Chapter Summaries

Long Yun and his companions entered the Fallen Forest despite the powerful auras within, discovering a place filled with ancient remains and unusually powerful soul beasts. The chapter ended with Yue Guan wounding a twenty-thousand-year Mutated Lightning Rabbit, whose speed and defenses far exceeded expectations.

• Long Yun decided to enter the Fallen Forest, and Long You Jing agreed to protect the group while they proceeded cautiously.
• He Caitou made more than twenty cigars for the group, then recovered his Soul Power before they set out.
• Long You Jing led the group into the forest while the others took positions around Long Yun, Hu Liena, and He Caitou.
• Long You Jing shielded the group from the forest’s oppressive aura, and Long Yun observed that its soul beasts were all at least ten thousand years old.
• A Mutated Lightning Rabbit charged at the group and endured Yue Guan’s initial attack before Yue Guan struck it with two soul skills, leaving it badly wounded but alive.

Yue Guan defeated a powerful mutated Lightning Rabbit, and the group found a Seven-Colored Phantom Feather Butterfly suited to Hu Liena's next Soul Ring. Hu Liena began absorbing it while Long You Jing sensed faint, unusual energy nearby, leaving Long Yun to wonder whether it was a soul bone.

• Yue Guan struck the Lightning Rabbit unconscious, and the group discussed the danger posed by the mutated Soul Beasts in Fallen Forest.
• Long You Jing sensed a suitable Soul Beast nearby and identified it as a Seven-Colored Phantom Feather Butterfly estimated to be thirteen to fifteen thousand years old.
• Long Yun urged Hu Liena to follow her spiritual-control path and accept the butterfly's Soul Ring, and she agreed.
• Gui Mei subdued the injured Seven-Colored Phantom Feather Butterfly, and Hu Liena killed it and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Long You Jing sensed subtle energy fluctuations nearby, and Long Yun wondered whether they came from a soul bone.

Long Yun and the others searched a Soul Beast burial ground for the source of a strange energy fluctuation and discovered a blue left leg Soul Bone buried underground. After identifying it as a more than fifty-thousand-year-old Crystal Spirit Scorpion Soul Bone, Long Yun claimed it and stored it away.

• Long You Jing sensed that the strange energy fluctuation was within five hundred meters, so Long Yun assigned everyone to search the surrounding Soul Beast remains.
• After the search turned up nothing, Long Yun realized the object might be buried underground and ordered the group to clear the bones and dig.
• He Caitou used a Soul Tool to excavate the area, and Long Yun found a blue crystalline left leg Soul Bone in a deep pit.
• Long Yun judged the Soul Bone to be more than fifty thousand years old, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei briefly succumbed to greed before Du Busi's snort brought them to their senses.
• Du Busi identified the nearby remains as belonging to a Crystal Spirit Scorpion, and Long Yun kept the Soul Bone after warning the others not to covet it.

Long Yun and his companions traveled into the Fallen Forest’s core region, where they encountered increasingly powerful soul beasts. The chapter ended when a hundred-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared before them.

• Long Yun offered the over-fifty-thousand-year Crystal Spirit Scorpion Left Leg Bone to Long You Jing, who declined and suggested Hu Liena could use it instead.
• Hu Liena finished absorbing her soul ring and reached Soul Power Level fifty-five, gaining a powerful new soul skill.
• The group entered the Fallen Forest’s core region after Du Busi killed a mutated Flame Three-Headed Lion and obtained its Right Arm Bone.
• Long You Jing sensed they were being watched, and Du Busi warned everyone that a powerful creature was approaching.
• Long Yun spotted a giant Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and recognized that it had crossed the hundred-thousand-year threshold.

Long Yun and the others encountered a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger that had surpassed the hundred-thousand-year level, and Du Busi challenged it. After more than ten minutes of fierce combat, both fighters paused to recover, with Du Busi wounded and surprised by the tiger’s physical strength.

• Long Yun recognized that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was over one hundred thousand years old and was shocked by its immense power.
• The tiger targeted Long You Jing, but she blocked its roar from harming Long Yun and the others.
• Du Busi revealed his nine Soul Rings, including three hundred-thousand-year rings, and charged at the tiger.
• Du Busi and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger exchanged devastating attacks in the air while Long You Jing kept the others at a safe distance.
• After more than ten minutes, both fighters paused, and Du Busi realized the tiger’s physical strength could rival his own.

