Chapter Summaries

Gu You reviewed Soul Sweeping Tower’s success, learned that Cheng E had devised its strategy, and recruited him for the Soul Hall’s plan to capture Venerable Yao. He assigned Yang Shan to join the mission and gave him a Heaven Rank Low-Level Dou Technique, leaving Yang Shan amazed by the Soul Hall’s generosity.

• Gu You examined Soul Sweeping Tower’s earnings and methods, then praised Hun Dan for its success and asked who had devised its strategy.
• Hun Dan credited Cheng E and explained their friendship, prompting Gu You to summon Cheng E and promise him an important duty.
• Gu You told Yang Shan that the Soul Hall would capture Venerable Yao alive and bring him to Lost Soul Branch Hall, and Yang Shan asked to accompany Black White Heavenly Venerate with Vulture Eagle while disguised.
• Gu You approved Yang Shan’s participation and gave him the Heaven Rank Low-Level Ten Thousand Souls Finger inheritance to prepare for the mission.
• Yang Shan read the technique’s formidable abilities and requirements and marveled at the Soul Hall’s generosity.

Yang Shan quickly mastered the Heaven Rank Dou Skill "Ten Thousand Souls Finger" and headed to the Lost Soul Branch Hall to join the effort to capture Venerable Yao. There, Gu You assigned the Profound Nether Two Venerables to supervise Hun Xian, and the chapter ended with news that Venerable Yao had been spotted.

• Gu You warned Yang Shan that Heaven Rank Dou Skills were difficult to master, and Yang Shan gave Wu Ying the task of accompanying him.
• Yang Shan used the Inheritance Jade Slip to advance "Ten Thousand Souls Finger" to completion in five days, despite the increased cost of using it at his current cultivation level.
• Yang Shan set out for the Lost Soul Mountain Range, confident that his new Dou Skill and Wu Ying would help him face powerful opponents.
• Gu You brought Black White Heavenly Venerate and the Profound Nether Two Venerables to the Lost Soul Branch Hall and ordered Hun Xian to cooperate with them in capturing Venerable Yao.
• Hun Xian hosted a banquet for the newcomers, but a guardian interrupted to report traces of Venerable Yao.

Hun Xian ordered a search for Venerable Yao, while Yang Shan and Wu Ying secretly chose Spirit Spring Valley to investigate on their own. There, Yang Shan found no trace of Yao Lao and was baffled when the Players eagerly tried to join the Soul Hall, so he threatened to take their souls.

• A Heaven Grade Protector reported seven possible hiding places for Venerable Yao, including four where Dou Zong experts were searching, and Hun Xian ordered the Soul Hall to focus on those four areas.
• Yang Shan privately directed Wu Ying to recruit the protector for the Soul Sweeping Tower, then chose Spirit Spring Valley for their search with Wu Ying.
• Yang Shan and Wu Ying searched Spirit Spring Valley but found no trace of Venerable Yao, whose dreamscape had drawn Players to the area.
• Yang Shan claimed a Sweet Spirit Spring Eye from the Players gathered there, but they crowded around him to ask to join the Soul Hall.
• Yang Shan threatened to take the Players' souls when they kept pressing to work for him instead of fleeing.

Yang Shan lured players toward the Soul Hall by openly displaying his presence and welcoming the Tian Hao Alliance’s hunt for him. As the alliance and other players prepared to attack, Yang Shan waited in Spirit Spring Valley while his allies split up to support Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang.

• Yang Shan killed a Tian Hao Alliance core player with Dark Soul Mist, prompting nearby players to flee and one to post a video of the Soul Hall Venerable Elder on the forums.
• Wang Tianhao announced a Tian Hao Alliance event to hunt the Profound Nether Two Venerables, offering cash rewards for contributions and the killing blow.
• Yang Shan explained that he wanted players to gather around him, while his allies planned to attack Venerable Purple Robe and Venerable Qing Hai with Bai Su'an’s array blocking their Space Jade Slips.
• Jin Shankao and Yu Feifei split their forces to support Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang; Jin Shankao then brought Hero King Manor players to help Xiao Aotian face the Black White Heavenly Venerate.
• Yang Shan waited impatiently with Wu Ying in Spirit Spring Valley until she warned him that the attackers had arrived.

