Chapter Summaries

Han Nuan, Ye Junqing, and Han Keqin combined their Soul Skills to overwhelm Black Tortoise, while Ye Lei fought the Sixth and Seventh Elders and drove them back. As Ye Lei moved to finish them, the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor attacked and sent him crashing into a wall.

• Black Tortoise used his Fourth Soul Skill to pin Ye Junqing and another man to the ground, but Han Nuan froze him, Ye Junqing struck him with his fifth Soul Skill, and Han Keqin blasted him with a fiery rhinoceros.
• The Sixth and Seventh Elders charged Ye Lei, who fought them with his Blue Silver Overlord Spear and forced them into retreat.
• The Sixth and Seventh Elders combined their Sixth Soul Skills against Ye Lei, but his Soul-Devouring Wrathful Sea Right Arm Soul Bone Skill defeated their attack and sent them crashing into a wall.
• As Ye Lei prepared to finish off the two Elders, the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor smashed through the hotel wall and struck him with its spiked tail.
• Ye Lei summoned a stone wall and crimson armor, but the tail shattered the wall, hit him, and sent him flying into another wall.

Ye Lei fought the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor, which tried to seize his body and use his identity to attack his loved ones. The system and Ye Lei’s Flame Lord power turned the possession against the creature, and its soul began merging with Ye Lei.

• The Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor entered the hotel and declared it would take Ye Lei’s body and kill his friends and family.
• Ye Lei used his Blue Silver Emperor skills to bind the creature, but its flames burned the vines away as the Sixth and Seventh Elders ran toward the lobby.
• The Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor restrained Ye Lei and sent a red sphere of light into his forehead to possess him.
• The system intervened inside Ye Lei’s mind, restraining and tearing apart the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor’s consciousness.
• Ye Lei activated the Flame Lord Martial Soul and burned the creature’s soul, absorbing it as four black Soul Rings, a red Soul Ring, and a Soul Bone appeared.

Ye Lei returned after killing the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor and turning it into his Flame Lord's fifth Soul Ring. He rescued Han Nuan and the others, then attacked the Seventh Elder while the Sixth Elder faced his power.

• The Poison Dragon Legion surrounded Han Nuan, Ye Junqing, and the others, who were injured and running low on Soul Power.
• The Seventh Elder ordered the Legion to attack, and Black Tortoise, Nine-Headed Serpent, and Poison Scorpion unleashed their Soul Skills.
• Ye Lei appeared, reflected all three attacks, and sent the Poison Dragon Legion flying.
• Ye Lei revealed his new red Soul Ring and transformed Flame Lord, stunning the Seventh Elder with proof that the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor had been killed.
• Ye Lei overwhelmed the Seventh Elder with a series of punches while his Soul Power pressure bore down on the Sixth and Seventh Elders.

Ye Lei defeated Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder and wiped out the Poison Dragon Legion. After killing Seventh Elder, Ye Lei collapsed from dizziness.

• Ye Lei beat Seventh Elder and kicked Sixth Elder away when he tried to attack from behind.
• Ye Lei used Martial Soul Possession, seized Sixth Elder before he could release his soul skill, and killed him with Demon King's Eye.
• At Seventh Elder's command, the Poison Dragon Legion charged Ye Lei, who killed them all with Lava Skeleton Prison.
• Seventh Elder activated Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Ye Lei, but Ye Lei slammed him into the ground and hurled him into a wall.
• Ye Lei killed Seventh Elder with Purgatory Lava Break, then collapsed, dizzy.

After Ye Lei defeated the Hundred-Thousand-Year Artificial Soul Beast, he collapsed and remained unconscious. Elsewhere, a black-robed man told the Huaxia elders that Sixth and Seventh were dead and assigned them a new task.

• Han Nuan found Ye Lei unconscious and burning hot after he released Lord Possession.
• A black-robed man told the Huaxia elders that Ye Lei had killed Sixth and Seventh, destroyed Seventh's troops, and defeated their Soul Beast Weapon.
• The black-robed man gave the elders serum records and stock, ordering them to mass-produce Soul Beast-modified humans and decide how to handle Sixth and Seventh's former territories.
• Chen Sican, Luo Yun, and Song Yang speculated that Ye Lei's unconsciousness came from backlash after absorbing the powerful Soul Beast's Soul Ring.
• Han Nuan and the hotel manager carried Ye Lei to a car while she stayed behind to care for him.

