Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian challenged Flender’s defense of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, arguing that they should take responsibility for provoking Blue Sunshine Academy. After Ning Rongrong threatened to involve Sword Douluo, Flender ordered the two to apologize.

• Oscar laughed at Flender’s remarks, and Xiao Tian pointed out that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun had provoked Blue Sunshine Academy despite their teachers being present.
• Dai Mubai tried to make Xiao Tian answer for criticizing Flender, but Xiao Tian apologized sarcastically and Flender calmly explained that he meant Soul Masters should challenge people of their own generation.
• Ning Rongrong argued that Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun should handle the conflict themselves and hinted that Sword Douluo would be interested in Zhao Wuji.
• Xiao Tian offered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun the choice of apologizing or facing Blue Sunshine Academy without help, then proposed that Flender or Zhao Wuji provoke Sword Douluo as a test of their own principles.
• Ning Rongrong supported Xiao Tian’s challenge, and Flender ordered Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to apologize.

After Flender forced Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun to apologize to Blue Sunshine Academy, the group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Soul Beast for Oscar. That night, Xiao Tian proposed a risky training method to help Yu Xiaogang break through level thirty, leaving Yu Xiaogang to decide whether to go along with it.

• Flender pressured Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun into apologizing, and Shao Xin gave Blue Sunshine Academy’s group Sugar Beans for their injuries before Ye Zhi Qiu led them away.
• Zhu Zhuqing spent the night alone, wondering if she had been wrong, while the group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest the next morning.
• After the group failed to find a suitable Soul Beast for Oscar on their first day, Yu Xiaogang explained what kinds of abilities Oscar’s third Soul Skill might provide.
• Xiao Tian suggested repeatedly exhausting and restoring Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power while he fought a Millennium Soul Beast, and Tang San offered to help restrain it with Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang hesitated because the plan would require him to summon Luo Sanpao in front of everyone, while Xiao Tian warned Tang San not to bind the Soul Beast.

Xiao Tian questioned how Yu Xiaogang cared for Luo Sanpao and suggested feeding it Sub-Dragon Meat, prompting Yu Xiaogang to reconsider how his Martial Soul evolved. The next day, the group found a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent that seemed suitable for Oscar’s Third Soul Ring and prepared to fight it.

• Xiao Tian suggested Tang San use poisoned Hidden Weapons to support Yu Xiaogang, then asked why Luo Sanpao ate only White Radish and proposed feeding it Sub-Dragon Meat.
• Yu Xiaogang realized Luo Sanpao might be the core of the Golden Sacred Dragon because their Trinity Fusion Technique caused it to evolve, but Flender interrupted his thoughts by suggesting they test the Sub-Dragon Meat idea.
• Xiao Tian comforted Xiao Wu when she became upset about Soul Beasts being killed for Soul Rings, and Tang San felt a sharp pang after seeing them act intimately.
• The next afternoon, Zhu Zhuqing spotted a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Yu Xiaogang judged it a suitable thousand-year Soul Beast for Oscar’s Third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian assigned Yu Xiaogang and Tang San to handle the serpent; Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao while the others gathered near Flender to avoid its farts.

Yu Xiaogang and Tang San tried to subdue the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with poison and Luo Sanpao’s Soul Skills, but the serpent resisted and attacked. Flender knocked it away as the poison took effect, while Luo Sanpao’s injuries left Yu Xiaogang gravely hurt and possibly unable to use his vital part.

• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to support Luo Sanpao with hidden weapons coated in sleeping poison, and Tang San trapped the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Luo Sanpao to use its sleep-inducing and thunderous fart Soul Skills, but Fifteen scattered the gas with Sword Qi before it could put the serpent to sleep.
• The Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent charged Yu Xiaogang, tearing through Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass as Tang San fired more poisoned weapons and activated Parasitism.
• Flender struck the serpent away with a Wind Blade, and the sleeping poison took effect as its energy ran out.
• Luo Sanpao vanished after the serpent bit its vital part, and Yu Xiaogang collapsed in pain as Flender and Tang San found that the reflected injury had caused severe damage.

Yu Xiaogang recovered after Luo Sanpao was bitten, while Oscar prepared to claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as his Third Soul Ring. Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran to claim the serpent, and the two groups faced a dispute over who would obtain it.

• Shao Xin gave Yu Xiaogang two Sugar Beans, restoring his condition, while Dai Mubai blamed Xiao Tian and Ning Rongrong defended him.
• Zhao Wuji gave Oscar a dagger to deliver the final blow, but Tang San pulled Oscar away when a weapon flew toward him.
• Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran and declared that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent belonged to them because they had found it first.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji identified themselves, and Chao Tianxiang recognized them as powerful Soul Sages while worrying that Dragon Duke was not there to help her.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed that Oscar and Meng Yiran settle the claim by fighting, but Flender objected because Oscar was a Food System Soul Master.
• Meng Yiran noticed small weapons embedded in the serpent and asked who had fired them.

