Chapter Summaries

Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan traveled toward Slaughter City, where he tracked Tang San’s aura and prepared to attack him from outside. The chapter left Tang San unaware that Lu Mingchuan had locked onto him with the Imperial Bow.

• Qian Daoliu visited Qian Renxue, who reassured him that she was on good terms with the powerful person in Heaven Dou City.
• Tiandou’s secondary team lost its preliminary matches after Tang San disappeared, while the Hunt Academy’s opponents surrendered without fighting.
• Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan set off for Slaughter City, stopping overnight in the Dust Song Pot before continuing their journey the next day.
• Lu Mingchuan reached a town near Slaughter City and sensed Tang San’s aura, then locked onto him as Tang San prepared to leave.
• Tang San searched for the source of his unease but concluded that no one could escape Slaughter City’s restraints, while Lu Mingchuan took out his Imperial Bow outside the city.

Lu Mingchuan killed Tang San with a single arrow and left Slaughter City with Huang Quan, then returned to the preliminaries and spent time with Alicia. After the preliminaries ended, Yu Xiaogang arrived at Spirit Hall with a Pope's Token and requested an audience with the Pope.

• Lu Mingchuan shot Tang San through the brow in Slaughter City, killing him and earning 200,000 Points.
• The Nine-Headed Bat discovered Tang San's death and sent subordinates to investigate, unaware that Lu Mingchuan had already left with Huang Quan.
• Lu Mingchuan and Huang Quan traveled together, then returned home; he considered dealing with Sea God Island before deciding to go back.
• Lu Mingchuan spent time with Alicia while Dugu Yan and Lan Keqing watched the teams fight during the preliminaries.
• The preliminaries ended, and Yu Xiaogang traveled to Spirit City to pursue a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang used his Pope's Token to enter Spirit Hall and asked the guards at the Pope's Palace to announce his request for an audience.

Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong to ask her for help obtaining a Self-Created Soul Skill, and she agreed while ending their relationship and taking back the Pope's Token. After Spirit Hall guards threw him out, three Soul Kings beat him, breaking his right leg again, and he was left wondering how to get home.

• Yu Xiaogang entered the Pope's Palace and asked Bibi Dong to help him obtain a Self-Created Soul Skill so he could break through level thirty.
• Bibi Dong agreed to help Yu Xiaogang as repayment, but said they would have nothing to do with each other afterward.
• Bibi Dong took back the Pope's Token and ordered Palace Guard Knights to drag Yu Xiaogang out of Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang insulted Spirit Hall after being thrown out, prompting three Soul Kings to beat him and break his right leg and two ribs.
• Yu Xiaogang woke up injured and vowed to find the big man who had struck him, but then heard heavy footsteps nearby.

Yu Xiaogang was abducted by Ruhua and Yang Wei after being injured, then endured their brutal treatment and abuse. He was left wishing only to go home as the night continued.

• Yu Xiaogang called for help, but Ruhua grabbed him and knocked out Luo Sanpao.
• Ruhua carried Yu Xiaogang to her house, where Yang Wei agreed to treat his injuries.
• Ruhua anesthetized Yu Xiaogang with her Illusory Flower while Yang Wei set his broken leg and treated his injuries.
• Yang Wei and Ruhua took turns tormenting Yu Xiaogang after he woke, leaving him desperate to go home.

Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to Heaven Dou City to obtain Lu Mingchuan's Self-Created Soul Skill, while Lu Mingchuan continued cultivating unaware of their mission. At the Imperial Fighting Academy, Liu Erlong learned that Grandmaster had vanished and agreed to wait for him.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to go to The Hunt Academy and obtain Lu Mingchuan's Self-Created Soul Skill, and Yue Guan asked Ghost Douluo to accompany him.
• Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo suspected the mission came from Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang and decided to leave for Heaven Dou City that day.
• Lu Mingchuan cultivated in his room and recalled using the monkey and the Abundance Profound Deer to gain combat experience.
• Liu Erlong discovered Grandmaster was missing, and Flender persuaded her to wait rather than search across the continent.
• Liu Erlong accepted that they had to wait, while Flender held back from comforting her.

Xiao Wu mourned Tang San and left to seek a prodigy who could help avenge her mother. A month later, Lu Mingchuan prepared to fight Skywater Academy in the advancement tournament, while Shui Bing'er resolved to challenge him.