After the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor damaged Ye Lei’s mental sea, the system began repairing it in a way that triggered his desire. Ye Lei woke beside Han Nuan and kissed her, saying he was “eating meat.”

• At eleven at night, Han Nuan carried the unconscious Ye Lei to their room and tended to him.
• Han Nuan restored her Soul Power with energy from the Phoenix Token while Ye Lei remained unconscious.
• Ye Lei woke inside his damaged mental sea, and the system explained that the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor had ravaged it before the system stopped the destruction.
• The system returned Ye Lei to his room and began repairing his mental sea, making his body heat up and stirring his desire.
• Han Nuan came out of the bathroom, and Ye Lei pulled her onto the bed and kissed her.

Ye Lei woke after spending the night with Han Nuan, then reflected on the damage from absorbing the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor’s powers and discovered that his Flame Lord Martial Soul had gained darkness as an attribute. He began examining a new Soul Bone Skill and was interrupted by Song Yang arriving with groceries.

• Ye Lei woke at dawn, wrapped Han Nuan in a blanket, and gathered their clothes and bedsheets to wash.
• Ye Lei found that the refrigerator was empty, so he called his brothers to bring groceries and join him for lunch.
• Ye Lei absorbed the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Beast Soul and considered how the system had repaired his spiritual sea after the attempted Body Seizure.
• Ye Lei sensed that his Flame Lord Martial Soul had mutated to wield darkness alongside fire and earth, then began investigating a Soul Bone Skill from the Crimson Demon Skeleton Emperor’s skull bone.
• Song Yang arrived with beef and green peppers, asked about Han Nuan, and stopped teasing Ye Lei after Ye Lei threatened to beat him.

Ye Lei prepared lunch for his friends and grilled enormous crab legs from a Rock Crab with nearly ten thousand years of cultivation. He sent the baffled Jing Hang and Song Yang out of the kitchen to deal with the crab legs while he continued cooking.

• Ye Lei planned a lunch of four meat dishes and mixed greens after checking the ingredients his friends brought.
• Jing Hang asked Ye Lei for a snack, and Ye Lei offered crab legs he had caught in the sea.
• Ye Lei explained that the crab legs came from Rock Crabs with nearly ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Ye Lei roasted several giant crab legs with magma and told Jing Hang to ask Song Yang to cut them up.
• Jing Hang carried the grilled crab legs to the living room, where Song Yang wondered how he was supposed to cut them.

Song Yang struggled to open the crab legs until Weng Yunling suggested he use his Whirltooth Light Wheel, and the group enjoyed the meal Ye Lei prepared. Ye Lei went upstairs to wake Han Nuan, kissed her, and teased her after she realized she was naked; she blushed and insisted she had not been shy.

• Song Yang failed to cut open the crab legs with his Giant Wave Water Blade until Weng Yunling reminded him of his Whirltooth Light Wheel.
• Song Yang used the Whirltooth Light Wheel to open the crab legs, and everyone praised the meat.
• Ye Lei brought the dishes to the table, then went upstairs to wake Han Nuan and found her naked beneath the covers.
• Ye Lei kissed Han Nuan until she woke, then told her it was past noon and everyone was waiting to eat.
• Han Nuan sat up at the mention of food, realized she was naked, and blushed as Ye Lei pulled her close and teased her.

After dinner with his friends, Ye Lei warned them that the remaining Elders were likely to attack within the next year or two and proposed striking first. He began planning to prepare Han Nuan to face the Fifth Elder, leaving their next steps focused on training in the Mirror World.

• Ye Lei and Han Nuan joined everyone for dinner, and the group finished all the food he had cooked.
• After cleaning up, Ye Lei told everyone that the Sixth and Seventh Elders were dead and that the eight remaining Elders might attack soon.
• Ye Lei proposed taking the initiative against the Elders and explained that the only one they had information on was the Fifth Elder, Xue Yuan.
• Ye Lei said Han Nuan would be the main force against Xue Yuan because both could fly and fight well in the air.
• Ye Lei planned to take Han Nuan to the Land of Extreme Cold in the Mirror World during the National Day holiday to seek an Ice Attribute soul bone, raise her to level 60, and hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for her Sixth Soul Skill.

Ye Lei presented sixth Soul Ring choices to the group and gave Luo Yun an immortal herb that could evolve her Martial Soul. The group prepared for their next Soul Rings while Luo Yun meditated after consuming the herb.

