Recaps

Xiang Yang wondered why the Immortal Herbs had not become Soul Beasts and sought Xiao Wu’s insight into transformed Soul Beasts and spiritual power. The chapter ended with Xiang Yang telling Tang San and Xiao Wu he wanted to find a way to make Immortal Herbs become Soul Beasts, leaving them intrigued by the mystery.

• Xiang Yang fed the Nine Yang Ginseng Sunlight Energy and considered whether Tang San had prevented the Immortal Herbs from gaining intelligence.
• Xiang Yang found Tang San and Xiao Wu together and learned that Tang San had followed his advice to speak openly with her.
• Xiao Wu explained that she saw Xiang Yang glowing white at night and gold by day, while Tang San’s glow had recently shifted toward cyan-blue.
• Xiao Wu told Xiang Yang that transformed Soul Beasts could benefit from absorbing the Spiritual Power that Soul Masters naturally released.
• Xiang Yang shared his idea of finding a way to make Immortal Herbs become Soul Beasts, surprising Tang San and Xiao Wu.

Xiang Yang and Tang San learned that the Nine Yang Ginseng had begun developing intelligence and Soul Power, with Xiao Wu able to sense its soul. After three months of training and observation, Xiang Yang prepared to absorb its Soul Ring despite its roughly two-thousand-year intelligence.

• Xiao Wu explained that Immortal Herbs usually lacked Soul Power and intelligence, then used her new soul-sensing ability to discover a tiny soul within the Nine Yang Ginseng.
• Xiang Yang asked Xiao Wu to stay and help him, and Tang Hao found that he could no longer sense whether Xiao Wu was human or a Transformed Soul Beast.
• Over three months, Xiang Yang reached level thirty and Dugu Bo condensed his Soul Core, while Tang Hao declined to attempt the same method.
• Xiao Wu reported that the Nine Yang Ginseng's intelligence had reached roughly the two-thousand-year level, and Xiang Yang chose to proceed with absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu stepped aside as Xiang Yang began the process, while Tang Hao watched from nearby.

Xiang Yang harvested the Nine Yang Ginseng, but it sacrificed itself to grant him its Soul Ring and medicinal power. He emerged at level forty with a transformed body and a powerful, seemingly living Three-Legged Golden Crow Martial Soul.

• Xiang Yang pulled the Nine Yang Ginseng from the ground, and it began to glow red and sacrifice itself to him.
• Xiao Wu explained the usual requirements for a Soul Beast Sacrifice, puzzled by how the young Nine Yang Ginseng could perform one.
• After an hour, the sacrifice ended, leaving Xiang Yang taller, golden-red-haired, and at level forty.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu saw that Xiang Yang's Martial Soul had evolved into a moving Three-Legged Golden Crow.
• Xiang Yang told them he felt exceptionally well and described his new Martial Soul as a Super Martial Soul with powerful light and fire affinities.

Xiang Yang examined the Golden Sun Martial Soul and the physical changes from the Nine Yang Ginseng, discovering that his fire had reached an ultimate attribute. He explained his insights to Tang San, then revealed that his enhanced Purple Demon Eye could perceive elemental energies and their laws.

• Xiang Yang refined his increased Soul Power and found that the Nine Yang Ginseng had strengthened his body, recovery, meridians, and yang-attribute energy.
• Xiang Yang tested his Nine Yang Fire against Tang San's Blue Silver Bamboo Net Formation and burned it away before it could take effect.
• Xiang Yang explained the concept of Ultimate Attributes to Tang San, who questioned whether his Blue Silver Emperor had one because he could not control other plants.
• Xiang Yang described how his enhanced Purple Demon Eye let him see elemental lights and flowing lines that he believed represented laws.
• Xiang Yang attributed the Purple Demon Eye's transformation to the Nine Yang Ginseng's soul-tempering power and its Martial Soul Fusion with him.

