Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang’s group hired a guide to explore the Spirit Sea Mountain Range, while the royal family confirmed Xu Aoxin had gone to Silver Moon City and ordered an investigation into Yu Xiaogang. The group waited in Silver Moon City for their expedition, unaware that the royal family was now scrutinizing Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang denied having ties to Xu Aoxin’s family or any major faction on the Sun Moon Continent, and Xu Aoxin continued wondering about his identity.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong recalled the wealth and soul bones they had gained from hunting Fallen Soul Masters, including a Fifty Thousand Year Torso Bone that Yu Xiaogang gave to Gu Rong.
• Yu Xiaogang’s group arranged third-tier service with the Mountain Entry Alliance and hired Chen Ming as their guide to the Spirit Sea Mountain Range.
• Chen Ming warned the group not to ignore his advice or enter dangerous places, and they agreed on a time to enter the mountains.
• A middle-aged man confirmed to the royal family that Xu Aoxin had gone to Silver Moon City, and the ruler ordered a thorough investigation of Yu Xiaogang.

Chen Ming prepared Yu Xiaogang’s group for a three-month mountain expedition, and the Mountain Entry Alliance’s Spirit Masters enhanced them before its leader, Wang Chen, used the first three skills of his Time Hourglass. Yu Xiaogang experienced the combined time-based effects as the group prepared to enter the mountains.

• Chen Ming finished checking the supplies and repeated the rules for entering the mountains to Yu Xiaogang and the others.
• The Mountain Entry Alliance members used their Soul Skills to enhance Yu Xiaogang’s group of four.
• Wang Chen summoned his Time Hourglass and displayed his eight Spirit Rings.
• Wang Chen used Acceleration, Consciousness Acceleration, and Slowdown Domain, making Yu Xiaogang move and think faster while slowing the world around him.

Wang Chen used his Fifth Soul Skill, Amplification Extension, to triple the duration of the group’s amplification effects, then demonstrated his Eighth Soul Skill, Time Switch, which let them pause and resume those effects. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and support Soul Master clans across Douluo Continent coveted the skill, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to investigate Wang Chen and his descendants if an opportunity arose.

• Wang Chen cast Amplification Extension, making the group’s amplification effects last three times longer.
• Wang Chen cast Time Switch, and Chen Ming showed Yu Xiaogang and the others how to pause and resume their amplifications.
• Yu Xiaogang tested the skill and recognized its extraordinary value to support Soul Masters.
• Ning Fengzhi lamented that Wang Chen possessed the skill instead of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Gu Rong and Chen Xin considered its uses.
• Gu Rong suggested investigating Wang Chen and recruiting his descendants, and Ning Fengzhi said they would look for an opportunity.
• Support Soul Master clans across Douluo Continent began considering how to obtain Wang Chen’s Soul Skills.

Yu Xiaogang, Gu Rong, and Xu Aoxin considered Wang Chen’s extraordinary Time Hourglass Martial Soul and the secrets surrounding Silver Moon City. After passing the city’s inspection, the group crossed the warning line into the Spirit Sea Mountain Range and immediately fell under Brain Fog’s influence.

• Gu Rong praised Wang Chen’s Time Hourglass Martial Soul and reflected on his decision to join the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan instead of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Aoxin questioned why Wang Chen had not joined the Sun Moon Empire and resolved to uncover the secrets of the Spirit Sea Mountain Range, Silver Moon City, and her father.
• Yu Xiaogang’s group tested their buffs, said goodbye to the Mountain Entry Alliance members, and headed to Silver Moon City’s western gate.
• Chen Ming led the group through the military inspection, and Yu Xiaogang stayed calm because his Light Space skill concealed what he carried.
• The group activated their Martial Soul Possession and buffs, crossed the red warning line, and lost control of their minds and bodies to Brain Fog.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Little Dragon could act during the Brain Fog, allowing him to transfer his consciousness into a clone and guide his companions safely through the forest. After soldiers reported the group’s unusual abilities, Jiang Sheng suspected Xu Aoxin was the Sun Moon Emperor’s incognito daughter and wondered who Yu Xiaogang was.

