Chapter Summaries

Tian Hao argued that the gods could thwart Qian Xunji’s ambition to unite the continent, then impressed him enough to be invited as a disciple. He accepted and became Qian Xunji’s student, setting the stage for his plans involving his new master and senior sister.

• Tian Hao asked Qian Xunji whether the Angel God and God Realm existed, then argued that divine interference could make Spirit Hall’s ambitions futile.
• Tian Hao praised Qian Xunji’s ambition to rule the continent and dismissed the Heaven Dou and Star Luo emperors as unworthy rivals.
• Qian Xunji recognized Tian Hao’s unusual insight and asked him to become his disciple and help lead Spirit Hall.
• Tian Hao accepted Qian Xunji as his master and planned to deceive him and ruin his senior sister.

Tian Hao chose Shi Nian’s fifty-thousand-year Illusionary Head Bone as his meeting gift from Qian Xunji and began refining it. As Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji discussed how to nurture Tian Hao, their conversation turned to Qian Renxue’s mysterious birth and Qian Xunji’s unresolved feelings about Bibi Dong.

• Qian Xunji offered Tian Hao a choice between two fifty-thousand-year head soul bones, and Tian Hao selected Shi Nian’s Illusionary Head Bone.
• Qian Xunji gave Tian Hao the soul bone and stood guard while Tian Hao began refining it.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Daoliu praised Tian Hao’s intelligence and advised Qian Xunji to let his unusual way of thinking develop freely.
• Qian Daoliu reminded Qian Xunji that he had not visited Qian Renxue in a month, prompting Qian Xunji to recount her strange birth and his difficulty accepting her.
• Qian Xunji said he would tell Bibi Dong the truth after she forgot Yu Xiaogang and accepted her mission.

After Qian Daoliu warned that Sea God Island and Tang Chen could produce a god, Tian Hao explained a gradual strategy for Spirit Hall’s expansion and revealed a way to refine salt that could undermine the empires’ tax revenues. Qian Xunji received Tian Hao’s purification notes, leaving Spirit Hall with a potential economic weapon.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that Bo Saixi could guide a qualified heir to become a Sea God and that Tang Chen might also obtain a divine inheritance.
• Tian Hao finished an initial refinement of the Illusionary Soul Bone and discovered that his improved Mental Power let him control how quickly he absorbed someone’s luck.
• Qian Xunji asked Tian Hao about Spirit Hall’s future, and Tian Hao proposed strengthening its territory, building an independent economy, and delaying any declaration of empire.
• Tian Hao explained that Spirit Hall could weaken the two empires by challenging their salt-tax monopolies, then showed Qian Xunji purified salt made from salt rocks.
• Tian Hao handed Qian Xunji written purification methods that could be used on salt mines or seawater.

Tian Hao persuaded Qian Xunji to keep Spirit Hall’s salt-making method quiet and proposed faking an internal schism to weaken rivals’ suspicions while purging corruption. Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu considered using Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to carry out the plan, while Tian Hao asked to keep his apprenticeship secret.

• Tian Hao warned Qian Xunji that openly exploiting salt profits could alert the empires, sects, clans, and gods, and urged Spirit Hall to build strength discreetly before acting.
• Qian Xunji acknowledged Tian Hao’s insight but worried that Spirit Hall’s previous aggression would make any sudden retreat seem suspicious.
• Tian Hao proposed staging an internal division to reassure rival powers, exploit their support, and remove corrupt factions without truly splitting Spirit Hall.
• Tian Hao asked Qian Xunji to keep their master-disciple relationship secret, and Qian Xunji agreed.
• After Tian Hao left, Qian Daoliu endorsed the plan to purge Spirit Hall’s entrenched interests, and Qian Xunji considered having Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue stage the conflict, with Tian Hao assisting Qian Renxue later.

Tian Hao tested his Innate Soul Power and confirmed that it had risen to Level 1 after his Martial Soul evolved. Shi Nian trapped him in an illusion, but A Lan devoured most of Shi Nian’s soul and destroyed the illusion, leaving a hazy ball of light surrounded by seven rings.