Yang Shan and Wu Ying baited the Tian Hao Alliance and nearby Players into attacking them, while Yang Shan secretly harvested souls with explosive Soul Piercing Finger attacks. The Players grew bolder as they believed their defenses could withstand him, leaving Wang Tianhao overwhelmed by the crossfire.

• Yang Shan and Wu Ying revealed themselves, and Wu Ying fought Ji Fengchun while pretending to be occupied by his saber attacks.
• Wang Tianhao launched a surprise attack on Yang Shan, who dodged and used an explosive Soul Piercing Finger to kill nearby Players and collect their souls.
• Yang Shan continued setting off controlled explosions, and the Players realized their Protective Gang Qi could endure several hits.
• Wang Tianhao urged the Players to attack, and they fired hundreds of techniques at Yang Shan, with many strikes hitting Wang Tianhao instead.
• Wang Tianhao cursed the Players as his Vitality Shield was badly depleted.

Yang Shan and Wu Ying faced a coordinated assault from the Tian Hao Alliance and thousands of Dou Zong players. Wu Ying repelled the alliance’s combined attack and revealed the terrifying soul weapon that reminded Jia Ma Empire players of Soul Hall’s Protector Wu.

• Wang Tianhao raised the reward for damaging Yang Shan, drawing more players into the attack, and their barrage rapidly depleted Yang Shan’s Vitality Shield.
• Yang Shan escaped the players’ bombardment by using Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to increase his speed, while Wang Tianhao tried to keep him occupied.
• Ji Fengchun trapped Wu Ying with a space-infused Dou Skill as Hao Yunqi and Ji Wusha launched a coordinated attack.
• Wu Ying countered Hao Yunqi’s blazing lion with Dark Soul Mist and bound Ji Wusha’s Side Blade with chains, then blocked Ji Wusha’s follow-up strike with a bone scythe and struck him with a soul impact.
• Jia Ma Empire players recognized Wu Ying’s scythe, chains, and black aura as resembling the terrifying Soul Hall’s Protector Wu.

Yang Shan and Wu Ying rampaged through the Players as the Profound Nether Two Venerables, until Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body appeared to rescue Lin Yaoyao and challenge them. Yang Shan planned to stage a convincing fight that would leave the two venerables apparently wounded and tempt the Players to attack them for rewards.

• Yang Shan admired Wu Ying’s High Earth Rank Bone Soul Scythe, which Wu Ying had forged using materials supplied by Hun Dan.
• Yang Shan and Wu Ying charged into the Player crowd, with Yang Shan using Soul Piercing Finger to mow down Dou Zong Players while sparing the Dou Zuns.
• Lin Yaoyao called for Yang God as Wu Ying’s Dark Soul Mist closed in on her, and Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body struck Wu Ying away before he could reach her.
• Yang Shan’s Thunder Phantom Body confronted Mystic Venerable and demanded to know whether Venerable Yao was in Soul Hall’s hands.
• Yang Shan began the next stage of his plan by having his Thunder Phantom Body unleash Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls - Overload Version, hoping to make the Profound Nether Two Venerables appear badly wounded.

Yang Shan overwhelmed the Profound Nether Two Venerables but let them escape, and players turned their injuries into a bounty-fueled hunt. In Ancient Green Ridge, Su Yitang and her allies trapped Soul Hall’s reinforcements and killed Venerable Qing Hai, forcing Venerable Purple Robe and the other Soul Hall members to flee.

• Yang Shan blasted the Profound Nether Two Venerables with Lingering Spirit Hundred Howls - Overload Version, then spared them after they denied finding Venerable Yao.
• Yang Shan disguised himself as Mystic Venerable and escaped with Wu Ying when Wang Tianhao and others attacked, leaving the Tian Hao Alliance disgraced and prompting it to offer a bounty for the Venerables’ coordinates.
• Players learned that the injured Profound Nether Two Venerables were avoiding fights and poured into Spirit Spring Valley to hunt them.
• Yi Qingyang, Fusheng Ruomeng, Huangfu Qiangwei, and Yu Feifei’s forces attacked Soul Hall members, wounding Old Mu Bone and driving Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate into retreat.
• Su Yitang, Zhu Tianpeng, and her allies ambushed Venerable Qing Hai and Venerable Purple Robe, blocked the spatial passage with Cemented Heart 6.0 Version—No Passage This Way, and killed Qing Hai.
• Venerable Purple Robe fled with the Soul Hall Protectors after Su Yitang’s kill triggered a global announcement.

