Chapter Summaries

Ao Tian transferred his remaining power to Yang Ming and agreed to join him in exchange for a promise to help kill the Demon Empress. As a giant wave threatened the ship, Yang Ming awakened and used the Atlas Divine Spear to transport the vessel away.

• Ao Tian accused Yang Ming of luring the Demon Empress to him, then accepted Yang Ming's explanation and agreed to join him.
• Ao Tian asked Yang Ming to help him kill the Demon Empress once Yang Ming was strong enough, and Yang Ming agreed.
• Yang Ming postponed Ao Tian's sacrifice until the danger from the approaching wave had passed, and Ao Tian agreed to help.
• Ya Li, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, and Hai Lan struggled to respond to the giant wave while Yang Ming remained enveloped in black radiance.
• Yang Ming awakened, told Hai Lan to keep the ship on course, and used the Atlas Divine Spear to make the ship vanish and reappear high above the sea.

After failing to find a god or obtain Dragon Turtle meat, the Demon Empress summoned sea beasts to search for her runaway daughter, who was heading toward Sea God Island. Yang Ming and his companions escaped the Dragon Nest Sea Area, and a Soul Beast soon appeared before them.

• The injured Demon Empress recovered, froze the surrounding sea, and devoured nearby Sea Soul Beasts to vent her anger.
• The Demon Empress ordered the sea beasts to find and return her daughter, offering the Demon Whale Sea Area's friendship as a reward.
• The little whale felt a brief sense of danger in the far west of the Heaven Dou Empire, then headed for Sea God Island and was stopped by a little shark from the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan.
• Oscar praised Yang Ming for teleporting their ship, and Yang Ming explained that he had borrowed Ao Tian's Soul Power to use the Teleportation Technique.
• After Oscar lamented that they had found no Soul Beast to hunt, Yang Ming promised to find one for him, and a Soul Beast appeared nearby.

An Evil Spirit Orca attacked Yang Ming’s ship, and Yang Ming proposed that Oscar use its eight-thousand-year Soul Ring as his Fourth Soul Ring despite the danger. He challenged Oscar to decide whether he truly wanted to pursue the pinnacle of the Battle Soul Master path, leaving Oscar to weigh the risk with Ning Rongrong.

• An Evil Spirit Orca struck Yang Ming’s ship, and Hai Lan warned that the species usually lived in dangerous pods.
• Yang Ming sensed that the young Evil Spirit Orca was alone and told Hai Lan there was no nearby pod.
• Yang Ming suggested that Oscar use the Evil Spirit Orca as his Fourth Soul Ring, and Oscar worried that its eight-thousand-year cultivation exceeded the usual limit.
• Yang Ming explained the risks and urged Oscar to choose between a cautious path and aiming for the pinnacle of the Battle Soul Master path.
• Oscar fell into thought as Yang Ming, Ya Li, and Hai Lan went to deal with the Evil Spirit Orca, leaving Oscar and Ning Rongrong behind.

Oscar chose to absorb the Evil Spirit Orca Spirit Ring so he could become strong enough to protect Ning Rongrong, who promised to support him. Meanwhile, Cloud Ming subdued the beast and began Ao Tian’s sacrifice, which awakened a stronger soul resembling Ao Tian and left him with the revelation that it was his future self.

• Oscar weighed Ning Rongrong’s concern against his desire to protect her and decided to absorb the Evil Spirit Orca Spirit Ring.
• Ning Rongrong accepted Oscar’s decision and promised to accompany him.
• Cloud Ming used his Atlas Divine Spear to defeat the Thousand-Year Evil Spirit Orca with a single strike and asked Hai Lan to watch over it for Oscar.
• Cloud Ming returned to his room and entered his Spirit Space to begin Ao Tian’s sacrifice.
• As the Atlas Divine Spear devoured Ao Tian’s energy, a soul resembling Ao Tian but slightly stronger began to awaken, and Cloud Ming told Ao Tian it was his future self.

