Chapter Summaries

Tang Lan and Tang Hao discussed Ring Detonation, while Tang San tried and failed to get back in his father’s good graces. The group discovered that Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved, and Tang Lan prepared to help her absorb a stronger soul ring.

• Tang Lan gave Tang Hao Ten Thousand Year Fire Spirit Mushrooms, and Tang Hao dismissed Tang San’s apology before flying away.
• Tang Lan told Tang San that the immortal herbs came from Tang Hao’s collection and asked how much his Soul Power had improved; Tang San said he had gained only one rank.
• Oscar announced that he had reached rank 38 after absorbing the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, while Dai Mubai said he had reached rank 40 and expected to reach at least rank 43 after absorbing a soul ring.
• The group noticed that Ning Rongrong’s Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi presented Ning Rongrong with an Earth Tyrant Bear for its soul ring, and Tang Lan said her physical limit was 4,400 years and offered to help her absorb it.

Tang Lan revealed Zhu Zhuqing’s Third Soul Ring was an Origin Soul Ring that grew stronger with her body, and prepared to test a new Soul Spirit method with Jing Ling. He began explaining Soul Spirits but left their most important benefit unrevealed.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed that her Third Soul Ring had grown into a twelve-thousand-year black ring, and Tang Lan identified it as an Origin Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing said her External Soul Bone evolved in darkness, and Tang Lan estimated her physical limit at eighteen thousand years before offering to test it.
• Tang Lan fed the Earth Tyrant Bear a piece of thousand-year ganoderma and carefully raised its age to 4,399 years while checking Ning Rongrong’s planned soul ring.
• Tang Lan proposed letting Jing Ling test his Soul Spirit method first, explaining that a soul beast’s conscious soul could reside within a soul ring and assist its host.
• Tang Lan began describing Soul Spirits’ benefits, then paused before revealing the most important one.

Tang Lan proposed recycling Soul Spirits and began testing the new Soul Ring concept with Jing Ling. He persuaded a dying Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant to cooperate, leaving Jing Ling to absorb Whale Rubber before the experiment.

• Jing Ling volunteered to become the first Soul Spirit test subject after Tang Lan explained that Soul Spirits could be recycled.
• Tang Lan and the others left Gu Rong's bone barrier and found a badly injured Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant that had fought off many Soul Beasts.
• Tang Lan identified the elephant as a suitable Third Soul Ring for Jing Ling and used the Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor to keep it alive.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Jing Ling three pieces of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, and Jing Ling went aside to absorb them.
• Tang Lan used a spiritual link to promise the wary elephant that it could live on as a soul, and it agreed to participate in the Soul Spirit experiment.

Tang Lan guided the Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant and Jing Ling through the Soul Spirit Equality Contract, creating a powerful soul spirit that could take physical form and fight. Jing Ling discovered it could use his Soul Power and offer him another soul skill, leaving everyone astonished by the possibilities.

• Tang Lan fed the Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant Ten Thousand Year Snow Silkworms until its cultivation reached 4,799 years, then explained how it needed to cooperate in forming a contract with Jing Ling.
• After Jing Ling finished absorbing Whale Rubber, Tang Lan entered the elephant's spiritual world and condensed its spiritual origin, soul imprint, Soul Power, and innate bloodline energy into a soul spirit.
• Tang Lan kept Jing Ling alive as the contract strained his body, while the Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant and Jing Ling accepted the ritual without resistance.
• The Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant lost its life, and its symbols flowed into Jing Ling as a purple soul ring formed; the elephant then emerged as a vigorous, physical soul spirit.
• The Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant charged Gu Rong at Tang Lan's prompting, expanded to nearly thirty meters, and was slapped aside by Gu Rong.
• Jing Ling discovered that the soul spirit could use his Soul Power and had another soul skill it could grant him, prompting Tang Lan to speculate that powerful soul spirits could provide several skills.

Jing Ling’s first Soul Spirit evolved into an Origin Soul Spirit, strengthening his unusual Giant Skeleton ability, while Ning Rongrong gained a powerful third soul skill and advanced to Level 37. Ning Fengzhi promised Tang Lan an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, and Tang Lan invited him to develop his spirit together.