Gu You reviewed the Soul Hall’s setbacks and the powerful factions opposing it as Yang Shan gathered souls in Spirit Spring Valley. After Venerable Yao was discovered in Dead Soul Mountain, the Soul Hall assembled to capture him, while Yang Shan and the Players prepared to exploit the situation.

• Gu You discussed Venerable Qing Hai’s death, Yang Shan’s strength, and the new generation’s backing with Mo Yu before ordering him to withdraw.
• Yang Shan spent half a month farming Players in Spirit Spring Valley and filled sixty-four Soul Accumulation Pearls before the Players left for Dead Soul Mountain.
• Players discovered Venerable Yao in Dead Soul Mountain and delayed the Soul Hall’s forces long enough for him to escape deeper into the region.
• Hun Xian gathered eight Dou Zuns and many Soul Hall forces to capture Venerable Yao alive, while Yang Shan shared their deployment details with the company group chat.
• Yang Shan’s group decided to split their efforts between finding Venerable Yao and raiding the Lost Soul Branch Hall.

Players and their allies searched Dead Soul Mountain for Venerable Yao while contending with dangerous Magical Beasts and insects. Soul Hall’s forces appeared, and the chapter ended as they found Venerable Yao hidden in a cave.

• Jin Shankao’s group fought through the core region, where a Soul Absorbing Ant briefly weakened him before Ye Suifeng destroyed the swarm.
• Little Yao Xi sensed no sign of Yao Lao, and Jin Shankao’s group encountered Xiao Aotian and his powerful Heaven Flame Alliance party.
• After seeing Soul Hall’s dark clouds approach, Xiao Aotian decided to follow its forces, and Jin Shankao shared their coordinates with other Players.
• Venerable Yao felt uneasy while refining spiritual plants in a hidden cave, and a Soul Hall voice called out to him through his concealment formation.

Venerable Yao was cornered by Soul Hall, but Xiao Aotian, Ye Suifeng, Heavenly Flame Venerable, Little Yao Xi, and the Hero King Manor cultivators arrived to rescue him. As Hun Xian ordered Soul Hall to attack them, Yang Shan secretly warned Su Yitang to flee if the raid on the Lost Soul Branch Hall went badly.

• Venerable Yao abandoned his spirit plant and fled his cave in a Dou Zun Puppet as Hun Xian, Old Mu Bone, and Soul Hall's forces surrounded him.
• Old Mu Bone attacked Venerable Yao while Soul Hall Protectors formed the Soul Locking Grand Array, and Yang Shan let the confrontation continue to buy time for the raid on the Lost Soul Branch Hall.
• Hun Xian learned that three Dou Zuns had broken into the Lost Soul Branch Hall, and Yang Shan encouraged him to focus on the mission to capture Venerable Yao.
• Xiao Aotian and Ye Suifeng struck Old Mu Bone, while Heavenly Flame Venerable, Little Yao Xi, and the Hero King Manor cultivators arrived to support Venerable Yao.
• Yang Shan secretly told Su Yitang to take what they had and run if the situation worsened, while Hun Xian ordered Soul Hall to capture Venerable Yao alive and kill anyone who obstructed them.

Venerable Yao prepared to sacrifice himself rather than be captured by Hun Xian, but Yi Qingyang and Yu Feifei arrived with reinforcements from Shu Xian Lou and the Meteor Association. The two sides remained poised for battle as Mei Yangyang’s insults stunned Old Mu Bone, buying the Players time for more allies to arrive.