Tang San refined antidote pills while Xiang Yang worked out why Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor lacked an Ultimate Attribute. They agreed to keep the plan for Tang San’s future Soul Beast unchanged, and Xiang Yang revealed that his Purple Demon Eye seemed to have reached the Mustard Seed Realm.

• Tang San ruined his first batch of antidote pills, then successfully refined a batch on his third attempt.
• Xiang Yang explained that Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor had Yi Wood but lacked Jia Wood, and proposed pursuing either complete Ultimate Wood or Ultimate Yi Wood.
• Tang San rejected Xiang Yang’s Yi Wood idea and chose to pursue complete wood so he could produce strong material for his Hidden Weapons.
• Xiang Yang said the planned Tree of Life Soul Beast still suited Tang San’s path, and Tang San asked how Xiang Yang had approached him unnoticed.
• Xiang Yang attributed his silent approach to his Purple Demon Eye seemingly reaching the Mustard Seed Realm, though its abilities differed from the described realm.

Xiang Yang tested his cultivation methods and found that his new Nine Yang Skill and Sun Solar Essence increased his cultivation speed. He then joined Tang Hao and Tang San to hunt a ten-thousand-year Sun Wheel Flower and began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Xiang Yang compared the Mysterious Heaven Skill with the Nine Yang Skill and found that his self-created method cultivated faster.
• He named the energy extracted from sunlight through his Martial Soul Sun Solar Essence and continued practicing his Soul Skills at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• After three days, Xiang Yang asked Tang Hao and Tang San to help him find a Soul Beast for his fourth Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao weakened a ten-thousand-year Sun Wheel Flower, and Xiang Yang used Sun Wheel Transformation to strike it down with a Martial Soul clone.
• Xiang Yang drew the Sun Wheel Flower's black Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring toward himself and began refining it.

Xiang Yang refined a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, but the Sun Wheel Flower Soul Beast’s soul vanished during the process, leaving the ring without a Soul Skill. He and Tang San investigated the strange disappearance, while Xiang Yang continued testing his abilities and grew stronger despite the missing skill.

• Xiang Yang absorbed the Sun Wheel Flower Soul Ring, and the Golden Crow image on his Martial Soul vanished as the beast’s soul disappeared.
• Tang Hao brought Xiang Yang and Tang San back, and Xiang Yang discovered that his new Soul Ring had no Soul Skill.
• Xiang Yang told Tang San that the Soul Beast’s soul had vanished before the refinement ended, and he suspected the loss was connected to the missing skill and Golden Crow image.
• Xiang Yang and Tang San tested his abilities over the following days, but his fourth Soul Skill still did not appear.
• Xiang Yang’s Soul Power reached Level 42, and tests showed its quality matched a Soul Emperor’s while his combat strength was around that of a high-level Soul King.

Xiang Yang discovered that his Soul Skill had returned and learned that the little Golden Crow lived inside his Martial Soul. The Golden Crow explained how it had helped absorb his fourth Soul Ring, and Xiang Yang considered giving it a name.

• Tang San asked Xiang Yang whether his Soul Skill was ready, and Xiang Yang announced that it had returned around midday.
• While cultivating, Xiang Yang was drawn into a sea of fire inside his Martial Soul and met the little Golden Crow.
• The Golden Crow touched Xiang Yang's forehead, allowing him to understand that it was the awakened consciousness of the Nine Yang Ginseng.
• The Golden Crow explained that it had diverted the Sun Wheel Flower's soul into Xiang Yang's Martial Soul and had consumed the two weakened Soul Beast souls already inside.
• Xiang Yang compared the Golden Crow to a Soul Spirit and decided it deserved a name of its own.

Xiang Yang named the Golden Crow Wu Huang and learned they could preserve the Sun Wheel Flower Soul Beast’s Soul Skills and demonstrate them for him to learn. He tested his fourth Soul Skill, Light Illuminates the Great Thousand, and discovered its powerful domain boosts allies with compatible attributes while suppressing enemies.

