Chapter Summaries

Xu Jie and Dugu Lu entered Shandou City, where Xu Jie revealed that he had cured Dugu Lu of the Dugu Family’s poisonous Martial Soul defect. Dugu Yun’s excitement over the discovery drove him into a mental obsession, so Xu Jie pulled him through a mysterious door; Dugu Lu and the arriving city forces waited outside for them to return.

• Xu Jie offered the old man two Gold Soul Coins to bring his son to a Soul Master Academy, but the old man still planned to take the boy to the Dugu Family.
• Dugu Lu brought Xu Jie into Shandou City, where they encountered Dugu Yun, who pressed Xu Jie to call him Big Brother Dugu.
• Xu Jie told Dugu Yun that he had found a way to solve the Dugu Family’s Martial Soul defect and that he had already cured Dugu Lu.
• Dugu Yun found no Jade Phosphor Snake Venom in Dugu Lu, then fell into a mental obsession and demanded to know Xu Jie’s method.
• Xu Jie opened a strange white door and dragged Dugu Yun inside while golden-red flames contained the poison.
• Three figures arrived, and Dugu Lu explained that Dugu Yun and Xu Jie were inside the door as the others questioned its Evil Soul Master aura.

Xu Jie brought Dugu Yun through the Gate of the Undead, but Dugu Yun’s overwhelming joy at learning his family’s Martial Soul flaw could be cured drove him mad. Ye Guyi and Jing Ziyan arrived to hold off his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor form while Xu Jie tried to purge the potent venom from his body.

• Ye Guyi sensed Xu Jie’s aura at the explosion site and flew there with Jing Ziyan, while Xiao Xiao and Qian Ran stayed behind.
• Xu Jie found Dugu Yun disoriented and realized the elder had lost his reason after his buried emotions erupted.
• Dugu Yun transformed into his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Xu Jie with his tail and Poison Mist.
• The snake venom entered Xu Jie’s body and paralyzed him, but Ye Guyi struck Dugu Yun’s tail with a golden Sword Ray before it hit him.
• Xu Jie told Ye Guyi and Jing Ziyan to hold Dugu Yun off for two minutes while he used the Nine Yang Divine Skill to neutralize the venom.

Xu Jie used the Dragon King Bone and his other powers to subdue Dugu Yun after Dugu Yun lost control of his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor martial soul. He returned with Dugu Yun to Shandou City, where the city lord cleared him of suspicion, and then invited Dugu Lu to go home with him.

• Ye Guyi and Jing Ziyan attacked the giant serpent from a distance while Xu Jie neutralized the venom threatening Jing Ziyan.
• Xu Jie unleashed the Dragon King Bone’s aura, suppressed Dugu Yun’s serpent form, and beat him unconscious with help from the Golden Dragon Spear and Crimson Gold Profound Flame.
• Xu Jie left Ye Guyi and Jing Ziyan in the Gate of the Undead and emerged in Shandou City carrying Dugu Yun.
• Dugu Yan checked Dugu Yun and confirmed he was unharmed, while Xu Jie explained that Dugu Yun had exhausted himself and fainted.
• Wang Bing questioned Xu Jie about the Gate of the Undead, but accepted the proof of Xu Jie’s pure light and left; Li Ming invited Xu Jie to visit Shandou Soul Master Academy.
• Xu Jie asked Dugu Lu to go with him to visit her home.

Xu Jie accompanied Dugu Lu and the unconscious Dugu Yun to the Dugu Family residence, where Dugu Yan learned that Xu Jie had found a way to resolve the family’s martial-soul flaw. The group arrived to find Dugu Ming and Dugu Xin waiting, and Dugu Yan hesitated when asked what had happened.

