Chapter Summaries

Song Yang and Jing Hang fought the Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon, weakening it and forcing it to reveal its mutated form. Song Yang’s strongest Soul Bone Skill shattered much of its body, leaving the wounded beast close to death.

• Song Yang provoked the Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon while Jing Hang attacked its jaws and throat, but Jing Hang was badly burned and knocked unconscious.
• Song Yang combined several Soul Skills to slash open the dragon’s neck after Raging Waves’ restraint ended.
• Song Yang bound the dragon with golden chains and pierced its right eye by kicking his blade through it.
• Song Yang unleashed Dragon Roar Whale Soul Rebirth Abyss, forcing the dragon to transform and reveal its Illusion Armor Mutation.
• Song Yang’s whale phantom struck the mutated dragon, shattering more than half its body and leaving it near death.

Song Yang and his brother cornered the mortally wounded Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon, which summoned the Thunder Dragon King’s phantom for a final desperate attack. Song Yang transformed into his Emperor Crocodile Martial Soul Avatar and prepared to meet it.

• The Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon recognized Song Yang’s talent and revealed that the Ninth Elder had previously tried and failed to claim its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Song Yang gathered Water Attribute energy into his blade and activated his Martial Soul Avatar to deliver a finishing strike.
• The dragon stabilized its wounds with Soul Power and unleashed Thunderous Dragon’s Demise, sacrificing its life energy to summon the Thunder Dragon King’s phantom.
• Song Yang declared that he would stop the dragon from self-destructing and transformed into a giant Emperor Crocodile, merging the energized blade into his tail.

Song Yang and Jing Hang fought Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon in the deep sea, where Song Yang’s final attack killed the wounded beast. After enduring its lightning strike, Jing Hang emerged with a strengthened body and an evolved Thunderous Mammoth Martial Soul.

• Song Yang used Roaring Sea Slash, whose Water Element blade passed through Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon’s ultimate attack and struck its head, leaving it gravely wounded.
• Jing Hang knocked Song Yang aside and used Mammoth Body to endure the Thunder Dragon King phantom’s lightning strike.
• Song Yang unleashed Dragon Soul Whale Breaker with his Soul Bone and weapon skills while Blood Sharks surrounded Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon.
• The Soul Devouring Dragon Whale phantom devoured Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon, killing it and leaving only remains behind.
• After the lightning dispersed, Jing Hang ended his body-tempering state and discovered that his body had grown stronger and his Thunderous Mammoth Martial Soul had evolved for the first time.

Jing Hang absorbed the Thunderous Illusion Armor Dragon’s Beast Soul and Hundred-Thousand-Year Torso Soul Bone, greatly increasing his strength and reaching Level 68. Song Yang prepared to return home, while Ye Lei and Han Keqin arrived at the ruined entrance to the Forbidden Land of Fire on Jiyinluosi Island.

• Jing Hang absorbed the hundred-thousand-year Beast Soul, evolving his Thunderous Mammoth martial soul and gaining blood-red scales that strengthened his defense and attacks as his health fell.
• Jing Hang absorbed the Thunder Dragon’s Wrath Torso Soul Bone, raising his Soul Power to Level 68 and gaining tremendous lightning power and close-range strength.
• Song Yang agreed that Jing Hang had become fourth in strength among their eight-man team, and he considered their mission a success and prepared to head home.
• Song Yang wondered whether Ye Lei’s mission had gone smoothly as he thought about his brother.
• Ye Lei and Han Keqin reached the entrance to the Forbidden Land of Fire on Jiyinluosi Island, where Han Keqin saw the ruined surroundings and approved of Ye Lei’s fight against the Japanese.

Ye Lei brought Han Keqin to the Forbidden Land of Fire to cultivate and gave him a Fiery Earth Dragon King Soul Ring for his future Seventh Soul Ring. They set out to find a suitable place to train.

• Ye Lei and Han Keqin entered the Forbidden Land of Fire and absorbed its abundant Fire Attribute aura.
• Ye Lei presented Han Keqin with the Fiery Earth Dragon King's Beast Soul and ninety-thousand-year Soul Ring, saying it could evolve his Fire Horned Rhinoceros.
• Han Keqin accepted the Soul Ring and said its attributes suited him.
• Ye Lei and Han Keqin agreed to find a good place to cultivate.

Ye Lei and Han Keqin encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blazing Gold Claw Bear at the altar, and Han Keqin decided it would be an ideal Soul Ring and soul bone for him. Ye Lei activated his Four Fires Heaven Domain, and the two prepared to fight the beast together.