• Tian Hao used the Great Library’s crystal ball and discovered that his Innate Soul Power had reached Level 1.
• Shi Nian trapped Tian Hao in an illusion of an internet café and revealed that he had been hiding inside a soul bone.
• Tian Hao dismissed Shi Nian’s illusion and called on A Lan to devour it with the Blue Silver Domain’s Devouring Golden Silk.
• Shi Nian tried to attack Tian Hao, but A Lan’s golden threads overwhelmed him and devoured more than half his soul.
• The illusion collapsed, revealing a hazy ball of light with seven rings revolving around it.

Tian Hao used Shi Nian’s remaining Soul Power to fuse his Grass Root Martial Soul with Shi Nian’s Dream Martial Soul, then combined the Dream Martial Soul with the Illusionary Head Bone. A soul beast’s lingering remnant emerged and swallowed the Dream Martial Soul and its seven soul rings, leaving Tian Hao with a dangerous new problem to solve.

• Tian Hao realized Shi Nian’s consciousness, Mental Power, martial soul, and soul rings had remained with the Illusionary Head Bone, and he suspected the bone and seventh soul ring came from the same soul beast.
• Tian Hao used A Lan’s devoured Soul Power and his improved enlightenment function to learn a Soul Power Fusion Skill with Shi Nian’s Dream Martial Soul.
• Tian Hao made repeated attempts until he fused his Grass Root Martial Soul with the Dream Martial Soul and gained control of it.
• Tian Hao fused the Dream Martial Soul with the Illusionary Head Bone, causing a transparent pink tree phantom to appear and swallow the Dream Martial Soul and all seven soul rings.
• Tian Hao recognized the tree as a soul beast’s lingering remnant and realized he could not destroy it with the Black God Battle Suit without likely shattering the soul bone as well.

Tian Hao learned that Shi Nian’s seventh soul ring came from a Nightmare Demon Tree and considered using its soul-devouring power to strengthen his Mental Power and condense a Soul Core. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji assigned Ling Yuan to protect Tian Hao under the disguise of being his lover, and the chapter ended with Tian Hao asking her where he could buy an intact flying soul beast corpse.

• Tian Hao searched the Great Library and identified Shi Nian’s seventh soul ring as belonging to a Nightmare Demon Tree that fed on fear and could devour souls.
• Qian Xunji ordered Ling Yuan to protect Tian Hao while pretending to be his lover and gave her a booklet on fire-attribute cultivation.
• Qian Xunji considered using Tian Hao’s proposal to weaken Spirit Hall’s rivals and remove entrenched internal factions.
• Tian Hao considered using the Nightmare Demon Tree’s abilities to refine soul-ring power, build Mental Power, and eventually condense a Soul Core.
• Tian Hao decided the City of Slaughter could help him strengthen the Nightmare Demon Tree and asked Ling Yuan where he could buy an intact wind-attribute flying soul beast corpse.

Tian Hao persuaded Ling Yuan to provide a preserved Wind Attribute soul beast so he could test whether its wings could be fused onto his back. After restoring her Sword Wing Roc specimen with her Soul Power, he prepared to begin the risky operation.

• Tian Hao told Ling Yuan he wanted a Wind Attribute soul beast to try grafting its wings onto his back, and she agreed to help.
• Tian Hao reserved a quiet room in the Great Library, and Ling Yuan brought him her preserved four-hundred-year Sword Wing Roc.
• Tian Hao used A Lan's abilities to restore the Roc's vitality and asked Ling Yuan to supply blood and Soul Power.
• Tian Hao fused Ling Yuan's blood into the Roc's spine and guided her Soul Power into its cells until she had lost ninety percent of her reserves.
• The Sword Wing Roc recovered, and Tian Hao prepared to begin the operation with a bold idea.

Tian Hao destroyed Ling Yuan’s first soul ring and used its released origin power to create an External Soul Bone from a Sword Wing Roc’s bones. He grafted it into Ling Yuan, where it formed fiery sword wings and began strengthening her body.