• Jin Shankao’s group struggled against the Soul Hall’s powerful fighters, and Black Heavenly Venerate stopped Ye Suifeng’s attack while Hun Xian moved to seize Venerable Yao.
• Venerable Yao tried to suppress his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and sacrifice himself, but Black White Heavenly Venerate’s seal prevented him from doing so.
• Yi Qingyang arrived with Shu Xian Lou’s fighters and helped the Players regroup around Venerable Yao.
• Yu Feifei arrived with the Meteor Association, and both sides faced off while more reinforcements were still on their way.
• Mei Yangyang mocked Old Mu Bone at length, leaving him speechless and prompting Venerable Purple Robe to snicker before Old Mu Bone struck him.

Players gathered at the Lost Soul Branch Hall to protect Venerable Yao, forcing Soul Hall onto the defensive. Yang Shan accepted souls from Hun Xian and unleashed a Heaven Rank Dou Skill, leaving the battle on the brink of disaster as Venerable Yao warned the Players to flee.

• Eight Space Channels opened, and eight One-Star Dou Zuns arrived with thousands of Players to support Venerable Yao.
• Yang Shan learned that Su Yitang and the Cement Brothers had escaped Madam Wei after raiding the Lost Soul Branch Hall.
• Yang Shan demanded souls from Hun Xian in exchange for using Ten Thousand Souls Finger to carve a path through the Players and seize Venerable Yao.
• Xiao Aotian led the Players in attacking Soul Hall, while Xiao Aotian, Yi Qingyang, and Ye Suifeng broke the Soul Locking Grand Array with their Heaven and Earth Oddities.
• Yang Shan summoned a terrifying black-cloud manifestation, and Venerable Yao recognized it as a Heaven Rank Soul Clan Dou Skill and urged the Players to run.

Yang Shan used a Heaven Rank Dou Skill to fight off the Soul Hall forces, but Venerable Yao was captured amid the clash. Yang Shan killed the Profound Nether Two Venerables, then celebrated with the players before contacting Gu You.

• Yang Shan unleashed One Finger, Ten Thousand Souls Extinguished, while the players tried to stop him and Venerable Yao offered to surrender to spare them.
• A lightning strike from the Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder collided with Yang Shan's attack, and the Soul Hall took Venerable Yao away.
• Yang Shan killed the Profound Nether Two Venerables with his Side Blades and concealed their true nature with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• AI Nüwa announced rewards for Yang Shan's kills, and Little Yao Xi cried when he told her Venerable Yao had been captured.
• Yang Shan explained that he had arrived late because he and his allies had fought Hun Xian's Seven-Star Dou Zun mother, then joined the players for a gathering.
• After the gathering, Yang Shan entered his guest room and contacted Gu You to share good news.

Yang Shan helped Gu You prepare to reveal the Lost Soul Branch Hall’s location, then returned to the game and accepted the rewards his companions had earned. He went back to Wind and Thunder Pavilion, where he found Thunder Lord alone while Feng Qing'er was away for her clan’s Bloodline Ceremony.

• Gu You praised Cheng E for helping resolve the dispute with Venerable Yao and said he would report him as a candidate for Ten Heavenly Venerate.
• Gu You ordered Qiu Di and Mo Yu to accompany him when he revealed the Lost Soul Branch Hall’s location, and warned them to avoid contacting Wei Yatou.
• Su Yitang tried to make Yang Shan accept 1.5 million units of Pure Soul Energy, and Yang Shan teased her before returning to the game.
• Yang Shan received Su Yitang’s package containing the Pure Soul Energy and two eighth-tier Essence Spirit Crystals, which raised his Extremely Fast Potential to Five Star Dou Zun.
• Yang Shan returned to Wind and Thunder Pavilion, found only Thunder Lord there, and learned that Feng Qing'er had returned to her clan for its Bloodline Ceremony.

Yang Shan traveled to Starfall Pavilion after Venerable Feng invited him to help rescue Yao Chen from Soul Hall. As Players gathered for the operation, Venerable Feng revealed that Lost Soul Branch Hall had already been abandoned, leaving the rescue effort without a target.

• Mu Qingluan invited Yang Shan to Starfall Pavilion on Venerable Feng's behalf, and Yang Shan left Wind and Thunder Pavilion with her.
• Yang Shan arrived at Starfall Pavilion and reunited with Xiao Aotian, who complained about Yang Shan's success with female NPCs.
• Seventy-five Dou Zun Players gathered near Starfall Pavilion to prepare for the operation to rescue Yao Chen.
• Venerable Feng told the Players that Soul Hall's Lost Soul Branch Hall had taken Yao Chen, but the branch hall had been abandoned before he could investigate further.

