Chapter Summaries

Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun fought the Dark Spirit Phantoms as their strength dwindled, while the rulers of Dark Spirit Forest feared the newly awakened Rakshasa. Shen Mengyan cleared a path through the attackers, and Rakshasa approached in He Gufeng’s body.

• Shen Mengyan destroyed three Dark Spirit Phantoms with Golden Flame Flying Feather, and Ling Fengyun cut down more with Death Soul Condensing Light.
• The five rulers of Dark Spirit Forest discussed Rakshasa’s awakening and their inability to oppose him, clinging to a prophecy of lightning and starlight defeating him.
• As Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun grew exhausted, Ling Fengyun urged her to activate the distress signal, but Shen Mengyan refused to flee.
• Shen Mengyan unleashed Golden Flame Sea Boiling Incineration, burning through the Dark Spirit Phantoms and opening a path.
• Rakshasa, newly awakened in He Gufeng’s body, approached with a faint smile.

Rakshasa revealed himself to Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun after his Dark Spirit Phantoms trapped them in the Dark Spirit Forest, then overwhelmed Ling Fengyun and attacked Shen Mengyan. Shen Mengyan fought back despite her exhaustion, but Rakshasa’s strange power blocked her flames.

• Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun used recovery pills and fought the Dark Spirit Phantoms, but four Marshal-class Dark Spirit Wraiths repeatedly prevented their escape.
• Rakshasa approached through the creatures he controlled and revealed himself, leaving Shen Mengyan and Ling Fengyun stunned by his changed aura.
• Ling Fengyun attacked Rakshasa with Death Soul Condensing Light, but Rakshasa’s White Feather Flying Lightning pierced his shoulder and defeated him in one move.
• Shen Mengyan declared that the people of the Cangyun Empire would never submit and attacked Rakshasa with Golden Flame Cloud Burning Strike.
• Rakshasa blocked Shen Mengyan’s golden flames with a strange force and continued pressing his attack.

Rakshasa poisoned Shen Mengyan and forced Ling Fengyun to attack her, but Hu Haoran intervened and revealed that Rakshasa was a powerful being possessing He Gufeng. Hu Haoran and Rakshasa clashed evenly before launching their first soul skills at each other.

• Rakshasa's Poison Gas Sword pierced Shen Mengyan's Golden Flame Wings and poisoned her, while Ling Fengyun agreed to surrender.
• Rakshasa ordered Ling Fengyun to kill Shen Mengyan, and Ling Fengyun attacked her with his spider legs after being intimidated by Rakshasa.
• Hu Haoran struck Ling Fengyun with Myriad Thunder Breaking Void, severely injuring him and stopping his attack on Shen Mengyan.
• Hu Haoran and Rakshasa exchanged blows, and Hu Haoran deduced that Rakshasa had possessed He Gufeng's body.
• Rakshasa demanded that Hu Haoran submit, but Hu Haoran attacked with Vicious Thunder Stab as Rakshasa countered with White Feather Wind Slash.

Hu Haoran battled Rakshasa while Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei withdrew with the injured Shen Mengyan. Left to fight alone, Hu Haoran unleashed his full strength and tore Rakshasa’s clothes with a storm of lightning swords, though he did not seriously injure him.

• Hu Haoran and Rakshasa exchanged sword strikes, and Rakshasa revealed his intent to seize Hu Haoran’s body.
• Rakshasa attacked Bai Erli, but Sai Fenglei and Bai Erli combined their weapons to block the strike and were both injured.
• Hu Haoran sent Bai Erli, Sai Fenglei, and the others away to help Shen Mengyan while he stayed to face Rakshasa.
• Hu Haoran and Rakshasa unleashed powerful soul skills and clashed repeatedly as Ling Fengyun hoped Rakshasa would kill Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran struck Rakshasa with a dense rain of lightning swords, leaving his clothes in tatters and prompting Hu Haoran to mock him.