• Ye Lei led Han Keqin to the altar, where they found a massive Blazing Gold Claw Bear.
• Ye Lei urged Han Keqin to claim the bear for his Eighth Soul Ring and a hundred-thousand-year soul bone, and Han Keqin agreed.
• Ye Lei entered his Lord Possession state and activated the Four Fires Heaven Domain to weaken the bear and support Han Keqin.
• Ye Lei and Han Keqin readied themselves against the Blazing Gold Claw Bear, and all three held their ground in a standoff.

Ye Lei and Han Keqin fought the Blazing Gold Claw Bear together, using armor, feints, and a surprise attack on its tail to provoke it. The battle continued as Ye Lei prepared an attack from above while Han Keqin struck at the bear’s legs.

• The Blazing Gold Claw Bear charged Ye Lei and Han Keqin, and Ye Lei used Thousand Jun Flame Armor and his twin blades to withstand its attacks.
• Han Keqin circled behind the bear and pierced its tail with Fiery Horn Drill, enraging it.
• The Blazing Gold Claw Bear unleashed Blazing Trample, but Ye Lei pulled Han Keqin clear with a Blue Silver Emperor Vine.
• Ye Lei used Hell Scythe Flash and Crimson Demon's Eye to draw the bear’s attention and briefly halt it.
• Ye Lei transferred Thousand Jun Flame Armor to Han Keqin, who charged the bear’s thigh with Fire Horn Heavy Strike.
• Ye Lei dropped a meteor toward the bear, but it shredded the attack with a golden tornado and dispersed the fragments with its roar.

Ye Lei and Han Keqin fought the Blazing Gold Claw Bear, with Ye Lei exploiting its weaknesses and crippling it so Han Keqin could deliver the killing blow. Ye Lei collected the beast’s Soul Ring, Beast Soul, Soul Bone, and materials while Han Keqin began absorbing the Beast Souls.

• The Blazing Gold Claw Bear blocked Ye Lei’s meteorite attack with Gold Claw Storm and struck him with scorching beams, but Ye Lei recovered and wounded its neck with thirty-seven consecutive slashes.
• Ye Lei used Blue Silver Emperor Vines and Han Keqin’s Rage of the Fire Rhinoceros to break the bear’s fiery aura, poison it, and leave it vulnerable to Ye Lei’s spear and Lava Skeleton Prison.
• Ye Lei battered the pinned bear with his Soul Bone skills, then bound it with Blue Silver Emperor Vines as Han Keqin recovered.
• Han Keqin killed the weakened Blazing Gold Claw Bear with Fire Horn Heavy Strike, and Ye Lei extracted its Soul Ring and Beast Soul for him.
• Han Keqin began absorbing the Beast Souls while Ye Lei found the bear’s hundred-thousand-year Golden Claw Flame Right Leg Soul Bone, salvaged its claws and heart blood, and resumed cultivation.

Han Keqin absorbed the Xiang Family Beast Souls and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone, reaching the threshold of Soul Sage before beginning to absorb the Fiery Earth Dragon King's soul ring. Ye Lei left him protected and went searching for a powerful opponent, finding a peak ninety-thousand-year Crimson Fang Centipede.

• Han Keqin absorbed the Xiang Family's ninety-thousand-year and Hundred-Thousand-Year Beast Souls, raising his Soul Power by five levels to over halfway through level 67.
• Ye Lei gave Han Keqin the Hundred-Thousand-Year Gold Claw Flame Right Leg Soul Bone, which Han Keqin absorbed over nearly two hours, gaining three levels and reaching the peak of Soul Emperor.
• Han Keqin began absorbing the ninety-thousand-year Fiery Earth Dragon King's soul ring while Ye Lei guarded him with a barrier and the auras of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Ye Lei set out alone to find a powerful Soul Beast, traveling through the Forbidden Land of Fire in search of a suitable opponent.
• Ye Lei discovered a peak ninety-thousand-year Crimson Fang Centipede and charged into battle after assessing its abilities with his Soul Beast Detector.

Ye Lei tested the Crimson Fang Centipede King's abilities and discovered that its lower abdomen was vulnerable to attacks from beneath. After Ye Lei wounded it, the beast burrowed underground and disappeared.

• The Crimson Fang Centipede King fired nearly a hundred Ring of Flames at Ye Lei, who countered with a Lava Ray that cratered its shell.
• The Crimson Fang Centipede King whipped its body at Ye Lei, who blocked the strike with a stone wall and then used the debris to pin it with a giant palm.
• Ye Lei used his Fifth Soul Skill, Lava Skeleton Prison, but the Crimson Fang Centipede King flared its shell to block the bone spikes.
• Ye Lei erupted magma and stone spikes beneath the beast, tearing open its vulnerable lower abdomen.
• The wounded Crimson Fang Centipede King plunged underground and vanished.

Ye Lei tracked down the fleeing Crimson Fang Centipede King and overwhelmed it with a series of attacks. He killed the soul beast while preserving much of its body for useful materials.

