Chapter Summaries

Quan Yi, fighting as One-Punch Man, delighted the packed arena crowd before facing Wang Qing, a defensive Soul Master determined to withstand his punch. Su Ling'er and Huo Wu watched from the stands, and Su Ling'er began to see One-Punch Man’s flamboyant persona as Quan Yi’s true self.

• Wang Qing entered to a crowd overwhelmingly cheering for One-Punch Man and watched Quan Yi run around the arena, greeting the spectators.
• Su Ling'er and Huo Wu discussed Quan Yi’s disguise, and Huo Wu said his masked persona seemed more natural than his usual self.
• Su Ling'er asked Huo Wu to keep an eye on Quan Yi, and Huo Wu nodded.
• Quan Yi returned to his position, and the host announced the match after he had finished greeting the crowd.
• Wang Qing vowed to end One-Punch Man’s record, summoned his Ironclad Turtle martial soul, and took a defensive stance.
• Quan Yi recognized that Wang Qing’s defensive fighting style would make it difficult to practice techniques beyond attacking.

Quan Yi defeated Wang Qing in a Soul Fight by smashing through his defensive Soul Skills, then met Su Ling'er and Huo Wu outside the arena. Huo Wu asked to register for one-on-one spirit battles after reaching level twenty-one, and Quan Yi agreed to take her.

• Quan Yi challenged Wang Qing to attack, but Wang Qing stayed guarded and waited to counter with his defensive Soul Skills.
• Quan Yi struck Wang Qing's turtle shell with a Gang-protected fist, shattered it, and won the match as One-Punch Man.
• Su Ling'er and Huo Wu left the arena and found Quan Yi waiting outside in clothes he had stored in the Blazing Sun Heart.
• Huo Wu told Quan Yi she wanted to compete in one-on-one spirit battles after reaching level twenty-one.
• Quan Yi warned Huo Wu about the stronger opponents, then agreed to take her to register.

Huo Wu registered for her first soul fight and faced Zi Ye in the third round of the 43 Soul Fight Arena. She opened the match with her First Soul Skill, Flame Bullet, while Quan Yi waited to see the Second Soul Skill she had kept secret.

• Huo Wu credited Quan Yi's Soul Beast research notebook with helping her obtain her Second Soul Ring, and promised to reveal her Second Soul Skill during the fight.
• Huo Wu registered under the name "Flame Queen" and received her Iron Soul Badge.
• Quan Yi reminded Huo Wu to put safety first before she entered the Contestant Waiting Area, while he and Su Ling'er went to the audience seats.
• Huo Wu was matched against Zi Ye, an Agility Attack System Soul Master with the Spirit Rat Martial Soul.
• Huo Wu summoned Fire Shadow and instantly released her First Soul Skill, Flame Bullet, at Zi Ye.

Huo Wu fought Zi Ye in the Soul Fight Arena, using her Soul Skills and Ring Fusion to overcome Zi Ye’s speed and defenses. Zi Ye was left unable to resist after Huo Wu’s empowered whip struck her, while Su Ling'er recognized the technique as Ring Fusion.

• Zi Ye dodged Huo Wu’s Flame Bullet with Spirit Shadow Assault and began treating her opponent seriously.
• Zi Ye attacked along a zigzag path, but Huo Wu struck with Flame Fiend Whip Dance; Zi Ye used Void Spirit Shift to evade the whip and rushed in.
• Huo Wu fired another Flame Bullet, forcing Zi Ye to dodge and abandon her attack before retreating.
• Huo Wu used Flame Fiend Whip Dance again, combining her Soul Rings to extend and empower the whip, then struck Zi Ye across the abdomen.
• Zi Ye lost control of her body from the wound’s burning pain, and Su Ling'er identified Huo Wu’s technique as Ring Fusion.

Huo Wu won her first Soul Fight against Zi Ye by combining her Flame Fiend Whip Dance with Ring Fusion, leaving her opponent unconscious from pain. Afterward, she removed the lingering pain from Zi Ye’s wound and explained her abilities to Quan Yi.

• Su Ling'er explained that Ring Fusion let a Spirit Master draw on multiple soul rings to increase a Soul Skill’s power and Soul Power output.
• Huo Wu struck Zi Ye with her Flame Whip, and the wound caused extreme pain and drained Zi Ye’s Soul Power when she tried to suppress it.
• Zi Ye eventually passed out, and the host declared Huo Wu the winner of her first Soul Fight.
• Huo Wu absorbed the red light from Zi Ye’s wound to remove her pain, then left the remaining treatment to the host.
• Su Ling'er praised Huo Wu, and Huo Wu told Quan Yi that she had used Ring Fusion with her Flame Fiend Whip Dance.