• Tang Lan explained that Jing Ling’s Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant was an Origin Soul Spirit that could grow stronger with him, and Jing Ling demonstrated his elephant-headed Giant Skeleton with enhanced bone skills.
• Gu Rong and Ning Fengzhi praised Jing Ling’s strength, and Tang Lan considered helping him develop the skill into a permanent Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang Lan advised Ning Rongrong to wait until her Seventh Soul Ring before trying to absorb a Soul Spirit because the process placed heavy demands on Mental Power.
• Ning Rongrong absorbed a Soul Ring and used her third skill to boost Tang Lan and Dai Mubai, but the amplification quickly exhausted her Soul Power and she fainted.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Rongrong had reached Level 37 without harming her foundation and promised Tang Lan an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• Tang Lan asked Ning Fengzhi whether he wanted to develop his spirit together with him.

Tang Lan proposed a secret organization to spread soul spirits, but Ning Fengzhi offered only limited support and kept the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect out of its management. Tang Lan began recruiting Mental Attribute soul masters for a Tang Sect trial, then secluded himself with Zhu Zhuqing after sending the others away.

• Tang Lan told Ning Fengzhi that the Soul Spirit Equality Contract should remain secret and proposed a joint organization whose members would be the only ones allowed to obtain soul spirits.
• Ning Fengzhi worried that soul spirits depended on finding dying soul beasts, then offered Rongrong and ten million Gold Soul Coins while refusing to manage the contract.
• Tang Lan asked Ning Fengzhi to spread word that Tang Sect would accept Mental Attribute soul masters as outer disciples, including those from other sects and families.
• Tang Lan ordered Zhu Zhuqing, Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Bing'er, and Yue'er to stay while sending Tang San and the others back; Tang San left rather than risk training with Tang Hao.
• Tang Lan sealed the others' consciousnesses and stored them in the Blue King, then embraced Zhu Zhuqing, built a Tang Sect Inn, and locked it against spying.

Tang Lan used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to help his companions seize opportunities for growth, while Zhu Zhuqing gained a powerful fourth Soul Ring and Shui Bing'er evolved her Martial Soul into an Ice Phoenix. The chapter ended with Shui Bing'er hoping to awaken Ultimate Ice in the Far North and scheming to win Tang Lan’s favor.

• Tang Lan brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Shui Bing'er began absorbing the Water Dragon King's diluted divine power, Dai Mubai absorbed the Fire Dragon King's, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a soul bone with Ah Yin's help.
• Tang Lan found a 25,200-year Ghost Tiger and weakened it before sending Zhu Zhuqing to capture it; she defeated the beast and absorbed its Soul Ring with Tang Lan's protection.
• Zhu Zhuqing gained the Shadow Avatar skill, which created four copies able to use her Soul Ring skills, and her level rose to 48.
• Dai Mubai emerged with an evolved fire-and-winged White Tiger Martial Soul, while Tang Lan rebuked him and sent him with Zhao Wuji to hunt a Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring.
• Shui Bing'er emerged with an Ice Phoenix Martial Soul, but Tang Lan said it had not reached Ultimate Ice; he promised to take her to the Far North after she reached level 40.
• Shui Bing'er accepted Tang Lan's plan and privately considered using her sister to help win his affection.

Tang Lan received massive rewards for taking opportunities from Tang San, strengthening his Soul Bones and raising his Origin Soul Ring to Hundred Thousand Year status. His Martial Soul began a third evolution, and the Goddess of Life offered him a First Class God inheritance, which he accepted.

• Tang Hao asked Tang Lan whether the Dragon Kings’ remains could yield god-level Soul Bones, and Tang Lan said they would wait until Ah Yin was resurrected before investigating.
• Tang Lan’s system awarded him a 50,000-year increase to all his Soul Bones for seizing Tang San’s opportunities, greatly strengthening his abilities and turning his Origin Soul Ring into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Lan received the Blue Silver Life Domain, which gathered life energy from plants and began his Martial Soul’s third evolution, raising him from level 59 to level 60 and forming a new Soul Ring.
• Ah Yin rejected the life energy so Tang Lan could absorb it, but Tang Lan told her his Martial Soul could not evolve further with mortal power and urged her to take the energy instead.
• The system awarded Tang Lan the Life God King's Gaze, summoning the Goddess of Life, who offered him the First Class God inheritance of the God of Destiny.
• Tang Lan accepted the inheritance, and the Goddess of Life placed a Life Mark on his chest and left him the method for becoming a god.

