Chapter Summaries

After killing Jin Lei and Jin Tianzhen, Xiao Han returned to Skywater Academy as Jin Peng arrived in his Golden Eagle Martial Soul Avatar to demand revenge. Xiao Han faced Jin Peng alone, insisting that he would settle the matter himself.

• Xiao Han returned to Skywater Academy, where Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu asked about the Jin Family killings, and he explained what had happened at Tianjin Pavilion and the Jin Estate.
• Xiao Han told Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu that he had acted to uphold justice and was not afraid of Jin Peng's revenge.
• Jin Peng appeared above Skywater Academy in his Golden Eagle Martial Soul Avatar and threatened to kill Xiao Han for his son and grandson.
• Dean Zhao and Lin Zhiruo tried to intervene, but Jin Peng refused to back down and threatened Xiao Han and his mother.
• Xiao Han flew up to confront Jin Peng and asked Dean Zhao and Lin Zhiruo to trust him and stay out of the fight.
• Jin Peng laughed at Xiao Han's challenge and vowed to tear him apart.

Xiao Han fought Jin Peng, a Soul Douluo seeking revenge for his family and coveting Xiao Han’s Soul Bones. Xiao Han’s enhanced Ice and Snow Storm trapped Jin Peng and began draining his Soul Power, leaving Jin Peng struggling to escape.

• Jin Peng demanded Xiao Han’s life and Soul Bones, and Xiao Han accepted the challenge.
• Xiao Han and Jin Peng’s opening attacks clashed evenly in the sky.
• Jin Peng used his left leg Soul Bone and fifth soul skill to attack at extreme speed, but Xiao Han’s Ice Armor withstood the blows.
• Xiao Han unleashed an enhanced Blizzard Arrow that formed a hundred-meter Ice and Snow Vortex around Jin Peng.
• Xiao Han’s storm slowed Jin Peng, froze his feathers, and eroded his Soul Power as Jin Peng failed to break free.

Xiao Han killed Jin Peng and claimed the Jin Family’s estate and assets, establishing himself as Skywater City’s strongest Soul Master. He began reorganizing the Jin Estate and Tianjin Pavilion, leaving Skywater Academy poised for change as news reached Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Han froze Jin Peng with his soul bone skill, destroyed him with an ice arrow, and took the Soul Bone left behind.
• Xiao Han told Dean Zhao and Lin Zhiruo he would go to the Jin Estate, then brought Shui Bing'er and Shen Liuyu with him.
• Xiao Han stopped people from looting the Jin Estate, declared its property his, and sent the outsiders away.
• Xiao Han voided the Jin Family’s Indenture Contracts and offered the servants the choice to stay or leave; they agreed to remain under a new steward.
• Xiao Han confirmed that the gold vault was untouched and planned to use the academy’s connections to transform Tianjin Pavilion.
• Skywater City’s officials reported Jin Peng’s death to their superiors, and the news reached Heaven Dou City.

Xiao Han’s rapid rise and the deaths of the Jin family members alarmed the Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy, and Bibi Dong. Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong found Dugu Bo’s ruined secret garden and signs that he had likely died, while Bibi Dong welcomed the conflict between Xiao Han and the empire.

• Xue Ye reacted with shock and anger to Xiao Han’s killings, and Xue Qinghe asked to handle the matter personally.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang suspected Xiao Han’s strength came from Immortal Herbs or the ability to absorb others’ Soul Power, and he and Flender feared Dugu Bo was in danger.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong searched Sunset Forest and found Dugu Bo’s secret garden destroyed, the spring ruined, and bones and clothing that suggested he had died.
• Bibi Dong read a report that Xiao Han had killed four Soul Saints and an eighty-sixth-level Soul Douluo, and she wondered whether he had received a Deity inheritance.
• Bibi Dong became wary of Xiao Han’s growth but took pleasure in the possibility that he and the Heaven Dou Empire would destroy each other.

