Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan, Long Yao, and Bell witnessed a Red Phosphorus Dragon Fish King endure its tribulation to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but it died in the final lightning strike. Tang Lan spotted a Devil Twin-Tail Shark fleeing with the Dragon Fish King's head and rushed after it.

• Tang Lan realized that the schools of fish were helping a Soul Beast resist its lightning tribulation.
• Long Yao identified the huge creature as a Red Phosphorus Dragon Fish King attempting to become a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• The Dragon Fish King charged into the final lightning strike, but it was reduced to a lifeless skeleton.
• Long Yao lamented the Dragon Fish King's death, while Bell warned that powerful Soul Beasts would gather to devour its remains.
• Tang Lan flew toward the fallen remains, and Bell sailed away with Long Yao.
• Tang Lan found a Devil Twin-Tail Shark over ninety thousand years old fleeing with the Dragon Fish King's head in its jaws.

Tang Lan escaped the Sea of Death’s gathering Soul Beasts with Long Yao and Bell, then sailed toward Rock Moon Island. The three reached the island and began looking for a place to stay.

• Tang Lan killed the Devil Twin-Tail Shark, took the Red Phosphorus Dragon Fish King’s head, and returned to the soul vessel as powerful auras approached.
• Tang Lan sped away with Long Yao and Bell, while giant Soul Beasts arrived and battled over the remains of the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Tang Lan consulted his map and set Rock Moon Island as their destination, warning the others to wait before eating the fish meat they had collected.
• Over three days, Tang Lan killed several Sea Soul Beasts and grilled tentacles from a Deep Sea Squid King for Long Yao and Bell.
• Tang Lan, Long Yao, and Bell reached Rock Moon Island, put away the soul vessel, and went ashore.
• Tang Lan proposed that they search for shelter and gather fruit, and told Long Yao to stay beside him.

Tang Lan, Long Yao, and Bell explored a tidal island and found a dry cave to use as shelter. After Bell discovered a fragment of rare heavenly meteorite iron near an underground cave, Tang Lan planned to investigate it the next morning and concealed their shelter with a Soul Tool.

• Tang Lan and Long Yao explored the island’s western forest while Bell searched the east, then the group settled in a spacious natural cave.
• Tang Lan studied a map of the Sea of Death and told Long Yao he intended to search for a Three-Clawed Golden Dragon soul ring deeper in the sea.
• Bell showed Tang Lan a metal fragment he had found, and Tang Lan identified it as rare material likely forged from a heavenly meteorite.
• Bell said the fragment came from near a seemingly bottomless underground cave, and Tang Lan arranged for the group to investigate it the next morning.
• Tang Lan concealed the cave entrance with the Perfect Six-Sided Cube, and Bell placed Soul Tool Spiders outside as alarms.
• Tang Lan carved a private dwelling inside the cave, and Long Yao appreciated his consideration.

Tang Lan, Long Yao, and Bell explored the underground cave, fought its Vampire Bats and Bat King, and discovered a huge abandoned humanoid Soul Tool and a trove of metal. They divided the materials among themselves and left the cave’s mysterious relic behind for now.

• Bell sent six Soul Tool Spiders into the cave to scout, and Tang Lan led the group inside.
• Tang Lan and Bell defeated a swarm of poisonous Vampire Bats, then Tang Lan wounded the Bat King as it attacked.
• Long Yao unleashed the Dark Demon Dragon’s roar, causing the approaching bat swarms to lose control and fall.
• Tang Lan, Long Yao, and Bell reached a vast cavern and found a glittering supply of metal beside a giant, empty humanoid Soul Tool shell.
• Tang Lan proposed dividing the materials, and the three agreed that he would receive fifty percent, Bell thirty percent, and Long Yao twenty percent.

Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao discovered the remains of a Ninth-Rank Soul Engineer and valuable Soul Tools in an underground cave, and Bell took responsibility for carrying the remains. The group continued into the Sea of Death’s inner region, where Tang Lan gathered materials from powerful Soul Beasts as they neared the Thousand-Faced Beast’s location.

• Tang Lan found an energy-core fragment and, after Bell heard flowing water, the three discovered an underground spring and evidence of a battle between Soul Engineer Dao Zhi and a Soul Beast.
• Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao opened a metal box beside the humanoid skeleton and learned from Gold’s letter that he had died after fighting an Azure Armor Dragon Crocodile sixty years earlier.
• Long Yao declined to carry Gold’s remains, so Bell accepted the Soul Tools and placed the skeleton in an iron coffin, intending to return it to the Matt Family.
• Tang Lan concealed the cave entrance after the three collected water and dismantled the Soul Tool armor, then decided to investigate the depths another time.
• The next day, Tang Lan and his companions entered the Sea of Death’s inner region, where he repeatedly defeated powerful Soul Beasts and accumulated materials while approaching the Thousand-Faced Beast’s location.

Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao entered the Black Sea to hunt Thousand-Faced Beasts, but encountered a dying Soul Whale pursued by two hundred-thousand-year-old Evil Spirit Tiger Sharks. The sharks began tearing into the Soul Whale as the three watched from their soul boat.

• Tang Lan explained that Thousand-Faced Beasts parasitized soul beasts and planned to search for their hosts.
• After five days at sea, Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao reached the Black Sea and spotted a Soul Whale with a powerful aura of death.
• Tang Lan identified two nearby Evil Spirit Tiger Sharks as hundred-thousand-year-old beasts targeting the Soul Whale rather than the group.
• Bell realized the sharks had detected him, while Tang Lan noted that the Soul Whale was their more tempting prey.
• The Soul Whale tried to flee and shielded itself, but the sharks pierced its defense with blood-red teeth and began devouring it.

Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao fought through Silver Bone Skeleton Fish while fleeing a young Evil Spirit Orca that pursued their soul boat. Tang Lan turned to confront the orca, stabbed its back with the Overlord Spear, and was dragged into the dark depths as it dove.

• Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao cut a path through the Silver Bone Skeleton Fish and drove their soul boat away from the battle between the adult Evil Spirit Orcas and the Giant Soul Whale.
• A third, weakened Evil Spirit Orca pursued the soul boat and attacked it with a dark red blade, forcing Tang Lan to protect the vessel as they fled.
• Tang Lan stopped the escape, told Bell to protect Long Yao, and flew out to face the young orca.
• Tang Lan deflected the orca's Evil Spirit Slash, landed on its back, and stabbed its spine with the Overlord Spear.
• The Evil Spirit Orca dove deep into the sea with Tang Lan still holding on, and he used his Ancient Dragon Spirit and the Mermaid King's Heart of Protection to withstand the underwater conditions.

Tang Lan wounded an Evil Spirit Orca and lured Ancient Soul Beasts to attack it, then escaped as one of its adult companions arrived. He surfaced to find a Giant Soul Whale overwhelming the remaining Evil Spirit Tiger Shark, but when he dove back down, more than twenty Ancient Soul Beasts were attacking the two smaller Evil Spirit Tiger Sharks.

• Tang Lan used the Overlord Spear to damage the Evil Spirit Orca and draw eight Ancient Soul Sharks to it.
• Tang Lan shattered the Evil Spirit Orca's spine, then fled upward and left it surrounded by the Ancient Soul Sharks.
• An adult Evil Spirit Orca arrived and killed the Ancient Soul Beasts attacking its young, while Tang Lan hid and watched.
• Tang Lan surfaced and saw the Giant Soul Whale badly wound the remaining Evil Spirit Tiger Shark.
• Tang Lan dove below again and found more than twenty Ancient Soul Beasts attacking the two smaller Evil Spirit Tiger Sharks.

Tang Lan watched the injured Evil Spirit Orcas and Sea Soul Beasts draw a Deep Sea Demonic Whale into battle, then gathered rare materials while the creatures fought. He and his companions stayed concealed aboard the soul boat as the sea became a feeding ground for the surviving beasts.

• Tang Lan waited while the Evil Spirit Orcas killed more than thirty Sea Soul Beasts and both sides suffered heavy wounds.
• A Deep Sea Demonic Whale arrived, and the Silver Valley Skeleton Fish charged it while the two Evil Spirit Orcas prepared to defend themselves.
• Long Yao and Bell reported that an Evil Spirit Orca had been badly injured while fighting the Giant Soul Whale and was fleeing toward them.
• Tang Lan told Long Yao and Bell to stay aboard the soul boat and watch as three Evil Spirit Orcas fought the Deep Sea Demonic Whale.
• Tang Lan collected rare soul beast materials while the surviving Sea Soul Beasts fought over the corpses, relying on the Merman King Guardian Pendant to conceal the soul boat.

Tang Lan killed the fleeing Deep Sea Demon Whale, while its juvenile Evil Spirit Orca preyed on its body and then fought the Sea Soul Beasts closing in around its dying parents. Long Yao asked to save the juvenile, and Tang Lan turned the soul vessel toward it.

• Tang Lan watched the juvenile Evil Spirit Orca lose its fight with the injured Deep Sea Demon Whale, then killed the whale with his Overlord Spear and collected its Right Arm Bone.
• The juvenile Evil Spirit Orca tore apart and devoured the Deep Sea Demon Whale before returning to its parents, who soon died from their wounds.
• The juvenile attacked the approaching Sea Soul Beasts, and Long Yao questioned the tragedy and asked to save it.
• Bell warned Long Yao that the juvenile might attack them, but Tang Lan turned the soul vessel toward it and said they needed to hurry.