• Xiao Wu accepted that Tang San was dead, decided to seek a prodigy at Imperial Fighting Academy, and added Lu Mingchuan to the list of people she hated.
• After a month of cultivation, Lu Mingchuan arrived at the Soul Arena with Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow for the advancement tournament.
• Dugu Yan told Lu Mingchuan that The Hunt Academy would face Skywater Academy, and he said he would take charge of the match.
• Shui Bing'er decided to fight Lu Mingchuan to measure the gap between them, while her teammates considered surrendering afterward.
• Shui Yue'er asked Lu Mingchuan to be the first fighter so Shui Bing'er could face him, and he readily agreed.

Lu Mingchuan defeated Shui Bing'er in the tournament with little effort, then returned to the lounge, where Alicia and Huang Quan competed to demonstrate their control over him. He anticipated another sleepless night and considered traveling alone with his system.

• Shui Yue'er returned to Skywater Academy while Shui Bing'er prepared for her match.
• Shui Bing'er introduced herself as a level forty-three control-type Battle Spirit Master, and Lu Mingchuan revealed he was a level sixty-nine assault-type Battle Spirit Master.
• Shui Bing'er attacked Lu Mingchuan with her ice skills, but he broke free, struck her with an ice bat, and won the match.
• Shui Bing'er's teammates surrendered, and they teased her after she showed disappointment that Lu Mingchuan had left.
• Alicia claimed she had controlled Lu Mingchuan, but Huang Quan kissed him and declared that was what control meant.
• Lu Mingchuan worried he would lose another night of sleep, and Alicia called to him as he wondered what she wanted.

Lu Mingchuan spent the day with Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow after his matches ended, then returned to the Soul Arena the next morning. His opponents surrendered, and Alicia hinted that she had a surprise planned for him.

• Alicia and Lu Mingchuan made out in his room while Huang Quan and Mirror Flow discussed keeping a closer watch on her.
• Lu Mingchuan found Huang Quan and Mirror Flow preparing dinner, then went to Mirror Flow's room for the night.
• Mirror Flow kept Lu Mingchuan awake, and she was still asleep when he left for the Soul Arena the next morning.
• Lu Mingchuan's opponents surrendered, so he left the Soul Arena with Huang Quan and Alicia.
• Alicia went shopping for a surprise and told Lu Mingchuan to look forward to it the next day, while Huang Quan considered preparing a surprise of her own.

Ghost Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo visited Lu Mingchuan to ask about his supposed Self-Created Soul Skill, then revealed how Yu Xiaogang had been found in Spirit City. Yu Xiaogang returned to Imperial Team deeply traumatized by what had happened to him, and Liu Erlong swore revenge on his behalf.

• Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo asked Lu Mingchuan to trade for his Self-Created Soul Skill, and he explained that his feat came from his Martial Soul instead.
• Lu Mingchuan guessed that Yu Xiaogang had gone to see Bibi Dong, and the two confirmed that they had been sent to search for him.
• Yue Guan said they had found Yu Xiaogang in a remote Spirit City house, where a man and a woman weighing nearly three hundred jin had been tormenting him.
• Lu Mingchuan dismissed Ghost Chrysanthemum and prepared for his likely trip to Spirit City for the finals.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Imperial Team and reacted to Liu Erlong's embrace by pulling at his clothes, so Flender separated them and explained his aversion to physical contact.
• After hearing Flender's account of Yu Xiaogang's ordeal, Liu Erlong angrily vowed to punish the two responsible.

Yu Xiaogang remained beyond help despite Flender and Liu Erlong’s efforts, while Bibi Dong ordered tighter patrols in Spirit City. The tournament finals began, and Lu Mingchuan’s team prepared to face Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.

• Flender told Liu Erlong that the two culprits had been executed, and they agreed to care for Yu Xiaogang without risking further harm to him.
• Bibi Dong confirmed the culprits’ execution and ordered increased patrols around Spirit City.
• Lu Mingchuan learned that Blazing Fire Academy had conceded after drawing his team, leaving them with a bye.
• After the first two rounds, Lu Mingchuan’s team prepared for their match against Star Luo Royal Advanced Soul Master Academy.
• Dai Weisi told Zhu Yun and his teammates to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and hold off Lu Mingchuan’s team long enough to try to win.

Lu Mingchuan defeated Dai Weisi's team in the tournament with a single hammer blow against the Hell White Tiger. In Tiandou, Yu Xiaogang broke down after learning his desired Self-Created Soul Skill was innate to Lu Mingchuan's Martial Soul, and Liu Erlong persuaded Flender to help her seize Lu Mingchuan.

