Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han demonstrated his first soul skill, Beast Blood Boiling, which greatly enhanced the strength and defense of everyone around him. Though Flander urged him to seek a second soul ring, Xiao Han chose to leave the Star Dou Great Forest rather than risk pursuing stronger beasts.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Xiao Han about his soul skills, and Xiao Han explained that his fused soul ring had given him two.
• Xiao Han activated Beast Blood Boiling, and Tang San shattered a massive boulder with one punch.
• Xiao Han explained that the skill boosted strength and defense by thirty percent and lasted ten minutes with his current soul ring.
• Flander invited Xiao Han to continue through the forest to obtain a second soul ring, but Xiao Han refused.
• Xiao Han decided the group should return, judging the core region's powerful soul beasts too dangerous to pursue.

Xiao Han and Tang San went to the Martial Soul Hall Branch Hall in Notting City to undergo their advancement appraisal and claim their badges. The chapter ended as they encountered Su Yuntao, whom Xiao Han still resented for targeting him during his Martial Soul awakening.

• Xiao Han rejected Yu Xiaogang’s warning about drawing Martial Soul Hall’s attention and insisted on visiting the branch hall with Tang San.
• Xiao Han asked Yu Xiaogang to watch over the Tang Sect and help Er Gouzi and the others obtain suitable soul rings while he was away.
• Xiao Han advised Tang San to keep his work-study job to temper his resolve, and Tang San agreed.
• Xiao Han and Tang San reached the Notting City Martial Soul Hall Branch Hall and entered after the guards verified their academy identities.
• Tang San recognized Su Yuntao inside the hall, while Xiao Han withheld his greeting because he remembered Su Yuntao had targeted him.

Tang San and Xiao Han sought Soul Master advancement appraisals at the Martial Soul Hall, where Su Yuntao provoked Xiao Han and attacked him. After Xiao Han crippled Su Yuntao’s hand, Ma Xiuno agreed to conduct the appraisals before deciding how to handle the fight.

• Tang San reminded Su Yuntao that he and Xiao Han were children from Holy Soul Village whose Martial Souls he had awakened.
• Su Yuntao demanded that Xiao Han address him respectfully, and Xiao Han mocked his Lone Wolf Martial Soul and failed love life.
• Su Yuntao attacked Xiao Han, but Xiao Han caught his fist and crippled his hand.
• Su Yuntao called in armed guards, while Tang San urged Ma Xiuno to conduct the advancement appraisals first.
• Ma Xiuno agreed to begin the appraisals, wanting to see what Tang San and Xiao Han could do.

Tang San’s appraisal revealed that his soul power had reached level eighteen, astonishing Ma Xiuno and changing his view of Tang San and Xiao Han. As Ma Xiuno prepared to appraise Xiao Han, Tang San warned him to check for health problems first, fearing the shock might kill him.

• Tang San tested his Blue Silver Grass martial soul and showed Ma Xiuno his hundred-year soul ring, crediting Xiao Han as his master.
• Ma Xiuno measured Tang San’s soul power at level eighteen and questioned how he had gained so many levels.
• Tang San explained that he had absorbed a Mandala Snake’s soul ring on Xiao Han’s advice, and Ma Xiuno decided to report the discovery and recruit them into Martial Soul Hall.
• Tang San declined Ma Xiuno’s invitation because he already studied at Notting Academy, while Ma Xiuno blamed Su Yuntao for failing to recognize Tang San’s talent.
• Before Ma Xiuno appraised Xiao Han, Tang San asked whether he had heart disease, high blood pressure, rheumatic disease, or other illnesses, warning that Xiao Han might shock him to death.

Xiao Han revealed a three-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, Heavenly Strength, and Innate Soul Emperor power during his assessment at the Martial Soul Hall Branch Hall in Notting City. Ma Xiuno dismissed Su Yuntao and decided to report Xiao Han and Tang San to higher authorities so Martial Soul Hall could recruit them.

