Chapter Summaries

Xu Xin awakened the Tara Mask in Ghost Shadow Village, but the village chief expelled him for lacking a Shadow Spirit. After testing at a Spirit Hall branch, Xu Xin learned he had level ten Soul Power and left with a certificate, still undecided about joining Spirit Hall.

• Xu Xin awakened the Tara Mask, and the village chief drove him out of Ghost Shadow Village because it was not a Shadow Spirit.
• Xu Xin put on the mask in a secluded spot, but his attempts to summon the Ghost Shadow Legion brought no result.
• Xu Xin decided to become the ruler of darkness and hurried to a Spirit Hall branch to test his Soul Power.
• A guard guided Xu Xin to a tester, who measured his Soul Power at level ten and invited him to join Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xin accepted a certificate and left without deciding whether to join Spirit Hall.

Xu Xin met A Yin and persuaded her to help him hunt a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring. They reached Sunset Forest, where A Yin used her Blue Silver Emperor to find a dark-type beast for him.

• Xu Xin learned that Qian Xunji was the current Pope and decided to join an academy rather than Spirit Hall.
• Xu Xin bumped into A Yin, recognized her, and convinced her to help him hunt a hundred-year Soul Beast.
• Xu Xin and A Yin traveled to Sunset Forest, where Xu Xin remembered the Immortal Herbs and planned to claim them.
• Xu Xin asked A Yin to find a dark-type Soul Beast over four hundred years old, and she summoned her Blue Silver Emperor to locate one.

Xu Xin hunted a century-old dark ape with A Yin and absorbed its Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level 12. He tested his First Soul Skill, Nijia Mask, and discovered it let him summon ten loyal Ninja Soldiers.

• A Yin used Blue Silver Grass to bind the dark ape and dragged it behind a tree so Xu Xin could kill it himself.
• Xu Xin stabbed the ape with his dagger, absorbed its yellow Soul Ring, and rose from level 10 to level 12.
• Xu Xin told A Yin that becoming powerful was the only way to change the way the strong preyed upon the weak.
• Xu Xin activated First Soul Skill: Nijia Mask and summoned ten Ninja Soldiers.
• Xu Xin demonstrated the soldiers' weapons, speed, and ability to emerge from A Yin's shadow, then explained that they would grow stronger as his level rose.

Xu Xin let A Yin wear the Nijia Mask, discovering that she could summon stronger Ninja Soldiers while remaining under his control. After he sent soldiers to hunt, A Yin sensed someone hiding in the forest, and an unfamiliar voice called out.

• Xu Xin persuaded A Yin to wear the Nijia Mask, and she summoned Ninja Soldiers with her.
• Xu Xin used his own Tara Mask to command the soldiers, establishing his authority over A Yin and the Ninja Legion.
• A Yin accepted the mask and found its mark on her hand; wearing it increased her attributes without drawing out darkness in her heart.
• Xu Xin sent three Ninja Soldiers to bring back two wild boars.
• A Yin heard rustling, summoned ten Ninja Soldiers to surround someone in the trees, and an unfamiliar voice asked them not to be alarmed.

Xu Xin and A Yin encountered Dugu Bo in the forest, then secretly helped him after he collapsed from poison. With nowhere to call home, Xu Xin sent Ninja Soldiers to search for a hidden place where ice and fire coexisted, intending to make it his headquarters.

• Dugu Bo introduced himself to Xu Xin and A Yin, but left without learning their identities after seeing the Ninja Soldiers surrounding them.
• Xu Xin sent Ninja Soldiers to follow Dugu Bo, and one later reported that he had collapsed from poison.
• A Yin used the Blue Silver Emperor to ease Dugu Bo’s poisoning, then the Ninja Soldiers took her and Xu Xin away while one remained behind.
• Dugu Bo woke beside a Ninja Soldier and realized that someone had saved him, but the soldier vanished before he could learn who.
• Xu Xin asked A Yin to trust him and ordered dozens of Ninja Soldiers to search the forest for a place where ice and fire coexisted.

Xu Xin and A Yin met Dugu Bo on their way to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xu Xin tried to recruit him by offering to help with his descendants’ poison. Dugu Bo agreed to consider joining and left to think it over, while Xu Xin and A Yin continued toward the well.

• Xu Xin and A Yin set out for a treasure ground after their Ninja Soldiers returned from scouting.
• Xu Xin and A Yin encountered Dugu Bo, who thanked them for saving his life and offered to help them in Heaven Dou City.
• A Yin revealed that Dugu Bo and his descendants carried poison, and said she could suppress his descendants’ poison but could not cure his own.
• Xu Xin offered to resolve Dugu Bo’s poison if he joined them, but Dugu Bo declined and accepted an offer to consider joining with his descendants.
• Xu Xin and A Yin continued toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as A Yin asked why Xu Xin wanted Dugu Bo to join them.

