Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu hired a fleet in Vast Sea City to take him into the sea in search of Whale Spirit Beasts. When a powerful Evil Spirit Orca pod appeared, he revealed his strength to protect the sailors and prepare to fight.

• Qian Daoliu arrived in Vast Sea City and paid a fleet captain ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to sail him toward Whale Spirit Beast waters.
• After three days at sea, Qian Daoliu sensed an approaching pod of Evil Spirit Orcas and told the captain to steer the ship away.
• The sailors panicked as the Evil Spirit Orcas surged from the water, led by a creature whose strength rivaled an ordinary Title Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu activated his Angel Domain and Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, revealing eight black Soul Rings and one red Soul Ring.
• The sailors mistook Qian Daoliu for Qian Xunji and stared in shock at his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration.

Qian Daoliu subdued a pod of Evil Spirit Orcas, collected Whale Rubber, and escorted sailors safely back to harbor. At Spirit Hall Academy, Gu Han defeated Wang Bo in a spar despite their difference in Soul Power.

• Qian Daoliu used his Soul Power and Angel Holy Sword to kill several Evil Spirit Orcas, then collected five pieces of Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly and ten pieces of thousand-year Whale Rubber.
• Qian Daoliu escorted the sailors back to harbor and warned them not to go to sea for half a year.
• Gu Han joined the training group at Spirit Hall Academy and faced Wang Bo in a spar.
• Gu Han used his Ice Spirit Guard and Mystic Ice Sword to pressure Wang Bo at close range and knock his Flame Spear away.
• Gu Han pointed his sword at Wang Bo and declared victory.

After defeating Wang Bo in class, Gu Han met Bibi Dong at the library and began telling her the story of Sun Wukong. He left after describing how Sun Wukong learned immortal arts from Bodhi Founder, promising to continue the story the next day.

• Ghost Leopard praised Gu Han after he defeated Wang Bo, and dismissed the class for the day.
• Gu Han went to the library, where Bibi Dong was waiting for him because she had guessed he would go there.
• Bibi Dong took Gu Han to the Saintess Hall's back garden and asked him to tell her a story.
• Gu Han told Bibi Dong how Sun Wukong was born from a stone and became Bodhi Founder's disciple.
• Bibi Dong persuaded Gu Han to continue until he had told how Sun Wukong learned the Seventy-Two Transformations and Somersault Cloud.
• Gu Han left the Saintess Hall after promising Bibi Dong he would continue the story tomorrow.

Gu Han received Yue Guan’s illustrated book on medicinal herbs and studied Immortal Herbs that could improve his physique and aptitude. Yue Guan learned that Gu Han’s parents had been killed by Evil Soul Masters, while Qian Daoliu gave Qian Xunji eighty-thousand-year Whale Rubber to help him overcome his cultivation limits.

• Gu Han met Yue Guan, described his lessons, and accepted a book about flowers and herbs.
• Gui Mei told Yue Guan that Gu Han’s Soul King parents had been killed by Evil Soul Masters twelve years earlier, and Yue Guan decided to wait before telling Gu Han.
• Gu Han studied the book and considered using the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to help Yue Guan and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass with the Infernal Delicate Apricot to strengthen himself.
• Qian Daoliu gave Qian Xunji eighty-thousand-year Whale Rubber to help improve his foundation and aptitude.
• Qian Xunji reflected on his stalled progress and his desire to live up to the Six-Winged Angel lineage.

Qian Xunji absorbed the Whale Rubber with the Angel Meditation Method, and the Elders waited to see how it affected him. Qian Daoliu sent Light Feather Douluo to hunt escaped Evil Soul Masters near the Earth Dragon Mountain Range, while Qian Xunji discovered the treasure was working.

• Qian Xunji swallowed the Whale Rubber and began absorbing its energy through the Angel Meditation Method.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned whether the Whale Rubber could help Qian Xunji, who was past the optimal cultivation age, and Qian Daoliu urged everyone to wait.
• Qian Daoliu assigned Light Feather Douluo to pursue five Evil Soul Masters who had escaped Slaughter City and headed southeast toward the Earth Dragon Mountain Range.
• Light Feather Douluo set out with more than a dozen members of the Angel Legion, while Qian Daoliu reassured Azure Luan Douluo that Demon Bear Elder was also there.
• Qian Xunji opened his eyes and told Qian Daoliu that the Whale Rubber was working.

