Chapter Summaries

Jiang Ming used Aromatic Silk Beauty’s power to boost the team’s Soul Power, and Gongyang Mo’s Rainbow Dragon evolved into a Nine-Colored Divine Dragon. He set ambitious cultivation goals for the next tournament and began clearing everyone’s Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

• Gongyang Mo’s Soul Power rose from Level 53 to Level 59 after Jiang Ming used Aromatic Silk Beauty’s power on him.
• Gongyang Mo discovered his Rainbow Dragon had gained black and white colors, and Jiang Ming suggested renaming it the Nine-Colored Divine Dragon.
• Zhang Lexuan arrived, and Jiang Ming explained that he had boosted the team so they could surprise the continent at the tournament in two years.
• Jiang Ming set cultivation targets for the team, and the others reluctantly agreed to work toward them.
• Jiang Ming summoned his Soul Rings and used his red Soul Ring to begin clearing the team’s Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Jiang Ming prepared to leave with Elder Xuan and Elder Song to find wind-element energy, while he and Zhang Lexuan exchanged gifts before setting off on separate missions. After traveling for a day with Elder Xuan, Jiang Ming reached a towering mountain amid fierce winds and lightning.

• Jiang Ming used the Power of Heaven-Piercing to clear the Eight Extraordinary Meridians of six Soul Masters, then told Zhang Lexuan he might join the tournament if he had the chance.
• Qian Duoduo told Jiang Ming that Elder Xuan and Elder Song had found the wind-element energy he wanted, and that Elder Xuan was waiting at the academy entrance.
• Jiang Ming told Zhang Lexuan he would be away for several months, and she said she was leaving on a one-month Inspection Corps mission.
• Jiang Ming gave Zhang Lexuan the Rank Seven Defensive Soul Tool Silver Moon's Aegis, and she gave him a pocket watch containing their photograph.
• Jiang Ming met Elder Xuan at Shrek Academy, and Elder Xuan carried him across the continent toward their destination.
• Jiang Ming and Elder Xuan arrived near an immense mountain surrounded by fierce winds and lightning, where a thunderous roar shook the clouds.

Jiang Ming and Xuan Zi reached the summit of Thousand-Blade Cliff, where Little Wind found enough wind energy to sustain its Hundred-Thousand-Year evolution but still needed a stronger treasure to begin it. After Xuan Zi subdued the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast, Jiang Ming asked to fight it with help from his Spirits.

• Xuan Zi carried Jiang Ming through the storm above Thousand-Blade Cliff to the summit, where they found the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast.
• Little Wind sensed that the local wind energy could sustain its evolution but said it needed a stronger wind-attributed treasure to begin.
• Xuan Zi beat the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast into submission and waited for Elder Song to return with a treasure.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast insulted Jiang Ming when he stroked its head, and Jiang Ming asked Xuan Zi for permission to fight it.
• Xuan Zi agreed that Jiang Ming's three Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirits could make the fight possible.

Jiang Ming fought the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast alone, briefly unleashing Titled Douluo-level power before exhausting his Soul Power. He then revealed his spirit allies and declared that the real battle was beginning.

• Jiang Ming charged the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast and struck it with a punch empowered by his Golden Battle Body and other abilities.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast retaliated with fierce winds and heavenly lightning, but Jiang Ming endured them and clashed with it three times before crashing into the platform.
• Jiang Ming admitted his strongest abilities could only last for a few attacks, and the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast declared victory.
• Jiang Ming changed his Soul Ring configuration and summoned five spirits and Rongrong from his Sea of Consciousness.
• Jiang Ming announced that the warm-up was over as his allies faced the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast.

Jiang Ming's Spirits attacked the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast, but its strength and home-ground advantage let it hold its own against Little Ice and Little Lotus. Little Spirit healed them and Little Light and Little Dark returned to the fight, leaving the exhausted beast to surrender in frustration.

• Little Light and Little Dark injured the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast's wings, while Little Ice and Little Lotus attacked it with ice and fire.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast unleashed its power, struck Little Light and Little Dark with Azure Thunder Claw, and charged Little Ice and Little Lotus.
• Little Ice and Little Lotus fought the beast for half an hour, and all three were wounded and low on Soul Power.
• Little Spirit restored Little Ice and Little Lotus with her Life Force, while Little Light and Little Dark returned ready to attack the beast's wings.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast realized it was the only one staying injured, landed, and complained that young people had no martial virtue.

Jiang Ming healed the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast while Elder Song brought the Nine-Layered Azure Gale to trigger Little Wind’s Hundred-Thousand-Year evolution. Little Wind completed her evolution, and Elder Xuan and Elder Song prepared to deal with the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast afterward.