• Tian Hao guided Ling Yuan’s Soul Power through the Sword Wing Roc and confirmed that her first soul ring was close to releasing its origin power.
• Tian Hao explained his theory that a soul ring’s origin power could be used to create a soul bone, then destroyed Ling Yuan’s first soul ring to release it.
• The origin power entered the Sword Wing Roc, whose body caught fire as Tian Hao guided its energy into its spine and wing bones.
• Tian Hao drained the creature’s flesh and blood, leaving a spine and wing bones transformed into an External Soul Bone.
• Ling Yuan exposed her back and helped Tian Hao fuse the new soul bone with her spine and graft the Sword Wing Roc’s meridians into her body.
• Ling Yuan’s golden-red sword wings regenerated, and the Sword Wing Roc’s remaining blood and vitality began strengthening her body.

Tian Hao helped Ling Yuan turn her first Soul Ring into a Sword Wing Soul Bone and proposed converting her other Soul Rings into Soul Bones so she could attach stronger rings later. Ling Yuan gained blazing wings and a powerful Flame Blade skill, but she ended the chapter embarrassed after realizing Tian Hao had seen her uncovered.

• Ling Yuan praised Tian Hao and kissed him excitedly after the Sword Wing Soul Bone formed, while Tian Hao complained about the kiss.
• Tian Hao explained that the artificial wings could not evolve on their own and proposed turning Ling Yuan’s remaining Soul Rings into Soul Bones before reattaching stronger Soul Rings.
• Ling Yuan considered the plan and realized her Soul Douluo cultivation and a full set of Soul Bones might let her withstand Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Ling Yuan told Tian Hao that the Sword Wing Roc Soul Ring gave her the Flame Blade skill, which combined its sharp feathers with her Martial Soul’s fire power.
• Ling Yuan explained that she had killed the injured Sword Wing Roc after it attacked her, then retracted the wings into her body and discovered she had not put her top back on.
• Ling Yuan screamed and glared at Tian Hao after realizing he had seen her uncovered, while he remained confused about her reaction.

Tian Hao advanced his martial studies, used Shi Nian’s Dream Martial Soul to review and memorize books in a memory dream, and clashed with Ling Yuan over his secrets. Qian Xunji summoned him after using the threat of Tang Chen’s possible god inheritance to rally Spirit Hall’s elders, and the chapter left Tian Hao meeting his teacher in the Pope Palace.

• Tian Hao completed his initial cultivation of Transforming Force and developed a secret technique by studying Shi Nian’s Dream Martial Soul.
• Qian Xunji told Spirit Hall’s elders that Tang Chen might be undergoing a god’s trials and warned them that his return could threaten Spirit Hall.
• Tian Hao entered a memory dream and slowed his thoughts to review and memorize the books he had rapidly flipped through.
• Ling Yuan pressed Tian Hao for answers about his powers and Qian Xunji’s interest in him, but Tian Hao refused to reveal his secrets and briefly pinned her down with Transforming Force.
• Tian Hao left the Great Library with Ling Yuan and went to the Pope Palace, where Qian Xunji met him after a long wait.

Tian Hao presented Qian Xunji with twelve strategies for Spirit Hall, earning approval and access to the Great Library’s tenth floor. Qian Xunji warned that enemies were targeting Tian Hao, who left under Ling Yuan’s watchful eye without revealing the secret behind his strength.

• Tian Hao showed Qian Xunji a summary and twelve notebooks outlining plans for Spirit Hall’s future.
• Qian Xunji read one plan, recognized Tian Hao’s ingenuity, and gave him a golden token granting access to the Great Library’s tenth floor.
• Qian Xunji warned Tian Hao that people had set their sights on him and ordered him to remain in the Great Library under Ling Yuan’s protection.
• Tian Hao left the side hall and pondered Qian Xunji’s warning as Ling Yuan demanded to know how he had overpowered her.
• Tian Hao refused to explain his explosive strength, leaving Ling Yuan provoked and curious.

