Chapter Summaries

After receiving Huo Yuhao’s letter confirming he had joined the Body Sect, Xu Jie reassured Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao but worried about Huo Yuhao’s feelings for Ju Zi. The chapter ended with Xu Jie preparing to write Huo Yuhao’s withdrawal letter, unaware that Du Busi had withheld it.

• A burly man delivered Huo Yuhao’s letter to Xu Jie, and Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao rushed over after hearing Huo Yuhao had vanished during the attack on Mingde Hall.
• Xu Jie opened Huo Yuhao’s letter, which confirmed he had joined the Body Sect, easing Dugu Lu and Xiao Xiao’s fears.
• Xu Jie introduced Dugu Lu to Ji Juechen, who challenged him to a match and led him to the rear courtyard.
• Xu Jie showed Xiao Xiao the passages about Ju Zi, then Xiao Xiao asked why he would not accept her; Xu Jie asked her to wait three years, and she agreed.
• Xu Jie searched the letter for Huo Yuhao’s withdrawal letter, could not find it, and decided to write one himself, unaware Du Busi had kept the original to write it personally.

Xu Jie arranged Huo Yuhao’s withdrawal from Shrek Academy and prepared to leave Shrek City on a journey that included hunting soul beasts and visiting the Sunset Forest. Before departing, he left Qian Ran with Ji Juechen and told Dugu Lu to deliver the withdrawal letter.

• A burly man threw an anonymous card containing five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and a message over Shrek Academy’s gates, and Xuan Zi caught it and crushed the card.
• Xu Jie rushed to the backyard after a crash and found Dugu Lu emerging from a broken wall while Ji Juechen stood poisoned by Dugu Lu’s venom.
• Xu Jie made Dugu Lu detoxify Ji Juechen, who thanked Dugu Lu and praised his strength after the sparring match.
• Xu Jie gave Dugu Lu Huo Yuhao’s withdrawal letter to deliver to Teacher Wang and explained that Huo Yuhao had joined the Body Sect.
• Xu Jie told Dugu Lu he would leave Shrek City in three days to hunt soul beasts and travel toward Heaven Dou City, while Qian Ran stayed with Ji Juechen.

Xu Jie said goodbye to his companions at Shrek Academy before setting out alone for the Star Dou Great Forest. He left Xiao Xiao a cultivation manual, promised Dugu Lu a manual after refining his family’s Poison Scripture, and entrusted Qian Ran to Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan as they headed north toward Heaven Dou City.

• Xiao Xiao gave Xu Jie a thousand-year Blazing Dragon right arm bone, and Xu Jie gave her the Wudang Meditation Method in return.
• Dugu Lu gave Xu Jie a Lonely Cloud Merchant Association token, then declined Xu Jie's dangerous Jade Phosphor Snake Poison Hand manual until Xu Jie perfected his family’s Poison Scripture.
• Xu Jie promised Qian Ran he would return within three months and asked Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to look after him.
• Xu Jie reminded Ji Juechen to practice the sword manuals he had provided and entrusted Qian Ran to the group’s care.
• Xu Jie set off south for the Star Dou Great Forest while Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Qian Ran headed north toward Heaven Dou City.

After leaving Shrek Academy, Xu Jie disguised himself as Apollo and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable ten-thousand-year fire- or light-element soul beast. He reached the Mixed Zone and was surrounded by a group of Crimson Fire Monkeys.

• Xu Jie released the Soul Power he had suppressed for nearly three years, raising his cultivation to level forty, then changed his hair and eye color and chose the name Apollo.
• Xu Jie flew to the Star Dou Great Forest and crossed the Outer Zone toward the Mixed Zone, aiming to find a ten-thousand-year fire- or light-element soul beast.
• At the Mixed Zone boundary, Xu Jie declined a burly Soul Ancestor's offer to team up with him and Xiao Ping, a Soul Elder seeking a Phantom Cat.
• Xu Jie headed east through the Mixed Zone toward the area where Blazing Dragons lived.
• A fireball struck near Xu Jie, and a group of Crimson Fire Monkeys surrounded him.