Tang Lan received the Goddess of Life’s divine mark, condensed his Origin Soul Ring, and helped Ah Yin recover before leaving to assist Dai Mubai. He connected Dai Mubai and a Crimson Flame Tiger Vulture so they could decide whether to form a Soul Spirit, then examined the two soul skills granted by his new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• The Goddess of Life gave Tang Lan the Life Mark, leaving him with marks from three First Class Gods, and Tang Lan condensed his Origin Soul Ring.
• Tang Lan guided Life Energy into Ah Yin, restoring her cultivation to seventy thousand years and allowing her to briefly manifest; Ah Yin reassured Tang Hao and spoke with Zhu Zhuqing before fading away.
• Tang Lan received Zhao Wuji’s message that Dai Mubai had found a Crimson Flame Tiger Vulture, then left Tang Hao and Ah Yin to meet them.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang Lan that Dai Mubai had spent three days chasing the exhausted beast because he felt it would make a suitable Soul Spirit.
• Tang Lan linked Dai Mubai and the Crimson Flame Tiger Vulture mentally so they could try to persuade each other, then went aside to study the two soul skills from his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

Tang Lan gained powerful new abilities after his soul rings evolved, then helped Dai Mubai absorb the Crimson Flame Tiger Vulture as a Soul Spirit. After returning to the Tang Sect, he left Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er discussing how to win his attention.

• Tang Lan’s new Life Ancient Tree and Life Forbidden Zone skills let him overwhelm enemies, while his other soul skills also grew stronger.
• With Jing Ling’s experience, Tang Lan helped Dai Mubai form a Soul Spirit contract with the Crimson Flame Tiger Vulture, raising Dai Mubai to level 46.
• Dai Mubai collapsed from exhaustion, so Tang Lan sealed him, Zhao Wuji, and Zhu Zhuqing inside the Blue King before using his Blood Escape Technique to return to Heaven Dou City.
• Tang Lan saw that the Tang Sect had opened a registration channel for Mental Attribute Soul Masters, then released his companions at the Inner Courtyard.
• Shui Bing’er told Shui Yue’er she wanted to win Tang Lan over and asked her sister to help, leaving Shui Yue’er stunned.

Tang Lan met Qian Renxue, reassured her that the Soul Spirit Equality Contract was too limited to threaten Spirit Hall, and accepted a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange for serving her personally. Qian Renxue left hoping to build a future together with him.

• Tang Lan cared for Zhu Zhuqing after she passed out, then went to meet the waiting Shui Bing'er sisters and learned that Qian Renxue had been waiting since noon.
• Tang Lan greeted Qian Renxue and told her that soul spirits faced major obstacles, including the need for willing Soul Beasts and the difficulty of raising them.
• Tang Lan told Qian Renxue that he could not yet confirm whether soul spirits could be recycled, easing her concerns about their potential impact.
• Qian Renxue gave Tang Lan a Hundred Thousand Year Golden Dragon Crocodile Right Arm Bone after he promised to serve her for a hundred years if it helped him reach rank 99.

Tang Lan received a hundred-thousand-year Golden Dragon Crocodile right arm bone from Qian Renxue and gave her the promised Tang Sect techniques. He offered the bone to Tang San as a way to repair his foundation, but Tang San could not absorb it and was left devastated.

• Qian Renxue gave Tang Lan the Golden Dragon Crocodile right arm bone, and Tang Lan handed her the promised Tang Sect techniques, including the fourth layer of the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Tang Lan located Tang San, dragged him from the dining hall, and told him the hundred-thousand-year soul bone might repair his foundation.
• Tang San eagerly tried to absorb the bone, but a blue light repeatedly severed his connection and made it fall away.
• Tang Lan suggested that the strength-type bone required an ultimate strength attribute, which Tang San lacked, and Tang San repeatedly failed to absorb it.
• After exhausting his inner force, Tang San collapsed in despair and clung to the bone when Tang Lan tried to retrieve it.

