Chapter Summaries

Ji Wuming defeated Human-Faced Illusion Demon in the Soul Arena, escaped the people following him, and returned to Vast Sea City. There, Dean Shui asked him to treat a younger member of the Shui Family, leaving Ji Wuming puzzled about why he had been summoned.

• Ji Wuming broke Human-Faced Illusion Demon's Heart Questioning Realm and killed her with his Blood Thunder Battle Spear, winning the match.
• Ji Wuming collected his prize money and left the Black Market after resting, then evaded a ten-person group following him into a forest.
• Ji Wuming removed his disguise after losing his pursuers and returned to Vast Sea City.
• Dean Shui found Ji Wuming and explained that he and Director Lu needed him to treat a younger member of the Shui Family.

Ji Wuming met Shui Bing'er, Dean Shui's niece, and learned that her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul caused a dangerous Cold Syndrome because her Innate Soul Power was only level nine. After Li Xianyue treated an attack, Ji Wuming said he had a rough idea for a cure, leaving Shui Bing'er recovering in a heated bath.

• Dean Shui told Ji Wuming that his clan's junior had a flaw in her Martial Soul and asked him to help.
• Ji Wuming met Li Xianyue and Shui Bing'er at the Wodefake Grand Hotel, where Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix appeared on its own and froze the conference room.
• Li Xianyue used her flames to suppress Shui Bing'er's Cold Syndrome and took her away for treatment.
• Dean Shui explained that Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix had caused Cold Syndrome since her awakening, and Ji Wuming said he had a rough idea for a cure.
• Li Xianyue treated Shui Bing'er in a heated bath, and Shui Bing'er drank Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber to endure the cold attack.

Ji Wuming explained that Shui Bing'er's Cold Syndrome stemmed from her weak body and thin Martial Soul bloodline, and that a phoenix-attribute Soul Ring might cure it. He identified the Far North and the Star Dou Great Forest as possible places to find a suitable soul beast, and Li Xianyue prepared to send the family to search.

• Ji Wuming said Shui Bing'er's ice-attribute first Soul Ring had worsened her Cold Syndrome, which he attributed to her weak body and thin Martial Soul bloodline.
• Ji Wuming explained that a phoenix-attribute Soul Ring could replenish Shui Bing'er's bloodline, but phoenix-type soul beasts had become exceedingly rare.
• Ji Wuming named the Ten Thousand Mile Ice Plain and the Star Dou Great Forest as possible habitats for phoenix-type soul beasts.
• Ji Wuming recalled seeing a pale blue, phoenix-like soul beast that he estimated was at the Ten Thousand Year level and likely came from the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Shui Bing'er said she would accept suppressing her Cold Syndrome with Whale Rubber and soul fire, but Li Xianyue insisted on searching for a phoenix-type soul beast.

After six months in Vast Sea City, Ji Wuming gave Shui Bing'er a defensive Soul Tool and promised to go shopping with her. Dean Shui backed their growing closeness despite Li Xianyue's concerns, leaving the adults preparing to return and face the clan elders.

• Li Xianyue agreed to stay in Vast Sea City with Shui Bing'er while they waited for news about the Phoenix-type soul beast and a solution to Bing'er's Cold Syndrome.
• Over the next half year, Ji Wuming and Shui Bing'er grew close, and Ji spent several days in his blacksmith shop making a defensive Soul Tool.
• Shui Bing'er stumbled into Ji Wuming's arms when he opened the shop door, and he teased her before giving her the Soul Tool.
• Ji Wuming demonstrated that the Soul Tool could protect him from Shui Bing'er's Ice Seal, then warned her not to use her First Soul Skill carelessly.
• Dean Shui told Li Xianyue that he supported Ji Wuming and Shui Bing'er as a match and would handle any objections from the clan elders.
• Li Xianyue agreed that Dean Shui's support would protect Bing'er and suggested they return with him the next day.

