Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling helped the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect strengthen its ties with Spirit Hall by giving Ning Rongrong an Immortal Grade plant and evolving Bone Douluo’s martial soul. Before returning to Spirit City, he gave Zhu Zhuqing a Phoenix Storage Ring whose immense space astonished her and Sword Douluo.

• Ning Rongrong showed Ning Fengzhi her Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and Level 39 soul power, and Ning Fengzhi recognized his debt to Xia Tianling.
• Xia Tianling used Dragon God Marrow and Golden Eye Black Dragon King marrow to evolve Bone Douluo’s martial soul into a Bone Dragon King and help him reach level 95.
• Xia Tianling bought a paired set of Dragon Phoenix Sumeru Mustard Seed Qiankun Storage Rings and discovered that the purchase had used up much of his Fate Power.
• Xia Tianling gave Zhu Zhuqing the Phoenix Ring before leaving for Spirit City and asked Sword Douluo to look after her.
• Zhu Zhuqing bound the ring and found that her Spiritual Power could not detect the size of its internal space, leaving Sword Douluo stunned.

Xia Tianling returned to Nuoding City after breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage and checked on the people protecting Old Jack. He reunited with his grandfather over a meal he had cooked, and the chapter ended as they sat down to eat and talk.

• Xia Tianling flew back from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Nuoding City in three days, then walked into the city to avoid drawing attention.
• The manor guard told Xia Tianling that Old Jack had taken Hou San and Er Lang to Holy Soul Village to work the fields, and Xia Tianling tipped the guard with two Gold Soul Coins.
• Xia Tianling met with his hidden guards, heard their report, and promised them benefits that evening for protecting Old Jack.
• Xia Tianling prepared a table of dishes before Old Jack returned from the village.
• Old Jack embraced Xia Tianling, remarked that he had grown taller and stronger, and sat down to eat with him.

Xia Tianling served a custom spiritual meal to Old Jack and the manor’s residents, greatly increasing their cultivation and unexpectedly awakening Soul Power in Old Jack. He decided to move the household to Spirit City the next day to keep Old Jack’s transformation secret.

• Xia Tianling summoned the manor’s residents and served each of them a spiritual meal tailored to their constitution and cultivation.
• The meal triggered breakthroughs for nearly everyone, including Er Lang, who advanced to Soul Ancestor.
• Old Jack grew younger and stronger after taking the Longevity Pill and eating Xia Tianling’s meal made with Nine-grade Purple Ganoderma.
• Old Jack discovered that he had gained Soul Power and cultivation roughly equivalent to a Soul Grandmaster, though he still needed soul rings to display it.
• Xia Tianling persuaded Old Jack to move the household to Spirit City, sent Er Lang to arrange care for the fields, and told the neighbors they would move the next day.
• Xia Tianling prepared another spiritual meal for the neighbors and recorded the treasures and potions Old Jack had consumed over the years.

Xia Tianling helped Old Jack obtain three farming-focused Soul Rings and settled him and his longtime companions in Spirit City. He reunited with Bibi Dong, who scolded him for fighting the Holy Spirit alone, and he asked how she knew about it.

• Xia Tianling arranged for Old Jack to absorb three Thousand-Year Soul Rings that gave him skills for loosening soil, ploughing, and boosting wildfires.
• After the group obtained their Soul Rings, Xia Tianling brought Old Jack and his companions to a villa in Spirit Hall's family district and assigned them household duties.
• Xia Tianling went to the Papal Palace and greeted Bibi Dong, who warmly welcomed him and checked whether he had grown thinner.
• Bibi Dong kicked and chased Xia Tianling around the Papal Palace while scolding him for fighting the Holy Spirit alone.
• Xia Tianling asked Bibi Dong how she knew about the Holy Spirit, since Grandpa Golden Crocodile had said she did not.

Xia Tianling revealed his extraordinary spirit rings and recent cultivation to Bibi Dong, then discovered that her Rakshasa inheritance had vanished and she had received a trial from the God of Destruction instead. The chapter ended with him stunned by the revelation.

• Xia Tianling showed Bibi Dong his Level 51 cultivation and explained that a Golden Bi'an had sacrificed itself to become his fourth spirit ring.
• Xia Tianling recounted his encounters with million-year Soul Beasts and revealed the lifespans of his spirit rings, shocking Bibi Dong.
• Xia Tianling learned that Bibi Dong had reached Level 99 and had filled her Second Martial Soul's spirit rings through a divine trial.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Rakshasa Secret Realm had shattered after she obtained the Rakshasa Scythe during her eighth trial.
• Bibi Dong revealed that the God of Destruction had given her the divine trial, leaving Xia Tianling stunned.