Yang Ming reunited the two Ao Tians across timelines, and the future Ao Tian helped him reach Soul Emperor by forming a sixth Spirit Ring. Their reunion triggered an uncontrollable transfer of Ao Tian’s origin, and every attempt to stop it failed.

• The future Ao Tian awakened from the Atlas Divine Spear and met his younger self, who verified their connection by sharing memories of his future life.
• The future Ao Tian reunited with Yang Ming, then formed a black-gold sixth Spirit Ring that raised Yang Ming’s cultivation to level sixty-five.
• Yang Ming noticed that the future Ao Tian was absorbing the present Ao Tian’s origin, which would eventually exhaust it and scatter his soul.
• Yang Ming proposed that the laws of heaven and earth caused the origin transfer because the two Ao Tians were the same soul from different timelines.
• The two Ao Tians tried suppressing and sealing their origins, sought help from Tian Ling and the Evil King, and isolated their Martial Souls, but none of the methods worked.

Yang Ming helped the two Ao Tians escape the danger caused by existing in the same spacetime, then woke from cultivation and spent the morning with Ya Li. The group gathered afterward, where Yang Ming asked Oscar about the soul skill he had gained from the Evil Spirit Orca Spirit Ring.

• After hearing the Evil King's account of becoming a Soul Spirit, Yang Ming realized he could move Ao Tian into a world he controlled.
• With the Evil King's help, the Ao Tian of this era transferred his origin into Yang Ming's special Fifth Soul Ring, severing the connection between the two Ao Tians.
• Yang Ming finished cultivating and carried the sleeping Ya Li to bed; they embraced and went to sleep.
• The next morning, Yang Ming teased Ya Li and persuaded her to let him examine her before she went to treat the injured.
• Ning Rongrong praised Ya Li's complexion, and Ya Li deflected her questions about skincare.
• Yang Ming noticed Oscar's changed vitality and level-forty-two Soul Power, then asked about the soul skill granted by the Evil Spirit Orca Spirit Ring.

Yang Ming and his companions returned to Heaven Dou City after completing their mission, and Oscar’s new Fourth Soul Skill proved far stronger than its original counterpart. Yang Ming prepared for an important breakthrough the next day, confident he would succeed.

• Oscar told Yang Ming that his Fourth Soul Skill, Rampage Scarlet Sausage, increased all attributes by thirty percent and negated negative effects.
• Yang Ming’s group thanked Hai Lan and left Zhenhai City, then traveled north for more than twenty days to Heaven Dou City.
• Yang Ming took Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Ning Fengzhi agreed to help find Oscar a suitable Mirror Shadow Beast.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong kept Oscar at the sect, hoping to cultivate him and pass on their legacies.
• Yang Ming and Ya Li returned to the Breaking Clan residence, and Yang Ming said he was confident about succeeding in his cultivation the next day.

Yang Ming returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and explained to Yang Wudi that the Star Luo Spirit Pearl could help condense a Soul Core, a method for cultivating solid Soul Power. After Yang Wudi accepted Yang Ming’s explanation, Yang Ming picked the herb and prepared to condense a Soul Core with him watching.

• Yang Ming arrived at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and reunited with Yang Wudi, telling him that Ya Li had returned with him.
• Yang Ming chose the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and explained how Soul Power changed form and why Soul Cores enabled the cultivation of solid Soul Power.
• Yang Wudi questioned where Yang Ming had learned the Soul Core Method and whether it was safe, and Yang Ming attributed it to Qian Daoliu.
• Yang Wudi accepted the explanation and eagerly agreed to observe as Yang Ming demonstrated the method.
• Yang Ming picked the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and left the herb field with Yang Wudi to begin condensing a Soul Core.

