Chapter Summaries

Huo Wuxie learned that Huo Wu had awakened a Domain and considered the academy reforms Quan Yi proposed. Later, Quan Yi invited Huo Wu to help him hunt a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for his grandfather, and she agreed without hesitation.

• Huo Wuxie tested Huo Wu's Domain, then wondered whether Quan Yi had mastered a Domain of his own.
• Huo Wu told Huo Wuxie about Quan Yi's proposed academy reforms, and he promised to consider them carefully.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu celebrated their successful trip as Huo Wu ate hundreds of kilograms of Ninety Thousand Year Soul Beast meat and absorbed its energy.
• Quan Yi invited Huo Wu to visit Vast Sea City during summer vacation and help him hunt a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring for his grandfather.
• Huo Wu agreed to join the dangerous hunt because Quan Yi needed her help.

Quan Yi planned three months of preparation with Huo Wu before their journey, then returned to the Ice Fire Spring to continue his cultivation and test special metal in its waters. The metal began absorbing the spring’s scorching energy as Quan Yi entered the spring to cultivate.

• Quan Yi embraced Huo Wu and explained that they had three months to build strength and prepare for Sea Soul Beasts before setting out.
• Huo Wu agreed to follow Quan Yi’s plan, and the two discussed his preparations and trump cards at length.
• Quan Yi visited Dugu Bo, who described how the Ice and Fire Spring’s opposing auras had helped him understand his poison and move closer to detoxifying himself.
• Quan Yi placed the special Fire-attribute metal in the Blazing Yang Spring and observed it soften, absorb scorching energy, and expel impurities.
• Quan Yi entered the spring to cultivate, drawing on its abundant Heaven and Earth Source Power at the pace his body could digest.

Quan Yi opened another Hidden Meridian in the spring, completing the fusion of his Scarlet Dragon Eye and greatly increasing his Mental Power. He reached level 66 and emerged with greater confidence in hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Quan Yi used his Scarlet Dragon Horns to absorb the spring's Fire-attribute energy and forced it into the Hidden Meridian he had mapped.
• Quan Yi broke through the meridian barrier, opening the Ren Meridian and allowing energy to surge into his eyes.
• Quan Yi's Scarlet Dragon Eye fused fully into his body, doubling his Mental Power and sending powerful fluctuations through the spring and across the mountain.
• Dugu Bo sensed the mental pressure, checked that the Medicine Garden was unharmed, and realized Quan Yi had surpassed him.
• Quan Yi found that his vitality, energy absorption, and Soul Power had increased, bringing him from level 64 to level 66.

Quan Yi’s External Soul Bone continued evolving after absorbing the spring water, while he prepared to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. During his and Huo Wu’s secret training, Blazing Fire Academy carried out sweeping reforms and opened its entrance examinations early, but neither of them attended the reopening ceremony.

• Quan Yi emerged from the spring and told Dugu Bo that the spring water had caused his External Soul Bone to fuse into his body and increased his Mental Power.
• Quan Yi and Dugu Bo shared lunch, and Quan Yi said he was confident about hunting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu began three months of secret special training in uninhabited wastelands.
• Huo Wuxie lifted Blazing Fire Academy’s restrictions on commoner students, raised admission requirements, and expelled opposing noble academies from the academy alliance.
• Blazing Fire Academy opened early for entrance examinations, admitted qualified applicants, and held a ceremony marking its fresh start, which Quan Yi and Huo Wu did not attend.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu arrived at Vast Sea City and headed to the Quan Family Villa so Quan Yi could introduce Huo Wu to his family. His parents learned he had arrived and hurried to meet him.

• Quan Yi flew with Huo Wu to Vast Sea City, where she saw the sea for the first time.
• Quan Yi reassured Huo Wu about meeting his family, while she blushed and began imagining what he meant by treating them as her own family.
• At the Quan Family Villa, Su Ling'er asked Quan Yue when Quan Yi would return, and a clan member reported that he had arrived with companions.
• Quan Yue and Su Ling'er went to meet Quan Yi, and a voice calling "Xiao Yi!" came from the staircase as Quan Yi and Huo Wu waited in the living room.

Quan Yi reunited with Quan Yue and Su Ling'er, then revealed that Huo Wu had come to help with their dangerous hunt. After learning where Quan Li was cultivating, Quan Yi flew to visit him and called out to him from above the seaside cliff.

