Chapter Summaries

Hu Haoran visited the Spirit Transfer Tower and learned how the Cangyun Empire supported its spirit-soul research. He bought four powerful spirit souls for Taohua, Niu Dagui, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen, who were taken away to fuse with them.

• A staff member showed Hu Haoran, Hong Zuifeng, and the others the Spirit Transfer Chamber and explained that the Spirit Transfer Tower had developed ten-thousand-year spirit souls with help from the Cangyun Empire.
• The staff member described the spirit souls selected for Niu Dagui, Taohua, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen and quoted a total price of forty-two million seven hundred thousand gold soul coins.
• Hu Haoran paid the full amount in purple gold coins without hesitation.
• The staff member took Taohua and the other three to another room to fuse with their spirit souls, while Hu Haoran received a Golden VIP Card.

Hu Haoran tested his mental power at the Spirit Transfer Tower and discovered that it had reached the Soul Chaos Realm. After learning how mental power affects Soul Ring absorption and Spirit Souls, he considered saving his Soul Ring upgrades for later and developing his Second Martial Soul.

• Hu Haoran asked the Spirit Transfer Tower staff member to test his mental power while the others continued fusing their Spirit Souls.
• Hu Haoran’s mental power rose to 49,864 points, shocking the staff member and Hong Zuifeng and placing him in the Soul Chaos Realm.
• The staff member explained the mental power realms and how they determined Soul Ring absorption limits, then estimated how many high-year Spirit Souls Hu Haoran could absorb.
• Hu Haoran considered raising all his Soul Rings to ten-thousand-year level, but Hong Zuifeng advised him to wait until he reached the Heavenly Soul Realm.
• Hong Zuifeng explained that stronger mental power could let Hu Haoran absorb more Spirit Souls, whose innate skills and cultivation could strengthen him.
• Hu Haoran realized he could reorganize the growth of his Second Martial Soul once it appeared at level sixty.

Hu Haoran revealed that he had prepared a hundred-thousand-year Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit for Bing Yuxin to fuse with as a spirit soul. The fruit’s immense power made the fusion uncertain, leaving success dependent on Bing Yuxin and whether the fruit agreed.

• Taohua, Niu Dagui, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen finished absorbing their spirit souls and celebrated their improved strength.
• Hu Haoran dismissed the four so they could consolidate their cultivation and bond with their new spirit souls.
• Hu Haoran, Bing Yuxin, Bai Erli, Sai Fenglei, and Hong Zuifeng discussed whether Bing Yuxin could absorb the gift Hu Haoran had prepared.
• Hong Zuifeng sealed the room, and Hu Haoran brought out the hundred-thousand-year Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit.
• Hong Zuifeng warned that the fruit might refuse to become a spirit soul, and Hu Haoran realized Bing Yuxin’s fusion could be difficult.

Hu Haoran persuaded the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit to become Bing Yuxin’s Spirit Soul by revealing his knowledge of gods and his confidence in her divine potential. The Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit sealed its cultivation, entered Bing Yuxin’s spiritual sea, and began transforming her while Hu Haoran left her in Hong Zuifeng’s care.

• Hu Haoran asked the injured Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit to become Bing Yuxin’s Spirit Soul and argued that she could become a god with his help.
• Hu Haoran revealed that he had seen gods and displayed the Rakshasa Sword Spirit, whose powers convinced the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit of his unusual potential.
• The Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit agreed to become Bing Yuxin’s Spirit Soul and said it would seal its cultivation until she could absorb its power.
• Bing Yuxin opened her spiritual sea in trust, and the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit entered it after reducing its cultivation to a level she could fuse with.
• The Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit began transforming Bing Yuxin and fused its torso bone into her as her body became encased in ice.
• Hong Zuifeng offered to guard Bing Yuxin, and Hu Haoran departed with Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei to rest.

While Bing Yuxin continued absorbing the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit, Hu Haoran learned of the Golden Cloud Auction and agreed to bid on soul bones for his family. That night, he arrived at the auction house with Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei and spotted an acquaintance at the entrance.