Qian Xunji discovered that whale jelly could repair some of the damage to his foundation, but Qian Daoliu said it could not restore his cultivation talent enough for the Angel God’s recognition without the legendary Radiant Paradise Herb. Meanwhile, Gu Han and Bibi Dong agreed to read together daily in exchange for him telling her stories, and they began studying spirit-ring selection at the library.

• Qian Xunji absorbed whale jelly and felt that it had repaired deficiencies in his foundation, giving him hope of activating the Angel God Trial.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to hunt more whale jelly, but Qian Daoliu explained that it could improve Qian Xunji’s physique only slightly and that the Radiant Paradise Herb might be needed to gain the Angel God’s recognition.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo agreed to help Qian Xunji reach rank 97 while searching for the legendary herb, and Qian Xunji returned to his Secret Chamber to refine more whale jelly.
• Bibi Dong asked Gu Han to continue their story, and Gu Han proposed that she read with him in the library for an hour each day while he told her stories.
• Bibi Dong accepted the agreement and followed Gu Han into the library, where he chose books about how Spirit Masters should select their spirit rings and offered to explain them.

Gu Han explained to Bibi Dong why Plant-Based Martial Souls should generally absorb Spirit Rings from matching Plant Soul Beasts, and she praised his clear teaching. He agreed to study Martial Soul theory with her, and when Bibi Dong asked what to call his grappling technique, he invited her to name it.

• Gu Han asked Bibi Dong why Weapon Souls were said to be unable to absorb Beast Soul Beast rings, then explained how mismatched Spirit Rings could hinder or damage a Plant-Based Martial Soul.
• Gu Han explained that Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were an exception because their transformed rings offered powerful benefits, including guaranteed Spirit Bones and two Soul Skills.
• Bibi Dong realized why her teacher had prepared two poisonous Spider-Type Soul Beasts for her and praised Gu Han for explaining the theory clearly.
• Gu Han offered to study Martial Soul theory with Bibi Dong from then on.
• Bibi Dong asked Gu Han for the name of his grappling technique, and he asked her to choose one.

Gu Han used Sun Wukong’s expulsion from the mountain to teach Bibi Dong caution and secrecy, then Qian Xunji arrived and praised his lesson. Qian Xunji gave Gu Han and Bibi Dong five pieces of five-thousand-year Whale Rubber each, leaving the highest-quality piece for Gu Han.

• Gu Han told Bibi Dong how Sun Wukong was expelled for showing off and explained that they should guard the knowledge their Teacher had taught them.
• Qian Xunji overheard Gu Han’s lesson, praised his words, and complimented him for admitting they came from a Nameless Book.
• Bibi Dong teased Qian Xunji about her dislike of reading, and he explained that he had come to see them after hearing she was in the library.
• Qian Xunji took out ten pieces of five-thousand-year Whale Rubber and told Gu Han and Bibi Dong to refine five each.
• Bibi Dong offered Gu Han extra Whale Rubber, but he argued that she should benefit from it because she was close to level thirty; Qian Xunji settled the matter by giving Gu Han the highest-quality piece.

Light Feather Douluo discovered that Xiula’s group had planted a false trail through the Earth Dragon Mountain Range and pursued their real route south. Xiula divided his forces to mislead Spirit Hall while the escapees headed for Zhenchi City.

• A Soul Saint reported to Light Feather Douluo that Xiula, a Rank 92-to-94 Titled Douluo, and four other evil soul masters had fled into the mountains, so Light Feather Douluo led the Angel Legion to pursue them.
• Xiula led his four companions south, explaining that the route would help them avoid the Angel Legion and reach Zhenchi City, where they planned to prey on its people for Bloody Mary.
• Light Feather Douluo detected blood-infused Soul Power on the ground and realized the trail had looped back, while a faint trace of baleful aura led south.
• Light Feather Douluo decided to pursue south himself and ordered Demon Bear Elder to remain in Earth Dragon Mountain City.
• Xiula ordered Zala and Suoba to cross the plains and mountains toward the coast, splitting the group’s route to draw pursuit away from the others.

Xiula abandoned Zala and Suoba as bait while fleeing toward Zhenchi City, but they chose to hunt villagers near the Delake Mountain Range instead. Light Feather Douluo split the Angel Legion to pursue the scattered evil soul masters, and Zala and Suoba left a village outside Dragon Flame City drenched in blood as they closed in on two girls hiding in a cellar.

• Xiula gave Zala and Suoba a spare map and sent them west to draw pursuit while he and two other evil soul masters headed east for Zhenchi City.
• Zala persuaded Suoba to avoid returning to Xiula and instead hunt villages near a main city by the Delake Mountain Range to increase their strength.
• Light Feather Douluo judged that the fleeing evil soul masters had split up and divided the Angel Legion into three groups to pursue them and warn nearby cities.
• Two and a half days later, Zala and Suoba slaughtered villagers outside Dragon Flame City and hunted for survivors.
• Zala sensed two girls hiding in a cellar and walked toward them.