Xu Jie tested the Soul Contract System on a Blazing Fire Monkey in the Star Dou Great Forest after defeating its troop. He began the first trial by sending a contract to himself and the unconscious monkey, leaving the results unconfirmed.

• Xu Jie used his Ultimate Fire Martial Soul to repel the Crimson Fire Monkeys and blasted their strongest member, making the troop retreat.
• A Blazing Fire Monkey appeared, attacked Xu Jie with blades of light, and led the troop in another charge.
• Xu Jie used his Ultimate radiance and Cosmic Shift to defeat the troop, then knocked the Blazing Fire Monkey unconscious.
• Xu Jie judged that the newly ten-thousand-year-old Blazing Fire Monkey suited his Martial Soul and used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to send golden Soul Contract lights toward himself and the monkey.

Xu Jie abandoned his attempt to lure out a Blazing Dragon after repeatedly spotting four Evil Soul Masters in its territory. When an explosion revealed that they were fighting a Blazing Dragon, he cautiously approached the battlefield and witnessed one of them sacrifice a Wronged Soul to evade its flames.

• Xu Jie failed to contract the unconscious Blazing Fire Monkey, then shaved the Crimson Fire Monkeys bald as punishment and left them alive.
• Xu Jie used the aura of Xiao Xiao’s Blazing Dragon soul bone to try to lure a Blazing Dragon from its territory.
• Xu Jie repeatedly spotted four black-robed Evil Soul Masters searching nearby and decided to seek a different soul beast instead.
• An explosion and the Blazing Dragon’s aura drew Xu Jie toward a battle between the dragon and the four Evil Soul Masters.
• One black-robed Soul Master used a Phantom Soul to switch places with it and dodge the Blazing Dragon’s flames, then took pleasure in its screams as it vanished.

Xu Jie intervened when four Evil Soul Masters attacked a Blazing Dragon and its hatchling, using his magic to protect the young dragon and soothe the tormented Phantom Souls. The female Evil Soul Master recognized his power and identified him as the Holy Son.

• Xu Jie watched the Evil Soul Masters attack the Blazing Dragon and saw them combine their Blood Jade to unleash a poisonous Blood River.
• The Blood River poisoned Xu Jie, but his Nine Yang Divine Skill cleared the numbness; meanwhile, Phantom Souls brought down the Blazing Dragon hatchling.
• The Blazing Dragon retaliated with flames, and the female Evil Soul Master sent her skeleton toward the hatchling while her brothers renewed their Blood River attack.
• Xu Jie revealed himself, bound the skeleton with golden light, and used Death's Consolation to calm the Phantom Souls.
• Xu Jie summoned a skeleton to block the female Evil Soul Master's martial soul, and she recognized his power of Purification and called him the Holy Son.

Xu Jie fought the Holy Spirit Cult members after they recognized him as the Holy Son, using his Ultimate Light and undead magic against them. He purified the souls trapped in An Jin’s banner, while the elder remained fascinated by him and praised the cult’s future.

• The elder ordered Ah Da and Ah Er to abandon the Blazing Dragon and capture Xu Jie, and they severely wounded the beast before surrounding him.
• An Jin stopped summoning Phantom Souls and retreated, but Xu Jie pursued him as Ah Da, Ah Er, and the elder attacked.
• Xu Jie unleashed his Sun Martial Soul’s golden light, blinded An Jin at close range, and tore An Jin’s soul from his body with Soul Stripping.
• Xu Jie tossed An Jin’s soul into the Soul Summoning Banner, where the Phantom Souls devoured it, then used his staff to purify the souls trapped inside.
• The banner vanished after Xu Jie purified nearly three hundred Wronged Souls, while the elder watched without intervening and praised the Holy Spirit Cult’s prospects.