• Xiang Yang named the little Golden Crow Wu Huang, and Wu Huang accepted the name.
• Wu Huang revealed they had inherited the ability to grant Soul Skills and could demonstrate them, though Xiang Yang could choose only one and could not switch afterward.
• Xiang Yang left Wu Huang’s inner space, summoned his Martial Soul, and activated his fourth Soul Skill, Light Illuminates the Great Thousand.
• Xiang Yang found that the domain boosted light-, fire-, and plant-aligned attributes by up to eighty percent and suppressed opposing attributes.
• Xiang Yang realized Zhu Zhuqing would avoid suppression as his teammate but would not receive a boost, which could limit their ability to fight together.

Xiang Yang studied the laws embedded in the Sun Wheel Flower’s abilities and discovered that his Purple Demon Eye could magnify their patterns, though he could not yet reproduce them. Tang San experimented with connecting to the Blue Silver Emperor and gained a slight boost, but his first prolonged attempt left him disoriented.

• Xiang Yang learned the Sun Wheel Flower’s abilities from Wu Huang and focused on its tracking mark and other techniques for inspiration.
• Xiang Yang used his Purple Demon Eye to magnify the laws within a Soul Skill, saw their finer patterns, and failed to copy them with Soul Power.
• Tang San described feeling like a blade of grass while connecting with the Blue Silver Emperor, and Xiang Yang shook him out of his trance.
• Tang San considered whether the cultivation method was wrong, and Xiang Yang advised him to keep his will clear and avoid immersing himself for too long.
• Xiang Yang compared Tang San’s cultivation to his own Martial Soul Fusion, which permanently boosted his otherwise ordinary Martial Soul.

Tang San and Xiang Yang struggled to develop effective pills, especially one that could quickly restore Soul Power, until Xiang Yang realized Soul Tools might offer a better solution. He examined Tang San’s recorded Soul Tool runes but could not determine how they related to Dao Patterns.

• Tang San cultivated cautiously to avoid losing awareness, while Xiang Yang analyzed the method and Tang Hao failed to enter its state.
• Tang San gave Xiang Yang a Qi Recovery Pill to test, but it still did not replenish Soul Power effectively, and Xiang Yang suggested abandoning the effort.
• Xiang Yang realized Soul Tools might let them absorb Soul Power directly and recalled Tang San’s interest in combining them with Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San explained that his attempts to study Soul Tools had stalled because he lacked knowledge of their formation runes and access to rare materials.
• Xiang Yang studied Tang San’s recorded Soul Tool patterns with his Heavenly Eye for nearly an hour but found no clear match with Dao Patterns.

Xiang Yang and Tang San discovered how to combine Dao Patterns into Soul Tools, then left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with Dugu Bo to return to Heaven Dou City for the upcoming tournament. Along the way, they discussed poisons and weapons, while Xiang Yang began practicing Mysterious Jade Hand to develop a body-tempering method.

• Xiang Yang recorded Dao Patterns, and Tang San reproduced several on a Soul Beast plant fragment to create flames with Soul Power.
• Xiang Yang and Tang San spent half a year testing and combining Dao Patterns, producing basic Soul Tools such as the Light Ray Gun, Flame Gun, and Plant Staff.
• Xiang Yang considered creating a Soul Core inside his Sun Martial Soul but decided the risk was too great for now.
• Xiang Yang and Tang San packed up and set out for Heaven Dou City with Dugu Bo before the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament.
• Dugu Bo dismissed Tang San's ordinary poisons but took the Soul-Seizing Soul-Chasing Yama's Invitation seriously, while Tang San and Xiang Yang discussed adapting Hidden Weapon techniques for Soul Tools.
• Xiang Yang began practicing Mysterious Jade Hand with the aim of developing a body-tempering method.

Xiang Yang and Tang San arrived at Heaven Dou City just as assassins attacked the Crown Prince’s procession, forcing them to retreat from the chaos. Xue Qinghe, secretly Qian Renxue, ordered Snake Lance Douluo to kill all the attackers after the failed assassination ruined her outing.

