Chapter Summaries

Lu Fan woke in a corpse-filled city with missing memories and escaped into the wilderness, where he killed an Earth Wolf but was then beheaded by a mysterious figure wielding the Blood Blade. The figure absorbed Lu Fan’s blood mist and wondered if he was the last one.

• Lu Fan awoke injured in a ruined kitchen among dead soldiers and inferred that a Beast Tide had devastated the city.
• Lu Fan scavenged food, a sword, and supplies, then crossed the corpse-covered city and left through its destroyed gate.
• Lu Fan chose the road toward the Deep Forest and hurried onward after sensing danger in the woods.
• An Earth Wolf attacked Lu Fan, who killed it with his longsword despite suffering deep claw wounds.
• Lu Fan collapsed and realized the headless corpse was his own as a stranger absorbed the blood mist into the Blood Blade.

Wang Xiaofeng dissected the crazed Soul Beasts and identified their Crystal Cores as a weakness, then began a final experiment to test how the cores reacted to a jade bottle. The chapter ended as he unleashed overwhelming spiritual power to examine a core that his enhanced senses could not detect.

• Nidya brought several enormous Soul Beasts to Wang Xiaofeng’s laboratory, and he examined them for clues about their crazed state.
• Wang Xiaofeng dissected a python Soul Beast and discovered a Crystal Core in its heart, which he identified as a feature of certain crazed Soul Beasts.
• Wang Xiaofeng extracted material from the Crystal Cores and concluded that destroying the core could quickly defeat the Soul Beasts.
• Wang Xiaofeng left the laboratory with Nidya and tested a transparent Crystal Core in a jade bottle, where part of it turned blood-red before becoming transparent again outside the bottle.
• Wang Xiaofeng found that Soul Power-enhanced senses could not reveal the change and unleashed overwhelming spiritual power.

Wang Xiaofeng traced the vanished red liquid’s direction toward Muye City and proposed a major deal to Wang Fucheng. Meanwhile, Xue Hu struggled to advance against the Beast Tide until Li Qingsong brought troops and supplies, then redirected Xue Hu’s army toward Wind Flower Town.

• Wang Xiaofeng used accelerated thought and spiritual perception to track the red mist northeast toward Muye City, then asked Wang Fucheng to work with him on a big deal.
• Xue Hu demanded Green Stone Town provide conscripts, and Li Qingsong resisted before agreeing to send people and supplies.
• Xue Hu learned that Xia Liang, Feng Ju, Huang Cheng, Shang Ye, and other towns had fallen, leaving his army without safe supply points.
• Li Qingsong read Wang Fucheng’s letter and decided to pursue the opportunity it described rather than keep its potential merit to himself.
• Li Qingsong arrived at Xue Hu’s camp with five hundred strong men and grain, and Xue Hu accepted his support.
• Xue Hu changed his army’s route and headed through the Forest Path toward Wind Flower Town.

Xue Hu led his exhausted group through the Deep Forest toward Wind Flower Town, protecting the civilians from attacking Soul Beasts along the way. When they reached the town, they found a vast wall of corpses around it and discovered that two moons hung in the sky.

• Xue Hu killed a giant python that attacked civilians at the rear of the procession.
• Xue Hu worried that the repeated small Beast Tides meant the group could not handle the danger ahead alone.
• Xue Hu and the group reached Wind Flower Town and found piles of corpses stretching to its walls.
• Xue Hu noticed green liquid leaking from a beast corpse and warned that the changed bodies might be dangerous to touch.
• The soldiers saw the clouds clear to reveal two moons in the sky.

Wind Flower Town endured another Beast Tide, but a Giant War Pig smashed through its walls and unleashed a close-quarters battle. Wang Xiaofeng killed the war pig, while the fight to defend the town continued at its most brutal stage.

• The City Garrison prepared for another Beast Tide as workers repaired the gates and cleared beast corpses.
• Wang Xiaofeng and the soldiers saw the Beast Tide approach, and they attacked it with ballistae and arrows.
• A Giant War Pig charged through the gates, smashing a section of the city wall and allowing Soul Beasts to climb into town.
• Wang Xiaofeng leaped down and battered the Giant War Pig with his calabash and cyan-glowing fists until it died.
• The City Garrison and Soul Beasts continued fighting fiercely around the breach.

Wang Xiaofeng fought three Pterodactyl Variants at the ruined city gate and unleashed his strongest punch against their mutated leader. He defeated all three, but the Beast Tide immediately filled the passage again and more creatures charged at him.

