Chapter Summaries

Wang Nan defeated the sixth-floor staff fighter and faced a stronger figure on the seventh floor, which appeared to represent an ancestor from ten thousand years ago. He gained the upper hand through combined Soul Skills, but the Soul Saint figure began using Martial Soul Avatar.

• Wang Nan defeated the sixth-floor figure by countering its staff attacks with his Coiling Dragon Staff and Soul Skills.
• Wang Nan, Pan Huai, and Pan Yang climbed to the seventh floor, where the dragon phantoms formed a more powerful figure wielding a living-looking Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Wang Nan challenged the figure, which Pan Huai recognized as an image of his ancestor from ten thousand years ago.
• Wang Nan used four Soul Skills at once and struck the figure hard enough to make it stagger.
• Wang Nan blocked the figure’s devastating staff strike and gradually turned the fight in his favor.
• The figure began using its Soul Saint ability, Martial Soul Avatar.

Wang Nan defeated the Seventh Floor’s guardian and grasped the Dragon Soul’s defiant will, while Pan Huai and Pan Yang chose not to continue upward. He challenged the Eighth Floor’s Soul Douluo guardian, was repeatedly knocked from the arena, and kept returning to learn from the fight.

• Wang Nan matched the Seventh Floor guardian’s Coiling Dragon Staff with his own, then used True Dragon Descends from the Sky to overwhelm the guardian’s domain.
• The guardian unleashed a Dragon Soul strike that nearly shattered Wang Nan’s domain before transforming into two Giant Dragons and flying toward the Eighth Floor.
• Wang Nan meditated and understood the Dragon Soul’s will: to break open Heaven and Earth when they would not tolerate it.
• Pan Huai and Pan Yang returned to find Wang Nan awake, and Pan Huai showed him a token bearing six symbols that Wang Nan recognized as the Pope’s Token of Spirit Hall from ten thousand years ago.
• Pan Huai refused to go farther, so Wang Nan went alone to the Eighth Floor and challenged its Soul Douluo guardian.
• The guardian repeatedly swept Wang Nan from the arena, but Wang Nan rested, recovered his Soul Power, and charged back to continue learning about his Martial Soul.

Wang Nan defeated the figure on the Seventh Floor with a powerful staff strike, collapsing the ancient structure and gaining another Soul Bone. After sharing his insights with Pan Huai and leaving through a golden gate, he arrived with Pan Huai and Pan Yang in ruins where Star Luo Empire soldiers confronted them.

• Wang Nan combined his powers and struck the figure on the arena, defeating it as the ancient structure collapsed.
• Pan Huai gave Wang Nan a Left Arm Bone found among the rubble, and Wang Nan accepted it.
• Wang Nan offered Pan Huai a copy of the insights he had gained to help the Qian Gu Family awaken the Dragon Soul.
• Wang Nan and Pan Huai divided the remaining items, recovered their strength, and passed through the golden gate with Pan Yang.
• Wang Nan emerged in ruins instead of the mountain cave and was challenged by two apparent Star Luo Empire soldiers.

Wang Nan and Pan Huai left the ruins of Spirit Hall after learning that soldiers were investigating signs of Evil Soul Masters, then Wang Nan passed on his understanding of the Coiling Dragon Staff to Pan Huai. Back in Shrek City, Wang Nan borrowed an Eighth-Grade Soul Tool called the Soul Hunting Vessel from Lin Huiqun for an upcoming journey into the deep sea.

• Wang Nan and Pan Huai registered with Star Luo Empire soldiers investigating suspected Evil Soul Masters near the ruins of Spirit Hall, then continued toward Shrek City.
• Wang Nan explained that the Coiling Dragon Staff's full power required the Human Soul, Tool Soul, and Dragon Soul to unite, and gave Pan Huai a book of his insights.
• Wang Nan told Pan Huai he did not want the teachings left by the ancestors used for evil, and Pan Huai solemnly agreed.
• Wang Nan asked Lin Huiqun at the Gathering Treasures Pavilion for a Soul Tool suited to deep-sea travel, explaining that someone would accompany him.
• Lin Huiqun loaned Wang Nan Mingde Hall's Soul Hunting Vessel, an Eighth-Grade Soul Tool that could withstand attacks from soul beasts below fifty thousand years.

Wang Nan brought a powerful Soul Bone to Sea God Pavilion, where Mu En identified it as a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Left Arm Bone. After enduring its violent absorption, Wang Nan emerged with two new Soul Skills and Soul Power at the verge of a breakthrough.

