Chapter Summaries

Wang Xiao consulted the Sign-in System about fusing and using the twelve fragments of the Mechanical Hand Eternal Edition, then equipped the newly revealed weapon on his right hand. He planned to test its close-combat power in the backyard and invite Xiao Wu and the others to watch.

• Wang Xiao remembered Gu Yuena’s departure and, unable to go out in the rain, decided to fuse the twelve Mechanical Hand Eternal Edition fragments.
• Wang Xiao asked the Sign-in System how to assemble the fragments and learned that the hand was controlled by his mind and designed for powerful close combat.
• Wang Xiao placed the fragments on his right hand and used Soul Power to fuse and equip them.
• The fragments shed their plain outer layer, revealing a gleaming cyan hand with rippling energy.
• Wang Xiao decided to test the Mechanical Hand in the backyard and planned to tell Xiao Wu and the others that he had forged it himself.

Wang Xiao demonstrated the Mechanical Hand’s strength to Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing by breaking cleavers and smashing rocks without using Soul Power. Two days later, he visited the academy and found Yang Ming Xin alone in Zhu Zhuyun’s room, where he asked about her Spirit Master level.

• Wang Xiao let Ning Rongrong strike his Mechanical Hand with a cleaver, and the cleaver broke without harming his hand.
• Xiao Wu tried the same test and also broke a cleaver against the undamaged Mechanical Hand.
• Wang Xiao punched a large rock, which shattered after a brief delay, then demonstrated the Mechanical Hand’s strength on a cleaver and the rockery.
• After two days of rain, Wang Xiao visited the academy and found Yang Ming Xin alone because Zhu Zhuyun and the others had gone to buy food.
• Wang Xiao sat beside Yang Ming Xin and asked her level, and she said she had not been tested yet.

Wang Xiao discovered that Yang Ming Xin had reached Rank 40 and took her to a nearby Soul Hunting Forest to find her Fourth Soul Ring. They pressed deeper through heavy rain, and when Yang Ming Xin fell from exhaustion, Wang Xiao carried her on his back.

• Wang Xiao tested Yang Ming Xin's Soul Power and found she had reached Rank 40, then decided to take her hunting for a Fourth Soul Ring.
• Yang Ming Xin told Wang Xiao about a large Soul Hunting Forest a hundred li away, and they traveled there by carriage in the rain.
• Wang Xiao and Yang Ming Xin entered the forest using their tokens and passed through its outskirts in search of a suitable Soul Beast.
• After several hours of walking in the downpour, Yang Ming Xin fell, so Wang Xiao lifted her onto his back and carried her onward.

Wang Xiao took Yang Ming Xin deep into the Soul Hunting Forest to find a Soul Beast for her fourth Soul Ring. They encountered a roughly six-thousand-year Jade Toad Emperor, and Wang Xiao trapped it as Yang Ming Xin supported him, but the beast began swelling with golden energy.

• Wang Xiao carried Yang Ming Xin through the forest at great speed and told her he could give her Soul Bones in the future, prompting her to kiss his cheek.
• Wang Xiao and Yang Ming Xin rested in a deeper part of the forest, where they heard the call of a Jade Toad Emperor Soul Beast.
• The Jade Toad Emperor attacked Yang Ming Xin with its tongue, but Wang Xiao blocked it with his Mechanical Hand and shielded them from the beast’s leap.
• Wang Xiao identified the Jade Toad Emperor as a suitable six-thousand-year Soul Beast for Yang Ming Xin’s fourth Soul Ring and trapped it with his fifth Soul Skill.
• Yang Ming Xin used her Supreme Goodness is Like Water Martial Soul to support Wang Xiao as his vines cut at the Jade Toad Emperor.
• The Jade Toad Emperor’s eyes turned golden, and its body swelled as energy surged through it.

Wang Xiao helped Yang Ming Xin kill a Jade Toad Emperor Soul Beast, and she absorbed its six-thousand-year Soul Ring while he guarded her. After they returned to Star Luo City, he found that Gu Yuena still had not come back, leaving him wondering whether she had left after recovering her memories.