Hu Haoran fought Rakshasa, using his sword skills to injure him before escaping when his strength ran low. Rakshasa survived, threatened Ling Fengyun into submission, and began recovering from his wounds.

• Hu Haoran and Rakshasa exchanged sword attacks, and Rakshasa's Breath of Death overwhelmed Hu Haoran's Spiritual Sea.
• Hu Haoran used the broken Thunder Burst Light Sword to stab Rakshasa's shoulder, then detonated it and nearly destroyed Rakshasa's right arm.
• Hu Haoran pierced Rakshasa's heart with the Soaring Sword, then retreated before his Soul Power and mental strength ran out.
• Rakshasa began regenerating and threatened Hu Haoran as he disappeared, while Ling Fengyun stayed behind and considered attacking Rakshasa.
• Rakshasa planted a mark in Ling Fengyun's brow and inflicted severe pain to force him to acknowledge Rakshasa as his master.

Hu Haoran found Bai Jiali, Sai Fenglei, Shen Mengyan, and the others after escaping Rakshasa, then used rare pills to treat their severe injuries and Shen Mengyan’s poison. As both groups recovered, Rakshasa drained Dark Spirit Phantoms to heal himself and prepared to pursue Hu Haoran and take Niu Dafu’s body.

• Hu Haoran reached the group’s hiding place and learned Shen Mengyan had only six hours to live unless Rakshasa’s poison was purged.
• Hu Haoran exchanged Douluo Crystal Points for healing pills, gave them to Bai Jiali, Sai Fenglei, and Shen Mengyan, and took pills to repair his own body and Spiritual Sea.
• Shen Mengyan used the Azure Phoenix Poison Dispelling Pill and her Golden Flame to burn away Rakshasa’s poison while the Little Bear Team guarded the recovering group.
• Rakshasa told Ling Fengyun he still intended to take Niu Dafu’s body and summoned Dark Spirit Phantoms to absorb their energy and heal his injuries.
• Rakshasa repaired his right arm but remained weakened by the wound near his heart, while the Dark Spirit Forest fell into an uneasy calm.

After recovering, Hu Haoran and his allies discussed Rakshasa’s abilities and devised a plan to find a way to defeat him. Hu Haoran discovered a mysterious place called the Pool of Life in the east, and the group set out for it while Rakshasa raised his cultivation by devouring Dark Spirit Wraiths.

• Hu Haoran recovered from his injuries, expanded his Spiritual Sea with the Taiyi Soul Gathering Pill, and advanced the Star Evolution Soul Art to its third level; Bai Erli, Sai Fenglei, and Shen Mengyan also recovered.
• Hu Haoran warned the group that Rakshasa controlled Dark Spirit Phantoms and had extraordinary regenerative powers, but proposed burning He Gufeng’s body to ash with Shen Mengyan’s Golden Flame Divine Eagle.
• Hu Haoran used the Douluo System to locate the Pool of Life in the east, and Shen Mengyan and the others agreed to travel there with him.
• Rakshasa chose to raise his cultivation to level sixty before confronting Hu Haoran again and began devouring Marshal-class Dark Spirit Wraiths.

Hu Haoran led the group safely through the Dark Spirit Forest to the Heavenly Pool of Life, where they discovered a vast field of rare spiritual herbs. After astonishing Shen Mengyan with his rapid rise to Elixir Grandmaster, Hu Haoran brought everyone to a ten-thousand-year Phoenix Blood Bodhi Vine, and the group eagerly anticipated its benefits.

• Hu Haoran guided Shen Mengyan and the others through the forest without encountering danger, following the Life Aura toward the Heavenly Pool of Life.
• The group reached the pool and found countless spiritual herbs, including many ten-thousand-year herbs and some that Shen Mengyan recognized as extinct.
• Hu Haoran revealed that he had become an Elixir Grandmaster after studying alchemy for just over a month, shocking Shen Mengyan and the Little Bear Team.
• Hu Haoran led the group to a ten-thousand-year Phoenix Blood Bodhi Vine, and Shen Mengyan explained that its fruit could strengthen the body, vitality, bloodline, and Soul Power.

