Chapter Summaries

Xu Jie gave Ju Zi and Keke Meridian-Cleansing Pills while telling them the story of Douluo Cangqiong, prompting Ju Zi to suspect his connection to Huo Yuhao. After Keke left, Ju Zi stayed behind to speak privately with Xu Jie about their mutual friend.

• Xu Jie refused to share his family’s pill formula, then told Ju Zi and Keke the story of Douluo Cangqiong while the Meridian-Cleansing Pills cooled.
• Ju Zi recognized details in Xu Jie’s version of the story and called him “Brother Jie,” making him spray water in surprise.
• Xu Jie gave Ju Zi and Keke Meridian-Cleansing Pills, and both felt their effects on their meridians.
• Keke agreed to buy twenty pills from Xu Jie, while he explained that Ju Zi’s pills were a gift from a friend who still thought of her.
• Ju Zi confirmed to Keke that the friend was someone she had known since childhood, then asked Keke to leave so she could speak privately with Xu Jie.

Huo Yuhao settled into the Body Sect, completed his fusion with the Blade of Life, and worked on a Star Sapphire Soul Tool while Ji Juechen trained the sect’s fighters. Ju Zi told Xu Jie she and Huo Yuhao could never be together, but Xu Jie resolved to bring them together and deal with their enemies himself.

• Xu Jie told Ju Zi that Huo Yuhao was living well in the Body Sect and had asked him to take care of her.
• Huo Yuhao finished purifying Xu Jie’s carving knife, gained an Eye of Life, and worked to complete the Star Sapphire Soul Tool in his laboratory.
• Ji Juechen challenged the Body Sect members to daily duels, and Wang Yanfeng reluctantly stepped forward to fight him.
• Du Busi watched Ji Juechen’s duel with Wang Yanfeng and valued how the swordsman’s training improved the sect members’ Combat Techniques.
• Ju Zi said she could not make Huo Yuhao bear the stigma of killing his father, then asked Xu Jie to tell him they could never be together.
• After Ju Zi left, Xu Jie resolved to help Huo Yuhao win her and to kill Duke White Tiger himself if necessary.

Ju Zi led a Soul Engineer squad through the Glorious Mountains as bait for Zhao Yang, while Xu Jie prepared to confront him. Zhao Yang pursued them into a trap, but Xu Jie faced him alone, and the chapter ended as they prepared to clash.

• Xu Jie finished refining pills for Ju Zi and stored them in a red necklace-shaped Storage Soul Guidance Device, which Ju Zi accepted after he said it came from Huo Yuhao.
• Ju Zi led a hundred Soul Engineers into the Glorious Mountains and warned Xuan Ziwen and Xu Jie that Zhao Yang might appear, but Xuan Ziwen insisted that one of them protect her.
• Zhao Yang's forces appeared on a hill, and Ju Zi ordered her squad to retreat after Zhao Yang identified her as the Crown Princess and charged after her.
• Ju Zi's squad split into two groups and landed on a hill to set their trap, while Zhao Yang pursued Ju Zi despite recognizing the danger.
• Xu Jie stepped forward to face Zhao Yang, who activated his Golden Body and Berserk skills; Xu Jie empowered the Golden Dragon Spear and prepared to meet his attack head-on.

Xu Jie defeated and killed Zhao Yang inside Ju Zi’s Ring of Confinement, revealing the Sun Martial Soul’s overwhelming heat and gravitational force. After absorbing Zhao Yang’s life force, Xu Jie broke through to Rank 66, and the barrier’s fading light showed Ju Zi that the fight was over.

• Ju Zi’s Soul Engineers raised the Ring of Confinement around Xu Jie and Zhao Yang while Ju Zi and Xuan Ziwen watched.
• Zhao Yang’s soundwave attack disoriented Xu Jie, but Xu Jie recovered, used his clones to distract Zhao Yang, and revealed his Sun Martial Soul.
• Grand Duke Glorious’s Soul Engineer squad arrived, prompting Ju Zi’s ambush squad, including Keke, to attack them from the ground.
• Zhao Yang proposed that he and Xu Jie work together to break the barrier and capture the Crown Princess, but Xu Jie refused and enlarged his Sun Martial Soul.
• Xu Jie’s Sun burned Zhao Yang until he collapsed, and Xu Jie killed him with the Golden Dragon Spear before absorbing his life force and reaching Rank 66.
• Xu Jie dismissed his Martial Soul as the barrier’s golden light faded, then nodded to Ju Zi to confirm Zhao Yang’s death.