Xia Tianling and Bibi Dong discussed the mysteries surrounding the divine trials, then examined the Seven Great Families and their threat to Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Xunji had been severely injured by the Zhao Clan before his ill-fated hunt for Tang Hao.

• Xia Tianling told Bibi Dong about the God of Destruction passing down his divine position and the disappearance of the Rakshasa God Trial, and they questioned what had happened to the Rakshasa God.
• Bibi Dong reasoned that the Rakshasa God had little motive to attack the Asura God's inheritance, leaving the cause of the trial's contamination and the Rakshasa God's suspected death unresolved.
• Xia Tianling asked Bibi Dong to protect the secret of his plan to turn Old Jack into a Spirit Master, and she agreed to increase security around the family residential area.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Seven Great Families were powerful, secretive, and possibly able to manufacture Soul Tools, and said their long history made her wary of them.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Xunji had once gone to the Zhao Clan and returned severely injured despite wielding the Angel Sacred Sword and possessing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

Xia Tianling agreed to enter the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament alone and gave Qian Renxue a Water Lily Jade Muscle Bone. He resumed forging, achieved Spirit Forging, and began experimenting with the new metal technique.

• Xia Tianling told Bibi Dong he wanted to compete alone in the Heavenly Dou Empire preliminaries, and she agreed while warning him to accept the consequences if he lost.
• Xia Tianling gave Qian Renxue the Water Lily Jade Muscle Bone, and Qian Daoliu expressed his hope that Xia Tianling would marry her.
• Qian Daoliu anticipated that Qian Renxue would soon become a Soul Saint and later lead Spirit Hall's directly controlled forces as Chief Judge.
• Xia Tianling returned to forging and used Ultimate Fire and his restored power to complete a Life-Giving Spirit Forging on Deep Silver.
• The system announced Xia Tianling's improved forging insight, the creation of Spirit Forging and Fusion Forging, and a doubled Fate Power reward.
• Xia Tianling studied Spirit Forging Metal, considered its limits compared with Artifact Refining, and tested the technique on every kind of metal he could obtain.

After Xia Tianling reached Soul Forging, he returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and joined a group heading to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt spirit beasts for spirit rings. The group entered the forest under the protection of three Titled Douluo, ready to hunt and test their training.

• Xia Tianling combined his forging insights with Tang Wulin's and broke through to Soul Forging, earning a great amount of Fate Power.
• Xia Tianling left Spirit City for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and returned on time to meet Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong reached level forty with help from the Spirit Gathering Array and high-quality spirit meals provided by Oscar and Ning Fengzhi.
• Xia Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing, and their companions set out for the Star Dou Great Forest in two carriages, accompanied by Bone Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• After ten days of travel, the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest without stopping to resupply at Forward Town.

Xia Tianling led the group through the Star Dou Great Forest toward the mixed zone, explaining the dangers of absorbing Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings and organizing the hunt. The team advanced toward Ning Rongrong’s defensive Fourth Spirit Skill, while the three Titled Douluo followed behind and watched over them.

• Xia Tianling warned the group that Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings caused a mental impact and told Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar to be especially careful.
• Xia Tianling assigned Hu Liena to command the team in the coming months and arranged how the group would handle spirit beasts.
• Ghost Douluo praised Xia Tianling, while Bone Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo bickered about which faction benefited more from him.
• The group traveled for half a day toward the mixed zone but found no suitable Thousand-Year Spirit Beast for Ning Rongrong.
• Ning Rongrong chose a defensive Fourth Spirit Skill to strengthen the team’s already formidable assault lineup.

After Ning Rongrong obtained her fourth soul ring, the group camped in the Star Dou Great Forest, where a King of the Earth arrived at dawn as a potential soul ring for Ma Hongjun. Xia Tianling engaged the scorpion and proved immune to its control skill, leaving the battle underway.

• A Thousand Year Ironclad Savage Bull became Ning Rongrong's fourth soul ring, granting her Defense Amplification.
• The group set up camp, shared a lavish spirit cuisine dinner, and arranged a watch order; Gu Rong later left his tent to sleep with Xia Tianling and Oscar.
• The next morning, Xia Tianling sensed a King of the Earth approaching and identified it as a suitable soul beast for Ma Hongjun.
• Xia Tianling predicted Ma Hongjun would gain Phoenix Howling Sky Strike, while Ning Rongrong's joke about the skill's name embarrassed Ma Hongjun.
• Xia Tianling charged the King of the Earth, split its fire attack with his Storm Axe, and resisted its Magma Burst Strike control effect through his True Dragon Spirit.

Xia Tianling helped Ma Hongjun kill a Ten-Thousand-Year King of the Earth, and Ma Hongjun successfully absorbed its Spirit Ring to reach level forty-three. The group then prepared to face an approaching Ten-Thousand-Year Scarlet Queen and another King of the Earth.

