Chapter Summaries

Wang Qi reached level ten and decided to leave the blacksmith shop to seek a Soul Ring, after surviving Xiao Zhang’s attack and killing him. Back at the academy, Xiao Chenyu announced that he had also reached level ten and invited Wang Qi to hunt for Soul Rings together during the break.

• Xiao Zhang sent a red-hot iron block flying toward Wang Qi, but Wang Qi caught it with a flame hand and emerged unharmed.
• Wang Qi said he had reached level ten, left the blacksmith shop, and reflected on his twin Martial Souls and limited cultivation talent.
• Xiao Zhang ambushed Wang Qi with an iron rod, but Wang Qi used Martial Soul Possession to overpower and kill him.
• Wang Qi returned to the dormitory, where Xiao Chenyu excitedly announced that he had reached level ten too.
• Xiao Chenyu invited Wang Qi to visit the Soul Hunting Forest during the break to obtain their first Soul Rings.

Wang Qi explained why he had delayed obtaining a Soul Ring and advised Xiao Chenyu to choose a wolf-type Soul Beast, drawing Yu Xiaogang’s interest in his Martial Soul Evolution theory. After Yu Xiaogang took Wang Qi and Xiao Chenyu to the Soul Hunting Forest, Wang Qi saw mysterious screens displaying information about a Soft Bone Rabbit.

• Xiao Chenyu gave Wang Qi thirty Gold Soul Coins to make up for the three-month delay in obtaining a Soul Ring.
• Wang Qi revealed that he had cultivated beyond his level-ten bottleneck to test how Soul Power and meridians affected Soul Ring absorption.
• Wang Qi advised Xiao Chenyu to seek a wolf-type Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring and suggested his Martial Soul might evolve.
• Yu Xiaogang overheard Wang Qi, questioned him about Martial Soul Evolution, and took him and Xiao Chenyu to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• After entering the forest, Wang Qi saw screens identifying a nearby Soft Bone Rabbit and showing its age, absorption probability, and other Soul Master data.

Wang Qi discovered that his Golden Finger could simulate soul ring absorption and reveal soul skill effects, then helped Xiao Chenyu choose and obtain a compatible first soul ring. Xiao Chenyu absorbed the Flame Wolf's ring, and Yu Xiaogang noticed that his Martial Soul appeared to have evolved.

• Wang Qi tested his Golden Finger and learned it could predict soul ring absorption success and reveal the resulting soul skill.
• The group reached the Mixed Zone, where Wang Qi identified a two-hundred-year Flame Wolf as a good match for Xiao Chenyu.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered the Soul Elders to capture the Flame Wolf, but Wang Qi insisted that Xiao Chenyu choose for himself.
• Xiao Chenyu chose the Flame Wolf, and the two Soul Elders subdued it so he could absorb its yellow soul ring.
• Xiao Chenyu successfully absorbed the ring, gained power and a soul skill, and Yu Xiaogang observed a red patch of fur on his Wolf Martial Soul and asked whether it had evolved.

Xiao Chenyu's Wolf Martial Soul began evolving, and Yu Xiaogang impressed the group with his Soul Beast knowledge as they searched Soul Hunting Forest for Wang Qi's first Soul Ring. When a Ghostfire Moth carrying a living fragment of a highly compatible Mutated Blazing Vine appeared, Wang Qi urged the group to investigate its swarm.

• Wang Qi congratulated Xiao Chenyu on his Wolf Martial Soul's evolution and credited the two Soul Elder guards for helping create the opportunity.
• Yu Xiaogang explained Soul Beast knowledge to Xiao Chenyu, Wang Qi, and the guards as the group searched the forest for three days.
• A guard told Wang Qi that the group should return soon if they could not find a suitable Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Wang Qi passed up a suitable Fire Tiger because he was seeking a Blazing Vine that could improve his cultivation talent.
• The group spotted a Ghostfire Moth carrying a fragment of Mutated Blazing Vine, and Yu Xiaogang advised the guards to follow it and find its swarm before seeking reinforcements.

Wang Qi devised a plan to use Yu Xiaogang’s fart-based Soul Skills and Xiao Chenyu’s fire attack against the Ghostfire Moth swarm. Their explosive combination engulfed the valley, leaving the outcome for the swarm unknown.

• Wang Qi decided to pursue the Mutated Blazing Vine but went with Yu Xiaogang to hunt Ghostfire Moths.
• Wang Qi suggested that fire might amplify Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Skills and learned how Luo Sanpao’s abilities worked.
• At the Ghostfire Moth swarm’s basin, Wang Qi convinced Yu Xiaogang and two guards to help carry out his plan.
• Wang Qi had Yu Xiaogang fill the basin with smoke from Luo Sanpao’s Soul Skills, then ordered Xiao Chenyu to ignite it.
• The explosion sent flames and a shockwave across the valley.