• Lu Mingchuan led his team to victory over Dai Weisi's team, knocking Dai Weisi and his partner unconscious after smashing the Hell White Tiger with his hammer.
• Dugu Yan swiftly eliminated the opposing team members on her side, and the referee declared Lu Mingchuan's team victorious.
• Flender gave Liu Erlong a letter revealing that Yu Xiaogang had gone to Spirit Hall to ask Bibi Dong for Lu Mingchuan's Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang read the letter, rejected the idea that the skill could be innate to a Martial Soul, and broke down as Liu Erlong restrained him.
• Liu Erlong announced that she would go to Hunt Academy and bring Lu Mingchuan back, and Flender agreed to go with her.

At the Spirit City finals, Pope Bibi Dong presented a single Soul Bone as the prize and watched Godwind Academy forfeit its match against The Hunt Academy. As Lu Mingchuan took the stage, Yan doubted his reputation and grew jealous of Hu Liena’s interest in him.

• Bibi Dong arrived before the Pope's Palace with Ghost, Chrysanthemum, Sword Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi, and Lu Mingchuan’s group remained standing as Spirit Hall members knelt.
• Bibi Dong recognized Lu Mingchuan, praised his talent, and privately vowed to avenge Xiao Gang.
• Bibi Dong announced that the championship prize was the Left Leg Bone of Swift Pursuit, a Soul Bone from a ten-thousand-year-old soul beast.
• Godwind Academy forfeited its match against The Hunt Academy to conserve its strength for the later contest for a place in the finals.
• Xie Yue and his teammates watched Lu Mingchuan take the stage, while Yan doubted his record and grew angry at Hu Liena’s curious attention toward him.

Lu Mingchuan defeated Yan without activating his Martial Soul, surviving Yan’s self-endangering fifth Soul Skill unscathed. With Yan unconscious, Xie Yue was left as the only remaining Spirit Hall member who could fight.

• Hu Liena called Yan to fight, and Xie Yue warned him not to underestimate Lu Mingchuan, but Yan focused on impressing Hu Liena.
• Lu Mingchuan introduced himself as a Level 69 Soul Emperor and invited Yan to attack without summoning his Martial Soul.
• Yan used his soul skills to charge through the mist, but Lu Mingchuan dodged his attacks and seized him by the throat.
• Yan unleashed his fifth Soul Skill, Hellish Blazing Flame, despite being caught in its blast radius.
• Lu Mingchuan emerged from the fire unharmed, tossed the unconscious Yan to the medical soul masters, and turned toward Xie Yue.

Lu Mingchuan defeated Xie Yue and Hu Liena, completing a one-against-seven victory over Spirit Hall Academy. He left the stage complaining that Hu Liena’s match had been boring, while Mirror Flow teased him for going easy on her.

• Xie Yue attacked Lu Mingchuan with his Moon Blades and Self-Created Soul Skill, but Lu Mingchuan pierced his shoulder and knocked him away.
• Xie Yue surrendered, then had Spirit Hall healing soul masters treat his wound so he could still fight Godwind Academy that afternoon.
• Hu Liena used her Ambiguous Gaze on Lu Mingchuan, but it failed to affect him, so she surrendered without a fight.
• Lu Mingchuan completed his one-against-seven victory over Spirit Hall Academy and complained to Mirror Flow that the final match had been boring.
• Mirror Flow teased Lu Mingchuan for going easy on Hu Liena.

Lu Mingchuan’s team faced Spirit Hall Academy in the final championship after the other matches went as expected. The battle began with Dugu Yan charging into the enemy formation, and Lu Mingchuan vanished from his position to join the fight.

• Lu Mingchuan left after predicting that Spirit Hall Academy would beat Godwind Academy and the losers’ bracket opponents.
• Huo Wu regretted missing her chance to fight Lu Mingchuan, while Feng Xiaotian promised to win for her.
• Hu Liena defeated the losers’ bracket team by overwhelming them with her mental attacks, leaving Feng Xiaotian trapped in an illusion about Huo Wu.
• Lu Mingchuan spent the days before the final championship with Alicia, Huang Quan, and Mirror Flow while nearing rank seventy.
• At the final championship, Spirit Hall Academy and Lu Mingchuan’s team summoned their Martial Souls, and Lu Mingchuan trapped Yan’s fire attacks in light barriers.
• Dugu Yan charged at Spirit Hall Academy with Lan Keqing following, while Lu Mingchuan vanished from his position to enter the fight.