• Quan Yi rushed to greet Su Ling'er and Quan Yue, and the family warmly embraced after years apart.
• Su Ling'er welcomed Huo Wu and took her upstairs to catch up while Quan Yi discussed the family’s plans with Quan Yue.
• Quan Yi told his parents that Huo Wu knew about the dangerous hunt and that her help would greatly improve their chances.
• Quan Yi decided to visit Quan Li instead of resting, while Huo Wu stayed with Su Ling'er.
• Quan Yi flew to Quan Li’s secluded seaside cliff and called out to his grandfather.

Quan Yi reunited with Quan Li after Quan Li broke through to Level 90, and the two began an intense sparring match. Quan Yi gained the advantage by burning away Quan Li’s Soul Power, but after hours of fighting, Quan Li remained an immovable obstacle and Quan Yi sensed something was wrong.

• Quan Li welcomed Quan Yi back with an enthusiastic hug and praised his sturdy body.
• Quan Li challenged Quan Yi to spar, and they exchanged powerful blows without using their Martial Souls.
• Quan Yi’s Ultimate Fire burned away Quan Li’s Soul Power, giving Quan Yi the advantage as Quan Li defended against his sharp attacks.
• The two fought for more than two hours and exchanged over a hundred thousand blows, steadily draining their stamina and Soul Power.
• Quan Yi replenished his Soul Power with a Soul Power Crystal and began to suspect something unusual about Quan Li’s calm defense.

Quan Yi overwhelmed Quan Li with a rapidly escalating series of vibration-infused punches, forcing Quan Li to summon his Martial Soul and use his first Soul Skill. Quan Li redirected Quan Yi’s momentum, disrupting the force-stacking technique as the exchange continued.

• Quan Yi changed from thrusting attacks to hammering blows that built up force and speed, while Quan Li struggled to defend.
• Quan Yi’s successive strikes shook Quan Li’s defenses and burned through his soul power with Ultimate Fire Energy.
• Quan Yi sensed weak points in Quan Li’s body through the vibrations and struck them, increasing his force through the thirty-second blow.
• Quan Li summoned his Black Iron Gauntlets and used his first Soul Skill, Grasp Force, to interfere with Quan Yi’s stacked attacks.
• Quan Li turned Grasp Force from restraint into a push along Quan Yi’s momentum, disrupting the transmission of power.

Quan Yi and Quan Li ended their spar, and Quan Yi explained his force-stacking technique before asking how Quan Li had recovered his Soul Power so quickly. Quan Li revealed that he had condensed a Soul Core to break through to Level 90, and Quan Yi promised not to risk making one himself.

• Quan Yi stopped his combo after Quan Li summoned his Martial Soul, and the two ended their spar.
• Quan Yi explained that his force-stacking technique could be taught to the clan and used in Iron Forging.
• Quan Li warned Quan Yi not to imitate him, explaining that age and the Level 89 barrier had left him with little hope of advancing.
• Quan Li revealed that compressing Soul Power had led him to form a Soul Core, which absorbed outside energy and enabled his breakthrough to Level 90.
• Quan Yi promised not to risk condensing a Soul Core, and Quan Li let him sense it through Soul Power.

Quan Yi used his Scarlet Dragon Eye to study Quan Li’s Soul Core and then recreated one outside his body. He detonated the overcharged crystal in the sea and named the technique Fire Rasengan.

• Quan Yi showed Quan Li his evolved External Soul Bone, the Scarlet Dragon Eye, and demonstrated its ability to see through appearances and observe Soul Cores.
• Quan Yi examined the structure of Quan Li’s Soul Core and memorized how it attracted and converted Heaven and Earth Source Power.
• Quan Yi compressed Soul Power into a crystal and infused it until it formed an external Soul Core that began drawing in energy on its own.
• Quan Yi let the crystal build up power, then launched it into the sea before it reached its limit.
• The Soul Core exploded underwater, sending up a hundred-meter wave and scalding steam across the surrounding area.
• Quan Yi explained that the technique could draw on energy beyond his own Soul Power and named it Fire Rasengan.

Quan Yi returned to Vast Sea City, reunited with his grandmother, and joined his family for dinner. He formally introduced Huo Wu as his girlfriend, leaving his relatives poised to welcome her.

