Chapter Summaries

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discovered Ji Wuming had eavesdropped on their private conversation and punished him with poison needles and healing. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo recovered in the Unknown Forest, gained soul power, and headed back to Heaven Dou City to check on Yanyan.

• Dugu Yan tricked Ji Wuming into revealing that he had eavesdropped, and Ye Lingling helped corner him.
• Dugu Yan stabbed Ji Wuming with poison needles while Ye Lingling used her healing soul skill but deliberately kept his pain from easing.
• Ji Wuming said he planned to add a poison-attribute soul ring as his Fifth Soul Ring, so Dugu Yan switched to stronger poison needles.
• Dugu Bo woke in the Unknown Forest with his soul power recovered and his level 95 bottleneck loosened after fighting the dragon.
• Dugu Bo set off back to Heaven Dou City, worried about what Ji Wuming might do to Yanyan.

After Dugu Bo brought Ji Wuming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Qian Renxue learned of the boy’s extraordinary strength and wondered whether he was one of the God Chosen Ones. Ji Wuming remained unaware of her interest as he met the academy’s Academic Committee Members.

• Ye Wuyi treated Ji Wuming’s wounds and scolded Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan for injuring him.
• Dugu Bo examined Ji Wuming, arranged a guest room for him, and warned him not to wander at night.
• She Long reported Ji Wuming’s age, strength, and martial soul to Qian Renxue, who ordered that she would personally test him.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether Ji Wuming was a God Chosen One and ordered She Long and Ci Xue to leave matters unchanged.
• Dugu Bo brought Ji Wuming to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling greeted him and the Academic Committee Members agreed to instruct him.

Ji Wuming stopped Yu Tianheng from harassing Dugu Yan again, badly injuring him and warning him to stay away from his sister. Yu Tianheng left Heaven Dou Royal Academy vowing revenge, while Crown Prince Xue Qinghe arrived; the author also announced a brief update break due to illness.

• The Shimo brothers told Ji Wuming that Yu Tianheng had cornered Dugu Yan and her friends.
• Yu Tianheng pressured Dugu Yan to marry him and claimed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan made him a better match than Ji Wuming.
• Ji Wuming arrived, dismissed Yu Tianheng, and then pierced his External Soul Bone with his Blood Thunder Battle Spear after Yu Tianheng attacked him.
• Ji Wuming warned Yu Tianheng to stop harassing Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling treated Yu Tianheng's poison while his injury continued to hurt.
• Ji Wuming thanked the Shimo brothers, and Yu Tianheng left the academy vowing to kill Ji Wuming and Dugu Yan someday.
• Crown Prince Xue Qinghe arrived at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and the author announced a short break while recovering from a cold.

Xue Qinghe tested Ji Wuming’s views and recruited him to serve the Heaven Dou Empire, while privately deciding he could help with her plans. She ordered Ci Xue to investigate him further and report to her grandfather.

• Xue Qinghe met Ji Wuming privately and asked whether the Empire or Spirit Hall held the greater advantage.
• Ji Wuming criticized the empires’ treatment of commoners and argued that they were the foundation of a nation.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ji Wuming to serve her if she ascended the throne, and he accepted and received her token.
• After Xue Qinghe left the academy, she told Ci Xue that Ji Wuming seemed favorably disposed toward Spirit Hall and ordered a detailed report on him.
• Ci Xue went to the Worship Hall and was summoned inside by an attendant of the Great Worship Elder.

Qian Daoliu investigated Ji Wuming after receiving Qian Xue’s concerns and found no sign that he was a Fallen Soul Master or God Chosen One, though he ordered Qian Xue to keep observing him or kill him if she could not subdue him. Back at Heaven Dou Academy, Ji Wuming told Dugu Yan he would withdraw from the upcoming Soul Master Tournament to focus on training and wait for the next one.

