Chapter Summaries

Zhang Ning killed the wounded Crimson Shadow Ghost Tiger with her Soul Bone and Sixth Soul Skills, completing the squad’s hunt. She then joined an escort mission transporting the beast’s corpse to a neighboring province.

• The Crimson Shadow Ghost Tiger appeared behind Zhang Ning, but she kicked it away with her Crimson Flame Demon Tiger Soul Bone Skill and burned it with the follow-up strike.
• Zhang Ning used her Sixth Soul Skill, Explosive Omni-directional Stab, to pierce and blast the Twenty-Thousand-Year Soul Beast into fragments.
• With support from the team’s two Support-type Soul Masters, Zhang Ning recovered, compressed the beast’s Soul Ring, and handed it and the Beast Soul to Wu Peng.
• Zhang Ning announced the mission was complete, then fled as her seven teammates chased her, envious of her Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Zhang An drove Zhang Ning and the others to Eight Soul Suppressors headquarters, where Zhang Ning was assigned to escort a vehicle carrying the Crimson Shadow Ghost Tiger’s corpse.
• Li Zhi and Shi Yuan joined Zhang Ning as escorts, while Zhang An was set to drive the vehicle to the neighboring province.

Zhang Ning delivered a twenty-thousand-year soul beast corpse to Shangguan Technology Special Research Institute, where Shangguan Linwan tried to cheat her out of the remaining payment. The dispute became a challenge when Zhang Ning revealed she was a Rank 63 Soul Emperor, leaving Shangguan Linwan facing a much stronger opponent.

• Zhang Ning arrived at Shangguan Technology Special Research Institute and beat the security guards after the receptionist refused to recognize her credentials.
• Shangguan Linwan arrived, and Zhang Ning identified her as a Level 52 Soul King and explained that she had come to deliver the Institute’s order.
• Li Zhi and Shi Yuan brought in the corpse of a twenty-thousand-year Crimson Shadow Ghost Tiger, and Dean Ma confirmed Zhang Ning’s contract and credentials.
• Dean Ma offered only half the remaining payment, claiming the fragmented corpse did not meet the Institute’s requirements, while Shangguan Linwan openly backed his refusal.
• Zhang Ning challenged Shangguan Linwan to a spar, and Shangguan Linwan revealed her Malevolent Demonic Wolf Martial Soul and five Soul Rings.
• Zhang Ning revealed her Flame King Vine Martial Soul and six Soul Rings, identified herself as a Rank 63 control-type Battle Soul Emperor, and stood ready to fight Shangguan Linwan.

Zhang Ning defeated Shangguan Linwan’s attacks and punished her and Dean Ma for withholding the Eight Soul Suppressors’ remaining payment. After Zhang Ning and the others left, Shangguan Linwan was struck by lightning while cursing them.

• Shangguan Linwan filled the Research Institute reception hall with malevolent qi and attacked Zhang Ning, but Zhang Ning sensed her through her body heat and scattered the mist with a wave of heat.
• Shangguan Linwan used her Second, Third, and Fourth Soul Skills to attack Zhang Ning, but Zhang Ning’s vines trapped her and prevented her from breaking free.
• Zhang Ning whipped Shangguan Linwan and Dean Ma for cheating the Eight Soul Suppressors out of their remaining payment, while Li Zhi and Shi Yuan left the Research Institute.
• Zhang Ning and the others departed with the remaining payment, leaving Shangguan Linwan and Dean Ma battered on the ground.
• Shangguan Linwan crawled outside and cursed Zhang Ning, then a bolt of lightning struck and charred her.

Zhang Ning’s team completed its mission after the Shangguan Family’s Research Institute was destroyed by a meteor as a warning from two Soul Douluos. The Soul Hunting Squad then gained another Soul King, while the City Defense Squad struggled to keep pace.

