Chapter Summaries

Zi Nü explained that her awakened Void Devouring Soul Beast Martial Soul gave her the ability to devour evil and dark energy and control the Space Element, though she did not know how to use it. Lu Leng set out with her to hunt a Soul Ring in Sunset Forest, where a lecherous team leader tried to recruit them.

• Zi Nü named her Martial Soul the Void Devouring Soul Beast and described its attributes and devouring ability.
• Lu Leng asked Zi Nü to teach him to use the Space Element, but she could only stop it from leaking out and hoped a Spatial Soul Skill would help her learn.
• Lu Leng found that Zi Nü was level twenty-three and judged that her physique could handle a Soul Ring of around two thousand years.
• Lu Leng and Zi Nü traveled to the outskirts of Sunset Forest to hunt a soul beast.
• A young man invited Lu Leng and Zi Nü to join his team, but Lu Leng refused after noticing the man leering at Zi Nü; the young man then tried to persuade Zi Nü instead.

Lu Leng took Zi Nü into Sunset Forest to find her a soul ring while Yu Luomian learned that Lu Leng had killed a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elder and ordered an investigation. Zi Nü absorbed a Netherworld Cat’s soul ring, and Lu Leng asked her what soul skill she had gained.

• Lu Leng drove off the Jade-Faced Young Master’s advances, then entered Sunset Forest with Zi Nü while the young man formed a party and followed them.
• A clan disciple told Yu Luomian that Lu Leng had killed the Enforcement Elder in a Soul Fighting Arena life-and-death match and possessed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring; Yu Luomian ordered an investigation without rash action.
• Yu Luomian ordered Ye Xingzhi, who had come to visit, tied up and left in the sun for three days because he had injured Yu Luomian’s son.
• Lu Leng found a two-thousand-year Netherworld Cat in the forest and chased it down for Zi Nü.
• Zi Nü killed the injured Netherworld Cat and absorbed its purple soul ring, gaining two levels of Soul Power before Lu Leng asked about her first soul skill.

Lu Leng found and captured a wounded Light-Shadow Beast, using his Spiritual Power and lightning to overcome its space-bending ability. Just as Zi Nü prepared to absorb its soul ring, the Jade-Faced Young Master and six others arrived and ordered them to stop.

• Lu Leng searched deeper into the forest with Zi Nü for a second soul beast that could grant her a Spatial Soul Skill.
• Lu Leng spotted a wounded Light-Shadow Beast and discovered that its apparent body was a spatially projected phantom.
• Lu Leng used the Spirit Destruction Arrow to locate the beast’s true position, then struck it with lightning and captured it.
• Lu Leng urged Zi Nü to absorb the dying Light-Shadow Beast, but a group of seven arrived and told them to stop.
• The Jade-Faced Young Master recognized Lu Leng and appeared surprised to encounter him.

Lu Leng let Zi Nü kill the Light-Shadow Beast and absorb its soul ring, then fought the red-haired woman who attacked him. He killed her with his blade, leaving the remaining six frightened and unsure who he was.

• Lu Leng told Zi Nü to ignore the seven people and absorb the Light-Shadow Beast's soul ring, and she killed the beast with one palm strike.
• The red-haired woman with four soul rings attacked Lu Leng, while the blue-haired girl urged her teacher to help him and the teacher chose to watch.
• Lu Leng evaded the woman's spear and countered with close-range attacks, cutting through her Flame Shield and severing her legs.
• Lu Leng used Wind and Thunder Movement to pierce the woman's heart and kill her.
• The remaining six realized Lu Leng had killed a level-fifty Soul Ancestor without using a soul skill and looked at him with fear.

Lu Leng explained how his focus on lethal combat techniques had let him kill a Soul Ancestor without using a Soul Skill, then watched Zi Nü complete her absorption of a spatial Soul Skill. The chapter left Zi Nü with the powerful Spatial Leap ability, though she still did not understand how to control its principles.

• Lu Leng reflected that Soul Skills were killing techniques and credited his combat training, his strength, and his opponent’s underestimation for the swift victory.
• The teacher led the frightened girl away and warned Lu Leng that fighting deep in the forest could attract Soul Beasts; the remaining four also retreated.
• Zi Nü finished absorbing her soul ring and teased Lu Leng before revealing that she had gained the Spatial Leap Soul Skill.
• Zi Nü demonstrated that Spatial Leap let her silently move within five meters up to three times in succession, evading even Lu Leng’s Spiritual Power while she vanished.
• Lu Leng explained that Soul Masters instinctively used ring-granted Soul Skills but did not understand their principles, unlike Self-Created Soul Skills.

