Chapter Summaries

Liu Xinghan won a strength contest against the Elephant Armored Sect by lifting the unconscious Earth Spirit Hairy Elephant without using his Martial Spirit. Hu Yan Ke conceded the beast to him and invited him to join the sect and marry his daughter, but Liu Xinghan refused.

• Liu Xinghan proposed a strength contest between competitors of equal rank, and Hu Yan Ke agreed after Liu Xinghan chose to compete himself.
• When the Elephant Armored Sect had no Soul Ancestor available, Hu Yan Ke sent out Hu Yan Kong, a rank fifty-three Soul King, to face Liu Xinghan.
• Liu Xinghan challenged Hu Yan Kong to lift the unconscious Earth Spirit Hairy Elephant without using their Martial Spirits, and Hu Yan Kong accepted.
• Liu Xinghan lifted the enormous elephant overhead, so Hu Yan Ke admitted defeat and declared the beast Liu Xinghan's.
• Hu Yan Ke praised Liu Xinghan's strength, offered him a place in the Elephant Armored Sect and his daughter's hand in marriage, and Liu Xinghan declined.

After Oscar gained his third spirit ring, Liu Xinghan discussed Attack-type Soul Tools with Ning Rongrong during watch. Their conversation was interrupted when the Titan Giant Ape arrived, leaving the group facing the Forest King and Yu Xiaogang injured by its pressure.

• Oscar obtained his third spirit ring, which gave him the Defensive Elephant Sausage skill, and the group camped for the night.
• Ning Rongrong asked Liu Xinghan whether Attack-type Soul Tools could be mass-produced, and he promised to introduce her to a friend who could make them.
• Wind Dragon alerted Liu Xinghan that the Titan Giant Ape was approaching, so Liu Xinghan woke the group and warned them to stay close.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, and Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to try to persuade it to leave them alone.
• The Titan Giant Ape ignored Yu Xiaogang and roared, overwhelming him with pressure until he coughed up blood; Tang San rushed to help him.

Liu Xinghan helped the Titan Giant Ape seize Xiao Wu, but the beast unexpectedly pursued him and trapped him with its gravity ability. The Wind Dragon arrived to rescue Liu Xinghan and began fighting the Titan Giant Ape, leaving the King of the Forest at a disadvantage.

• Flender, Zhao Wuji, and Liu Xinghan attacked the Titan Giant Ape, but its yellow light wave shattered their attacks.
• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Xiao Wu and retreated, while Tang San and Grandmaster chased after it and Dai Mubai and the others continued fleeing.
• The Titan Giant Ape pursued Liu Xinghan instead of the retreating group, so he sent Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong away and flew into the forest on metal wings.
• The Titan Giant Ape used its gravity ability to immobilize Liu Xinghan, but the Wind Dragon arrived and carried him to safety.
• The Wind Dragon and the Titan Giant Ape exchanged challenges and clashed, with the Wind Dragon's Dragon Breath knocking the Titan Giant Ape to the ground.

Liu Xinghan and Wind Dragon encountered the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest, but Beast God Di Tian suddenly captured them and Xiao Wu. After Liu Xinghan woke near a jade-green lake, Di Tian accused him of enslaving a member of the True Dragon clan.

• Liu Xinghan learned that Wind Dragon resented the Titan Giant Ape for driving him away from the forest's core region a hundred years earlier.
• Wind Dragon and the Titan Giant Ape prepared to clash, but Di Tian emerged from storm clouds and seized both beasts with his Black Dragon Claws.
• Liu Xinghan tried to flee with his Metal Wing Soul Tool, but Di Tian's force dragged him back and knocked him unconscious.
• Liu Xinghan woke beside a jade-green lake and saw Wind Dragon, the Titan Giant Ape, and Xiao Wu behaving meekly near Di Tian.
• Di Tian accused Liu Xinghan of enslaving a member of his True Dragon clan, and Liu Xinghan realized Wind Dragon had told him about being controlled.

Di Tian confronted Liu Xinghan over allegedly enslaving Wind Dragon, but Liu Xinghan defended himself and invoked his powerful connections to avoid punishment. After learning of Liu Xinghan’s healing abilities, Di Tian asked him to cure an injured Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and offered an ice-attribute Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone as a reward.

• Di Tian pressured Liu Xinghan to answer for enslaving a True Dragon, while Liu Xinghan insisted Wind Dragon had followed him to repay a life-saving kindness.
• Liu Xinghan flattered Di Tian and claimed Qian Daoliu was his grandfather, Bibi Dong was his teacher, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress were his friends.
• Wind Dragon confirmed Liu Xinghan’s claims, and Liu Xinghan explained that he had healed Ice Empress’s old injuries and received a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone from Snow Empress.
• Di Tian asked Liu Xinghan to heal an injured Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Liu Xinghan negotiated for a reward, and Di Tian promised him a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone; Liu Xinghan specified that he wanted one with an ice attribute.