Xu Jie defeated Ah Da and Ah Er after the Holy Spirit Cult elder tried to leave, then discovered the Blazing Dragon was still alive but her hatchling had died. He used the Soul Contract System on the wounded Blazing Dragon, and the contract appeared to succeed.

• The Evil Soul Master elder invited Xu Jie to return to the Holy Spirit Cult, but Xu Jie attacked as she prepared to leave with Ah Da and Ah Er.
• Xu Jie used Ultimate Light to break Ah Da and Ah Er’s defense, then killed them with his longsword while the elder escaped.
• Xu Jie found the badly wounded Blazing Dragon alive and saw that she was pleading for him to save her dead hatchling.
• Xu Jie tried to heal the hatchling, but it died; he then removed the black energy clinging to its white soul ring.
• Xu Jie offered the Blazing Dragon a chance to live and used the Soul Contract System on her, causing the golden ring around her to merge into her body.

Xu Jie’s attempt to contract with the Blazing Dragon caused his Martial Soul to unleash a powerful force that killed her and sent a flash of golden light across the heavens. As powerful figures searched for its source, Di Tian was ordered to find Xu Jie and approach him without harming him.

• Xu Jie’s first contract attempt failed when his Martial Soul burned away the golden ring, so he controlled its power to let a second ring enter his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
• The contract’s golden light darkened parts of Xu Jie’s red sun Martial Soul, which then unleashed a storm that crushed his manifested consciousness and killed the Blazing Dragon.
• A heavy aura shot from Xu Jie’s Sun Imprint into the sky, briefly spreading golden light across the continent and drawing the attention of powerful figures, including Huo Yuhao, Du Busi, Xuan Zi, and Yan Shaozhe.
• A voice told Di Tian to find Xu Jie with the Emperor Auspicious Beast and forbid harming him, warning that Xu Jie was important to the survival of the soul beast race.
• Xu Jie realized the golden flash had come from his Martial Soul and had protected Douluo Continent from a God King’s interference for more than a decade.

After his martial soul killed the Blazing Dragon, Xu Jie absorbed its soul ring and reached level 50, then headed into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek another ring and target the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He fled when he encountered the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but it chased after him, leaving Di Tian baffled.

• Xu Jie realized his sun martial soul made the Soul Contract System unusable, absorbed the Blazing Dragon's soul ring, and rose to level 50.
• Xu Jie abandoned his Soul Contract experiment and decided to dig up the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well now that he believed Tang San could not interfere in the lower realm.
• Tang San noticed the protective mist around Douluo Continent trembling and estimated it would vanish within seven years of lower-realm time.
• A hidden golden-haired man brought the Emperor Auspicious Beast into Xu Jie's path as Xu Jie raced through the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xu Jie recognized the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and fled, while the beast chased him and Di Tian watched in confusion.

Xu Jie fought the Three-Eyed Golden Lion after realizing the forest was trapping him, then learned she had come to become his Soul Beast because of Destiny’s guidance. He rejected the bond and told her her guidance was wrong, leaving her uncertain whose Soul Beast she was meant to become.

• Xu Jie stopped running when he realized the forest was keeping him near the pursuing Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and he prepared to fight rather than accept a Destiny bond.
• Xu Jie clashed with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, countering her Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire before using Tai Chi Quan to throw her down and strike at her defenses.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion recovered and knocked Xu Jie away, ending his chance to paralyze her and leaving him unsure whether he could defeat her.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Xu Jie to teach her Tai Chi and revealed that she had come to become his Soul Beast because of Destiny’s guidance.
• Xu Jie refused to make her his Soul Beast and insisted that he was not her guidance, prompting the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to wonder whose Soul Beast she should become.

Di Tian forced the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to attempt a soul-beast binding with Xu Jie, but the process triggered a hidden golden spear that entered Xu Jie. In the God Realm, Tang San sensed the disturbance and sent two men searching the Sun Moon Mountain Range toward the Sea God's Mark.

