Chapter Summaries

Jing Kongxiang, Tai Feng, and Meng Liang ambushed Spirit Medicine Hall’s medicinal-material escort, driving it toward a trap prepared by Hu Haoran and his allies. As Jing Kongxiang sensed something was wrong, Tai Feng insisted on pursuing the fleeing caravan.

• Jing Kongxiang charged the escort team and injured half its members with his Soul Disruption skill.
• The escort captain ordered his team to fire their Soul Tools while retreating southeast toward the trap.
• Hu Haoran and Bai Feiyu watched the escort draw the three retainers toward Xue Jinghong’s ambush.
• Tai Feng and Meng Liang attacked the retreating escort with poison mist and blazing assaults, forcing it to keep retreating.
• Jing Kongxiang warned Tai Feng and Meng Liang that the retreat seemed suspicious, but Tai Feng pursued, and Jing Kongxiang followed him.

Hu Haoran's group lured Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and the Zhu Family guards into a trap and revealed that Hu Haoran was the Hualei Pavilion master and the City Lord of Haori City. The ambush began with Xue Jinghong overwhelming Tai Feng and Meng Liang, while Hu Haoran confronted Jing Kongxiang.

• The Zhu Family guards fled toward the trap site, but Jing Kongxiang suspected a setup and warned Tai Feng and Meng Liang to retreat.
• Hu Haoran appeared and revealed that the caravan's medicinal materials had been taken and stored away, then ordered his allies to attack the Zhu Family members.
• Xue Jinghong revealed his Soul Sage strength and used his Blood Spirit Brush to bind and attack the Zhu Family members.
• Tai Feng and Meng Liang used their soul skills to resist Xue Jinghong's assault but were blasted away by his attack.
• Jing Kongxiang charged Xue Jinghong with his spear, but Hu Haoran intercepted him, and the two clashed before retreating.

Hu Haoran and Hualei Pavilion overwhelmed the Zhu Family forces, while Hu Haoran defeated Jing Kongxiang in a fierce duel. With only Tai Feng and Meng Liang left standing, Hu Haoran offered them a chance to escape by defeating him.

• Xue Jinghong held Tai Feng and Meng Liang in check while Zhan Ya led Hualei Pavilion in slaughtering the Zhu Family members.
• Hu Haoran attacked Jing Kongxiang with his Fourth Soul Skill, but Jing Kongxiang countered with his Fifth Soul Skill and was blasted into the air.
• Hu Haoran used Ghost Wind Howls Across a Thousand Miles, and after a quarter of an hour of combat, Jing Kongxiang collapsed with grievous wounds.
• Zhan Ya finished off the Zhu Family members, leaving only Tai Feng and Meng Liang standing against Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran offered to let Tai Feng and Meng Liang go if they defeated him, and the two agreed to fight him together.

Hu Haoran defeated Tai Feng and Meng Liang with his sword techniques after they unleashed their soul skills and soul spirits. He left the three captives, including Jing Kongxiang, alive to become his subordinates until Heaven's members gathered information about the Zhu Family.

• Tai Feng and Meng Liang demanded that Hu Haoran keep his word, then attacked him with their Soul Skills.
• Hu Haoran activated his Ice Fire Immunity Body and defeated their combined assault with Spring Thunder Stab.
• Tai Feng and Meng Liang unleashed their fifth Soul Skills, but Hu Haoran struck them down with Divine Thunder Rips the Sky, Shattering the Limitless.
• Xue Jinghong recognized that Hu Haoran had grown stronger, and Zhan Ya asked how to handle the captives.
• Hu Haoran ordered that Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang be kept alive as his future subordinates until Heaven's members obtained information about the Zhu Family.

Hu Haoran prepared to bring the Zhu Family under his control after placing three captured men inside it as spies. When he learned the family would soon transport a fifty-thousand-year-old Void Lotus under the guard of two Soul Saints, he planned to seize the herbs and return them to Hualei Pavilion.