Lu Leng studied Zi Nü’s Spatial Leap and created a soul skill called Spatial Concealment. On their way back, they encountered two familiar women fleeing a twenty-thousand-year Muddy Demonic Dragon, and Lu Leng charged to meet it.

• Lu Leng planted a spiritual imprint on Zi Nü and repeatedly observed her activate Spatial Leap so he could study its use of space.
• After a week of practice, Lu Leng removed the imprint and comprehended Spatial Concealment, which hid his presence from spiritual detection.
• Lu Leng and Zi Nü left the area and heard a battle as they traveled back.
• Lu Leng recognized two bedraggled women fleeing from a massive Muddy Demonic Dragon more than twenty thousand years old.
• Lu Leng summoned Zhan Luo and charged at the beast while the female teacher warned him that she could not defeat it.

Lu Leng defeated the mutated Muddy Demonic Dragon and helped Hai Mei'er and Shui Bing'er after finding them injured in the forest. After treating Hai Mei'er's wounds, he learned the blue-haired student was Shui Bing'er.

• Lu Leng struck the Muddy Demonic Dragon with lightning, discovered it had ice abilities, then crippled it with nine converging bolts as it tried to flee.
• Lu Leng declined to pursue the Muddy Demonic Dragon and agreed to help Shui Bing'er and her badly wounded teacher, Hai Mei'er.
• Lu Leng set up a campfire and gave Hai Mei'er food, medicine, and supplies despite her warning that the fire might attract Soul Beasts.
• Lu Leng treated Hai Mei'er's wounds while Shui Bing'er watched, and Hai Mei'er thanked him and introduced herself as a teacher from Skywater Academy.
• Shui Bing'er introduced herself, and Lu Leng recognized her name with surprise.

Hai Mei'er and Shui Bing'er explained how a Muddy Demonic Dragon had driven them from their hunt, and Lu Leng deduced that their damage to an Ice Cave may have angered it because something important was hidden inside. Shui Bing'er and Hai Mei'er asked Lu Leng to help find her third soul ring, and he considered whether the cave mystery made it worth getting involved.

• Hai Mei'er told Lu Leng that a Muddy Demonic Dragon had chased them after they damaged an Ice Cave while hunting a Jade Snow Serpent for Shui Bing'er's third soul ring.
• Lu Leng reasoned that the dragon's pursuit beyond its territory suggested the Ice Cave contained something important to it.
• Shui Bing'er and Hai Mei'er praised Lu Leng's reasoning and asked him to help Shui Bing'er hunt a soul ring, offering payment.
• Lu Leng hesitated because he wanted to avoid trouble, but wondered whether the Ice Cave held something worth investigating.

Lu Leng agreed to help Hai Mei'er hunt a Soul Beast in exchange for being taken to the Ice Cave, then traveled with her and Shui Bing'er to Heart Lake. The group found signs that River Dolphins had come to lay eggs and planned to capture one as it left.

• Lu Leng agreed to help Hai Mei'er hunt, on the condition that she take him to the Ice Cave, and promised to protect her.
• During the night watch, Shui Bing'er asked Hai Mei'er about Lu Leng and wondered how he had become so strong.
• Lu Leng, Hai Mei'er, and Shui Bing'er traveled to the Ice Ridge Mountain Range and reached Heart Lake.
• Hai Mei'er found signs of River Dolphins laying eggs and proposed waiting at the lake's entrance to catch one that fell behind.

Lu Leng refused to hunt the River Dolphins and instead helped one struggling against the storm to enter Heart Lake. Shui Bing'er and Hai Mei'er watched the River Dolphins work together to guide their group through the waves, leaving the three moved by the soul beasts’ cooperation.

• Lu Leng rejected Hai Mei'er’s plan to hunt River Dolphins while they were weakened and chose to wait for another soul beast.
• Lu Leng, Hai Mei'er, and Shui Bing'er waited outside Heart Lake and hunted an Ice Snow Beast for Shui Bing’er’s soul ring.
• After Shui Bing'er finished absorbing her soul ring, Lu Leng saw a wounded River Dolphin repeatedly fail to swim upstream into Heart Lake.
• Lu Leng lent the River Dolphin his Soul Power, helping it break through the wind and waves and enter the lake.
• Lu Leng watched the River Dolphin hold its place and guide more River Dolphins into Heart Lake one by one.
• Shui Bing'er and Hai Mei'er joined Lu Leng in marveling at the River Dolphins’ courage and cooperation.

