to Dai Mubai.

Su Mo rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a Soul Beast attack, helped her obtain her first Soul Ring, and promised to protect and train her. Over the following years, he won her heart, while his relationship with Zhu Zhuyun remained hidden from her.

• Su Mo comforted Zhu Zhuqing after rescuing her and promised to help her gain the strength to control her fate.
• Su Mo treated an injured Soul Master, sent him to search for the other fleeing children, and had Zhu Zhuqing wash off the Soul Beast-attracting powder.
• Su Mo took Zhu Zhuqing to hunt a nearly three-hundred-year-old Swift Shadow Cat, and she gained the First Soul Skill Hell Stab.
• Su Mo returned to Star Luo Imperial City with Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan, and his strength deterred Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun from openly targeting Zhu Zhuqing.
• Over the years, Su Mo trained Zhu Zhuqing and used death-row prisoners for experiments on the Tang Sect's Secret Arts.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned about Su Mo's relationship with Dai Lingxuan and accepted it, while Su Mo eventually won Zhu Zhuqing's heart.

Su Mo used a Memory Addition Opportunity to simulate Zhu Zhuqing’s future, discovering how to evolve her Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul and obtaining upgraded versions of the Tang Sect’s Secret Arts. After more than five years of training Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan, he confirmed that their sisterly bond allowed them to perform the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Su Mo realized Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul needed to evolve to overcome its weak destructive power, and he used a Memory Addition Opportunity to generate a simulated future for her.
• The simulation revealed that Zhu Zhuqing could evolve her Martial Soul by absorbing and refining the Dark Demonic Evil God Pearl from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Su Mo obtained upgraded Tang Sect’s Secret Arts from the simulation, including the Nine Revolutions Xuan Tian Gong, Sun Moon Divine Eyes, Mystic Jade Body, Fleeting Light Shadow, and Heavenly Demon Force Field.
• Su Mo spent more than five years in Star Luo Imperial City training Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan while researching whether they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Su Mo confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan’s sisterly bond let them perform the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Su Mo planned to win a high placing in the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and keep Shrek Academy from becoming famous, believing that doing so could earn him a major system reward. He brought Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Lingxuan, and Xiao Wu to Heaven Dou Imperial City, where Dugu Bo recognized him and welcomed him to Dugu Manor.

• Su Mo decided to form a team for the tournament and prevent Shrek Academy from winning first or second place, while also planning to meet Heaven Dou's female Soul Masters and observe Tang San.
• Su Mo left Star Luo Imperial City with Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan, collected Xiao Wu from Notting Academy, and introduced the three girls, who quickly became friends.
• Su Mo and the three girls traveled by carriage for six or seven days and arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Su Mo brought the girls to Dugu Manor to seek Dugu Bo's help with entering Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Dugu Bo recognized him as Spirit Hall's Saint Son.
• Su Mo explained that he had gradually changed his appearance and used illusions to make Tang Hao forget what he originally looked like.

Su Mo visited Dugu Manor to arrange for Xiao Wu, Dai Lingxuan, and Zhu Zhuqing to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy, while he applied to become a teacher. Dugu Yan reunited with Su Mo and grew close to him again, then agreed to take the group to register at the academy.

• Dugu Bo agreed to register Su Mo and the three girls under the Dugu Family's name so they could join Heaven Dou Royal Academy and seek a place in the Pan-continental Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Dugu Yan returned home after classes, eager to tell Dugu Bo that she had been selected for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team, and was surprised to find Su Mo at the manor.
• Dugu Bo introduced Su Mo to Dugu Yan and asked her to take him and the three girls to the academy.
• Dugu Yan was delighted to learn that Su Mo would be joining the academy as a teacher, while the girls would enroll as students.
• After chatting through the afternoon, Dugu Yan grew closer to Su Mo and became friendly with Xiao Wu, Dai Lingxuan, and Zhu Zhuqing.

Dugu Yan brought Su Mo, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Lingxuan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to enroll. Meng Shenji approved their applications, then was stunned when the girls revealed their Soul Rings.

• Dugu Yan led Su Mo and the three girls through Heaven Dou Royal Academy to the Education Committee office.
• Dugu Yan introduced the four visitors as distant relatives seeking enrollment, and Meng Shenji agreed to let them register.
• Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Lingxuan filled out forms and summoned their Martial Souls for inspection.
• Meng Shenji saw Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing's three Soul Rings and Dai Lingxuan's five Soul Rings, and reacted with shock at their strength and young ages.

Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Lingxuan impressed Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s education committee with their strength, while Su Mo qualified for and secured a teaching position. Prince Xue Xing then plotted with Fourth Prince Xue Beng to provoke the newcomers and drive them out of the academy.

• Meng Shenji, Zhi Lin, and Bai Baoshan were astonished by the three girls’ cultivation and accepted them as students after testing their Soul Power Levels.
• Su Mo revealed that he was a twenty-seven-year-old level fifty-two Support-Type Soul King, demonstrated his healing abilities, and was hired as a teacher.
• Meng Shenji assigned Su Mo to assist Qin Ming with Heaven Dou Royal Academy Soul Master Team One as its team doctor and deputy leader.
• Meng Shenji reported the four admissions to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, prompting Prince Xue Xing to tell Fourth Prince Xue Beng to pick a fight with them so he could try to expel them.

Su Mo brought Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to their classes at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and spent the morning alone with Dai Lingxuan. When he returned to the Middle School Department, he found Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing beating several students, and Dugu Yan recognized one of them as the Fourth Prince.