Du Busi fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but its Evil God Guard and Dark Demon Evil Lightning overwhelmed him even after he activated Martial Soul Avatar. Long Yun learned that two more powerful soul beasts were nearby and considered retreating if the danger escalated.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked Du Busi with black blades, but Du Busi endured them and charged in to strike its head.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger blocked Du Busi’s punch with Evil God Guard, and Du Busi activated his seventh soul skill, Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed Evil God Domain and Dark Demon Evil Lightning, blasting Du Busi hundreds of meters away and badly injuring him.
• Long Yun asked Long You Jing to help Du Busi, but she warned that two other powerful soul beasts were watching them and that their Ninth Level Soul Guidance Shield might not protect them.
• Long You Jing said she could fight the two soul beasts but would struggle to defeat them, so Long Yun prepared to leave if the battle became too dangerous.

Du Busi recovered from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s attack and resumed fighting, while two powerful soul beasts from the forest’s core headed toward the group. The White Dragon arrived first and confronted Long You Jing, as the second creature approached.

• Du Busi used a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone skill to heal his injuries, then fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger again.
• A White Dragon and a nine-headed golden-scaled creature left separate caves in the forest’s core and headed toward the battle.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger sensed the approaching creatures, stopped short of using its trump card, and faced Du Busi while he recovered his Soul Power.
• Long Yun warned everyone to prepare for battle as the White Dragon appeared before the group.
• Long You Jing confronted the White Dragon, which questioned why humans had come, and she warned it to wait for the other creature to arrive.

Long Yun and the others faced the arrival of the Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python and learned that the White Dragon was a Limit-level Soul Beast nearing the end of its life. The three powerful beasts focused on one another and argued over their ambitions, leaving Long Yun and his companions overlooked.

• The Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python arrived as Hu Liena clung nervously to Long Yun, who reassured her.
• Long You Jing identified the python as a Half-Step Limit Soul Beast with more than 590,000 years of cultivation and the White Dragon as a Limit-level Soul Beast nearing 400,000 years.
• Long You Jing told Long Yun that the White Dragon had lasting injuries and would likely die in its next heavenly tribulation, or even sooner.
• The python, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and the White Dragon each coveted the others as prey but avoided attacking because their balance of power kept them in check.
• The three beasts traded insults while Long Yun and the others exchanged glances, surprised that the beasts seemed to have forgotten they were there.

Long Yun and his companions confronted White Dragon, the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and the Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python while seeking to enter Dragonfall. White Dragon warned them away, and the chapter ended with Long Yun revealing that he knew about the tiger’s Rejuvenation skill.

• White Dragon urged Long Yun and his companions to leave, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and the Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python wanted to devour them.
• Long Yun secretly told Du Busi and Long You Jing to avoid killing the beasts because he wanted their soul rings.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger proposed using a hidden skill against Long You Jing, while White Dragon warned the humans that entering Dragonfall would mean a fight to the death.
• Long You Jing shielded Long Yun from the Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python’s pressure and displayed her nine soul rings, shocking the three beasts.
• White Dragon refused to let the humans enter Dragonfall, and Long Yun warned the beasts that his group could break the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Rejuvenation skill.

Long You Jing injured the Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python with her Soul Bone Skill, convincing the three Beast Kings to let Long Yun and his companions leave. The group headed for the forest’s edge as White Dragon threatened them not to return.

• Long Yun revealed that he knew the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger could rejuvenate, making the Beast Kings wary of his group.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python attacked Long You Jing, who dodged its strikes and used her Netherworld Spirit Cat Right Arm Bone to tear open its defenses.
• Long You Jing threatened to cut off the Nine-Headed Golden Scaled Python’s heads, and it suppressed its anger rather than provoke her.
• White Dragon agreed to let Long Yun and his companions leave, and Long Yun led the group toward the forest’s edge while Du Busi guarded their rear.
• White Dragon warned the humans never to return, and Long Yun continued on, doubting it could carry out its threat.

After returning to Spirit City, Long Yun warned Bibi Dong that Fallen Forest’s Beast Kings made hunting there too dangerous for now. He estimated he could return in about four years, while Bibi Dong reminded him to win the upcoming tournament and Long Yun left without telling her that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had reunited.