• Ci Xue delivered Qian Xue’s letter to Qian Daoliu, who ordered Jiang Mo to search Spirit Hall records for details about Ji Wuming.
• Qian Daoliu traveled to Heaven Dou Academy, secretly observed Ji Wuming, and determined that he was neither a Fallen Soul Master nor a God Chosen One.
• Qian Daoliu rewarded Ci Xue with the promise of Soul Bones and told him to tell Qian Xue to watch Ji Wuming or kill him if she could not subdue him.
• Ji Wuming told Dugu Yan he would withdraw from next year’s Soul Master Tournament to train in Thunderbolt Canyon and save himself for the tournament six years later.
• Dugu Yan worried about Ji Wuming’s cultivation, but he admitted that he had only used it as an excuse because he did not want to compete.

A year after Dugu Yan withdrew from the tournament, she absorbed a 6,300-year-old White Scale Earth Dragon’s Soul Ring while Ji Wuming trained in Thunderbolt Canyon and prepared to return to Sea God Island. After Dugu Yan reached level 42, she tested her Fourth Soul Skill against Ji Wuming, and their spar began with Ji Wuming launching a powerful lightning-spear attack.

• Dugu Yan withdrew from the Heaven Dou Royal Academy First Team, claiming that the poison in her body had not fully dissipated.
• One year later, Dugu Yan killed the White Scale Earth Dragon Dugu Bo had found for her and began absorbing its Soul Ring as Ji Wuming trained against heavenly lightning.
• Ji Wuming said he wanted to return to Sea God Island to seek guidance from his master, and Dugu Bo agreed to accompany him after Dugu Yan finished absorbing her ring.
• Dugu Yan successfully absorbed the Soul Ring, reached level 42, and revealed her Fourth Soul Skill, Rock Armor Defense, which reduced part of Ji Wuming’s defensive effect.
• Dugu Yan attacked with Rock Domain Dragon Tail, and Ji Wuming dodged before using Blood Thunder Transformation into Three Thousand to rain lightning spears down on her.

Ji Wuming said goodbye to Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo in Vast Sea City, then secretly avoided going to Sea God Island and cultivated on a nearby island. After reaching level fifty, he subdued a three-thousand-year Fierce Bite Mad Shark and prepared to use it to travel.

• Dugu Yan revealed that her Fourth Soul Skill could reduce another person's defense by up to seventy percent, and Dugu Bo arranged for Ji Wuming to return to Sea God Island.
• Dugu Yan asked to go with Ji Wuming, but he reassured her that he would return within one to three years, and she kissed him goodbye in Vast Sea City.
• After hearing local boatmen recount how Ji Wuming had escaped a powerful Sea Soul Beast, Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan saw him off as his merchant ship left the harbor.
• Once Dugu Bo was no longer following him, Ji Wuming asked the Captain to drop him at a nearby island instead of taking him to Sea God Island.
• Ji Wuming cultivated in a cave for a month and broke through to level fifty after four months of cultivation.
• Ji Wuming captured a three-thousand-year Fierce Bite Mad Shark by gripping its dorsal fin and draining its blood until it stopped resisting.

Ji Wuming reached the Chaotic Star Sea Area and used poison and the Aromatic Silk Beauty to lure the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede Group. The Hundred-Thousand-Year Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King agreed to his request in public but secretly sent Lao Liu and ten clansmen to seize the herb and kill him.

• Ji Wuming fed Earth Dragon Golden Melon rind to the Fierce Bite Mad Shark, which carried him north for three months before leaving him near the Chaotic Star Sea Area.
• Ji Wuming found the snowy island where the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede Group hibernated and prepared a Poison Mist barrier with Dugu Bo’s Advanced Antidote Pill and the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• The Poison Mist corroded a Thousand-Year fish Soul Beast, and nearby Soul Beasts killed a Snowfield Giant Eagle before it could spread the poison.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King awakened and told Ji Wuming to leave the herb in exchange for his life.
• Ji Wuming claimed he had brought the Aromatic Silk Beauty as an offering and asked the centipedes to help test his poison.
• The Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King agreed aloud, then ordered Lao Liu and ten clansmen to retrieve the herb and kill Ji Wuming.