Tang Lan deceived Tang San into believing he had lost his chance to gain an ultimate power attribute, then absorbed the Golden Dragon Crocodile Right Arm Bone. After obtaining two soul bone skills and receiving an invitation from Crown Prince Xue Qinghe, Tang Lan prepared for his next meeting, while Shui Bing'er saw a chance to grow closer to him in the Far North.

• Tang San realized Tang Lan might possess an ultimate power attribute and spiraled into jealousy after Tang Lan left.
• Tang Lan used Vast Sea Soul Seal to conceal the truth from Tang San, then began absorbing the Golden Dragon Crocodile Right Arm Bone.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke during the absorption, and Tang Lan used Mirror Flower, Water Moon and Life Spirit Blue Silver Emperor to prank and restrain her.
• Tang Lan finished absorbing the bone, gained Crocodile Dragon's Might and Death Roll, and checked that his Origin Soul Ring had grown to 117,000 years.
• An Imperial Guard delivered Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's invitation for lunch, and Tang Lan told Shui Bing'er to have Jing Ling meet him at Tang Sect Academy.
• Shui Bing'er considered the upcoming trip to the Far North a chance for her and Shui Yue'er to win Tang Lan over.

Tang Lan considered how to fuse the Eight Spider Lances and prepared materials to attract stronger soul masters to the Tang Sect. Tang San failed to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone and turned to weapon research, while Tang Lan gained a level from undermining his confidence.

• Tang Lan considered fusing the Eight Spider Lances with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Evil God Pearl and planned to search for the tiger after meeting Qian Renxue.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Tang San about his bad mood, and he admitted that he had failed to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong resolved to train harder, each hoping to become a candidate for the incompatible soul bone.
• Tang San took leave from training to research and forge new hidden weapons with Titan, hoping to surpass Tang Lan.
• Tang Lan received a level increase after Tang San’s loss of confidence slowed his cultivation, then compiled cultivation and martial-soul research for the Tang Sect and added part of the Nine Yang Divine Skill as an incentive to join.

Tang Lan arranged for the Tang Sect Encyclopedia’s second volume to be distributed across the continent and worked with Ning Fengzhi to launch the Tang Li Newspaper. He then went to Qian Renxue’s palace banquet and stunned her by claiming his soul bone had raised his strength and soul ring limit.

• Tang Lan credited Emperor Xue Ye’s financial support in the encyclopedia and arranged for Ning Fengzhi to distribute the second volume for free to attract readers.
• Tang Lan proposed a newspaper, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to launch the Tang Li Newspaper within a week using the second volume’s release to spread it.
• Tang Lan traveled to the imperial palace by Golden-Winged Bird and noticed that Qian Renxue’s forces were heavily armed with Tang Sect firearms.
• Tang Lan greeted Qian Renxue with a hug and claimed the soul bone had raised him to level sixty-five and increased his Seventh Soul Ring’s limit beyond eighty thousand years.

Tang Lan and Qian Renxue discussed Spirit Hall and the continent’s looming conflict before Qian Renxue asked him to infiltrate Xue Beng’s faction. Tang Lan staged a public falling-out with Qian Renxue and the Heaven Dou royal family, leaving Prince Xue Xing poised to take the bait while Qian Renxue privately admired Tang Lan.

• Tang Lan befriended Qian Renxue at a banquet and praised Spirit Hall’s role in aiding commoners and mediating between the empires.
• Tang Lan predicted an age of chaos and suggested Spirit Hall might have a greater goal, but he changed the subject before Qian Renxue could probe further.
• Qian Renxue asked Tang Lan to infiltrate Xue Beng’s faction, and Tang Lan agreed after confirming that the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone was a secret.
• Tang Lan staged an angry departure from the palace, claiming he would move the Tang Sect to the Star Luo Empire, then announced that recruitment and outside trade would be suspended.
• Yu Xiaogang helped rumors of a Tang Sect split spread, and Xue Ye ordered Xue Xing to handle Tang Lan while Qian Renxue privately recognized that Tang Lan had lured Xue Xing into the scheme.