• Long Yun and his companions left Fallen Forest and returned to Spirit City two days later.
• Long Yun told Bibi Dong about the powerful Beast Kings in Fallen Forest, and she considered hunting its other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for her remaining soul rings.
• Long Yun warned Bibi Dong that the Beast Kings could make another expedition deadly, and he promised to take her back when he reached Level 60 in about four years.
• Bibi Dong told Long Yun to lead Spirit Hall to victory in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, where Three Soul Bones were at stake.
• Long Yun hesitated to tell Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong had reunited, then left without saying it.

Long Yun went to the Great Soul Arena in Spirit City to test his strength in Soul Emperor duels. He learned that Bibi Dong had offered a bounty for anyone who defeated or crippled him, ensuring his opponents would fight without holding back.

• Long Yun registered for a Soul Emperor duel against a level sixty-three Power Attack System Soul Emperor with a Four-Armed Magic Ape martial soul.
• Long Yun put on a mask to conceal his identity, but Long You Jing pointed out that his martial soul could reveal him as Bibi Dong's disciple.
• A female attendant told Long Yun that Bibi Dong had offered one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a squad captain position in the Holy Emperor Knight Order to anyone who defeated him.
• Long Yun realized the bounty would make every opponent fight fiercely and worried that a day of duels would leave him exhausted.

Long Yun faced Huang Lin in his first Soul Duel, drawing a packed crowd eager to see the Pope’s disciple fight. After Long Yun’s extraordinary Martial Soul and Soul Rings stunned the audience, he gained the upper hand in their opening clash, but Huang Lin pressed forward after their exchange left both fighters injured.

• Long Yun entered Number One Soul Duel Arena, where spectators and powerful Soul Emperors had gathered to watch or challenge him.
• Long Yun met Huang Lin, who hoped to defeat him and earn a squad captain position in the Holy Emperor Knight Order.
• Huang Lin revealed his Four-Armed Magic Ape Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, while Long Yun revealed his Godking Martial Soul and three unusually powerful Soul Rings.
• Long Yun and Huang Lin clashed with their fists, and Long Yun retreated fewer steps, surprising the crowd and Huang Lin.
• Long Yun summoned his Divine Axe and struck at Huang Lin, who used his Third Soul Skill, Magic Ape Hand, to block the blows but suffered cuts on all four hands.
• Huang Lin pursued Long Yun, determined not to let him recover.

Long Yun fought Huang Lin in the Soul Fighting Arena, using his Second Soul Skill and Divine Axe while concealing his External Soul Bone. After Long Yun wounded Huang Lin, Huang Lin summoned a powerful Four-Armed Magic Ape with his Sixth Soul Skill, leaving the battle poised to intensify.

• Long Yun activated Godking's Wrath and met Huang Lin's charge with a punch that sent both fighters reeling, though Huang Lin's arm was injured.
• Long Yun used Soul Devouring to drain a small amount of Huang Lin's Soul Power, then struck his raised arms with the Divine Axe and drove him back with deep wounds.
• Long Yun pursued Huang Lin and unleashed Massacre in All Directions with a massive axe swing.
• Huang Lin activated Magic Ape Descent, summoning an eight-meter Four-Armed Magic Ape that could fight alongside him.

Long Yun won his first Soul Duel against Huang Lin and spent the following year honing his combat skills through relentless battles. After more than a thousand one-on-one victories and hundreds of other duels, he earned the Soul Duel arena’s highest honor, the Brick Stone Soul Duel Badge.

• Long Yun defeated Huang Lin after the Four-Armed Magic Ape failed to protect him, and Huang Lin admitted defeat.
• Long Yun won a second duel that morning, then continued fighting regularly while reviewing what he learned from each battle.
• Yan and Xie Yue returned to Spirit City with powerful Fifth Soul Rings, and Golden Crocodile Douluo and Yue Guan accepted them as disciples.
• Long Yun fought Soul Duels with Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena, strengthening their coordination and friendship.
• Over the next year, Long Yun won more than a thousand one-on-one duels and several hundred other matches without a defeat, earning the Brick Stone Soul Duel Badge.

Long Yun and Bibi Dong read Salas’s secret report about the gifted Blue Silver Grass Soul Master Tang San and deduced that he was a Clear Sky Sect disciple with Twin Martial Souls. Bibi Dong decided Tang San had to die, leaving Long Yun facing her intention to eliminate him.