• Zhang Ning and the others watched the clouds clear and realized Jing Hang had attacked, while Li Zhi sensed a surge of Fire Element above the Research Institute.
• A meteor struck and destroyed the Shangguan Family’s Research Institute, and Shangguan Linwan understood the attacks were a warning not to provoke the Ye Family.
• Zhang Ning submitted the mission report in Banyan City and deposited the remaining payment, earning her team a 100% completion score.
• Wu Peng broke through to the Soul King realm, becoming the Soul Hunting Squad’s third Soul King and widening its lead over the City Defense Squad.
• Zhang Zetao vowed to reach the Soul King realm before year’s end, while Li Zhi prepared to absorb the ten-thousand-year Fire Spirit Tiger soul ring once he broke through.

Ye Lei and his companions confronted the Demon King Douluo and two elders after purple mist killed civilians in Banyan City. The Demon King summoned undead reinforcements, and Song Yang charged as the battle began.

• Ye Lei shielded his companions with his Blue Silver Domain and dispersed the purple mist, but the mist had already killed many citizens.
• Chen Sican recognized the white-bearded Great Elder and warned that he might have become a Titled Douluo.
• Ye Lei and the others released their Martial Souls and challenged the three elders, while the Great Elder revealed nine Soul Rings, including four hundred-thousand-year rings.
• The Demon King Douluo summoned the undead elders and their subordinates, turning the battle against Ye Lei's group.
• Song Yang charged the elders with his Emperor Crocodile Sea Suppressing Blade as the Demon King Douluo unleashed his aura and shattered the street.

Ye Lei fought the Demon King Douluo while the other Soul Masters engaged the Elder Hall elders across the city. After resisting the Demon King Douluo’s attacks and trapping him with control skills, Ye Lei activated his Demon King Domain and continued probing for his opponent’s limits.

• Ye Lei scattered the purple mist and charged the Demon King Douluo as the elders and their opponents began fighting across the battlefield.
• Chen Sican created three clones to fight the Third Elder’s group in the sky, Song Yang drew the Ninth Elder’s group toward the Min River, and Jing Hang confronted the Second Elder.
• Ye Lei blocked the Demon King Douluo’s Fallen Blade with erupting magma, then fought him with Blue Silver Emperor restraints and Flame Demon King attacks.
• Ye Lei defended against the Demon King Douluo’s Demon King Tribulation with four stone walls, then trapped him with stone spikes and Blue Silver Emperor vines before using his Eighth Soul Skill.
• The Demon King Douluo broke Ye Lei’s defenses with Myriad Demons Rampage, but Ye Lei activated his Demon King Domain and kept testing the elder’s limits.

Song Yang fought the Ninth Elder, the Demon Buddha Elder, and their companions on the Min River, using his domain and overwhelming power to kill Sea Ghost. As he faced the remaining enemies, the Demon Ming Deer appeared beneath the Demon Buddha Elder and Black and White Impermanence.

• The Ninth Elder, the Demon Buddha Elder, Black and White Impermanence, and four other elders surrounded Song Yang on the Min River and attacked with their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Song Yang activated his Howling Sea Domain and used the river’s waters to separate the attackers with seven Water Tornadoes.
• Song Yang pursued Sea Ghost underwater, broke free of his tentacles, severed his arm, and killed him with his Emperor Crocodile Shatter skill.
• Song Yang emerged from the river and attacked the remaining elders with Giant Wave Water Blade as the Ninth Elder and Sea Dragon countered with water cannons.
• The Demon Buddha Elder and Black and White Impermanence broke free of the Water Tornadoes, but an enormous Demon Ming Deer appeared beneath them.

Song Yang’s allies turned the battle against the revived elders, with Weng Yunling separating the Demon Buddha Elder from his companions and Han Nuan defeating the Fifth Elder. With the Fifth Elder temporarily unable to fight, Song Yang prepared to use the Eighth Elder’s attack to eliminate the Ninth Elder.