Liu Xinghan discovered that the Rainbow Dragon Huan Ji was dying from a wound inflicted by a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and used the divine Life Power from his rune seal to treat her. He identified the Evil God Power hidden in the wound and began destroying it.

• Di Tian brought Bi Ji and the critically wounded Rainbow Dragon Huan Ji to Liu Xinghan, offering him safe passage and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone if he could heal her.
• Liu Xinghan recognized that Huan Ji’s wound was being corrupted by evil energy and learned that a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had ambushed her outside the core area.
• Liu Xinghan activated his rune seal, and Di Tian recognized the light as divine power while Bi Ji identified it as exceptionally pure Life Power.
• Liu Xinghan pressed his hand to Huan Ji’s wound and discovered that hidden Evil God Power was preventing Bi Ji from healing her.
• Liu Xinghan used the Life Divine Power from his rune seal to repel the invading Evil God Power and began destroying the energy in Huan Ji’s wound.

Liu Xinghan cleared the Evil God Power from Huan Ji’s wound, earned a Left Arm Bone from Di Tian, and negotiated for the Wind Dragon to remain his protector for fifty years. As Liu Xinghan prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, the Lake of Life suddenly stirred.

• Liu Xinghan used his Rune Seal to remove the Evil God Power from Huan Ji’s wound, and Bi Ji took the Rainbow Dragon away to restore her life force.
• Di Tian acknowledged Liu Xinghan’s role in saving Huan Ji and rewarded him with a Left Arm Bone.
• Liu Xinghan and the Wind Dragon agreed that the Wind Dragon would protect him for fifty years before returning to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian allowed Liu Xinghan to leave and instructed the Titan Giant Ape and the Green Snake not to stop him if he visited again.
• As Liu Xinghan prepared to depart, the Lake of Life rippled and churned with a terrifying sound.

After Lake of Life stirred, Liu Xinghan left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and learned that the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear he had summoned was Bear Lord’s missing grandson. He fled in fear of Bear Lord and, on the way back, revealed his true face to Xiao Wu.

• Di Tian left for Lake of Life, and Liu Xinghan departed with Wind Dragon as Xiao Wu insisted on joining him.
• Er Ming gave Liu Xinghan a Forty Thousand Year Hell Spirit Cat leg bone and asked him to protect Xiao Wu in the human world.
• Er Ming explained that Liu Xinghan’s Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear soul ring had belonged to Bear Lord’s missing grandson, the younger of only two.
• Liu Xinghan urged Er Ming to keep the secret, then flew away with Xiao Wu and resolved not to return to the Star Dou Great Forest until he became a Title Douluo.
• Xiao Wu asked why Liu Xinghan looked different, and he removed his Human Skin Mask to reveal his true appearance.

Liu Xinghan was summoned by Di Tian to meet the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, who asked to inspect his healing divine power. After recognizing his rune as familiar but uncertain, Gu Yuena asked him to use it to heal her injuries.

• Di Tian intercepted Liu Xinghan after he left the core area and told him someone wanted to see him, while Xiao Wu departed.
• Di Tian brought Liu Xinghan into a mysterious space filled with dense Life Power, where he saw the Silver Dragon King's true dragon form.
• Gu Yuena appeared in human form, introduced herself, and asked Liu Xinghan to reveal the divine power he had used to heal Rainbow Dragon.
• Gu Yuena studied Liu Xinghan's white rune, said it seemed familiar, and asked him to heal her injuries so she could verify what it was.

Liu Xinghan tried to heal Gu Yuena’s wound from the Asura Demon Sword and was pulled into a divine sense space, where he destroyed an incarnation of Asura God. His power removed the wound’s lingering divine energy, allowing Gu Yuena to heal, but her sudden turn left Liu Xinghan with a nosebleed.

• Gu Yuena showed Liu Xinghan the wound on her back and explained that Asura Divine Power had kept it from healing.
• Liu Xinghan touched the wound with his Life Divine Power and was drawn into a blood-red divine sense space.
• An incarnation of Asura God attacked Liu Xinghan, but the rune and Divine Artifact Fragment combined their power to destroy it.
• Asura God noticed that one of his divine sense clones in the lower realm had vanished and began investigating with Destruction God King.
• Liu Xinghan returned to his body with his divine power depleted, while the Asura Divine Power in Gu Yuena’s wound had disappeared.
• Gu Yuena healed the wound, thanked Liu Xinghan, and turned toward him, causing blood to spurt from his nose.

Gu Yuena identified Liu Xinghan’s rune as part of the Origin Divine Artifact and explained that the Origin God might be able to change the rules forcing soul masters to kill soul beasts for soul rings. She declared Liu Xinghan the soul beast clan’s hope and said she would protect him, while he tried to avoid being drawn into her plans.