• Jiang Ming had Little Spirit heal the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast and warned it not to attack her.
• Elder Xuan told Jiang Ming that the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast was meant to become his Soul Ring, but Jiang Ming said he still wanted to heal it.
• Elder Song brought the Nine-Layered Azure Gale, and Little Wind absorbed its energy to begin her evolution.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast tried to approach the gale, but Elder Xuan stopped it and threatened to kill it if it moved again.
• After a month, Little Wind completed her Hundred-Thousand-Year evolution, turning Jiang Ming’s Soul Ring from black to red.

Jiang Ming tried to spare the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast’s soul while obtaining its Soul Ring and Spirit Bone, and eventually persuaded it to perform a sacrifice. As the sacrifice began, the beast unexpectedly advanced to the Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year level, triggering a Fierce Beast Heavenly Tribulation.

• Xuan Zi and Elder Song subdued the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast so Jiang Ming could claim its Soul Ring and Spirit Bone.
• Jiang Ming offered to preserve the beast’s soul, but after it rejected his proposal, Xuan Zi and Elder Song beat it until it was near death.
• Jiang Ming gave the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast one last chance, showed it Rongrong’s preserved soul as proof, and convinced it to cooperate with a sacrifice.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast began its sacrifice, and Jiang Ming prepared to absorb its blood-red Soul Ring.
• Lightning and azure gales surged into the beast, adding a second golden pattern to its Soul Ring and provoking Xuan Zi to identify the coming Fierce Beast Heavenly Tribulation.

Jiang Ming began absorbing the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast’s Soul Ring despite learning that doing so would transfer its deadly Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year heavenly tribulation to him. As the thunderclouds gathered, he completed the Soul Ring absorption and started absorbing its Spirit Bone while trying to preserve the beast’s soul.

• Xuan Zi and Elder Song explained that the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast had broken through to Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year cultivation during its sacrifice and would face a heavenly tribulation.
• Jiang Ming learned he could transfer the tribulation to himself by absorbing the beast’s Soul Ring, and chose to do so because he had promised to preserve its soul.
• Xuan Zi and Elder Song warned Jiang Ming of the danger, but he began absorbing the Soul Ring and asked them to protect him.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast cooperated with Jiang Ming inside his Sea of Consciousness, and he completed the Soul Ring absorption with help from the Qirong Tongtian Chrysanthemum Soul Bone and Golden Heart.
• As the tribulation clouds formed and the beast’s soul began to dissipate, Jiang Ming ordered his Spirits to stabilize its soul and help block the first lightning strike if necessary.

Jiang Ming accepted the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast's Soul Imprint and began absorbing its Spirit Bone, which manifested as an External Soul Bone: the Wind-Thunder Wings. As he and his Spirits faced the beast's Heavenly Tribulation, the sixth strike broke his merger with Little Spirit, leaving one more strike to withstand.

• Jiang Ming used Mind Control and a Soul Imprint to stabilize the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast's soul and preserve it.
• The Wind-Thunder Prison Beast's Spirit Bone emerged as blue-violet wings, which Xuan Zi recognized as an External Soul Bone.
• Little Light and Little Dark faced the first two Heavenly Tribulations, then Little Spirit blocked the third while Jiang Ming continued absorbing the bone.
• Jiang Ming completed the fusion, scattered the fourth Heavenly Tribulation, and gained the ability to fly with the Wind-Thunder Wings.
• The fifth Heavenly Tribulation blasted Jiang Ming down, and the sixth forcibly separated him from Little Spirit.
• Jiang Ming called on Little Light, Little Dark, and Little Spirit, asked Rongrong to awaken his Golden Heart, and activated Lightning Transformation as the final Heavenly Tribulation approached.

Jiang Ming survived the eighth heavenly tribulation and recovered from his severe injuries. He restored Little Prison’s soul to her body and set off with Xuan Zi for Shrek Academy, riding her as a mount.

• Jiang Ming endured the seventh heavenly tribulation, then was struck by an unexpected eighth tribulation that left him charred and unconscious again and again.
• Xuan Zi and Elder Song watched as Jiang Ming survived ten minutes of lightning before Xuan Zi checked his grave injuries and Little Spirit began healing him.
• Jiang Ming recovered fully by the fifth day, named the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast’s soul Little Prison, and decided to let her try entering her lifeless body.
• Little Prison entered her body, and Jiang Ming used his Spiritual Power and Little Spirit’s Life Force to help her regain control of it over the next day.
• Jiang Ming and Xuan Zi rode Little Prison as she flew toward Shrek Academy.

After Jiang Ming frightened Shrek Academy with the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast, Mu En ordered him confined for a month. Jiang Ming arranged for a larger Storage Soul Tool for the beast, then settled into confinement and finally enjoyed an uninterrupted sleep.