Shen Mengyan harvested Phoenix Blood Bodhis, and the group gained strength by refining them before Hu Haoran led them to a frozen region filled with rare herbs. There, they discovered a Hundred Thousand Year Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit, and Hu Haoran resolved to claim it for his little sister despite Shen Mengyan's warning.

• Shen Mengyan harvested forty-eight Phoenix Blood Bodhis, which Hu Haoran divided among the seven of them.
• Hu Haoran and the others refined three Phoenix Blood Bodhis each, raising their Soul Power ranks and helping the Little Bear Team members and Bai Li reach level fifty.
• Hu Haoran said he planned to attempt a breakthrough to Medicine King and refine pills for Yu Xin, then led the group toward a cold region in search of herbs.
• Shen Mengyan identified several rare ice-attribute herbs in a frozen landscape, while Bai Li and Sai Fenglei recalled a similar place at Snow Star Mountain.
• Hu Haoran detected and forced a small, ice-crystal creature out of hiding, and he and Shen Mengyan identified it as a Hundred Thousand Year Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit.
• Hu Haoran insisted he would claim the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit for his little sister, while Shen Mengyan warned him not to act rashly.

Hu Haoran fought the hundred-thousand-year Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit, whose strength was weakened by injuries from a recent Heavenly Tribulation, and awakened the Eye of Thunder to defeat it. He subdued the exhausted Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit and stored it in the Treasure Hall of the Douluo System, then collapsed from the sky and was caught by Bai Erli.

• The Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit attacked Hu Haoran with icy vines and plants, while Shen Mengyan and the others retreated and watched him fight alone.
• Hu Haoran and the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit traded sword strikes and physical blows, injuring each other as he realized its combat power had been weakened by its recent Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit borrowed strength from the surrounding plants and gained power comparable to a Title Douluo, putting Hu Haoran in danger.
• Hu Haoran absorbed a heavenly lightning bolt with the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Method and awakened the Eye of Thunder, then used lightning to pin the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit to the ground.
• Hu Haoran gave the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit the choice to submit or die, and it agreed to become a soul spirit for a master he would find.
• Hu Haoran stored the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit in the Treasure Hall of the Douluo System, then fell from the air and was caught by Bai Erli.

Hu Haoran recovered from his battle with the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit and demonstrated his alchemy by refining Saint-grade Five-Prism Profound Ice Pills. After successfully awakening the pills’ innate spirituality, he and Shen Mengyan prepared to spend two days refining pills while the others went to seek opportunities.

• Hu Haoran pretended to be gravely injured until Shen Mengyan exposed his act, and Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei punished him for the prank.
• After recovering with Soul Nourishment Pills, Hu Haoran found that his lightning-tempered body had grown stronger and that he had gained an Eye of Thunder.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan gathered medicinal herbs at the Pool of Life and returned to challenge the Medicine King realm.
• Hu Haoran used the Nine Dragon Alchemy Technique to refine seven mid-grade Saint Five-Prism Profound Ice Pills, awakening their innate spirituality despite the difficulty.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan stayed to refine pills for two days while the others set out to seek opportunities, agreeing to meet again afterward.

Bai Erli led the Little Bear Team deeper into the Pool of Life, where a mysterious summons drew him toward an Abyssal Snow Ape soul spirit. The spirit challenged him to fight, and Bai Erli transformed to face it.

• Sai Fenglei stayed with Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan to refine pills and strengthen his cultivation, while Bai Erli and the Little Bear Team continued onward.
• Bai Erli led Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan through the frozen wasteland toward the Pool of Life’s concentrated life energy, and they memorized the route past rare medicinal herbs.
• Bai Erli sensed a summons and growing danger ahead, so the group hurried toward its source.
• A ten-meter-tall white giant ape appeared and used its soul pressure to hold back the Little Bear Team while Bai Erli advanced.
• Bai Erli recognized the creature as the soul spirit of a vanished Abyssal Snow Ape and welcomed the chance to obtain a soul spirit.
• The Abyssal Snow Ape challenged Bai Erli, who used his martial soul to transform into a giant ape and prepare for battle.