• Liu Xinghan asked Gu Yuena about his rune, and she said it resembled a character from the Origin Divine Artifact and carried power like the Life God King’s.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Origin God had created the world alongside the Creation God and had mysteriously vanished after the Creation God divided his power and perished.
• Gu Yuena told Liu Xinghan that the Origin God’s return might allow the world’s rules to change, ending the soul beasts’ decline caused by soul masters needing soul rings.
• Gu Yuena called Liu Xinghan the soul beast clan’s hope and said she would personally protect him.
• Liu Xinghan tried to dissuade Gu Yuena by claiming his rune had run out of divine power and could no longer heal her wounds.

Gu Yuena gave Liu Xinghan her True Blood, transforming his Martial Soul and greatly increasing his strength. After waking from three days unconscious, he reached Soul King and learned that Gu Yuena would find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to sacrifice for his fifth soul ring.

• Liu Xinghan persuaded Gu Yuena to postpone treating her injuries until he was stronger, and she agreed.
• Gu Yuena offered to help Liu Xinghan grow stronger after learning about his Twin Martial Souls, including his Ice Snow Giant Dragon.
• Liu Xinghan hesitated to absorb Gu Yuena's True Blood because his body had reached its energy limit, but accepted after she promised to protect him.
• Liu Xinghan endured hours of intense pain, passed out, and woke three days later with his Soul Power at level fifty and greatly improved Mental Power and physical strength.
• Liu Xinghan discovered that his Ice Snow Giant Dragon had evolved into a Frost Saint Dragon with Extreme Ice, and Gu Yuena offered to find a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast to sacrifice for his fifth soul ring.

Gu Yuena ordered the dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Three-Headed Sky Serpent to sacrifice itself as Liu Xinghan’s fifth spirit ring, explaining that he might become a god and help the Soul Beast race. The serpent agreed, and Liu Xinghan summoned his Summoning Tome as the serpent began its sacrifice.

• Gu Yuena told Liu Xinghan that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast would become his fifth spirit ring, then explained that the Three-Headed Sky Serpent was already near death.
• Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to bring the Three-Headed Sky Serpent, and he reluctantly obeyed after she rebuked his doubts.
• Gu Yuena explained that the Three-Headed Sky Serpent was a powerful mutation of the Two-Headed Ice Flame Serpent, with ice, fire, and lightning attributes.
• The Three-Headed Sky Serpent agreed to sacrifice itself after Gu Yuena said Liu Xinghan might become a god and change the Soul Beast race’s fate.
• Liu Xinghan summoned his Summoning Tome martial soul and prepared to receive the serpent’s spirit ring as blood-red flames ignited across its body.

Liu Xinghan absorbed the Three-Headed Sky Serpent’s sacrifice as his fifth Summoning Tome Spirit Ring, gaining a crimson Hundred-Thousand-Year ring and a Soul Bone. After Gu Yuena replenished his sigil and he absorbed two more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bones, Di Tian brought him a Blizzard Flying Dragon to sacrifice for his Frost Saint Dragon.

• The Three-Headed Sky Serpent sacrificed herself to Liu Xinghan, and after three days she left behind a crimson Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring and a silver Left Leg Bone.
• Liu Xinghan summoned the Three-Headed Sky Serpent through his Summoning Tome, explaining to Gu Yuena and Di Tian that his ring beasts retained their living intelligence and strength.
• Liu Xinghan asked Gu Yuena to find an ice-attribute Soul Beast for his Frost Saint Dragon, and she sent Di Tian to arrange one.
• Gu Yuena replenished the divine power in Liu Xinghan’s sigil, and he absorbed the Three-Headed Sky Serpent’s Left Leg Bone and Di Tian’s Left Arm Bone, raising his Soul Power to rank fifty-seven.
• Di Tian returned with a sixty-five-thousand-year Blizzard Flying Dragon, which agreed to sacrifice itself to Liu Xinghan in hopes of future resurrection.

After gaining a powerful Spirit Ring and Soul Bone from the Blizzard Flying Dragon, Liu Xinghan left the Star Dou Great Forest with Gu Yuena hidden in a jade pendant and returned to Shrek Academy. He went to Xiao Wu's cabin to find out what she had told the others about his disappearance.

• Liu Xinghan obtained the Blizzard Flying Dragon's Torso Spirit Bone but decided to save it for Shui Bing'er rather than fuse it himself.
• Gu Yuena gave Liu Xinghan a jade pendant that could house her while she recovered, then left the core region with him despite Di Tian's objections.
• The Wind Dragon sensed that Xiao Wu had already left the Star Dou Great Forest, so Liu Xinghan returned to Shrek Academy and stored the dragon in Gu Yuena's pendant.
• Liu Xinghan learned from Li Yusong that the Dean and the others had returned, then went to Xiao Wu's cabin to coordinate their accounts of what had happened.
• Xiao Wu challenged Liu Xinghan for entering without knocking, and he joked that she had left the door open for him.