• Xiang Yang and Tang San waited in line to enter Heaven Dou City as heavy guards prepared for the Crown Prince’s passage.
• Assassins launched a sudden attack on the procession, and Xiang Yang and Tang San withdrew more than a hundred meters from the fighting.
• Feng Xiaotian approached Xiang Yang and Tang San, introduced himself, and learned they were students from the former Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Inside the carriage, Xue Qinghe revealed her identity as Qian Renxue and sent Snake Lance Douluo to stop the attackers.
• After Spirit Hall’s agents defeated the attackers, Xue Qinghe ordered Snake Lance to kill them all.

Xiang Yang and Tang San joined Feng Xiaotian and Godwind Academy on their way into the city after Feng Xiaotian defeated fleeing assassins. As Qian Renxue greeted the group, she and Xiang Yang sensed that their Martial Souls were attracting one another, and Qian Renxue realized they might be capable of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Feng Xiaotian told Xiang Yang and Tang San that he had become a Soul King and defeated several fleeing assassins without using a Soul Skill.
• Xiang Yang recognized that Godwind Academy's leader used wind-attribute Soul Power to transmit his voice, a practical application inspired by Xiang Yang's published ideas.
• Feng Xiaotian invited Xiang Yang and Tang San to enter the city with Godwind Academy, and Qian Renxue allowed the group through.
• Qian Renxue greeted the Godwind Academy group and sensed her Martial Soul reacting to Xiang Yang's.
• Xiang Yang also felt the attraction and realized that his Martial Soul might be compatible with Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel.

Xiang Yang and Tang San returned to Shrek Academy after meeting Qian Renxue, who planned to investigate Xiang Yang while he remained confident she could not harm him. At the academy, Tang San warmly accepted Liu Erlong as his teacher’s wife, then he and Xiang Yang reunited with Zhao Wuji, who introduced them to a curious student.

• Xiang Yang and Qian Renxue exchanged wary, curious looks before both left with their companions.
• Xiang Yang and Tang San avoided Feng Xiaotian’s challenge and returned to Shrek Academy, where they found Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang together.
• Tang San called Liu Erlong his teacher’s wife, delighting her, and she gave him several gifts before the two boys left.
• Xiang Yang and Tang San met Zhao Wuji, who recognized Tang San immediately and identified Xiang Yang after noticing his changed appearance.
• A sturdy young man approached Zhao Wuji and asked who Xiang Yang and Tang San were.

Xiang Yang and Tang San returned to Shrek Academy, where they learned that Xiao Wu had established a fearsome reputation among the students. Zhao Wuji brought them to the training ground and began demonstrating the academy’s combat training by fighting Tai Long.

• Zhao Wuji introduced Tai Long to Xiang Yang and Tang San, and Tai Long welcomed Tang San as his big brother on Xiao Wu’s orders.
• Zhao Wuji explained that Xiao Wu had subdued the academy’s troublemakers after returning, with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing cheering her on.
• Xiang Yang persuaded Tang San to accompany Zhao Wuji to the training ground, where they saw its many arenas.
• Zhao Wuji called Tai Long onto an arena and challenged him, urging the students to learn by facing stronger opponents.
• Tai Long charged at Zhao Wuji, while Xiang Yang and Tang San suspected Zhao Wuji planned to make them fight next.

Xiang Yang faced Zhao Wuji in a sparring match to test how much he had improved, using clever techniques and barriers to challenge the Soul Saint. Zhao Wuji was tripped by one of Xiang Yang’s light bars, while the students watched and learned from his tactics.

• Zhao Wuji defeated Tai Long by catching his punch and pushing him off the arena.
• Zhao Wuji called Xiang Yang and another person forward, and Xiang Yang volunteered to fight alone.
• Xiang Yang dodged Zhao Wuji’s charge with the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and kicked him in the waist.
• Xiang Yang blocked Zhao Wuji’s attack with Solar Corona Prism Guard, then used a network of light walls and projectiles to restrict his movement.
• Xiang Yang tripped Zhao Wuji with a light bar and told Tai Long and the other students that crafty moves could be more useful than a simple punch.