Tang San and Meng Yiran settled their dispute over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent after Xiao Tian proposed a compromise, and Oscar began absorbing its Soul Ring. Dragon Duke invited Xiao Tian to join his clan, but after Xiao Tian declined, Tang San wrongly concluded that he was a reincarnator using a secret technique to grow stronger.

• Tang San beat Meng Yiran in a contest to hit leaves with Soul Breaking Blades, leaving her to consider giving up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Xiao Tian proposed that Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma join the group’s hunt for a Thousand Year Sub-Dragon Soul Beast, and Meng Yiran agreed to the arrangement.
• Zhao Wuji helped Oscar obtain the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring, and Oscar began absorbing it.
• Flender described his students’ abilities to Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma, prompting Dragon Duke to invite Xiao Tian to join his clan.
• Xiao Tian declined the invitation and explained that his Innate Soul Power was only level five; Meng Yiran warned him about forcibly raising his strength, and Snake Grandma stopped her.
• Tang San decided that Xiao Tian must be a reincarnator using a secret technique from a past life to increase his strength.

Xiao Wu told Xiao Tian about her family members Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest, and he agreed to avoid hunting Soul Beasts indiscriminately while remaining honest about needing Soul Rings. Xiao Tian’s Sword Intent then broke through to complete perfection, leaving everyone stunned as Flender asked Dragon Duke and Snake Crone to help guard the group.

• Xiao Tian stopped Xiao Wu from arguing with the others and reassured her that their opinions did not matter.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Tian she wanted to visit Da Ming and Er Ming, and Xiao Tian promised not to hunt Soul Beasts indiscriminately.
• Xiao Tian’s Sword Intent suddenly surged as Sword Fifteen trembled, and he leaped away to face the breakthrough.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Tang San, Meng Yiran, and Dragon Duke reacted to Xiao Tian’s powerful Sword Intent.
• Flender asked Dragon Duke and Snake Crone to stand guard in case Xiao Tian’s breakthrough attracted powerful Soul Beasts.

Xiao Tian perfected his Sword Intent and advanced his Soul Power to level thirty-nine while Oscar completed his third Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Oscar revealing his Mushroom Sausage Soul Skill and Yu Xiaogang guessing that it granted flight.

• Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma realized they had underestimated Xiao Tian as he unleashed his Sword Intent and recited sword poetry.
• Xiao Tian perfected his Sword Intent, raised his Soul Power to level thirty-nine, and decided that condensing a Sword Heart was his next step.
• Xiao Wu told Xiao Tian that she had removed her ring's aura-hiding ability so Er Ming might find her, and Xiao Tian reassured her.
• Oscar finished absorbing his Third Soul Ring, then reluctantly summoned a Mushroom Sausage with his Soul Incantation, making Dai Mubai and the others laugh.
• Yu Xiaogang guessed that Oscar's third Soul Skill was related to flight.

Oscar revealed that his third Soul Skill created a sausage that let someone fly at a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed for one minute, and the group initially praised it. Xiao Tian then explained that it would lose usefulness as they grew stronger, leaving Oscar and the others reconsidering the skill’s long-term value.

• Oscar revealed that his third Soul Skill was Speedy Flying Mushroom Sausage, which granted one minute of flight at a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s speed.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai mocked the skill’s short duration until Oscar explained its speed, and Zhao Wuji praised it after hearing Oscar could make about ten sausages at once.
• Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Tian why he had said Oscar’s Soul Skill was good only at this stage.
• Xiao Tian explained that the Flying Mushroom Sausage had little growth potential and might become unnecessary as the group gained strength, unlike Oscar’s Super Recovery Great Sausage.
• Xiao Tian softened his criticism by suggesting Oscar might later find ways to improve the skill, but his explanation dampened everyone’s enthusiasm.

Flender’s group encountered the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python while searching for a Soul Beast, and Xiao Tian’s system warned him that they were Divine Officials Niu Tian and Tai Tan. Xiao Wu secretly told Da Ming and Er Ming not to harm her companions and to take her and Xiao Tian away, while Da Ming eyed Xiao Tian with suspicion and Dragon Duke and Snake Crone prepared to protect Meng Yiran.

• Flender told Oscar to make Flying Mushroom Sausages as the group hurried to find a nearly two-thousand-year-old Sub-Dragon Type Soul Beast.
• The Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared from the forest, and Xiao Tian’s system identified them as Divine Officials Niu Tian and Tai Tan.
• Xiao Wu privately instructed Da Ming and Er Ming to spare her companions, pretend to fight, and take her and Xiao Tian away.
• Da Ming suspected Xiao Tian had discovered Xiao Wu’s identity and decided to follow her instructions while planning to question him later.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Crone prepared to hold off the two Soul Beasts and told Meng Yiran to escape when she could.