Ji Wuming used a poisoned barrier to lure and kill eleven Nine Heavens Dragon Centipedes, then fled when their Hundred Thousand Year king emerged. His Soul Guiding Bombs spread the poisonous mist across the sea as he escaped.

• Ji Wuming concealed his poison inside the Poison Barrier and lured Lao Liu and ten other Nine Heavens Dragon Centipedes into it.
• The poison weakened the centipedes, and Ji Wuming struck Lao Liu with a Blood Thunder Battle Spear before unleashing his Emperor Slayer Domain and Soul Skills.
• Ji Wuming killed all eleven Dragon Centipedes and stored their bodies in his Soul Tool.
• The Hundred Thousand Year Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede awoke, emerged with hundreds of its clan members, and threatened Ji Wuming.
• Ji Wuming fled using the Treading Waves Mountain Sea Steps and threw ten Level 2 Soul Guiding Bombs into the Poison Barrier, spreading the mist and killing nearby Soul Beasts.

Ji Wuming fled the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King by spreading poison mist, then escaped on Shark Shark after killing a pursuing Mad Demon Sea Whale. The Flowing Flame Red Dragon arrived at the Chaotic Star Sea and confronted the battered centipede king.

• The Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King ordered its clan to pursue Ji Wuming while it tried to contain the poison mist and hurled venomous earthen spheres at him.
• Ji Wuming scattered more poison bottles to slow the pursuers, and the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King sent Old Five to deal with the spreading mist.
• A dragon roar from the North Sea raised the temperature, making Ji Wuming fear the approaching Flowing Flame Red Dragon as he fled south.
• At the North Sea and Western Sea border, Ji Wuming killed the Mad Demon Sea Whale chasing Shark Shark, stored its corpse, and rode the Fierce Bite Mad Shark south.
• The Flowing Flame Red Dragon flew to the Chaotic Star Sea, where Dragon Sister mocked the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede King for its sorry state.

Ji Wuming absorbed a forty-five-thousand-year Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede Soul Ring, strengthening his Blood Thunder Battle Spear, and found a Torso Bone in the corpse. After collecting blood essence and preparing to test his new power, he spotted the Fierce Bite Mad Shark chasing a four-thousand-year Giant Squid.

• The Flowing Flame Red Dragon helped the Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede burn away the poison in the Chaotic Star Sea, then returned to her territory while the centipede led its followers to search for Ji Wuming.
• Ji Wuming reached an island with the Fierce Bite Mad Shark, rewarded it with food, and found a cave where he began absorbing the forty-five-thousand-year Nine Heavens Dragon Centipede Soul Ring.
• The Blood Thunder Battle Spear devoured the centipede's remnant will, and Ji Wuming completed the absorption in less than half an hour, awakening a Blood Flood Dragon phantom and strengthening the spear's poison.
• Ji Wuming found a Torso Bone inside the centipede, searched the other corpses without finding more Soul Bones, and drew the centipedes' blood essence into his spear.
• As Ji Wuming headed toward the shore, he saw the Fierce Bite Mad Shark pursuing a four-thousand-year Giant Squid and decided to test his skills on it.

Ji Wuming tested his Fifth Soul Skill at sea, then returned to Blue Fish Village after two and a half months to reunite with the Old Village Chief and leave supplies for the villagers. He departed again after entrusting the village with medicinal powders and soul beast meat.

• Ji Wuming used his Fifth Soul Skill, Battle Spear Mad Dragon Dance, to kill the Giant Squid, frightening the Fierce Bite Mad Shark.
• Ji Wuming gave the Fierce Bite Mad Shark the Earth Dragon Golden Melon rinds and landed at Blue Fish Village two and a half months later.
• Ji Wuming revealed his identity to the Old Village Chief and explained what had happened during his two years away.
• Ji Wuming gave the Old Village Chief medicinal powders for the villagers and warned him to use them carefully.
• Ji Wuming left ten jin of hundred-year soul beast meat and departed from the village.