Quan Yi learned how Huo Wu’s Flame Fiend Second Soul Skill worked and how she gained it from a rare Scarlet Flame Serpent. Huo Wu declined a two-on-two Soul Fight and left to meet her brother, while Quan Yi watched another match and rose to Bronze Soul rank.

• Huo Wu explained that her Flame Whip inflicted a spreading, painful Fire Element that drained an opponent’s Soul Power, and Quan Yi identified the Scarlet Flame Serpent as the source of her Soul Ring.
• Huo Wu and Su Ling'er said the Scarlet Flame Serpent had been a rare, roughly seven-hundred-year Soul Beast that Quan Yi had helped them identify.
• Su Ling'er invited Quan Yi and Huo Wu to compete in a two-on-two Soul Fight, but Huo Wu declined because she had spent too much Soul Power and needed to meet Huo Wushuang.
• Huo Wu said goodbye to Quan Yi and left for another Branch Soul Arena to reunite with her brother.
• Quan Yi watched a soul battle, won his chosen team’s odds-three match, and advanced from Iron Soul to Bronze Soul rank.

Quan Yi was ambushed on a remote road by a masked Soul Ancestor, but he survived the attack and prepared to fight back. The attacker revealed that Quan Yi was the target and charged him again.

• Quan Yi envied Huo Wu’s chance to fight at full strength, then left the Great Soul Arena while Su Ling'er stayed behind to collect Gunpowder.
• As Quan Yi rode toward the outskirts, a wire tripped the horse and overturned the carriage.
• A masked Soul Ancestor attacked the wrecked carriage with a Giant Wind Blade, intending to kill Quan Yi.
• Quan Yi protected the coachman and blocked the blade with his Blazing Sun Gauntlets and Gang.
• The Masked Man recognized Quan Yi as his intended target and rushed at him again.

Quan Yi counterattacked the Masked Man, killing him after the attacker’s right arm exploded from Rhino’s Mark. Quan Yi investigated the body and found a jade-white object among the ashes.

• Quan Yi used the Blazing Sun Gauntlets’ Propulsion Mode to knock aside the Masked Man’s blade and strike at his head, breaking the attacker’s arm when he dodged.
• Quan Yi’s Rhino’s Mark exploded on the Masked Man’s broken arm, and Quan Yi shot him until he stopped moving.
• The coachman thanked Quan Yi for protecting him, then checked the Masked Man’s body and confirmed he was dead.
• Quan Yi removed the Masked Man’s covering, found a Silver Soul Arena Badge, and drew his face, but learned little about his identity.
• Quan Yi burned the corpse and discovered a jade-white object among the ashes.

After surviving an assassination, Quan Yi examined evidence that suggested his attacker had monitored him and planned the attack in advance. Su Ling'er identified the recovered Soul Bone as a Head Soul Bone over a thousand years old and suspected that the attacker had been seeking Soul Bones.

• Quan Yi recovered a Soul Bone from the ashes, stored it, and returned to the Research Institute with Blacksmith Yuan and his armed men.
• Quan Yi examined the assassin Xu Ke's Silver Soul Arena Badge and concluded the attacker had carefully chosen his moment but seemed to know little about Quan Yi.
• Su Ling'er rushed back to the Blacksmith Shop, checked that Quan Yi was safe, and heard his account of the assassination.
• Quan Yi showed Su Ling'er the badge, a facial sketch, and the Soul Bone; she identified it as a Head Soul Bone over a thousand years old.
• Su Ling'er guessed that the assassin's goal had been to obtain Soul Bones.

Su Ling'er and Quan Yi deduced that the assassin had used a Soul Bone skill to spy on them and had targeted Quan Yi because he mistakenly believed Quan Yi possessed a Soul Bone. After considering whether to absorb the recovered Head Soul Bone, Quan Yi rested as Su Ling'er took charge of the aftermath.

• Su Ling'er explained that the assassin may have identified Quan Yi as One-Punch Man through her repeated presence at his fights and assumed his strength came from a Soul Bone.
• Quan Yi and Su Ling'er reasoned that the assassin's Soul Bone skill had let him evade detection, and Quan Yi suspected it enhanced his eyes and reactions.
• Quan Yi resolved to grow stronger and asked to absorb the assassin's Head Soul Bone, but Su Ling'er urged him to consider its low age and the permanence of choosing a Soul Bone for that position.
• Su Ling'er took the assassin's portrait and Soul Fight Badge, then ordered Quan Yi to rest instead of cultivate.
• Quan Yi returned to the lounge and fell asleep as his mental exhaustion caught up with him.