Xu Xin and A Yin claimed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as their home and began using its Immortal Herbs to grow stronger. After A Yin consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and Xu Xin absorbed the Dark Nether Sky Orchid’s dew, they both made major progress, with Xu Xin reaching level 20.

• Xu Xin and A Yin arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, settled there, and stationed Ninja Soldiers to guard it.
• Xu Xin asked A Yin to manage the Immortal Herbs, and she identified the Dark Nether Sky Orchid as suitable for him and chose the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo for herself.
• A Yin consumed the Ink Jade Divine Bamboo while Xu Xin arranged for Ninja Soldiers to build a house and guard her.
• After cultivating, A Yin reached level 69, and the Dark Nether Sky Orchid bloomed under the moonlight.
• Xu Xin absorbed the orchid’s dew overnight and woke at level 20, then shared his progress with A Yin.

Xu Xin and A Yin left the poisonous mist to hunt a Soul Beast for his second Soul Ring and encountered the fiery Liu Erlong. Xu Xin absorbed the beast’s Soul Ring and reached level 23, while keeping his new soul skill unrevealed.

• Xu Xin said Dugu Bo would come to treat his poisoned son, then he and A Yin set out to hunt a Soul Ring while waiting.
• A Yin told Xu Xin she was level 69 and used her Blue Silver Grass to locate a suitable Soul Beast.
• Xu Xin and A Yin found Liu Erlong beating a Soul Beast, and Liu Erlong introduced herself after they saw her.
• Xu Xin asked Liu Erlong for the unconscious Soul Beast, and she agreed while warning him to keep the encounter secret.
• Xu Xin killed the Soul Beast, absorbed its yellow Soul Ring, and advanced to level 23 without revealing his second soul skill.

Xu Xin and A Yin invited Liu Erlong to travel with them, and Xu Xin teased her about whether she could ever love a loser. The three reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Xu Xin reunited with Dugu Bo and his group.

• Liu Erlong asked Xu Xin about his soul skill, but he kept it secret and invited her to return with him and A Yin.
• Xu Xin asked Liu Erlong whether she could fall for a loser, and she insisted that any partner would have to be stronger than her.
• A Yin summoned Ninja Soldiers to gather food, while Liu Erlong asked about their affiliation and denied belonging to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Xu Xin, A Yin, and Liu Erlong arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ninja Soldiers were blocking Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin.
• Xu Xin appeared, the Ninja Soldiers withdrew, and Dugu Bo relaxed when he saw that Xu Xin had kept his word.

Xu Xin persuaded Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin to join Shadow Hall, offering ways to manage and eventually cure the poison in their bodies. The chapter ended with A Yin realizing Xu Xin expected her to obtain Detoxification Pills through the Ninja Soldiers.

• A Yin wore her mask as Xu Xin led Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, Liu Erlong, and Dugu Bo's daughter-in-law into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Xu Xin explained that the well could suppress Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin's poison, then asked whether they would join his group.
• Dugu Bo agreed to join, and Xu Xin named him the Second Elder of Shadow Hall, with A Yin as the First Elder.
• Xu Xin described an immortal herb that could evolve Dugu Xin's martial soul and cure his poison, while warning that an herb for Dugu Bo would neutralize his poison and greatly weaken him.
• Xu Xin proposed slowly expelling Dugu Bo's poison into his soul bones with help from Detoxification Pills, and A Yin realized he wanted the Ninja Soldiers to steal the pills.

Xu Xin welcomed Dugu Bo’s family into the Shadow Hall and gave Dugu Bo a Lazo Mask that let him summon powerful Claw Shadow Soldiers. Liu Erlong joined as the Third Elder and asked for a mask of her own, but Xu Xin said none were left.

• Dugu Bo decided that his family would stay at the estate, and Xu Xin agreed to have another house built.
• Liu Erlong asked to join the Shadow Hall as its Third Elder, and A Yin accepted her despite Xu Xin calling her too weak.
• A Yin removed her mask, weakening the Ninja Soldiers, and Xu Xin explained how her mask affected their strength and control.
• Xu Xin summoned a Lazo Mask and gave it to Dugu Bo, who gained a 20 percent increase to his attributes and summoned eighty Claw Shadow Soldiers.
• Xu Xin explained that Dugu Bo could store the mask in his hand, though doing so would halve his soldiers’ strength and number.
• Liu Erlong asked Xu Xin for a mask, but he said there were none left.