• Hu Haoran ordered Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang to spy on the Zhu Family and report its movements.
• Hu Haoran and Shen Mengyan discussed controlling the Zhu Family and delaying plans to bring Soul Ring organizations to Haori City.
• After Heaven questioned the three men, Hu Haoran learned that the Zhu Family's herb caravan would return in three days with a fifty-thousand-year-old Void Lotus.
• Hu Haoran planned to send Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang, with his support, to seize the herbs guarded by Zhu Zhenming and Zhu Luanxin.
• Shen Mengyan advised Hu Haoran to bring Zhan Ya and the others and return the seized herbs to Hualei Pavilion.

Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang returned to the Zhu Family badly injured after their failed raid on the Spirit Medicine Hall, while Hu Haoran prepared a new raid on the Zhu Family’s medicinal herbs. He left with Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone, who accepted the dangerous mission in exchange for promised rewards.

• Tai Feng, Meng Liang, and Jing Kongxiang told Zhu Zhenyang that a soul formation ambush had forced them to flee the Spirit Medicine Hall, and Zhu Zhenyang warned them not to repeat their mistake.
• Zhu Zhenyang decided not to retaliate against the Spirit Medicine Hall because the Zhu Family had been in the wrong.
• Hu Haoran summoned Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone and heard that their cultivation and combat strength had improved.
• Hu Haoran offered spirit souls to Haori Squad and cultivation pills to the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone if they joined his dangerous test.
• Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone agreed to help Hu Haoran secretly rob the Zhu Family’s medicinal herbs.

Hu Haoran led the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone and the Haori Squad to draw away Zhu Family guards from a medicinal herb convoy. The Four Heroes launched a surprise attack and, as the Zhu Family formed up, Song Linlin used Earth Power to hinder most of their opponents.

• Hu Haoran divided his forces, assigning Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang to hold back the Zhu Family's two Soul Saints while his own group drew away the other guards.
• Hu Haoran spotted the laxly guarded convoy and ordered the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone to lure in the Zhu Family while the Haori Squad supported them.
• Song Linlin used Earth Power to weigh down the Zhu Family guards, letting Song Biao, Luo Ye, and Song Yingying kill three of them in a surprise attack.
• The Zhu Family raised the alarm and formed up, while Hu Haoran's side observed their Netherfire Ghost Spider martial souls and recorded their fighting methods.
• Luo Ye called for Song Linlin to maintain Earth Power, and she increased its force to hinder most of the Zhu Family fighters.

Luo Ye and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone attacked the Zhu Family’s medicinal-ingredient convoy, stole a crate, and drew several dozen pursuers away. Hu Haoran sent Haori Squad to support them, and the combined forces caught the Zhu Family members off guard.

• The Zhu Family focused its netherfire attacks on Song Linlin, but Song Biao and Song Linlin used their Soul Skills to shake the ground and inflict heavy casualties.
• Luo Ye ordered Song Yingying to seize medicinal ingredients, and she stored a crate before the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone retreated with the Zhu Family in pursuit.
• Zhu Zhenming stopped the remaining Zhu Family members from chasing and led them onward, while Hu Haoran sent Wu Dawei and Haori Squad to help the retreating group.
• Wu Dawei led Haori Squad to the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone and launched a surprise attack on the pursuers.
• Haori Squad used Hu Haoran’s combat techniques and coordinated attacks to overwhelm the surprised Zhu Family members.

The War Hall ambushed the Zhu Family’s herb convoy to seize the Void Lotus and buy time for their lord, while Hu Haoran and his allies prepared to face the two Soul Saints guarding it. The fighting began in earnest, and Hu Haoran’s accurate knowledge of the Zhu brothers’ identities and levels convinced them that their family had a traitor.