Xiang Yang battled Zhao Wuji with a light cannon barrage and a powerful final attack, while both concealed the extent of the fight from the students. Tang San carried Xiang Yang away, and they met a woman who called out to Tang San.

• Zhao Wuji used Vajra Thorn Armor to defend against Xiang Yang’s attacks, but Xiang Yang’s Corona Barrier kept the reflected blows from reaching him.
• Xiang Yang dismissed his barrier, then used his recovered Soul Power to charge a Nine-Ring Force Guide attack.
• Zhao Wuji reinforced his defenses and resisted Xiang Yang’s Blazing Torrent Burns the Heavens, which burned through the Soul Power in his palm.
• After the attack ended, Zhao Wuji emerged holding Xiang Yang and appeared to have won easily, preserving his standing before the students.
• Tang San carried Xiang Yang away, and the two revealed they had staged the outcome to protect Zhao Wuji’s prestige.
• A woman called out to Tang San as he and Xiang Yang talked.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Tang San and Xiang Yang after they returned to Shrek Academy, where the group gathered for a welcome-back feast. Xiang Yang discussed Soul Ring choices with Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, who began explaining his fourth Soul Skill.

• Zhu Zhuqing brought breakfast from the cafeteria for Ning Rongrong and learned that Oscar had reached level forty-six while working with Shao Xin.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed fire-attribute Soul Power at the training ground and found Tang San and Xiang Yang, who had returned to the academy.
• Tang San, Xiang Yang, and Zhu Zhuqing discussed how their companions had grown stronger, including their current Soul Power levels.
• The original Shrek group held a welcome-back feast for Tang San and Xiang Yang.
• Dai Mubai asked Xiang Yang to suggest another Soul Ring plan, but Xiang Yang explained that the White Tiger family's options were already well developed.
• Ma Hongjun asked Xiang Yang to guess his fourth Soul Skill and began discussing the choices Xiang Yang had given him.

Ma Hongjun revealed his evolved Yin-Yang Phoenix, and Xiang Yang examined its unusual laws and explained how it might become an Ultimate Martial Soul. Xiang Yang advised Dai Mubai to choose an attribute and study it carefully, then settled down to enjoy a meal while Tang San continued their secluded Soul Tool research.

• Ma Hongjun showed Xiang Yang and Dai Mubai his red, black, and white Yin-Yang Phoenix, which had evolved after he absorbed a Brightflame Li Fire Crane Soul Ring.
• Xiang Yang used his Heavenly Eye to find that Ma Hongjun's Martial Soul contained many jumbled laws that had not fully fused, but reassured him that the evolution had succeeded.
• Xiang Yang explained Ultimate Martial Souls and said Ma Hongjun could develop his Phoenix further by comprehending its attributes.
• Dai Mubai asked whether his White Tiger could become an Ultimate Martial Soul, and Xiang Yang told him to choose an attribute and work to understand it.
• Xiang Yang enjoyed soup after months of eating mostly roasted Soul Beast meat while Tang San kept him focused on their Soul Tool research.

Tang San reunited with Xiao Wu and then demonstrated his new close-combat skills in a spar with Dai Mubai. As the fight continued, Xiang Yang offered Oscar a gun to learn instead of Tang San’s staff technique.

• Xiao Wu asked Tang San whether he had missed her, and he assured her that he had.
• Grandmaster had Tang San spar with Dai Mubai so he could assess Tang San’s progress.
• Dai Mubai attacked with repeated White Tiger Fierce Light Waves, but Tang San countered with the Blue Silver Emperor and then armored himself with Ink Jade Spirit Armor.
• Tang San wielded a wooden staff against Dai Mubai’s Golden Light Claw, and Grandmaster noted that Tang San was working to overcome his weaknesses.
• Oscar asked Xiang Yang to teach him Tang San’s staff technique, and Xiang Yang offered to get him a gun instead.

