Chapter Summaries

Wang Nan briefly awakened the Coiling Dragon Staff’s power through the Luminous Orb and gained a surge of Spiritual Power. After reaching Rank 50, he absorbed a twenty-thousand-year mutated white tiger’s Soul Ring, where the divine beast Bì'àn’s consciousness merged into the Luminous Orb.

• Wang Nan connected with the Luminous Orb while Cai Meier displayed her Evil-Breaking Dragon Soul Spear, but he severed the link when the strain nearly exhausted his Soul Power.
• Cai Meier warned Wang Nan not to attempt a Tool Soul Avatar before obtaining his Seventh Soul Ring, and he left after receiving a powerful increase in Spiritual Power.
• Wang Nan asked Dai Yueheng for a Soul Beast and accepted a twenty-thousand-year mutated white tiger with Bì'àn bloodline, then killed it with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• As Wang Nan absorbed the Soul Ring, the Luminous Orb stripped the white tiger’s consciousness from it, and the remaining Bì'àn consciousness appeared in his Spiritual Sea.
• Bì'àn did not attack Wang Nan; it played in his Spiritual Sea, roared at him, and burrowed into the Luminous Orb as Wang Nan entered meditation.

After absorbing his fifth soul ring and reaching Soul Power Level fifty-three, Wang Nan challenged Wu Ming to test his new strength. Their spar began with Wu Ming pressing him with Golden Crow True Fire, and it ended with her unleashing an explosive attack at close range.

• Wang Nan crossed Seagod Lake after absorbing a twenty-thousand-year soul ring and reached Soul Power Level fifty-three.
• Wang Nan arrived at the arena, where Wu Ming invited him to spar in front of the Inner Courtyard Disciples.
• Wu Ming flooded the arena with Golden Crow True Fire and fired successive soul skills at Wang Nan.
• Wang Nan used his Soul Tool Thruster to evade her flames, then split her tracking fire pillar with the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Nan activated his Overlord Armor and charged Wu Ming, but she lunged into his embrace and unleashed Golden Crow True Fire Blast.

Wang Nan tested his Fifth Soul Skill, Law Punishment, in a duel with Wu Ming and defeated her despite her powerful Golden Crow abilities. Wu Ming accepted the loss and promised to challenge him again, while the Inner Courtyard disciples acknowledged Wang Nan as their Senior Brother.

• Wu Ming used her Fifth Soul Skill to strengthen herself as she closed in on Wang Nan, who unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Law Punishment, to imprison her Third Soul Ring.
• Wang Nan pressed his advantage with the Coiling Dragon Staff, but Wu Ming slowed him with her Sixth Soul Skill, Golden Crow True Fire Incineration.
• Wang Nan blocked Wu Ming’s flames with a Soul Tool Shield, then struck her with the Coiling Dragon Staff and stopped it just before her chest.
• Wu Ming accepted defeat, called Wang Nan Senior Brother, and said she would challenge him again someday.
• The Inner Courtyard disciples made way for Wu Ming and then respectfully addressed Wang Nan as Senior Brother.

After rising to fifteenth in the Inner Courtyard rankings, Wang Nan asked Ye Xiaosheng to upgrade his Soul Tool Thruster and showed him a new Soul Tool Detector. Ye Xiaosheng agreed to improve both devices, while Wang Nan kept his knowledge of the tracking Soul Light Ray’s origin to himself.

• Wang Nan visited the Soul Tool Department and asked Ye Xiaosheng to upgrade his Level 3 Soul Tool Thruster to a Level 5 model.
• Ye Xiaosheng warned that stronger thrust would test Wang Nan’s physical strength, then took the Thruster to upgrade it.
• Wang Nan asked Ye Xiaosheng about recreating a tracking Soul Light Ray, and Ye Xiaosheng said it would require expertise beyond his abilities.
• Wang Nan kept quiet about where he had encountered the Soul Light Ray, and Ye Xiaosheng showed him a prototype detector that sensed Soul Power fluctuations within one kilometer.
• Ye Xiaosheng promised to keep Wang Nan’s Soul Tool ideas secret and said he would work on improving the detector.

Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo accepted an Inspection Mission to hunt a group of Evil Soul Masters trafficking children near Dawn City. With the group’s whereabouts unclear, Wang Nan sought Ye Xiaosheng’s improved Soul Tool Detector and received a Soul Tool Cannon before departing.