Tian Hao and Ling Yuan's scuffle rolled down the steps outside the Pope Palace, while Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu discussed Spirit Hall's political troubles and threats against Tian Hao. Teacher Suo Ding then revealed that Yu Xiaogang had ordered him to accelerate the healing of Tian Hao's shattered leg, leaving Tian Hao intent on repaying Yu Xiaogang with a gift.

• Ling Yuan and Tian Hao wrestled down the Pope Palace steps as Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu watched in disbelief.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall faced growing political pressure, a warning poison attack, and a bounty on Tian Hao.
• Qian Daoliu offered to intervene if needed, while Qian Xunji resolved to rest before tackling the plans and political problems.
• After Ling Yuan and Tian Hao reached the bottom of the steps, Suo Ding approached Tian Hao and spoke with him privately.
• Suo Ding revealed that Yu Xiaogang had ordered him to use his healing skill to speed the recovery of Tian Hao's shattered leg.
• Tian Hao realized Yu Xiaogang was responsible for his lasting leg injury and decided to thank him with a notebook.

Tian Hao and Ling Yuan sought advice about restoring her Soul Rings after transforming them into Soul Bones. Qian Daoliu recognized the method’s potential and examined Ling Yuan’s artificial Soul Bones, but the question of adding new Soul Rings remained unresolved.

• Tian Hao forgave Suo Ding for his past treatment and invited him to share a drink sometime.
• Tian Hao told Ling Yuan that they should ask the Pope whether she could add Soul Rings again, and they went to Pope Palace.
• Finding the Pope absent, Tian Hao and Ling Yuan went to Elder Hall, where Qian Daoliu received them because Golden Crocodile Douluo was in seclusion.
• Tian Hao explained the Soul Ring-to-Soul Bone transformation and gave Qian Daoliu his research notebook and a drop of Clear Sky Hammer source power.
• Qian Daoliu recognized the method’s potential, then examined Ling Yuan’s Soul Bones and judged that they differed only slightly from ordinary ones.

Qian Daoliu explained why Ling Yuan could not reattach soul rings, then offered her a chance to undergo the Angel God's Divine Trial. With Spirit Hall facing threats and a powerful new Soul Master system, Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji began planning to keep the method secret and use it to strengthen the Angel Clan.

• Qian Daoliu explained that soul ring source power had fused into Ling Yuan's martial soul, and he offered to try separating it with divine power during an Angel God's Divine Trial.
• Ling Yuan accepted the chance to become an Angel Clan guardian, while Qian Daoliu ordered her to return the next day and warned Tian Hao to stay in the Great Library.
• Qian Daoliu told Tian Hao that someone had poisoned his teacher and placed a soul-bone bounty on Tian Hao, amid fears that Tang Chen's absence had unsettled the balance of power.
• After Tian Hao and Ling Yuan left, Qian Daoliu resolved to keep the new Soul Master system secret and initially reserve it for the Angel Clan.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Qian Xunji, who read Tian Hao's notebook, confirmed the system's promise, and vowed to recruit talented commoners and reorganize the awakening department.

Tian Hao entered the Great Library’s tenth floor and discovered an extensive record of divine inheritances, powerful Soul Masters, and the Angel Clan’s cultivation method. He began studying its secrets while considering whether to leave Spirit City, and the chapter ended with the author announcing plans to rewrite the novel and release the remaining draft.

• Tian Hao asked Ling Yuan about Bibi Dong, learned she had left Spirit City to travel, and received warnings about the city’s dangerous internal struggles.
• Tian Hao considered leaving Spirit City to avoid becoming a target while he was still weak, then asked the gatekeeper about the Angel Token and its previous holder.
• The gatekeeper told Tian Hao that a girl with Twin Martial Souls had entered the tenth floor before him, and Tian Hao inferred that she was Bibi Dong.
• Tian Hao used the Angel Token to reveal the book on the tenth floor and read its records about god inheritances, powerful Soul Masters, and hidden secrets of the continent’s major forces.
• Tian Hao found the Angel Clan’s Soul Power Meditation Method and learned that it could help cultivate sacred, light, and fire attributes.
• The author announced that the novel’s plot would be rewritten, said the remaining draft would still be released, and asked readers not to subscribe to it.

