Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Mutated Golden Flame Sacred Armor Beetle, Wang Qi gained Golden Flame Armor but found no External Soul Bone until he discovered a chest piece attached to the beetle’s heart. He absorbed it, triggering a painful transformation in which his Blazing Humanoid Martial Soul began merging with his body, and he lost consciousness inside a golden egg.

• Wang Qi killed the Mutated Golden Flame Sacred Armor Beetle and absorbed its Soul Ring, raising his cultivation talent from level 5.9 to 6.9.
• Wang Qi gained the Golden Flame Armor Soul Skill, which strengthened him and could increase the Soul Ring’s age, but no External Soul Bone appeared immediately.
• Wang Qi searched the beetle’s corpse and found chest armor connected to its heart that emitted Soul Power fluctuations.
• Wang Qi absorbed the unusual External Soul Bone, causing his Blazing Humanoid Martial Soul to draw closer and change to resemble his current body.
• Golden flames enclosed Wang Qi in an egg as he lost consciousness, while his Medicine Refining Furnace Martial Soul appeared above him and underwent tempering.

While Wang Qi remained in seclusion, Xiao Chenyu fought Tang San at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and lost after Tang San used a new approach to his Entangling skill. Xiao Chenyu realized Yu Xiaogang had shifted his attention to Tang San and left him as little more than a sparring partner.

• Lin Yan grew anxious as the convention approached and Wang Qi remained sealed in the secret chamber, unable to fulfill their agreement with the Great Soul Arena.
• At Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, Xiao Chenyu used his Fire Wolf Martial Soul against Tang San, whose Blue Silver Grass had previously lost to Xiao Chenyu’s flames.
• Tang San used Mind Splitting to release Entangling in a new way, binding Xiao Chenyu and preventing him from using Flame Bullet, then won the spar.
• Yu Xiaogang praised Tang San’s progress and told Xiao Chenyu he might help him obtain a Second Soul Ring if he reached Rank 20 within five years.
• Xiao Chenyu recalled Wang Qi’s warning about Yu Xiaogang and recognized that Yu Xiaogang had stopped treating him as a promising disciple after meeting Tang San.

After absorbing his second Soul Ring and a Mutated External Soul Bone, Wang Qi underwent a Martial Soul Evolution and began studying his transformed Golden Flame Body and restored Medicine Refining Furnace. He planned to stay in Blazing Fire City to cultivate and prepare for the Soul Arena convention, while Lin Yan handled their transaction.

• Lin Yan was shocked by Wang Qi’s transformation, and Wang Qi revealed that his Martial Soul had evolved and that he had obtained a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Wang Qi asked Lin Yan to report Whale Rubber’s effects at the Great Soul Arena convention and arrange for high-age medicinal herbs to be delivered to his courtyard.
• Wang Qi declined Lin Yan’s offer to enroll him at Blazing Fire Academy and said he would remain in Blazing Fire City to cultivate for the next half year.
• In his secret chamber, Wang Qi tested his Golden Flame Body and concluded that his Blazing Humanoid Martial Soul had fully awakened as a Body Martial Soul.
• Wang Qi studied his restored Medicine Refining Furnace and discovered that its sole Soul Skill, Condense Medicine, improved with the number and total age of its Soul Rings.

Wang Qi researched the Medicine Refining Furnace, tested whether high-level blood could transform low-level soul beasts, and discovered the power of its Blood Dragon Ginseng soul skill. After reaching Soul Power level twenty-five, he considered using the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs to increase the age of future soul rings.

• Wang Qi used a special tube and his Medicine Refining Furnace to process a Blazing Mantis’s blood, then watched a Spark Mantis consume the collected blood and transform into a dormant egg.
• Wang Qi killed the degenerating 1,350-year Blazing Mantis after confirming its soul ring compatibility had fallen to thirteen percent.
• Wang Qi recalled that his experiments had shown a low-level Spark Mantis could transform after absorbing blood from a higher-level soul beast.
• Wang Qi absorbed the 2,700-year Blood Dragon Ginseng soul ring and discovered that his Medicine Refining skill could imbue food with the plant’s medicinal effects.
• Wang Qi reached Soul Power level twenty-five and considered seeking Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to increase the Medicine Refining Furnace’s future soul ring age.