• Three Pterodactyl Variants surrounded Wang Xiaofeng and demanded that he leave Star Luo, but he attacked them instead.
• Wang Xiaofeng used the Calabash Vine to hinder two variants and slammed the first into the Beast Tide, where it absorbed blood and grew larger.
• Wang Xiaofeng dodged the other variants' ambush and compressed Soul Power into his fist for a charged Eight Extremes strike.
• The Mutated Pterodactyl Variant lunged at Wang Xiaofeng, but his punch shattered its bone spikes and drove its head into its body.
• The other two variants knocked Wang Xiaofeng down and one bit his left arm, but he shattered its head with a punch as more beasts rushed into the cleared passage.

Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya struggled to hold the western wall against the largest Beast Tide assault yet, using their calabash abilities and Ring Fusion to keep the defenders fighting. Nidya unleashed Black Moon Devour, which crushed the Beast Tide into a gigantic sphere of stone and beasts above the battlefield.

• Wang Xiaofeng fought through the thirteenth Beast Tide assault, surviving an illusion and a near-fatal attack before Nidya froze the beasts around him.
• Nidya altered her Second Soul Skill into an area attack that slowed the Beast Tide, while Wang Xiaofeng used his calabash to enhance more than one hundred city guards at the cost of their lifespans.
• After the enhancement faded and casualties surged, Wang Xiaofeng and Nidya returned to the wall, where only a little over thirty city guards remained.
• Wang Xiaofeng enhanced Nidya with Moon Dew, and she fused all four of her soul rings to cast Black Moon Devour over the battlefield.
• Black Moon Devour pulled in the Soul Beasts and ground beneath it, killing the creatures and forming a massive stone sphere above a crater that covered the battlefield.

Wang Xiaofeng ended the Beast Tide at the southern wall with Nidya’s fused soul skill, then found the exhausted defenders and arranged their treatment. He learned that the eastern wall had also suffered heavy losses and flew north after hearing that its commander and chief steward had died.

• Wang Xiaofeng dropped the Black Moon sphere after severing his connection to Nidya’s soul skill, and the southern Beast Tide ended.
• Wang Xiaofeng found the southern guards unconscious, lowered them from the wall, and signaled nearby youths to treat the wounded.
• Wang Xiaofeng flew to the eastern wall and found its defenses destroyed and its surviving soldiers badly injured.
• Lie Junhou told Wang Xiaofeng that reinforcements had saved the eastern wall and gone to support the west, while Liu Qiang and Wu Yan had died in battle.
• Wang Xiaofeng learned that Lie Junhou had been promoted after the Eighth Squad captain’s death, then flew north.

Xue Hu and the White Tiger Army saved Wind Flower Town by wiping out the Beast Tide, and Wang Xiaofeng persuaded Xue Hu to help evacuate its residents. Wang Xiaofeng then set out for Muye City with Nidya and the soldiers, while Dai Mubai received Wang Xiaofeng’s research on Martial Soul Fusion Skills and dual cultivation.

• Xue Hu led reinforcements in a counterattack and used the White Tiger Army’s battle formation to destroy the Beast Tide.
• Wang Xiaofeng met Xue Hu after the battle and explained that he had arranged for reinforcements while seeking a safe route for Wind Flower Town’s residents.
• Wang Xiaofeng and Xue Hu agreed to cooperate, and Wang Chengfu announced the evacuation of Wind Flower Town’s residents to Green Stone Town.
• Wang Xiaofeng departed for Muye City with Nidya and two thousand soldiers after resting, while Xue Hu asked about the item he had given Wang Chengfu.
• Several days later, Dai Mubai cursed Wang Xiaofeng after receiving his research paper on a possible connection between Martial Soul Fusion Skills and dual cultivation.

Wang Xiaofeng traveled with the White Tiger Army toward Muye City while considering the Beast Tide's impact and the scarcity of nearby Soul Beasts. After questioning Xue Hu, he learned how the army's battle formations let ordinary soldiers resist powerful Soul Masters and reflected on their strengths and weaknesses.

• Wang Xiaofeng traveled from Wind Flower Town toward Muye City with the White Tiger Army, whose progress was slowed by crazed beasts on the official road.
• Wang Xiaofeng carried the sleeping Nidya and gave her a Qi Replenishing Pill as he sensed that a positive change was taking place in her body.
• Wang Xiaofeng asked Xue Hu how the White Tiger Army could use battle formations to surround and kill high-level Soul Masters.
• Xue Hu explained that killing aura, Soul Power, and fighting intent combined to create Military Aura, allowing the soldiers to resist the pressure of powerful Soul Masters.
• Wang Xiaofeng connected the Star Luo Empire's military strength with Poison Douluo, Spirit Hall, and the Upper Three Sects, then judged that battle formations were best suited to large-scale warfare and vulnerable to certain soul skills and Soul Master cavalry.