• After the group crossed the red line, Yu Xiaogang fell into the Brain Fog, but Little Dragon remained able to move.
• Little Dragon created a dark-element clone and transferred some of Yu Xiaogang’s Mental Power into it, letting his consciousness awaken inside the clone.
• Yu Xiaogang used dark-element devices to keep the group together and redirect them away from danger as Little Dragon guarded them.
• The observing soldiers reported Yu Xiaogang’s actions, and intelligence about the group reached Jiang Sheng.
• After reading the dossiers, Jiang Sheng suspected Xu Aoxin was traveling incognito as the Heavenly Dragon Princess and questioned the identities of Gu Rong and Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang led his group through the Spirit Sea Mountain Range toward the safe Mountain-Gazing Stone region, avoiding the Brain Fog that would normally scatter them. When a pack of Shadow Wolves attacked, he swiftly killed them, concluding that the mountain range's first trial posed no threat while he was awake.

• Yu Xiaogang guided his group toward the Mountain-Gazing Stone region, a safe place to survey the mountain range.
• Along the way, Yu Xiaogang noticed abundant poisonous and medicinal herbs, including several old ginseng plants.
• Yu Xiaogang and Little Dragon spotted a pack of nine Shadow Wolves and shielded Xu Aoxin and the others.
• The alpha wolf led the pack in an attack, and Yu Xiaogang killed the wolves with summoned longswords.

Yu Xiaogang defeated a pack of Shadow Wolves and found a Ten Thousand Year Left Leg Bone, which he stored away rather than absorb. The Heavenly Screen viewers envied his Parallel World companions’ good fortune, and Gui Mei’s jealousy turned into anger at the Yu Xiaogang in his own world.

• Yu Xiaogang killed the last Shadow Wolf and found a Left Leg Bone just over ten thousand years old.
• Yu Xiaogang decided not to absorb the bone and stored it in his Light Space to ask Gu Rong about it later.
• Gu Rong envied his Parallel World counterpart’s fortune, while Ning Fengzhi resolved to find spirit bones for Gu Rong and Chen Xin.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei envied the spirit bone, and Gui Mei decided his Parallel World self would likely receive it if Gu Rong refused it.
• Gui Mei cursed Yu Xiaogang from his own world and vowed to beat him, while Yu Xiaogang sneezed, unaware of the anger he had provoked.

Yu Xiaogang discovered that Dark Attribute particles dominated the Spirit Sea Mountain Range and realized they were linked to Brain Fog. His group regained consciousness at Mountain-Gazing Stone, where Chen Ming learned that Yu Xiaogang had found a way to remain conscious through his clone and Little Dragon.

• Yu Xiaogang led the group to Mountain-Gazing Stone after encountering several weak Soul Beast groups.
• Yu Xiaogang sensed that Dark Attribute particles made up about half of the elements throughout the Spirit Sea Mountain Range and suspected they caused its sinister atmosphere.
• Yu Xiaogang noticed Dark Attribute particles fluctuating as he, Gu Rong, Xu Aoxin, and Chen Ming began to regain consciousness.
• Chen Ming and Xu Aoxin questioned how they had ended up together at Mountain-Gazing Stone, while Gu Rong inferred that Little Dragon had helped Yu Xiaogang stay conscious.
• Yu Xiaogang explained to Gu Rong that Little Dragon had used his body to create a clone and preserve his Mental Power during Brain Fog.
• Chen Ming reacted with disbelief when he learned Yu Xiaogang had avoided Brain Fog, then looked at him with awe.

Yu Xiaogang explained that Little Dragon’s unique abilities let him remain conscious through Brain Fog, prompting Chen Ming to ask him to stay in Silver Moon City and help mountain entrants. Yu Xiaogang refused because he had family and goals elsewhere, leaving Chen Ming disappointed and Xu Aoxin conflicted.