• Mu En reprimanded Jiang Ming for frightening the academy and ordered him to spend a month in confinement.
• Jiang Ming returned to his house hoping to see Zhang Lexuan, then explained to Yan Shaozhe that Little Prison's body could be stored when its soul was outside it.
• Jiang Ming asked Qian Duoduo to make a larger Storage Soul Tool, and Qian Duoduo promised to finish it within a week.
• Yan Shaozhe took Jiang Ming to the confinement room, where Jiang Ming assembled a bed and prepared to sleep.
• Ma Xiaotao visited Jiang Ming, then kept Dai Yueheng and the others from disturbing him while he slept.
• Jiang Ming slept soundly and dreamed of marrying Zhang Lexuan in Clear Water City and at Shrek Academy.

Jiang Ming spent his confinement bored, joined the Spirits’ card game, and lost repeatedly. Zhou Yi, Fan Yu, Ma Xiaotao, and the others came to check on him, only to find him playing cards with a crowd in the confinement room.

• Jiang Ming woke after a day’s sleep and decided he could neither cultivate nor make progress on Soul Tools during his confinement.
• Jiang Ming joined Little Prison, Little Spirit, Little Dark, Little Light, and Rongrong at their card game, then considered promoting cards and mahjong for income after his release.
• Zhou Yi and Fan Yu headed to the confinement room, where they met Ma Xiaotao and the others on their way to visit Jiang Ming.
• The group heard the noisy game inside and saw Jiang Ming covered in paper slips as he asked them to wait while he played another hand.
• Little Spirit played a seventeen-card straight to win the hand, and Jiang Ming declared he was quitting cards.

Jiang Ming endured confinement at Shrek Academy while urging his friends to keep training, then continued losing at a game. On a mission, Zhang Lexuan’s companions discussed her relationship with Jiang Ming and his fearsome reputation before she announced she was about to break through to Level Eighty.

• Jiang Ming reassured Zhou Yi, Fan Yu, and the others that he was fine in confinement, urged his friends to train for the tournament, and returned to his game.
• Zhang Lexuan’s Inspection Corps team completed a dangerous mission, and she wondered how Jiang Ming was doing while glancing at the Silver Moon Guard he had given her.
• An older Inner Court Disciple told newcomers that Zhang Lexuan was already with Jiang Ming, the Great Demon King, and recounted his overwhelming achievements in the Outer Court.
• A skeptical Inner Court student heard how Jiang Ming had defeated the Outer Court and subdued a Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while a former opponent admitted he had been beaten quickly.
• Zhang Lexuan delayed the team’s return and announced that she was about to break through, prompting the Inner Court Disciples to gather and protect her.

While confined at Shrek Academy, Jiang Ming reviewed the 34 Soul Skills and abilities he had accumulated. On her return to the academy after reaching Level Eighty, Zhang Lexuan confirmed that Jiang Ming was her boyfriend and revealed that his Soul Power had remained stuck at Level Sixty-Nine for two and a half years.

• Jiang Ming catalogued the twelve Soul Skills from his Golden Heart Martial Soul and the twenty from the Book of Spirits, along with his Golden Battle Body and poison immunity, for a total of 34 abilities.
• Zhang Lexuan returned to Shrek Academy after breaking through to Level Eighty, while the Inner Court Disciples speculated about when she would become a Titled Douluo.
• The Inner Court Disciples asked Zhang Lexuan about Jiang Ming, and she confirmed that he was her boyfriend.
• Zhang Lexuan told the disciples that Jiang Ming had been Level Sixty-Nine when she left for her mission, prompting them to marvel at his strength and Soul Engineer skills.
• Zhang Lexuan recalled that Jiang Ming had already been Level Sixty-Nine when he left Shrek Academy more than two years earlier, and she realized his cultivation had stalled for two and a half years.

Jiang Ming left confinement and learned that Xuan Zi would help Little Light evolve the next day. After Zhang Lexuan returned from her mission, the two reunited at home and shared a bed, though Jiang Ming spent the night awake because she kept tossing and turning.

• Jiang Ming left the confinement room after Yan Shaozhe opened it and learned that Xuan Zi would begin helping Little Light evolve the next day.
• Jiang Ming returned to Zhang Lexuan's house, cleaned it, and prepared a meal while waiting for her.
• Zhang Lexuan returned safely, told Jiang Ming she had helped some Inner Court juniors on her mission, and later turned in her completed mission.
• Jiang Ming replaced Zhang Lexuan's bed with a larger one, and she allowed him to sleep beside her while keeping her boundaries.
• Jiang Ming woke with dark circles after Zhang Lexuan tossed and turned through the night, then promised to hold her while they slept.