• Wang Xiao subdued the Jade Toad Emperor Soul Beast and let Yang Ming Xin deliver the final blow so she could absorb its Soul Ring.
• As Yang Ming Xin meditated, Wang Xiao spotted a seven-thousand-year Jade Toad Emperor Soul Beast and decided to capture it for Dong Hui or Tang Hong Ning.
• Two days later, Yang Ming Xin completed her absorption, reunited with Wang Xiao, and the two kissed before leaving the forest.
• Wang Xiao received the Three Heads Six Arms Godly Version skill as a check-in reward and chose to learn it later.
• Wang Xiao and Yang Ming Xin returned to Star Luo City, where Wang Xiao found Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing away and saw that Gu Yuena had not returned.

Wang Xiao mastered the Three Heads Six Arms Godly Version skill and visited Zhu Zhuyun and the other girls at the academy. After learning that Tang Hong Ning had reached Rank 40, he took her to the back mountain and prepared an eight-thousand-year Great Strength Vajra Bear Soul Ring for her.

• Wang Xiao learned the Three Heads Six Arms Godly Version skill and tested his control of its three heads and six arms.
• Wang Xiao visited Zhu Zhuyun and the other girls, and Tang Hong Ning asked him to help her absorb a fourth Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiao confirmed Tang Hong Ning had reached Rank 40 and immediately took her to the academy's back mountain.
• Wang Xiao released an eight-thousand-year Great Strength Vajra Bear from his Purple Gold Nine-Patterned Ring for Tang Hong Ning.
• Wang Xiao explained that the Great Strength Vajra Bear Soul Ring suited Tang Hong Ning's Sharp Thunder Jackal Martial Soul by adding strength to its speed.

Tang Hong Ning absorbed her fourth Soul Ring, an Eight Thousand Year Great Strength Vajra Bear Soul Ring, while Wang Xiao guarded her. The next day, Dong Hui asked Wang Xiao to help her obtain her fourth Soul Ring, and they stopped in a small forest where she appeared upset.

• Tang Hong Ning killed the Great Strength Vajra Bear and began absorbing its Eight Thousand Year Soul Ring while Wang Xiao stood guard.
• After three days, Tang Hong Ning completed the absorption, thanked Wang Xiao, and the two returned to the dormitory.
• Wang Xiao told Zhu Zhuyun, Yang Ming Xin, and Dong Hui about Tang Hong Ning's new Soul Ring, prompting Dong Hui to hope for one of her own.
• Dong Hui told Wang Xiao she had reached level forty and asked him to take her to obtain her fourth Soul Ring.
• Wang Xiao agreed and took Dong Hui to a nearby Small Slope, where she stopped in the forest looking unhappy.

Wang Xiao helped Dong Hui absorb a Soul Ring, then returned home and reunited with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong telling him she had reached level thirty and asking him to help her obtain her third Soul Ring.

• Wang Xiao took Dong Hui into the woods and revealed a seven-thousand-year Jade Toad Emperor Soul Beast for her fourth Soul Ring.
• Dong Hui killed the beast and absorbed its Soul Ring while Wang Xiao guarded her; she finished in just over a day.
• Wang Xiao and Dong Hui shared a meal and parted, and he returned home with barbecue for Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Ning Rongrong visited Wang Xiao in the middle of the night and told him she had reached level thirty.
• Ning Rongrong asked Wang Xiao to take her into the forest to hunt for and absorb her third Soul Ring.

Wang Xiao commissioned a ten-zhang iron utility pole and met Zhu Zhu Ru, Zhu Zhuqing’s second older sister, at Star Luo Royal Academy. He reassured her that Zhu Zhuqing was safe at Shrek Academy and led Zhu Zhu Ru away to take her to her younger sister.

• Ning Rongrong hugged Wang Xiao while they slept, and he let her be.
• Wang Xiao ordered a massive iron utility pole from a blacksmith shop and collected it seven days later.
• Wang Xiao met Zhu Zhu Ru at Star Luo Royal Academy and confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing was her younger sister.
• Wang Xiao told Zhu Zhu Ru that Zhu Zhuqing was safe at Shrek Academy and asked her to call him Brother Xiao Xiao.
• Zhu Zhu Ru revealed she was level nineteen and asked to visit Zhu Zhuqing, so Wang Xiao told her to follow him.

Wang Xiao brought Zhu Zhu Ru to his residence, where she reunited with Zhu Zhuqing. He then told Zhu Zhuyun he would soon leave the Star Luo Empire, and the two parted with promises to meet again.

