Vol. 2Spirit Hall’s Ascendance

Hu Bai strengthened Spirit Hall through new allies, divine inheritances, and the power of sacrificed Soul Beasts while preparing for the conflict ahead. After killing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, he prepared to enter the City of Slaughter and offered to nourish the Rakshasa God’s remnant soul.

  • Ling Yuan, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei secretly followed Hu Bai and his companions on their training expedition, and Hu Bai defeated Tuoba Shengjie with several elements.
  • Hu Bai recruited the Breaking, Speed, and Defense Clans into Spirit Hall, defeated a Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear, and received the Seven Element Gods’ trial to seek the Ice God’s recognition.
  • Bibi Dong named Hu Bai Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and announced his betrothal to Qian Renxue, while Tang Hao was captured and killed.
  • Hu Bai gained Ah Yin’s Soul Bone, helped Shui Bing’er, and entered the Extreme North Land, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress became his second martial soul and he received the Ice God’s inheritance.
  • Hu Bai returned to Spirit City and prepared Spirit Hall for war, then led Bibi Dong’s group to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
  • The four Soul Beasts agreed to sacrifice themselves, and Hu Bai sealed their souls and half their Soul Ring power into Soul Bones for Bibi Dong, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Shui Bing’er.
  • Hu Bai entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone, survived the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Life and Death Arena, and killed it with help from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
  • Hu Bai gained the tiger’s Soul Ring and new powers, learned his next trial required Hell Road, and offered to nourish the Rakshasa God’s remnant soul.
Chapters 103–205 Read from ch. 103

Arc 5The Single-Attribute Sects

Hu Bai recruited the Breaking, Speed, and Defense Clans into Spirit Hall, developed new elemental powers, and defeated a Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear. As Spirit Hall prepared for his Saint Son inauguration, the Seven Element Gods assigned him a trial in the Extreme North Land, while rival forces watched his rise.

  • Ling Yuan, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei secretly followed Hu Bai, Qian Renxue, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena to protect them during their training expedition, and Hu Bai defeated Tuoba Shengjie by using several elements.
  • Bibi Dong sent Hu Bai and his companions to recruit the Breaking Clan, and Yang Wudi agreed to join Spirit Hall and help persuade the Speed and Defense Clans.
  • Hu Bai won Bai He's challenge by using his spatial and wind abilities, gained Bai He's Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng for Qian Renxue, and secured the Speed Clan's allegiance.
  • Hu Bai demonstrated his elemental attacks to Niu Gao, and the Defense Clan joined Spirit Hall alongside the Breaking and Speed Clans.
  • Hu Bai entered Death Valley and killed a Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear, reaching Level Forty-Three and gaining its Right Palm Bone as his Dark Attribute advanced to Ultimate Darkness.
  • The Seven Element Gods rewarded Hu Bai for passing their first trial and ordered him to seek the Ice God's recognition in the Extreme North Land and determine the form of his second martial soul.
  • Ning Fengzhi began transferring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's assets, while Tang Hao heard of Hu Bai's rise and questioned whether Tang San was truly his son.
  • Spirit Hall invited major forces to Hu Bai's Saint Son investiture, promoted Angel worship at its Academy, and prepared to use the gathered faith as Hu Bai was urged to pursue the Ice God Inheritance.
Chapters 103–128 Summaries Read

Arc 6The Ice God Inheritance

Hu Bai expanded Spirit Hall’s alliances, claimed Ah Yin’s Soul Bone, and entered the Extreme North Land, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress joined him as martial souls. After gaining the Ice God’s inheritance and a new trial, he prepared to return to Spirit Hall while Tang San began studying under Yu Xiaogang and Shui Bing’er arrived seeking an audience with Bibi Dong.