Ji Wuming reached the level-thirty Soul Power bottleneck and left the merchant fleet to cultivate on an island, but a wounded Soul Beast led a growing pack of Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts to chase him across the sea. The chapter left Ji Wuming realizing that the hunted creature was no ordinary Soul Beast.

• Dean Shui accompanied Li Xianyue and Shui Bing'er back to the Shui Family, while Ji Wuming stayed in Vast Sea City and promised to visit Shui Bing'er after reaching the Soul Elder level.
• A year and a half later, Ji Wuming broke through to the level-thirty Soul Power bottleneck after working with the Hai Family's fleet.
• Ji Wuming told the Captain he would leave the fleet to cultivate on an island, and the Captain agreed to take him near the route.
• A wounded Soul Beast fleeing a Ten Thousand Year Black Jade Octopus drew the fleet into danger, and a centipede Soul Beast capsized the merchant ship.
• Ji Wuming fled across the sea as the wounded Soul Beast pursued him and roughly a dozen Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts gathered around them.

Ji Wuming received a thirteen-thousand-year Thunder Dragon Fish's Soul Beast Sacrifice and absorbed its black Soul Ring, but his Blood Thunder Battle Spear consumed the beast's soul. As more than twenty Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts surrounded him, he activated his concealment Soul Tool and fled.

• Ji Wuming saw the wounded Thunder Dragon Fish unleash a massive lightning attack that killed two Fierce Bite Mad Sharks.
• The Thunder Dragon Fish restrained Ji Wuming, sacrificed itself, and sent its energy into his Blood Thunder Battle Spear and body.
• Ji Wuming learned from the beast's memories that it had evolved from a Thunder Eel after swallowing Dragon Marrow and had escaped captivity during an ocean riot.
• The Blood Thunder Battle Spear drew the Thunder Dragon Fish's soul into itself and ground it away as Ji Wuming gained a black Soul Ring.
• More than twenty Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts surrounded Ji Wuming, who discovered an External Soul Bone and fled using his concealment Soul Tool.

Ji Wuming fought through a growing swarm of Sea Soul Beasts, repeatedly draining their blood to replenish his Soul Power as he tried to escape. When he collapsed into the sea, the Village Chief and Xiao Li rescued him and drove off the pursuing beasts.

• Ji Wuming used Blood Thunder Spears to wound pursuing Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts and escaped while they devoured the injured.
• Ji Wuming evaded a Fierce Bite Mad Shark, stabbed it with his Blood Thunder Battle Spear, and replenished his Soul Power by draining its blood.
• Ji Wuming continued fighting and fleeing through the sea, killing a Thousand-Year Soul Beast and draining its blood as the swarm behind him grew.
• Exhausted and severely weakened, Ji Wuming fell into the sea, and the pursuing Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts rushed to devour him.
• The Village Chief and Xiao Li rescued Ji Wuming on a Bamboo Raft, and the Village Chief's Silver Sword cut through the sea and several pursuing beasts.
• The Village Chief sent Xiao Li and four young men to collect the severed Soul Beasts for food, and the remaining beasts fled.

Ji Wuming recovered in the Western Li Stone Kingdom and learned that the Sea Soul Beast riot had begun early, while people in Vast Sea City feared he had died. In Nuoding City, Tang San and Xiao Wu returned to Holy Spirit Village and found only Old Jack at Tang San’s home.

• Ji Wuming woke in the Western Li Stone Kingdom, where the Old Village Chief told him that villagers had rescued him from the sea.
• Ji Wuming learned Sea God Island lay northwest and agreed to remain on the island until the early Sea Soul Beast riot ended.
• The Old Village Chief explained that Spirit Hall had once tried to destroy the Western Li Stone Kingdom, but the Western Li Swordmaster defeated its forces.
• The Captain and surviving crew reported Ji Wuming’s apparent death, while returning teachers warned Director Lu that the Sea Soul Beast riot had started early.
• Director Lu ordered a search for Ji Wuming along the coast and at Blue Fish Village, hoping he had escaped to an island.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at Holy Spirit Village, where Old Jack asked why Tang San had returned before he and Tang San’s father could pick him up.