Xiao Han settled the aftermath of destroying the Jin Family, gave a newly acquired Soul Bone to Gu Qingbo, and welcomed Xue Qinghe to his residence. He told Xue Qinghe about his recent adventures, including Dugu Bo’s death, and began explaining how he had gained his power.

• Xiao Han moved into the former Jin Estate, renamed it the Xiao Residence, and reopened Tianjin Pavilion as Tianshui Pavilion under his and Skywater Academy’s control.
• Xiao Han showed his senior sisters a left leg Soul Bone taken from Jin Peng, and Gu Qingbo accepted it after Shen Liuyu insisted it suited her better.
• Xue Qinghe arrived at the Xiao Residence with the Royal Knights, and Xiao Han welcomed him alone while the others went inside to help Gu Qingbo absorb the Soul Bone.
• Xiao Han told Xue Qinghe that he and Lin Zhiruo had killed Dugu Bo in Sunset Forest, and Xue Qinghe recognized the political benefit of Dugu Bo’s death.
• Xiao Han began telling Xue Qinghe about the dragon pearl, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Xiao Han agreed to suppress the Wolf Bandits in the Empire’s Western Border, offering the mission as a way to address the Emperor’s anger over the Jin Family deaths. With Xue Ye’s approval, Ye Lingling joined Xiao Han and his seven senior sisters, and the group welcomed her to Xiao Residence as they prepared to set out.

• Xue Qinghe questioned Xiao Han about the Jin Family deaths and warned that the Emperor was angry, so Xiao Han volunteered to suppress the Wolf Bandits.
• Xiao Han said he planned to bring his seven senior sisters and asked Xue Qinghe to arrange for Ye Lingling to join as their healer.
• Xue Qinghe reported the proposal to Xue Ye, who approved it and promised to forgive Xiao Han’s offense and reward the group if they eliminated the Wolf Bandits.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ye Lingling to join the mission, and Ye Lingling readily agreed to travel to Skywater City.
• Ye Lingling arrived at Xiao Residence, where Shui Bing’er warmly welcomed her as the group prepared for the journey.

Xiao Han gave Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty to strengthen her before the team faced the Wolf Bandits. After consuming it, she broke through rank forty and evolved her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

• Xiao Han and Shui Bing'er welcomed Ye Lingling and learned that she was rank thirty-nine and willing to join the dangerous mission against the Wolf Bandits.
• Xiao Han offered Ye Lingling the Aromatic Silk Beauty, explaining that it could greatly increase her Soul Power and might evolve her Martial Soul.
• Ye Lingling accepted the Immortal Herb, touched by Xiao Han and the others treating her as a friend and member of their team.
• After consuming the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Ye Lingling broke through rank forty and discovered that her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul had evolved.
• Ye Lingling showed Xiao Han and Shui Bing'er her evolved Martial Soul, which now shimmered with a golden luster.

Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul evolved into the Sacred Heart Begonia, freeing her and her mother from the Nine Heart Begonia Clan’s fate. After Xiao Han’s group reached the Star Dou Great Forest and helped Yu Hairou and Ye Lingling obtain Soul Rings, Dai Weisi and Zhou Yucheng spotted them and prepared to attack for the Soul Bones.

• Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia evolved into the Sacred Heart Begonia, and she explained that the change ended the clan’s succession curse and saved her mother.
• Xiao Han’s group left Skywater City for the Star Dou Great Forest to help Ye Lingling obtain her Fourth Soul Ring.
• After ten days, Xiao Han helped Yu Hairou obtain a Soul Ring that raised her Soul Power to Rank 51, then helped Ye Lingling obtain a Fourth Soul Ring that raised her to Rank 47.
• Dai Weisi and Zhou Yucheng learned that a group of nine people was approaching and suspected it was the Skywater Academy Team.
• Dai Weisi confirmed that Xiao Han’s group had arrived, and he and Zhou Yucheng resolved to kill them and seize the three Soul Bones.

