Chapter Summaries

After resolving the threat in Nuoding City, Rota watched the city recover and reunited with the recovering Yue Guan and Ghost. When a letter revealed that Qian Xunjie had already returned to Spirit City, Rota and his companions prepared to leave for the Elder inauguration ceremony.

• Ghost arrived after Rota captured the attacker, and Rota left the cleanup to the Nuoding City Enforcement Team.
• Rota told the Nuoding City Steward about the incident, and the city was rebuilt over the following days.
• Yue Guan recovered from his injuries and revealed that his Soul Power Level had increased, while Ghost said he had also advanced to level eighty-six.
• The Nuoding City Steward delivered Qian Xunjie's letter, which told Rota to return for the Elder inauguration ceremony.
• Rota, Ghost, and Yue Guan set out for Spirit City, with Rota carrying the other two at high speed.

Rota arrived in Spirit City to be inaugurated as Spirit Hall’s new elder, where Qian Xunjie treated him with unusual caution. Rota was confirmed as an elder and rewarded for defeating the Soul Bone thieves, though the stolen Soul Bone remained missing.

• Rota admired Spirit City and the Sacred Hall as Ghost reminded him to attend the inauguration first.
• Qian Xunjie welcomed Ghost, Yue Guan, and Rota into the Sacred Hall and allowed Rota to skip kneeling.
• Rota announced that he had dealt with the criminals who stole Spirit Hall’s Soul Bone, and Ghost presented a severed head as proof.
• Rota admitted that he had not recovered the eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, prompting an elder to protest before Qian Xunjie ended the dispute.
• Qian Xunjie awarded Rota ten thousand Gold Soul Coins and ordered newspapers to report the criminals’ defeat.
• The elders unanimously approved Rota’s appointment, and Rota wondered why everyone was staring at him.

After becoming an official elder of Spirit Hall, Rota looked for a quiet place to settle in Spirit City. With Ghost’s help, he found a secluded house he could afford and agreed to buy it at a discount.

• Rota celebrated his new position with Ghost and Yue Guan over tea, then asked them to help him find a home in Spirit City.
• Ghost brought Rota to a housing estate on the outskirts of the city and introduced him to its owner, Boss Luo.
• Boss Luo showed Rota the estate’s housing options, and Rota chose a secluded home.
• Boss Luo offered Rota a fifty percent discount, setting the price at nine thousand Gold Soul Coins, and led him to view the houses.

Rota settled into his new home in Spirit City and explored the city, where he learned that people were gathering to search for the missing Soul Bone. He left the two brothers who revealed the plan with a warning, while they abandoned their hopes of becoming nobles.

• Rota bought a house near the artificial lake, arranged its interior to suit his tastes, and slept there overnight.
• Rota toured Spirit City and listened as a Storyteller retold his capture of Deklai as an embellished heroic tale.
• Rota confronted two men whispering in an alley, and they admitted that powerful Soul Masters were being gathered to search for the missing Soul Bone near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The brothers revealed that they planned to hire Soul Masters, claim the Soul Bone, and hand it to Spirit Hall in hopes of becoming nobles.
• Rota identified himself as Spirit Hall elder Kizaru, chose not to report the brothers, and warned them against their scheme.
• The brothers decided that remaining merchants was better than pursuing noble titles.

Rota left Spirit City to retrieve an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, while Qian Xunjie grew suspicious of Kizaru and ordered Ghost and Yue Guan to watch him. After discussing how to control Kizaru with Bibi Dong, Qian Xunjie warned that he would eliminate him if he threatened Spirit Hall.

• Rota learned from the brothers that an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone was in a village and decided to retrieve it for himself.
• Rota left Spirit City and flew toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while a knight reported his departure to Qian Xunjie.
• Qian Xunjie summoned Ghost and Yue Guan and ordered them to secretly monitor Kizaru for unusual movements.
• Ghost called Qian Xunjie selfish, leaving Yue Guan troubled about which side to support if the two came into conflict.
• Qian Xunjie asked Bibi Dong how to control Kizaru, and she suggested targeting people important to him.
• Qian Xunjie told Bibi Dong he would eliminate Kizaru if he acted against Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong left without commenting.