After receiving a letter from Tang Hao, Tang San was comforted by Xiao Wu, and the two became sworn siblings. In the Western Li Stone Kingdom, Ji Wuming watched children awaken sword Martial Souls, questioned why the villagers avoided becoming Soul Masters, and was led toward the legacy of Master Chen.

• Tang San found Tang Hao gone, received a letter from him, and accepted Old Jack's invitation to dinner before deciding to eat at home with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu comforted Tang San, and the two confessed their feelings beneath a sea of flowers and became sworn siblings.
• Ji Wuming joined Dali and the Old Village Chief to observe the village children's weapon awakenings, where one boy split Iron Heart Wood with an iron sword.
• Ji Wuming asked why the village chiefs did not add Soul Rings, and Dali explained that they preferred a peaceful life and offered to show him what Master Chen had left behind.
• Dali pointed out an eleven-year-old boy who had been slow to awaken and could only chop small pieces of wood, though he admired Master Chen.

Ji Wuming studied Chen Jianjun’s sword insights and began seeking inspiration for a Self-Created Soul Skill. Two months later, Shui Bing’er’s group found a Phoenix Emperor-type Soul Beast and prepared to capture its young for her Second Soul Ring, but the forest alerted the adult to danger.

• Ji Wuming decided to create a Self-Created Soul Skill and studied Chen Jianjun’s sword techniques on the stone stele.
• Ji Wuming watched villagers quarry stone and asked them questions to develop ideas for spear techniques.
• Li Xianyue and Dean Shui led Shui Bing’er and their forces into the Blue Silver Forest after finding traces of a Phoenix Emperor-type Soul Beast.
• Dean Shui told Shui Bing’er to help capture the young blue bird and kill it if necessary so she could obtain her Second Soul Ring.
• The Blue Silver Grass bent toward the core area, warning the adult Phoenix Emperor-type Soul Beast of danger as Shui Bing’er’s group prepared to strike.

Dean Shui, Old Li, and the Shui Family fought the Phoenix Bird and its Blue Silver Grass protectors in the forest. They badly wounded the Phoenix Bird and froze it before it could self-destruct, while the Blue Silver King, two li away, vowed revenge.

• Dean Shui sent Li Xianyue to protect Shui Bing'er while Old Li and the Soul Kings attacked the Phoenix Bird and its young.
• The Blue Silver Grass formed a shield and an old-man phantom threatened the humans, but Old Li dismissed the display and burned away the grass attacking the group.
• The Blue Silver King directed the Blue Silver Grass to protect the Phoenix Bird's children and attack Dean Shui's party.
• Dean Shui and Old Li struck the Phoenix Bird with ice and fire Soul Skills, burning the forest around it and leaving it near death.
• Old Li and the other Soul Kings froze the Phoenix Bird before it could self-destruct, and the distant Blue Silver King grew enraged at the humans.

The Shui Family escaped the Blue Silver Forest with two captured Soul Beasts, and Shui Bing'er absorbed a Soul Ring that cured her Cold Syndrome. After returning to Skywater City, Dean Shui learned that Ji Wuming had gone missing at sea amid a surge of Sea Soul Beasts.

• The Blue Silver King attacked Shui Bing'er and the others with a forest-wide assault, but Dean Shui and Li Xianyue led the group through the Blue Silver Grass, losing several Soul Kings and two Soul Ancestors.
• Dean Shui gave Shui Bing'er the captured blue bird, and Li Xianyue helped her absorb its Soul Ring despite the violent outbreak of her Cold Syndrome.
• After three hours, Shui Bing'er recovered, reached level 23, and celebrated that her Cold Syndrome had been cured.
• Dean Shui and the ice-element Soul Masters reinforced the Phoenix Bird's seal, then transported it back to the clan.
• On returning to Skywater City, Dean Shui received word that Ji Wuming had gone out to sea during the Sea Soul Beast unrest and had not returned.