• Luo Ye rallied his forces to hold back the Zhu Family convoy, while Hu Haoran assigned the Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone to delay most of its members.
• Hu Haoran and Zhan Ya planned to face Zhu Zhenming together, leaving Zhu Luanxin to Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang.
• Zhu Zhenming and Zhu Luanxin discussed the Void Lotus, their family’s declining influence, and their suspicions that rival powers wanted the Zhu Family to confront the City Lord’s Manor.
• Zhan Ya struck the convoy with his Fourth Soul Skill, Wave Breaker Blast, and the War Hall forces rushed in to attack the scattered Zhu Family members.
• Zhu Luanxin and Zhu Zhenming summoned their Martial Souls, and Hu Haoran appeared and identified both brothers and their cultivation levels, shocking them into suspecting a traitor within the Zhu Family.

Hualei Pavilion’s group ambushed the Zhu Family caravan to seize its fifty-thousand-year Void Lotus, and the fight escalated between their soul masters. Zhu Luanxin’s Netherflame web closed in on Xue Jinghong as the battle continued.

• Hu Haoran pretended that his group were good people and demanded the Zhu Family’s fifty-thousand-year Void Lotus as travel expenses.
• Zhu Luanxin attacked Hu Haoran, but Xue Jinghong sprang from the shadows and bound him with iron chains before Zhu Luanxin broke through with Netherflame Silk.
• Qian Duoxiang enhanced Xue Jinghong, Hu Haoran, and Zhan Ya, while Zhu Luanxin sent Zhu Zhenming to deal with Hu Haoran and Zhan Ya.
• Zhu Zhenming attacked Hu Haoran, but Hu Haoran and Zhan Ya countered with their sword technique and hammer skill, forcing Zhu Zhenming into a clash.
• Hualei Pavilion’s War Hall members overpowered the Zhu Family’s fighters, and Zhu Luanxin unleashed a burning Spider Silk net over Xue Jinghong.

Xue Jinghong and Zhu Luanxin exchanged increasingly powerful attacks as Qian Duoxiang supported Xue Jinghong and the other allies. Both fighters were injured and drained, and the chapter ended with them unleashing their Martial Soul Avatars.

• Xue Jinghong empowered his chains with his Second Soul Skill and used them to absorb Zhu Luanxin's spider silk attack.
• Qian Duoxiang used Golden Body on Hu Haoran and Zhan Ya and Golden Obsession and Golden Armor on Xue Jinghong, strengthening their combat abilities.
• Xue Jinghong asked Qian Duoxiang to use his Sixth Soul Skill at the right moment, then attacked Zhu Luanxin with Blood Wind Rolls Cloud.
• Zhu Luanxin defended himself with Ghost Spider Netherflame Barrier and met Xue Jinghong's blood-colored blade aura with a direct attack, injuring them both.
• Xue Jinghong and Zhu Luanxin each unleashed their Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into an enormous blood-red brush and a gigantic spider.

Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang defeated and captured Zhu Luanxin after Qian Duoxiang enhanced Xue Jinghong and Xue survived Zhu Luanxin’s strongest attack with the Golden Tiger Zen Bell. With Zhu Zhenming blocked and surrounded, Hu Haoran’s side had gained the upper hand.

• Qian Duoxiang used his Golden True Body to double Xue Jinghong’s attributes as Zhu Luanxin attacked with Mars Quake.
• Xue Jinghong countered with Blood Kill Punishes Heart, and the two Soul Skills collided in an explosion that left Xue protected by the Golden Tiger Zen Bell while Zhu Luanxin was badly wounded.
• Qian Duoxiang restored some of Xue Jinghong’s Soul Power, and Xue paralyzed Zhu Luanxin with Blood Talisman: Paralysis.
• Zhu Zhenming tried to rescue Zhu Luanxin, but Hu Haoran and Zhan Ya blocked him while Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang sealed Zhu Luanxin’s Soul Power.
• Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang surrounded Zhu Zhenming as Hu Haoran taunted him that he had nowhere left to run.

Hu Haoran and his allies fought Zhu Zhenming after he activated his Martial Soul Avatar, using the Swift Lightning Cloak and Qian Duoxiang’s recovery skills to turn the battle around. Zhu Zhenming collapsed from exhaustion, and he and Zhu Luanxin were captured while the rest of their group was wiped out.