• Ye Lei used Blue Silver Emperor Vines and his Mental Hunting Ground domain to locate the Crimson Fang Centipede King underground.
• Ye Lei pierced the centipede with his Blue Silver Overlord Spear, then wounded it with a flaming cross slash from his Hellfire Twin Blades.
• Ye Lei summoned enormous rocky hands to pull the centipede from the earth and slam it until it was disoriented.
• Ye Lei combined his twin slashes and split the centipede’s body, killing it.

Ye Lei absorbed the Crimson Fang Centipede King's blood essence, strengthening his Flame Lord Martial Soul and Hellfire Twin Blades, then continued searching the Forbidden Land of Fire for a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He remained determined to find a Fire Attribute Plant-type beast, unaware that pressing deeper would make him regret his choice.

• Ye Lei absorbed the Crimson Fang Centipede King's blood essence, which added tiny barbs to his Flame Lord Martial Soul and increased its defensive power.
• Ye Lei summoned his Hellfire Twin Blades and found that their fire-element energy and destructive power had increased.
• Ye Lei planned to use the remaining Crimson Fang Centipede King materials to forge a shield and armor for his father-in-law and weapons for the Eight Soul Suppressors' disciples.
• Ye Lei continued into the Forbidden Land of Fire, determined to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Fire Attribute Plant-type Soul Beast for his Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ye Lei went deeper into the Forbidden Land of Fire without realizing he would regret the decision.

Ye Lei became trapped in a powerful domain that strengthened his Blue Silver Emperor but weakened his other abilities, and he decided to cultivate until he reached Rank 79 before confronting its unknown owner. Meanwhile, Han Keqin became a Seven-Ring Soul Sage and realized he had lost contact with Ye Lei.

• Ye Lei discovered that a domain had trapped him, blocked his Blue Silver Domain, and weakened his Mental Hunting Ground soul bone’s detection.
• Ye Lei inferred that the domain belonged to a powerful Plant-type Soul Beast, likely between 150,000 and 200,000 years old, and chose to cultivate instead of seeking it out.
• Ye Lei estimated that reaching Rank 79 would take at least two months, despite the domain accelerating his Blue Silver Emperor’s growth.
• Han Keqin revealed his new Seven-Ring Soul Sage cultivation after absorbing the Fiery Earth Dragon King Soul Ring.
• Han Keqin searched for Ye Lei, failed to reach him through their Soul Tool Communicator, and concluded that Ye Lei had entered a place that blocked signals.

Han Keqin tested his new seven-ring strength by defeating a ninety-thousand-year Crimson Rock Giant Elephant, then found himself pursued by three Blazing Gold Claw Bears and a horde of soul beasts. He fled toward the forbidden ground’s exit, hoping Ye Lei could handle things without him.

• Han Keqin sensed a herd of soul beasts approaching the altar and stayed to test his new abilities.
• Han Keqin used his soul skills and Martial Soul Avatar to kill the Crimson Rock Giant Elephant and claim its Beast Soul.
• Han Keqin realized his Fiery Earth Dragon King Soul Ring greatly enhanced his strength, defenses, and fire abilities.
• Three peak ninety-thousand-year Blazing Gold Claw Bears and dozens of other soul beasts rushed toward Han Keqin, forcing him to flee.
• Han Keqin kicked a pursuing tiger-type soul beast into the horde and continued running toward the exit.

Han Keqin stopped fleeing and fought the soul beasts drawn to his aura, transforming into a giant rhinoceros to confront their strongest pursuers. He wounded one of the three Blazing Gold Claw Bears, but the battle was still underway.

• A red earth dragon ambushed Han Keqin from underground, but he killed it with a punch.
• Han Keqin turned to face the pursuing soul beasts, stomped the ground to knock several back, and wounded wolf-type beasts with his rhinoceros-horn attack.
• Han Keqin used his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, to transform into a giant rhinoceros wreathed in baleful flames.
• A Blazing Gold Claw Bear attacked Han Keqin, but he dodged and rammed his horn into the bear's left kidney.
• Han Keqin tossed the wounded bear into the air and engulfed it in golden baleful flames.

Han Keqin fought through a horde of Fire Attribute soul beasts, using his Gold Claw Flame Right Leg Soul Bone to kill one 90,000-year Blazing Gold Claw Bear and drive many others away. With his Soul Power nearly exhausted, he faced the two remaining bears and maneuvered their attacks into the other beasts to weaken the field and create openings.