Lu Mingchuan summoned a gigantic Panda to counter Demonic Charm’s attacks during the arena battle. After Panda shrugged off Demonic Charm’s strongest move and kicked him away, the Martial Soul Fusion Skill faced Lu Mingchuan and Panda directly.

• Lu Mingchuan grabbed Yan and punched him out of the arena before Yan could use another soul skill.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Demonic Charm, and filled the arena with pink mist.
• Lu Mingchuan summoned Panda, whose roar dispersed the mist and whose swipe knocked Demonic Charm’s fused Moon Blades aside.
• Demonic Charm used Moon Kill, but Panda endured the attack and kicked Demonic Charm away, interrupting the soul skill.
• Lu Mingchuan called out “Ultimate Spicy!!” as the Martial Soul Fusion Skill confronted Panda.

Lu Mingchuan won the tournament, claimed Bibi Dong’s Soul Bone, and reached level seventy, awakening as a Pathstrider of Hunting. After testing his enhanced abilities, he set out with Mirror Flow for Sea God Island, leaving Alicia with Huang Quan.

• Lu Mingchuan defeated Demonic Charm, and Spirit Hall’s remaining team surrendered, securing his team’s tournament victory.
• Bibi Dong awarded Lu Mingchuan the Left Leg Bone of Swift Pursuit and unsuccessfully invited him to join Spirit Hall.
• After returning to his academy, Lu Mingchuan reached level seventy and became a Pathstrider of Hunting, greatly enhancing his abilities.
• Lu Mingchuan tested himself against the Abundance Profound Deer in Nightmare difficulty but failed to overcome its regeneration.
• Lu Mingchuan decided to travel to Sea God Island with Mirror Flow, while Alicia agreed to stay behind with Huang Quan.

Lu Mingchuan and Mirror Flow reached Sea God Island, where he attacked the island’s defenders and demanded they choose whether to become his friends or enemies. Four of the Seven Sacred Pillars remained as they waited for Bo Saixi to arrive.

• Lu Mingchuan and Mirror Flow traveled to Vast Sea City, rented a ship, and sailed toward Sea God Island using the Heart of the Vast Sea’s aura to guide them.
• After days at sea, Lu Mingchuan located Sea God Island and brought Mirror Flow ashore with him.
• Lu Mingchuan killed one of the Seven Sacred Pillars with a single arrow, then killed two more as the others tried to stop him.
• Sea Dragon Douluo, Seahorse, Starfish, and Sea Illusion confronted Lu Mingchuan and waited for Bo Saixi to arrive.
• Lu Mingchuan told the four survivors that he had grievances with their Sea God and demanded they choose whether to be friends or enemies.

Lu Mingchuan and Mirror Flow confronted Bo Saixi and the Sea God Island soul masters, seeking to force them to choose between friendship and enmity. Bo Saixi and the island’s defenders were defeated, and Lu Mingchuan ended the chapter lamenting their loyalty to the Sea God.

• Lu Mingchuan kept Sea Dragon and the three remaining Sacred Pillar guardians alive while he waited for Bo Saixi to arrive.
• Bo Saixi appeared, summoned her Sea God True Body, and attacked Lu Mingchuan with Sea God Imprisonment, but the chains had no effect on him or Mirror Flow.
• Lu Mingchuan shot Bo Saixi through the shoulder with an arrow of light, and Mirror Flow killed Sea Dragon and the other three guardians when they charged her.
• Lu Mingchuan demanded that Bo Saixi and the Sea God Island soul masters choose whether they were friends or enemies, but they did not answer.
• Lu Mingchuan lamented the islanders’ unwavering faith in the Sea God.

Lu Mingchuan charged the Imperial Bow at Sea God Island while Poseidon and Bo Saixi tried to stop him. Mirror Flow killed Poseidon and shattered his attack, and Lu Mingchuan destroyed the island before leaving with her.

• Bo Saixi summoned the Sea God, who appeared beside her and attacked Lu Mingchuan with the Golden Trident, but his strike failed to interrupt Lu Mingchuan's charge.
• Mirror Flow cut apart Poseidon's attack and cracked his Golden Trident with the Ephemeral Flower Sword.
• Poseidon tried to gather power for another attack, but Mirror Flow beheaded him and split his body into seven pieces.
• Bo Saixi offered to submit, but Lu Mingchuan refused to spare Sea God Island and released his crimson arrow.
• Lu Mingchuan's arrow engulfed Sea God Island in an energy storm, leaving a vast hollow in the sea where the island had stood.
• Mirror Flow praised Lu Mingchuan's strike, then told him they could go home.