• Zhu Zhenming accused an unknown informant of betraying the Zhu Family and activated his Martial Soul Avatar to break through Hu Haoran’s depleted forces.
• Hu Haoran and Zhan Ya attacked Zhu Zhenming, but his Soul Skills overwhelmed them until Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang intervened.
• Qian Duoxiang used the Swift Lightning Cloak to counter Zhu Zhenming’s meteorite attack, restore his Soul Power, and replenish the combat strength of Hu Haoran, Zhan Ya, and Xue Jinghong.
• Hu Haoran, the Rakshasa Sword Spirit, Zhan Ya, and Xue Jinghong combined their attacks against Zhu Zhenming’s final assault.
• Hu Haoran survived with grave injuries, Zhu Zhenming collapsed, and Zhu Zhenming and Zhu Luanxin were captured as the rest of their group was wiped out.

Hu Haoran returned to Hualei Pavilion after subjugating Zhu Zhenming and Zhu Luanxin, then spent three days recovering from his injuries. Meanwhile, Zhu Tianming convened the Zhu Family’s leaders to investigate the theft of the Void Lotus, but they could only order further inquiries into the unknown force behind the attack.

• Hu Haoran used the Prison God Hall Interface on Zhu Zhenming and Zhu Luanxin, ordered his people to conceal their injuries and return to Hualei Pavilion, then fainted.
• Xue Jinghong and Qian Duoxiang led Hualei Pavilion back to its base and covered up the evidence of the battle.
• After three days of unconsciousness, Hu Haoran awakened, reassured Shen Mengyan, and began meditating while planning an attack on the Zhu Family Alchemy Pavilion.
• Zhu Tianming called a council meeting after learning that the Void Lotus had been stolen and Zhu Zhenming and Zhu Luanxin had been injured.
• Zhu Tianliang suggested an unfamiliar hidden force might be watching Haori City, and the Zhu Family ordered an investigation without reaching a conclusion.

After returning to Haori City, Hu Haoran rewarded Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone for their successful mission. He then planned a joint surprise raid on the Zhu Family’s Zhu Pill Pavilion, leaving the group poised for another operation.

• Hu Haoran learned from Shi Danda that the City Guard’s training was progressing well and that city work had been incorporated into its merit system.
• Hu Haoran gave each of Haori Squad’s seven members a soul spirit as a reward for their performance.
• Hu Haoran supplied the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone with Heaven Pills to help them break through to Soul Ancestor.
• Hu Haoran told the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone that he planned to lead them and Haori Squad in a surprise raid on the Zhu Family’s Zhu Pill Pavilion.
• Song Linlin questioned the shop’s defenses, and Hu Haoran explained that the Zhu Family kept most of its forces at its headquarters; Luo Ye recognized the opportunity the weak guard presented.

Hu Haoran led the Haori Squad and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone in a second raid on Zhu Pill Pavilion, aiming to steal its resources and destroy its defenses. The hidden sentries fell and the Haori Squad began its assault, but Zhu Pill Pavilion's guards moved to activate the defensive mechanisms.

• Hu Haoran gathered the eleven fighters, promised to raise their soul-ring ages after the mission, and assigned the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone to clear the sentries while the Haori Squad attacked.
• The Four Heroes of Dragon Bone eliminated Zhu Pill Pavilion's hidden sentries and reported to Hu Haoran.
• Hu Haoran sent the Four Heroes to collect herbs and pills as Wu Dawei led the Haori Squad against the guards.
• Gu Ling'er boosted the squad with her Speed Aura, while Feng Jianchen and the others struck down several guards.
• Zhu Pill Pavilion's guards raised the alarm and tried to activate the defensive mechanisms, so Wu Dawei ordered his teammates to stop them.

The Haori Squad fought through Zhu Pill Pavilion while Hu Haoran let them gain combat experience, and the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone raided the pavilion’s largest warehouse. The guards could not activate the defenses or call for help, and Tai Feng and Meng Liang prepared to stage a final show before returning to Hualei Pavilion.