Tang Lan reached the Star Dou Great Forest and reunited with Xiao Wu, who eagerly introduced him to Er Ming and Da Ming. Da Ming approved of Tang Lan, but Er Ming resented him and openly challenged Xiao Wu’s choice.

• Tang Lan used the Blood Escape Technique to reach the Star Dou Great Forest, draining the Life Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and restoring it by absorbing vitality from soul beasts over two days.
• Tang Lan sent a message, built a Tang Sect Inn, and waited until Er Ming arrived to bring him to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu rushed into Tang Lan’s arms, introduced him to Er Ming, and said Da Ming wanted to meet him.
• Tang Lan praised Xiao Wu’s cultivation and promised that his immortal herbs could help her reach around Rank 50, while Er Ming tried to jostle him and failed.
• Da Ming met Tang Lan and said he could trust him with Xiao Wu, but Er Ming objected, prompting Xiao Wu to demand an apology.

Tang Lan revealed his extraordinary soul rings, soul bones, and divine inheritance to Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming, then gave Xiao Wu the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to absorb. He tried to convince Da Ming and Er Ming that Soul Spirits could let Soul Beasts ascend to godhood, and summoned Jing Ling and his Soul Spirit to demonstrate.

• Da Ming recognized that Tang Lan's soul rings had not come from hunting, so Tang Lan revealed his six Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, eight soul bones, and Life God King's recognition.
• Xiao Wu cheered at the news that Tang Lan could become a god, then ate the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and began absorbing it inside the Vast Sea Divine Soul Cover.
• Tang Lan explained that Soul Spirits could let Soul Beasts become divine beings alongside their hosts, but Er Ming attacked him with his Gravity Control Domain until Da Ming stopped him.
• Da Ming asked Tang Lan to prove his claims, so Tang Lan released Jing Ling and removed the Vast Sea Soul Seal.
• Jing Ling summoned his Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant Soul Spirit, which trembled as Da Ming and Er Ming inspected it.

After helping Xiao Wu advance toward human transformation, Tang Lan negotiated with Da Ming and Er Ming to unite the Star Dou Great Forest and offer endangered soul beasts a path to life as Soul Spirits. Da Ming and Er Ming agreed, with Er Ming set to become Tang Lan’s soul spirit first and Da Ming to follow after the forest was unified.

• The Flesh Mountain Giant Elephant endured Da Ming and Er Ming’s tests, then Tang Lan sent it to soak in the Lake of Life.
• Xiao Wu reached level 49 after absorbing an immortal herb, and Tang Lan gave her two soul bones and a Fire Essence Core to help her assume human form.
• Da Ming asked Tang Lan to make him and Er Ming his first and second soul spirits, but Tang Lan said he wanted their help ruling the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Lan proposed gathering soul beasts near death who longed for the human world and helping them sign Soul Spirit Equality Contracts.
• Tang Lan demonstrated how plants and Communication Soul Tools could help Da Ming and Er Ming coordinate control of the forest.
• Da Ming and Er Ming accepted the plan, agreeing that Er Ming would sacrifice himself first and Da Ming would follow after they unified the forest.

Tang Lan helped Xiao Wu complete her transformation into a human and secured Da Ming and Er Ming’s cooperation in unifying the Star Dou Great Forest. He left with Xiao Wu and three Soul Bones, while Da Ming began using Tang Lan’s Communication Soul Tool to organize the plan.

• Tang Lan refused Er Ming’s offer to sacrifice himself, proposing that Da Ming and Er Ming unify the forest before becoming his Soul Spirits.
• Da Ming and Tang Lan guarded Xiao Wu as she completed her transformation, gained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and joyfully reunited with Tang Lan.
• Da Ming gave Tang Lan three Soul Bones and promised to collect more, while Tang Lan asked the beasts to notify him if they found the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Tang Lan placed a Vast Sea Soul Seal on Jing Ling, then vanished with him and Xiao Wu using the Blue Silver Life Domain.
• Er Ming rushed off to begin conquering the forest’s core zone, while Da Ming studied the Communication Soul Tool and considered Tang Lan’s influence over the Soul Beasts.