Lu Leng and the others witnessed the River Dolphins perform Blessing Prayer, during which golden lights entered Lu Leng and filled him with a mysterious connection to the soul beasts. After the dolphins departed, Lu Leng decided the group would enter the Ice Cave the next day despite Hai Mei'er’s warnings about the Muddy Demonic Dragon.

• The fifty-six River Dolphins performed Blessing Prayer, and Hai Mei'er explained that it was a rare ritual through which soul beasts sent wishes to the heavens.
• Hai Mei'er, Shui Bing'er, and Zi Nü prayed along with the dolphins, while Lu Leng sensed that the ritual was draining their life force.
• Golden lights from the dolphins entered Lu Leng, who felt their affection and reverence but found no trace of the mysterious power inside himself.
• The golden lights gathered from the dolphins, especially from the first dolphin Lu Leng had helped, before the dolphins regained their color and left the lake.
• Hai Mei'er explained that the River Dolphins would lay eggs and leave the Heart Lake within days, and Lu Leng said the group would find the Ice Cave the next day.
• Hai Mei'er warned Lu Leng about the Muddy Demonic Dragon and the unknown dangers in the cave, but Lu Leng told her she could leave if she feared the risk.

Lu Leng led Hai Mei'er, Shui Bing'er, and Zi Nü to the Ice Cave, where they uncovered its hidden entrance and ventured into its freezing depths. The group reached a vast ice cavern, but Zi Nü was struggling to endure the cold.

• Lu Leng insisted that Hai Mei'er and Shui Bing'er stay with him, and Hai Mei'er agreed to continue together after they rested.
• The next day, Hai Mei'er guided Lu Leng and the others through a blizzard to the snow line of the Ice Ridge Mountain Range.
• Lu Leng used his Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to sweep snow away and reveal the Ice Cave's entrance.
• Lu Leng entered the cave first, and the others followed him into its freezing passages.
• The group reached a cavern lit by strange flames, where Zi Nü said she could no longer bear the cold.

Lu Leng entered the ice cave alone with Hai Mei'er's Heart of Ice and Snow protecting him, while she led Shui Bing'er and the other girl outside. Deeper in the cave, he discovered a strange, energy-rich white liquid and continued toward the extreme cold, reaching the limit of what he could endure.

• Hai Mei'er gave Lu Leng her Heart of Ice and Snow Soul Tool to borrow, and he accepted it so she could escort Shui Bing'er and the other girl outside.
• Shui Bing'er asked Hai Mei'er about lending the pendant, which was her family heirloom and her father's token of love, and Hai Mei'er reassured her that Lu Leng would return it.
• Protected by the pendant and his Water-Fire Golden Body, Lu Leng traveled deeper into the ice cave and found a spacious area with signs of the Muddy Demonic Dragon's lair.
• Lu Leng discovered a hollow ice pillar containing a bone-chilling white liquid filled with energy and suspected it was a rare treasure.
• After going farther, Lu Leng encountered a sudden plunge in temperature that left him deathly pale and near his limit, and he began examining the area.

Lu Leng found and collected Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in the Ice Cave after killing the Muddy Demonic Dragon that ambushed him. He left Sunset Forest with his companions, parted from Shui Bing’er, and returned to Heaven Dou City as major factions sought to recruit him for his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.

• Lu Leng discovered dozens of Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow pillars and prepared to collect them.
• The Muddy Demonic Dragon ambushed Lu Leng, but he used Spirit Destruction Arrow and Drawing Sword Slash to kill it.
• Lu Leng cut down the ice pillars and stored the Myriad-Year Profound Ice Marrow in his ring before leaving the cave.
• Lu Leng told Shui Bing’er and Hai Mei’er that only a young beast had been inside, and the group left Sunset Forest the next day.
• Lu Leng parted ways with Shui Bing’er and returned to Heaven Dou City with Zi Nü, then remembered he had forgotten to return the Heart of Ice and Snow.
• Major factions investigated Lu Leng and sought to recruit him, while weighing the difficulty of capturing someone who had killed a powerful Soul Sage.

Ye Lingling told Lu Leng that her father had disappeared after going to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to apologize, so Lu Leng took her there to bring him back. They arrived at the clan’s entrance, where the guards sent word that Lu Leng had come.

• Ye Lingling told Lu Leng that her father had been missing for a week after going to apologize to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Lu Leng promised to retrieve Ye Lingling’s father and flew with her toward the clan, leaving Zi Nü behind.
• Ye Lingling fell asleep in Lu Leng’s arms during the flight, and Lu Leng protected her from the wind.
• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling reached the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Lu Leng asked the guards to report his arrival.
• Yu Luomian asked Yu Tianxin how well his injuries had healed.