After reaching Soul Power Level 27, Wang Qi prepared to return to Nuoding City, but Huo Wu challenged him again and asked to travel with him. Wang Qi revealed he planned to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy for an important opportunity, leaving Huo Wu without an answer about joining him.

• Wang Qi broke through to Soul Power Level 27 and decided to pack for a trip to Nuoding City.
• Huo Wu challenged Wang Qi with a flame attack, using her Ring Fusion to create two figures and pinning herself to his arm as one rushed toward him.
• Wang Qi destroyed Fire Shadow, escaped Huo Wu's hold, and showed her his Golden Flame Armor soul skill.
• Huo Wu asked whether Wang Qi was leaving to graduate from Mountain Fire Academy and join Blazing Fire Academy, and whether she could go with him.
• Wang Qi told Huo Wu that he planned to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy because it held an opportunity that would help him.

Wang Qi reached Suotuo City and encountered the fugitive Dai Mubai, who suspected him of being an assassin and decided to attack him. Meanwhile, Tang San and Xiao Wu continued training at Nuoding Academy as Xiao Chenyu grew resentful of Yu Xiaogang and his fellow students.

• Huo Wu returned to Blazing Fire City after Wang Qi left, while Huo Wushuang collected the medicines from Wang Qi's courtyard as payment.
• After a week on the road, Wang Qi arrived in Suotuo City and recognized Dai Mubai at a restaurant, but chose not to get involved with him.
• Dai Mubai, fleeing pursuit from the Star Luo Empire, suspected Wang Qi had been sent to kill him and went to his hotel room intending to strike first.
• The Star Luo Imperial Family's guards sought a powerful backer for Dai Mubai, unknowingly setting him up to become experimental material for Wang Qi.
• At Nuoding Academy, Xiao Wu asked to spar with Xiao Chenyu before Tang San, while Xiao Chenyu resented Yu Xiaogang for rejecting his graduation application again.

Wang Qi captured Dai Mubai after foiling his attempt to kill him and took him to a hidden cave near the Star Dou Great Forest. He began draining Dai Mubai’s blood for an experiment and kept him alive with a costly pill.

• Wang Qi restrained Dai Mubai, suspected he had hidden guards, and decided to use him for an experiment.
• Wang Qi drugged Dai Mubai, stripped him of his Soul Tools, locked him in a Darksteel Cage, and stored the cage in his jade pendant.
• Wang Qi disguised himself and fled Suotuo City, then traveled to a concealed cave near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Dai Mubai woke in the cage, pleaded with Wang Qi, and offered wealth and a position as Star Luo’s Grand General in exchange for his release.
• Wang Qi cut Dai Mubai’s wrist and connected a Special Tube to circulate and collect his blood.
• When Dai Mubai grew weak, Wang Qi gave him a Blood Recovery Pill so he could continue the experiment.

Wang Qi reunited with Xiao Chenyu in Nuoding City and learned that Yu Xiaogang had neglected and mistreated him. After offering Xiao Chenyu a place to stay, Wang Qi began considering how to help him, while Xiao Chenyu spent the next three days cultivating alongside him.

• Wang Qi reviewed his experiments on extracting and reinjecting White Tiger Bloodline Essence, which had ended with Dai Mubai's death and a warning that Martial Soul evolution could consume a subject's life force.
• Wang Qi arrived in Nuoding City after two months of experiments with Dai Mubai and encountered the injured Xiao Chenyu.
• Wang Qi invited Xiao Chenyu to a restaurant, where Xiao Chenyu got drunk and described how Yu Xiaogang had neglected him and allowed him to be bullied.
• Wang Qi brought Xiao Chenyu to his courtyard, promised to help if he could, and resumed cultivating.
• Xiao Chenyu woke the next morning, saw that Wang Qi had become a Soul Grandmaster, and joined him in cultivation for three days.