Tang Lan and his companions helped the Evil Spirit Orca escape the Sea Soul Beasts, then offered two dying Evil Spirit Tiger Sharks the chance to become his Soul Spirits. After gaining their Soul Rings and skills, Tang Lan burned the two Evil Spirit Orcas’ bodies and continued preparing to pursue the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon.

• Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao killed nearly twenty Sea Soul Beasts, driving the survivors away and easing the Evil Spirit Orca’s burden.
• Tang Lan allowed the wounded Evil Spirit Orca to say farewell to its parents, and the Silver Bone Skeleton Fish escorted it away.
• Tang Lan offered two dying Evil Spirit Tiger Sharks a chance to become Soul Spirits, and they agreed to merge with his Overlord Spear.
• The two Soul Spirits granted Tang Lan the skills Evil Spirit Parasitism and Evil Spirit Bloodthirsty Slash, and he collected their soul bones.
• Tang Lan burned the two Evil Spirit Orcas’ bodies to ashes and planned to continue his search for the Nine-Headed Demon Dragon.

After absorbing two Evil Spirit Orcas as conscious Soul Spirits, Tang Lan led Bell and Long Yao to the sea region where the Thousand-Faced Beast was said to appear. They rested there, but a strange jellyfish swarm began heating the sea, and Tang Lan discovered a gigantic jellyfish deep underwater.

• Tang Lan absorbed the two Evil Spirit Orcas as Soul Spirits, burned their bodies, and scattered their ashes into the sea.
• Tang Lan sensed powerful auras approaching, so he took Bell and Long Yao away from the fighting and later identified their location as the Thousand-Faced Beast's sea region.
• Tang Lan postponed the search because the group was exhausted, and the three rested aboard the soul boat for the night.
• During Tang Lan's watch, fierce winds and boiling seawater stirred; he discovered tens of thousands of translucent jellyfish and a gigantic jellyfish deep below the surface.
• Bell woke to the rising heat and rushed out of the cabin, while Long Yao also woke from the disturbance.

Tang Lan discovered that the Flame Domain Jellyfish King was draining a captured Dragon Turtle Baxia and fought the king while it commanded its offspring against him. He wounded the king, which began devouring its offspring to preserve its strength.

• Bell sent out his puppet doll to fight the Flame Domain Jellyfish, but their explosive attacks forced him to recall it.
• Tang Lan dived beneath the sea and found the Flame Domain Jellyfish King binding and draining a weakened Dragon Turtle Baxia.
• Tang Lan fought off the king’s tentacles with the Overlord Spear and used his soul skills to disrupt its control over the jellyfish offspring.
• Tang Lan’s Evil Spirit Bloodthirsty Slash wounded the Flame Domain Jellyfish King, which began devouring its offspring to replenish its strength.

Tang Lan and the dying Dragon Turtle Baxia joined forces to defeat the Flame Domain Jellyfish King after hours of fighting. The Dragon Turtle swallowed the king to stop its regeneration, then fell back to the brink of death as the surviving jellyfish fled.

• Tang Lan attacked the Flame Domain Jellyfish King, but it used the power of the surrounding Flame Domain Jellyfish to shield itself and counter him.
• Dragon Turtle Baxia broke free, and Tang Lan cut the tentacles controlling it so it could attack the king.
• Tang Lan defended Baxia from the tentacles and waves of jellyfish while the two sea beasts fought for three hours.
• Baxia bit into the weakened king and killed it by tearing open its brain.
• The remaining Flame Domain Jellyfish tried to restore their king, but Baxia swallowed its remains to prevent its regeneration.
• Tang Lan found Baxia nearly lifeless and told it that its exhausted lifespan could not be restored.

Tang Lan accepted Baxia as his Fifth Soul Spirit and gained its abilities, then killed the Flame Domain Jellyfish King and claimed its soul ring and External Soul Bone. He returned to Bell and the others after resolving the danger in the Sea of Death.

• Tang Lan offered Baxia the chance to become his Soul Spirit while retaining its consciousness, and Baxia agreed by condensing a soul ring.
• Tang Lan fused with Baxia, gaining its palm bone, Spirit Control Power, the Baxia Domain, and Dragon Tooth Penetration.
• Tang Lan learned that the Flame Domain Jellyfish King had survived as a crimson core, then shattered it and absorbed its three-hundred-thousand-year soul ring.
• Tang Lan obtained the Flame Domain Jellyfish King's External Soul Bone, which could summon growing numbers of jellyfish to fight for him.
• Tang Lan burned Baxia's body and returned to Bell, who said the nearby Flame Domain Jellyfish had disappeared.

Tang Lan and his companions discovered that the Thousand-Faced Beast had possessed the Giant Soul Whale and sent Bell to remove it. Bell breached the whale’s protective barrier, but the creature dodged his grasp and moved toward the back of its neck.