Rota searched a village for the soul masters pursuing a Soul Bone and overheard Reid’s elite team planning to enter the Star Dou Great Forest’s Life Forbidden Zone. After promising Xiao Wu he would visit her, Rota prepared snacks for her family while Reid’s group set out.

• Rota spotted a suspicious team of black-clothed soul masters and overheard Reid discussing their plan to enter the Life Forbidden Zone and meet another team.
• Rota decided to follow Reid’s group, whose members were all above Level 70, to find the soul masters pursuing the Soul Bone.
• Xiao Wu called Rota and invited him to visit, so he promised to stop by the Star Dou Great Forest on his way.
• Rota bought Red Bean Cakes for Xiao Wu and her family and discovered that they tasted as good as they smelled.

Rota bought red bean cakes for Xiao Wu and her family while observing Luo De and Fick’s team prepare to search for a Soul Bone in the Star Dou Great Forest. He reunited with Xiao Wu, her mother, Da Ming, and Er Ming, but the treats were far too small for the two giant soul beasts to taste.

• Rota bought five bags of red bean cake and spotted Luo De and Fick’s teams gathering in a hidden grove to prepare for their mission.
• Luo De and Fick agreed to cooperate until they found the Soul Bone, and Luo De told the group to rest before beginning the operation the next day.
• Rota watched the camp from a tree, then went to visit Xiao Wu and her mother by the lake.
• Rota gave Xiao Wu and her mother red bean cake, and both enjoyed it so much that Xiao Wu trembled after her first bite.
• Da Ming and Er Ming emerged to get their share, but the bags of red bean cake were too small for the giant soul beasts to taste.

Rota told Xiao Wu and her family the sad story of his teacher Zephyr, then discussed his mission to recover a Soul Bone before leaving them. At dawn, he followed Reid and Fick’s Treasure Hunting Team as they set out for the Life Forbidden Zone in Star Dou Great Forest.

• Rota shared red bean cakes with Xiao Wu and told her family how his teacher Zephyr had died, leaving Xiao Wu in tears.
• Sky Azure Bull Python comforted Rota and told him that a human carrying a Soul Bone had died in the Life Forbidden Zone.
• Rota explained that he planned to join a group searching for the Soul Bone and promised to protect Sky Azure Bull Python’s family if the group approached them.
• At dawn, Reid ordered the Treasure Hunting Team to obey orders and stay united as they prepared to enter the forest.
• Reid’s team set off toward the Life Forbidden Zone, and Rota followed them from a distance.

The Treasure Hunting Team entered the core region of the Star Dou Great Forest, relying on Wind Concealment to hide the group and divert an approaching ten-thousand-year Soul Beast. After escaping immediate danger, the team hurried to find a safe place where Wind Concealment could recover.

• Wind Concealment used his Sixth Soul Skill, Ultimate Concealment, to hide the thirty-person team and erase their auras.
• Reid warned the team to remain cautious, while he grew more wary of Fick as they advanced through the core region.
• The Perception Type Soul Sage detected a ten-thousand-year Soul Beast charging toward them, despite Wind Concealment's concealment skill.
• Wind Concealment used his Fifth Soul Skill, Bewildering Illusion, to lure the Soul Beast away and told the team to move before his Soul Power ran low.
• Reid ordered the team to retreat to a safe place, and two members supported the exhausted Wind Concealment as they hurried away.

Rota drove the dangerous Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts away from the Treasure Hunting Team’s route, allowing the team to continue toward the Soul Bone’s approximate location. The group traveled safely, but Wind Concealment remained suspicious of the Soul Beasts’ behavior and discussed it with Jin Ling.

• Reid ordered the Treasure Hunting Team to rest while the Perception Type Soul Sage watched for nearby threats.
• Rota used Observation Haki to locate dangerous Soul Beasts and persuaded a Steel Armored Giant Elephant and several others to leave the area.
• Reid and Fick confirmed the team’s route using Fick’s Soul Tool, and Wind Concealment recovered his Soul Power with help from the Food-Type Soul Sage.
• The Treasure Hunting Team set off again, and the Perception Type Soul Sage reported that no Soul Beasts were approaching and that many Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts had moved away.
• Wind Concealment wondered why the area was so quiet, and Jin Ling asked what was troubling him.