Dai Mubai and Tang San fought to a stalemate as Tang San boosted his Blue Silver Emperor and Dai Mubai prepared a decisive attack. Dai Mubai survived Tang San’s counter, and the group looked ahead to more sparring, including Ma Hongjun’s turn.

• Dai Mubai and Tang San stopped their close-quarters exchange and resumed the fight with aerial and ranged Soul Skills.
• Tang San used Spring Breeze Supports the Willow and Iron Bamboo Flower to greatly boost his attributes, while Dai Mubai dodged his vines and attacked with golden waves.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Ma Hongjun that Dai Mubai’s Immortal Herb gave him exceptional recovery and endurance.
• Dai Mubai launched White Tiger Impact at Tang San, then emerged from the smoke unharmed after Tang San’s Soul Skill helped him recover.
• Tang San urged Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to save their strength for later sparring, and Ma Hongjun decided he needed to join Brother Yang’s team.

Xiang Yang defeated Ma Hongjun by using his Ultimate Fire to suppress Ma Hongjun’s fire-based abilities, then advised him on possible ways to fuse the laws within his Martial Soul. Ma Hongjun rejected desire as a path and hesitated between fire and yin-yang as Dai Mubai urged him to choose the option with the greatest potential.

• Yu Xiaogang announced that Ma Hongjun and Xiang Yang would fight next, and Ma Hongjun realized their match would follow his recent deal with Xiang Yang.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his Evil Fire Phoenix, but Xiang Yang’s Wu Huang appeared and suppressed Ma Hongjun’s flames with Ultimate Fire.
• Xiang Yang overwhelmed Ma Hongjun with light projectiles, and Ma Hongjun’s Light of the Noon Sun failed to penetrate Xiang Yang’s Sun Barrier, so Ma Hongjun conceded.
• Xiang Yang explained that Ma Hongjun could develop his Martial Soul through fire, yin and yang, or desire, and described the strengths and risks of each path.
• Ma Hongjun ruled out desire, then hesitated between fire and yin and yang until Dai Mubai urged him to choose the path with the highest upper limit and offered to keep him challenged.

Xiang Yang and Tang San led teams through grueling training matches as Grandmaster pushed Shrek Academy’s students to prepare for the tournament. At the sect, Ning Fengzhi revealed that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and the elders asked whether the evolution could be replicated.

• Ma Hongjun told Xiang Yang he had chosen the best option but worried he might disappoint him, and Xiang Yang urged him to believe in himself.
• Grandmaster had Tang San and Xiang Yang lead opposing teams; Xiang Yang’s team defeated Tang San’s team despite the Golden-Winged Nether Banquet White Tiger’s strength.
• Grandmaster intensified the training with uneven matches and Soul Saint opponents, leaving Xiang Yang and Tang San exhausted while Feng Xiaotian continued waiting outside the academy.
• Gu Rong fretted about Ning Rongrong, argued with Chen Xin, and learned from Ning Fengzhi that Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Gu Rong and Chen Xin celebrated Rongrong’s evolution, then asked Ning Fengzhi how it had happened and whether it could be replicated.

Ning Fengzhi and other leaders reacted to political and personal developments across the empires while Xiang Yang took a break before the competition and visited a blacksmith shop with Jing Ling. The chapter ended when Feng Xiaotian called out to Xiang Yang.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Ning Rongrong had evolved her martial soul with the immortal herb Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Gu Rong and Chen Xin suggested making her descendants the sect's main branch.
• Xue Ye praised Xue Qinghe's handling of state affairs, while Qian Renxue, disguised as the crown prince, cursed the work she had to do.
• Dai Juntian learned that Dai Mubai had become a Soul King and refused to warn Dai Weiss about the danger of their coming arena fight.
• Hu Liena resolved to train harder to obtain the wisdom Soul Bone, while Bibi Dong watched her leave with a distant expression.
• Xiang Yang and Jing Ling visited a Strength Clan blacksmith shop, where Xiang Yang inspected a dagger and the clan's forging work.
• Feng Xiaotian called out to Xiang Yang at the blacksmith shop.