Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan agreed to help Captain Bauer and Kevin find the suspected Evil Soul Master causing conflicts aboard the passenger ship. He advised them to carry on as usual while watching for people with abnormal emotional fluctuations, with more than ten days remaining before the ship reached Golden Radiance Port.

• Tang Lan noticed that frequent fights aboard the ship seemed to be driven by an unknown force affecting people's emotions, but he could not identify its source.
• Bauer and Kevin invited Tang Lan to a private room and asked him to find the Evil Soul Master they suspected was stirring up trouble.
• Tang Lan hesitated because he had concealed his strength, but agreed to do his best to locate the culprit.
• Tang Lan suggested that they wait for someone to show abnormal emotions or start a conflict, and told Bauer and Kevin not to alert the suspected caster.

Tang Lan discovered that an unknown force affecting the passengers came from a powerful Soul Beast beneath the ship, likely at least a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He warned Bauer and Kevin that the ship was drawing closer to its territory, and a sudden impact shook the vessel as they rushed to the deck.

• Tang Lan found no Evil Soul Master aboard the Passenger Ship and traced the emotional influence to the sea.
• Tang Lan studied Bauer's nautical chart and learned the ship had taken an alternate route around a massive storm.
• Tang Lan concluded that an exceptionally powerful Soul Beast was hidden beneath the waters and that the ship was approaching its territory.
• Bauer and Kevin grew alarmed as Tang Lan warned that the Soul Beast might attack them.
• The ship shook violently, and Bauer hurried toward the deck with Tang Lan and Kevin following.

A gigantic sea beast attacked the Bauer, forcing Bauer, Kevin, and other powerful passengers to fight it off as its tentacles regenerated and changed form. The battle escalated when crimson Strange Fish burst from the severed tentacles and began attacking the people aboard the ship.

• A giant black sea beast seized the Bauer’s helmsman and two sailors, but Bauer severed its tentacles with his Golden Eagle Spirit.
• Bauer and Kevin attacked the sea beast as it sent waves crashing against the ship, while Tang Lan observed its powerful regeneration.
• Three more Soul Douluo joined the battle, and a Soul Master with a blue butterfly spirit enhanced Bauer and Kevin.
• The sea beast’s tentacles turned crimson and resisted seventh-rank Soul Guidance Cannons, but Bauer shredded them with his claw light.
• Fist-sized, winged crimson Strange Fish emerged from the tentacles and leaped onto the deck, where a sailor cried out as one attacked his neck.

Strange Fish and Ghost Face Jellyfish attacked the Bauer while Kevin and Bauer fought a hundred-thousand-year Ink Octopus. Tang Lan arrived and proposed that the three of them kill the beast and divide the spoils according to their contributions.

• Strange Fish swarmed the Bauer, and the soul masters aboard joined forces to repel them.
• Ghost Face Jellyfish unleashed sonic attacks and electric arcs, killing passengers who fell into the sea, until the crew activated the Bauer's protective shield.
• Bauer transformed into a golden bird and attacked the Ink Octopus, but its tentacles quickly regrew, so he and Kevin decided to buy time for the ship to escape.
• Tang Lan arrived beside Kevin and Bauer, and they praised him for hiding his strength.
• Tang Lan proposed that the three of them kill the Ink Octopus and divide the spoils according to their contributions.

Tang Lan, Kevin, and Bauer discovered that the Ink Octopus King was already badly wounded and devised a plan to exploit its weakness to ice and poison. Bauer and Kevin began trapping and attacking the beast, while Tang Lan prepared Earth Core Fire Marrow; the battle remained underway.

• Tang Lan pointed out that the Ink Octopus King was injured, and Bauer confirmed it by spotting its poisonous blood behind it.
• Tang Lan proposed restraining the beast and attacking its wounds, explaining that it feared ice and poison.
• Kevin agreed to use his ice weapons while Bauer drew the Ink Octopus King's attention, and Tang Lan revealed Earth Core Fire Marrow.
• Bauer charged the Ink Octopus King in his golden eagle form as Kevin fired Ice Soul Bullets that froze the sea and trapped the beast.
• Kevin fired Ice Burst Bullets, shattering and freezing the Ink Octopus King's tentacles.
• Bauer descended in a golden lightning whirlwind and attacked the trapped Ink Octopus King.