The Treasure Hunting Team continued through the Star Dou Great Forest as Wind Concealment grew suspicious of the soul beasts’ behavior and the operation’s unseen influence. After Reid’s team fought off a thirty-thousand-year Purple Lightning Leopard, Rota stayed hidden, while Wind Concealment noticed the battle had not gone as it seemed.

• Wind Concealment warned Jin Ling that the soul beasts’ absence and their movement away from the team were abnormal, and suspected another cause behind it.
• The Perception Type Soul Sage reported that a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast had caught up with them, so Reid ordered the team to prepare for battle.
• Reid and the other members attacked the approaching Purple Lightning Leopard, but their strikes failed to catch it as it dodged at high speed.
• Rota secretly fired a Laser through the Purple Lightning Leopard’s heart, allowing Reid’s Explosive Fist Wind to finish it off.
• Reid led the Treasure Hunting Team onward, and Wind Concealment questioned why the leopard had taken the blow while Rota remained concealed.

The Treasure Hunting Team camped for the night after a tense day, while Reid and his companions discussed the strange attack and the Purple Lightning Leopard’s death. Rota watched Wind Concealment and Jin Ling grow closer and considered recruiting them after the operation.

• Reid ordered the Treasure Hunting Team to camp without lighting fires and assigned several members to keep watch.
• Wind Concealment and Jin Ling told Reid they suspected someone was manipulating events, and Reid agreed the Purple Lightning Leopard’s death was inexplicable.
• Reid insisted the team continue searching for the Soul Bone and told Jin Ling she would be needed for the next day’s operation.
• Jin Ling pulled a hesitant Wind Concealment into their shared tent, while Rota watched from a tree and considered bringing them under his command.

The Treasure Hunting Team entered the Life Forbidden Zone and used Jin Ling’s Feng Shui Mirror to locate the Soul Bone. They reached the tree where it was hidden, but Reid’s team hesitated over who would retrieve it.

• The Treasure Hunting Team reached the outskirts of the Life Forbidden Zone, and Reid warned them about the danger inside.
• Jin Ling used her Martial Soul Avatar and Path of Treasure Hunting to locate the Soul Bone, while Wind Concealment checked on her condition.
• After recovering her strength, Jin Ling guided the team toward the Soul Bone, and Wind Concealment carried her on his back.
• Jin Ling pinpointed the Soul Bone inside a hollow tree about a hundred meters ahead.
• Reid asked who would retrieve the Soul Bone, but no one volunteered.

Wind Concealment attempted to retrieve the Soul Bone but was attacked by an unseen fire-attribute soul beast, and Reid took the bone before Fick ambushed him and stole it. Reid, Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, and Fick ended up trapped together inside a wall of flames, facing the soul beast.

• Reid and the others urged Wind Concealment to retrieve the Soul Bone, and he agreed to protect Jin Ling and speed their escape.
• Wind Concealment reached the tree but dodged a sudden attack from an unseen soul beast that left a blazing wall of fire in his path.
• Reid charged through the flames, broke open the tree, grabbed the Soul Bone, and ordered everyone to retreat.
• Fick ambushed Reid, kicked him aside, and took the Soul Bone while Wind Concealment and Jin Ling turned back to help Reid.
• A firestorm swept through the forest as Fick tried to escape, but a wall of flames surrounded Reid, Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, and Fick beside the approaching soul beast.

Reid, Wind Concealment, and Jin Ling faced an enraged Blazing Sun Lion King after Fick used a soul beast lure and escaped. Rota intercepted Fick, reclaimed the Soul Bone, and headed toward the ongoing fight.

• Reid recognized the nearly eighty-thousand-year-old Blazing Sun Lion King, while Fick threw a soul beast lure at Reid and the others before escaping through the flame barrier.
• Reid offered to cover Wind Concealment and Jin Ling as they fled, but they refused, and the three prepared to fight the Blazing Sun Lion King together.
• Fick encountered Rota, who showed him Spirit Hall's Elder Token and demanded the Soul Bone.
• Fick attacked Rota at close range, but Rota evaded him and struck him with a Light Speed Kick, sending the Soul Bone flying.
• Rota stored the Soul Bone and walked toward Reid and the others, intending to watch their battle with the Blazing Sun Lion King.