Xue Hu traced a blood-energy trail to a mountain range near Muye City, while Wang Xiaofeng left with Nidya after completing his contract. Beneath the mountains, the creatures gathered in a hidden temple awakened, and a voice in the darkness said that Xue Hu had found it.

• Xue Hu ordered his soldiers to rest and expand their reconnaissance around the ruined Muye City.
• Wang Xiaofeng used a crimson Crystal Core to reveal a blood-energy trail that led from Muye City to a nearby mountain range.
• Xue Hu identified the mountain range as his target, and Wang Xiaofeng departed with Nidya rather than join the coming battle.
• Inside the hollowed-out mountain, countless creatures awakened in a hidden Shrine in the Wilds when its door opened.
• A cold voice in the temple said, "He found me."

Xue Hu used a military formation to destroy the hidden cave, but the surviving creature summoned an evil god through a Divine Statue, forcing Xue Hu and his troops to prepare for battle. Meanwhile, Zhou Huai'an annihilated the sacrificial site in Muye City and confronted a blood-robed young man who claimed to be a god.

• Xue Hu led his troops to the vine-hidden cave and unleashed a formation-powered blade strike that collapsed the mountain and buried its inhabitants.
• A mutilated survivor activated a Divine Statue, summoned eerie figures, and spread black mist that overcame the army's golden barrier.
• Xue Hu called for the White Tiger Formation and ordered his soldiers to fight the approaching threat.
• At Muye City, cultists gathered corpses for a ritual while a guard bragged about gaining power through sacrifices.
• Zhou Huai'an appeared above the city, killed the guards with his Titled Douluo pressure, and destroyed the city with his ninth Soul Skill.
• A blood-robed young man confronted Zhou Huai'an at the city gate, and Zhou Huai'an introduced himself as the Divine Spear before challenging the self-proclaimed god.

Zhou Huai'an fought Blood God, whose black mist restored his body and amplified his power, and killed him with a final spear thrust that pierced his true spirit. Exhausted but relieved, Zhou Huai'an watched the black mist disperse as golden light spread across the mountains.

• Blood God recovered from Zhou Huai'an's first attacks by absorbing black mist, then renewed his assault with enhanced strength.
• Zhou Huai'an used his spear skills to sever Blood God's arms and nearly decapitate him, but Blood God regenerated and grew stronger.
• Zhou Huai'an activated his Seventh Soul Ring and drove a spear through Blood God's defenses, skull, and hidden true spirit.
• Blood God turned to ash as Zhou Huai'an fell to one knee, injured and exhausted, then drank wine from his Soul Tool.
• The black mist began to disperse, while tiger roars sounded from the distant mountains and golden light spread across the range.

Wang Xiaofeng fought his way through black mist that conjured monsters from his memories, then encountered Zhou Huai'an, who rejected his relationship with Nidya and ordered him to leave. Wang Xiaofeng gave Nidya her birthday gift and departed, while Zhou Huai'an secretly planned to keep her away from him for three years.

• Wang Xiaofeng collected samples of the black mist and fought off its memory-born monsters and Soul Beasts until the mist began to thin.
• Wang Xiaofeng mistook Zhou Huai'an for another mist monster and struck him before apologizing.
• Zhou Huai'an told Wang Xiaofeng he disapproved of him and, after criticizing his recklessness, ordered him never to see Wen Xiu again.
• Wang Xiaofeng left a birthday gift for Nidya and walked away, believing their relationship was over.
• Zhou Huai'an revived Nidya and claimed Wang Xiaofeng had left no message, but Nidya found and kept the gift box.
• Nidya looked forward to seeing Wang Xiaofeng again, while Zhou Huai'an decided to send her on a Family Trial that would keep her occupied for three years.

Wang Xiaofeng trapped a regenerating creature that had been drawn to the Blood Worm parasitizing him, then set out to lure more specimens. In the underground palace, Bella learned that the organization was preparing a war in the Balak Kingdom while debating Spirit Hall’s growing influence, and she left relieved after evading another inspection.

• Wang Xiaofeng baited a creature with the pheromones released by the Blood Worm in his body and captured it with the Calabash Vine.
• Wang Xiaofeng stored the creature in the calabash and continued on, hoping to catch more experimental subjects.
• Bella entered the underground palace’s Meeting Room, where the leader and the other blood shadows learned that Luther’s Soul Lamp had gone out.
• Bella told the leader that Tang Hao had remained in the Heaven Dou Empire and that war supplies bearing the Star Luo Empire’s insignia had reached the Balak Kingdom.
• Bella warned that Spirit Hall was recruiting believers and suppressing other sects, but the leader said the organization should not interfere yet.
• Bella left the deepest level of the underground palace and murmured that she had escaped another inspection.