Ju Zi's forces began a counterattack after Xu Jie killed Zhao Yang, but Zhao Youji's army threatened to overwhelm them. Ju Zi's squad improvised a launcher for Xuan Ziwen's Fixed Soul Guidance Missile, which tore through the advancing enemy as the chapter ended.

• Ju Zi announced Zhao Yang's execution, raised her forces' morale, and led the counterattack as the Sun and Moon Empire's army advanced.
• Zhao Youji learned that his cousin Zhao Yang had died and hesitated to retreat for fear of ruining his army's morale.
• Ju Zi asked Xuan Ziwen about his Fixed Soul Guidance Missile, and Xu Jie proposed burying Keke's cannon to launch it safely.
• Ju Zi borrowed Keke's cannon, and the Soul Engineers buried it and prepared Xuan Ziwen's charged missile as Zhao Youji's army advanced.
• Xuan Ziwen fired the missile, sending a streak of silver light through the enemy ranks and leaving widespread devastation.

Ju Zi’s army defeated Grand Duke Glorious’s forces after Zhao Yang’s death and surrounded the rebels, while Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen prepared to leave. Xu Jie departed with Xuan Ziwen, who had failed to make him a disciple but promised to teach him if he ever studied Soul Tools.

• Zhao Youji ordered the troops to charge after the Fixed Soul Guidance Missile devastated the ranks, and Ju Zi withdrew her Soul Engineers to draw the enemy deeper into an encirclement.
• Ju Zi announced that Zhao Yang had been executed, and the revelation spread through the enemy army as Sun Moon Empire forces demanded the remaining soldiers surrender.
• Ju Zi’s forces crushed Grand Duke Glorious’s army, executed Zhao Youji and Zhao Yang’s other supporters, and spared ordinary soldiers who surrendered.
• The next morning, Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen said farewell to Ju Zi and Keke and left the camp using their Flying Soul Guidance Devices.
• While flying, Xuan Ziwen discussed Xu Jie’s ideas about civilian Soul Tools and promised to become his teacher if Xu Jie ever pursued Soul Tool research.

Xu Jie returned to Bright City with Xuan Ziwen and met Xu Tianran’s sister, Xu Tianzhen, who immediately challenged him to a match. Their fight began with Xu Tianzhen’s Sun God Ray and blinding light, while Xu Jie discovered that the Golden Dragon Spear could absorb her power.

• Xu Jie discussed surveillance Soul Tools with Xuan Ziwen, and they took nearly five hours to reach Bright City.
• Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen arrived to find Xu Tianran waiting with Zhongli Wu, Jing Hongchen, and Xu Tianzhen, who challenged Xu Jie to a match.
• Xu Tianran rewarded Xuan Ziwen with double the Soul Guidance Metal quota for three years and postponed deciding Xu Jie’s reward until he had spent time with Xu Tianzhen.
• After official discussions ended, Xu Tianzhen insisted on fighting Xu Jie, and he accepted with his six Soul Rings and Golden Dragon Spear.
• Xu Tianzhen fired her Sun God Ray and unleashed intense golden-red light, while Xu Jie’s spear absorbed some of the attack as his crimson glow shielded him from the heat.

Xu Jie absorbed Xu Tianzhen’s Radiant Glory attack through the Golden Dragon Spear and advanced to Rank 67. Impressed by their martial souls’ compatibility, Xu Tianzhen demanded an engagement, and Xu Jie agreed to the arrangement Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu had already made.

• Xu Jie absorbed the sunlight and Soul Power gathered by Xu Tianzhen’s Radiant Glory, steadily raising his cultivation.
• Xu Tianzhen unleashed a concentrated beam of golden-red light, but Xu Jie’s red aura deflected it and the Golden Dragon Spear absorbed its power.
• Xu Jie’s cultivation rose from Rank 66 to Rank 67, revealing to Xu Tianzhen that her attack had strengthened him.
• Xu Tianzhen declared that her martial soul and Apollo’s were a perfect match and demanded that Xu Tianran arrange their engagement.
• Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu proposed settling the engagement until Xu Jie and Xu Tianzhen came of age, and Xu Jie agreed.
• Xu Tianzhen claimed Xu Jie as her man and promised that he could invoke her name throughout the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Jie escorted Xu Tianzhen toward Bright City, claimed his Martial Soul had dual Ultimate Attributes, and described Shrek Academy to her. The chapter ended with Xu Jie criticizing Zhou Yi’s teaching and reflecting on how Huo Yuhao’s vulnerabilities had been exploited.