Xu Xin helped Dugu Xin and Liu Erlong refine Immortal Herbs, then used two herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to temper his body. After A Yin reached level 70, she quietly told Xu Xin she needed to hunt for a Soul Ring, and they left for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Xu Xin gave Dugu Xin the Earth Dragon Golden Melon, and Dugu Xin swallowed it to refine it.
• Xu Xin gave Liu Erlong the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which she refined to strengthen herself.
• Xu Xin swallowed the Fiery Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass together and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, tempering his body until he became immune to water, fire, and poison.
• Two days later, Dugu Xin had reached Soul Emperor and Liu Erlong had reached Soul King, while A Yin's Soul Power had reached level 70.
• Dugu Xin and Liu Erlong left with Claw Shadow Soldiers to hunt Soul Rings, while Xu Xin and A Yin departed for the Star Dou Great Forest so A Yin could obtain a Soul Ring.

Xu Xin and A Yin hunted a sixty-thousand-year Storage Sky Vine in the Star Dou Great Forest, with Xu Xin's Claw Shadow Soldiers clearing the way for A Yin to deliver the final blow. Afterward, Xu Xin met Ghost Douluo, who was thrilled to learn that Xu Xin's former village chief had been his devoted fan, then left with a spider soul beast to deliver it to someone.

• A Yin told Xu Xin she wanted a roughly sixty-thousand-year life-attribute plant Soul Ring and criticized the idea of adding a poison-attribute animal soul beast to Blue Silver Grass.
• A Yin used her connection to the Blue Silver Grass to locate a Storage Sky Vine, and Xu Xin ordered five Claw Shadow Soldiers to weaken it.
• A Yin killed the Storage Sky Vine and obtained its black sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Xu Xin and A Yin encountered Ghost Douluo as he captured a giant spider, and Xu Xin explained that his former village chief had been Ghost Douluo's fan.
• Ghost Douluo eagerly asked Xu Xin to wait while he delivered the spider to someone, leaving Xu Xin surprised by his behavior.

A Yin finished absorbing a Soul Ring and reached the mature stage, easing her fear of being discovered. After meeting Bibi Dong and the two Title Douluo, Xu Xin and A Yin accepted Bibi Dong’s invitation to travel to Coconut Grove City for her soul battle trial.

• A Yin absorbed the Soul Ring in less than half a day and reached the mature stage, then excitedly embraced Xu Xin.
• Xu Xin told A Yin that a spider and a Title Douluo had come by while she was absorbing the Soul Ring.
• Ghost Douluo returned with Bibi Dong and Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Bibi Dong thanked A Yin and Xu Xin for stopping her soul beast.
• Bibi Dong asked Xu Xin about Ghost Douluo’s supposed fans, and Ghost Douluo teased Chrysanthemum Douluo after learning he had only been mentioned in passing.
• Bibi Dong invited A Yin and Xu Xin to accompany her to Coconut Grove City for a soul battle trial, and they agreed to go.

Xu Xin returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Liu Erlong and Dugu Xin showed off their evolved martial souls, then left with Liu Erlong to meet Bibi Dong in Coconut Grove City. He interrupted Yu Xiao Gang as he tried to approach Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong exposed the killing intent Yu Xiao Gang had shown when Xu Xin led her away.

• Xu Xin sent A Yin back to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and arranged for Liu Erlong to join him, hoping she would confront Yu Xiao Gang.
• Liu Erlong showed Xu Xin her evolved Three-headed Blazing Dragon, while Dugu Xin revealed that his martial soul had evolved from a snake into a jade-green flood dragon.
• Xu Xin told Dugu Xin to keep cultivating because Shadow Hall would soon emerge, then left with Liu Erlong the next day.
• In Coconut Grove City, Yu Xiao Gang approached Bibi Dong and tried to win her over, but Xu Xin arrived and led her away by the hand.
• Yu Xiao Gang left in anger and privately threatened to kill anyone who blocked his path, while a Ninja Soldier and Liu Erlong witnessed his behavior.
• Liu Erlong warned Bibi Dong that Yu Xiao Gang had shown killing intent, and Bibi Dong reacted with a murderous glint in her eyes.

Xu Xin and Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiao Gang had ordered someone to kill Xu Xin, and they decided to wait before retaliating. Bibi Dong asked whether she could join Shadow Hall as its Fourth Elder, but Xu Xin advised her not to consider it yet.