• Dugu Yan thanked Xu Jie for optimizing the family’s Poison Scripture, then asked why Dugu Yun had lost control.
• Dugu Lu said Dugu Yun had fainted from excitement after hearing news about the Dugu Family’s future, and Dugu Yan realized Xu Jie had found a solution to their martial-soul flaw.
• Dugu Lu calmed Dugu Yan with the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor’s aura, then explained why it would have made Dugu Yun more berserk.
• Xu Jie, Dugu Lu, Dugu Yan, and Dugu Yun traveled through the Dugu Family’s territory to its residence, where Dugu Ming and Dugu Xin were waiting.
• Dugu Xin examined Dugu Yun and confirmed he was fine, then asked Dugu Yan what had happened; she looked to Xu Jie and Dugu Lu, unsure how to explain.

Xu Jie revealed that he had cured Dugu Lu’s Jade Phosphor Snake Venom, but refused to explain the method, which involved the Soul Contract System. He offered the Dugu Family another temporary solution and presented Dugu Lu with a secret manual.

• Dugu Lu introduced Xu Jie to Dugu Ming, who warmly welcomed him after learning he had revised cultivation methods.
• Dugu Ming explained that he suspected the Poison Scripture could not solve the Dugu Family’s martial soul defect, and Xu Jie agreed.
• Xu Jie said his method had cured Dugu Lu, and Dugu Yan confirmed that no snake venom remained in her nephew’s body.
• Xu Jie refused to reveal the method, and Dugu Yan became agitated until Dugu Ming rebuked her and she apologized.
• Xu Jie offered a temporary way to address the defect that would benefit Dugu Lu, then took out a secret manual.

Xu Jie introduced the Poison Scripture—Dual Cultivation Edition, allowing Dugu Yan to transfer Jade Phosphor Snake Venom to Dugu Lu, who could absorb it to strengthen his cultivation. Their trial succeeded, and Dugu Lu reached level sixty-nine, while the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower protected him when the venom briefly overwhelmed him.

• Xu Jie gave Dugu Lu the revised Poison Scripture and explained how Dugu Yan could pass her venom to him during cultivation.
• Dugu Yan, Dugu Lu, and Dugu Ming agreed to test the method, and Dugu Xin arrived as they prepared in the hall.
• Dugu Yan and Dugu Lu began cultivating together, and Dugu Lu absorbed the venom she sent through their joined hands.
• Dugu Yan sent more venom, including the accumulated venom in her body, causing Dugu Lu's cultivation to rise rapidly.
• When the venom exceeded Dugu Lu's absorption capacity, the Jade Phosphor Nine Absolute Flower appeared and stopped the spreading green color.
• After half an hour, Dugu Lu broke through to level sixty-nine, and Dugu Yan opened her eyes with excitement.

Xu Jie’s treatment rapidly reduced Dugu Yan’s accumulated toxins, earning him the Dugu Family’s support and old records about immortal herbs. He then took up a post as headmaster at a ruined academy, where he found a group of homeless children and went to see the sick girl Xiao Cao.

• Dugu Yan reported that Xu Jie’s treatment had removed nearly half the toxins in her body, and Dugu Ming gave Xu Jie a token granting him the Dugu Family’s support for fifty years.
• Dugu Ming showed Xu Jie an old map of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and records describing immortal herbs; Xu Jie kept the herb records but declined the map.
• Xu Jie asked Dugu Lu to find him an academy, and Dugu Lu led him to the badly ruined Shandou City Second Soul Master Academy.
• A wary little beggar told Xu Jie that Xiao Cao needed help, but Xu Jie refused to give up the academy and instead declared the children his students.
• Xu Jie followed the little beggar into a damaged building, where he found Xiao Cao lying on dry grass with four other ragged children nearby.

Xu Jie cared for a group of homeless children, treating Xiao Cao’s fever and examining their health before arranging food, baths, and shelter. After discovering Wang Dongdong’s leg had turned necrotic, Xu Jie prepared a separate tent to remove the damaged part, and golden light began turning purple as the procedure started.