The group faced the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, and their strongest combined attack failed against the two beasts’ domains and breath. As the battle’s energy scattered, a stray streak pierced Yu Xiaogang’s tailbone.

• Yu Xiaogang recognized the Sky Azure Bull Python as Zhao Wuji, Flender, Dragon Duke, and Snake Grandma prepared to fight alongside the others.
• Shao Xin distributed Sugar Beans, and Ning Rongrong boosted Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma before fainting into Zhu Zhuqing’s arms.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma unleashed Poison Dragon Flame at the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Da Ming and Er Ming opened their domains, pinning most of the group down while Xiao Tian struggled to support Xiao Wu and Tang San rose with his Eight Spider Lances.
• Da Ming intensified his pressure and used Dragon Breath to erase the group’s attacks, and scattered energy pierced Yu Xiaogang’s tailbone.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu watched as Da Ming and Er Ming attacked the group, while Tang San rushed to protect Xiao Wu and was crushed beneath Er Ming’s domains. At Da Ming’s suggestion, Er Ming extracted Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, leaving Tang San unconscious.

• Da Ming and Er Ming’s attack badly injured Yu Xiaogang and Ma Hongjun, while Xiao Tian blocked the remaining energy with Fifteen.
• Er Ming reached for Xiao Wu and Xiao Tian, but Tang San charged in with his Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track and attacked the Titan Giant Ape.
• Er Ming used the Gravity Domain and Slowness Domain to pin Tang San to the ground, cracking his Eight Spider Lances.
• Da Ming told Er Ming to remove Tang San’s valuable External Soul Bone, and Er Ming carefully pulled out the Eight Spider Lances.
• Tang San screamed from the pain and passed out.

Xiao Tian challenged Er Ming to test his strength while the others attempted to escape the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Wu stayed behind to help Xiao Tian, leaving Tang San devastated as the group fled.

• Er Ming tore off Tang San's Sea God's Eight Wings, and Xiao Tian received the Bixie Swordplay reward from his system.
• Xiao Tian asked Er Ming to fight him and told the others to use the opportunity to escape.
• Xiao Tian attacked Er Ming, while Flender and the others launched long-range attacks and Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma flew away with Meng Yiran.
• Flender carried Yu Xiaogang away, and Tang San used his Blue Silver Grass to take Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ma Hongjun with him.
• Xiao Wu refused Tang San's Mushroom Sausage and stayed behind, saying she would use Teleportation to bring Xiao Tian out.

Xiao Tian fought Er Ming while Da Ming and Xiao Wu watched, revealing his External Soul Bones and using Fifteen to attack the Titan Giant Ape. As Er Ming launched another attack, Xiao Tian summoned the Crimson Dragon Tooth, leaving his next move unresolved.

• Tang San reluctantly agreed to lead the injured group out of the forest after Yu Xiaogang reminded him of his father.
• Da Ming dispersed Snake Grandma’s poison mist and allowed the others to escape while Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu remained behind.
• Xiao Tian used his External Soul Bones and Self-Created Soul Skills to break free of Er Ming’s Gravity Mud Swamp and send Fifteen’s blood-red sword attack at him.
• Da Ming spotted the limits of Xiao Tian’s sword technique and ordered Er Ming to attack Xiao Tian’s unarmed true body.
• Xiao Tian stopped Fifteen from protecting him and summoned the Crimson Dragon Tooth as Er Ming fired a Titan Sky Cannon.

Xiao Tian ignited the Jie Zi Mi under Er Ming’s Titan Sky Cannon, multiplying his strength and breaking through to level 40. He overwhelmed Er Ming with his enhanced Sword Intent and attacks until Da Ming intervened and declared him the winner.

• Xiao Tian tried to block Er Ming’s Titan Sky Cannon with Crimson Dragon Tooth and shield Su Ming, while Xiao Wu prepared to protect him.
• Xiao Tian calmed himself under the attack and comprehended the Jie Zi Mi and Sword Path as Xiao Wu and the others watched.
• Xiao Tian ignited the Jie Zi Mi, cut Er Ming’s attack in two, and raised his Soul Power to level 40 as his attributes increased tenfold.
• Xiao Tian used his enhanced speed and sword techniques to evade Er Ming’s Gravity Domain and repeatedly strike the Titan Giant Ape.
• Da Ming activated the Slowness Domain and told Xiao Tian that he had won.