• Han Keqin used Gold Claw Hell to pierce the soul beasts around him, then killed a wounded tiger-type beast with Fiery Horn Drill.
• Han Keqin slaughtered many soul beasts and killed one of the 90,000-year Blazing Gold Claw Bears, while numerous wounded beasts fled.
• Han Keqin realized the two remaining bears wanted to devour the 100,000-year Blazing Gold Claw Bear's refined Soul Power, and he decided to kill them for their Beast Souls and essence blood.
• Han Keqin released his Martial Soul Avatar and charged the two badly wounded bears with Explosive Trample, their combined shockwave further injuring nearby soul beasts.
• Han Keqin steered the bears toward the other soul beasts and dodged their attacks so the bears would strike their rivals, conserving Soul Power and setting up a sneak attack.

Han Keqin used customized flashbangs and his soul skills to defeat three 90,000-year Blazing Gold Claw Bears. With the bears dead, the other soul beasts fled, while Han Keqin worried about explaining his costly Soul Tool use to Lin Shuwan.

• The two Blazing Gold Claw Bears entered a Bloodthirst state but failed to hit Han Keqin as he dodged and wounded them.
• Han Keqin used two customized flashbangs to blind the bears, then killed one with his Fourth Soul Skill, Iron Horn Heavy Shadow.
• The remaining Blazing Gold Claw Bear tried to flee, but Han Keqin blinded it with another flashbang and killed it with his thigh bone skills and Fifth Soul Skill.
• The other soul beasts fled after seeing all three Blazing Gold Claw Bears die.
• Han Keqin regretted using three scarce flashbangs and worried that Lin Shuwan would refuse his request for replacements.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Han Keqin returns from the Forbidden Land of Fire, reporting that Ye Lei has lost contact.
• Han Keqin and Ye Junqing, the two major shareholders of the Eight Soul Suppressors, secretly compete in a power display.
• Ye Lei, isolated within a domain barrier in the Forbidden Land of Fire, has been cultivating for a year and is ready to confront the Soul Beast that trapped him.

Character Developments

• Han Keqin has advanced to the Seven-Ring Soul Sage level.
• Ye Junqing has also reached the Seven-Ring Soul Sage level and possesses a Wolf King's Left Leg Bone.
• Ye Lei's Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul has reached the Soul Douluo level (Level 82), and his Flame Lord Martial Soul has entered the Soul Emperor level.
• The Demon Dragon Elder has advanced to the Eight-Ring Soul Douluo level.

Significant Themes

• Cultivation and growth: Both Ye Lei and the Demon Dragon Elder have significantly improved their strength through cultivation.
• Competition and rivalry: Han Keqin and Ye Junqing display their power, and Ye Lei prepares to challenge the Soul Beast that trapped him.
• Isolation: Ye Lei has been isolated from the outside world for a year, driving him close to madness.

Character Interactions

• Han Keqin and Ye Junqing secretly compete, displaying their power to each other and the team.
• Han Nuan expresses concern for Ye Lei's well-being and decides to focus on her cultivation.
• The Demon Dragon Elder looks forward to confronting Ye Lei again, hoping his strength has improved.

Ye Lei confronted the two-hundred-thousand-year-old Scorching Flame Yama Vine, which had trapped him for a year, and a fierce battle began. Meanwhile, a year of training had strengthened the team in Banyan City, where Jing Hang showed off his new Soul Saint power against Song Yang.

• Ye Lei tracked the soul beast through a scorched, corpse-strewn area and fought off its poisonous vines.
• Ye Lei used his Blue Silver Overlord Spear and stone palms to force the Scorching Flame Yama Vine out of the ground.
• The Scorching Flame Yama Vine revealed its corpse-bearing vines and explained how it had grown stronger by devouring powerful soul beasts.
• Ye Lei challenged the Scorching Flame Yama Vine, and their bloody battle began.
• In Banyan City, Jing Hang and Song Yang fought in the arena, where Jing Hang displayed the power he had gained after reaching Soul Saint.
• Qiao Na and Luo Yun had also become Soul Saints, while Han Nuan, Chen Sican, and Weng Yunling had not yet advanced.

Ye Lei fought the Scorching Flame Yama Vine, whose fused Soul Beast abilities let it regenerate and create a clone after his devastating attack. Ye Lei revealed his seven Soul Rings and activated Blue Silver True Body, but the Scorching Flame Yama Vines trapped him in a field of erupting tusks.

• Ye Lei used his spear, Darkness Fire, and Blue Silver Emperor abilities to counter the Scorching Flame Yama Vine’s tiger roar, venomous fangs, and elephant tusks.
• Ye Lei teleported into close range, pierced the vine’s chest, and struck his spear with the Soul-Devouring Wrathful Sea’s Wrathful Sea Berserk Break.
• The Scorching Flame Yama Vine reassembled from the crater’s fragments and split into two, revealing that it had survived the explosion.
• Ye Lei released his three black and four red Soul Rings and activated Blue Silver True Body.
• The two Scorching Flame Yama Vines used Scorching Ivory Stab to surround Ye Lei with erupting tusks, forcing him to dodge.