Chapter Summaries

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao found the Silent Samsara Ancient Banyan and asked it for a trial to earn its Soul Ring. The ancient banyan activated its Silent Samsara Realm, and Tang San faced its greatest pressure as the test began.

• Tang San sensed a cycle of Wither-Bloom and spatial fluctuations in the forest and identified the Silent Samsara Ancient Banyan nearby.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao reached the ancient banyan, whose Mental Intent examined Tang San and agreed to test their qualifications.
• The ancient banyan expanded its Silent Samsara Realm, distorting time and space while draining the trio's life force.
• Tang Hao stabilized the space around himself and focused on protecting the others, while Xiao Wu used Teleportation and Soft Skill to evade and break attacks.
• The ancient banyan's star-patterned Aerial Roots attacked Tang San with alternating forces of Wither and Flourish, but Tang San did not panic.

Tang San proved his understanding of Gu Rong’s Silent Samsara Realm and received Gu Rong’s Void Banyan Fruit and Ninety-Three Thousand Year Soul Ring. He began absorbing the ring as its immense Life Energy and Samsara Law flooded his body and consciousness.

• Tang San studied Gu Rong’s domain during their battle and found predictable shifts in its cycle and spatial turbulence.
• Tang San sent a beam of energy into the domain core, displaying his understanding of the Rhythm of the Cycle and the Carriage of Void Silence.
• Gu Rong withdrew his attacks, gave Tang San the Void Banyan Fruit, and formed a Ninety-Three Thousand Year Soul Ring before his spirit faded.
• Tang San prepared to absorb the ring while Tang Hao and Xiao Wu stood guard.
• Tang San guided the ring onto his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul, and its immense Life Energy and Samsara visions overwhelmed his body and consciousness.

Tang San absorbed the Silent Samsara Ancient Banyan’s soul ring, broke through to level 53, and gained the domain-type fifth soul skill Silent Samsara Realm. After testing the domain with Xiao Wu and Tang Hao, he set his sights on finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

• Tang San fused the soul ring’s life and spatial powers with his own, breaking through the level 50 bottleneck and reaching level 53.
• Tang San stabilized his Purple Demon Eye at the Mustard Seed Realm and gained the fifth soul skill, Silent Samsara Realm.
• Tang San opened the domain, and Xiao Wu felt her fatigue fade while Tang Hao noticed greater resistance to outside energy erosion.
• Xiao Wu tested Teleportation inside the domain, and Tang Hao praised the skill’s potential.
• Tang San bowed to the remnant of the ancient Gu Rong, then told Xiao Wu and Tang Hao they should focus on finding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.

After stabilizing his new Soul Power and exploring Sunset Forest, Tang San found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and entered its valley with Tang Hao and Xiao Wu. Dugu Bo confronted the intruders, and Tang Hao stepped forward to shield the others as the poison spread.

• Tang San cultivated with Tang Hao and Xiao Wu for half a month, stabilizing at rank fifty-three and practicing his Silent Samsara Realm.
• Tang San used his Soul Tool and senses to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, then identified a poison formation guarding a secluded valley.
• Tang San led Tang Hao and Xiao Wu through the poisonous fog and traps with antidotes and the Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu discovered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and the valley's many legendary immortal herbs.
• Dugu Bo appeared and accused the trespassers of coveting his herbs, while Tang Hao moved in front of Tang San and Xiao Wu as Dugu Bo's poisonous mist spread.

Tang San revealed that Dugu Bo and his granddaughter Dugu Yan were suffering from Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor poison and proposed a way to control it. Dugu Bo remained wary but listened as Tang San explained a method of guiding, transforming, and balancing the poison.

• Tang San introduced himself to Dugu Bo and explained how he had found the Medicine Garden and recognized its poison array.
• Tang San identified Dugu Bo’s symptoms as deep-seated poisoning and said the same poison was affecting Dugu Yan.
• Tang San offered to cure Dugu Bo and his granddaughter, prompting Dugu Bo to question his claim and unleash his pressure.
• Tang Hao shielded Tang San from Dugu Bo’s pressure, while Dugu Bo grew wary of Tang Hao.
• Tang San described a treatment based on guiding the poison into storage, transforming some of it, and establishing a controlled balance with Dugu Bo’s body and Martial Soul.

Tang San persuaded Dugu Bo to let him study the poison affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for access to the Medicine Garden, then began taking rare herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye. He left off as extreme cold and heat surged through him after he reached for two immortal herbs.

• Tang San claimed his poison knowledge came from ancient books and his own research, then offered a seventy-percent chance of easing Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan's suffering.
• Dugu Bo agreed to let Tang San select some medicinal plants and stay in the eastern Stone Cave, while warning him not to take too many without permission.
• Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu settled in the Stone Cave after Dugu Bo left to make arrangements.
• Tang San chose the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and asked Tang Hao and Xiao Wu to protect him.
• Tang San reached for both herbs with his Mysterious Jade Hand, and extreme cold and heat immediately swept through his arms.