Ji Wuming settled in Biyou Village while developing Soul Tools and gathering information about Tang San. After learning Tang San had left Nuoding City, he searched the waterfalls near Holy Spirit Village and reached one that resembled Tang San’s hammer-training site.

• Ji Wuming disguised himself and settled in Biyou Village, offering to repair villagers’ iron tools while asking about Nuoding City.
• A year later, Ji Wuming tested six Level Four defensive Soul Tools and found they could withstand two attacks from a Soul King’s Ten Thousand Year soul ring.
• Ji Wuming learned that Tang San had left Nuoding City with Xiao Wu and used a map to estimate where Tang Hao might have hidden the Blue Silver Emperor.
• Ji Wuming traveled to the forests near Holy Spirit Village and spent five days searching waterfalls for the Blue Silver Emperor’s location.
• Ji Wuming climbed past a two-tiered waterfall and found a boulder beneath a towering cascade that resembled Tang San’s hammer-training site.

Ji Wuming found and took the Blue Silver Emperor and its hundred-thousand-year Soul Bone, then absorbed the bone to strengthen himself. Tang San felt a sudden pang as Xiao Wu persuaded him to spare young soul beasts, while a hidden man watched them and vowed revenge on Spirit Hall.

• Ji Wuming used his spiritual power to find the Blue Silver Emperor in a concealed cave and blasted through the vines at its entrance.
• Ji Wuming found Tang Hao’s Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, erased traces of Soul Master energy from it, and uprooted the Blue Silver Emperor to take with him.
• Tang San felt a sudden pain while walking with Xiao Wu, then promised her he would only hunt Evil soul beasts that attacked him and would not hunt any under a hundred years old.
• A black-robed man watched Tang San and Xiao Wu and told Ah Yin that their son was destined to become the continent’s greatest Soul Master before declaring that Spirit Hall would pay for their grudge.
• Ji Wuming destroyed the cave, carved characters into the cliff, and traveled south before deciding to absorb the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone.
• The next morning, Ji Wuming awoke with his Soul Power increased by three levels, reaching level 56.

Ji Wuming reached the village outside Slaughter City, killed the Fallen Soul Masters who attacked him, and entered the city through a hidden passage. He arrived beneath its blood-red sky and discovered that Slaughter City had sealed his Soul Ring skills, though his self-created skills and Soul Bone Skills remained usable.

• Ji Wuming traveled south for a month and a half, practicing his new Soul Bone Skills as he approached Slaughter City.
• At the village inn, Ji Wuming killed the Fallen Soul Masters who tried to attack him and demanded a cup of Yellow Springs Dew.
• After restoring his Soul Power, Ji Wuming learned the entrance was beneath a stone tile, offered Yellow Springs Dew at the opening, and leaped down.
• Ji Wuming arrived in Slaughter City, rejected the killing intent that welcomed him, and saw the fortified city beyond a road over boiling lava.
• Ji Wuming discovered that Slaughter City had sealed his Soul Ring skills, but his self-created Soul Skills and Soul Bone Skills still worked.

Ji Wuming entered Slaughter City, defeated its gatekeeper, and learned about the Hell Slaughter Arena from the Hell Messenger. He joined his first arena match and swiftly killed seven of the nine Fallen Soul Masters, leaving the battle unfinished.

• Ji Wuming defeated Swickert at the gates of Slaughter City and received identification number 16258.
• The Hell Messenger guided Ji Wuming through Slaughter City and explained its population, survival rules, and strongest fighters.
• Ji Wuming insisted on going to the Hell Slaughter Arena and registered for a match despite the Hell Messenger's warning.
• Nine Fallen Soul Masters attacked Ji Wuming in the arena, and he killed three with his spear, shattered two more with kicks, and crushed two others' skulls.