• Wang Nan met Gongyang Mo, who told him Cai Meier had summoned them for an Oversight Group mission.
• Cai Meier briefed Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo on a group of Evil Soul Masters trafficking children near Dawn City and warned them to prioritize their safety.
• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo learned the Evil Soul Masters had no fixed hideout and acted amid fighting between two nations.
• Wang Nan asked Ye Xiaosheng about his improved Soul Tool Detector, and Ye Xiaosheng gave him the device and a Soul Tool Cannon.

Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo traveled to Dawn City to investigate the Evil Soul Masters, where Dai Hao explained why he had asked Shrek Academy for help. Wang Nan declined his offer of ordinary scouts, and the two agreed to rest in the city before beginning their search.

• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo left Shrek Academy and reached the Star Luo Empire border the next day.
• Wang Nan showed the guards his Shrek Academy identification, and an officer escorted him and Gongyang Mo to Dai Hao.
• Dai Hao told Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo that he had alerted Shrek Academy about the Evil Soul Masters because he could not leave Dawn City while tensions with the Sun Moon Empire remained high.
• Dai Hao offered to send scouts to help locate the Evil Soul Masters, but Wang Nan declined because the scouts lacked Soul Master cultivation and would be at risk.
• Dai Hao invited Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo to rest in Dawn City and set out the next day, and Wang Nan agreed.

Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo investigated the Evil Soul Masters operating near Dawn City and suspected they were connected to the Holy Spirit Cult. While searching west of the city with Ye Xiaosheng’s Soul Tool Detector, they finally detected a large group of Soul Masters.

• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo obtained Pan Yue’s reports and a detailed map of the area around Dawn City.
• Wang Nan matched the Evil Soul Masters’ reported locations to the map and suspected they were targeting children near the Sun Moon Empire’s border as part of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo left Dawn City at night to search westward with Ye Xiaosheng’s Soul Tool Detector.
• After a long search, Wang Nan spotted a large cluster of Soul Masters on the detector to the northwest.

Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo found a village occupied by Evil Soul Masters, where captured children were being held. After Wang Nan killed two Soul Kings, Ji Tongxuan arrived with two others, leaving their reunion poised to unfold.

• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo reached a dark village and discovered that children with Soul Power were being held inside its houses.
• Wang Nan disguised himself and attacked the Evil Soul Masters with a Soul Tool Cannon, killing one of the weaker enemies.
• Wang Nan used his Fifth Soul Skill to seal a Soul King's power, then killed him with the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Nan broke through the remaining Soul King's shields and barrier and killed him with a staff strike.
• Three winged figures arrived, and Wang Nan recognized their leader as Ji Tongxuan, who had been taken away years earlier.

Wang Nan recognized his old classmate Ji Tongxuan, now a six-ringed Soul Emperor with a drastically altered appearance, and fought him and two Soul Kings. Wang Nan sealed Ji Tongxuan's Martial Soul and shattered his chest, but a blood-red device kept him alive as the other Soul Kings pressed the attack.

• Wang Nan recognized Ji Tongxuan and saw that he had become a six-ringed Soul Emperor with three black soul rings.
• Wang Nan attacked Ji Tongxuan and the two Soul Kings, deflecting their strikes as Ji Tongxuan's purple energy failed to affect the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Gongyang Mo released his Martial Soul, prompting Ji Tongxuan to recognize him and remember their conflict from the New Student Assessment.
• Ji Tongxuan began transforming with his fifth soul ring and challenged Wang Nan with the power he had gained after Spirit Ascension.
• Gongyang Mo boosted Wang Nan's soul power, and Wang Nan sealed Ji Tongxuan's Martial Soul before striking his chest with the Point technique.
• Ji Tongxuan survived with a blood-red device pumping blood in place of his heart as the two Soul Kings attacked Wang Nan again.

Wang Nan fought Ji Tongxuan, who used an External Soul Bone and absorbed Soul Power from his allies to become powerful enough to fly. Wang Nan awakened his fearless resolve and landed a decisive Coiling Dragon Staff strike, leaving Ji Tongxuan gone and Wang Nan drained of Soul Power.

• Wang Nan recognized Ji Tongxuan's External Soul Bone as the reason he had survived the Coiling Dragon Staff strike.
• Ji Tongxuan absorbed the Soul Power of two Soul Kings, including a child who sacrificed himself to protect him from Wang Nan's attack.
• Ji Tongxuan absorbed the remaining Soul King and temporarily reached Soul Saint cultivation, while Gongyang Mo supported Wang Nan.
• Wang Nan faced Ji Tongxuan without fear, awakened the Coiling Dragon Staff's power, and struck him with its Fourth Form—Cleave.
• Ji Tongxuan unleashed his Soul Skills, but Wang Nan removed his Overlord Armor and delivered a final strike that made Ji Tongxuan vanish as blood fell around him.