• Bing Yuxin remained in a deep sleep as she absorbed the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit, while Hong Zuifeng guarded her and Hu Haoran checked on her.
• Sai Fenglei told Hu Haoran about the Golden Cloud Auction’s valuable items, including two soul bones suited to Niu Dagui and Hu Yu Chen.
• Hu Xi asked Hu Haoran to bid on gifts for the family, and Hu Haoran agreed to pursue both soul bones using family soul coins.
• Hu Haoran, Bai Erli, and Sai Fenglei arrived at the crowded Golden Cloud Auction that night, where Hu Haoran spotted an acquaintance before entering.

Hu Haoran reunited with Shen Mengyan at the Golden Cloud Auction House, where he stopped a group of arrogant young noblemen from threatening him and accepted Shen Mengyan’s invitation to share a VIP room. As the auction approached, guests gathered in hopes of bidding on a ninety-thousand-year soul ring.

• Hu Haoran greeted Shen Mengyan, but a group of young noblemen interrupted them and Young Master Zhang threatened him.
• Hu Haoran cut off Young Master Zhang’s right hand with a sword beam and revealed that he was the National Youth Soul Master Competition champion and a member of the Hu Residence.
• Shen Mengyan persuaded Hu Haoran to leave the confrontation, and he teased her by saying he had missed her.
• Shen Mengyan invited Hu Haoran to share her VIP room, and he agreed to accompany her at the auction.
• Guests filled the auction house, eager to bid on a ninety-thousand-year soul ring.

At the Golden Cloud Auction House, Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan watched soul spirits and rare alchemy treasures draw fierce bidding. Hu Haoran secured the Fire Butterfly Medicine Saint's notes for Shen Mengyan with a startling twenty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin bid.

• Qianqian opened the auction and introduced a 980-year Canglan Heavy Rhinoceros soul spirit, which a man in black bought for 2.5 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Haoran questioned the soul spirit's high price, and Shen Mengyan explained that the empire restricted soul masters to maintain imperial control.
• Qianqian presented the Fire Butterfly Medicine Saint's handwritten notes, and Shen Mengyan began bidding for them.
• As the price climbed to nine million Gold Soul Coins, Hu Haoran bid twenty million on Shen Mengyan's behalf.
• Qianqian declared the notes sold to Private Room Number Five, leaving the auction hall stunned.

Hu Haoran gave Shen Mengyan the Fire Butterfly Medicine Saint’s notes, then bought a highly poisonous soul bone and the Raging Tide Golden Lion soul bone at the auction. After the auction, Shen Mengyan arranged to have him picked up the next day, while would-be robbers backed off after learning who he was.

• Hu Haoran paid for and gave Shen Mengyan the Fire Butterfly Medicine Saint’s notes, and she explained how the continent-wide Silver Alliance cards worked.
• Hu Haoran outbid several Poison Soul Masters and bought the Dark Jade Poison Scorpion right arm bone for 4.5 million Gold Soul Coins.
• Hu Haoran told Shen Mengyan that soul bones were meant to be gifts, then agreed to meet her the next day after she invited him out.
• Hu Haoran bought the Raging Tide Golden Lion right arm bone for 12 million Gold Soul Coins, while a quasi-Soul Douluo bought the final soul ring for 56 million.
• Would-be robbers considered targeting Hu Haoran after the auction, but left after seeing him with Shen Mengyan and learning his identity.

Hu Haoran went to the palace with Shen Mengyan to meet Shen Yefeng, where he found his family already gathered for a lavish banquet. He sat beside Shen Yefeng as the emperor and Hu Xi traded barbs, while Hu Tingting and Shen Yongguo quietly noticed Shen Mengyan’s closeness to Hu Haoran.