• Xia Tianling weakened the King of the Earth with his Spirit Eyes and defeated it with an ice-, fire-, and lightning-infused axe strike, leaving Ma Hongjun to deliver the killing blow.
• Hu Liena teased Xia Tianling about Zhu Zhuqing, while Zhu Zhuqing reassured him that she understood Hu Liena's behavior.
• Ma Hongjun completed his Spirit Ring absorption, reached level forty-three, and gained the Phoenix Howling Sky Strike skill.
• Xia Tianling sensed a red mist, ordered the group to put on masks, and had Zhu Zhuqing use the Aromatic Silk Beauty to disperse it.
• Xia Tianling warned the group that a Ten-Thousand-Year Scarlet Queen and another King of the Earth were approaching.

Oscar and Yan chose the Scarlet Queen and King of the Earth as their spirit ring targets, and the group split up to hunt the two beasts. Oscar and Yan began absorbing their spirit rings after their teams killed the beasts.

• Oscar proposed hunting the Scarlet Queen for a Berserk-like skill, while Yan chose the King of the Earth for Lava Burst Strike.
• Xia Tianling approved their choices, and Oscar prepared flight sausages before the group flew beyond the poison zone.
• The group divided into two teams, with Ma Hongjun, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing attacking the Scarlet Queen.
• Ma Hongjun burned the Scarlet Queen, Zhu Zhuqing severed its tail, and Oscar crushed its head with a golden Buddha palm before absorbing its spirit ring.
• Xia Tianling severely injured the second King of the Earth with his domains, then Yan killed it and began absorbing its spirit ring.

Oscar and Yan absorbed new spirit rings, and Hu Liena gained a Heavenly Charm Snow Fox ring and a fox-tail-shaped External Soul Bone. As the group continued searching for spirit beasts, Zhu Zhuqing sensed something nearby, but Xia Tianling's Spiritual Sense found nothing.

• Oscar revealed that his Fourth Spirit Skill, the Bloodthirsty Berserk Euphoria Sausage, boosted attributes and converted damage into healing.
• Yan gained an enhanced earth-and-fire version of the King of the Earth's Lava Burst Strike, while Xie Yue later obtained his Fifth Spirit Ring and advanced to Level Fifty-Two.
• The group found a thirteen-thousand-year-old Heavenly Charm Snow Fox, and Hu Liena absorbed its spirit ring and obtained a fox-tail-shaped External Soul Bone.
• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong questioned Xia Tianling about the unusually frequent External Soul Bone drops, and he answered with a lengthy explanation.
• Zhu Zhuqing sensed something nearby and interrupted Xia Tianling, but his Spiritual Sense detected nothing.

Xia Tianling led the group to a lightning-filled region of the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a Thunder Shadow Mirror Flash Leopard and a Thunderous Hellvine. The group began fighting the leopard while Xia Tianling reached the hilltop, where the fifty-thousand-year-old vine rejected his offer to become his soul ring.

• Xia Tianling guided the group to a clearing where lightning strikes revealed the Thunderous Hellvine and its companion, the Thunder Shadow Mirror Flash Leopard.
• Xia Tianling told Zhu Zhuqing that the roughly fifteen-thousand-year-old leopard suited her fourth soul ring, then provoked it and flung it toward the Spirit Hall group.
• Oscar, Yan, Ma Hongjun, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Zhu Zhuqing surrounded the leopard and began attacking it.
• Xia Tianling braved the lightning and climbed the hill to confront the fifty-thousand-year-old Thunderous Hellvine.
• Xia Tianling asked the Thunderous Hellvine to become his soul ring, but it warned him to leave or die.

Xia Tianling persuaded Thunderous Hellvine to become his Spirit Ring by demonstrating his control over lightning and revealing the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King as his Spirit Souls. Thunderous Hellvine agreed after witnessing the Water Dragon King's Million-Year Spirit Skill, Ultimate Withering.

• Xia Tianling halted the Sea of Thunder's lightning and warned Thunderous Hellvine that its compressed Destructive Thunder would destroy it within a hundred years.
• Xia Tianling promised to preserve Thunderous Hellvine's consciousness and help it ascend to the God Realm, then summoned the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King to prove his power.
• The two Dragon Kings revealed their Million-Year Spirit Rings and persuaded Thunderous Hellvine that Xia Tianling's claims were credible.
• Thunderous Hellvine agreed to become Xia Tianling's Spirit Ring after asking to see a Million-Year Spirit Skill.
• The Water Dragon King demonstrated Ultimate Withering, freezing and destroying a nearby hill and a bird that flew above it.