After the Beast Tide was suppressed, the Star Luo Empire lifted restrictions and organized cleanup missions, while Zhou Huai'an and Dai Mubai dealt with family and political concerns. Wang Daniu helped Soul Town City’s refugees survive, and Wang Xiaofeng returned home as the Star Luo Empire arc concluded.

• The Star Luo Empire lifted restrictions, posted missions to deal with infected Soul Beasts, and rewarded Zhou Huai'an and Xue Hu, who asked that the soldiers receive the rewards.
• Dai Mubai returned early from the royal ceremony, complained to Zhu Zhuqing about the ministers’ arguments, and briefly imagined avoiding the succession struggle.
• Zhou Huai'an told his father that Wen Xiu was upset because he had separated her from her boyfriend, then planned to take her to the Ancestral Hall after she reached Rank 50.
• Wang Daniu guided refugees around dangerous areas near Soul Town City and showed them where to find supplies, useful plants, and medicinal herbs.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned to Soul Town City, and Wang Daniu welcomed him home after learning that his sister-in-law had gone back to her family.

Wang Xiaofeng enjoyed a peaceful life at home until Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing visited with news that Oscar had vanished after his Jade Pendant appeared at a barter fair in the Far North. Wang Xiaofeng decided to leave the next day to search for Oscar, with Dai Mubai giving him maps and the locations of the Empire's intelligence stations.

• Wang Xiaofeng spent his days cultivating in the sun, caring for Wang Beibei, and helping the local elderly with Soul Power.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing arrived in disguise on a covert inspection, and Wang Xiaofeng gave them wine and translated notes on his soul skills and the inheritance.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing explained that Ma Hongjun was hiding from a young lady's elders after proposing to her in the street.
• Dai Mubai gave Wang Xiaofeng a map of the Far North and intelligence-station locations, explaining that he had recovered Oscar's Jade Pendant at a barter fair two months earlier.
• Dai Mubai said the Empire's spies could find no trace of Oscar, and Wang Xiaofeng decided to leave for the Far North the next day to search for him.

Wang Xiaofeng prepared to leave home, accepted responsibility for Calabash Village, and traveled north with a caravan to Highest City Under Heaven. He entered the city by paying for passage with a well-connected caravan, despite restrictions on northern travel.

• Wang Xiaofeng told his parents he was leaving, and He Li eagerly went to pack his luggage.
• Wang Danu gave Wang Xiaofeng a letter about village improvements and passed him a wooden carving as a ceremonial village chief handover.
• Wang Xiaofeng agreed to watch over Calabash Village while his father was away.
• Wang Xiaofeng joined a caravan heading north and learned that authorities were restricting caravans at the border city.
• Wang Xiaofeng's caravan paid the city guards to move the gate barriers, and he entered Highest City Under Heaven.

Wang Xiaofeng searched the city for medicinal herbs but found little, then agreed to join Victor’s caravan as its physician in exchange for herbs and seeds. He prepared to travel with Victor toward White Emperor City for the Far North’s Winter Trade Fair.

• Wang Xiaofeng checked into an inn with his caravan and learned they would gather again in two days before continuing toward the Far North.
• Wang Xiaofeng visited the city’s open herbal shops but found mostly cold-weather remedies and few herbs suited to his needs.
• Victor approached Wang Xiaofeng and offered him a physician’s place in his caravan, explaining that blizzards made experienced teams essential in the Siberian Mountain Range.
• Wang Xiaofeng agreed to join Victor after confirming the caravan had the medicinal herbs and seeds he wanted.
• Victor led Wang Xiaofeng to the caravan’s warehouse, where Wang received the herbs and seeds and learned the caravan was bound for White Emperor City’s Winter Trade Fair.

Wang Xiaofeng traveled with Victor’s caravan through the Siberian Mountain Range, where a blizzard scattered cargo and briefly separated him from the group. While investigating a strange red glow, he witnessed a colossal creature before returning to the caravan and concealing what he had seen.

• Wang Xiaofeng brewed cold-dispelling soup and learned that Victor’s caravan had lost many experienced workers in a landslide.
• Victor showed Wang Xiaofeng a map and explained that the caravan was heading for White Emperor City through the dangerous Siberian Mountain Range.
• A blizzard struck, and the caravan linked its carriages together while Wang Xiaofeng anchored himself with the Calabash Vine.
• Wang Xiaofeng followed a distant red glow and saw a gigantic, humanoid creature with a glowing red eye pass through the snow.
• Wang Xiaofeng returned to the caravan and told Victor that the wind had blown him away and he had struck his head, while the group gathered scattered cargo.