• Chen Ming asked Yu Xiaogang how he had avoided Brain Fog, and Xu Aoxin expressed disbelief that anyone could ignore it.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Little Dragon, his External Beast Martial Soul, had created a clone and used part of his Mental Power to keep him conscious.
• Chen Ming invited Yu Xiaogang to settle in Silver Moon City, arguing that his ability could earn the residents’ respect and reduce deaths among mountain entrants.
• Xu Aoxin considered recruiting Yu Xiaogang but stayed silent because she also recognized the value of his helping Silver Moon City’s people.
• Yu Xiaogang firmly refused to stay, explaining that he had family, friends, and other things to do.
• Chen Ming’s hopes faded, Xu Aoxin felt both relief and regret, and Gu Rong approved of Yu Xiaogang’s decision.

After Yu Xiaogang refused Chen Ming’s invitation to join the Mountain Entry Alliance, he and Xu Aoxin promised that Silver Moon City’s disorder would eventually change. Xu Aoxin swore upon her Martial Soul to make that promise binding, leaving her committed to reforming the city as they rested in the Mountain-Gazing Stone area.

• Yu Xiaogang refused Chen Ming’s invitation, and Chen Ming despaired over his inability to change Silver Moon City’s injustices.
• Yu Xiaogang and Xu Aoxin reassured Chen Ming that Silver Moon City would change under a future Emperor who cared about ordinary people.
• Xu Aoxin vowed upon her Martial Soul that Silver Moon City’s future would change, giving Chen Ming hope.
• Yu Xiaogang and Xu Aoxin rested in the Mountain-Gazing Stone area, and Xu Aoxin reflected that her oath would keep her committed to her convictions.

Chen Ming explained the two routes through the Spirit Sea Mountain Range and described the dangers and destinations of each. Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong recognized that Azure Cloud Road’s pressure and illusions resembled Sea God’s Light, though they kept their reactions hidden.

• Chen Ming showed Yu Xiaogang, Gu Rong, and Xu Aoxin the Mountain-Climbing Road and the Underworld Road, recommending the mountain route as relatively safer.
• Yu Xiaogang asked for a map and learned that the Underworld Road led to Cloud Sea Cliff, where poisonous miasma colored the sea of clouds.
• Chen Ming explained that the Mountain-Climbing Road led to Azure Cloud Summit and described Azure Cloud Road’s escalating pressure and illusions.
• Chen Ming said no recorded climber had reached the top of Azure Cloud Road’s nine hundred and ninety-nine steps.
• Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong secretly recognized Azure Cloud Road’s trials as Sea God’s Light while Chen Ming mistook their blank expressions for disinterest.

Yu Xiaogang, Gu Rong, and Xu Aoxin chose the mountain-climbing road toward Azure Cloud Summit after learning the Sun Moon Emperor had visited it. As Chen Ming guided them into the Spirit Sea Mountain Range, he demonstrated that an apparently healthy ginseng plant was deadly poisonous.

• Yu Xiaogang chose the mountain-climbing road, and Chen Ming warned that climbing Azure Cloud Road had never yielded anything for anyone.
• Chen Ming said the Sun Moon Emperor had reportedly spent the longest time at Azure Cloud Summit, prompting Yu Xiaogang and Xu Aoxin to insist on seeing the place.
• The four prepared and set off into the Spirit Sea Mountain Range while Chen Ming explained the dangers of its plants.
• Chen Ming dug up an apparently healthy hundred-year-old ginseng plant and fed a tiny piece of its root to a Soft Bone Rabbit.
• The Soft Bone Rabbit convulsed and died, and Yu Xiaogang confirmed that the ginseng had poisoned it.

The group learned how poisonous plants in the Spirit Sea Mountain Range could be and continued deeper with Chen Ming, who guided them around dangerous areas. Yu Xiaogang sent a clone to investigate one, and Chen Ming wondered whether he might be able to enter and leave such zones freely.