Yu Luomian and the Seventh Elder warned Yu Tianxin that Lu Leng might be backed by Spirit Hall, so the clan allowed him into their territory rather than attack him outright. Lu Leng arrived with Ye Lingling and found Ye Xingzhi tied up and near death, then freed him and gave him water.

• Yu Tianxin learned that Lu Leng had killed the Law Enforcement Elder and demanded revenge, but Yu Luomian stopped him from attacking.
• Yu Luomian and the Seventh Elder reasoned that Lu Leng likely belonged to Spirit Hall and warned that killing him could bring the clan’s destruction.
• Yu Luomian ordered the guards to let Lu Leng enter the clan grounds.
• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling reached a plaza and found Ye Xingzhi bound there, weakened by exposure to the sun.
• Lu Leng cut Ye Xingzhi free and gave him water.

Lu Leng confronted Yu Luomian and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to take Ye Xingzhi away and demand that they stop harassing the Ye Family. Yu Luomian insisted Lu Leng apologize, while Ye Xingzhi began apologizing on his behalf and urged him to submit.

• Lu Leng treated Ye Xingzhi's exhaustion, gave Ye Lingling instructions, and faced Yu Luomian, Yu Tianxin, and the Seventh Elder as they surrounded them.
• Lu Leng demanded to take Ye Xingzhi away and warned the clan to stop provoking the Ye Family, while Yu Tianxin urged Yu Luomian to kill him secretly.
• Yu Luomian offered to let them leave if Lu Leng apologized to Yu Tianxin, the Seventh Elder, and the clan, but Lu Leng refused.
• Ye Xingzhi apologized to the clan and pleaded for Lu Leng to do the same, while Ye Lingling objected that they had done nothing wrong.
• Yu Luomian rejected Ye Xingzhi's apology and demanded one from Lu Leng, who judged Ye Xingzhi's submission coldly.

Lu Leng attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after Yu Luomian refused to let him leave peacefully. He overwhelmed the clan’s disciples and escaped with Ye Lingling and Ye Xingzhi, but Yu Luomian and others pursued them.

• Lu Leng revealed his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, terrifying the people in the square and causing Yu Tianxin to faint.
• Lu Leng struck Yu Luomian with Drawing Sword Slash, mangling his dragon claws and hurling him into a building.
• After the Seventh Elder ordered the disciples to attack, Lu Leng used Wind Scroll Remnant Thunder to send most of them flying.
• Lu Leng grabbed Ye Lingling and Ye Xingzhi and flew toward the foot of the mountain.
• Yu Luomian ordered winged disciples to pursue Lu Leng and called for the clan elders, then led the chase himself.

Lu Leng used his hundred-thousand-year Soul Skill to cripple the pursuing Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan Soul Masters and escape with Ye Xingzhi and Ye Lingling. Just as he believed the pursuit had ended, an unseen Titled Douluo’s dragon claw blocked his path and struck at him, leaving him unable to evade.

• Ye Xingzhi criticized Lu Leng for provoking the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Ye Lingling objected to his timing.
• Lu Leng used his Fourth Soul Skill, Wrath of the Dark Demon Evil God, to send black feather arrows into the pursuers.
• The arrows bypassed the clan’s defenses and attacked their minds, killing some Soul Masters and leaving Yu Luomian and two elders badly injured.
• Yu Luomian and the remaining pursuers stopped chasing, and Lu Leng continued flying away with Ye Xingzhi and Ye Lingling.
• An enormous invisible dragon claw suddenly appeared above Lu Leng and locked onto him, and he realized a Titled Douluo’s attack was about to hit.

Yu Yuanzhen’s attack severely injured Lu Leng, Ye Xingzhi, and Ye Lingling, but Lu Leng’s Heart of Ice and Snow saved them from dying. As Yu Yuanzhen attacked again, Ye Xingzhi healed Lu Leng and stayed behind to face him while Lu Leng fled with Ye Lingling.

• Lu Leng’s protective barrier blocked Yu Yuanzhen’s dragon claw, but the impact injured all three and shattered the barrier.
• Yu Yuanzhen appeared and confronted the survivors, while Ye Xingzhi urged Lu Leng to escape with Ye Lingling.
• Lu Leng agreed to Ye Xingzhi’s request, and Yu Yuanzhen offered to spare them if they apologized.
• Ye Xingzhi cursed Yu Yuanzhen, used his five soul rings to heal Lu Leng, and told him to take Ye Lingling and go.
• Lu Leng fled through the forest with Ye Lingling as Yu Yuanzhen struck at Ye Xingzhi, who prepared to use a hidden defensive trump card.