Xiao Han and his companions were ambushed by Dai Weisi’s force, which demanded the three Soul Bones. Xiao Han trapped the attackers in an ice storm and killed two Soul Douluo guardians, while Dai Weisi and Zhou Yucheng tried to flee and Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Xiao Han sensed an ambush in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Dai Weisi and his group confronted him and demanded his Soul Bones.
• Xiao Han and his companions released their Martial Souls as Dai Weisi ordered his people to attack.
• Xiao Han activated his left arm Soul Bone and Blizzard Arrow, trapping the attackers in an icy storm.
• Xiao Han killed one Soul Douluo guardian with Ice Blast Arrow and another with High-Explosive Piercing Strike.
• Zhou Yucheng tried to send Dai Weisi out of the icy prison, but Xiao Han unleashed Ten Thousand Arrows Firing to stop them.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu completed their Ice Snow Falling Martial Soul Fusion Skill behind Xiao Han.

Xiao Han and his companions killed Dai Weisi and his group after they attacked them, then left the Star Dou Great Forest. The Star Luo Emperor blamed Xiao Han and sought an explanation from Xue Ye, while Bibi Dong hoped the resulting tensions would weaken both empires.

• Xiao Han and Shui Bing'er’s group defeated Dai Weisi and his men, and Xiao Han burned the bodies before leading everyone west.
• The Star Luo Emperor ordered an investigation and sent elite Soul Masters to recover Dai Weisi’s body, but they found only bone fragments.
• Dai Mubai became the leading candidate for Crown Prince and swore to avenge Dai Weisi and himself against Xiao Han.
• The Star Luo Emperor publicized Dai Weisi’s death and pressured Xue Ye for an explanation without revealing the true cause.
• At Skywater Academy, Lin Zhiruo and Dean Zhao worried about Xiao Han but trusted that he and the others had a reason for their actions.
• Bibi Dong welcomed the conflict, hoping a war between the empires would leave both weakened and allow her to benefit.

Xiao Han’s group reached the border and devised a plan to draw out the Wolf Bandits, using the Aromatic Silk Beauty as bait. After defeating a small group and letting one survivor escape, they prepared to fight the hundreds of Wolf Bandits that gathered in response.

• Xiao Han learned from a village elder that the Wolf Bandits operated in the border mountains and had recently attacked a neighboring village.
• Xiao Han proposed using his group as bait, then placed the Aromatic Silk Beauty near the mountain foothills to attract the Wolf Bandits.
• Xiao Han and the others defeated several Wolf Bandits, while Xiao Han deliberately let an injured one flee to alert the pack.
• Xiao Han explained his formation plan as wolf howls sounded from the forest and hundreds of Wolf Bandits charged into the clearing.
• Xiao Han attacked first as Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu unleashed Ice Snow Falling, while the others fought and Ye Lingling stood ready to heal.

Xiao Han and his companions fought off a huge Wolf Bandit pack, overcoming three powerful leaders who entered a berserk state. After the battle, Xiao Han examined the largest leader and identified it as the possessor of a Bloodthirsty Berserk Soul Bone.

• Xiao Han and his companions coordinated their attacks to defeat the first wave of Wolf Bandits, then prepared for another wave led by three powerful leaders.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used Ice Snow Falling while Xiao Han fought the leaders and helped his companions withstand the pack's attacks.
• Xiao Han used an Ice Blast Arrow and an Ice and Snow Vortex to wound and restrain the Wolf Bandits, but the three leaders unleashed their bloodline's Berserk Power.
• Xiao Han suppressed the leaders with his Ice and Fire Yin Yang Domain, killed one with High-Explosive Piercing Strike, and pierced the other two with Ice and Fire Yin Yang Divine Light.
• Xiao Han and the others killed the remaining Wolf Bandits, and Ye Lingling healed the group with her Sacred Heart Begonia.
• Xiao Han examined the largest leader's corpse and recognized that it possessed a Bloodthirsty Berserk Soul Bone.