Yun Ming began condensing Yin Yang Complementary Dual Soul Cores at the Soul Emperor realm, using the Star Luo Spirit Pearl and the energy around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Just as both Soul Cores neared completion, his Atlas Divine Spear Martial Soul interfered and made them unstable.

• Yun Ming reviewed his Soul Core plan and concluded that his power, Spiritual Power, spatial comprehension, and physical strength gave him a chance to form two Soul Cores at once.
• Yun Ming warned Yang Wudi to stay back and not intervene, and Yang Wudi agreed to watch from a distance.
• Yun Ming melted the Star Luo Spirit Pearl into his body, then formed two opposing Soul Power vortices and compressed them into Soul Cores.
• The Soul Cores drew in elemental energy from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Yun Ming struggled to sustain them while his Soul Power dwindled.
• The Monarch Decree Spirit Soul Core and Starlight Qi and Blood Soul Core began transforming, but the Atlas Divine Spear Martial Soul released two beams of soul light into them, throwing the quasi-Soul Cores out of balance.

Yang Ming and four Soul Spirits stabilized the out-of-control energies in his two masses of solidified Soul Power and pushed them through the final stage of forming Soul Cores. After enduring a spatial collapse that tore his body apart and reassembled it, Yang Ming saw that the first step had succeeded: both masses had become Black Hole Vortices.

• Yang Ming warned Yang Wudi to retreat as the two masses of solidified Soul Power began absorbing energy uncontrollably, and Yang Wudi withdrew a hundred meters.
• Yang Ming realized that Golden Tree Power had entered his bloodline solidified Soul Power and God Slaying Power had entered his spiritual solidified Soul Power, strengthening both while disrupting his calculations.
• The two Ao Tians stabilized the energies, the Evil King helped Yang Ming recover, and Tian Ling isolated the force absorbing their Soul Power.
• Yang Ming and the four Soul Spirits continued the process as the masses changed color, accumulated spatial power, and formed dense spatial cracks.
• Yang Ming drove Spiritual Power and Bloodline Power into the respective masses, triggering their collapse into two Black Hole Vortices after his body was torn apart and reassembled.

Yang Ming began fusing the Spirit Soul Core and Blood Soul Core simultaneously, relying on the Evil King and Tian Ling to keep them balanced. The cores turned against each other inside him, leaving Yang Ming in extreme pain as blood mist burst from his body.

• Yang Ming confirmed that the two Soul Cores had formed successfully and sent the exhausted Ao Tians to rest.
• Yang Ming recovered, then instructed the Evil King and Tian Ling to help coordinate the two cores as he absorbed them at the same time.
• The Spirit Soul Core entered Yang Ming’s brow and caused severe tearing pain, while the Blood Soul Core entered his chest and initially strengthened his Blood Power.
• The Evil King and Tian Ling suppressed the cores’ absorption to help them adapt and keep their growth balanced.
• The Soul Cores began attacking each other, and Yang Ming’s body turned blood-red as explosions sounded within him and blood mist burst through his flesh.

Yang Ming struggled to stabilize his opposed Soul Cores as their energies threatened to destroy his body, then used detonated Soul Rings and burned Life Force to force them to unite. He completed their fusion and emerged transformed, with synchronized sun-and-moon phantoms above his head, as Yang Wudi watched.

• Yang Ming suppressed the clashing Soul Cores while Evil King and Tian Ling exhausted their strength and fell into deep sleep.
• With his body failing and the Soul Cores still fighting, Yang Ming detonated his Soul Rings and used the Atlas Divine Spear's Anti-air Power to attack them.
• Yang Ming burned his Life Force to strengthen the Space Restriction White Flame until the Soul Cores stopped fighting and their powers began to transform and merge.
• Yang Ming entered a state of sudden enlightenment and completed the subjugation and fusion of the Yin-Yang Soul Cores.
• Yang Wudi watched as Yang Ming's body and spear were covered in mysterious patterns and absorbed elemental energy before the changes faded, leaving two synchronized sun-and-moon phantoms above Yang Ming's head.