• Xiao Han displayed his red, three-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, leaving Ma Xiuno and Su Yuntao stunned.
• Xiao Han revealed that he was born with Heavenly Strength, and Tang San said Xiao Han could shatter a ten-ton boulder before awakening his Martial Soul.
• Ma Xiuno scolded Su Yuntao for failing to report Xiao Han's talent and for mistaking his Martial Soul for a Footless Caterpillar.
• Xiao Han's soul-power test revealed that he was an Innate Soul Emperor, and Su Yuntao admitted he had not reported the boys' Innate Full Soul Power aptitude.
• Ma Xiuno ordered Su Yuntao to leave Martial Soul Hall and resolved to report Xiao Han and Tang San to the Main Hall or Pope Palace.

Xiao Han reassured Tang San that he had plans to protect the Tang Sect and explained the meaning of Martial Soul Hall’s emblem. After hearing that Bao Feng was attacking the Work-Study Students, Xiao Han and Tang San rushed to the Back Mountain, where Xiao Han arrived just as Bao Feng’s group moved to attack.

• Tang San asked whether the Tang Sect would rely on Martial Soul Hall, and Xiao Han said it would not and revealed he had ways to resist the powerful organization.
• Xiao Han explained to Tang San the figures and symbols represented on Martial Soul Hall’s emblem.
• Xiao Han and Tang San heard that Bao Feng was attacking the Work-Study Students and hurried to the Back Mountain.
• Bao Feng taunted Xiao Wu and the others, claimed Xiao Han had died in the Star Dou Great Forest, and demanded they admit defeat.
• Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, Er Gouzi, and the other Work-Study Students refused to surrender, and Bao Feng ordered his lackeys to attack them.
• Xiao Han shouted from afar, prompting Xiao Wu and the others to recognize his voice.

Xiao Han returned to Notting Academy and confronted Bao Feng and Xiao Chenyu for threatening Xiao Wu and bullying his companions. After Bao Feng refused to cripple his cultivation and attacked, Xiao Han burned him to ashes, then left the aftermath to the headmaster.

• Xiao Wu told Xiao Han that Xiao Chenyu had lost a fight to Wang Sheng, then called in Bao Feng, who threatened to make her his pet.
• Xiao Han ordered Bao Feng and the older students to break one arm each, and they complied under his threat.
• Xiao Han demanded that Bao Feng cripple his cultivation for threatening Xiao Wu, but Bao Feng attacked him with his Storm Wolf soul skills.
• Xiao Han blocked Bao Feng's kick and burned him to ashes with green flames.
• Xiao Han called out the watching headmaster, then left with Xiao Wu, Wang Sheng, and Er Gouzi as the headmaster ordered the witnesses to keep quiet.

Xiao Han prepared to leave the academy, sparred with Xiao Wu after she challenged him, and defeated her several times. He then said goodbye and set out for the Land of Extreme North to obtain his second soul ring.

• Xiao Han told Tang San and the Work-Study Students that he was leaving and urged them to cultivate while he was gone.
• Wang Sheng pointed out that Xiao Wu had slept on Xiao Han's bed, and Xiao Han yielded when she blamed him for crossing the line.
• Xiao Wu challenged Xiao Han to a spar, but he caught her hair and evaded her attacks.
• Xiao Han struck Xiao Wu with pebbles until she admitted defeat, then agreed to spar with her again.
• Xiao Han ended the spar and left for the Land of Extreme North to obtain his second soul ring.

Xiao Han traveled into the Land of Extreme North to seek soul rings from its Three Great Heavenly Kings, using his Heavenly Flame to guide him toward the core region and draw out powerful soul beasts. After reaching the deadly depths, he attracted seven blood wolves and prepared to fight them.

• Xiao Han reached the unmapped Land of Extreme North and used the system’s advice to navigate by sensing temperature changes through his Heavenly Flame.
• He flew north through the frozen wilderness, where soul beasts fled from his flames, and entered a region untouched by people for tens of thousands of years.
• Xiao Han released three Heavenly Flames, hoping the soul beasts’ sensitivity to treasures would draw the Three Great Heavenly Kings to him.
• A large white wolf appeared and howled, summoning six more blood wolves, each roughly ten thousand years old.
• Xiao Han welcomed the seven wolves as a chance to gain Experience Points and prepared to fight them.

Xiao Han killed seven Arctic Snow Wolves in the Land of Extreme North, defeating their fused seventy-two-thousand-year form and gaining skill books. After the fight, he sensed another powerful soul beast approaching.