Zala and Suoba attacked two girls, but the Angel Legion intervened and trapped the evil soul masters in a sacred formation. Zala escaped by sacrificing Suoba, who was burned to ashes, while the Angel Legion pursued him.

• Zala found two girls hiding in a cellar and prepared to kill them while Suoba urged him to hurry.
• The Angel Legion arrived, rescued the girls, and attacked Zala and Suoba with holy light.
• The six angels formed a domain that trapped the two evil soul masters and prepared a Saint Angel Judgment.
• Suoba struck the formation to cover Zala, who tore a gap in the domain and escaped.
• The golden spear pierced Suoba and burned him to ashes, and the Angel Legion ordered a pursuit of Zala.

Guang Ling intercepted Xiula and two companions as they fled along the coast, then killed the Demon Blade Douluo after a fierce battle. He recovered a sixty-thousand-year Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull and suspected it had come from the Star Luo Empire’s royal treasure vault.

• The Angel Legion squad killed Zala after he sold out his companions, then sent the two surviving girls to a Spirit Hall shelter.
• Xiula and two men fled along the coastline, but Guang Ling intercepted them before the other angels arrived.
• Guang Ling recognized Xiula as the Demon Blade Douluo and fought him, freezing the other two men and forcing Xiula to unleash his ninth soul skill.
• Xiula used a mental Spirit Bone to knock down Guang Ling’s fifth soul skill and tried to escape, but Guang Ling’s ninth soul skill pierced his heart.
• Guang Ling retrieved Xiula’s sixty-thousand-year Spirit Condensing Wisdom Skull and suspected it had been taken from the Star Luo Empire’s royal treasure vault.

Gu Han and Bibi Dong refined five-thousand-year Whale Rubber, strengthening their bodies and raising their Soul Power. Qian Xunji planned a seventy-thousand-year Mental Immunity Skull for Bibi Dong and promised Gu Han a sixty-thousand-year spiritual Skull Bone when he reached level 30.

• Gu Han refined the Whale Rubber and rose from level 23 to nearly level 27, while Bibi Dong broke through level 30 after absorbing two pieces.
• Qian Xunji examined Bibi Dong and said her strengthened physique could support a six-to-nine-thousand-year Third Soul Ring; Gu Han urged her to refine the remaining Whale Rubber first.
• Gu Han suggested preparing Bibi Dong to absorb a ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring with spiritual protection, and Qian Xunji chose a seventy-thousand-year Mental Immunity Skull from Spirit Hall's treasury.
• Qian Xunji promised Gu Han a sixty-thousand-year spiritual Skull Bone when he reached level 30, and Gu Han thanked him and resolved to prevent Qian Xunji's future tragedy.

Bibi Dong and Gu Han traveled with Yue Guan and Gui Mei to the town outside Star Dou Great Forest, where they planned to obtain a soul ring. After joking together on the way, the group stopped at a tavern to eat before entering the forest.

• Bibi Dong explained to Gu Han that she wanted to experience the outside world rather than wait for their teacher to bring her a soul beast.
• Bibi Dong gave Gu Han candied hawthorns and wondered whether they might find a Soft Bone Charm Rabbit in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Han and Bibi Dong became hungry, and Gu Han helped calm Bibi Dong after she became annoyed at Yue Guan's laughter.
• Yue Guan ordered signature dishes and wine at a small tavern, while Gui Mei ordered roast chicken.

After six years of cultivation, Gu Han mastered the first stage of the Art of Returning Light and gained a new way to perceive Soul Power. He explained his technique to Bibi Dong and the others, who then discussed how immortal herbs could transform a Spirit Master's future.

• Gu Han cultivated through the night and mastered Returning Light, allowing him to perceive the energy filling the world.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei came to Gu Han's room and teased him about getting up late.
• Gu Han demonstrated how his eyes changed from dull to bright and explained that he had created the Art of Returning Light.
• Yue Guan praised Gu Han's talent and mentioned immortal herbs, prompting Bibi Dong to ask what they were.
• Yue Guan explained that immortal herbs could greatly improve a Spirit Master's aptitude, and Bibi Dong promised to ask her Teacher to find one for Gu Han.