Cloud Ming survived the creation of his dual soul core but suffered devastating injuries and a sharply shortened lifespan, so he began a three-year recovery with Ya Li. A year later, Tang San left the Star Dou Great Forest while Xiao Wu reluctantly saw him off.

• Yang Wudi checked Cloud Ming’s injuries, and Cloud Ming demonstrated that his dual soul cores absorbed worldly energy at a remarkable rate.
• Cloud Ming learned that his first three soul rings were ruined, his Soul Spirits were dormant, his organs were damaged, and he had about fifteen years of life remaining.
• Yang Wudi brought Cloud Ming to Heaven Dou City and left healing medicines with Ya Li, who agreed that Cloud Ming should recover for three years.
• Two days later, Yang Wudi sent Cloud Ming and Ya Li to the former Clear Sky Sect’s mountain gate, where Cloud Ming began recuperating in seclusion.
• One year later, Tang San prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu hugged and kissed him before returning to the forest.

Tang San left the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a second domain in the Slaughter City, while Yang Ming recovered from his injuries after taking a Life Essence Pill. Yang Wudi warned Yang Ming and Ya Li to exercise restraint before leaving to study how to cultivate Life Essence Grass.

• Tang San reached the peak of Soul Power level fifty-eight and set out for the Slaughter City to obtain its domain.
• Yang Wudi brought Yang Ming a Life Essence Pill he had refined from a Life Essence Grass.
• Yang Ming swallowed the pill and used his Blood Soul Core to absorb it, strengthening his blood and qi and restoring his hair to black.
• Yang Ming told Yang Wudi that his injuries had nearly healed and that he was ready to go outside.
• Yang Wudi told Yang Ming and Ya Li to exercise restraint, then left to study cultivating Life Essence Grass.

After recovering, Yang Ming absorbed three replacement Spirit Rings and discovered something unusual, then joined Ya Li in building support within Spirit Hall for a future bid for the throne. Two years later in Slaughter City, Tang San and Hu Liena earned their hundredth victories, but refused the Slaughter King’s offer to become Slaughter Gods without walking Hell Road, prompting him to unleash pale-red light.

• Yang Ming persuaded Ya Li to let him leave and travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to repair the problem caused by destroying his first three Spirit Rings.
• With help from Wang Heng and Ya Li’s knights, Yang Ming absorbed three Space Element Soul Beast Spirit Rings and noticed an unusual phenomenon during the first absorption.
• Yang Ming and Ya Li began preparing for a future bid for the throne, building support within Spirit Hall and among the lower classes while cultivating for two years.
• Tang San won his hundredth Hell Slaughter Arena match in Slaughter City, earning the title of Asura King.
• The Slaughter King offered Tang San and Hu Liena Slaughter God titles and free passage from Slaughter City instead of having them walk Hell Road, but they refused.
• The Slaughter King warned Tang San and Hu Liena, then released successive circles of pale-red light.

The Slaughter King attacked Tang San and Hu Liena, but Bibi Dong intervened and forced him to open Hell Road for them. After they fell into the passage, Bibi Dong confronted the Slaughter King and nearly killed him before an unexpected change interrupted their fight.

• The Slaughter King’s blood-colored pressure caused Tang San to collapse in agony, and he crushed Hu Liena to the ground when she challenged him.
• Bibi Dong struck the Slaughter King to free Hu Liena, then demanded that he open Hell Road for her and Tang San.
• The Slaughter King sacrificed the spectators to open Hell Road, and Tang San and Hu Liena fell into it.
• Bibi Dong revealed herself and confronted the Slaughter King over his attack on Hu Liena, then attacked him with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• The Slaughter King fought back but was overwhelmed by Bibi Dong, who continued attacking as he begged for mercy.
• An unexpected change occurred just as Bibi Dong was about to kill the Slaughter King.