Tian Hao met Ah Yin in Spirit City, cleared up her suspicions about betraying the village, and agreed to accompany her to speak with Tang Hao. The chapter left them preparing to travel together, while Tian Hao hoped to draw Ah Yin away from Tang Hao and develop his research in safety.

• After sensing Ah Yin nearby, Tian Hao finished reading the Angel Clan’s cultivation records, took the Angel Token, and went to meet her at a hotel.
• Ah Yin asked whether Tian Hao had informed Spirit Hall about the village, and Tian Hao asked if she trusted him before explaining what had happened.
• Tian Hao told Ah Yin that Tang Hao had sent a hammer-wielding soul master to kill him and that A Lan had sacrificed herself to help him escape.
• Ah Yin confirmed Tian Hao’s account with A Lan and asked him to come with her to explain things to Tang Hao.
• Tian Hao agreed to go with Ah Yin, and she promised to protect him as they prepared to use her spatial soul skill.

Tian Hao used Ah Yin’s Mental Power and the Black God Battle Suit to strengthen the Illusionary Head Bone and absorb Shi Nian’s Martial Soul and soul rings. Ah Yin continued traveling through the space layers, while Tian Hao began developing a Meditation Method for ultimate life.

• Tian Hao discovered Ah Yin was badly wounded by spatial currents and fused with her to protect her with the Black God Battle Suit.
• Tian Hao used Ah Yin’s Mental Power to control the Nightmare Demon Tree’s origin power and separate its lingering remnant thought.
• Ah Yin placed the remnant thought in a Blue Silver Grass seed fused with a Blue Silver Overlord Spear, giving it a chance to live again.
• Tian Hao shattered Shi Nian’s six soul rings and devoured their origin power, then began fusing Shi Nian’s Martial Soul into the Illusory Space.
• Tian Hao continued strengthening the Illusionary Head Bone and began testing whether he could derive a Meditation Method for ultimate life using Ah Yin’s cultivation methods.

Ah Yin navigated dangerous spatial layers while Little Haozi refined her Meditation Method, and the Clear Sky Sixth Elder prepared to hunt her. He clashed with Tang Hao and Tang Xiao over Ah Yin and threatened to imprison Tang Hao and destroy the sect master's branch if they defied him.

• Ah Yin sensed Little Haozi refining her Meditation Method as she used the Black God Battle Suit to evade the spatial cutting force.
• The Clear Sky Sixth Elder ordered Tang Hao and Tang Xiao to help kill Ah Yin and the beast she protected, hoping to claim a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone.
• Tang Hao insisted Ah Yin was human, and the Sixth Elder slapped him and condemned his choice as a threat to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Xiao tried to calm the Sixth Elder, but Tang Hao said he would live in seclusion with Ah Yin and remain a hidden force for the sect.
• The Sixth Elder threatened to imprison Tang Hao in the forbidden grounds and wipe out the sect master's branch if the brothers obstructed him.
• Tang Hao and Tang Xiao fell silent but resolved to protect Ah Yin, who sensed an ominous feeling.

Ah Yin brought Tian Hao to meet Tang Hao and Tang Xiao, where tension flared over her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Tian Hao and the brothers’ suspicions about him. The chapter ended with Tian Hao demanding payment from Tang Xiao before answering his questions.

• Ah Yin returned from the spatial layers and met Tang Hao and Tang Xiao on barren terrain near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tian Hao emerged from Ah Yin after resolving the Illusionary Soul Bone into a Nightmare Soul Bone and creating Dream Stealing Space.
• Tang Hao reacted furiously to learning that Ah Yin had used a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Tian Hao, and Tang Xiao stopped him from attacking.
• Tang Xiao asked whether Tian Hao had ties to Spirit Hall and had exposed Tang Hao and Ah Yin, then apologized after Ah Yin objected to his tone.
• Tian Hao demanded a Silver Soul Coin from Tang Xiao, rejected Ah Yin’s payment, and returned Tang Xiao’s coin to Ah Yin after recognizing her scent on it.