• Wang Nan visited Sea God Pavilion with a Soul Bone and learned that Huo Yuhao had become Mu En's disciple.
• Mu En identified Wang Nan's Soul Bone as a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Left Arm Bone from a beast likely cultivated for over a hundred thousand years.
• Wang Nan began absorbing the Soul Bone, and its powerful will and Soul Power clashed with his own as his bones repeatedly broke and healed.
• The Golden Ancient Tree's life energy supported Wang Nan through half a month of absorption until the Soul Bone's remaining will was exhausted.
• Wang Nan completed the absorption at Soul Power Level sixty-nine and gained the Soul Skills Barrier Break and Qian Jun.

Wang Nan prepared to go to sea and warned Beibei that leaving Shrek Academy could put him and Tang Ya in danger. After saying goodbye, he returned home and shared his discoveries about the Coiling Dragon Staff with Wang Xing.

• Wang Nan told Mu En about his plan to go to sea, and Mu En agreed to let Yan Shaozhe accompany him once preparations were complete.
• Wang Nan stocked up on supplies, Soul Tools, medicines, and metal staffs before heading home.
• Wang Nan warned Beibei that leaving Shrek Academy might make it difficult to return, and offered to speak with him again after his journey.
• Beibei asked Tang Ya whether they could stay at the academy and promised to help her rebuild the Tang Sect.
• Wang Nan returned to Star Luo City, told Wang Xing about Pan Huai and the Coiling Dragon Staff's origins, and gave him cultivation notes.
• Wang Nan declined to change his surname back to Qian Gu.

Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe used a Soul Hunting Vessel and flew east across the sea in search of a place deep in the ocean. They reached another continent, where a group of children and villagers watched the strangers arrive.

• Wang Nan showed Yan Shaozhe the Eighth-Grade Soul Hunting Vessel and explained how it could help them travel and survive at sea.
• Wang Nan used a Soul Tool Detector as Yan Shaozhe carried him eastward over the ocean.
• In a primeval mountain forest, a boy called Brother Yi hunted a young deer despite a girl warning him against it.
• A child told Brother Yi that two people had flown down from the sky and landed at the village entrance.
• Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe arrived on another continent and faced a crowd of villagers at the entrance to a crude village.

Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe followed a Spiritual Sea-guided summons to a distant continent, where they met Yi, a young Soul Power user who led them to the former home of two long-gone Soul Masters. Yi agreed to guide them to a dangerous place in the mountains after Wang Nan promised to teach him cultivation methods.

• Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe arrived at a village on an unknown continent and asked the villagers about unusual places nearby.
• Yi appeared, and Wang Nan sensed that the boy possessed Soul Power; Yi recognized the visitors as powerful Soul Masters and offered to guide them.
• Yi brought Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe to two thatched huts where, according to the village chief, two Soul Masters had once lived and taught the villagers to forge iron tools.
• Yan Shaozhe found the huts empty, while Wang Nan sensed that the place calling to him lay farther into the mountains.
• Yi offered to take them to another dangerous place after Wang Nan promised to teach him Soul Master cultivation methods.

Wang Nan entered a hidden domain in search of the power calling to him and reached a valley filled with the bones of True Dragons. A nine-colored dragon phantom appeared and welcomed him to the Dragon Clan's Slumbering Valley.

• Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe rested with Yi, and Wang Nan promised to teach Yi how to sense Heaven and Earth Elemental Energy.
• After Yi returned to the village, Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe entered the dense mist and became separated inside a spiritual domain.
• Wang Nan followed the summons through the mist and climbed to a mountaintop, where an aged voice called him inside.
• Wang Nan crossed into an unfamiliar place where his Soul Power was suppressed and discovered a vast valley filled with True Dragon bones.
• A nine-colored dragon phantom appeared before Wang Nan and greeted him at the Dragon Clan's Slumbering Valley.

The Dragon God explained his past, the origin of Soul Beasts and Soul Masters, and how God Realm passages worked. He revealed that a deity was stealing his power and tampering with one of his descendants’ fate, leaving Wang Nan to consider seeking help from other deities.

• The Dragon God told Wang Nan that he had once been God King, created the Divine Dragon Domain, and killed his own children after falling into madness.
• The Dragon God explained that Asura God split him in two, and that his arrival brought God Realm power into the mortal world, giving rise to Soul Beasts and empowering Soul Masters.
• The Dragon God clarified that he was only a projection and described treasure lands as passages through which God Realm aura and divine avatars reached mortal worlds.
• The Dragon God revealed that he had established Dragon Valley as a trial ground for a future Dragon God, but had gradually lost control of it.
• The Dragon God said a deity was stealing his power and had tampered with the fate of one of his descendants.
• Wang Nan suggested contacting other deities in the God Realm for help, since he could not oppose a deity himself.