Bai Erli fought the Abyssal Snow Ape and proved strong enough to earn its respect. The over-seventy-thousand-year-old beast agreed to become his soul spirit and began merging with him.

• Bai Erli used his soul skills and Heavenly Cold Dust Palm to battle the Abyssal Snow Ape, while the Little Bear Team watched in awe.
• The Abyssal Snow Ape entered a berserk state, and Bai Erli answered with his transformations before shattering its icy Soul Power cannonball with Titan Sky Breaking Kill.
• After Bai Erli forced the ape back, he asked it to become his soul spirit, and it agreed because he had defeated it.
• The Abyssal Snow Ape explained that Bai Erli needed sufficient spiritual power, then waited as he rested and prepared for the fusion.
• The Abyssal Snow Ape transformed into a soul ring and began merging with Bai Erli, promising that they would fight side by side.

Bai Erli completed his fusion with the Abyssal Snow Ape and became a Rank 52 Soul King. He learned that three dangerous Crimson Crystal Giant Bear soul spirits might join the Little Bear Team, and led his companions to confront them.

• Bai Erli endured the final stage of fusion with the Abyssal Snow Ape and became a Five-Ring Soul King at Rank 52.
• Bai Erli withdrew his Martial Soul and told Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan that soul spirits in the area could leave by becoming soul masters’ companions, though obtaining one could be deadly.
• Bai Erli asked the Abyssal Snow Ape about suitable soul spirits and learned of three roughly fifteen-thousand-year-old Crimson Crystal Giant Bear brothers.
• Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan agreed to face the Crimson Crystal Giant Bears, and Bai Erli led the Little Bear Team toward their habitat.

Bai Erli brought the Little Bear Team to challenge the three immortal Crimson Crystal Giant Bears, who had terrorized the local soul beasts and spirits with their shameless fighting style. The battle continued in a chaotic stalemate, leaving Bai Erli hoping the team would subdue them.

• Xiong Yingtian roared a challenge, and the three Crimson Crystal Giant Bears emerged to face the Little Bear Team.
• Gao Cheng, Xiong Yingtian, and Qiu Tieshan entered their combat states and assessed the bears' formidable size and defenses.
• A Crimson Crystal Giant Bear attacked Qiu Tieshan, and their first clash ended evenly.
• Gao Cheng and Xiong Yingtian launched their soul skills, prompting all three Crimson Crystal Giant Bears to counterattack.
• The six fighters traded brutal, underhanded blows while Bai Erli and the Abyssal Snow Ape watched and hoped the Little Bear Team would subdue the bears.

Xiong Yingtian defeated a Crimson Crystal Giant Bear and persuaded it to become his soul spirit, then began absorbing it while Bai Li stood guard. Gao Cheng and Qiu Tieshan continued fighting their own bears, and Bai Li learned that the Abyssal Snow Ape had raised and trained all three.

• Xiong Yingtian traded powerful attacks with his Crimson Crystal Giant Bear until he pierced it with Dark Shadow Annihilation Kill and pinned it down.
• The Crimson Crystal Giant Bear surrendered and agreed to become Xiong Yingtian's soul spirit.
• Xiong Yingtian left the battlefield, restored his Soul Power, and began absorbing the soul spirit as Bai Li stood guard.
• Gao Cheng and Qiu Tieshan continued battling their Crimson Crystal Giant Bears, whose fighting styles tested their strength and endurance.
• The Abyssal Snow Ape told Bai Li that it had watched the bears grow up, trained them, and considered them its underlings and disciples.

The Little Bear Team fought the three Crimson Crystal Giant Bears to subdue them as soul spirits. Gao Cheng and Qiu Tieshan each defeated their opponents, and the team prepared to recover and absorb the soul spirits.