• Xu Jie recognized the herbs the children had given Xiao Cao, then used his Dark Gold Spirit Staff and Soul Power to ease her fever.
• The children introduced themselves as Ah Da, Ah Er, Li Yingying, Ah Diu, and Wang Dongdong, and Xu Jie told them to call him Headmaster.
• Xu Jie examined the children and found that Wang Dongdong’s right leg was blackened and necrotic; Wang Dongdong accepted that the dead portion would have to be removed.
• Dugu Lu returned with Dugu Yan and a team of soul masters, who set up tents, bathed the children, and repaired two rooms for the academy.
• Xu Jie and Dugu Lu cleaned and clothed the boys while Dugu Yan cared for Li Yingying and Xiao Cao, and the team finished a classroom and dormitory.
• Xu Jie had a separate tent built for Wang Dongdong, and golden light under his control began turning purple as he prepared to operate.

Xu Jie treated Wang Dongdong’s necrotic leg and opened Shandou City Second Soul Master Academy with a small student body but a formidable staff. He settled his people in the academy and, as the war continued elsewhere, stayed in Shandou City to focus on the school.

• Xu Jie used Soul Sealing to anesthetize Wang Dongdong, removed the necrotic flesh from his leg, and dressed the wound.
• Seven days later, Xu Jie held a simple opening ceremony for Shandou City Second Soul Master Academy, which had six students.
• Xu Jie brought Xiao Xiao, Xuan Ziwen, Ji Juechen, and the others to the academy, where the children studied literacy and the Soul Guidance team researched Soul Tools.
• Xu Jie learned that the war was worsening and that the Heaven Dou Empire doubted Huo Yuhao’s warning, but he chose to remain in Shandou City.
• Xu Jie, Xiao Xiao, and Qian Ran went to a clothing shop to arrange academy uniforms and look around the city.

Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong’er after learning she was the girl he remembered as Wang Dong, while she resolved to seek answers from the Clear Sky Sect. Back at the Body Sect, Huo Yuhao told Du Busi he had reached Rank Seventy and planned to travel to the Sun Moon Empire’s Evil Demon Forest for his seventh soul ring.

• Xu Jie finished arranging the school uniforms and took Xiao Xiao and Qian Ran shopping in Shandou City.
• Wang Dong’er revealed her identity to Huo Yuhao and explained her disguise, but he recognized the Golden Trident mark and ordered her to leave.
• Huo Yuhao rejected Wang Dong’er, threatened her after she mentioned a false memory about his mother, and sent her flying with his Spiritual Power.
• Wang Dong’er decided to ask her Eldest Father and Second Father for answers and headed toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hao examined Xiao Yun’er’s strengthening gray mark, then took a platinum Dragon Egg and planned to seek an alliance with Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Du Busi he had reached Rank Seventy and chose the Evil Demon Forest in the Sun Moon Empire as the destination for his seventh soul ring.

Huo Yuhao left the Body Sect for Evil Demon Forest while Xu Jie prepared to test whether his Basic Internal Cultivation could let ordinary children cultivate Soul Power. After learning that Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters were active near the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jie set out alone to draw their attention, leaving the academy in Jing Ziyan's care.

• Huo Yuhao departed the Body Sect alone for Evil Demon Forest with Snow Maiden accompanying him.
• Xu Jie gave Xiao Xiao, Jing Ziyan, and Ye Guyi Basic Internal Cultivation manuals to test on academy students, including those without Soul Power.
• Xu Jie appointed Xiao Xiao Director of Cultivation Guidance and told the others to admit anyone under twelve if the technique worked.
• Xu Jie showed the three women reports of villages massacred by suspected Evil Soul Masters, including Dream Mountain Village, where more than three hundred people had been drained of blood.
• Xu Jie refused Ye Guyi's offer to accompany him, explaining that he would use his former Holy Spirit Cult identity to lure out its Evil Soul Masters.
• Xu Jie gave Jing Ziyan a token to summon him in an emergency and left her to protect the academy.

Xu Jie traveled to the Star Luo Empire and demanded a meeting with Duke White Tiger Dai Hao. When the Star Luo soul master squad challenged him, Xu Jie abducted Dai Hao’s son, Dai Luoli, to force the marshal to meet him.