Wang Qi defeated the Mutated Blazing Vine and absorbed its soul ring, gaining a powerful binding skill and raising his Soul Power to level twelve. He discovered that Yu Xiaogang’s bloodline could potentially trigger a complete Martial Soul mutation, leaving Wang Qi to view the Grandmaster as a valuable target.

• Yu Xiaogang’s explosive attack stunned the Ghostfire Moths, and Wang Qi asked the two Soul Elder guards to finish them off.
• Wang Qi confirmed the Mutated Blazing Vine’s compatibility, killed it, and absorbed its yellow soul ring through the night.
• Wang Qi learned how meridian expansion related to Innate Soul Power and soul ring limits as his Soul Power rose to level twelve.
• Wang Qi demonstrated his Blazing Binding skill, which wrapped a burned tree in heated bands and snapped it with a tug.
• Wang Qi saw a panel showing Yu Xiaogang’s damaged Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline and learned that Yu Xiaogang’s first Martial Soul could undergo a complete mutation.

Wang Qi graduated early from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and planned to spend the next half year inspecting intermediate Soul Master academies while traveling. He was drawn to the new Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy for its active-volcano mimic environment, but had not yet chosen where to enroll.

• After reaching level thirteen, Wang Qi decided to leave Nuoding City and investigate intermediate Soul Master academies because his cultivation had slowed without the blacksmith shop’s mimic environment.
• Wang Qi learned about Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy, located on an active volcano, and considered its resources and training environment promising.
• Wang Qi decided to travel and inspect academies before enrollment opened, then applied for and received early graduation from the headmaster.
• Wang Qi ran into Xiao Chenyu, who told him his father had arranged for Yu Xiaogang to take him as an honorary disciple.
• Xiao Chenyu learned that Wang Qi had graduated early and took him out for a farewell meal.

Wang Qi arrived in Blazing Fire City to seek medicinal herbs, scout Blazing Fire Canyon for his next soul ring, and learn about Blazing Fire Academy. After meeting the blunt and hospitable Fire Dragon, he agreed to stay with him and wait for the city’s monthly market before visiting the canyon.

• Wang Qi traveled for a month and reached Blazing Fire City, finding it far smaller than he had expected.
• A teahouse attendant explained that the city’s extreme heat limited its size and that the Huo Family traded across the continent to secure supplies.
• Fire Dragon arrived, shared Blazing Leopard meat with Wang Qi, and invited him to talk about the outside world.
• Fire Dragon told Wang Qi that a thousand-man soul master force guarded Blazing Fire Canyon against the annual spring beast tide.
• Wang Qi offered to help at the canyon, but Fire Dragon urged him to rest, attend the grand market in seven days, and stay at his home.

Wang Qi cultivated in Blazing Fire City's mimic environment training room and entered deep meditation. Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu arrived seeking promising recruits for Blazing Fire Academy, and the training room owner pointed them toward Wang Qi.

• Wang Qi rented a beginner training room and began cultivating amid dense fire-attribute energy.
• Wang Qi entered deep meditation and felt his Soul Power growing rapidly.
• Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu visited the training room after obtaining their Second Soul Rings in Blazing Fire Canyon.
• The training room owner told Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu that Wang Qi was a promising talent who might join Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Wu prepared to confront Wang Qi, but Huo Wushuang stopped her and took her upstairs to cultivate.

Wang Qi discovered that he had entered Deep Meditation in the training room and advanced to level fourteen Soul Power. He then watched Soul Saint Lin Yan announce a contest for two Golden Flame Fruits, ending as Lin Yan silenced the gathered crowd with a bronze gong.

• Wang Qi learned from a training-room attendant that his unexpected breakthrough came from Deep Meditation, then declined her invitation to join Blazing Fire Academy for the moment.
• Wang Qi left the training room, bought snacks, and squeezed into a crowd gathered around two arenas in Blazing Fire City’s central square.
• Lin Yan offered two century-old Golden Flame Fruits as prizes for contestants who defeated his sons in Soul Master and Soul Grandmaster battles.
• Lin Yan revealed his Soul Saint strength and created two magma arenas, prompting Wang Qi to suspect a powerful force stood behind him.
• Lin Yan struck a bronze gong and used Soul Power pressure to silence the crowd.

Wang Qi entered Lin Yan’s Golden Flame Fruit competition under the codename Third Generation Vermilion Bird and survived the first Soul Power pressure screening. Huo Wu was eliminated from the Soul Grandmaster group, leaving the contestants to prepare for the next stage.