Shura God awakened Tang Chen’s dormant Shura power, turning the Slaughter King into an instinct-driven combatant who drove Bibi Dong away and massacred Slaughter City. Meanwhile, Tang San and Hu Liena struggled through Hell Road until Hu Liena gave Tang San a mysterious item from Bibi Dong, which he believed could help them finish the trial.

• Shura God watched Bibi Dong overwhelm the Slaughter King and sent blood-colored light to awaken Tang Chen’s dormant Shura power.
• The empowered Slaughter King fought Bibi Dong with a blood-red giant sword, but she escaped after judging his mindless strength too difficult to fight.
• The Slaughter King hunted Slaughter City’s residents, killing seventy percent of the city’s already sparse population.
• Tang San and Hu Liena struggled against the bat swarm after Tang San’s disturbed killing intent prevented him from destroying the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King’s final head.
• Tang San asked Hu Liena about supplies from her family, and she handed him a box from Bibi Dong that he believed would help them clear Hell Road.

Tang San and Hu Liena escaped Hell Road with Tang San’s poisons and obtained the Divine Slaughter’s Domain, while Yang Wudi broke through to the ninetieth level with Yang Ming’s help. Yang Ming took Yang Wudi, Dugu Bo, and Gu Rong to hunt for Yang Wudi’s Ninth Soul Ring, unaware that two of his acquaintances had also arrived nearby.

• Tang San poisoned the Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King and Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, then flew past them with Hu Liena and escaped Hell Road with the Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan found Hu Liena outside Slaughter City and left with her, while Tang San disappeared.
• Yang Wudi thanked Yang Ming after condensing a Soul Core and breaking through to the ninetieth level, and Yang Ming told him they would hunt for his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Yang Ming teleported Yang Wudi, Dugu Bo, and Gu Rong a thousand kilometers to a lush forest, where he revealed their target.
• Yang Wudi eagerly ran into the forest with Yang Ming and the others, while two of Yang Ming’s acquaintances arrived elsewhere in the area.

After leaving the Slaughter City, Tang San was caught by Bibi Dong, who forced him to guide her to a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in exchange for his life. As they headed toward the Lake of Life, they sensed a battle beginning nearby, unaware that Yang Ming had already found Da Ming and Er Ming.

• Tang San struggled to control the killing intent left by the Slaughter City, and Bibi Dong reminded him to calm himself.
• Bibi Dong stopped Tang San as he left the Slaughter City and tried to kill him, but he bargained for his life by offering information about a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Bibi Dong and Tang San agreed that he would lead her to the Soul Beast and then disappear from Hu Liena's side, though neither trusted the other to keep the agreement.
• Bibi Dong brought Tang San to the Star Dou Great Forest after sending Chrysanthemum Douluo to take Hu Liena back.
• Tang San stalled while leading Bibi Dong toward the Lake of Life, but they felt the forest shake as Yang Ming and the others began fighting Da Ming and Er Ming.

Yun Ming and his companions reached the Star Dou Great Forest’s core area to hunt the Sky Azure Bull Python, but Da Ming and Er Ming attacked them. The battle’s upheaval reached Bibi Dong and Tang San, and Bibi Dong realized two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were fighting nearby.

• Yun Ming, Dugu Bo, Gu Rong, and Yang Wudi arrived at the Lake of Life and marveled at the forest’s abundant vitality and rare herbs.
• Er Ming spotted the intruders, and Da Ming emerged from the lake to order them to leave; Dugu Bo, Gu Rong, and Yang Wudi were shocked that Soul Beasts could speak.
• Yun Ming refused to leave, and Da Ming attacked with Azure Sky Extinction Thunder while Er Ming struck from another direction.
• Dugu Bo and Gu Rong transformed to face the Beast Kings, while Yang Wudi charged at Da Ming with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Bibi Dong sensed the battle and identified two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, while Tang San asked her what had happened.