Wang Nan agreed to help the Dragon God’s descendant inherit the Dragon Godhood and received the Tears of the Dragon God. He trained by absorbing Dragon Souls in Dragon Valley until his Soul Power began flowing again and reached the level seventy bottleneck, drawing the Dragon Souls toward him.

• The Dragon God explained that beastfolk had been barred from becoming gods and asked Wang Nan to help his descendant inherit the Dragon Godhood.
• Wang Nan agreed, suspecting a familiar figure was behind the plot to steal the Dragon God’s power.
• The Dragon God gave Wang Nan the Tears of the Dragon God, which could summon True Dragon Spirits and serve as a token among dragons.
• Wang Nan climbed out of the valley and absorbed Dragon Souls, strengthening his body, Spiritual Power, and Soul Power over an unknown span of time.
• Wang Nan noticed the suppression of Soul Power had weakened, found his power at the level seventy bottleneck, and summoned the Coiling Dragon Staff and Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon.
• Dragon roars filled Dragon Valley as streams of light converged toward Wang Nan.

Wang Nan broke through to Soul Power Level seventy-four in Dragon Valley and awakened a unique Seventh Soul Skill alongside a transformed Spiritual Sea. After the Dragon God sent him back to the mountain, he reunited with Yan Shaozhe and prepared to leave with him.

• Wang Nan’s Dragon Soul power formed a Golden Soul Ring that strengthened with his growth, while his Spiritual Sea transformed into a world of its own.
• The Dragon God told Wang Nan to return after reaching Soul Power Level ninety, then sent him back to the mountain and explained that the giant dragon outside concealed Dragon Valley without ill intent.
• The golden-green giant dragon formed a bridge of mist for Wang Nan, who descended the mountain and realized at least half a year had passed.
• Wang Nan met Yi practicing archery near the village and learned that Yan Shaozhe had helped him train to condense arrows with Soul Power.
• Yan Shaozhe told Wang Nan he had escaped an illusion after entering the fog, then agreed to say goodbye to the villagers before leaving with him.

After Yan Shaozhe and Wang Nan returned to Douluo Continent, they encountered Evil Soul Masters near Jialing Pass. Wang Nan defeated them and learned that the people he rescued belonged to the Evil Extermination Alliance.

• Yan Shaozhe thanked Wang Nan for helping him gain insight and break through, apologized for his past conduct, and promised to help him if needed.
• Yan Shaozhe and Wang Nan flew across the ocean and safely reached Douluo Continent after several days.
• While passing through the Dou Ling Empire, Wang Nan sensed nearby Evil Soul Masters, and Yan Shaozhe followed him toward the fighting.
• Wang Nan struck the Evil Soul Masters with his Coiling Dragon Staff and quickly knocked the survivors down.
• A member of the opposing group thanked Wang Nan and identified them as members of the Evil Extermination Alliance; Wang Nan noticed a young girl with a Sacred Angel Martial Soul among them.

Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe encountered members of the Evil Extermination Alliance and discussed how it fought Evil Soul Masters before returning to Shrek Academy. There, Mu En revealed his responsibility for the Holy Spirit Cult’s origin and asked Wang Nan to stop it if he could, leaving him with a secret message.

• Wang Nan helped the Evil Extermination Alliance defeat a group of Evil Soul Masters and let its members keep their belongings.
• Wang Nan suspected the Holy Spirit Cult was searching for something near a distant fortress, then discussed the Alliance’s methods with Yan Shaozhe.
• Wang Nan and Yan Shaozhe returned to Sea God Island, where Mu En welcomed them and said Yan Shaozhe had changed.
• Mu En confessed that his youthful weakness had led to the Holy Spirit Cult’s birth and asked Wang Nan to prevent it from bringing disaster to the continent.
• Mu En told Wang Nan that an old friend would help him, then sent him a private message that startled him.

Mu En died after passing on his final instructions and transforming into a white dragon whose light strengthened the people of Sea God Island. Afterward, Yan Shaozhe asked Wang Nan to investigate renewed Evil Soul Master activity near Jialing Pass and showed him Tang Ya, whose Dark Aura had grown difficult to suppress.

• Mu En named Xuan Zi his successor, advised Yan Shaozhe and Huo Yuhao, and stabilized Beibei’s bloodline and martial soul.
• Mu En transformed into a white dragon, spread purifying light over Sea God Island, and faced a dark dragon aura rising from the Star Dou Great Forest before dissolving into golden motes.
• The Golden Ancient Tree appeared in its true form over Sea God Island, then vanished as the island returned to normal.
• Yan Shaozhe told Wang Nan that Evil Soul Masters had reappeared near Jialing Pass and asked him to investigate their purpose.
• Yan Shaozhe led Wang Nan to Tang Ya and explained that her martial soul’s Dark Aura and her hatred had influenced each other.