Wang Nan recovered after defeating Ji Tongxuan and secured Ji Tongxuan’s rare External Chest Bone. He and Gongyang Mo rescued twelve children, then began questioning the captured Evil Soul Masters before planning to take them to Dawn City.

• Gongyang Mo caught Wang Nan after the battle, and Wang Nan used his Rechargeable Soul Tool and Gongyang Mo’s pills to recover.
• Wang Nan found Ji Tongxuan’s External Chest Bone, and Gongyang Mo urged him to keep it in exchange for the Invincible Barrier.
• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo entered the room, gave food to twelve frightened children, and promised to take them to Dawn City in the morning.
• Wang Nan woke one of the chained Evil Soul Masters and asked what they had been doing, but the captive refused to answer.

Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo returned the rescued children and captured Evil Soul Masters to Dawn City, where Dai Hao briefed them on the Holy Spirit Cult and its ties to the Sun Moon Empire. Dai Hao arranged for them to escort eight orphaned children to Star Luo City the next day.

• Pan Yue received Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo outside Dawn City and took custody of the three Evil Soul Masters and the rescued children.
• Dai Hao told Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo that four children had been reunited with their parents, while the other eight had been orphaned.
• Dai Hao explained that the captives belonged to the Holy Spirit Cult, which sought children with Innate Soul Power and had powerful elders at its branch.
• Dai Hao reported that high-ranking figures from the Sun Moon Empire had been seen at the Holy Spirit Cult branch and asked Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo to inform Shrek Academy.
• Dai Hao arranged for Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo to escort the eight children to Star Luo City the next day while Wang Nan recovered from his injury.

Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo returned to Shrek City after reporting the Holy Spirit Cult to Cai Meier. Wang Nan visited his mother in Star Luo City and later went to see Ye Xiaosheng, who asked whether he had brought another soul tool idea.

• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo entered Star Luo City, where Wang Nan visited his mother and learned that his father had left on another dangerous commission.
• Wang Nan's mother explained that she had bought a wooden carving from a child selling handmade trinkets in the city.
• Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo flew back to Sea God Island, and Wang Nan reported the Holy Spirit Cult and Ji Tongxuan's situation to Cai Meier.
• Cai Meier told Wang Nan and Gongyang Mo to keep the news secret while she reported it to Sea God Pavilion, and she advised Wang Nan to seek treatment for any hidden injuries.
• Wang Nan visited Ye Xiaosheng, who showed him a folding chair he had made and asked if Wang Nan had another new idea.

After surviving an Evil Soul Master's self-destruction, Wang Nan obtained another Invincible Barrier from Ye Xiaosheng and returned to the academy. He fused the blood-red External Chest Bone and discovered its Soul Skill, Boiling Blood, leaving him with a powerful new boost to his physical abilities.

• Wang Nan told Ye Xiaosheng that an Evil Soul Master had self-destructed in front of him, and Ye Xiaosheng gave him another Invincible Barrier.
• Wang Nan returned to his dormitory, prepared himself, and began fusing the blood-red soul bone into his chest.
• The soul bone's fusion made Wang Nan's blood and Soul Power surge as he endured intense pain for more than a day.
• Wang Nan woke to find that the External Chest Bone had fused completely and had strengthened his chest, heart, lungs, and body.
• Wang Nan learned that the soul bone granted him Boiling Blood, which greatly enhanced his physical attributes for a short time.

Wang Nan used his Inner Courtyard privilege to begin Deep Meditation beneath Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En showed him the skeleton of a true dragon to help him understand his Coiling Dragon Staff Martial Soul. Left alone with the dragon’s aura, Wang Nan reflected on his life and the path that had brought him to this moment.

• Wang Nan visited Mu En and asked to use his Inner Courtyard opportunity for Deep Meditation.
• Mu En brought Wang Nan into the Golden Tree beneath Sea God Pavilion and directed him to the seventh room east.
• Wang Nan entered the room and found a gigantic dragon skeleton whose aura he recognized from his fourth Soul Ring experience.
• Mu En explained that Wang Nan’s Coiling Dragon Staff concealed its true nature and said the skeleton belonged to a real dragon he had found on the southeastern coast of the Star Luo Empire.
• After Mu En left, Wang Nan settled himself and recalled the events of his life, from his childhood training to awakening in this world.

Wang Nan’s memories and a mysterious nine-colored light awakened the Dragon Soul within his Martial Soul, transforming his Coiling Dragon Staff and Soul Rings. He learned that the dragon, which he named the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon, could assimilate Soul Beast wills and evolve through his experiences.