• Hu Haoran gave Hu Xi the poisonous Dark Jade Poison Scorpion right arm bone and learned that Shen Mengyan would take him to the palace the next day.
• Shen Mengyan met Hu Haoran at his residence and brought him to the palace, where Shen Yefeng had arranged a banquet.
• At the Imperial Dining Hall, Hu Haoran found Hu Tingting, Shen Yongguo, Hu Xi, and Shen Yefeng waiting.
• Shen Yefeng invited Hu Haoran to sit beside him and recalled meeting him as a baby, while Hu Xi joked that Shen Yefeng had a fixation on children.
• Hu Haoran sat beside Shen Yefeng, and Hu Tingting and Shen Yongguo noticed Shen Mengyan staying close to him.

At a palace banquet, Hu Haoran asked Shen Yefeng for complete authority over Haori City so he could build his own power, and Shen Yefeng readily agreed. Hu Haoran then gave him the Crimson Jade Heart Tea formula, revealing it could cure the poison threatening Shen Yefeng's life.

• Shen Yefeng and Hu Xi toasted one another, and Shen Yefeng thanked Hu Haoran for exposing the Ling Family's conspiracy.
• Hu Tingting and Shen Mengyan congratulated Hu Haoran on awakening his martial soul and winning the Youth Soul Master Tournament.
• Hu Haoran asked Shen Yefeng for complete governing authority over Haori City to build his own power, and Shen Yefeng agreed to announce it at the award ceremony.
• Hu Haoran gave Shen Yefeng the Crimson Jade Heart Tea formula as payment for the city, explaining that it was an antidote to Shen Yefeng's poison.
• Hu Haoran said his sworn younger brothers had supplied the formula, and Shen Yefeng eagerly agreed to attend the banquet celebrating their adoption.

Hu Haoran returned to the Hu Residence after a banquet where Shen Yefeng and Hu Xi reunited over drinks, then learned Bing Yuxin was recovering and discovered that Xiong Yingtian and five other young Soul Masters had come to visit. He welcomed his old tournament rivals and invited them to dinner.

• Hu Xi and Shen Yefeng drank together after the banquet, while their companions recalled how their rivalry over Leng Xuewu had complicated their friendship.
• Hu Haoran brought the drunken Hu Xi home, and Hong Zuifeng told him that Bing Yuxin’s solid ice had melted and her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Soul and soul bone had fused into her body.
• Hong Zuifeng told Hu Haoran that six young visitors who were known to Young Master Bai and Young Master Sai were waiting in the side hall.
• Hu Haoran found Xiong Yingtian, Wang Xiaobei, Zhao Kuang, Gao Cheng, and their companions, and they talked about his identity, their past matches, and their cultivation.
• Hu Haoran invited the six visitors to stay for dinner, and Gao Cheng gladly accepted.

Hu Haoran hosted the Little Bear Team and the Three Dragon Combination, and all six members asked to join his ranks. He sent them to Fengho Town to help the Boulder Mercenary Group defeat or subdue one of the town’s three major factions within a week, leaving their acceptance dependent on completing the test.

• Hu Haoran asked Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, Qiu Tieshan, Liu Yu, Wang Xiaobei, and the other members of their teams to explain why they had come.
• Xiong Yingtian, Gao Cheng, and Qiu Tieshan said they wanted to follow Hu Haoran, while Liu Yu and Wang Xiaobei revealed that the Little Bear Team also wanted to join the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Hu Haoran gave the six a test: travel to Fengho Town and help the Boulder Mercenary Group destroy or subdue one of the three major factions there within about a week.
• Hu Haoran handed Xiong Yingtian a letter for the Boulder Mercenary Group’s leaders, and the six departed at once.
• Hu Haoran told Bai Erli and Sai Fenglei that he would accept the six if they completed the mission but give up on them if they failed.

After recovering from Death’s Embrace with Hu Haoran’s prescription, Shen Yefeng resumed the awards ceremony and brought Ling Gaofeng before the crowd for execution. Ling Gaofeng’s final threat failed when Shen Yefeng revealed that the poison had already been purged.