Reid, Wind Concealment, and Jin Ling fought the Blazing Sun Lion King in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Reid managed to wound it before it cornered them. As the three prepared to face its enraged assault, Rota appeared to intervene.

• Reid, Wind Concealment, and Jin Ling began fighting the Blazing Sun Lion King, with Reid taking the lead.
• The Blazing Sun Lion King overpowered Reid and knocked him back, while Wind Concealment used Color Defense to protect him.
• Reid activated Martial Soul Avatar and, with Wind Concealment disrupting the lion’s attack, struck it with a series of soul skills and wounded its chest.
• The enraged Blazing Sun Lion King created fiery tornadoes that blocked the group’s escape, and Reid decided they should retreat.
• Rota appeared before the group as the Blazing Sun Lion King advanced on them.

Rota, an elder of Spirit Hall who called himself Kizaru, rescued Reid and his companions from the Blazing Sun Lion King and confronted the beast. The Sky Azure Bull Python interrupted Rota before his attack landed, and Reid and the others were left stunned by the speaking Soul Beast.

• Rota told Reid that he had the Soul Bone and that Fick might already be dead, easing the group's fears.
• Rota asked the Blazing Sun Lion King to spare Reid and his companions, but the enraged beast refused.
• Reid, Wind Concealment, and Jin Ling retreated as Rota blocked the Blazing Sun Lion King's attack with one hand.
• Rota began charging a Light Speed Kick, and the Blazing Sun Lion King froze in fear.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python arrived and asked Rota to spare the lion, giving the Blazing Sun Lion King a chance to flee.
• Reid and his companions were shocked to hear the Sky Azure Bull Python speak, while Rota treated it as ordinary.

Rota met the Sky Azure Bull Python, who had come at Xiao Wu’s request to check on him, then invited Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, and Reid to join his planned financial organization. They accepted, and Rota prepared to lead them out of the Life Forbidden Zone, revealing he had visited it before.

• The Sky Azure Bull Python told Rota that Xiao Wu had sent it to check on him, then left to report back to her.
• Wind Concealment and Jin Ling thanked Rota for saving them, and Reid expressed his admiration for him.
• Rota offered Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, and Reid places in the financial group he planned to establish, and all three agreed to join.
• Reid said he would remain captain of the Star Luo Empire Soul Hunting Team so he could recruit suitable members and help coordinate with the new organization.
• Rota offered to take the group out of the Life Forbidden Zone quickly and said he had been there before.

Rota brought Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, and Reid out of the Life Forbidden Zone and treated them to a lavish meal. After they celebrated their new venture, Rota prepared to discuss how to build their organization.

• Rota ordered Wind Concealment to carry Jin Ling, then took all three companions out of the Life Forbidden Zone at astonishing speed.
• Rota brought the bewildered group to a village and led them to a restaurant for a celebratory meal.
• Wind Concealment, Jin Ling, and Reid ordered an expensive spread, and Rota paid the 50 Gold Soul Coins bill.
• After the meal, Rota and Wind Concealment voiced confidence in their future venture and prepared to discuss its plans.

Rota and his companions founded Tongbao Pavilion to build an economic base, and he proposed using the wealth of nobles who had persecuted Wind Concealment and Jin Ling to fund it. To help protect Wind Concealment, Rota gave him an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, which Wind Concealment began absorbing under their watch.

• Rota named the new organization Tongbao Pavilion, and the group discussed its need to recruit wealthy merchants and raise funds.
• Reid offered to use his connections in the Star Luo Empire to find potential partners.
• Jin Ling explained that nobles in the Heaven Dou Empire had suppressed her and Wind Concealment after the two opposed their unreasonable behavior.
• Rota proposed taking property from those nobles to finance Tongbao Pavilion, and he assured Wind Concealment and Jin Ling that he could handle any retaliation.
• Rota offered Wind Concealment the Skull of Mental Annihilation, an eighty-thousand-year Soul Bone, and Wind Concealment began absorbing it while Rota, Reid, and Jin Ling guarded him.