Ji Wuming won his first Hell Slaughter Arena match by killing all nine opponents and absorbing their blood energy, drawing the King of Slaughter’s attention. In the God Realm, the Asura God confronted Rakshasa over interference with his successor, then slipped away when Poseidon arrived.

• Ji Wuming killed the remaining two Fallen Ones, completing a nine-person victory in under ten seconds and setting a new arena record.
• Ji Wuming used the Blood Sacrifice Method to absorb the corpses’ blood energy, then dismissed the Hell Messenger after she warned him about dangers outside the arena.
• The Hell Messenger reported Ji Wuming to the King of Slaughter, who first said to wait before suddenly ordering her to arrange his death.
• The Asura God accused Rakshasa of interfering with his trial, but Destruction and Kindness stopped him from attacking her.
• The Asura God warned the gods not to interfere with his chosen successor, then fled when Poseidon’s footsteps approached.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong entered Shrek Academy and faced its final admission test against Zhao Wuji. Tang San defeated Zhao Wuji with Dragon Beard Needles, and that night Zhao Wuji was beaten badly in the academy’s back mountain.

• Li Yusong refused to refund an overage applicant’s registration fee and revealed his Soul Emperor strength, impressing Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu passed the initial checks, and Dai Mubai recognized them before taking them to the next test.
• Dai Mubai recognized Zhu Zhuqing as his fiancée, but she ignored him and entered Shrek Academy, while Ning Rongrong demanded his attention.
• The four newcomers skipped the first three tests and joined Dai Mubai in challenging Zhao Wuji, but Xiao Wu was injured and they gained no advantage.
• Tang San endured his injuries, struck Zhao Wuji with Dragon Beard Needles, and defeated him; Zhao Wuji was later beaten severely in the back mountain.

Tang Hao destroyed the waterfall in a rage after finding the cave collapsed and the Blue Silver Emperor gone, while Shui Bing'er and Dugu Yan worried about Ji Wuming. In Slaughter City, Ji Wuming welcomed a mass ambush and slaughtered hundreds of Fallen Soul Masters, but complained that the Blood Thunder Battle Spear absorbed their blood energy too slowly.

• Tang Hao found his cave collapsed and the Blue Silver Emperor's aura gone, then smashed the waterfall cliff after reading the mocking inscription.
• Shui Bing'er learned that Ji Wuming had left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and resolved to become stronger before facing Dugu Yan at the upcoming exchange tournament.
• Dugu Yan worried that Ji Wuming had not sent word from Sea God Island, while Dugu Bo reassured her that he was likely training.
• After four Hell Slaughter Arena victories, Ji Wuming was ambushed by hundreds of Fallen Soul Masters who hoped to seize his Yellow Springs Dew.
• Ji Wuming used his blood mist and self-created soul skill to pierce the attackers and drain their blood energy, then killed the survivors with his spear and Soul Guidance Rays.
• After five minutes, Ji Wuming had killed the attackers and absorbed their blood energy, but he complained that the process was too slow.

Ji Wuming slaughtered the Fallen Soul Masters who attacked him in Slaughter City, killing the Demon Lord and absorbing the blood qi of more than nine hundred foes. He survived the mass assault, leaving Slaughter City’s remaining Fallen Ones terrified of another massacre.

• Ji Wuming killed the fleeing Fallen Ones, reclaimed his house, and recovered his Soul Power inside.
• The Demon Lord learned that Ji Wuming had killed more than fifty Fallen Soul Masters and ordered a counterattack.
• Ji Wuming used Empty Resonance Overturning Sea Kill to kill the attackers who stormed his house.
• The Demon Lord attacked Ji Wuming with his Longbow Martial Soul, but Ji Wuming deflected his arrows and killed him with the Blood Thunder Battle Spear.
• Ji Wuming fought through the remaining Fallen Soul Masters with his self-created skills and killed more than nine hundred of them in under ten minutes.