• Danchen Douluo used Hu Haoran’s prescription to cure Shen Yefeng and improve his cultivation to peak Rank 89 Soul Douluo.
• Shen Yefeng arrived at the ceremony with the Empress, while Ling Gaofeng was dragged behind the procession in chains.
• Shen Yefeng announced that Ling Gaofeng would be beheaded before the awards ceremony resumed.
• Ling Gaofeng laughed and claimed the poison in Shen Yefeng’s body was incurable.
• Shen Yefeng revealed that he had purged Death’s Embrace with a benefactor’s help.

Shen Yefeng executed Ling Gaofeng, honored the competition’s top contestants, and awarded Hu Haoran a hereditary fief for exposing the conspiracy and saving his life. He then prepared to enter seclusion and ordered Shen Yongguo and Hu Xi to defend the southeastern frontier against the Tianlan Tribe.

• Shen Yefeng revealed that Hu Haoran had obtained the antidote, then ordered Ling Gaofeng executed for treason.
• The audience applauded Ling Gaofeng’s death, and seven eligible contestants received noble titles and cultivation pills at the awards ceremony.
• Shen Yefeng named Hu Haoran Viscount Thunder Sword and granted him Haori City as a hereditary fief.
• Shen Yefeng announced that his cultivation had reached level eighty-nine and that he would enter seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Title Douluo.
• Shen Yefeng ordered Shen Yongguo to accompany Hu Xi to the southeastern frontier, where Hu Xi would command an army of three hundred thousand against the Tianlan Tribe.

Shen Yefeng announced that the Tianlan Tribe would invade again and then arranged for Shen Mengyan to marry Hu Haoran when he turned eighteen. Hu Haoran accepted Shen Mengyan’s feelings, leaving the two families pleased and the Imperial Capital buzzing about the match.

• Shen Yefeng warned that the Tianlan Tribe would invade the Cangyun Empire again and reassured the people that Hu Xi and the Crown Prince would defend the borders.
• At the Empress’s reminder, Shen Yefeng announced that Shen Mengyan would marry Hu Haoran when he reached eighteen.
• Hu Haoran realized Hu Tingting had helped arrange the match, while Shen Mengyan showed that she welcomed it.
• Shen Mengyan told Hu Haoran she would follow him wherever he went, and he warned her that she might not be his only woman.
• Shen Mengyan accepted Hu Haoran’s condition, and he embraced her as Shen Yefeng and Hu Xi watched with satisfaction.

After Bing Yuxin awakened with immense power from the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit, Hu Haoran prepared to celebrate his companions becoming Hu Xi’s sworn children. Meanwhile, the Boulder Mercenary Group struggled against the strengthened Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group and hoped Hu Haoran would arrive soon.

• Hu Haoran returned to the Hu Residence and learned that Bing Yuxin had reached the peak of Rank 59 Soul King after absorbing much of the Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit’s power.
• The Ice Crystal Ginseng Fruit explained that Bing Yuxin would need to reach Rank 70 to use more of its power and Rank 90 to wield it completely, then withdrew after Hu Yuchen’s questions upset her.
• Hu Haoran told Bing Yuxin, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen that Hu Xi had taken them as sworn children and would host a banquet in three days.
• Hu Haoran warned Hu Tengfei and Hu Yuchen to train because they might face challenges representing the Blue Electric Tyrant Dragon Clan at the banquet.
• Xiong Yingtian reported that the Blood Rainbow Mercenary Group had hired two Soul Sages and was overwhelming the Boulder Mercenary Group.
• Zhou Mingyi and Wang Xiaobei explained that a signal jammer and enemy surveillance prevented them from calling for help, leaving them to hope Hu Haoran arrived in time.

Hu Xi hosted a banquet for his adopted children, but Shen Yefeng turned it into a contest between the Hu Residence’s young talents and their challengers. With three Rank 8 Soul Tools offered as prizes, the guests prepared to begin the matches.