• Lin Yan opened registration for Soul Masters and Soul Grandmasters, offering a Golden Flame Fruit to the winner of the competition.
• Wang Qi paid the registration fee and gave Lin Yan the codename Third Generation Vermilion Bird to attract his attention.
• Nearly seventy Soul Masters and forty Soul Grandmasters registered, including Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu.
• Lin Yan began the first-round Soul Power pressure test, eliminating contestants until sixteen Soul Masters remained, including Wang Qi.
• Lin Yan applied the same test to the Soul Grandmaster group, and Huo Wu failed and was eliminated.

Wang Qi won two Soul Master tournament matches through speed and physical skill, while Lin Yan established permissive arena rules that encouraged brutal fights. Afterward, Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu tried to recruit Wang Qi to Blazing Fire Academy, but he rejected their token and asked instead for access to an intermediate Mimic Environment Training Room.

• Wang Qi defeated an eighteenth-level civilian Soul Master with a single unpowered strike, and Lin Yan confirmed the victory and restated the arena's rules.
• Wang Qi defeated a Blazing Fire Academy student in the quarterfinals by completing Martial Soul Possession while charging and kicking his opponent off the stage.
• The admissions teacher brought Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu to recruit Wang Qi, but Huo Wu's aggressive approach provoked a brief fight.
• Huo Wushuang apologized, offered Wang Qi a family token and a place at Blazing Fire Academy, and introduced himself and Huo Wu.
• Wang Qi returned Huo Wushuang's token and asked for a token granting access to an intermediate Mimic Environment Training Room.

Wang Qi told Huo Wushuang he would compare Blazing Fire Academy and Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy before choosing where to study. He advanced toward the finals by defeating Guard Number Five with his first Soul Skill, Blazing Binding.

• Wang Qi explained to Huo Wushuang that he planned to spend three months evaluating Blazing Fire Academy and Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy before choosing an academy.
• Huo Wushuang accepted Wang Qi’s decision, and he, Huo Wu, and Wang Qi ate together after the recruitment discussion ended.
• Guard Number Three defeated another Guard soldier and advanced to the finals, leaving Wang Qi and three Guard soldiers in the Soul Master division.
• Guard Number Five attacked Wang Qi with his Flame Spear Martial Soul and First Soul Skill, Flame Assault.
• Wang Qi used Blazing Binding to break Guard Number Five’s flaming spear, entangle him with heated bandages, and knock him unconscious.

Wang Qi defeated Guard Number Three to win the Soul Master group and claim a Golden Flame Fruit. After refusing Huo Miao’s offer to buy it, he arranged a room and ate the fruit.

• Huo Miao praised Wang Qi’s battle talent to Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu, who defended their friend and vowed to grow stronger.
• Wang Qi returned to the arena after an hour to face the injured Guard Number Three in the final match.
• Wang Qi trapped Guard Number Three with Blazing Binding and kicked him out of the arena, winning the Soul Master group.
• Wang Qi received a Golden Flame Fruit, while the champions of both groups claimed their prizes.
• Huo Miao offered Wang Qi up to fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins for his fruit, but he refused and chose to eat it himself.
• Wang Qi arranged a room at the Great Soul Arena and consumed the Golden Flame Fruit.

After absorbing the Golden Flame Fruit, Wang Qi discovered that his Medicine Refining Furnace martial soul had helped him gain more than two Soul Power ranks. He spent a month cultivating and practicing stances in the Mimic Environment Training Room, then prepared to enter Blazing Fire Canyon before leaving Blazing Fire City.

• Wang Qi found that the Golden Flame Fruit had increased his Soul Power and strengthened his fire control, and he suspected the Medicine Refining Furnace martial soul had released its dormant medicinal power.
• Wang Qi hired Lin Yan and the Great Soul Arena to help him search Blazing Fire Canyon for a suitable soul beast, agreeing to pay thirty percent above market value and setting departure for a month later.
• Wang Qi used Huo Wushuang's month of access to an intermediate Mimic Environment Training Room for meditation and stance training, beginning the Yin-Yang Stake.
• Wang Qi told Huo Miao that he planned to visit Blazing Fire Canyon and then leave Blazing Fire City; Huo Miao noted that the recent beast tide had ended and offered to protect him.
• Wang Qi returned to the Great Soul Arena and told Manager Lin that he was ready to head to Blazing Fire Canyon.

Wang Qi discovered a mutated Golden Flame Sacred Armor Beetle with exceptional compatibility and a soul ring that could greatly increase his cultivation talent, then asked Lin Yan to help capture it. He claimed to have a treasure that would let him safely absorb the beast’s ring as his Second Soul Ring and hinted that the discovery could earn them a major reward.