Tang Lan, Bauer, and Kevin fought and killed the hundred-thousand-year-old Ink Octopus King. After the beast’s red Soul Ring appeared, Tang Lan rejected it as unsuitable for his Martial Soul, leaving Bauer and Kevin stunned.

• Bauer and Kevin attacked the Ink Octopus King, while Tang Lan charged in and pierced its existing wound with the Overlord Spear.
• Tang Lan’s Desolate Radiance Spear Intent ravaged the beast’s internal organs as the three fighters harried it for an hour.
• The Ink Octopus King died, and a blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring emerged from its corpse.
• Bauer and Kevin urged Tang Lan to absorb the Soul Ring, but Tang Lan said it did not suit his Martial Soul and would not improve him much.

Tang Lan, Bauer, and Kevin harvested rare materials after killing the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ink Octopus King, then returned to the Bauer as powerful Sea Soul Beasts approached. The crew welcomed them and reacted with shock when they learned of the victory.

• Tang Lan, Bauer, and Kevin divided the Ink Octopus King's spoils, including a soul bone and valuable crafting materials, while Sea Soul Beasts devoured its corpse.
• Tang Lan found six black-gold spheres and a lightless stone inside the Ink Octopus King's body and secretly stored them in his rings.
• Kevin celebrated that the rare materials would fund several more years of Soul Tool research, but Tang Lan warned that powerful Sea Soul Beasts were approaching.
• The three flew northeast for more than half a day and caught up with the damaged Bauer, where the crew cheered their return.
• The crew learned that the three had slain the Hundred-Thousand-Year Ink Octopus King and reacted in disbelief, while some regretted missing a chance to collect its meat.

After defeating the Ink Octopus King, Tang Lan celebrated with Bauer and Kevin and kept several spoils, including the beast’s egg. When Tang Lan asked about the Sea of Death, Bauer warned him that it was a deadly region filled with ancient Soul Beasts and lethal whirlpools.

• Tang Lan, Bauer, and Kevin divided the Ink Octopus King’s spoils, with Tang Lan receiving its right arm bone, spine bone, black stone, and egg.
• Bauer promised to have the sailors watch the waters after the group discussed the suspicious appearance of the Ink Octopus King along their route.
• Tang Lan noticed the ship’s two Titled Douluo watching him after hearing that he had slain the beast.
• Tang Lan asked Bauer about the Sea of Death, and Bauer warned that fewer than one in ten Titled Douluo who entered had returned.
• Bauer explained that the Sea of Death held ancient Soul Beasts, death whirlpools, and opportunities that drew both Soul Masters and Soul Beasts.

Tang Lan offered Bauer and Kevin the resources and freedom of the Tang Sect, along with Level 9 Breakthrough Pills, to recruit them. They joined the sect and became its outer elders traveling abroad.

• Bauer and Kevin discussed their difficulties reaching level ninety and Kevin's temptation to join the Light Hall for cultivation resources.
• Tang Lan presented them with Tang Sect Recruitment Orders and promised resources without restricting their freedom, except that they must defend the sect when it was in danger.
• Bauer and Kevin opened their welcome gifts and recognized the pills as premium Level 9 Breakthrough Pills, then read the Tang Sect's rules.
• After learning that the Tang Sect's rules were lenient but punished traitors, Bauer and Kevin swore to join the sect.
• Tang Lan appointed Bauer and Kevin as the Tang Sect's outer elders traveling abroad.

Tang Lan, Bauer, and Kevin agreed to reunite at Golden Glory Port in twenty-five days, then suspected the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy of causing the sea beasts’ violent behavior. Tang Lan reached Golden Glory Port and checked into a hotel, where the receptionist and his unusually decorated room left him puzzled.

• Tang Lan welcomed Bauer and Kevin into the Tang Sect, and Bauer said he would return to Golden Glory Port in about twenty-five days while Kevin agreed to travel back with him.
• A storm and reports of violent sea beasts led Tang Lan to ask whether the Sun Moon Empire had a Soul Tool that could agitate them.
• Kevin recalled that the Sun Moon Empire Royal Soul Master Academy had developed a Soul Tool that could provoke soul beasts into fighting, making the academy their chief suspect.
• Tang Lan, Bauer, and Kevin arrived at Golden Glory Port, and Tang Lan bid the others farewell before going ashore.
• The hotel receptionist asked Tang Lan whether his companion was still behind him, and Tang Lan found his room decorated in a flirtatious shade of pink.