• Ye Lei selected an eighty-thousand-year Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle for Song Yang, explaining that it could provide the defense his Howling Sea Emperor Crocodile lacked and that he would have to hunt it alone.
• Ye Lei chose an eighty-thousand-year Eagle Tiger Beast for Chen Sican and said the group could hunt it after Luo Yun reached level sixty and obtained her sixth Soul Ring.
• Ye Lei gave Luo Yun the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which could evolve her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and raise her Soul Power.
• Luo Yun consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty under Ye Lei's guidance and began meditating.
• Ye Lei chose an eighty-seven-thousand-year Purple Lightning Sacred Armor Bear for Jing Hang, citing its strong defenses and Lightning Attribute.

Ye Lei assigned Qiao Na a Hell Ghost Vine King and presented Weng Yunling with two options for her sixth soul ring. Luo Yun’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after Ye Lei stabilized her during a difficult absorption.

• Ye Lei gave Qiao Na the Hell Ghost Vine King’s data and location, planning to accompany her once her Soul Power reached level fifty-eight.
• Luo Yun struggled while absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Ye Lei used his Blue Silver Domain to calm her as Chen Sican took charge of her special training.
• Ye Lei offered Weng Yunling a choice between an eighty-thousand-year Camel Mountain Deer and Black Shadow Rhinoceros for her sixth soul ring.
• Weng Yunling chose the Camel Mountain Deer, and Ye Lei sent her its location in the mountains near Banyan City.
• Luo Yun’s Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda gained two levels and evolved into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.

Luo Yun’s Soul Power rose by seven levels after she evolved her martial soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ye Lei gave several companions immortal herbs suited to them. As they meditated, Ye Lei worried that his abilities had been exposed and decided he and Song Yang needed new trump cards.

• Luo Yun evolved her martial soul into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and raised her Soul Power by seven levels, reaching level 59.
• Ye Lei gave Han Nuan a Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow, which she consumed while its cold energy enveloped her in her wings.
• Ye Lei gave Song Yang and two others three Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums to strengthen their meridians and physiques.
• Ye Lei gave Weng Yunling and Qiao Na the Heavenly Sun Sunflower and Purple Light Deer Ganoderma, then spread his Blue Silver Domain’s life energy through the living room as they meditated.
• Ye Lei worried that the elders had learned his abilities and concluded that he and Song Yang needed trump cards beyond their next Soul Rings.

Ye Lei helped Luo Yun break through to level sixty using Flame Lord pressure training while his companions cultivated. By the end, they had all reached the Soul Emperor level, and Song Yang and Han Nuan showed transformed Martial Souls.

• Ye Lei realized Song Yang's Fourth Soul Skill might have a mutated version and planned to save his unused soul skills as trump cards.
• Ye Lei used Flame Lord pressure to temper Luo Yun's body until her Soul Power broke through to level sixty.
• Luo Yun meditated to consolidate her breakthrough while Ye Lei and his other companions cultivated.
• A massive body surfaced from beneath the Min River, drawing the attention of tourists on shore.
• Song Yang entered Martial Soul Possession, and his Howling Sea Emperor Crocodile's claws and teeth transformed.
• Ye Lei's companions reached the Soul Emperor level, and Han Nuan's Phoenix Wings grew broader as her hair turned ice blue.

After gaining strength, Ye Lei and the others went to the Min River to find the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle for Song Yang’s sixth soul ring. Song Yang fought the beast, but his water blade could not damage its armored shell.

• Ye Lei asked about the group’s progress, and Song Yang, Chen Sican, Jing Hang, and the three girls reported major Soul Power increases.
• Ye Lei spotted the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle near the Min River, and Song Yang rushed there with the others.
• The Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle attacked people on the riverbank, but a vine rescued them and a crimson blast knocked the beast back into the water.
• Song Yang faced the beast and used Howling Sea Domain to control its water attack.
• Song Yang’s Giant Wave Water Blade struck the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle after it withdrew into its shell, but it left no mark.

Song Yang defeated the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle by exploiting the vulnerability beneath its armor and combining his soul skills with Luo Yun’s enhancement. Song Yang began absorbing its soul ring while Ye Lei collected its Beast Soul.