• Wang Xiao brought Zhu Zhu Ru to his home and told her Zhu Zhuqing was there.
• Wang Xiao found Zhu Zhuqing planting flowers with Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, then led her to Zhu Zhu Ru.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhu Zhu Ru recognized each other and embraced after being reunited.
• Wang Xiao took Zhu Zhuyun to the back mountain and told her he would soon leave the Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuyun begged Wang Xiao to return, and they kissed before he carried her back from the woods.

Wang Xiao traveled toward Shrek Academy with Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhu Ru, then split from the others to take Ning Rongrong into the Star Dou Great Forest for her third Soul Ring. Ning Rongrong felt frightened without Bone and Sword Douluo protecting her, while Wang Xiao walked ahead and left her struggling to keep up.

• Zhu Zhu Ru joined Wang Xiao's party after Zhu Zhuqing asked him to let her travel with them.
• The group journeyed leisurely toward Shrek Academy in a carriage stocked with supplies, stopping to rest and eat along the way.
• Wang Xiao told Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhu Ru to continue to Suotuo City while he took Ning Rongrong into the nearby Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for her Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she was afraid of the forest and said Bone and Sword Douluo had kept her safe during earlier hunts.
• Wang Xiao walked faster to get away from Ning Rongrong, and she anxiously hurried after him but could not catch up.

Ning Rongrong became separated from Wang Xiao in the Star Dou Great Forest and was left frightened, lost, and exhausted while he watched nearby. When a Striped Twin-Headed Wolf appeared, she ran and called for help, but it caught up and knocked her flying.

• Ning Rongrong chased after Wang Xiao, fell, and sobbed when she could no longer see him.
• Wang Xiao secretly watched as Ning Rongrong wandered deeper into the forest, lost and exhausted.
• Ning Rongrong rested beneath a tree and regretted how she had treated Bone Grandpa and Sword Grandpa.
• A Striped Twin-Headed Wolf appeared, and Ning Rongrong fled while shouting for Wang Xiao to save her.
• The Striped Twin-Headed Wolf chased Ning Rongrong and struck her from behind, sending her flying.

Wang Xiao rescued Ning Rongrong from a Striped Twin-Headed Wolf and had her kill it for her Third Soul Ring. Ning Rongrong began absorbing the three-thousand-year Purple Soul Ring while Wang Xiao stayed nearby.

• The Striped Twin-Headed Wolf attacked Ning Rongrong, but Wang Xiao bound it with his Chicken Blood Vine and revealed himself.
• Wang Xiao explained that the wolf had roughly three thousand years of cultivation and was suitable for Ning Rongrong's Third Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong took Wang Xiao's dagger and killed the helpless wolf, producing a Purple Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong asked Wang Xiao to protect her, kissed his cheek, and began absorbing the Soul Ring.

Ning Rongrong successfully absorbed her Third Soul Ring, and Wang Xiao led her deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to seek his Seventh Soul Ring. A Man Faced Demon Spider attacked them with a web, and Wang Xiao protected Ning Rongrong as danger approached.

• Ning Rongrong spent two days absorbing her Thousand Year Soul Ring while Wang Xiao stood guard.
• After Ning Rongrong woke, she thanked Wang Xiao with a kiss, and he told her he had reached Level Seventy and was going to find his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong followed Wang Xiao deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, struggling to keep up as they traveled dozens of kilometers.
• A spiderweb suddenly shot toward Ning Rongrong, but Wang Xiao's red barrier blocked it.
• Wang Xiao pulled Ning Rongrong close and told her to stay quiet, identifying the attacker as a Man Faced Demon Spider.

Wang Xiao and Ning Rongrong encountered a concealed Man Faced Demon Spider that he judged to have around thirty thousand years of cultivation. He protected Ning Rongrong and began attacking the spider, while she prepared to support him.

• The system rewarded Wang Xiao with a Black Gold Nine-Patterned Ring for completing a hidden sign-in task in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wang Xiao explained that his mutated Twin Pupils let him see the invisible Man Faced Demon Spider and revealed its strength and abilities to Ning Rongrong.
• Wang Xiao identified the spider as a roughly thirty-thousand-year beast and activated six Soul Rings before equipping his Golden Magnetic Hand.
• Wang Xiao sent more than a hundred kitchen knives flying at the spider, and Ning Rongrong released her three Soul Rings to help him.