Liu Xinghan reunited with Xiao Wu and provoked Tang San by making him believe they were close. After Tang San attacked him, Liu Xinghan beat him unconscious and carried him away to teach him a lesson.

• Liu Xinghan asked Xiao Wu what she had told others about his absence, and she explained that she had said a Titled Douluo had taken him away on business.
• Xiao Wu noticed Liu Xinghan's aura had changed and said he smelled like a dragon, which he suspected came from fusing with the Silver Dragon King's blood.
• Liu Xinghan whispered to Xiao Wu just as Tang San arrived, and Tang San mistook their closeness for intimacy and grew furious.
• Tang San punched at Liu Xinghan, who slapped him repeatedly and mocked him for attacking his teacher.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and tried to bind Liu Xinghan, but Liu Xinghan tore free, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away while Xiao Wu followed.

After Tang San attacked him, Liu Xinghan left him bound and humiliated, then returned to his manor. Zhu Zhuqing found Liu Xinghan, confessed her love, and they kissed before he carried her toward the bed.

• Liu Xinghan returned to his manor, claimed his fifth Divine Artifact Fragment, and found that the four fragments showed no reaction when gathered together.
• Xiao Wu told Yu Xiaogang that Tang San had attacked Liu Xinghan, and Flender organized a search for them.
• The searchers found Tang San unconscious, tied to a tree with a placard describing his punishment, and took him away for treatment.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to Liu Xinghan's manor, embraced him, and confessed that she liked him despite her engagement.
• Liu Xinghan promised to help settle Zhu Zhuqing's engagement, and they kissed before he carried her to the bed.

Liu Xinghan gave Zhu Zhuqing a forty-thousand-year Soul Bone and the Water Immortal Jade Muscle Bone, helping her gain strength and cultivation. At Shrek Academy, Cheng Yu could not heal Tang San’s strange injuries and said they needed to find the person who caused them.

• Liu Xinghan gave Zhu Zhuqing a forty-thousand-year Hell Spirit Cat Left Leg Bone, which she absorbed and used to raise her Soul Power to level thirty-four.
• Liu Xinghan gave Zhu Zhuqing a Water Immortal Jade Muscle Bone and persuaded her to consume it, promising it could greatly improve her talent and cultivation.
• After Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the Immortal Herb, Liu Xinghan entered meditation while she remained quiet.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang asked Cheng Yu to heal Tang San’s swollen face, but Cheng Yu said he could not treat the unusual injuries and suggested finding the person who inflicted them.

Yu Xiaogang and Flender arranged for Ye Lingling to heal Tang San, but the red handprints Liu Xinghan left on his face remained and fueled his vow of revenge. Meanwhile, Zhu Zhuqing awoke after Liu Xinghan’s training with her Soul Power at level thirty-nine, and Ning Rongrong went looking for her without finding her.

• Yu Xiaogang wanted to confront Liu Xinghan over Tang San’s beating, but Flender warned him that Liu Xinghan was too dangerous to provoke.
• Flender brought Qin Ming and Ye Lingling to the infirmary, where Ye Lingling healed Tang San’s swollen cheeks with her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul.
• Tang San woke and vowed to kill Liu Xinghan, then saw that the red handprints remained even after Ye Lingling used all three of her Soul Skills.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke after cultivating with Liu Xinghan and told him her physique had improved and her Soul Power had reached level thirty-nine.
• Ning Rongrong woke from deep meditation and went to Zhu Zhuqing’s residence, but Zhu Zhuqing was not there.

Liu Xinghan returned to Shrek Academy with Zhu Zhuqing and learned that Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Team were visiting. He confronted Yu Xiaogang and Flender over the handprint he had left on Tang San, revealing that the injury was resisting treatment because of the Divine Aura he had infused into it.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Liu Xinghan that Qin Ming and the Imperial Dou Team had visited Shrek Academy after meeting Flender's group in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At the Battle Arena, Yu Tianheng dominated Dai Mubai in a sparring match, while Flender praised Qin Ming's team and Qin Ming said he was training them to win the next Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament.
• Ning Rongrong welcomed Liu Xinghan back, noticed Zhu Zhuqing's changed complexion, and told Liu Xinghan that she had reached rank twenty-nine Soul Power.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Liu Xinghan of harming Tang San's dignity, and Liu Xinghan replied that he had disciplined Tang San because Yu Xiaogang had failed to do so.
• Flender asked Liu Xinghan to remove the handprint from Tang San's face, and Liu Xinghan explained that the Divine Aura in his palm had made the injury difficult to heal.