• Xu Tianran left Xu Jie with Xu Tianzhen and told him to return the princess on time.
• Xu Tianzhen asked Xu Jie to take her back to Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, and they walked toward Bright City together.
• Xu Jie told Xu Tianzhen that his Sun God Spear could absorb her Martial Soul’s power and refused her suggestion that they test for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Jie revealed the Golden Dragon Spear’s sun and fire powers, convincing Xu Tianzhen that he had dual Ultimate Attributes.
• Xu Tianzhen asked about Shrek Academy, and Xu Jie recounted its scandals, criticizing Xuan Zi and Zhou Yi.
• Xu Jie blamed Zhou Yi’s expulsions for harming students and reflected that Huo Yuhao’s emotional vulnerabilities had made him susceptible to the Tang family.

Xu Jie said goodbye to Xu Tianzhen at Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy, then reunited with Ma Xiaotao and Long Xiaoyao, who advised him about his cultivation and warned him against pursuing a soul beast in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. Six months later, Huo Yuhao and Du Busi encountered a Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Huo Yuhao's soul beasts warned him that capturing it could provoke Di Tian and doom the Body Sect.

• Xu Jie escorted Xu Tianzhen to Mingdu Soul Engineer Academy and arranged for her to leave him messages at Yi Lan Hall.
• After Xu Tianzhen entered the academy, Xu Jie called Ma Xiaotao out of an alley and discovered that Long Xiaoyao had followed her.
• Long Xiaoyao praised Xu Jie's progress, advised him to reach Rank 70 and strengthen his body, and told him to prepare for the upcoming All-Continent Youth Soul Master Competition.
• Xu Jie told Long Xiaoyao that he planned to hunt the Infernal Delicate Apricot at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Long Xiaoyao postponed the discussion until Xu Jie reached Rank 70.
• Six months later, Du Busi led Rank 50 Huo Yuhao through the Star Dou Great Forest to find a suitable soul beast, and they saw a Twin Cyclops fleeing through the forest.
• Tian Meng urged Huo Yuhao to pursue a Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion warned that capturing the auspicious beast could enrage Di Tian and bring a Beast Tide against the Body Sect.

Huo Yuhao refused to kill the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for a Soul Ring and revealed his three Martial Souls and the Soul Contract System to Du Busi. With the beast’s consent, he began trying to form a contract, leaving its success unknown.

• Du Busi captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and urged Huo Yuhao to kill it, despite the risk of triggering a Beast Tide.
• Huo Yuhao refused to take the beast’s life and summoned his Third Martial Soul, the Holy Necromancer, explaining that its Soul Ring could not affect his other Martial Souls.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Ice Jade Scorpion Martial Soul, shocking Du Busi, who worried about the strain of absorbing Soul Rings.
• Huo Yuhao described the Soul Contract System, which let soul beasts help Soul Masters form Soul Rings in exchange for sharing their cultivation speed, and proposed founding the Soul Beast Alliance.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion agreed to cooperate after its Eye of Destiny pointed it toward Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao began the contract as two golden rings of light emerged.

Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion formed a soul contract as their Destinies merged, while Di Tian broke Tang San’s interference and helped their power surge. The contract was completed, leaving Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion transformed and linked by a faint connection.

• A golden halo began the soul-contract process, and Di Tian arrived with four other Fierce Beasts to seal the Star Dou Great Forest and keep Du Busi from interfering.
• Huo Yuhao’s Destiny power appeared, and Tian Meng recognized him as a human Child of Destiny, though his power was initially weaker than the Auspicious Beast’s.
• Di Tian discovered that Tang San’s blue threads were binding Huo Yuhao’s Destiny and severing its connection to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, so he used the Silver Dragon King’s spear to cut them.
• Huo Yuhao’s Destiny power erupted to several times the Auspicious Beast’s strength, and Du Busi helped Di Tian reinforce the barrier concealing the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San resolved to interfere with the lower realm and force the Child of Destiny back onto his arranged fate.
• The merged Destiny powers entered Huo Yuhao and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, changing their appearances and completing their soul contract.