• Xu Jie tried to convince the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that she should become his soul beast, but Di Tian appeared and restrained them both.
• Di Tian pressed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye against Xu Jie's Martial Soul Mark, but a scorching aura forced the golden light back into her eye.
• Di Tian tried again, triggering a red glow that released a golden Trident Mark and a spear-shaped point of light, which entered Xu Jie's brow.
• Tang San sensed that the seal within the Emperor Auspicious Beast had been triggered and sent divine power toward Douluo Continent.
• Two men searching the Sun Moon Mountain Range saw their Sea God's Marks light up and hurried into the forest, following the marks' direction.

Xu Jie confronted Di Tian over the attempted attribute guidance and discovered that the Golden Dragon Spear had chosen him because of his Sun Martial Soul. Di Tian accepted that Xu Jie would keep the spear, leaving their encounter on unexpectedly friendly terms.

• The Golden Dragon Spear entered Xu Jie's Spiritual Sea and revealed its origins and life-force-absorbing power as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion fell unconscious.
• Xu Jie rejected Di Tian's claim that the Emperor Auspicious Beast's attribute guidance was harmless and threatened the Star Dou Great Forest if forced to accept it.
• Di Tian acknowledged that he could not kill Xu Jie and asked him to hand over the Golden Dragon Spear; the spear returned to Xu Jie after he tossed it away.
• Di Tian learned that Xu Jie possessed a Sun Martial Soul and explained that the spear was drawn to him because it came from the Golden Dragon.
• Di Tian declared that the Golden Dragon Spear belonged to Xu Jie, and Xu Jie accepted it and tried flourishing it despite lacking spear technique.

Xu Jie demonstrated that his Soul Contract System could not withstand the power of his martial soul, then accepted two soul beasts from Di Tian and absorbed their soul rings. He left their preserved souls behind, promising to revive them, and headed out of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Xu Jie told Di Tian that his Soul Contract System could resolve the conflict between humans and soul beasts, then demonstrated it on a Crimson Flame Tiger whose soul was destroyed.
• Di Tian received a message telling him to give Xu Jie two suitable soul beasts and bring back the Emperor Auspicious Beast, then returned with a seventy-thousand-year Three-Headed Crimson Demon Dog and a fifty-thousand-year Sunlight Dragon.
• Xu Jie killed both soul beasts without causing them pain and preserved their souls in Soul Storage Stones.
• Xu Jie absorbed the Sunlight Dragon's soul ring and raised his cultivation to level sixty-three, completing his six-ring set.
• Xu Jie left the soul crystals behind for Di Tian, promised to revive the two soul beasts, and set off to leave the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xu Jie escaped the Star Dou Great Forest’s Core Zone, rescued Chen Pu and Xiao Ping from the Crimson Fire Monkeys, and discovered that his Golden Dragon Spear could absorb life force from its kills to nourish him and potentially increase his cultivation. He led the injured pair toward the forest’s outskirts, still without news of the escaped black-robed woman.

• Xu Jie followed the Crimson Fire Monkeys’ cries and found them attacking Chen Pu and Xiao Ping, then fought off the troop with his Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xu Jie used his sixth soul skill, Hell Clone, and killed the ten-thousand-year Blazing Fire Monkey, causing the rest of the troop to flee.
• The Golden Dragon Spear absorbed life force from the Blazing Fire Monkey, nourishing Xu Jie’s body and spirit and revealing that killing could help raise his cultivation.
• Xu Jie healed Chen Pu and Xiao Ping, learned that they had been searching for a Phantom Cat, and introduced himself as Apollo.
• Xu Jie asked Chen Pu about a black-robed woman, then escorted him and the unconscious Xiao Ping toward the forest’s outskirts.