Tang Lan explored Glory Port and learned that the sea had become dangerous, with powerful Sea Soul Beasts fighting offshore. He became interested in the Liang Zhou Ship’s planned voyage and learned it belonged to the powerful Ten Thousand Ships Merchant Guild.

• Tang Lan spent the night at a love hotel, then visited Fishery Business Street in Glory Port the next morning.
• Tang Lan heard Old Hu describe encountering many Sea Soul Beasts and a battle between Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at sea.
• Tang Lan inspected the seafood stalls and learned that fishermen were avoiding voyages because the sea had grown increasingly dangerous.
• A young man advertised the Liang Zhou Ship’s voyage to the Sea of Death and the Sea of Tides, claiming it had two Titled Douluo and eight Soul Douluo for protection.
• Tang Lan asked a local about the ship and learned that it belonged to the Ten Thousand Ships Merchant Guild, a powerful organization focused on exploiting the sea.

Tang Lan bought a place aboard the Liang Zhou Ship for its voyage to the Sea of Death and received a low-grade Earth Vein Rock Crystal from Huang Yuan. He then traveled to Holy Flame City to deliver Gouyu to Qiao Na and ended the chapter asking for her at the Knight Academy.

• Tang Lan rewarded a middle-aged man for explaining the voyage and bargained with Huang Yuan for a Liang Zhou Ship invitation.
• Tang Lan paid for the invitation with six Gold Soul Stones and received a low-grade Earth Vein Rock Crystal as a gift.
• Tang Lan set out to find Qiao Na and deliver the Gouyu entrusted to him by Ding De'er.
• Tang Lan traveled to Holy Flame City and asked someone at the Knight Academy whether Professor Qiao Na was there.

Tang Lan delivered Ding De'er's letter and invitation to Qiao Na at Knight Academy, where she learned of Ding De'er's work and saw his latest Soul Tool. Qiao Na agreed to teach at Shrek Academy on the condition that she could return to Knight Academy whenever she wished.

• Tang Lan introduced himself to Old Mai as a member of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, and Old Mai let him enter Knight Academy to meet Qiao Na.
• Qiao Na greeted Tang Lan, read Ding De'er's letter, and invited him to her residence to talk.
• Tang Lan told Qiao Na that Ding De'er had become an instructor and academician at Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department and was researching Ninth-Rank Soul Tools.
• Tang Lan presented Ding De'er's transformable silver Soul Tool, and Qiao Na recognized it as the completion of an earlier concept.
• Qiao Na accepted Shrek Academy's invitation to become an instructor and academician, provided she could return to Knight Academy whenever she wished.

Tang Lan agreed that Shrek Academy would allow Qiao Na to teach at both academies, then asked her for help navigating the Sea of Death. Qiao Na gave him a powerful compass, and Tang Lan repaid her with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast tendon, leaving her eager to obtain more.

• Tang Lan accepted the arrangement for Qiao Na to serve as an instructor at both academies on Shrek Academy's behalf.
• Tang Lan asked Qiao Na for a way to navigate the Sea of Death, and she warned him that even Titled Douluo faced deadly danger there.
• Tang Lan said he had his reasons for entering the Sea of Death and that Shrek Academy's elders knew of his plans.
• Qiao Na gave Tang Lan her Eight Directions Compass, a Soul Tool that used the earth to locate nearby targets and map terrain.
• Tang Lan offered Qiao Na a Soul tendon from a Hundred-Thousand-Year Deep-Sea Ink Octopus King and said he could introduce her to his friends, who had more.

Tang Lan stayed with Qiao Na while arranging to obtain Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast soul tendons and preparing to sail to the Sea of Death. After Qiao Na left unexpectedly, her student Lin Ni brought supplies and met Tang Lan, ending their conversation by asking how strong he was.

• Qiao Na agreed to pay twice the market price for the soul tendons and asked Tang Lan to travel back to the Eastern Continent with her in twenty-five days.
• Tang Lan told Qiao Na he planned to leave for the Sea of Death aboard the Liang Zhou Ship in three days, and Qiao Na lent him a whistle that could summon a fire phoenix.
• An instructor from the Knight Academy summoned Qiao Na, leaving Tang Lan alone in the bamboo grove.
• Lin Ni brought Tang Lan a quilt and supplies, then introduced herself as Qiao Na's student and fed the creatures in the grove.
• Tang Lan told Lin Ni he was a student of Shrek Academy in the Eastern Continent, and she asked how powerful he was.