Ji Wuming refined his three Self-Created Soul Skills while hunting Ten Thousand Year Soul Beasts, then helped A'man begin testing his potential as a Soul Master. The chapter left A'man’s Soul Power test glowing brightly inside Ji Wuming’s stone house.

• Ji Wuming killed a Spine Overlord Sea Urchin and a Golden Stone Giant Crab with his Self-Created Soul Skills and collected their bodies.
• Ji Wuming explained how Blood Slaughter Qi marked enemies and strengthened his spear techniques, then returned the Soul Beasts to the village for the children to butcher.
• A'man asked Ji Wuming to teach him about becoming a Soul Master, saying he wanted to help protect the village.
• Ji Wuming agreed to share what he knew, brought out a blue Crystal Ball, and explained how to test Soul Power.
• A'man placed his hand on the Crystal Ball and filled the stone house with dazzling blue light.

Ji Wuming returned from the Western Li Stone Kingdom, declined Director Lu’s suggestion to attend Skywater Academy, and traveled to Tianxing City to seek the Breaking Clan. There, he witnessed Spirit Hall members assaulting the clan and learned the Breaking Clan was being oppressed because of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ji Wuming discovered A'man had 15th-level Soul Power, explained his likely innate talent, and took him to hunt for his first Soul Ring.
• After the Sea Soul Beast upheaval ended, Ji Wuming gave A'man a Soul Tool and a map before departing for the continent.
• Director Lu welcomed Ji Wuming back, gave him Bing'er's letters, and urged him to attend Skywater Academy, but Ji Wuming refused.
• Ji Wuming traveled south toward Tianxing Province and dealt with Wolf Bandits along the way.
• In Tianxing City, Ji Wuming saw Spirit Hall members drive the Breaking Clan out of pharmacies and beat its members.
• A wounded Breaking Clan member told Ji Wuming that Spirit Hall oppressed the clan and blamed the Clear Sky Sect.

Ji Wuming entered the Breaking Clan residence by offering to buy antidotes and medicinal knowledge, then asked to discuss the clan’s spear techniques. Yang Wudi refused, suspecting Ji Wuming wanted to steal the Yang Family Spear Technique, and ordered him to leave if he persisted.

• Ji Wuming asked Yang Yong whether the Breaking Clan could make antidotes for Soul Saints or Soul Douluos, and offered 10,000 Gold Coins.
• Yang Yong brought Ji Wuming to the clan grounds, where Yang Wudi learned Ji Wuming was a level 35 Soul Elder and compared him to Yang Yong.
• Yang Wudi said the clan could make ten antidote pills in three days because it lacked ingredients, and refused Ji Wuming’s offer to keep the extra money as support.
• Ji Wuming explained he wanted to study the Breaking Clan’s rare plants and discuss its spear techniques.
• Yang Wudi agreed to provide the antidotes and illustrated guides but angrily told Ji Wuming to leave if he insisted on discussing spear techniques.

Ji Wuming challenged the Breaking Clan to a duel to prove his dedication to spear techniques and earn the Yang Family Spear Technique. He defeated Yang Yong with his self-created spear skills, leaving Yang Wudi shocked by the power of his attack.

• Ji Wuming swore that he would never reveal the Yang Family Spear Technique and offered to fight a Breaking Clan member for a chance to learn it.
• Yang Wudi accepted the challenge and said Ji Wuming would have to join the Breaking Clan if he lost.
• Yang Yong faced Ji Wuming, but Ji Wuming easily evaded his spear attacks with remarkable footwork.
• Yang Yong used his First Soul Skill, Tremor, to knock Ji Wuming back, then attacked with his Second Soul Skill, Penetrate.
• Ji Wuming blocked Yang Yong’s attack with Raging Wave Triangle Defense, then launched Extreme Thousand Mile Penetration and narrowly missed his neck.
• Yang Wudi checked that Yang Yong was safe and saw that Ji Wuming’s spear had pierced the manor’s meter-thick metalstone wall.