• Ma Hongjun, Oscar, and Ning Rongrong discussed how ordinary medicinal herbs from the Spirit Sea Mountain Range could become deadly poisons and how that might affect the Sun Moon Continent’s herb market.
• Flender began calculating how much he could earn by transporting medicinal herbs, while Xiao Wu angrily objected to the Soft Bone Rabbit used in the experiment and Tang San grew more certain of his suspicions about her.
• Chen Ming explained that without food and water, travelers in the Spirit Sea Mountain Range would have to risk eating unknown plants, and Yu Xiaogang recognized how terrifying the Second Tribulation was.
• Chen Ming led the group deeper along the Mountain-Climbing Road, steering them around dangerous areas and showing them scattered bones and recently dead Soul Beasts.
• Yu Xiaogang sent a clone into a dangerous area to investigate, and Chen Ming realized the clone skill might let him reach the treasures and soul bones hidden within.

Yu Xiaogang guided his clone into the Illusory Spirit Valley, where increasingly powerful illusions tested his resolve. He resisted riches, beauties, treasures, and soul bones, but the appearance of books answering his research questions left him struggling to look away.

• Yu Xiaogang wondered why the god of the Spirit Sea Mountain Range had no followers or organization, unlike the Sea God and Angel God.
• Yu Xiaogang directed his clone into the Illusory Spirit Valley after learning how its illusions had trapped past visitors in dreamlike lives.
• Yu Xiaogang ignored illusions of gold, fine food, and beautiful women as he continued deeper into the valley.
• Yu Xiaogang resisted vast patches of immortal herbs and piles of soul bones, despite imagining the power they could bring his sect.
• Yu Xiaogang found books promising answers about soul cores, martial soul evolution, fusion skills, and becoming a god, and struggled to resist opening them.

Flender explained that the Spirit Sea Mountain Range’s danger zones were likely trials set by its god, who might be far less merciful than the Sea God. Yu Xiaogang resisted the zones’ temptations, passed the trial, and confronted a figure who offered him a chance to become a god, but he recognized that the figure knew nothing about him.

• Flender reasoned that the Spirit Sea Mountain Range’s danger zones were trials created by its god, who might have deliberately made them deadly.
• Yu Xiaogang resisted the tempting books and other illusions as he ventured deeper into the danger zone.
• Yu Xiaogang passed the trial and woke in a magnificent palace before a figure on a throne.
• The figure offered Yu Xiaogang a God Trial and the chance to become a new god of the Sun Moon Continent.
• Yu Xiaogang mocked the figure for failing to learn about him before arranging the trial.

Yu Xiaogang saw through an illusion in Illusory Spirit Valley and heard an unseen being invite him to Azure Cloud Summit. He found that someone had been removing the possessions from the deadly zones, and Chen Ming suspected the Sun Moon Emperor might be responsible.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected the illusion's offer, recognized it as false, and heard an unseen being invite him to Azure Cloud Summit.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to the bone-strewn deadly zone, found no treasures, and discovered traces that suggested someone had repeatedly taken them.
• Yu Xiaogang told Gu Rong, Chen Ming, and Xu Aoxin that his clone had reached the deadly zone and found evidence of a regular visitor.
• Chen Ming connected Yu Xiaogang's discovery to Silver Moon City's chaos and suspected the Sun Moon Emperor was behind it.

Xu Aoxin argued that the Sun Moon Emperor had no reason to cause Silver Moon City's chaos for its meager riches, while Yu Xiaogang revealed that a voice had directed him to Azure Cloud Summit. Xu Aoxin then chose to investigate the far more dangerous Soul-Severing Cave, whose soul-devouring power Yu Xiaogang suspected was connected to the emperor’s execution tools.