• Song Yang used his Left Leg Soul Bone Skill to help Weng Yunling ensnare the Demon Buddha Elder and Black and White Impermanence, then Weng Yunling blasted them apart and held off the Impermanences.
• Qiao Na struck the isolated Demon Buddha Elder with her Hidden Sea Cannon, while Song Yang pressured the Ninth Elder and his companions.
• Han Nuan overpowered the Fifth Elder with her Eighth Soul Skill and Scorpion Ice Right Arm Soul Bone Skill, shattering her body and delaying her restoration.
• Ye Lei exploited the Demon King Douluo’s distraction to land a powerful punch, while the two Soul Douluo’s clash sent destructive shockwaves across the battlefield.
• Song Yang decided to lure the Ninth Elder into the Eighth Elder’s attack range and use the Eighth Elder to kill him.

Ye Lei and the Eight Soul Suppressors fought Demon King Douluo and his allies in Banyan City as Luo Yun’s support and defenses turned the tide of several clashes. Demon King Douluo unleashed his devastating Eighth Soul Skill, but Ye Lei revealed he had prepared hidden city defenses and hinted that he had an answer of his own.

• Demon King Douluo activated his domain and Fifth Soul Skill against Ye Lei, who countered with his Four Fires Heaven Domain and received Luo Yun’s buffs.
• Demon Dragon Fourth Elder attacked Luo Yun, but her Nine Treasures Thousand Yuan Glazed Armor withstood his full-force strike; Han Nuan then froze Fourth Elder and challenged him.
• Ye Lei fought Demon King Douluo in close combat, landing a heavy punch despite Demon King Douluo’s higher Soul Power.
• Demon King Douluo unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, forming a colossal Demon King head in the clouds and gathering corruptive power capable of threatening Banyan City.
• Ye Lei revealed that he had installed top-tier City Defense Soul Tools throughout the city and told Demon King Douluo that he could use an Eighth Soul Skill too.

Ye Lei used his soul-severing skills and hidden strength to turn Demon King Douluo’s attacks against him and gain the upper hand. After a brutal series of counterattacks, he left Demon King Douluo badly wounded and weakened.

• Ye Lei activated his Blue Silver True Body and Soul Annihilation Array, causing Demon King Douluo’s previously damaged soul to weaken his attack.
• Jing Hang defeated Puppet Second Elder and helped Ye Lei defend against Demon King Douluo, then immobilized him with lightning.
• Demon King Douluo broke free, restrained the battlefield with Myriad Skeleton Demon Lock, and attacked Ye Lei with Demonic Demon Mad Thunder Fall.
• Ye Lei survived the assault and stabbed Demon King Douluo from behind with a Purgatory Blade.
• Ye Lei unleashed several soul skills and a purple dragon attack, shattering Demon King Douluo’s lightning barrier and hurling him into a skyscraper with his aura greatly weakened.

Ye Lei overpowered Demon King Douluo in their battle, defeating his corrupted dragon Soul Bone attack and interrupting his Ninth Soul Skill. Ye Lei then used his Scorching Flame Nether Prison Soul Bone to carry Demon King Douluo into a dark space where his abilities were sealed.

• Demon King Douluo attacked Ye Lei with his corrupted Demon Thunder Sky Dragon King Left Leg Soul Bone skill.
• Ye Lei countered with his Dragon Emperor Left Arm Soul Bone skill and won the clash.
• Ye Lei taunted the weakened Demon King Douluo as his unstable Soul Power alarmed the other elders.
• Ye Lei seized Demon King Douluo, kicked him to the ground, and interrupted his attempt to use his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Ye Lei activated Shadow Yama Strike, transporting them both to a dark space where Demon King Douluo's Soul Ring and Soul Bone skills were sealed.

Ye Lei trapped Demon King Douluo in a dark barrier and wounded him with a coordinated assault, but Demon King Douluo escaped and shattered Ye Lei’s ribs. The other Evil Spirit Body elders then crashed into Demon King Douluo, and Ye Lei healed himself as the Eight Soul Suppressors prepared to fight.