• Quan Yi demonstrated his Fire Rasengan, drawing the Quan Family Guard, and Quan Li explained that he was keeping Quan Yi out of public view for now.
• Quan Yi and Quan Li returned to the villa, where Quan Yi reunited with Yun Qiong and explained that he had sparred with his grandfather.
• Quan Yi changed clothes and went to the dining room, where Quan Li, Yun Qiong, Quan Yue, Su Ling'er, and Huo Wu were waiting.
• Quan Yi held Huo Wu's hand to reassure her, then introduced her to his grandparents as his classmate and girlfriend.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu joined the Quan Family for dinner before Yun Qiong briefed the family on three possible Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast targets. The group leaned toward the Evil Spirit Orca because hunting the Demon Soul Great White Shark could bring them into conflict with the powerful Sea God Island.

• Quan Li welcomed Huo Wu into the Quan Family, and everyone shared a lively dinner together.
• Yun Qiong gathered the family’s core members to plan a hunt for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and described three powerful Sea Soul Beasts.
• Quan Yi asked which beast Yun Qiong intended to target, and she chose the Evil Spirit Orca over the Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Yun Qiong explained that Sea God Island backed the Demon Soul Great White Shark and was a formidable power of Sea Soul Masters that had once repelled Spirit Hall.
• Huo Wu asked why she had never heard of Sea God Island.

Yun Qiong explained why Sea God Island was secluded and why the Quan Family had chosen the Evil Spirit Orca pod as its target. The group agreed to pursue a decapitation strike and considered recruiting the Demon Soul Great White Sharks as allies.

• Yun Qiong explained that Sea God Island’s trials kept its Spirit Masters from leaving and warned that the island was not one they could provoke.
• Yun Qiong identified the Evil Spirit Orca pod as the best target, despite its hundreds of members and powerful Evil Orca King.
• Quan Yi proposed a decapitation strike, and he and Yun Qiong noted that the pod might still attack while Grandpa absorbed his Soul Ring.
• Yun Qiong suggested finding a powerful helper, and Quan Yi realized she meant the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Yun Qiong said the Demon Soul Great White Sharks could potentially cooperate with humans and were enemies of the Evil Spirit Orcas.

Yun Qiong’s family agreed that Quan Yi would negotiate an alliance with the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, then prepared to travel toward Sea God Island. After five days at sea, Quan Yi, Huo Wu, and Quan Li arrived at Ghost Island, where their journey continued.

• Quan Yi volunteered to negotiate with the Demon Soul Great White Sharks, and Yun Qiong agreed that he was the only one suited to the dangerous task.
• Yun Qiong assigned Quan Yue and Quan Li their own duties, and the family spent a week coordinating and preparing for departure.
• Quan Yi, Huo Wu, and Quan Li boarded a ship at Quan Family Wharf and set sail for an island near Sea God Island.
• The ship reached Ghost Island after five days, and Huo Wu celebrated being back on solid ground after suffering seasickness.
• Quan Li told Huo Wu to help move supplies and promised to defend her if Quan Yi bullied her.

Quan Yi reached the waters near Sea God Island, where he discovered that a mysterious golden light prevented his Eye of True Sight from seeing through the island. He found the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan nearby and began sending a mental message toward its leader.

• Quan Yi joined the Crew Members at Ghost Island and entered the central settlement with Quan Li and Huo Wu.
• Quan Yi left for Sea God Island after telling Quan Li and Huo Wu he would go immediately.
• Quan Yi reached the waters near Sea God Island and found that golden light blocked his vision from probing the island.
• Two powerful consciousnesses noticed Quan Yi's probing, but a decree caused the woman in the Sea God Offering Hall to withdraw her gaze.
• Quan Yi located a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark surrounded by more than two hundred sharks and sent a mental fluctuation toward the swarm.

Quan Yi met the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, Xiao Bai, and proposed an alliance against the Evil Spirit Orca Pod. Xiao Bai angrily rejected him, and Quan Yi unleashed his Dragon Might and Mental Power to subdue the surrounding sharks as the confrontation escalated.