• Xu Aoxin reasoned that the Sun Moon Emperor would not disrupt Silver Moon City to obtain wealth from the Spirit Sea Mountain Range, and Chen Ming conceded that her argument made sense.
• Yu Xiaogang told Gu Rong that a voice had spoken to him after he passed the test in Illusory Spirit Valley and instructed him to go to Azure Cloud Summit.
• Xu Aoxin showed Chen Ming a treasure map from her father's secret chamber, which marked Soul-Severing Cave, a dangerous area far deadlier than Illusory Spirit Valley.
• Xu Aoxin decided the group would visit Soul-Severing Cave after exploring Azure Cloud Summit, despite Chen Ming's warning that even a Tier 9 soul master had died there.
• Yu Xiaogang connected Soul-Severing Cave's soul-devouring danger to the Soul-Splitting Staff and Soul-Calming Hood, and wondered whether the Sun Moon Emperor had learned from the cave or tried to imitate it.

Yu Xiaogang and his companions encountered a shapeshifting dark shadow repeatedly in the Spirit Sea Mountain Range, and Yu Xiaogang suspected it was observing him on behalf of the god behind the range. The group considered that it might be a rational Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, while Chen Ming recalled the three kinds recorded in Silver Moon City's accounts.

• A shapeshifting dark shadow attacked Yu Xiaogang's group as a bird, cheetah, and bear before they dispersed it, and Yu Xiaogang felt it had watched him.
• The shadow reappeared twice, eventually following the group without attacking, and Yu Xiaogang and Gu Rong suspected it was curious about him.
• Xu Aoxin and Chen Ming feared the shadow was waiting to harm them, while Yu Xiaogang suggested asking it what it wanted.
• Yu Xiaogang reasoned that the shadow's calm observation suggested it was a rational Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Chen Ming recalled Silver Moon City's records of three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the range: the Red-Eyed Scaled Dragon, the Azure Lotus Sky-Stepping Steed, and the Jade-Blood Heart-Devouring Snake.

Yu Xiaogang and his companions continued through the Spirit Sea Mountain Range under the watch of a mysterious dark figure that they suspected was connected to the Red-Eyed Scaled Dragon. After ten days, they reached Azure Cloud Summit and marveled at the seemingly natural Azure Cloud Road, leaving its origin unexplained.

• Xu Aoxin and Chen Ming suspected the dark hawk watching them was an ability of the Red-Eyed Scaled Dragon, while Yu Xiaogang wondered if it was connected to the deity who had invited him.
• Yu Xiaogang’s group traveled for ten more days, avoided two dangerous areas, and continued along Mountain-Climbing Road as the dark figure watched without attacking.
• The group passed through a narrow gorge and reached Azure Cloud Summit, where they saw a jade-white staircase climbing the towering peak.
• Chen Ming explained that investigators believed Azure Cloud Road was natural because its steps were carved from a single piece of Vajra Rock, which people could not have shaped with the tools available in the past.
• Xu Aoxin considered the immense labor and Tier 9 Powerhouses that construction would have required, then wondered whether the staircase had truly been made by nature.

Yu Xiaogang, Xu Aoxin, and Chen Ming debated whether a legendary Level Ten Powerhouse had created Azure Cloud Road before reaching its entrance on Azure Cloud Summit. Yu Xiaogang planned to use the climb to reach Level Eighty, while Gu Rong wondered how he would obtain his Eighth Spirit Ring.

• Yu Xiaogang suggested that a Level Ten Powerhouse, rather than a group of Tier 9 Powerhouses, might have built the Heaven-Piercing Steps, leaving Xu Aoxin and Chen Ming uncertain.
• The group reached Azure Cloud Road, and Chen Ming questioned whether the ancient stele and the road had been made by the same unknown person.
• Yu Xiaogang, now at Level Seventy-Nine after a year of travel and training, decided to use Azure Cloud Road to break through to Level Eighty.
• Gu Rong reflected on Yu Xiaogang's rapid progress and worried about finding a suitable Soul Beast for his Eighth Spirit Ring.