• Wang Qi teased Lin Yan about leading the trip into Blazing Fire Canyon and guessed that Lin Yan had offended a Second Generation Vermilion Bird.
• Wang Qi used the Simulation Panel to inspect soul beasts in the canyon and found several with traits that could improve his cultivation talent.
• After half a month, Wang Qi spotted a Mutated Sacred Armor Beetle devouring a 5,300-year Explosive Flame Mammoth and saw an illusion of its potential soul ring transforming his martial soul and granting him an External Soul Bone.
• Wang Qi chose the Golden Flame Sacred Armor Beetle as his Second Soul Ring, but Lin Yan warned that it was too dangerous to absorb.
• Wang Qi asked Lin Yan to capture the beetle and claimed he knew a heavenly treasure that could greatly raise the age limit for absorbing soul rings.

Wang Qi enrolled at Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy and spent a year cultivating there, nearing level twenty. An attack by a Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff revealed a severely damaged Mutated Flame Swallowing Beast embryo hidden in its fur.

• Wang Qi and Lin Yan agreed to help each other, with Lin Yan swearing to protect Wang Qi's secret and Wang Qi promising to detoxify Lin Yan within twenty years.
• Wang Qi learned Lin Yan's daughter had been killed by a young master from the Great Soul Arena's main families, and Lin Yan had been poisoned into submission.
• Wang Qi enrolled at Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy, where he explored its active-volcano training rooms, library, cafeteria, and strict military-style rules.
• Wang Qi recognized Huo Yun, Huo Yu, Mars, and Fire Fierce as future Blazing Fire Academy Team members and suspected Mountain Fire Academy would later be disbanded.
• Wang Qi cultivated for a year, raising his Soul Power from nearly level seventeen to late level nineteen and approaching his second soul ring.
• An alarm sounded as a flying Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff attacked the academy, and Wang Qi spotted a severely damaged Mutated Flame Swallowing Beast embryo hidden in its fur.

Wang Qi escaped the eruption and battle at Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy, then broke through to Soul Power level twenty and headed for Blazing Fire City to obtain his Second Soul Ring. Meanwhile, Sword Douluo recovered at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Bibi Dong considered whether the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff had come from overseas.

• Wang Qi guessed that the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff had caused the academy’s destruction and fled north as the Active Volcano erupted.
• Wang Qi saw the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff battle three powerful Soul Masters, then ran until he reached the northern border of the Hagen Dasi Kingdom.
• Wang Qi broke through to level twenty Soul Power, left the academy area, and set out for Blazing Fire City to absorb his Second Soul Ring.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo Chen Xin about his injuries, and Chen Xin said the battle had taught him something and that he would enter seclusion.
• Bibi Dong pondered whether the Three-Headed Crimson Demon Mastiff had come from overseas.

Wang Qi collected rare Whale Rubber from Lin Yan and used two pieces to strengthen his body, increasing the Soul Ring Age he could withstand. After wondering about his still-incomplete Medicine Refining Furnace Martial Soul, he reunited with Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu at the Great Soul Arena.

• Lin Yan gave Wang Qi thirteen pieces of Whale Rubber, including one that was eighty thousand years old, and asked whether it could increase the Soul Ring Age a Soul Master could absorb.
• Wang Qi explained Whale Rubber’s effects and prepared to consume it in a lounge at the Great Soul Arena.
• Wang Qi roasted and swallowed two pieces of Whale Rubber, then practiced and concluded he could withstand a Soul Beast of at least two thousand three hundred years.
• Wang Qi released his Medicine Refining Furnace Martial Soul and worried it would remain incomplete until he obtained his second Soul Ring.
• Huo Wu worried about Wang Qi after hearing about the disaster at Mountain Fire Intermediate Soul Master Academy, and Wang Qi appeared to greet her and Huo Wushuang.

Wang Qi declined Huo Wushuang’s invitation to join Blazing Fire Academy and planned to obtain his Second Soul Ring before deciding what to do next. Feng Xiaotian’s jealous pursuit of Huo Wu ended in a fight, and Wang Qi left for the spirit battle arena to absorb his Second Soul Ring.

• Huo Wushuang invited Wang Qi to join Blazing Fire Academy, but Wang Qi said he would first obtain his Second Soul Ring and see whether Mountain Fire Academy reopened.
• Feng Xiaotian arrived, repeatedly called Huo Wu “Little Sister Huo Wu,” and eyed Wang Qi as a romantic rival.
• Huo Wu told Feng Xiaotian to stop bothering her, then left with Huo Wushuang and Wang Qi.
• Feng Xiaotian shouted that Huo Wu was his and challenged Wang Qi, prompting Huo Wu to kick him into the ruins.
• Wang Qi declined the siblings’ invitation after the meal and headed to the spirit battle arena to absorb his Second Soul Ring.