• Tang Lan continued searching the waters with Bell and Long Yao, where they encountered Sea Soul Beasts fighting under apparent control.
• Tang Lan and Long Yao spotted the Giant Soul Whale battling Demon Soul Great White Sharks and saw that it had blood-red eyes and was attacking other Soul Beasts.
• Bell suspected the Thousand-Faced Beast had possessed the Giant Soul Whale, and Tang Lan confirmed the suspicion when he saw black lines and a demonic vine on its forehead.
• Tang Lan ordered Bell to remove the Thousand-Faced Beast while promising to intervene if Bell faced danger.
• Bell used his Ninth-Rank Flight Soul Tool, Stealth Paper Crane, and puppet doll to enter the whale’s barrier, but the Thousand-Faced Beast dodged his grab and slipped toward the back of the whale’s neck.

Bell fought the Thousand-Faced Beast controlling the Giant Soul Whale, but its tentacles pierced his chest before Tang Lan could save him. The Thousand-Faced Beast revealed its identity and threatened them, while Bell feared he might be under its control.

• The Thousand-Faced Beast attacked Bell with water columns, and Bell used his flaming paper crane and spatial top hat to swallow its dark-red tentacles.
• Tang Lan recognized Bell’s top hat as a spatial martial soul, but the tentacles tried to escape and continued controlling the Giant Soul Whale.
• A tentacle pierced Bell’s left chest, so Tang Lan left Long Yao on the Soul Boat and rushed to cut the tentacle controlling Bell.
• Tang Lan saw the Thousand-Faced Beast’s true form atop the Giant Soul Whale and heard it offer to spare Bell if Tang Lan left.
• Tang Lan refused to retreat, and the Thousand-Faced Beast identified itself as the Thousand-Faced Demon Lord and threatened to Devour them.
• Bell feared the creature had controlled him and urged Tang Lan to leave.

Tang Lan discovered that the Thousand-Faced Beast had hidden a parasitic seed inside Bell’s dantian, but Bell used his Magic Top Hat to seize control of the Parasitic Vine. The group fled by soul boat to an island, where the Thousand-Faced Beast confronted them and vowed to drain them completely.

• Tang Lan examined Bell but initially found no sign of parasitism until a dark green Parasitic Vine grew from Bell’s chest.
• Bell used his Magic Top Hat to take the Parasitic Vine from the Thousand-Faced Beast and make it obey him.
• The Giant Soul Whale attacked, forcing Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao to escape aboard their soul boat.
• Tang Lan steered the group to an island, where they prepared to face the pursuing Giant Soul Whale and Thousand-Faced Beast.
• The Thousand-Faced Beast accused the humans of taking its offspring and threatened to drain them completely.

Tang Lan defended the island from the Thousand-Faced Beast and the Giant Soul Whale, then used his newly acquired soul bone skills to wound the whale and counter its attacks. The whale summoned a host of water-formed attackers, and Tang Lan launched his Evil Whale Wrath Fist at it.

• The Thousand-Faced Beast ordered the Giant Soul Whale to attack the island, and Tang Lan raised an Ancient Dragon Guardian barrier to block the waves.
• The Giant Soul Whale fired a beam at Tang Lan, but he shattered it with the Dragon God Overlord Spear and fought through the Thousand-Faced Beast’s regenerating tentacles.
• Tang Lan expanded his Mystic Tortoise Domain and struck the Giant Soul Whale with a Sea Control Fist empowered by his Baxia Right Palm Bone.
• Tang Lan controlled the island’s mountains to form an Earth Vein Rock Spear, which pierced the Giant Soul Whale’s tail and drew blood.
• The Giant Soul Whale used Ten Thousand Whales Leap Through Heaven's Gate to send whale-shaped water attacks toward Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao.
• Tang Lan cleaved one water whale with his Evil Spirit Leg Axe and launched an Evil Whale Wrath Fist at the Giant Soul Whale.

Tang Lan defeated and killed the Thousand-Faced Beast, then absorbed its Soul Ring and gained the Soul Control skill. He also obtained the Thousand Illusion Eye and watched the freed Giant Soul Whale swim away.

• Tang Lan pierced the Thousand-Faced Beast with the Dragon God Overlord Spear and severed most of its tentacles when it counterattacked.
• Tang Lan caught the fleeing beast in a giant hand of seawater and burned it with Ancient Dragon Flame until it died.
• Tang Lan absorbed the beast's dark red Soul Ring and gained his eighth soul skill, Soul Control, which let him summon ranks of water soldiers.
• Tang Lan identified the beast's black soul bone as the Thousand Illusion Eye and said it could help him control soul beasts over a Hundred Thousand Years old under strict conditions.
• The Giant Soul Whale regained its consciousness and swam away from Tang Lan, Bell, and Long Yao.