• After Mu En left, the True Dragon Skeleton spoke to Wang Nan, vanished into dust, and sent a streak of nine-colored light into his brow.
• The light stirred a storm in Wang Nan’s Spiritual Sea, where his memories and will merged into the Luminous Orb as his Martial Soul appeared.
• A giant dragon emerged amid the lightning, and five translucent figures entered Wang Nan’s Soul Rings, transforming their power and appearance.
• Wang Nan met the golden dragon in his Spiritual Sea and learned that his Martial Soul had nurtured the Dragon Soul Evil Breaker.
• Wang Nan understood that his past-life memories had transformed Evil Breaker into a dragon that assimilated Soul Beast wills, and he named it the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon.

Wang Nan woke from a year of Deep Meditation with his Soul Power at rank sixty and his Spiritual Power transformed. After reuniting with Ma Xiaotao, he offered to try to completely purify her Evil Fire once he obtained his Sixth Soul Ring.

• Wang Nan emerged from Deep Meditation after a year, and Mu En took him out of Sea God Pavilion to watch Seagod Lake's Seagod Fate event.
• Wang Nan declined to join the matchmaking event and returned to his dormitory after the lake grew quiet.
• Wang Nan met Ma Xiaotao in the cafeteria, where she told him she had obtained her Sixth Soul Ring the previous year.
• Wang Nan sensed that his Spiritual Power had reached Boundless Ocean and offered to try to remove Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire after he obtained his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Wang Nan revealed that his Soul Power Level had reached rank sixty during his Deep Meditation.

Wang Nan joined Zhang Lexuan’s Inner Courtyard team as it entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt soul beasts, with Yan Shaozhe accompanying them as leader. After Wang Nan easily destroyed a troop of Black-Palm Spider Monkeys, the team continued deeper into the forest while he sensed that something was watching him.

• Wang Nan recognized that the team’s hunt recalled a tragedy in which only four of twelve Inner Courtyard Disciples had survived, and he worried about Yan Shaozhe’s presence.
• Yan Shaozhe told the disciples to choose their own soul beasts and assigned Zhang Lexuan to command the team.
• The team entered the forest in formation, and Zhang Lexuan’s power drove away nearby weaker soul beasts.
• A troop of Black-Palm Spider Monkeys attacked the team by throwing feces at them.
• Wang Nan used his third soul skill to destroy the spider monkeys and the trees around them.
• Zhang Lexuan led the team onward, while Wang Nan sensed one or more gazes following him.

A sudden disturbance in the Star Dou Great Forest drew Xuan Zi away, but Scarlet King accused Shrek Academy of stealing a forest treasure and attacked the disciples. As Zhang Lexuan opened a path through the encirclement, Wang Nan helped cover the group's retreat.

• An immense Spiritual Power fluctuation and a darkened sky alarmed the group, and Xuan Zi left to investigate while Yan Shaozhe ordered the disciples to withdraw.
• Scarlet King appeared with a pack of Crimson Demon Dogs and accused Shrek Academy of stealing a supreme treasure from the forest.
• Yan Shaozhe engaged Scarlet King and told Zhang Lexuan to lead the disciples away.
• Zhang Lexuan unleashed her Silver Moon True Body and split two Crimson Demon Dogs, opening a gap in the pack's encirclement.
• Wang Nan donned his Golden Dragon Armor and struck down a Crimson Demon Dog as the other disciples began escaping through the gap.

Wang Nan and the Inner Courtyard Disciples faced the Hundred-Thousand-Year Eclipse Moon Mad Mastiff after it joined the Crimson Demon Dogs. Wang Nan strengthened himself and struck the beast with his Coiling Dragon Staff as a powerful ally approached.

• Wu Ming protected a fleeing student from a Crimson Demon Dog, while Wang Nan blocked a red-light attack from the forest with his defenses.
• The Eclipse Moon Mad Mastiff emerged, rallied the Crimson Demon Dogs, and forced Zhang Lexuan and the disciples to prepare for battle.
• Zhang Lexuan and Wu Ming attacked the beast, and Wang Nan used his Fifth Soul Skill to seal it briefly and create an opening.
• The Eclipse Moon Mad Mastiff unleashed its blood-colored aura, but Wang Nan used his Profound Yellow Soul Bone Skill to strengthen himself and resist its pressure.
• Wang Nan struck the Eclipse Moon Mad Mastiff with his Coiling Dragon Staff as a yellowish-brown figure with enormous bull horns approached.