• Song Yang used Emperor Crocodile Shatter and Death Roll to tear flesh from the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle’s neck, with Luo Yun strengthening him.
• The Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle used Steel Blade Tortoise Armor Formation, injuring Song Yang’s crocodile tail when he struck back.
• Song Yang trapped the turtle in a Water Tornado with Raging Waves and wounded it with Roaring Sea Savage Blade.
• Song Yang used Raging Domain and Devouring Wheel Annihilation to behead the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle.
• Song Yang began absorbing the turtle’s soul ring as Ye Lei removed its Beast Soul.

Song Yang absorbed a Sixth Soul Ring that gave him a powerful defensive Soul Skill and raised his Soul Power to level 63. At the Martial God Mountain Range, he helped Weng Yunling defeat a Camel Mountain Deer, leaving the group ready to secure her Soul Ring.

• Song Yang finished absorbing the Steel Armor Crocodile Turtle's Soul Ring, gained a bone-armored defensive ability, and reached level 63.
• Ye Lei led the group to the Martial God Mountain Range to hunt a Camel Mountain Deer for Weng Yunling.
• Song Yang trapped the fast Camel Mountain Deer in Water Tornados while Luo Yun supported Weng Yunling's attacks.
• The wounded Camel Mountain Deer enlarged itself and charged at Weng Yunling with Camel Mountain Tremor, but Song Yang shielded them both with his Sixth Soul Skill.
• Song Yang's armor barrier severed the Camel Mountain Deer's antlers, and Weng Yunling struck it down with Deer Horn Magic Light.

Weng Yunling absorbed the Camel Mountain Deer's soul ring and gained a powerful defensive explosive skill as Ye Lei's group traveled to Haicheng to hunt a soul beast for Jing Hang. The Ninth Elder ambushed them at sea, forcing Ye Lei and Song Yang to hold off him and Sea Ghost while the others went on ahead.

• Weng Yunling absorbed the Camel Mountain Deer's soul ring and named her Sixth Soul Skill Demonic Gloom Reversal, which she could use once a day.
• Ye Lei led the group toward Haicheng to help Jing Hang hunt the Purple Lightning Sacred Armor Bear.
• The Ninth Elder ordered Sea Ghost to intercept Ye Lei's group and confronted them as their fighter jet crossed the ocean.
• The Ninth Elder attacked Ye Lei, while Sea Ghost unleashed eight tentacles against Song Yang and the others.
• Song Yang held off Sea Ghost and told the others to continue toward the Purple Lightning Sacred Armor Bear while he and Ye Lei handled the attackers.

Song Yang fought Sea Ghost while Ye Lei battled the Ninth Elder, and both opponents revealed powerful abilities. After Sea Ghost trapped him and began draining his Soul Power, Song Yang's Fourth Soul Skill mutated, allowing him to break free and seize the initiative.

• Han Nuan and the others boarded the aircraft as Song Yang stayed behind to fight Sea Ghost, whose Demonic Devouring Octopus Martial Soul countered Song Yang's crocodile attacks.
• Ye Lei confronted the Ninth Elder, used his Blue Silver Emperor and soul-bone skill, and saw the Ninth Elder's Abyssal Riptide Strike tear through his tentacles.
• Song Yang lost focus while observing the Ninth Elder, but reacted quickly enough to sever Sea Ghost's arm and strike him with his tail.
• Sea Ghost regenerated his arm, covered Song Yang in black mist, and trapped him with Magic Eight Claws to drain his Soul Power and life force.
• Song Yang unleashed Roaring Sea Savage Break, mutating his Fourth Soul Skill and slicing apart Sea Ghost's tentacles.

Song Yang defeated Sea Ghost and helped Ye Lei overwhelm the Ninth Elder, while the others killed the Purple Lightning Sacred Armor Bear at great cost. The survivors flew toward Banyan City.

• Song Yang resisted Sea Ghost's attacks, trapped him in a Water Tornado, and killed him with his Soul Skills.
• Chen Sican, Jing Hang, Han Nuan, Qiao Na, Weng Yunling, and Luo Yun defeated the Purple Lightning Sacred Armor Bear, leaving several of them badly injured or exhausted.
• Song Yang sent a massive Water Tornado filled with attacks toward the Ninth Elder as Ye Lei fought him at sea.
• The Ninth Elder was sucked into the tornado and battered by its blades, and Song Yang and Ye Lei flew toward Banyan City in a fighter jet.