• Ye Lei attacked Demon King Douluo with poisoned Blue Silver Emperor vines and sealed his Soul Ring and Soul Bone skills inside the dark barrier.
• Demon King Douluo forced his way free of the vines and toxins, but Ye Lei’s six illusory figures struck him with spear attacks and Spider Emperor Purple Light Slash.
• Demon King Douluo escaped as the barrier shattered and punched Ye Lei, breaking his ribs, but Ye Lei smiled at him.
• Demon King Douluo began summoning his Ninth Soul Skill, then interrupted it when Puppet Second Elder, Demon Qin Eighth Elder, and the other Evil Spirit Body elders crashed into him.
• Ye Lei bound Demon King Douluo and the elders together with Blue Silver Demon Bind Sky Rain as the Eight Soul Suppressors gathered for a group fight.
• Ye Lei healed his fractured chest with golden light and declared that the tide had turned.

The Demon King Douluo unleashed his hundred-thousand-year torso soul bone skill against Ye Lei’s group, but Chen Sican broke the attack and targeted the wounded Demon Qin Eighth Elder. Ye Lei and the others joined the fight to restrain and finish off the Demon King Douluo and his allies.

• The Demon King Douluo blasted the elders aside and summoned five flaming demonic dragons with his torso soul bone skill.
• Chen Sican stopped Jing Hang from intercepting the attack and took to the sky, while Qiao Na and Jing Hang jointly struck the Second Elder and nearly killed him.
• Chen Sican summoned five Wind God Pterosaurs and used his Eighth Soul Skill to shatter the demonic dragons and knock down the Demon Qin Eighth Elder.
• Ye Lei led the others into the air to support Chen Sican, and Han Nuan froze the battlefield with her Mysterious Phoenix Ice Domain.
• Jing Hang attacked the Second Elder, while Qiao Na sealed the enemies’ Soul Power and spiritual power with Destructive God Flowers and detonated them over Banyan City.

Ye Lei and Han Nuan fought Demon King Douluo after he trapped them in his Ninth Soul Skill, Fallen Hell. Han Nuan was injured, but Ye Lei emerged unharmed and activated his Demon King True Body as the battle continued.

• Demon King Douluo trapped Ye Lei and Han Nuan inside Fallen Hell and prepared to make them its nourishment.
• Ye Lei activated his Flame Demon King’s Seventh Soul Skill while Demon King Douluo attacked him with corrupt lightning.
• Han Nuan transformed into her Ice Phoenix form and attacked Demon King Douluo with her soul skills and hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone abilities.
• Demon King Douluo’s attack sent Han Nuan crashing to the ground, but Ye Lei appeared unharmed and struck Demon King Douluo with a series of attacks.
• Ye Lei activated Demon King True Body, causing Fallen Hell to destabilize and his aura to grow violent.

Ye Lei, Han Nuan, and the other Eight Soul Suppressors defeated the Elder Hall fighters in a battle that left Demon King Douluo and the Second Elder severely wounded. The Eighth Elder died to Chen Sican’s attack, while the remaining enemies fled and the captured soul bones were secured.

• Demon King Douluo unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, but Ye Lei and Han Nuan’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill shattered Fallen Hell and badly wounded him.
• Weng Yunling and Han Nuan struck Demon King Douluo with another Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and an unnamed attacker then hit him with a Self Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Chen Sican and Jing Hang overwhelmed the Second Elder; Jing Hang’s lightning attack broke the Second Elder’s barrier and left him near death.
• Chen Sican redirected the Eighth Elder’s Fifth Soul Skill to kill the Ninth Elder, then defeated the Eighth Elder and shattered his Withered Dragon Soul Qin.
• Demon King Douluo and the Second Elder fled with the Undead Elder, while the Eight Soul Suppressors relaxed after the battle and crews began treating the wounded and clearing the ruins.
• The Eight Soul Suppressors stored the seized Ten Thousand Year and Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones, sealing the latter in the Island Advanced Vault.

After the battle, Ye Lei and his companions arranged condolence payments for the civilians who had died and began rebuilding the damaged area. That night, they gathered at Ye Lei’s villa, discussed the remaining threats, and set aside their worries to celebrate their victory.