Xiao Tian exhausted himself after using the Jie Zi Mi to fight Er Ming, and Xiao Wu caught him before explaining how her ring concealed her Soul Beast aura. Da Ming and Er Ming learned Xiao Tian had protected Xiao Wu from being discovered, but they still insisted he was too weak to keep her safe unless he reached Soul Sage level.

• Xiao Tian's Jie Zi Mi ended after he injured Er Ming, and he collapsed from exhaustion as Xiao Wu caught him.
• Xiao Wu used her ring to hide her Soul Beast aura and explained that she had deliberately revealed it to reunite with Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming questioned Xiao Tian's intentions, and Xiao Wu explained how he discovered her identity and warned her about Tang Hao.
• Da Ming and Er Ming thanked Xiao Tian for protecting Xiao Wu, but urged her to remain in the forest because she was still in danger.
• Xiao Wu insisted she wanted to stay with Xiao Tian, while Da Ming said Xiao Tian needed to reach Soul Sage level to protect her from Titled Douluo.

Xiao Tian proposed using a Soul Spirit Contract to protect Xiao Wu, and Da Ming and Er Ming volunteered to contract with him instead. With Xiao Wu’s approval, Xiao Tian began the ritual and two contracts appeared, leaving the pact in progress.

• Xiao Tian explained the Soul Spirit Contract method and suggested Xiao Wu might be able to use it to hide safely in his Spiritual Space.
• Xiao Wu volunteered to form a contract, but Xiao Tian warned that her body might disappear; she argued that her Soul Beast essence meant the risk was worth taking.
• Da Ming and Er Ming offered to become Xiao Tian’s Soul Spirits so they could protect Xiao Wu, and explained why they no longer needed to guard the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming about her past and Xiao Tian’s suspicions concerning Bibi Dong, prompting them to consider whether Ah Rou might still be revived.
• Xiao Wu approved Da Ming and Er Ming’s proposal, and Xiao Tian recited the contract incantation, causing two soul-power contracts to appear.

Da Ming and Er Ming became Xiao Tian’s Soul Spirits and gave him their Soul Bones, which he passed to Xiao Wu. Da Ming then bestowed Xiao Tian with a Fourth Soul Ring, leaving him at level 41.

• Da Ming and Er Ming completed their contracts with Xiao Tian and shrank into small forms that floated on Xiao Wu’s shoulders.
• Da Ming and Er Ming left behind a Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Soul Bone and a Sky Blue Bull Python Right Arm Soul Bone, and Xiao Tian gave both to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu handed the Soul Bones back to Xiao Tian, asking him to become stronger so he could protect her, and the two shared a kiss.
• Da Ming chose to bestow Xiao Tian’s Fourth Soul Ring and explained that a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring usually carried a mental attack, though his gift would not.
• Da Ming entered Xiao Tian’s Spiritual Space and bestowed a Fourth Soul Ring of just over ten thousand years, raising Xiao Tian to level 41.

Xiao Tian explained the drawbacks and potential safeguards of Soul Spirit Contracts while considering how he might promote them in the future. After Flender and the others escaped the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Rongrong woke and anxiously asked where Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu were.

• Xiao Tian speculated that contracting Soul Spirits limited how much a Soul Master's level increased, but let Soul Beasts grow faster alongside their partners.
• Da Ming realized the contracts might reduce Soul Masters' pursuit of high-age Soul Beasts, while Xiao Tian warned that Soul Bones could still motivate indiscriminate hunting.
• Xiao Tian proposed strict regulations and patrols to punish Soul Beast slaughter, then considered forming his own faction because he distrusted Spirit Hall's leadership.
• Da Ming and Er Ming urged Xiao Tian to absorb the two Soul Bones, which they thought could raise him past level fifty.
• Flender and the others flew out of the Star Dou Great Forest as nearby Soul Beasts hid from Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Ning Rongrong woke during the escape, noticed Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu were missing, and asked Zhu Zhuqing where they were.

Ning Rongrong questioned why her Shadow Guards had failed to appear and decided to wait for Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu, despite the danger. As Zhu Zhuqing also chose to stay, she rejected Dai Mubai’s orders and confronted him over his earlier conflict with Xiao Tian.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that Xiao Tian had stayed behind as bait while Xiao Wu claimed she would use Teleportation to rescue him, and Ning Rongrong grew angry that her Shadow Guards had not appeared.
• Flender explained that the group had been exhausted and unable to do more, while Tang San revealed that losing the Eight Spider Lances had lowered his Soul Power by one level.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested Tang San had survived because he had not fully fused with the Eight Spider Lances, prompting Dragon Duke and Snake Crone to question his explanation.
• Ning Rongrong declared she would wait for Xiao Tian and Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to stay as well.
• Dai Mubai ordered Zhu Zhuqing to leave, but she ignored him, reconsidered her hopes of changing her fate with him, and asked whether he resented Xiao Tian over their tavern conflict.