Tang Lan encouraged Lin Ni and invited her to join him and Qiao Na on a trip to Shrek Academy, hoping to recruit the talented student. After they agreed to travel together, Lin Ni showed Tang Lan Knight Academy’s Soul Beast domestication facility.

• Lin Ni worried that her slow cultivation meant she was far from becoming a Soul Saint, and Tang Lan reassured her that her level was already impressive for her age.
• Lin Ni asked Tang Lan about his strength, then excitedly asked him to teach her after he said he had defeated Soul Saints.
• Tang Lan invited Lin Ni to go to Shrek Academy with Qiao Na and offered to create a cultivation plan for her.
• Lin Ni accepted the invitation and asked Tang Lan to speak well of her to Qiao Na, and they left the bamboo forest together.
• Lin Ni explained Knight Academy’s efforts to domesticate Soul Beasts, while Tang Lan said the work would require far more advanced Soul Tool technology.

Lin Ni took Tang Lan around the Knight Academy for snacks, gave him a red string bracelet, and blushed when others mistook them for a couple. After a peaceful night, Tang Lan woke to find Lin Ni had brought him breakfast.

• Lin Ni treated Tang Lan to local snacks and tied her red string bracelet around his wrist.
• A middle-aged couple teased Lin Ni and Tang Lan as a couple, making Lin Ni blush and hurry away with him.
• Lin Ni told Tang Lan she wanted to focus on cultivation and become a Titled Douluo rather than pursue romance.
• Tang Lan escorted Lin Ni to her dormitory, then returned to his courtyard and slept peacefully.
• Lin Ni brought Tang Lan warmed food the next morning, and he woke to her setting breakfast on the table.

Tang Lan gave Lin Ni a Soul Gathering Pearl and asked her to buy supplies and a detailed sea map for his journey. He headed to Knight Academy’s Soul Tool Department to test Qiao Na’s latest Soul Tools, while considering recruiting Qiao Na and Ding De’er into the Tang Sect.

• Tang Lan gave Lin Ni a Soul Gathering Pearl and explained that it could speed up cultivation.
• Tang Lan asked Lin Ni to buy a detailed map of the waters beyond the Sun Moon Empire, travel food, and cooking ingredients, and asked about the upcoming Ten Thousand Treasures Commerce auction.
• Lin Ni agreed to handle the errands, and Tang Lan left to fulfill his promise to volunteer in Qiao Na’s Soul Tool Department.
• Tang Lan considered inviting peak Eighth-Rank Soul Engineers Qiao Na and Ding De’er to join the Tang Sect.

Tang Lan went to Knight Academy’s Soul Tool Department to meet Academician Qiao Na, but three students tried to stop him and started a fight. After Tang Lan easily defeated them, Director Chang Qing let him enter and warned Gao Feng not to provoke people beyond his reach.

• Tang Lan tried to enter the Soul Tool Department exhibition hall to find Academician Qiao Na, but Gao Feng and two students accused him of cutting in line and blocked him.
• Gao Feng attacked Tang Lan, and Tang Lan caught his fist and dodged the other two students’ attacks while injuring Gao Feng’s wrist.
• Director Chang Qing arrived after students alerted him and learned that Tang Lan was a Shrek Academy guest invited by Qiao Na to test Soul Tools.
• Chang Qing allowed Tang Lan to enter the exhibition hall, and the students made way for him.
• Gao Feng demanded that Chang Qing punish Tang Lan, but Chang Qing rebuked Gao Feng and ordered the students to go to the infirmary.

Tang Lan tested the Super Aggregation Soul Armor developed by Qiao Na, Lin Zheng, and Xu Yanjiao, discovering that it greatly enhanced his strength and provided powerful defense and offense. His test of its cannon left a vast, deep crater in the testing grounds.

• Tang Lan arrived at the testing grounds and met Qiao Na, Lin Zheng, and Xu Yanjiao, who introduced their Super Aggregation Soul Armor.
• Qiao Na explained that the armguard combined a Thunder Crystal Stone with the user's Soul Power and had three Soul Tool skills, along with limited uses before it needed recharging.
• Tang Lan activated the Energy Stimulation Battle Armor state and found that it multiplied his strength; he also formed a shield that could withstand attacks below the Titled Douluo level.
• Tang Lan flew into the air and fired the armguard's cannon, blasting a huge pit into the testing grounds and scattering sand and dust across the area.