• Xu Jie visited Dugu Lu, told him he was leaving for the Star Luo Empire, and asked him to watch over Qian Ran and the others.
• Xu Jie flew toward the Mingdou Mountain Range, changed his appearance, and approached the Star Luo Empire’s camp.
• A squad of ten soul masters confronted Xu Jie and demanded identification.
• Xu Jie asked the squad to inform Dai Hao that he wanted to meet him, then seized the young White Tiger soul master and vanished with him.
• The squad’s captain recognized the abducted soul master as Dai Hao’s biological son, Dai Luoli, and hurried back to alert the marshal.

Xu Jie captured Dai Luoli and learned he was Dai Hao’s son, then confronted Dai Hao and demanded current intelligence on Evil Soul Masters. Xu Jiujiu offered to recruit Xu Jie into the Star Luo Empire, but his accusation of political intrigue left the armed group on edge.

• Xu Jie threatened his captive until Dai Luoli revealed he was Duke White Tiger Dai Hao’s son and Luoxin’s child.
• Xu Jie recognized Dai Luoli from his childhood and revealed his own face, which Dai Luoli recognized from the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xu Jie brought Dai Luoli to Dai Hao and demanded a detailed, up-to-date map of Evil Soul Master movements.
• Xu Jiujiu offered Xu Jie a royal enshrined position and intelligence support if he joined the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jie challenged Xu Jiujiu’s recruitment offer as a possible plot against the Dai Family, and the red-robed old woman appeared behind her as Xu Jie reclaimed the Golden Dragon Spear.

Xu Jie traded Dai Hao a scroll of Evil Soul Master movements for Dai Luoli and rejected Dai Hao’s plea to bring Huo Yuhao back. After taking Dai Luoli away, Xu Jie began training him in martial arts and pointed him toward a master, unaware that the man was negotiating in the Evil Demon Forest.

• Dai Hao gave Xu Jie the scroll and pleaded for his missing son, but Xu Jie said the boy was not his son and left with Dai Luoli.
• Dai Jiujiu ordered Grandma Manyi to kill Xu Jie and recover Dai Luoli, but Dai Hao blocked her and condemned her interference in his family affairs.
• Xu Jie flew more than a hundred li away, verified that Dai Hao’s scroll contained the Evil Soul Masters’ movements, and released Dai Luoli’s restraints.
• Xu Jie beat Dai Luoli while examining his physical condition, then demonstrated the Tiger Claw Hand and offered to teach it to him.
• Dai Luoli agreed to take a master, and Xu Jie pointed him north toward the Body Sect without knowing that the intended master was negotiating in the Evil Demon Forest.

Xu Jie trained Dai Luoli in Tiger Claw Hand, then brought him to Mingdou Forest to use him as bait for nearby Evil Soul Masters. He gave Dai Luoli a convincing evil aura and asked him to summon his martial soul, leaving Xu Jie poised to see the results.

• Xu Jie made Dai Luoli practice a horse stance, gave him a Great Tonic Pill, and said he would teach him the internal art after he mastered the stance.
• Xu Jie told Dai Luoli that Huo Yuhao was his master, then flew with him to a clearing north of Mingdou Forest.
• Xu Jie explained that they would lure Evil Soul Masters by making Dai Luoli the bait.
• Xu Jie used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to cover Dai Luoli in an artificial evil aura, then reassured him that it would not affect him.
• Dai Luoli summoned his martial soul, and gray fur appeared as his body shrank and the evil aura around him intensified.

Xu Jie disguised Dai Luoli as an Evil Soul Master and sent him toward Jiannan City as bait while he followed unseen. Dai Luoli was pursued by two Evil Soul Masters and was struck down by a spear as Xu Jie remained out of sight.

• Xu Jie turned Dai Luoli's White Tiger martial soul gray and cloaked him in evil aura, then explained they would head east toward the Proud Sword Sect in Jiannan City.
• Xu Jie left Dai Luoli to travel alone, promising to protect him from the shadows, and followed without changing his route.
• Near Jiannan City, the Grand Sect Master and the three Zhong brothers watched the city and waited before attacking the Proud Sword Sect.
• Two Soul King Evil Soul Masters pursued Dai Luoli through the forest and urged him to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• One Evil Soul Master hurled a black short spear at Dai Luoli, piercing his shoulder blade and knocking him to the ground.