Tang San used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye’s herbs to strengthen himself and devise a treatment for Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s poison. After his first treatment eased Dugu Yan’s symptoms, Dugu Bo trusted him with the garden’s herbs, leaving Tang San poised to use the place as a base for his plans.

• Tang San swallowed two Immortal Herbs and endured their opposing energies, gaining greater physical resilience, purer Soul Power, and resistance to extreme energies.
• Tang San advanced his Purple Demon Eye with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, selected other herbs for himself and his allies, and secretly transplanted precious plants into spatial Jade Boxes.
• Tang San examined Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, explained his three-step plan for treating their poison, and persuaded Dugu Bo to provide herbs and let him conduct research.
• Tang San treated Dugu Yan with a Medicinal Bath and Golden Needles, guiding poison into abandoned meridians and drawing out toxic blood, which eased her pain.
• Dugu Bo witnessed the treatment’s success and gave Tang San permission to take herbs as needed while he prepared the Yin Yang Toxin Transformation Pill and continued researching a lasting cure.

Tang San used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye and its Immortal Herbs to advance his, Xiao Wu’s, and Tang Hao’s cultivation while treating Dugu Bo and preparing pills and rare herbs. After Tang Hao’s injuries largely healed, Tang San began a dangerous process to fuse powerful treasures into his father’s body, and the final stage was underway.

• Tang San cultivated at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, reaching level 56 while using Immortal Herbs to strengthen himself and Xiao Wu, who advanced to the peak of the Soul Ancestor realm.
• Tang San treated Tang Hao’s hidden injuries with spirit medicines and Golden Needle Acupoint Needling while the extreme ice and fire energy tempered his Clear Sky Hammer Intent.
• Tang San refined Ice-Fire Soul Tempering Pills and Ten Thousand Poisons Repellent Powder, continued Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan’s toxin treatment, and secretly transplanted several precious Immortal Herbs.
• After three months, Xiao Wu reached level 50, condensed a twenty-five-thousand-year Fifth Soul Ring, and advanced to level 52, while Tang San stabilized at the peak of level 56 and Tang Hao recovered to his peak condition.
• Tang San gave Tang Hao the Indestructible Golden Body Fruit and Kun Yuan Earth Heart Lotus, then used the Silent Samsara Realm to control the fusion of ice and fire, vajra, and earth powers within him.

Tang Hao broke through to Rank 96 after seven days of cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye, while Tang San and Xiao Wu continued strengthening themselves. After nearly two years in seclusion, the three left for Heaven Dou City so Tang San could seek a suitable Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast for his Sixth Soul Ring and learn about events beyond the valley.

• Tang Hao absorbed the valley’s earth and ice-fire energies, reaching Rank 96 and gaining a deep connection to the earth.
• Tang San reached Level 60, Xiao Wu advanced to Level 58, and Tang Hao stabilized at Peak Level 96 during their time in seclusion.
• Tang San chose Heaven Dou City as their first destination to gather intelligence and search for a suitable Hundred Thousand Year Soul Beast.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao told Dugu Bo they were leaving, and Dugu Bo gave Tang San a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor scale that could call for aid.
• The three left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye through Dugu Bo’s poison formation and traveled toward Heaven Dou City while Tang San considered possible Soul Ring targets.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu investigated an ancient life aura in the uncharted depths of Sunset Forest and discovered a mysterious tree fused with spatial power. Tang San recognized it as a possible Sixth Soul Ring target, but the tree appeared unstable and was surrounded by the remains of powerful Soul Beasts.

• Tang San sensed an ancient life aura and spatial disturbance, and the World Tree Seed pointed him toward Sunset Forest’s Core Forbidden Zone.
• Tang San persuaded Tang Hao and Xiao Wu to investigate the source instead of hurrying to Heaven Dou City, and Tang Hao agreed with a warning to retreat if danger arose.
• The three cautiously entered the uncharted depths, where distorted space and silver-gray trees revealed signs of long-lasting spatial disturbance.
• Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu found a translucent silver tree that drew nourishment from spatial gaps and emitted a powerful life aura.
• Tang Hao said the tree seemed far older and more unusual than an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Tang San judged it a promising Sixth Soul Ring candidate.
• Tang San noticed the tree’s unstable life fluctuations and the remains of powerful Soul Beasts around it, and suspected it was injured or recovering.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu fought the injured Time-Slot Void Shadow Wood and brought down its unstable time-space domain. The beast died and left behind a Crimson Soul Ring close to Two Hundred Thousand Year and a rare Soul Bone, and Tang San began preparing to absorb the ring.