After surviving the Masked Man’s attack, Quan Yi grew stronger through cultivation and combat, earning a Silver Soul Arena Badge before leaving the arena. At semester’s end, he reached level 27 and went home with Su Ling'er for the break.

• Su Ling'er told Quan Yi that the Masked Man had likely killed his friend for a Spirit Bone and acted alone in the assassination.
• Quan Yi broke through to soul power rank twenty-six after cultivating through the night, and his combat awareness deepened at the Soul Arena.
• Over the next two months, Quan Yi earned twenty-nine consecutive victories and obtained a Silver Soul Arena Badge, while making a profit of 344 Gold Soul Coins from his wagers.
• Quan Yi left the Soul Arena despite Huo Wu’s invitation to fight alongside her, then focused on cultivation and study until his soul power reached level 27.
• Quan Yi said goodbye to Huo Wu and left the academy with Su Ling'er to return home for the break.

Quan Yi returned to the Quan Family and sparred with Quan Yue, impressing his father with strength that reached the Soul King level in speed, power, and attack. The next morning, Su Ling'er gave Quan Yi a wooden box containing the Quan Family’s most precious treasure, and he opened it.

• Quan Yi reunited with Quan Yue and Su Ling'er over a family banquet, then agreed to spar with his father.
• Quan Yi used his Blazing Sun Gauntlets and Quan Family Fist Technique against Quan Yue, who praised his strength and technique while defending with Black Iron Gauntlets.
• Quan Yi activated Dark Flame Power and used Rocket Punch and Rocket Barrage, but Quan Yue blocked every attack and stopped the spar after Quan Yi’s shoulders gave out.
• Quan Yue praised Quan Yi’s progress and told Su Ling'er it was time to give him the promised treasure.
• The next morning, Su Ling'er handed Quan Yi a wooden box containing the Quan Family’s most precious treasure, and Quan Yi opened it.

Su Ling'er and Quan Yue gave Quan Yi a treasured Flame Spirit Shadow Leopard Spirit Bone, and he absorbed it to gain the powerful Flame Spirit Body skill. The chapter ended with his parents recognizing that the skill inherited the leopard's ability to become fire.

• Su Ling'er revealed that the Right Leg Bone of a Twenty-thousand-year Flame Spirit Shadow Leopard was Quan Yi's reward and explained she had saved it for him since before his birth.
• Quan Yue and Su Ling'er persuaded Quan Yi to accept the Spirit Bone, and he agreed to absorb it.
• Quan Yi absorbed the Spirit Bone, which gently nourished his body and greatly increased his strength and physical abilities.
• Quan Yi discovered that the Spirit Bone granted him Flame Spirit Body, which turned his body into pure fire, blocked physical damage, and doubled his flame power.
• Su Ling'er identified the skill as the Flame Shadow Leopard's talent for becoming flame and was surprised that Quan Yi had inherited it.

Quan Yi tested the Fire Spirit Body ability of his new Soul Bone and discovered that it let him fly, control flames, and pass through physical objects. After revealing that his Soul Power had reached level 30, he proposed pursuing a five-thousand-year Soul Ring before ultimately aiming for two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings.

• Quan Yi transformed into flame and tested the Fire Spirit Body's flight, flame control, attacks, and ability to pass through armor.
• Quan Yi told Quan Yue and Su Ling'er that activating the ability consumed considerable Soul Power, while maintaining and controlling it took much less.
• Quan Yi revealed that his Soul Power had reached level 30, prompting Quan Yue to plan a Soul Beast hunt for the next day.
• Quan Yi asked for an extra day to assess his improved body and proposed hunting a five-thousand-year Soul Beast for his Third Soul Ring.
• Quan Yi told Quan Yue and Su Ling'er that his ultimate goal was to obtain two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings as his Eighth and Ninth Soul Rings.

Quan Yi insisted on pursuing stronger Soul Rings despite his parents’ fears, and Quan Yue agreed to test his physical limits before deciding what he could safely absorb. Their training began with Quan Yi discovering that his enhanced body was already remarkably powerful, while Quan Yue demonstrated an advanced Gang technique.