Dai Luoli fought two Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters until Xu Jie intervened and provoked him into awakening the dormant Spiritual Power aspect of his martial soul. Dai Luoli transformed into a Blood Tiger and attacked Xu Jie, who knocked him unconscious.

• Dai Luoli repeatedly charged the zombie Soul King despite his worsening injuries, while Xu Jie watched as his Spiritual Power began to awaken.
• Xu Jie appeared with the Holy Son token, and the two Evil Soul Masters recognized him as the Holy Son of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Jie ordered the Evil Soul Masters to kill Dai Luoli, shattering Dai Luoli's hope and driving him into a fury.
• Dai Luoli awakened his martial soul as a Blood Tiger and charged at Xu Jie with the strength of a four-ring Soul Ancestor.
• Xu Jie punched Dai Luoli and knocked him unconscious.

Xu Jie killed two Evil Soul Masters, healed Dai Luoli, and helped awaken his martial soul further. Meanwhile, the Holy Spirit Cult searched for Xu Jie, and Huo Yuhao left the Evil Demon Forest as a Soul Sage and headed for the Star Luo Empire.

• Xu Jie killed two Soul King-level Evil Soul Masters, used their life force to heal Dai Luoli, and sealed Dai Luoli’s Soul Power before looting the corpses.
• The Zhongli Three Brothers learned that two Holy Spirits had died and sent disciples to search for the golden-haired, golden-eyed youth; the mysterious woman in red ordered them to wait before attacking Jiannan City.
• Huo Yuhao left the Evil Demon Forest with the Snow Maiden and Octagonal, having become a Soul Sage and contracted the Evil Eye Tyrant; he decided to head to the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Luoli woke and attacked Xu Jie, who subdued him and explained that he had healed him and stimulated his incompletely awakened martial soul.
• Dai Luoli discovered that his martial soul had transformed and his cultivation had risen, then asked Xu Jie why the Evil Soul Masters called him their Holy Son; Xu Jie confirmed that he was.

Xu Jie and Dai Luoli used stolen communication tokens to draw out Evil Soul Masters, and Dai Luoli grew stronger as Xu Jie killed them. When Xu Jie realized the enemies were converging on them, he decided to keep fighting and use their lives to raise his cultivation toward level eighty.

• Xu Jie gave Dai Luoli a communication token and activated his own, unknowingly alerting nearby Evil Soul Masters to their location.
• Xu Jie and Dai Luoli traveled through the forest toward Jiannan City, where the Proud Sword Sect was located.
• Xu Jie killed a huge Evil Soul Master, and Dai Luoli gained pure life force that helped him advance a rank.
• After encountering three groups of Evil Soul Masters in half an hour, Xu Jie suspected they were deliberately heading toward him.
• Xu Jie dismissed his concerns, collected the Evil Soul Master's Storage Soul Guidance Device, and led Dai Luoli onward to kill any Evil Soul Masters who came after them.

After reaching level seventy-nine by killing Evil Soul Masters, Xu Jie warned Dai Luoli not to lose respect for life as his cultivation rose. A Soul Sage from Xu Jie's past confronted them and activated a mysterious golden token, and dark red light swallowed her and Xu Jie.

• Xu Jie reached level seventy-nine, while Dai Luoli reached level forty after receiving life force from the Evil Soul Masters Xu Jie had killed.
• Xu Jie urged Dai Luoli to respect life and told him to consolidate his cultivation before seeking a Soul Ring with his master.
• Xu Jie and Dai Luoli stopped by a river, where Xu Jie sensed another Evil Soul Master approaching.
• A Soul Sage Xu Jie had previously spared revealed herself and summoned a black skeleton, while Xu Jie called forth his Skeleton King.
• The Evil Soul Master activated an unfamiliar golden token, and dark red light swallowed her and Xu Jie.