Wang Nan assessed Tang Ya’s dark Soul Power, then joined Ma Xiaotao on an Inspection Mission near Jialing Pass. There they were ambushed by a Holy Spirit Cult Elder, who struck Ma Xiaotao with a mental attack and confronted Wang Nan.

• Wang Nan found that Tang Ya’s hatred kept her dark aura returning, and Yan Shaozhe resolved to speak with her when she woke.
• Ma Xiaotao joined Wang Nan for the Inspection Mission, and the two traveled toward Jialing Pass.
• A Holy Spirit Cult Elder led four followers toward Jialing Pass and suspected spies had helped the Evil Extermination Alliance discover their agents.
• The Elder sensed Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao following his group and unleashed a mental shock at them.
• Wang Nan resisted the attack, caught the falling Ma Xiaotao, and faced the Elder with his Coiling Dragon Staff.

Wang Nan fought Nightmare Douluo, the Holy Spirit Cult’s Eighth Elder, and resisted his spiritual attacks while striking back with his Coiling Dragon Staff. Nightmare Douluo then used an eighth-ring skill to create multiple figures and prepared to attack Wang Nan with mirrored Soul Tools.

• Nightmare Douluo revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and attacked Wang Nan with a fear-inducing spiritual skill after Wang Nan fired a green signal flare.
• Wang Nan’s Spiritual Power resisted Nightmare Douluo’s illusion, and his staff strikes disrupted Nightmare Douluo’s Soul Power and frightened him.
• Nightmare Douluo used his eighth soul ring to split into multiple shadows, surrounding Wang Nan with figures carrying mirror-like Soul Tools.
• As the mirrors gathered silvery-white light, Wang Nan activated his fourth and seventh soul rings.

Wang Nan unleashed his Coiling Dragon Avatar and overwhelmed Nightmare Douluo, while Ma Xiaotao’s flames further injured the Titled Douluo. As Wang Nan prepared to finish the fight, a powerful evil aura erupted from Space Rifts and tore Nightmare Douluo apart.

• Wang Nan fused with the Coiling Dragon Staff and Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon to unleash his Coiling Dragon Avatar, suppressing Nightmare Douluo and crashing him into a deep pit.
• Wang Nan struck at Nightmare Douluo with the Coiling Dragon Staff and realized its true attribute was breaking through.
• Ma Xiaotao regained consciousness and poured flames into the pit, burning Nightmare Douluo as he tried to escape.
• Nightmare Douluo gathered Soul Power and spatial force, but a dense evil aura poured from the Space Rifts around him.
• Wang Nan and Ma Xiaotao retreated from the spreading aura, which split Nightmare Douluo in two and erased his lower body.

Nightmare Douluo revealed that the Space Rift held a chance to become a god before dying, and its aura began affecting those nearby. Wang Nan learned from the Dragon God's Tear that the rift carried the power of the fallen Rakshasa God, but he did not yet know who would fulfill the god's duties.

• Nightmare Douluo crawled toward the Space Rift, calling it a chance to become a god, then died while staring at it.
• Ma Xiaotao joined Wang Nan, and two Shrek Academy seniors arrived after receiving his distress signal before departing without attacking.
• The senior Soul Masters realized they had been influenced by the rift, and Ma Xiaotao felt her Evil Fire acting up again.
• Wang Nan sent Ma Xiaotao to fetch Xuan Zi and approached the rift to stop its aura from affecting the people of Jialing Pass.
• The Dragon God's Tear identified the aura as that of the fallen Rakshasa God, whose divine position had shattered, and Wang Nan asked who would carry out its duties.

Wang Nan contained the Rakshasa God’s lingering aura near Jialing Pass, creating a fog that drew Soul Masters toward a vision of an Immortal Mountain over the sea. Xuan Zi arrived and followed a golden dragon to Wang Nan, then agreed to investigate what lay inside.

• Wang Nan sent the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon to the Space Rift, where it absorbed the surrounding negative emotions and helped contain its aura.
• Several Soul Masters entered the fog outside Jialing Pass, but Lu Jia became separated and followed music toward an Immortal Mountain over the sea.
• A golden light returned Lu Jia to the fog’s edge, where he found his companions asleep and seawater dripping from his clothes.
• Xuan Zi entered the Spiritual Power fog and followed a golden dragon to Wang Nan, who explained that the Rakshasa God’s residual divine power had altered his Spiritual Power.
• Xuan Zi accepted Wang Nan’s explanation and asked him to accompany him to investigate what was inside.