Xu Jie encountered Yu Tianlong and Yu Xiaoman investigating an Evil Soul Master attack on a village, where he used his light power to treat two survivors. After the captured Evil Soul Master identified Xu Jie as the Holy Son the church was searching for, Yu Tianlong confronted him, and Xu Jie offered to take the prisoner and draw the Evil Soul Masters away.

• Xu Jie parted from Chen Pu and Xiao Ping, then followed the smell of blood and decay to a village where Yu Tianlong had subdued an Evil Soul Master.
• Yu Tianlong told Xu Jie that Evil Soul Masters had appeared around the Star Dou Great Forest searching for something, and Yu Xiaoman brought Xu Jie to treat the village's two surviving villagers.
• Xu Jie used his Dark Gold Spirit Staff to dispel the poison and evil aura from the survivors, though he said their blood loss was too severe for them to live.
• Yu Tianlong tortured the captured Evil Soul Master until he revealed that the church was searching for its Holy Son, then the prisoner recognized Xu Jie as that person.
• Yu Tianlong demanded an explanation and warned Xu Jie to leave, but Xu Jie revealed his six soul rings and asked to take the prisoner so he could lead the Evil Soul Masters away from the area.

Xu Jie forced Xue Tian to reveal how the Holy Spirit Cult contacted its members and activated the cult’s signal token. After the token began transmitting a signal, Xu Jie killed Xue Tian and set out to locate the nearby Holy Spirit Disciples.

• Yu Tianlong and Yu Xiaoman left Xu Jie with the captured Evil Soul Master Xue Tian and hurried southeast to report to the Heavenly Dragon Sect.
• Xu Jie woke Xue Tian and demanded directions to the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders, but Xue Tian asked him to prove that the other soul masters were dead and to remove his restraints.
• Xu Jie stabbed Xue Tian with the Golden Dragon Spear and threatened to kill him, so Xue Tian revealed that his necklace held the cult’s contact Soul Tool.
• Xu Jie took the blood-red necklace and ordered Xue Tian to open it; Xue Tian retrieved a golden token engraved with the character for “holy.”
• Xu Jie activated the token, which unfolded into a golden crystal and began transmitting a signal, then killed Xue Tian with the Golden Dragon Spear.

Xu Jie killed Xue Tian, then convinced the three Zhongli brothers that he was the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son by using his purification power on a Blood Soul Rat. He went with them toward Star Luo City, intending to learn more about their Spirit Ascension Ceremony while hiding his true martial soul.

• Xu Jie took Xue Tian’s necklace and Soul Coins, then waited for the Holy Spirit Cult members to arrive.
• Zhong Litian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren tested Xu Jie by having him Purify a Blood Soul Rat.
• Xu Jie used the Golden Dragon Spear and his fifth soul skill to Purify the rat, persuading the brothers that he was their Holy Son.
• The brothers introduced themselves and invited Xu Jie to undergo the Spirit Ascension Ceremony; Xu Jie hid his identity by claiming his martial soul was the Sun God Spear and his purification power came from a Necromancer Staff.
• Xu Jie followed the brothers toward Star Luo City, while Zhong Litian used a golden token to signal nearby Evil Soul Masters to retreat.

Xu Jie entered Star Luo City with the three Zhong Litian brothers and was taken to a Holy Spirit Cult hideout, where he learned little about the cult and was left free to explore. After seeing Duchess White Tiger, Zhu Ying, he went to the Starlight Auction House and found the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife still unsold.

• Zhong Litian gave Xu Jie a tracking device and led him into Star Luo City to a hidden Holy Spirit Cult courtyard.
• Wang San showed Xu Jie to a room at the Holy Spirit Hotel but could not answer his questions about the cult or the Spirit Ascension Ceremony.
• Xu Jie left the hotel without being stopped and explored the city, where he recognized Duchess White Tiger, Zhu Ying, in her carriage and renewed his resolve to avenge Huo Yun'er.
• Xu Jie visited the Starlight Auction House to look for the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife and found it priced at fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins after seven failed auctions.