• Quan Yi explained that his Spirit Bone had strengthened him enough to target higher-aged Soul Rings, and he resolved to carefully choose every Soul Ring he absorbed.
• Su Ling'er angrily opposed Quan Yi’s plan, but Quan Yue agreed to assess his limits and promised to train him.
• Quan Yi practiced the Quan Family Fist Technique in the Basement, then met Quan Yue at the training field the next morning for harsh physical tests.
• Quan Yue ordered Quan Yi to attack him without using his Martial Soul, and Quan Yi’s charge and punch showed that his physical strength had reached the level of a Soul King.
• Quan Yue absorbed Quan Yi’s blow with Gang circulated over his body and explained the advanced defensive technique before warning that the training would be grueling.

Quan Yue put Quan Yi through two weeks of brutal training to help him adapt to his changed body and use Gang more effectively. By the end, Quan Yi could exchange blows with his father and learned that his progress came from his mind catching up with his body's existing strength.

• Quan Yue attacked Quan Yi for an hour at a time, teaching him to rely on instinct and Gang to defend himself.
• Quan Yi expanded his Gang to block Quan Yue's attacks, but his Soul Power ran out and he collapsed after the training session.
• Quan Yue repeated the punishing training eight times a day, while Quan Yi gradually improved his body control and battle sense.
• After two weeks, Quan Yi precisely blocked Quan Yue's punches and exchanged blows with him in the training field.
• Quan Yue explained that Quan Yi's Soul Power and physical strength had not changed; his mind had simply adapted to his body.

After two weeks of training, Quan Yue judged that Quan Yi could safely seek a Soul Ring below ten thousand years and decided to take him to the Star Dou Great Forest. Quan Yi, Quan Yue, and Su Ling'er arrived at the forest prepared for a long search, and Quan Yue warned Quan Yi to flee immediately if they told him to.

• Quan Yue confirmed Quan Yi's physical strength had reached the Soul Ancestor level and explained that they would look for a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Quan Yue encouraged Quan Yi to appreciate Su Ling'er's support, and the family reconciled over a meal before planning their trip.
• After three days of preparations, Quan Yue, Su Ling'er, and Quan Yi traveled with a supply convoy to a town near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The three set out from town carrying two months of supplies, leaving the convoy and its guards behind.
• At the forest entrance, Quan Yue warned Quan Yi to stay close and activate Flame Spirit Body to escape if they ordered him to run.

After a month of searching the Star Dou Great Forest, Quan Yi and his companions found an Exploding Flame Giant Bear that matched his requirements and attacked it. Quan Yi struck the bear’s brain with his newly formed Eclipse, leaving its fate unclear.

• Quan Yi, Quan Yue, and Su Ling'er reached a pool near the inner ring after hearing flowing water and discovered a resting Exploding Flame Giant Bear.
• Quan Yi recognized that the bear’s strength, Fire attribute, and size made it a suitable Soul Beast for him.
• Quan Yue used Giant Spirit Grip to block the bear’s Scorching Ray, pin its head down, and sever its spine.
• Quan Yi used Fire Spirit Body and Dark Flame Power to condense his black flames into a sphere and unleash Eclipse.
• Eclipse pierced the Exploding Flame Giant Bear’s skull and silently burrowed into its brain.

Quan Yi killed the Exploding Flame Giant Bear with Eclipse and contained the spreading Dark Flame before judging the beast to be over seven thousand years old. After recovering, he began absorbing its purple soul ring, hoping to achieve a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring.

• Quan Yi’s Eclipse pierced the Exploding Flame Giant Bear’s skull and killed it, while the blast filled the area with steam and black flames.
• Su Ling'er called out anxiously, and Quan Yi answered from the air before gathering the scattered Dark Flame back into himself.
• Quan Yi, Su Ling'er, and Quan Yue examined the burned corpse, and Quan Yi estimated the bear was over seven thousand years old.
• Quan Yi meditated to recover his Soul Power while Su Ling'er and Quan Yue guarded him from nearby Soul Beasts.
• Quan Yi began absorbing the bear’s purple soul ring, and its scorching energy surged through his meridians.

Quan Yi absorbed a seven-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained the instant-cast Third Soul Skill Scorching Ray. After escaping the Star Dou Great Forest, he tested at Soul Power Level thirty-five and explained the skill's great power and heavy energy cost.

• Quan Yi absorbed the Exploding Flame Giant Bear's Soul Ring without complications and gained Scorching Ray, a ray that pierced a tree nearly a hundred meters away.
• Quan Yi, Quan Yue, and Su Ling'er left the dangerous area and traveled for three days before escaping the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The next day, Quan Yi tested at Soul Power Level thirty-five, boosted by both the Soul Ring and the Spirit Bone energy released within him.
• Quan Yi explained that Scorching Ray had immense range and power but consumed so much soul power that he could sustain it for only ten seconds.