• Kai Qi, Wu Dawei, Shui Qi, and Feng Jianchen attacked Zhu Pill Pavilion’s guards as its defensive and communication systems failed, and the guard captain rallied the survivors to keep fighting.
• Hu Haoran watched from the shadows and let the Haori Squad fight as long as their lives were not in danger.
• Luo Ye led the Four Heroes of Dragon Bone to storm the largest warehouse, where Song Biao broke down the doors and the group swiftly defeated its guards.
• Song Linlin stored the warehouse’s pills and medicinal herbs while Song Biao handled the transport, and the four emptied the storehouse.
• Tai Feng and Meng Liang discussed waiting before making their staged appearance and returning with Hu Haoran to Hualei Pavilion.

Hu Haoran and Haori Squad escaped after destroying Zhu Pill Pavilion, while Tai Feng and Meng Liang helped cover their retreat and took the stolen treasures to Hualei Pavilion. As the news threw Haori City into turmoil, Hu Haoran concealed his role and prepared to watch how the Zhu Family responded.

• Hu Haoran received Luo Ye’s report that Zhu Pill Pavilion had been looted and recalled Tai Feng and Meng Liang, who had stolen its most valuable herbs and pills.
• Hu Haoran used his fifth soul skill to hold off the pavilion guards while Haori Squad retreated, and Tai Feng and Meng Liang attacked the guards who called for the Zhu Family’s consecrated elders.
• Hu Haoran and Haori Squad returned to the City Lord’s Manor, while Tai Feng and Meng Liang took the stolen goods to Hualei Pavilion to avoid exposing them.
• The Zhu Family, Berserk Gang, and Blood Sand Gang learned that Zhu Pill Pavilion had been destroyed, and the people of Haori City celebrated the news.
• Shi Danda reported the destruction to Hu Haoran, who concealed his involvement and told him to send people to the Zhu Family the next day.

After Zhu Pill Pavilion was ransacked, Zhu Tianming learned the Zhu Family had lost 1.3 billion Gold Soul Coins and convened his brothers and senior officials to decide how to respond. The family chose to rebuild and lie low while searching for the traitorous Tai Feng and Meng Liang, but Zhu Tianguang secretly resolved to hunt them down himself.

• Zhu Tianming summoned the Zhu Family's senior members after Zhu Pill Pavilion was ransacked.
• Zhu Xiaoxiao reported that Tai Feng and Meng Liang had betrayed the family and that the attackers had stolen all the pavilion's goods, causing losses of about 1.3 billion Gold Soul Coins.
• Zhu Tianliang advised Zhu Tianming to rebuild Zhu Pill Pavilion, keep the family low-profile, and find Tai Feng and Meng Liang to learn who backed them.
• Zhu Tianming accepted Zhu Tianliang's plan and warned Zhu Tianguang not to provoke anyone.
• Zhu Tianguang backed down in the meeting but secretly decided to search for Tai Feng and Meng Liang with a few people.

Hu Haoran learned about the Four Great Powers’ industries from Zhu Luanxin and shifted his attention from the Zhu Family to the Blood Sand Gang, whose soul spirits could strengthen his forces. The chapter ended with Hu Haoran discovering that the Blood Sand Gang and Berserk Gang planned to smuggle Fixed Soul Tools and thousand-year soul spirits into Haori City.

• Hu Haoran read Zhu Zhenming’s report on the Zhu Family and summoned Zhu Luanxin to learn about the other great powers.
• Zhu Luanxin explained that the Zhao Family controlled Soul Tools and the Berserk Gang controlled Rare Ore, while the Blood Sand Gang controlled soul spirits and Haori City’s underground black market.
• Hu Haoran decided to target the Blood Sand Gang because its soul spirits could help strengthen his forces.
• Zhu Luanxin revealed that the Blood Sand Gang and Berserk Gang planned to smuggle Fixed Soul Tools and thousand-year soul spirits into Haori City to challenge the Zhao Family.