Yang Shan joined an alliance of Players seeking Venerable Yao, then learned that Hun Xian had vanished and led a small team into the Western Region's Severed Realm Mountain Range to investigate. Following an unusual sensory trace underwater, he discovered a brightly lit settlement on the riverbed.

• At Starfall Pavilion, Venerable Feng offered rewards for intelligence about Venerable Yao, and Yang Shan recognized Yuan Hongquan among the gathered Players.
• Yang Shan and his allies formed an offensive and defensive alliance, then Hun Dan told him that Hun Xian had disobeyed orders and could no longer be contacted.
• Yang Shan summoned Su Yitang, Chao Bafang, and Zhu Tianpeng to investigate the Severed Realm Mountain Range after learning that Hun Xian was missing.
• Yang Shan sensed an anomaly as the group traveled west, and he transformed the team into gray wolves to continue through the increasingly empty wilderness.
• Yang Shan detected strange space near a river, changed into a Mystic Pig, and dove deep underwater, where he found a lit cluster of buildings on the riverbed.

Yang Shan discovered that Hun Xian and the Lost Soul Branch Hall were hiding in a riverside town beneath a powerful Space Barrier, and Starfall Pavilion mobilized to attack. As the enemy prepared to meet the approaching forces, Yang Shan slipped through the barrier and entered the town to rescue Yao Lao.

• Yang Shan sensed Hun Xian and a Three-Star Dou Zun inside the underwater town, then alerted the company group while Little Yao Xi sought Venerable Feng and the others prepared to support them.
• Little Yao Xi showed Venerable Feng Yao Lao’s token, prompting Starfall Pavilion to mobilize and send forces toward the town.
• Madam Wei explained that Soul Hall was hiding Yao Chen because he possessed the Flame Nurturing Mystic Method, then warned Hun Xian that spies could be inside their ranks.
• Madam Wei’s insect sentries detected approaching forces, and she ordered the Lost Soul Branch Hall to prepare for battle after Hun Xian recognized Xiao Aotian among the attackers.
• Yang Shan watched the enemy form an array underwater, returned to the town’s Space Barrier, opened a gap with Supreme Void Power, and entered to rescue Yao Lao.

Yang Shan rescued Venerable Yao from a sealed prison, but Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate attacked before they could escape. Yang Shan overwhelmed him in combat, while Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate focused on stalling until Fourth Heavenly Venerate Blood River arrived.

• Yang Shan killed two Protectors as he followed Venerable Yao's soul fluctuations through town.
• Yang Shan broke into Venerable Yao's prison, freed him from his chains, and tried to take him away.
• Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate attacked with Mystic Yellow Flame, forcing Yang Shan to carry Venerable Yao to safety before returning to fight.
• Yang Shan clashed with Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate, using his lightning and Sea Heart Flame to counter the Heavenly Venerate's attacks and suppress him with his blade.
• Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate resolved to stall for time because Fourth Heavenly Venerate Blood River was already on his way.

Yang Shan outmaneuvered Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate’s powerful secret attack with Sea Abyss Illusion Arts and defeated him. The chapter ended with a global announcement confirming Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate’s death and Yang Shan’s rewards.

• Yang Shan used his Thunder Illusory Body to overwhelm Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate and rapidly drain his Vitality Shield.
• Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate sacrificed Soul Strength to raise his cultivation to Six Star Dou Zun Peak, then trapped both Yang Shans and unleashed Soul Splitting Thousand Gang Seal.
• Yang Shan used Sea Abyss Illusion Arts to make Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate’s ultimate attack strike empty air while he prepared his counterattack.
• Yang Shan bound and slashed Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate with his blades, leaving him helpless and learning that he did not know how to make a Heaven and Earth Oddity self-destruct.
• Yang Shan killed Diabolic Sun Heavenly Venerate, triggering a global announcement that granted him Meridians, a Free Spiritual Root, Comprehension, and Good Fortune.