Huo Yuhao absorbed the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s golden soul ring and rose to level fifty-five, while Di Tian drew Xu Jie into the Star Dou Great Forest and Bear Lord attacked Xuan Zi. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s golden Trident Mark then flew toward Huo Yuhao, and an illusory voice’s silver barrier intercepted it but began to crack.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion formed a golden soul ring through the soul contract, and Bi Ji arrived as Di Tian ordered Bear Lord to deal with Xuan Zi.
• Bear Lord emerged from the Star Dou Great Forest and attacked Xuan Zi, who activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged into battle.
• Long Xiaoyao could not pass through the barrier, but it drew Xu Jie inside; Di Tian gave Long Xiaoyao a Dragon Blood Fruit as compensation and also expelled Du Busi.
• An illusory voice told Di Tian that the auspicious beast needed Huo Yuhao’s power to break free from the Sea God’s control, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Xu Jie not to interrupt the absorption.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed the golden soul ring, rose to level fifty-five, and gained a golden Eye of Life as Electrolux returned to his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness.
• The golden Trident Mark flew from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion toward Huo Yuhao, and an illusory voice’s silver barrier intercepted it before cracks spread across the barrier.

Xu Jie destroyed the Trident Mark that threatened Huo Yuhao, extracted the soul fragment inside it, and received Di Tian’s Reverse Scale. Huo Yuhao chose to wear the scale, and Di Tian praised the Soul Contract System after examining the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.

• Di Tian warned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Trident Mark would harm Huo Yuhao, but Xu Jie blocked it with his Sun Martial Soul and burned it with Solar True Flame.
• Electrolux restrained Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, while Ice Empress explained that the mark had the same origin as the suspicious threads around Huo Yuhao’s destiny.
• Xu Jie used Soul Stripping to pull Tang Wutong’s soul fragment from the burning mark, sealed it in a Soul Storage Stone, and destroyed the mark, after which the Three-Eyed Golden Lion entered Huo Yuhao’s golden eye.
• Xu Jie accused Di Tian of scheming against Huo Yuhao and asked for Di Tian’s Reverse Scale; after Sky Dream Ice Silkworm objected, Xu Jie agreed to let Huo Yuhao decide.
• Huo Yuhao awoke, learned what had happened, and put on the Reverse Scale despite Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s warning that it would prevent him from inheriting a god position.
• Xu Jie asked Di Tian to assess the Soul Contract System, and Di Tian said the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s cultivation was recovering rapidly before declining Xu Jie’s offer of Tang Wutong’s soul fragment.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao explained the Soul Contract System to Di Tian and Bi Ji, who decided to trust Destiny and let Huo Yuhao continue developing it. After the soul beasts and their masters departed, Xu Jie traveled to Sunset Forest to resume hunting and entered its poisonous miasma with protection from his Nine Yang Divine Skill and Sun Imprint.

• Xu Jie gave Di Tian the Soul Storage Stone containing Tang Wutong's soul, and Di Tian secured it with the seven Reverse Scales from his heavenly tribulation.
• Huo Yuhao explained Soul Contract Magic to Bi Ji and Di Tian, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion awakened and described its Destiny Soul Contract with Huo Yuhao.
• Bi Ji learned Contract Magic from Huo Yuhao, and Bear Lord returned after breaking Xuan Zi's arm with Du Busi's help.
• Bi Ji and Di Tian formed Contract Magic halos, but Di Tian shattered his; Bi Ji then chose not to abduct Huo Yuhao and entrusted the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to him.
• Du Busi took Huo Yuhao away, while Long Xiaoyao gave Xu Jie Di Tian's Dragon Blood Fruit and departed without asking what had happened.
• Xu Jie traveled to Sunset Forest and pushed through its poisonous miasma using his Nine Yang Divine Skill and a fiery shield from his Sun Imprint.