Ji Wuming learned about medicinal herbs and the Breaking Clan’s spear technique after defeating Yang Wudi, while the Spirit Hall plotted to kill him for befriending the clan. After leaving the city, he wiped out six Soul Grand Masters sent to ambush him and confronted their Soul Ancestor Deacon.

• Ji Wuming warned Yang Wudi that Yang Yong would die from Blood Rust Poison without treatment, then admitted his powerful attack was a Self-Created Soul Skill and swore not to reveal the Breaking Clan’s spear technique.
• Ji Wuming studied the Immortal Herb Compendium, discovered that the Yin Yang Twin Grass was fabricated, and gathered books on medicinal theory.
• Yang Yong taught Ji Wuming the Yang Family Spear Technique, which Ji quickly memorized and began practicing.
• The Black-Robed Bishop ordered a Soul Ancestor Deacon to kill Ji Wuming after he left the Breaking Clan and seize his wealth.
• Three days later, Ji Wuming left the city under the Breaking Clan’s arrangements, but six Soul Grand Masters ambushed him; he killed them all with one strike.
• The Soul Ancestor Deacon recognized Ji Wuming as the White Demon, and Ji Wuming said he would kill him.

Ji Wuming reached Heaven Dou City and joined a beggar gang outside the Dugu Family residence to approach Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. He injured himself to draw their attention, setting his plan to seek out Dugu Bo in motion.

• Ji Wuming killed the Soul Ancestor Deacon and absorbed the blood and corpses into his Blood Thunder Battle Spear before fleeing.
• He bought a horse, traveled north, and arrived at Heaven Dou City less than a month and a half later.
• Ji Wuming avoided the expensive inns and waited among professional beggars outside the Dugu Family residence.
• Ye Lingling tried to give the beggars alms, while Dugu Yan warned her and ordered them to leave.
• Ji Wuming recognized the two girls and deliberately injured himself by shattering two secondary meridians, startling Dugu Yan.

Ji Wuming used a staged injury to get close to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but Dugu Bo confronted him at the Ye Family Medical Hall. As Ji Wuming considered how to reach the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Dugu Yan suddenly showed signs of poisoning.

• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan took the injured Ji Wuming to the Ye Family Medical Hall, where Ye Wuyi healed his meridians and questioned his motives.
• Ji Wuming claimed his Blood Thunder Battle Spear could make him lose control, and Ye Wuyi sympathized after seeing it.
• Dugu Bo arrived, threatened Ji Wuming, and withdrew his pressure after Ye Wuyi, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling defended him.
• Ji Wuming left with the two women and wondered how to persuade Dugu Bo to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Lingling teased Dugu Yan about marriage, and Dugu Yan retorted that Ye Lingling should marry Ji Wuming.
• Dugu Yan became unsteady, developed green spots on her hands, and showed signs of poisoning.

Ji Wuming told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan’s illness came from Martial Soul Poison and offered to search for herbs that could cure it. Dugu Bo took him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ji Wuming recognized the treasure-filled basin but was left facing a steep cliff he could not descend.

• Ji Wuming carried Dugu Yan back to the Consultation Room, where Dugu Bo forced out her snake venom and Ye Wuyi treated her.
• Dugu Bo questioned Ji Wuming under Soul Pressure, then threatened him after Ji Wuming identified Dugu Yan’s condition as Martial Soul Poison.
• Ji Wuming explained that rare herbs could cure Martial Soul Poison, and Dugu Bo took him from the medical hall toward his Herb Garden.
• Dugu Bo brought Ji Wuming through Poison Mist and a Cave to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Ji Wuming said it might contain healing herbs.
• Dugu Bo went down the cliff first, while Ji Wuming told him he could not get down.