• Meng Shenji assigned Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to First Year Class A1, while Dai Lingxuan and Su Mo were told to follow training and teaching arrangements that would be revealed that afternoon.
• Su Mo took Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to the Middle School Department and sent Dugu Yan to Class A4 in the Advanced Department.
• Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan spent the morning in a secluded part of the woods talking about life and ideals.
• Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan returned after classes had let out and heard Xiao Wu calling out near the teaching building.
• Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan found Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing beating several uniformed youths, and Dugu Yan identified one as the Fourth Prince.

After Xue Beng tried to take Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing away, they beat him and his lackeys, and Su Mo secretly planted a Mental Seed in Xue Beng. Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" arrived to rebuke Xue Beng and recognized Su Mo with concealed joy.

• Xiao Wu told Dugu Yan that Xue Beng had called her and Zhu Zhuqing his rabbit and kitten and tried to take them away, so they fought back.
• Su Mo restrained his urge to kill Xue Beng and planted a Mental Seed that would let him pull Xue Beng into illusions at night.
• Xue Beng accused Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing of attacking him and threatened to pursue the matter.
• Crown Prince "Xue Qinghe" appeared and condemned Xue Beng for bullying the girls and making false accusations.
• "Xue Qinghe," secretly Qian Renxue, greeted Dugu Yan and looked at Su Mo with excitement and joy.

Qian Renxue intervened after Xue Beng harassed Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then hosted Su Mo and his companions at the Crown Prince's Residence. Back at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qin Ming told them that Su Mo would serve as deputy team leader and that Dai Lingxuan's arrival required a new team selection.

• Qian Renxue rebuked Xue Beng for bullying two talented students, then let him and his dandies leave after warning him not to repeat his behavior.
• Qian Renxue apologized to Su Mo, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Lingxuan, and invited them to lunch at the Crown Prince's Residence.
• Qian Renxue hinted that she hoped Su Mo would visit her privately, and Su Mo subtly told her to stay at the residence that day.
• Su Mo and his companions returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Yan greeted Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming said Su Mo would be deputy team leader of the Heaven Dou First Team and that Dai Lingxuan's arrival meant they needed another selection for official members and substitutes.

Su Mo and Dai Lingxuan joined Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s First Team, and Qin Ming began selecting the official members and reserves. Dai Lingxuan demonstrated her Soul King cultivation, leaving the other members unwilling to challenge her.

• Qin Ming told Su Mo and the others that Dai Lingxuan’s arrival required the Royal Fighting Team to hold another selection and distinguish official members from reserves.
• Qin Ming introduced Su Mo as the team’s deputy leader and a Soul King-level Support-Type Soul Master, and introduced Dai Lingxuan as a Soul King-level teammate.
• Qin Ming announced that Dai Lingxuan would take the stage first because she had the highest cultivation.
• Dai Lingxuan revealed her Evil Eye White Tiger Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, including a black one, and challenged the team members to face her.
• Yu Tianheng and the other Royal Fighting Team members gave up challenging Dai Lingxuan.

Dai Lingxuan and Dugu Yan passed the Heaven Dou First Team selection without anyone challenging them, while Yu Tianheng defeated Shi Mo to secure his place. The selection ended with seven official members confirmed and Osler named a substitute.

• Dai Lingxuan took the stage, and Yu Tianheng and the others gave up challenging her.
• Dugu Yan showed her level-forty-nine Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul, and the others also declined to challenge her.
• Yu Tianheng challenged Shi Mo and defeated him with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's lightning attacks.
• Shi Mo took his injured brother's place, defeating Osler and drawing with Yu Feng; his brother later achieved the same record against challengers.
• Qin Ming confirmed Dai Lingxuan, Dugu Yan, Yu Tianheng, Shi Mo, Shi Mo, Yu Feng, and Ye Lingling as official members, with Osler as a substitute.

After Yu Feng defeated Osler, Su Mo interrupted the announcement of Heaven Dou First Team's roster and argued that Zhu Zhuqing should join because she and Dai Lingxuan could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Qin Ming agreed to test the claim, and Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan faced him in the Soul Duel Arena to demonstrate the Hell White Tiger.

• Qin Ming began announcing Heaven Dou First Team's roster after Yu Feng defeated Osler, but Su Mo stopped him.
• Su Mo insisted Zhu Zhuqing was qualified for the first team, despite Qin Ming's doubts about her level.
• Su Mo revealed that Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan could perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Hell White Tiger.
• Qin Ming asked to see the skill demonstrated and agreed to serve as their opponent.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Lingxuan entered the Soul Duel Arena, where Qin Ming joined them and prepared for the demonstration.

Dai Lingxuan and Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated their Netherworld White Tiger Spirit Fusion Skill in a battle against Qin Ming, defeating him despite his powerful soul skills. Su Mo healed Qin Ming and considered using an immortal herb to win over Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia Clan.

• Qin Ming entered Martial Soul Possession and invited Dai Lingxuan and Zhu Zhuqing to begin their match.
• Dai Lingxuan and Zhu Zhuqing fused into the Hell White Tiger and attacked Qin Ming with a powerful claw strike.
• Qin Ming used his Third and Fifth Soul Skills to meet the attack, but the collision sent him flying and left him with internal injuries.
• Su Mo used the Heavenly Demon Force Field to land Qin Ming safely, and Qin Ming praised the fusion skill and said Zhu Zhuqing could join the Heaven Dou First Team.
• Su Mo healed Qin Ming with his Staff of the Tree of Life, surprising Ye Lingling with its healing power.
• Su Mo recalled that Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve flower-type Martial Souls and wondered whether it could help him win over the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.