• Long Yun, Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena made major progress over the past year, with Hu Liena becoming a Level 4 Soul Tool Master.
• Bibi Dong gave Long Yun a top-secret letter from Salas reporting that fourteen-year-old Tang San had reached Soul Power Level 41 with Blue Silver Grass as his martial soul.
• Long Yun questioned how Tang San could have Innate Full Soul Power and advanced so quickly, prompting Bibi Dong to suspect he possessed Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong concluded Tang San’s other martial soul was the Clear Sky Hammer and identified him as a Clear Sky Sect remnant.
• Bibi Dong declared that Tang San had to be killed because his talent and Twin Martial Souls made him a future threat.

Long Yun proposed killing Tang San publicly during the Elite Soul Master Competition to demonstrate Spirit Hall’s resolve against the Clear Sky Sect, and Bibi Dong approved his plan. Half a month later, Long Yun took Hu Liena and Long You Jing to Heaven Dou City, where they went to see Shrek Academy before its trip to the Royal Hunting Ground.

• Long Yun told Bibi Dong that Shrek Academy could reach the Finals and proposed defeating and killing Tang San publicly to warn the Clear Sky Sect, the empires, and the other sects; Bibi Dong agreed.
• Long Yun touched Bibi Dong’s cheek, apologized when she reprimanded him, and rolled out of the hall at her command.
• Half a month later, Long Yun took Hu Liena and Long You Jing to Heaven Dou City, where Hu Liena eagerly explored the city’s attractions.
• The next morning, Long Yun and the two women visited Shrek Academy to see Zhu Zhuqing before the academy left for the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Several colorful Shrek Academy carriages covered in advertisements rolled out of the gates, prompting Long Yun to think of Flender’s knack for making money.

Long Yun and Long You Jing met the Shrek Academy group on their way to the Royal Hunting Ground and visited Zhu Zhuqing. The chapter left Zhu Zhuqing reunited with her teacher, who praised her progress to rank forty-four, while Xiao Wu learned Long You Jing would not pursue her Soul Ring or Soul Bone.

• Long Yun stopped the Shrek Academy carriage and asked Flender to call Zhu Zhuqing out.
• Flender, Grandmaster, and Liu Erlong came out and recognized Long Yun, while the Shrek students reacted to him and Hu Liena.
• Long Yun warned Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and Oscar to stop staring at Hu Liena, and Long You Jing told Xiao Wu she had no interest in her Soul Ring or Soul Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing happily reunited with Long You Jing and revealed she had reached rank forty-four through diligent cultivation.
• Long You Jing praised Zhu Zhuqing, and Long Yun congratulated her on her progress.

Long Yun and his companions left Shrek Academy after Flender refused to bring them into the Royal Hunting Ground, deepening Zhu Zhuqing’s disappointment with the academy. At the tournament grounds, Long Yun went to find Salas and asked a royal knight to summon him.

• Long Yun introduced Hu Liena to Zhu Zhuqing as his girlfriend, and Long You Jing confirmed that she accepted their relationship.
• Grandmaster urged everyone to stop talking and head to the Royal Hunting Ground, but Flender declined Long Yun’s request to enter with Shrek Academy.
• Long Yun left with Long You Jing and Hu Liena, while Zhu Zhuqing returned to Shrek’s carriage feeling disappointed; Tang San had refused Flender’s request to help them.
• Flender rallied Shrek’s students for the Advancement Tournament, while Long Yun said he would have Salas get them into the grounds.
• Long Yun, Long You Jing, and Hu Liena arrived at the Royal Hunting Ground and walked up to a royal knight to ask him to call Salas out.

Long Yun demanded that the Heaven Dou Royal Knights summon Salas, and Long You Jing subdued the knights with her pressure until their captain agreed. When Salas learned Long Yun’s name, he hurried out to meet him, while Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi followed to find out who Long Yun was.

• Long Yun told the Royal Knights’ squad captain to call Salas, and Long You Jing’s pressure forced the knights to the ground until the captain agreed.
• The squad captain reported Long Yun’s demand to Xue Ye, Salas, and the others inside the central tent.
• Salas accused Xue Ye of playing a prank, then learned the man outside was Long Yun and rushed to meet him.
• Xue Qinghe recognized Long Yun as the disciple of the woman she had complicated feelings about.
• Ning Fengzhi said he had met a young man named Long Yun over a year earlier, and Xue Ye led the group outside to investigate.