• The Time-Slot Void Shadow Wood detected Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu and attacked them with its Time-Slot Domain and silver space-severing strikes.
• Tang San recognized the beast's weakened state and immobility, while Tang Hao decided to restrain it and Tang San and Xiao Wu worked to counter its attacks.
• Tang Hao attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer as Tang San's Silent Samsara Realm clashed with the Time-Slot Domain and Xiao Wu disrupted the beast's branch attacks.
• Tang Hao's bombardment broke the beast's unstable domain and killed it, producing a Crimson Soul Ring and a transparent torso Soul Bone.
• Tang San asked Tang Hao and Xiao Wu to guard him, then prepared to absorb the Soul Ring.

Tang San absorbed the Crimson Soul Ring and the Time-Space Shadow Wood Torso Bone, gaining control over time and space and advancing to the Level Seventy bottleneck. He left Sunset Forest with Xiao Wu and Tang Hao, bound for Heaven Dou City to seek information and find a suitable Seventh Soul Ring.

• Tang San endured the Crimson Soul Ring's temporal and spatial power and reached Level Sixty-Five, awakening Grasp of the Void and Momentary Samsara.
• Tang San absorbed the Time-Space Shadow Wood Torso Bone, surged to Level Seventy, and gained Inter-Space Travel and Time Imprint.
• Tang Hao warned that suitable temporal-spatial Soul Beasts were rare, and Tang San agreed that finding the right Seventh Soul Ring was crucial.
• Tang San proposed gathering intelligence across the continent, and Tang Hao decided they would return to Heaven Dou City first.
• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao left the forbidden zone in Sunset Forest to prepare for the search for Tang San's Seventh Soul Ring.

On the way back to Heaven Dou City, Tang San considered what Soul Ring to seek for his Seventh Soul Ring and became focused on finding the Million-Year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in the Extreme North Land. After returning, he proposed a plan to rescue it and gain its voluntary help as a Wisdom Soul Ring, while Tang Hao agreed to prepare carefully for the dangerous search.

• Tang San assessed his new space-time abilities and concluded that a powerful Soul Ring for his Seventh Soul Ring could unlock an especially strong Martial Soul Avatar.
• Tang San recalled the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and reasoned that its Million-Year cultivation, immense Spiritual Power, and possible ability to awaken a Third Martial Soul made it worth seeking despite the uncertain timeline.
• Tang San told Tang Hao and Xiao Wu about his plan to search the Extreme North Land, investigate unusual rumors, and try to communicate with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm rather than fight its captors directly.
• Tang San proposed helping the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm escape in exchange for becoming his Wisdom Soul Ring while retaining its consciousness, with the World Tree Seed potentially sustaining its Mental Origin.
• Tang Hao warned that the Extreme North Land held powerful Soul Beasts and harsh conditions, then called for cold-weather supplies, defenses against mental interference, concealment, escape plans, and broader intelligence channels.
• Tang San decided to pursue the Million-Year Soul Ring for his Seventh Soul Ring, relying on the World Tree Seed to compensate for any lack of Extreme Life attributes.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao prepared for an expedition to the Extreme North Land after intelligence hinted that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm might still be there. On their journey toward the Core of the Far North, Tang San detected an unusual remnant of ancient Spiritual Power beneath an Ice Cliff.

• Tang San gathered expedition supplies and intelligence while Xiao Wu prepared their combat gear and Tang Hao planned their route and watched for rival factions.
• Tang San learned of a Spiritual Power Storm and an Ice Silkworm apparition in the Extreme North Land five years earlier, then decided to search for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Half a month later, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao left Heaven Dou City and crossed into the frozen northern wilderness.
• The three traveled toward the Core of the Far North, encountering Ice Attribute Soul Beasts as Tang San studied the environment and searched for mental fluctuations.
• Tang Hao and Xiao Wu speculated that powerful Soul Beasts might be imprisoning Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Tang San agreed they should seek its jailers as well.
• On the eighth evening, Tang San sensed a vast, ancient remnant of Spiritual Power beneath their Ice Cliff campsite and announced that he had found something.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu followed traces of spiritual power beneath the Far North and found a vast underground ice lake and signs that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was still alive below it. Their discovery drew the attention of powerful Ice Element Soul Beasts, leaving Tang Hao facing the gathered beasts as the Million-Year Soul Beast seemed close to waking.

• Tang San traced faint spiritual power to an ice cavern marked by battles between powerful Soul Beasts and identified the Ice Pit as a likely outlet connected to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s prison.
• Tang San carefully opened a passage through a thick ice curtain, and the three followed the growing spiritual-power trail down through ancient ice.
• Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu reached an underground lake of Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow and found a gigantic Ice Silkworm Exuviae beside a passage emitting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s spiritual power.
• The Ice Bear King, a horned giant python, and other powerful Ice Element Soul Beasts emerged from surrounding caves and blocked the group’s escape.
• Tang Hao shielded Tang San and Xiao Wu with his Clear Sky Hammer Avatar as the Soul Beasts prepared to attack, while the presence beneath the lake seemed to stir.