Xia Tianling absorbed Thunderous Hellvine’s Spirit Ring after protecting its consciousness, gaining the Thunderous Might Like Prison skill. He returned to find that Zhu Zhuqing had obtained an External Soul Bone that gave her a second tail and enhanced her abilities.

• Xia Tianling explained the Water Fire Dragon King’s Ultimate Withering technique and its immense power and Soul Power cost to Thunderous Hellvine.
• Xia Tianling guided Thunderous Hellvine’s consciousness into his Sea of Consciousness before destroying its body and absorbing its Spirit Ring.
• Xia Tianling gained the Thunderous Might Like Prison soul skill, which created a hundred-meter Sea of Thunder and summoned lightning tribulations against targets he chose.
• Xia Tianling heard Ma Hongjun complain that everyone seemed to be obtaining External Soul Bones and hurried back to the group.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed Xia Tianling the silver-and-blue tail External Soul Bone she had obtained from a leopard, which boosted her spatial abilities, speed, and Thunder affinity.
• Xia Tianling grabbed and stroked Zhu Zhuqing’s two swaying tails.

Xia Tianling examined Zhu Zhuqing’s new Fourth Spirit Skill, then demonstrated the devastating effects of his own Fifth Spirit Skill, Thunderous Might Like Prison. After Bone Douluo endured its lightning barrage, the group prepared to return from the spirit-ring expedition.

• Xia Tianling asked Zhu Zhuqing about her Fourth Spirit Skill, and she demonstrated two lightning shadows that copied her attacks.
• Xia Tianling summoned the Dawnbreaker Martial Soul and asked Bone Douluo to test his Fifth Spirit Skill, Thunderous Might Like Prison.
• Xia Tianling’s skill created a controlled sea of lightning and struck Bone Douluo with tracking heavenly lightning bolts.
• Xia Tianling explained that the bolts could chain between nearby targets, stack damage, and paralyze enemies after nine strikes.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo noted that everyone had obtained the spirit rings they needed and proposed returning.

Xia Tianling set out alone for a distant secret realm in the Star Luo Empire, while Tang Hao brought Tang San to awaken the Blue Silver Emperor and strengthen his cultivation. After rejoining the group, Tang San and the others continued south toward the same destination as Xia Tianling.

• Xia Tianling left Zhu Zhuqing and flew toward the southern Star Luo Empire to search for the secret realm marked on Qian Daoliu's map.
• Tang Hao took Tang San to the waterfall cave, where Tang San reunited with his mother, Ah Yin, and absorbed her Hundred Thousand Year Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• After sleeping for three days, Tang San's body and Meridians were transformed, all Eight Extraordinary Meridians opened, and his Soul Power rose to Level Forty.
• Tang San received the Blue Silver King's help to evolve his spirit into the Blue Silver Emperor and gain a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring and the Blue Silver Domain.
• Tang Hao and Tang San caught up with the Imperial Dou Academy group, and the entire party continued south toward the destination Xia Tianling was also approaching.

Xia Tianling reached the frozen wasteland and discovered that it was the site of Yin Yang Inverted Mountain, a mysterious secret realm described in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record. As he waited for it to appear, Tang Hao told Tang San and the others about the mountain, and Tang San recognized it.

• Xia Tianling followed Qian Daoliu’s map to a barren frozen wasteland and used the system to translate the inscription on a boulder.
• Xia Tianling found a passage in the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record identifying the place as Yin Yang Inverted Mountain, the foremost of three great treasure basins.
• Xia Tianling asked the system for information and learned that the mountain was a secret realm with trials, rewards, and a time flow at least five times slower than the outside world.
• Xia Tianling ate hot pot while waiting for the secret realm to appear around noon or midnight.
• Tang Hao described the ice field and black mountain to Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Yu Xiaogang as their group traveled there by carriage.
• Tang San recognized Tang Hao’s description as Yin Yang Inverted Mountain from the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.

Xia Tianling entered Yin Yang Inverted Mountain and cleared its first trial by racing to the summit as his cultivation and spirit rings were stripped away. After earning a Heaven Grade ranking and a reward, he entered the next stage, descending into a dark passage with a flashlight and blaring music.

• Tang Hao warned Tang San and the others to keep their resolve when they entered Yin Yang Inverted Mountain.
• Xia Tianling reached the mountain and learned that the climb tested determination and reduced his cultivation as he ascended.
• Xia Tianling reached the summit in eight minutes and eight seconds, earning a Heaven Grade clear and first place in the rankings.
• Xia Tianling hid his name, received a reward that increased his spirit ring lifespans, and entered the next stage.
• Xia Tianling lit the dark staircase with a military flashlight and played loud music as he descended.