• Ye Lei and the others spent the night listing the civilian casualties and sending condolence money to their families.
• Soul Master construction crews cleared the rubble and began rebuilding the damaged buildings.
• While cooking with his friends, Ye Lei discussed the surviving Undead Elders and the mysterious person who could revive them.
• Jing Hang regretted failing to defeat the Second Elder, and Ye Lei reassured him that he could face the elder in a future battle.
• Ye Lei brought beer to the table and invited everyone to celebrate without worrying about future battles.

Ye Lei and the other boys decided to form a third Special Squad from their new disciples and selected Jiang Zixuan to lead it. At Eight Soul Suppressors headquarters, the seven disciples learned they had been chosen to establish the Special Operations squad and received their equipment and permits.

• Song Yang suggested expanding the squads, and Ye Lei proposed training a third squad from the seventy-five recruits.
• Jing Hang suggested forming the new squad from their newly recruited disciples, and Ye Lei recommended Jiang Zixuan as captain.
• Ye Lei and the others summoned seven disciples to the Eight Soul Suppressors headquarters the next morning.
• Ye Lei announced that the seven disciples would establish a new squad named Special Operations.
• Ye Lei presented the seven disciples with squad equipment, handguns, and firearm permits, then sent Soul Power into their brows.

The Special Operations Squad members received a boost to their Soul Power, then faced a brutal training session at the Eight Soul Suppressors arena. Zhang Ning overwhelmed them with her strength and bound their feet with paralyzing scarlet vines as she began her attack.

• Ye Lei raised all seven Special Operations Squad members' Soul Power Levels by three and told them they would soon receive missions for points.
• Zhang Ning brought the seven juniors to the arena and assigned them to last three minutes against the squad captains and vice-captains.
• Zhang Kai boasted that he could last ten minutes, but Zhang Ning beat him with her whip until he begged her to stop.
• Zhang Kai was healed and had his Soul Power restored with food before being sent back into the arena.
• Zhang Ning revealed her six soul rings and offered the juniors three moves, then ensnared their feet with scarlet vines that paralyzed them.

Jiang Zixuan and his six companions attacked Zhang Ning with coordinated Soul Skills, but she proved the stronger Six-Ring Soul Emperor and began fighting seriously. The battle continued as her crimson chains pursued them and Wang Luhe restored the group, while Zhang Ning dismissed their efforts.

• Jiang Zixuan used Claw Rend Earth to break free of Zhang Ning's control and free his six companions from the vines.
• Jiang Zixuan's team attacked Zhang Ning from three directions, combining their Soul Skills and supporting Jiang Zixuan's close combat.
• Zhang Ning evaded Jiang Zixuan's attacks, threw him into his clones, and interrupted their Soul Skill.
• Zhang Ning unleashed her Fifth Soul Skill, Fire Spirit Flame Lock, sending crimson chains after the team.
• Jiang Zixuan ordered everyone to scatter, while Gu Yan and Shi Haoyue attacked from the air and Lin Xin maintained her defense.
• Wang Luhe restored the team's condition and Wang Luoluo used Bronze Serpent as Zhang Ning's aura rose.

Zhang Ning overwhelmed the opposing team with her vine-based Soul Skills, quickly defeating most of its members. The chapter left Jiang Zixuan and the remaining fighters unable to turn the match around.

• Zhang Ning shattered Wang Luoluo's Bronze Serpent and bound Wang Luoluo and Zhang Kai, leaving both unable to fight.
• Lin Xin charged Zhang Ning, but Zhang Ning broke through her defense, fractured her arms with a vine, and knocked her unconscious.
• Wang Luhe used Radiant Bloom to strengthen her three remaining teammates.
• Shi Haoyue and Gu Yan attacked Zhang Ning from the air, but Zhang Ning blocked them with a Wall of Fire and bound Jiang Zixuan before he could intervene.
• Zhang Ning appeared behind Shi Haoyue and Gu Yan, bound them with her Third Soul Skill, and dragged them into a crater, leaving them unable to fight.