  • Bibi Dong named Hu Bai Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and announced his betrothal to Qian Renxue, while Spirit Hall’s alliance grew and Tang Hao was captured and killed.
  • Hu Bai abandoned his plan to kill the young Tang San, used his Fate Wheel Time Weaving Staff on Yu Xiaogang, and traveled to Saint Soul Village to take Ah Yin’s Soul Bone.
  • Hu Bai turned Ah Yin into a seed and left it in the Star Dou Great Forest, then absorbed her Soul Bone and gained new elemental control and life-energy abilities.
  • Hu Bai helped Shui Bing’er control her Ice Phoenix power, guided her to a suitable Soul Ring, and invited her and Shui Miaomiao to join Spirit Hall’s jurisdiction.
  • Hu Bai reached Ice God Canyon, gained Snow Empress and Ice Empress as his second martial soul, and received the Ice God’s inheritance and a new trial.
  • Hu Bai absorbed a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, reached Level Sixty-Eight, and conceived of sealing Soul Beast bloodline power in Jade Slips for Soul Masters.
  • Tang Xiao brought Tang San to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Yu Xiaogang accepted him as a nominal disciple and explained Soul Ring cultivation.
  • Shui Miaomiao brought Shui Bing’er, carrying Hu Bai’s token, to meet Bibi Dong, who asked the girl about the token.
Chapters 129–153 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Four Beasts’ Sacrifice

Hu Bai returned from the Extreme North Land, prepared Spirit Hall for its campaign against the empires, and led Bibi Dong’s group to the Star Dou Great Forest. Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming agreed to sacrifice themselves, and Hu Bai sealed their souls and power into Soul Bones for Bibi Dong, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Shui Bing'er.

  • Shui Bing'er became Azure Luan and Guang Ling’s joint disciple, and the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower evolved her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul toward Ultimate Ice.
  • Hu Bai returned to Spirit City with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, revealed his Ice God's inheritance, and told Qian Daoliu that his third trial required him to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
  • Dugu Bo and Hu Bai discussed limiting civilian casualties in a war, while Spirit Hall developed pills and Skywater City joined the Spirit Hall Empire, alarming the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
  • Flender founded Shrek Academy as Hu Bai and Bibi Dong set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, and Qian Daoliu rejected Prince Xue Xing’s protest while Yu Yuanzhen traded Spirit Hall a Soul Bone for a Foundation Building Pill.
  • Hu Bai, Bibi Dong, and their companions found Ah Rou and Xiao Wu, and Bibi Dong offered to revive Ah Rou after obtaining her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
  • Hu Bai explained his divine legacies and promised to preserve the beasts’ souls in Soul Bones, and Ah Rou, Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming agreed to sacrifice themselves.
  • Hu Bai assigned the beasts’ Soul Rings to Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Shui Bing'er, then used the Fate Wheel Time Weaving Staff to seal their souls and half their Soul Ring power into four Soul Bones.
  • Bibi Dong, Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Shui Bing'er absorbed the Soul Rings and Soul Bones, gained the beasts’ skills, and advanced in rank.
Chapters 154–180 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Tiger and the Divine Dragon

Hu Bai killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, gained its Soul Ring and new powers, and prepared for the City of Slaughter while Spirit Hall maneuvered among the clans. The arc ended with Spirit Hall strengthening its allies and Hu Bai offering to nourish the Rakshasa God’s remnant soul.

  • Qing Luan Douluo advised Shui Bing'er to delay absorbing her Fourth Soul Ring, while Hu Bai revealed that his trial required him to kill the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger alone.
  • Hu Bai reached level seventy and entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone, where he fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and survived its Life and Death Arena.
  • Hu Bai killed the tiger with help from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, restrained its Life-Bound Bead with Bibi Dong and the others, and gave the Evil God Bead to Xie Yue.
  • Hu Bai absorbed the tiger’s Soul Ring, gained Evil God Wings, condensed two Soul Cores, and learned that his next trial required him, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena to pass through Hell Road.
  • Yu Xiaogang traded the Dragonization Secret Method for Foundation Building Pills, while his clan punished him and later gave Luo Sanpao a Light-attribute Third Soul Ring.
  • Yu Yuanzhen and Tang Xiao sought pills from Bibi Dong, who pressured them into trading Soul Bones and the Clear Sky Sect’s Explode Ring Secret Method for pills.
  • Hu Bai told Qian Daoliu that Luo Sanpao was a Golden Sacred Dragon and proposed separating it from Yu Xiaogang to serve as the Spirit Hall Empire’s Guardian Divine Dragon.
  • Bibi Dong distributed Soul Bones to her followers, while Hu Bai offered to nourish the Rakshasa God’s remnant soul so she could regain strength and grant trial rewards.
Chapters 181–205 Summaries Read
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