• Hu Xi welcomed the guests and introduced Hu Tengfei, Hu Yuchen, and Bing Yuxin as his adopted children and talented young Soul Masters.
• Shen Yefeng arrived with Shen Yongxin and Shen Yongcheng, whose dismissive looks suggested they intended to cause trouble.
• Hu Xi joked that Bing Yuxin was stronger than Meng Yan, prompting Shen Yefeng to praise her and tease that he might take her for himself.
• Shen Yefeng proposed matches for the younger generation, and Hu Xi agreed to two two-on-two contests and one one-on-one contest for participants under twenty.
• Shen Yefeng offered the Mystic Turtle Armor Shield and Star Sun Cannon as prizes, while Hu Xi added the Bright Soul Saint Mirror.
• Shen Yefeng called for the first match to begin and asked who would step forward.

Taohua and Niu Dagui represented Hu Residence in the first two-on-two match and defeated General Huang’s sons, showcasing the strength of Hu Haoran’s training. The victory ended with Hu Tengfei and Hu Tengfei’s younger brother stepping forward to face Shen Yongxin and his younger brother in the next match.

• Taohua and Niu Dagui volunteered to represent Hu Residence, and Hu Haoran challenged the crowd to test the pair he had trained.
• Huang Si and Huang De accepted the challenge and revealed their Gale Leopard and Gale Wolf Martial Souls.
• Taohua evaded Huang De with Chasing Lightning Shadowless while boosting Niu Dagui with her Crimson Star skills.
• Niu Dagui trapped Huang Si with Diamond Bodyguard and injured him with Ox Demon Shakes Heaven Fist, prompting Huang De to concede.
• Hu Xi declared Taohua and Niu Dagui the winners, and Hu Tengfei and his younger brother challenged Shen Yongxin and his younger brother to the next match.

Hu Tengfei and Hu Yuchen defeated Shen Yongxin and Shen Yongcheng in a brief match, impressing the court with their strength. Hu Xi then invited challengers to face his adopted daughter, and Bing Yuxin agreed to fight the Soul Emperor Shen Yongguo.

• Hu Tengfei and Hu Yuchen introduced themselves as Control-type Soul Masters, while Shen Yongxin and Shen Yongcheng revealed their martial souls and prepared to fight.
• Shen Yongcheng attacked Hu Tengfei, but Hu Tengfei used his sword technique to exploit Shen Yongcheng’s weakness as Shen Yongxin moved to support his brother.
• Hu Yuchen intercepted Shen Yongxin, and the brothers used Mental Impact and poisonous threads to overcome both princes and push them off the platform.
• Hu Xi praised Hu Tengfei and Hu Yuchen, then called for a challenger to face his adopted daughter.
• Hu Haoran warned that only Soul Kings or stronger should challenge Bing Yuxin, and Shen Yongguo volunteered to test her strength.
• Bing Yuxin accepted the match against Shen Yongguo, and the spectators eagerly awaited their battle.

Bing Yuxin defeated Shen Yongguo in their match, demonstrating her formidable strength and earning the Hu Family’s victory in all three matches. After Shen Yefeng awarded the promised Soul Tools, Bing Yuxin, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen gave theirs to Hu Haoran, and Hu Xi began the banquet.

• Bing Yuxin used her ice vines to pressure Shen Yongguo, then controlled the stage with her Earth Ice Prison as he countered with his wind-based skills.
• Shen Yongguo challenged Bing Yuxin to withstand his Fifth Soul Skill, and she neutralized Divine Eagle Gale Kill with Profound Grass Ice Crystal Transformation.
• Shen Yongguo admitted defeat and apologized to Shen Yefeng, who accepted the loss and congratulated Hu Xi on the Hu Family’s three-match victory.
• Shen Yefeng awarded the Hu Family two Rank 8 Soul Tools, and Hu Xi gave three Soul Tools to Bing Yuxin, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen.
• Bing Yuxin, Hu Tengfei, and Hu Yuchen handed their Soul Tools to Hu Haoran, who accepted them, and Hu Xi announced the start of the banquet.