After defeating the wolf bandits, Xiao Han’s group traveled to the Ice Sealed Forest so Shui Bing'er could break through and obtain a new soul ring. The chapter ended as Shui Bing'er and the others prepared to fight a fifty-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Luan.

• Xiao Han gave the Wolf Bandit Leader’s ten-thousand-year right leg soul bone to Shen Liuyu, who absorbed it and reached level forty-seven.
• Xiao Han told the villagers that the wolf bandits had been eradicated, then led his group north toward the Ice Sealed Forest to cultivate.
• Xue Ye learned that Xiao Han had wiped out the wolf bandits, while Dai Mubai became crown prince and vowed to avenge his elder brother; Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to secretly investigate Xiao Han’s movements.
• After two months of cultivation, Shui Bing'er broke through to level sixty, and Xiao Han’s group began searching for a suitable soul beast.
• Xiao Han found a fifty-thousand-year-old Ice Jade Luan and told Shui Bing'er and the others to fight it themselves so they could grow stronger.

Shui Bing'er and her companions fought and defeated the fifty-thousand-year Ice Jade Luan in the frozen forest, with Xiao Han protecting Ye Lingling and helping prevent the beast from escaping. After Ye Lingling healed the group, Xiao Han discovered an ice-blue Head Soul Bone beside the corpse.

• The Ice Jade Luan attacked the group with Ice Blades and ice feathers, injuring Shui Yue'er and Gu Qingbo.
• Xiao Han pierced the Ice Jade Luan's wing with a spiritual ice arrow when it dove at Ye Lingling, then stayed to protect her.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu used Ice Snow Falling to trap the exhausted Ice Jade Luan after Xiao Han blocked its escape.
• Shui Bing'er struck the Ice Jade Luan down with Ice Crystal Greatsword, and Ye Lingling healed the injured group.
• Xiao Han found an ice-blue Head Soul Bone near the Ice Jade Luan's corpse.

Shui Bing'er absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Ice Jade Luan Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone, gaining new powers and reaching level sixty-four. After the group rested and Shui Yue'er broke through level fifty, they searched for her Soul Beast, and Xiao Han prepared an herb to lure an Ice Spirit Fish from a frozen lake.

• Xiao Han helped Shui Bing'er stabilize her spiritual power while she absorbed the Ice Jade Luan's Soul Ring, and Ye Lingling used her Sacred Heart Begonia to ease her pain.
• Shui Bing'er absorbed the Head Soul Bone, rose to level sixty-four, and gained the Phoenix Feather Slash Soul Skill and the Eye of the Ice Phoenix ability.
• Shui Bing'er demonstrated her Ice Blades and used her enhanced senses to spot a Soul Beast a thousand meters away.
• Xiao Han's group rested in the Ice Jade Luan's nest, then left the Forest Center the next morning and returned to the outskirts.
• After a month of cultivation, Shui Yue'er broke through level fifty, and the group searched for a Soul Beast suited to her Jade Dolphin Martial Soul.
• Shui Bing'er found a frozen lake hiding a roughly twenty-thousand-year-old Ice Spirit Fish, and Xiao Han took out a fragrant herb to lure it out.

Xiao Han and his companions killed a twenty-thousand-year Ice Spirit Fish, and Shui Yue'er absorbed its Soul Ring to become a Battle Soul King. As the group left the Ice Sealed Forest for Skywater City, they encountered Oscar and his Soul Master team, leaving Xiao Han wary of Oscar's intentions.