Jiang Ming helped Mu En and Yan Shaozhe create the conditions for Little Light to begin its Hundred-Thousand-Year evolution. Mu En then arranged to help with Little Dark’s evolution after a month of Spiritual Power training, which he began by addressing the strain the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast placed on Jiang Ming’s Sea of Consciousness.

• Jiang Ming left Zhang Lexuan to visit Mu En at Sea God Pavilion as dawn broke.
• Mu En, Yan Shaozhe, the Golden Ancient Tree, and the rising dawn combined their powers to push Little Light through its Hundred-Thousand-Year evolution bottleneck.
• After an hour, Little Light’s evolution stabilized, and Mu En told Jiang Ming to let it absorb the accumulated light energy for about a month.
• Mu En said an old friend in the Sun Moon Empire might help Jiang Ming with Little Dark’s evolution, and planned to take him there after a month of training.
• The next day, Mu En began teaching Jiang Ming to refine and strengthen the Spiritual Power in his Sea of Consciousness, noting that the Wind-Thunder Prison Beast’s presence was interfering with it.

While Jiang Ming refined his Spiritual Power, Zhang Lexuan led Inner Court Disciples into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Beasts for Spirit Rings. After Silver Moon Guard blocked a dying Soul Beast’s attack on Zhang Lexuan, Jiang Ming sensed the danger and rushed to her aid.

• Mu En warned Jiang Ming that Little Prison’s savage Spiritual Power could destabilize his Sea of Consciousness, so Jiang Ming began refining his Spiritual Power.
• Zhang Lexuan joined Xuan Zi and eleven Inner Court Disciples in the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for Spirit Rings.
• Zhang Lexuan’s group found and killed several suitable Soul Beasts, but struggled to find a seventy-thousand-year Soul Beast for her Eighth Soul Ring.
• A fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast feigned defeat and attacked Zhang Lexuan, but her Silver Moon Barrier blocked its strike before the group killed it.
• Jiang Ming noticed that Silver Moon Guard had been triggered, realized Zhang Lexuan was in danger, and used Wind Chasing to rush toward her.

Jiang Ming rushed toward Zhang Lexuan after sensing she was in danger, while a hidden soul beast attacked her group as Xuan Zi searched elsewhere. The beast killed one disciple and then struck toward the defenseless student absorbing a soul ring.

• Mu En suspected a ferocious beast had threatened Zhang Lexuan, and Jiang Ming sped toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xuan Zi searched deeper for a soul beast for Zhang Lexuan and let his watch over her group lapse.
• Zhang Lexuan’s group guarded an Inner Court Disciple absorbing a Fifty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and discussed what soul beast she should seek.
• A concealed soul beast reached the group and pierced a rear disciple’s throat, killing him before he could warn anyone.
• Zhang Lexuan sensed the sudden silence, warned the group, and watched the shadow attack again toward the defenseless disciple absorbing the soul ring.

A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast attacked Zhang Lexuan’s group in the Star Dou Great Forest, while Jiang Ming raced to find them after her defensive soul tool shattered. He summoned Little Prison and used her savage beast aura to search the mixed zone, leaving Zhang Lexuan’s fate uncertain.

• The shadow ignored a Rank Six Soul Ray, killed two Inner Court Disciples, and pierced through a Soul Emperor’s attack, leading Zhang Lexuan to identify it as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Zhang Lexuan gathered the survivors into a defensive formation and drew the shadow’s attention to herself to protect the weaker disciples.
• The shadow endured Zhang Lexuan’s Silver Moon Avatar strike, vanished, then ambushed her and shattered her Rank Seven Defensive Soul Tool.
• Jiang Ming felt Silver Moon Guard break and hurried through the Star Dou Great Forest’s mixed zone, unable to locate Zhang Lexuan by ordinary means.
• Jiang Ming summoned Little Prison and told her to release her full savage beast pressure, causing nearby soul beasts to prostrate themselves in fear.

Jiang Ming rescued Zhang Lexuan from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, which she killed before absorbing its Soul Ring and Soul Bone. As the group prepared to leave, Di Tian arrived and suppressed them, but Jiang Ming absorbed his Darkness Power, and Mu En stepped out to confront him.

• Jiang Ming found Zhang Lexuan gravely wounded and used Little Spirit to stabilize and heal her while his Spirits trapped and tormented the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Zhang Lexuan killed the weakened beast and absorbed its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone as Jiang Ming and Xuan Zi stood guard.
• Di Tian sensed Little Prison's unfamiliar fiend-beast aura and arrived, overpowering Xuan Zi and questioning Jiang Ming and Little Prison.
• Jiang Ming merged with Little Dark and absorbed Di Tian's Darkness Power instead of succumbing to it.
• Di Tian seized Jiang Ming to examine him, but Mu En emerged from the shadows and interrupted him.