• The seven Arctic Snow Wolves attacked Xiao Han with snow and wind, but he melted their assault with Bone Spirit Cold Fire.
• Xiao Han killed one wolf with Flame Eight Extremes Collapse and received Experience Points and the Treading Snow Without Trace and Snow Wolf Three Claws skill books.
• The remaining six wolves used a Fusion Skill to become a seventy-thousand-year Arctic Snow Wolf.
• Xiao Han dodged the fused wolf’s Snow Wolf Three Claws and killed it with Mandala Claw, earning 50,000 Experience Points and a Fusion Skill book.
• The ground trembled after Xiao Han killed the wolves, and he sensed another soul beast approaching.

Xiao Han confronted the Titan Snow Demon King and offered to trade its life for help surviving its next Great Limit. When the Titan Snow Demon King attacked, Xiao Han proved his strength in a fierce battle and launched a strike at its heart.

• The Titan Snow Demon King rose before Xiao Han and asked about the three Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Han said he had been waiting to make a deal.
• Xiao Han offered to help the Titan Snow Demon King survive its next Great Limit in exchange for its life, provoking the beast into attacking.
• Xiao Han enraged the Titan Snow Demon King by recalling how the Snow Empress had once beaten it nearly to death.
• Xiao Han dodged the Titan Snow Demon King's punch and knocked it down with Red Charge, then injured it with Hundred Beast Roar.
• Xiao Han blocked the Titan Snow Demon King's punch, flipped its massive body onto the ground, and launched himself toward its heart with Lightning Dragon Horn Drill.

After killing the Titan Snow Demon King, Xiao Han claimed its skull soul bone and grew stronger. The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion appeared, and a snow cloud arrived carrying another of the Extreme North’s Three Great Heavenly Kings.

• Xiao Han received experience, energy, a treasure chest, the Vajra Transformation skill book, and the Titan Snow Demon King’s skull soul bone for killing the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Xiao Han crushed the skull soul bone to absorb it and learned that his head had been strengthened, gaining 300,000 Energy Points.
• Xiao Han saw the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion arrive and anticipated obtaining its Torso Bone and Left Arm Bone by killing it.
• A snow cloud carrying heavy snowfall approached, and Xiao Han realized the remaining Heavenly King had arrived, bringing all three of the Extreme North’s Great Heavenly Kings together.

Xiao Han offered the Ice Empress and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion a way to survive their next Great Limits by abandoning their bodies and being resurrected in new ones. The Ice Empress considered his offer, and Xiao Han revealed that human gods had sealed the passage to the Divine Realm.

• The Ice Empress arrived and questioned Xiao Han about killing the Titan Snow Demon King and what he had promised him.
• Xiao Han told the Ice Empress that she had less than a ten percent chance of surviving her next Great Limit and offered to resurrect her in a new body.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion warned the Ice Empress not to trust Xiao Han, but he claimed complete certainty and said he had already restored a human Soul Body to life.
• The Ice Empress weighed Xiao Han's claims against his defeat of Big Guy and admitted that her chances of surviving her next Great Limit were poor.
• Xiao Han explained that the soul beasts had not ascended to the Divine Realm because human gods had sealed the passage.

Xiao Han told the Ice Empress that human gods had sealed the soul beasts’ path to the Divine Realm, and she agreed to his deal after considering her bleak prospects. Before giving up her life, she challenged him to a battle, and their fight began with her powerful snow domain and giant palm attack.

• Xiao Han explained that the human gods had sealed the soul beasts’ passage to the Divine Realm after defeating the Dragon God, and the Ice Empress believed his account.
• The Ice Empress agreed to Xiao Han’s deal, reasoning that trusting him offered more hope than starting over as a human soul beast.
• The Ice Empress insisted on fighting Xiao Han before he ended her life, and he accepted.
• The Ice Empress unleashed her snow domain and formed a giant palm while Xiao Han defended himself with Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Han shaped flames into a white tiger and an aqua-blue lion, drank several bottles of blue potion, and began forming a green leopard as he prepared to counter her attack.

Xiao Han pushed through the strain of forming the Five Round Separating Fire Method with four Heavenly Flames and reached the Spirit Realm Late-Stage. He killed the Ice Empress in their spar after she withdrew her attacks, and the system rewarded him with experience, a treasure chest, and three skill books.