• Gao Cheng used his soul skills to overpower the battle-hungry Crimson Crystal Giant Bear, then slapped it until it submitted and transformed into a soul ring.
• Gao Cheng brought the soul ring to Bai Erli and began recovering before absorbing it.
• Qiu Tieshan conserved his Soul Power while fighting the defensive Crimson Crystal Giant Bear, then used its exposed abdomen to break through its defenses.
• Qiu Tieshan defeated his opponent, which transformed into a black soul ring, and went to Bai Erli to recover and prepare for absorption.
• The Little Bear Team had taken down all three Crimson Crystal Giant Bear soul spirits, prompting the watching soul beast spirits to cheer and watch enviously.

Hu Haoran helped Shen Mengyan identify the flaw in her alchemy, and she successfully became a Medicine King. After Bai Erli and the Little Bear Team finished absorbing their soul spirits, they revealed the location of a mysterious land of life inheritance deep within the Pool of Life, where Hu Haoran hoped to uncover the Dark Spirit Forest’s secrets.

• Bai Erli guarded the Little Bear Team as they recovered, then the three members absorbed their Crimson Crystal Giant Bear soul spirits while Bai Erli cultivated nearby.
• Hu Haoran advanced to Medicine King and refined advanced Five-Ridge Profound Ice Pills, then explained that Shen Mengyan’s impatience during spirit inscription caused her repeated failures.
• Shen Mengyan followed Hu Haoran’s advice, refined an Indestructible Diamond Pill, and became a Medicine King; she embraced Hu Haoran in gratitude, causing an awkward moment.
• Two days later, Bai Erli and the Little Bear Team finished absorbing their soul spirits and told Hu Haoran about a place guarded by soul beast soul spirits.
• Gao Cheng explained that the place was a land of life inheritance where dense life energy restored injuries and allowed soul beast soul spirits to reappear, and Hu Haoran resolved to explore it for clues about the Dark Spirit Forest.

Hu Haoran and six companions reached the core of the Pool of Life, where a powerful guardian tested their strength before allowing Hu Haoran to proceed alone. He discovered a willow tree radiating life energy at the heart of the lake, the being he had hoped to find.

• Hu Haoran led the group carefully through the Pool of Life, warning them not to provoke its powerful soul beasts and soul spirits.
• An unseen guardian stopped the seven and told them that no one could enter the area where the being at the center waited.
• Hu Haoran insisted on trying, and the guardian demanded that he withstand its soul pressure for a quarter of an hour.
• The pressure knocked out the three members of the Little Bear Team, Bai Erli, Sai Fenglei, and Shen Mengyan, leaving Hu Haoran to endure it alone.
• Hu Haoran used his cultivation methods and Soul Sword to withstand the full test, and the guardian let him enter while the others remained unconscious.
• Hu Haoran reached the lake's center and saw a willow tree radiating life energy across the Pool of Life and Dark Spirit Forest.

Hu Haoran received the Life Divine Tree’s blessing, gained a glimpse of life’s mysteries, and accepted a mission to destroy the Rakshasa God’s lingering resentment. He reunited with his companions, concealed what he had found in the forest, and prepared to pursue Rakshasa with his new Star Scar Sword.

• The Life Divine Tree used the water and light of life to strengthen Hu Haoran, then tasked him with eliminating the Rakshasa God’s lingering resentment.
• During the blessing, Hu Haoran sensed the essence of life as energy gathered around his chest and began shaping a small purple-gold dragon.
• After Hu Haoran thanked the Life Divine Tree, it sent him back to his companions, and the Douluo System rewarded him with the Star Scar Sword and assigned him a mission to destroy Rakshasa’s resentment.
• Hu Haoran inspected the sword, learned of its nighttime attack boost and binding ability, and hurried to rejoin the other six.
• The unseen voice freed Bai Erli and the others, and Hu Haoran reunited with them while claiming he had found only a sword and a pill.