As Tang Hao held off the Extreme North Land’s Soul Beasts, Tang San communicated with the awakened Sky Dream Ice Silkworm beneath the Underground Ice Lake. The Sky Dream proposed becoming Tang San’s Seventh Soul Ring and turning his Purple Demon Eye into a vessel for its Mental Origin, leaving Tang San to consider the terms and risks.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm awakened and reached out to Tang San, intrigued by his Spiritual Power, Life Vitality, and unusual eyes.
• The Ice Bear King attacked Tang Hao, and Tang Hao used Earthshaking to disrupt the surrounding Soul Beasts without striking to kill.
• The Sky Dream offered to become Tang San’s Million Year Seventh Soul Ring and use the Purple Demon Eye as a home for its Mental Origin.
• The Sky Dream also offered to reserve an empty framework for a potential Fourth Martial Soul, while estimating that the Soul Ring would raise Tang San to around Level Seventy-Five.
• Tang San asked what he would need to do and what risks the arrangement involved.

Tang San accepted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s power in the Far North and gained a million-year Seventh Soul Ring, a new Third Martial Soul, and the possibility of a Fourth Martial Soul. After the soul beasts retreated, Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu gathered treasures and began their journey home.

• Tang San agreed to Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s guidance while Tang Hao and Xiao Wu held off the attacking soul beasts.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured its mental power into Tang San, whose transformed eyes helped contain the power as Tang Hao and Xiao Wu protected him.
• Tang San gained a platinum Seventh Soul Ring, reached Level Seventy-Five, and learned the abilities of his Eternal Dream Heavenly Dream Realm.
• Tang San’s Purple Demon Eye evolved into the Eternal Star Pupil, and he discovered a dormant Fourth Martial Soul Slot.
• The million-year power forced the soul beasts to retreat, and Tang San collected portions of the exuviae and Ten Thousand Year Ice Marrow.
• Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu left the underground ice lake and set out for home.

After a long period of secluded cultivation, Tang San accepted an invitation to the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House’s annual top-tier auction after hearing its mysterious finale was linked to ancient ruins and clues to deities. He prepared funds and began gathering intelligence, leaving Clear Bamboo Pavilion as the auction approached.

• Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao spent months consolidating their cultivation, with Tang San refining his soul skills and approaching Level Eighty.
• A trusted steward delivered Dugu Bo’s invitation to the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House’s annual top-tier auction and reported that its secret finale involved ancient ruins and clues to deities.
• Tang San agreed to attend with Tang Hao and Xiao Wu as members of Dugu Bo’s entourage.
• Tang San arranged for Soul Quenching Pills and Ice Silkworm Exuviae fragments to be anonymously sold through Dugu Bo’s channels to fund the auction.
• Tang San continued cultivating while gathering information about the auction’s items and participating factions.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and Xiao Wu attended the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House’s annual rare-item auction in disguise, where Tang San surveyed the powerful factions in attendance. The auction began with several ordinary lots, and Tang San watched for anything connected to ancient times or deities.

• Tang Hao, Tang San, and Xiao Wu entered the auction house using secondary invitations supplied by Dugu Bo and took a private room on the Second Floor.
• Tang Hao identified signs of the Star Luo Zhu Family, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Spirit Hall among the attendees.
• Tang San watched the early auction lots and consulted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about their materials and energy.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm detected a trace of Essence of Weak Water in the Deep Sea Silver Mother, which a woman in a private room bought for one and a half million Gold Soul Coins.
• A seventh-grade flying Soul Tool sold for nine million Gold Soul Coins, bringing the auction to its first small climax.

At the Heaven Dou Royal Auction House, a mysterious fragment bearing unknown ancient symbols drew a response from Tang San’s World Tree Seed and caught the attention of several powerful bidders. Tang San joined the contest against the enigmatic guest in Box Number One as the price climbed past five million Gold Soul Coins.

• Auctioneer Luo Su presented an ancient fragment from ruins near the Empire’s northeast border, and Tang San felt the World Tree Seed react to it.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed that the fragment contained a broken record mentioning a gate, trials, life, and vague coordinates.
• A woman in room number seven, two people in the “Wu” private room, and an old man suspected of belonging to Spirit Hall placed early bids.
• The guest in Box Number One entered the bidding at two million Gold Soul Coins, and Tang San countered with two million two hundred thousand.
• Tang San and Box Number One repeatedly raised their bids as the price surged past five million Gold Soul Coins.