• Xiao Han endured the strain of gathering four Heavenly Flames and broke through to the Spirit Realm Late-Stage.
• Xiao Han clashed his Five Round Separating Fire Method against the Ice Empress's Great Cold Without Snow, melting part of her giant palm.
• The Ice Empress summoned an ice diamond sword and combined it with her palm strike, trapping Xiao Han in ice crystals as he pressed his attack.
• The Ice Empress withdrew her attacks and closed her eyes, and Xiao Han's unstoppable flame disc struck and killed her.
• The system awarded Xiao Han 688,888 Experience Points, a Silver-grade treasure chest, and skill books for Great Cold Without Snow, Ice Pinnacle Peerless, and Snow Dance Shining Sun.

Xiao Han killed the Ice Empress and the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, gaining their souls, soul bones, and combat skills. After absorbing the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's bones, he completed his set of six soul bones and demonstrated his heightened control over ice.

• Xiao Han crushed the three soul bones dropped by the Ice Empress, absorbed their power, and reached Level Nine Bronze Man.
• Xiao Han captured the Titan Snow Demon King's Soul Body and asked the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion to trust him.
• The Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion agreed to let Xiao Han kill her after he promised to revive her, the Ice Empress, and another companion within three years.
• Xiao Han killed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and obtained a Silver-grade treasure chest, two combat skills, and two soul bones.
• Xiao Han crushed and absorbed the two new soul bones, completing his set of six and forming an Ice Blade with ice-element energy.

After collecting all six soul bones, Xiao Han enchanted them into the Frost Battle Armor and absorbed the three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North’s soul rings. He emerged with a one-million-four-hundred-thousand-year soul ring, then noticed that his martial soul had evolved again.

• Xiao Han enchanted his six soul bones, activating the Frost Battle Armor’s 50% ice-attack boost and 50% ice-immunity bonus.
• Xiao Han stored the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion’s soul and summoned the soul rings from the Three Great Heavenly Kings of the Extreme North.
• Xiao Han endured the dangerous absorption of the three soul rings until the Frost Battle Armor’s ice immunity eased the strain.
• Xiao Han successfully fused the three soul rings into a brilliant-gold ring aged one million four hundred thousand years.
• Xiao Han noticed that his martial soul had evolved again.

After Xiao Han transformed his martial soul and left the Douluo World, he used the system to travel randomly to another world. He arrived beside a waterfall near a large yellow dog and a young herb gatherer, leaving his destination unidentified.

• Xiao Han named his transformed martial soul the Cold Rock Snake and decided to leave the Land of Extreme North.
• Xiao Han spent 300 Energy Points to open a World Gate and chose random traversal.
• Xiao Han entered the gate, leveled up to Level 63, and emerged beside a bottomless abyss in an unfamiliar world.
• Xiao Han spotted a large yellow dog barking by a waterfall and wondered which world he had entered.
• A young man carrying a medicine basket called the dog Du Dou from beyond the cliff.

Xiao Han arrived in the world of White Snake: Origin and found the unconscious Xiao Bai at a waterfall. After driving Xu Xuan and Du Dou away, he carried Xiao Bai to a cave and planned to improve his cultivation technique while waiting for her to wake.

• Xiao Han recognized Xiao Bai at the waterfall and flew down to claim her before Xu Xuan could take her.
• Xu Xuan and Du Dou confronted Xiao Han, but his python martial soul terrified them.
• Xiao Han swept Xu Xuan and Du Dou into the waterfall and carried Xiao Bai to a cave.
• Xiao Han started a fire, waited for Xiao Bai to wake, and checked his status before preparing to improve his cultivation technique.

Xiao Han fused several combat skills into an Immortal-grade technique and combined two secret arts into a more versatile skill. He spent nearly all his resources raising his martial arts proficiency, leaving him with only 208 Energy and 250 Points.

• Xiao Han absorbed the cultivation methods and combat skills in his inventory, mastering thirteen Ultimate Skills.
• Xiao Han fused five skills into Pride of the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, a First Grade Low-Level Immortal Combat Skill.
• Xiao Han fused the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and the Three Beasts Desolate Art into the Seven Spirits United Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which seven humans or soul beasts could use together.
• Xiao Han ordered the system to raise the proficiency of all his martial arts, spending most of his remaining Points and Energy.