Wang Xiao and Ning Rongrong fought a thirty-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Wang Xiao killed it with his Blood Chicken Vine and Mechanical Hand. They were left with a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring that neither of them could use.

• Ning Rongrong supported Wang Xiao while he attacked the Man Faced Demon Spider with kitchen knives and a massive utility pole.
• Wang Xiao sent Ning Rongrong to a treetop, then restrained the spider with his Blood Chicken Vine and Hundred Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider broke free with Spider God Possession and charged at Wang Xiao.
• Wang Xiao blocked the spider’s attack with Invincible Golden Body and killed it by piercing its abdomen with his Mechanical Hand.
• Wang Xiao and Ning Rongrong saw the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, but neither could absorb it.

Wang Xiao secured the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul bone, stored Ning Rongrong in his Purple Gold Nine-Patterned Ring, and gained the Eight Spider Lances after absorbing the bone. He reached Life Lake and planned to kill the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python, but Er Ming approached his hiding place first.

• Wang Xiao retrieved the Man Faced Demon Spider's soul bone and placed Ning Rongrong inside his ring, where she fell asleep.
• Wang Xiao absorbed the soul bone and awakened the Eight Spider Lances, then rested before heading to Life Lake.
• At Life Lake, Wang Xiao overheard Da Ming and Er Ming talking about Xiao Wu and decided to kill both Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Da Ming sensed someone hiding in the grass, and Er Ming went to investigate despite Da Ming's warning to be careful.
• Er Ming landed near Wang Xiao's hiding place, and Wang Xiao welcomed the chance to face him alone.

Wang Xiao confronted Er Ming and provoked it into chasing him away from the Life Lake so Da Ming could not interfere. He stopped in the forest’s outer region, ready to fight Er Ming and claim its Soul Ring.

• Wang Xiao demanded that Er Ming sacrifice itself to become his Soul Ring, while Er Ming and Da Ming dismissed him and ordered him away.
• Wang Xiao dodged Er Ming’s attacks and taunted Da Ming from the shore, prompting Da Ming to tell Er Ming to kill him.
• Wang Xiao provoked Er Ming into pursuing him and led it deeper into the forest, keeping ahead with Lingbo Weibu Accelerated Version.
• After about half an hour, Wang Xiao stopped in a fallen-leaf forest near the outer region, believing Da Ming could no longer intervene.

Wang Xiao used his defensive Soul Bone Skill to withstand Er Ming’s attacks, but Er Ming suspected that one of Wang Xiao’s red Soul Rings belonged to Xiao Wu and attacked in a rage. Wang Xiao countered with his Chicken Blood Vine and trapped Er Ming in vines.

• Er Ming struck Wang Xiao with his Gravity Control Domain, but Wang Xiao blocked the blow with Climbing Tiger's Shield.
• Wang Xiao revealed his armor and six Soul Rings, including two red rings, shocking Er Ming.
• Er Ming questioned Wang Xiao about his red rings and Xiao Wu, then concluded that Wang Xiao had killed her and taken her Soul Ring.
• Er Ming launched a fierce assault, and Wang Xiao endured the blows before summoning his Chicken Blood Vine and Hundred Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Wang Xiao used Covering the Sky and Earth to bind Er Ming with thick vines and spinning leaves.

Wang Xiao killed Er Ming and absorbed its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, then cultivated until he reached level eighty. He confronted Da Ming at Life Lake and revealed his seven Soul Rings as Da Ming prepared to avenge Er Ming.

• Er Ming unleashed a powerful assault on Wang Xiao, who used weapons and then invisibility to stab it and drain its life force with the Chicken Blood Vine.
• Wang Xiao absorbed Er Ming's Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, recovered a soul bone from its corpse, and cultivated until he reached level eighty.
• Wang Xiao buried Er Ming's remains and traveled to Life Lake to confront Da Ming.
• Da Ming learned that Er Ming had died, and Wang Xiao showed it his seven Soul Rings, including three red rings.
• Da Ming vowed to avenge Er Ming, while Wang Xiao anticipated its Slowness Domain.