• Xu Xin told Bibi Dong they could wait for the man who had shown interest in her to make another move, and she agreed to let him live a few more days.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Ghost Elder and another senior had gone to a village, then learned that Xu Xin and Liu Erlong belonged to the mysterious Shadow Hall.
• Yu Xiao Gang returned to his inn furious, ordered his protector to kill Xu Xin, and vowed that Bibi Dong would eventually be his.
• A Ninja Soldier reported Yu Xiao Gang's order to Xu Xin, who sent the spy back to watch him and told Bibi Dong about the threat.
• Bibi Dong offered to join Shadow Hall as Fourth Elder, and Xu Xin advised her not to pursue the idea for now.

Xu Xin took Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to confront Yu Xiao Gang after Ninja Soldiers killed the men following them and guarding him. After exposing Yu Xiao Gang’s scheme to use Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall, Xu Xin offered him a choice between becoming a woman or a eunuch and decided for him when he refused.

• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong agreed to visit the Soul Arena together after spending the afternoon with Xu Xin.
• A Ninja Soldier warned Xu Xin that men were following them, so he sent five Ninja Soldiers to kill the two pursuers and Yu Xiao Gang’s hidden protector.
• Xu Xin, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong masked themselves and broke into Yu Xiao Gang’s residence, where Xu Xin pretended to be from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiao Gang confessed that he had wanted to court Bibi Dong and use Spirit Hall to fix his martial soul defect, and Bibi Dong’s killing intent rose.
• Xu Xin offered Yu Xiao Gang a choice between becoming a woman or a eunuch, then ordered a Ninja Soldier to act when Yu Xiao Gang refused to choose.

Xu Xin punished Yu Xiao Gang and ordered Ninja Soldiers to steal resources from three single-attribute clans while tracking the Tang brothers. Yu Xiao Gang woke to his injuries and vowed revenge, then decided to hide what had happened from his father.

• Xu Xin, Bibi Dong, and Liu Erlong left Yu Xiao Gang after the Ninja Soldier injured him, and Liu Erlong learned he belonged to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Xu Xin ordered Ninja Soldiers to steal the Breaking Clan's illustrated guide to immortal herbs and alchemy manual, the Speed Clan's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng, and the Defense Clan's construction techniques, leaving misleading traces toward the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Xu Xin sent Ninja Soldiers to watch Tang Hao and Tang Xiao and to protect Liu Erlong and the other person, then went to sleep after reflecting on his need to grow stronger.
• Yu Xiao Gang woke in agony, saw the damage to his body, and swore revenge on the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Xiao Gang decided to conceal his injuries from his father so he would not be barred from returning to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.

Yu Xiao Gang plotted to conceal his injuries and planned to use his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect identity to protect himself, then went to the Soul Fighting Arena hoping to meet Bibi Dong. There, Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong registered as the Dragon Pig Combination and mocked Yu Xiao Gang, leaving him furious and confused by Bibi Dong's treatment of him.

• Yu Xiao Gang dealt with the corpses, decided to hide what had happened, and resolved to claim his identity as the young master of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect if threatened.
• After waking from a nightmare, Yu Xiao Gang changed rooms, took his books, and headed to the Soul Fighting Arena to see Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong argued over their team name while Xu Xin suggested Dragon Spider, and the attendant registered them as the Dragon Pig Combination.
• Yu Xiao Gang overheard the name and assumed the women were insulting his swine martial soul, so he confronted them.
• Liu Erlong slapped Yu Xiao Gang, and Bibi Dong joined her in deliberately calling their team the Dragon Pig Combination.
• Yu Xiao Gang pointed at Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong in fury, unable to understand why Bibi Dong mocked him.

Yu Xiao Gang tried to ambush Xu Xin while Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong fought in the Soul Arena, but his plan failed when Xu Xin revealed he had been pretending to faint. Liu Erlong kicked away Yu Xiao Gang’s farting pig martial soul, leaving him humiliated as the crowd gathered.

• Yu Xiao Gang left after Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong mocked his claims that he could overcome his martial soul’s limitations.
• Yu Xiao Gang secretly waited for Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to enter the arena, planning to knock out Xu Xin and take revenge on him.
• Xu Xin learned from a Ninja Soldier that Yu Xiao Gang was still nearby and warned Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong about the planned attack.
• Yu Xiao Gang struck Xu Xin with a book and tried to drag him away, but Xu Xin pretended to be unconscious and could not be moved.
• Yu Xiao Gang summoned Three Pao the Pig and prepared to use its fart attack, but Liu Erlong kicked the pig away before it could strike Xu Xin.
• Yu Xiao Gang’s martial soul vanished after crashing below, and the surrounding crowd mocked him as he spat blood and wet himself.