• Quan Yi used Spiritual Communication to summon Xiao Bai, who sensed his power and led her pod to the surface.
• Xiao Bai mistook Quan Yi for a fire-attribute dragon-type soul beast until he revealed his Dragon-human form and explained that his horns were External Soul Bones.
• Xiao Bai gave Quan Yi her name and demanded to know his purpose.
• Quan Yi proposed an alliance to crusade against the Evil Spirit Orca Pod, provoking Xiao Bai because the pod had killed her younger brother.
• Quan Yi unleashed his Ultimate Fire, Dragon Might, and Mental Power, causing Xiao Bai and the surrounding Demon Soul Great White Sharks to feel fear.

Quan Yi used his Mental Power and Ultimate Fire to force Xiao Bai to take him seriously, then followed her to a reef to discuss an alliance. After Xiao Bai transformed into a human, Quan Yi explained his background and began answering her questions about his purpose.

• Quan Yi's Mental Power and Dragon Might clashed with Xiao Bai's, and he withdrew just before she unleashed a powerful attack.
• Quan Yi asked Xiao Bai whether he was now qualified to discuss an alliance, and she dispersed the shark swarm before swimming toward a reef.
• Xiao Bai transformed from a shark into a human on the reef, while Quan Yi briefly froze after observing the complex transformation.
• Quan Yi apologized for his awkward remarks, and Xiao Bai asked why he wanted an alliance and what force stood behind him.
• Quan Yi introduced himself as a member of a Spirit Master clan in Vast Sea City and said he had risked coming to Sea God Island after obtaining the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring.

Quan Yi persuaded Xiao Bai to visit Ghost Island and judge whether his group could help her defeat the Evil Spirit Orca Pod. Xiao Bai arrived at the base and became intrigued by Quan Yi and Quan Li, while Huo Wu grew jealous of her attention toward Quan Yi.

• Quan Yi proposed bypassing the Evil Spirit Orca Pod’s defenses and killing the Evil Orca King, then invited Xiao Bai to see his group’s methods on Ghost Island.
• Xiao Bai agreed to go with Quan Yi, and the two raced across the sea toward the island.
• Quan Li sensed Xiao Bai’s powerful presence as she and Quan Yi approached Ghost Island, and Huo Wu saw them arrive.
• Xiao Bai questioned whether Quan Li and Huo Wu were capable allies, but she sensed a peculiar energy fluctuation from Quan Li and reconsidered her judgment.
• Xiao Bai smiled at Quan Yi, prompting Huo Wu to feel jealous and declare that they should demonstrate their abilities.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu combined their powers to trap Xiao Bai in an illusion, showing her that Quan Yi could deceive even her formidable senses. Xiao Bai appeared to accept an alliance against the Evil Orca King, then attacked Quan Yi as soon as the illusion ended.

• Xiao Bai challenged Quan Yi to reveal his strength, and Quan Yi manifested his six Soul Rings while Huo Wu and Quan Li activated their Martial Souls.
• Quan Yi took Huo Wu's hand, and their Soul Power fused to create a pink flame that pulled Xiao Bai into an Illusion Realm.
• Xiao Bai searched the apparently empty island, unleashed Despair Wave, and tried to destroy the forest, but realized she was trapped in a deeper hallucination.
• Xiao Bai pretended to surrender and agreed to ally with Quan Yi against the Evil Orca King, prompting Quan Yi to reveal himself and end the illusion.
• Xiao Bai quietly gathered Soul Power, then charged at Quan Yi and fired Despair Wave again.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to trap Xiao Bai in a convincing illusion while she believed she had gained the upper hand. The Blazing Sun Battle Avatar kept Xiao Bai ensnared as Quan Li watched the real scene and reacted to Quan Yi’s explanation.

• Xiao Bai used her Despair Wave and Demon Shark Domain to restrict Quan Yi and Huo Wu, then attacked Quan Yi with Demon Shark’s Teeth.
• Quan Yi resisted the illusion’s apparent attacks while Xiao Bai laughed, believing she had overwhelmed him.
• Quan Li watched Xiao Bai attack empty air and asked why she was laughing.
• The Blazing Sun Battle Avatar revealed that its Peach Illusion Fire and Holy Flame threads had trapped Xiao Bai in a simulated battle.
• Quan Li recognized Quan Yi’s voice and questioned whether it was right to toy with Xiao Bai, though he clearly enjoyed the sight.