Xu Jie reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and tried to claim the Infernal Delicate Apricot, but the Aromatic Silk Beauty stopped him and demanded proof that he was Tang San’s descendant. It offered him three immortal herbs to choose from as a test, and Xu Jie selected the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

• Xu Jie crossed the rainbow Miasma Poison and Jade Phosphor Seven Absolute Flowers, fighting off poisonous vines with his Golden Dragon Spear as he pressed onward.
• Xu Jie leaped from a cliff into the hidden valley and found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, identifying the Infernal Delicate Apricot as his target.
• Xu Jie tested the fiery spring’s heat with his Ultimate Fire and prepared to enter the water, but the Aromatic Silk Beauty raised a barrier and confronted him.
• Xu Jie told the Aromatic Silk Beauty he would not leave without an immortal herb, and it required him to prove he was Tang San’s descendant by eating a test herb.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty presented the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid, and Narcissus Jade Bone, and Xu Jie chose the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.

Xu Jie stored the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and passed Youyou’s first trial after explaining his connection to Tang San. He defeated Infernal Delicate Apricot’s fire-woman and forced the immortal herb to submit, then declared that Infernal Delicate Apricot itself was the herb he wanted.

• Xu Jie stored the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Youyou mistook him for Tang San’s descendant before accepting him as having passed the first trial.
• Youyou summoned Infernal Delicate Apricot to test Xu Jie’s strength in combat.
• Xu Jie entered the Blazing Sun Spring and destroyed the Fire Woman that Infernal Delicate Apricot formed from the spring water.
• Xu Jie’s crimson Sun Martial Soul overpowered Infernal Delicate Apricot’s control of the spring, and Infernal Delicate Apricot admitted defeat and submitted.
• Infernal Delicate Apricot gave Xu Jie a piece of Blazing Gel, but Xu Jie refused to return it and said he wanted Infernal Delicate Apricot itself.

Xu Jie gained A'jiao's voluntary sacrifice to break through Rank 70, then used a seed and his magic to preserve A'jiao's soul and help him regrow in the Fire Eye. The reborn Infernal Delicate Apricot gained a higher growth limit, while Xu Jie reached Rank 72 and obtained a head soul bone.

• Youyou explained that the Infernal Delicate Apricot's fire poison made it impossible to eat, and Xu Jie clarified that he wanted its soul ring to reach Rank 70.
• A'jiao agreed to become Xu Jie's soul ring on the condition that Xu Jie leave the other immortal herbs untouched, and Xu Jie promised to preserve A'jiao's soul in a seed.
• A'jiao sacrificed himself, giving Xu Jie a blood-red soul ring and head soul bone while raising Xu Jie's cultivation from Rank 70 to Rank 72.
• Xu Jie used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff to transfer A'jiao's soul into a seed and planted it in the Fire Eye, where a new sprout emerged.
• Xu Jie infused the sprout with his crimson Sun Martial Soul, giving A'jiao a red-gold pattern that increased his growth limit.

Xu Jie rejected Tang San’s invitation to join the Tang Sect and fused the Infernal Delicate Apricot soul bone. After Youyou confirmed he could take seven herbs, Xu Jie chose the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and Narcissus Jade Bone, intending to give the orchid to Qian Ran.

• Xu Jie read Tang San’s instructions in the ancient book but refused to join the Tang Sect and returned it to Youyou.
• Xu Jie absorbed the Infernal Delicate Apricot soul bone, which strengthened his bones and body.
• Youyou explained that Xu Jie could take seven immortal herbs, counting the earlier Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and the benefit from A'jiao against his allowance.
• Xu Jie asked about the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and chose it and the Narcissus Jade Bone, hoping to save his remaining three choices for a later visit.
• Youyou brought the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid and Narcissus Jade Bone to Xu Jie.

Xu Jie entered the Undead Demigod Plane to avoid the Holy Spirit Cult and used Huo Yuhao’s Gate of Contracts to reach the Body Sect safely. There, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Xu Jie that Destiny had guided her to become Huo Yuhao’s soul beast, not her own.

• Xu Jie showed Long Xiaoyao his new Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, received a protective Dragon Pellet, and set off toward the Body Sect while checking whether Long Xiaoyao followed him.
• Xu Jie used the Gate of Contracts to enter the Undead Demigod Plane and followed its guiding light to Huo Yuhao’s Gate of Contracts.
• At Little Phoenix Village, Huo Yuhao sensed the disturbance, spoke with Electrolux, and opened the Gate of Contracts in a training room.
• Xu Jie stepped through the gate and explained to Huo Yuhao that he had come indirectly to keep Qian Ran hidden from the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who told Xu Jie that she should become Huo Yuhao’s soul beast rather than her own.