• Xiao Han used Spirit Scent Grass to lure out the Ice Spirit Fish, and Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and the others helped Shui Yue'er kill it.
• Ye Lingling healed the group, and Shui Yue'er absorbed the Ice Spirit Fish's Soul Ring, reached level fifty-two, and became a Battle Soul King.
• Xiao Han decided to return to Skywater City with the group instead of seeking an eighth Soul Ring in the Ice Sealed Forest.
• Xiao Han's group encountered a ten-person Soul Master team, and Yu Hairou rebuked the burly man Dali when he insulted Xiao Han.
• Oscar stepped forward and revealed himself to Xiao Han, who suspected that Oscar had hostile intentions.

Oscar provoked his Soul Master team into attacking Xiao Han’s group for their Soul Bones, hoping to use them to exact revenge. Xiao Han froze everyone but Haote, then prepared to finish the fight as he refused to spare the attackers.

• Oscar recognized Xiao Han and told his teammates that Xiao Han’s group possessed precious Soul Bones.
• The team members grew greedy and surrounded Xiao Han’s group, while Captain Haote tried to stop them.
• A burly team member charged at Xiao Han, who revealed seven Soul Rings, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Han froze everyone except Haote with his Hundred-Thousand-Year Left Arm Soul Bone and revealed that he knew Oscar’s motive.
• Haote pleaded for Xiao Han to spare his teammates, but Xiao Han drew his bow and declared that they had brought their fate upon themselves.

Xiao Han killed Oscar and the other attackers in the Ice Sealed Forest, then returned to Skywater City to a hero’s welcome. After explaining Dai Weisi’s death to Xue Qinghe in Heaven Dou City, Xiao Han left the palace and spotted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong.

• Xiao Han slew Oscar and the rest of Haote’s companions with a barrage of arrows, then spared Haote and left with the girls.
• Shui Bing’er and Yu Hairou discussed Oscar’s betrayal as Xiao Han’s group departed the Ice Sealed Forest and headed for Skywater City.
• Half a month later, Xiao Han returned to Skywater City, where the people celebrated him, and he told Lin Zhiruo about his travels.
• After two days of rest, Xiao Han went to Heaven Dou City and explained Dai Weisi’s death to Xue Qinghe, who promised Star Luo would not act against him lightly.
• Xue Qinghe told Xiao Han that Dugu Bo’s disappearance had raised suspicions, and Xiao Han later spotted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong on the streets.

Xiao Han confronted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong in Heaven Dou City and admitted killing Dugu Bo and Oscar. He left after warning them that only Bibi Dong’s regard had kept him from killing Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang accused Xiao Han of causing Dugu Bo’s death, and Xiao Han admitted killing him in self-defense and taking the Immortal Herbs.
• Yu Xiaogang condemned Xiao Han, who mocked him as useless and asked what right he had to bark like a dog; Liu Erlong prepared to attack, but Yu Xiaogang restrained her.
• Liu Erlong threatened to settle their debts with Xiao Han, and he revealed that he had also killed Oscar.
• Xiao Han said Oscar had joined an attempt to take his Soul Bones, while Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong reacted with shock and grief.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed that they would make Xiao Han pay, but Xiao Han dismissed him and walked away, saying Bibi Dong’s sake was why he spared him.

Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong planned to unite Xiao Han’s enemies, while Flender accepted that Oscar had been killed. Yu Xiaogang summoned Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy, where he revealed Oscar’s death and Dugu Bo’s death, leaving Ning Rongrong heartbroken and Ning Fengzhi shocked.

• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that Xiao Han’s enemies, including the Star Luo Imperial Family, Prince Xue Xing, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, could be united against him.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender about Xiao Han’s strength and his claim to have killed Oscar and Dugu Bo, and Flender agreed to the revenge plan.
• Yu Xiaogang sent Ning Fengzhi a letter asking him to bring Ning Rongrong to Shrek Academy without revealing Oscar’s death.
• Yu Xiaogang told Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi that Xiao Han had killed Oscar, and Ning Rongrong wept and blamed herself.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed that Dugu Bo had also died at Xiao Han’s hands, shocking Ning Fengzhi.