Gu Han led Yue Guan and Gui Mei toward a strange lake in Sunset Forest that might harbor Immortal Herbs, while the group entered the Star Dou Great Forest to find Bibi Dong a Third Soul Ring. After Yue Guan incapacitated a Man Faced Demon Spider, Dugu Bo and his son arrived and claimed they had been hunting it first.

• Gu Han told Yue Guan about an ancient Spirit Hall record describing a lake split between scorching heat and freezing cold, and Yue Guan agreed to investigate it after Bibi Dong’s hunt.
• Gu Han, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where Gu Han had recently advanced to Rank 27 after absorbing five pieces of Whale Rubber.
• Gui Mei spotted an eight-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider, and Yue Guan knocked it unconscious so Bibi Dong could claim it as her Third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo and his son Dugu Xin arrived and confronted Yue Guan, saying they had pursued and injured the spider before the group intervened.

Gu Han confronted Dugu Bo about the poison affecting him and Dugu Xin, then offered a way to ease it in hopes of winning Dugu Bo over to Spirit Hall. The chapter ended with Dugu Bo agreeing to hear Gu Han’s proposed temporary remedy.

• Yue Guan and Dugu Bo argued over the injured Man Faced Demon Spider, then fought on the ground while Gu Han, Bibi Dong, Dugu Xin, and Gui Mei watched.
• Gu Han recognized signs that Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin had been poisoned by their Jade Phosphorous Serpent martial souls.
• Gu Han described Dugu Bo’s symptoms, and Dugu Xin realized that he suffered from the same poison.
• Yue Guan mocked Dugu Bo and suggested Spirit Hall might help, but Dugu Bo rejected the offer and ordered Dugu Xin to finish off the spider.
• Gu Han offered Dugu Bo a temporary way to resolve the poison if he would consider joining Spirit Hall, and Dugu Bo agreed to hear it.

Gu Han explained that Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin could temporarily contain their Martial Soul poison in Spirit Bones, earning Dugu Bo's gratitude. Bibi Dong gave Dugu Xin the Man Faced Demon Spider and secured another favor from Dugu Bo, who then began absorbing its Spirit Ring.

• Gu Han told Dugu Bo and Dugu Xin that their inherited Martial Soul poison could be stored in Spirit Bones, and Dugu Bo confirmed the method worked by moving his toxins into his Torso Bone.
• Dugu Bo thanked Gu Han, agreed to consider joining Spirit Hall, and accepted Gu Han's warning that overflowing Spirit Bones could prove fatal.
• Bibi Dong offered the Man Faced Demon Spider to Dugu Bo and said she wanted to hunt a stronger Spirit Beast instead.
• Yue Guan encouraged Dugu Bo to owe Bibi Dong a favor, and Dugu Bo accepted the offer.
• Dugu Xin killed the unconscious Man Faced Demon Spider and began absorbing his Fourth Soul Ring.

Gu Han, Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan continued their search for a Purple Winged Demon Spider after gaining Dugu Bo’s goodwill and leaving him to consider joining Spirit Hall. As they camped for the night, Bibi Dong eagerly anticipated eating roasted rabbit.

• Gui Mei praised Gu Han and Bibi Dong for earning Dugu Bo’s favor, and Yue Guan said Dugu Bo’s willingness to consider Spirit Hall was a promising sign.
• Gu Han explained that Dugu Bo’s family’s martial soul affliction gave him reason to seek help, especially for his descendants.
• Gui Mei warned that the cunning Purple Winged Demon Spider would be difficult to find, and Bibi Dong said she was prepared for a long search.
• The group made camp in an open area, and Gu Han roasted chicken drumsticks for Bibi Dong and Yue Guan.
• Gui Mei returned with four Soft Bone Rabbits, and Bibi Dong asked Gu Han to prepare them so she could try roasted rabbit.

Gu Han, Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei traveled into the Purple Winged Demon Spider’s territory to capture the Spirit Beast. Yue Guan and Gui Mei restrained it together, leaving it trapped for the group.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei reflected on growing older as Gu Han cultivated beside the sleeping Bibi Dong.
• Gu Han noticed his cultivation had become faster after entering Deep Meditation, then joined Yue Guan and Gui Mei for breakfast the next morning.
• The group entered the Purple Winged Demon Spider’s poisonous territory, with Yue Guan and Gui Mei shielding Gu Han and Bibi Dong with their Soul Power.
• The Purple Winged Demon Spider fled when it sensed the Spirit Masters, but Yue Guan used Golden Stamen's Flowing Radiance to block its escape.
• Gui Mei caught the Purple Winged Demon Spider with his Third Soul Skill, Netherworld Ghost Claw.