Wang Qi revealed his secret chamber and bloodline research to Xiao Chenyu, then used his Second Martial Soul and medicine to evolve Xiao Chenyu’s Martial Soul. After a month of treatment, Xiao Chenyu gained a true Flame Wolf Martial Soul, improved cultivation talent, and rose to Soul Power Level eighteen.

• Wang Qi told Xiao Chenyu that he could attempt to evolve his Martial Soul, and Xiao Chenyu agreed to undergo the untested experiment.
• Xiao Chenyu swore to keep Wang Qi’s secret and followed him into the hidden chamber, where Wang Qi revealed his seven hundred-year Mutated Soul Beasts and explained his Martial Souls and research.
• Wang Qi explained the bloodline extraction and restoration process, warned Xiao Chenyu to hold on, and began the experiment.
• Over the next month, Wang Qi repeatedly extracted and refined Xiao Chenyu’s bloodline essence and helped restore it with medicine.
• Xiao Chenyu’s Martial Soul evolved into a Flame Wolf, his hair turned red, and his Soul Power rose from level fifteen to level eighteen.

Xiao Chenyu returned to sparring with Tang San after his Martial Soul evolved, and defeated him with his increased speed and fire abilities. Tang San blamed Xiao Chenyu for keeping the secret of his evolution and, humiliated by the loss, threatened him.

• Xiao Chenyu appeared before Yu Xiaogang and Tang San with a transformed appearance, prompting Yu Xiaogang to recognize that his Martial Soul had evolved.
• Yu Xiaogang resumed the sparring session so he could see how much Xiao Chenyu’s evolution had improved his strength.
• Xiao Chenyu used Fire Wolf Possession and overwhelmed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with his speed and flames.
• Tang San blocked Xiao Chenyu’s fireball with Mysterious Jade Hand, but Xiao Chenyu closed in and held a flaming wolf claw to his neck, winning the match.
• Tang San resented Xiao Chenyu’s victory and accused him of hiding the secret of Martial Soul Evolution, threatening that he had courted death.

After Tang San lost to Xiao Chenyu again, Yu Xiaogang brought him to meet Wang Qi, hoping to explore the possibility of evolving his martial soul. Wang Qi recognized the rare potential in both visitors and tried to make his theory seem valuable by acting reluctant to discuss it, but Yu Xiaogang and Tang San stayed all day.

• Tang San remained discouraged after another defeat by Xiao Chenyu, so Yu Xiaogang encouraged him by revealing that he had sought an opportunity for Tang San's Martial Soul Evolution.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San that Wang Qi had developed the theory that soul rings could promote martial soul evolution, while emphasizing his own role in the research.
• Wang Qi saw that Yu Xiaogang and Tang San had valuable traits suited to his martial souls and welcomed them into his courtyard.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced Tang San to Wang Qi as his disciple and Wang Qi's junior, and the three discussed martial soul theory throughout the day.
• Wang Qi tried repeatedly to end the visit, but Yu Xiaogang stayed until Wang Qi offered to take him and Tang San to dinner.

Wang Qi was forced by Tang Hao to help Tang San evolve his Martial Soul, but he turned the threat into a negotiation by restraining Tang San and Yu Xiaogang and demanding oaths from Tang Hao. The chapter ended with Wang Qi promising to help Tang San in exchange for Tang Hao swearing not to attack him first or reveal what happened.

• Yu Xiaogang asked Wang Qi to help evolve Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, but Wang Qi tried to leave after offering a pouch of Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang Hao threatened Wang Qi with death if he did not help Tang San, so Wang Qi decided to risk confronting him to pursue the chance to study Yu Xiaogang's Golden Sacred Dragon bloodline.
• Wang Qi restrained Tang San and Yu Xiaogang with his Martial Skill, ignited a nearby tree, and called Tang Hao out while threatening to release his Soul Skill.
• Wang Qi implied that he had a powerful backer and hinted that the Great Soul Arena could explain his thousand-year Second Soul Ring, causing Tang Hao's killing intent to lessen.
• Wang Qi promised to help Tang San's Martial Soul transform and demanded that Tang Hao swear not to attack him unless provoked and never to tell anyone what happened.

Wang Qi secured oaths of secrecy from Tang Hao and Tang San, then took Tang San away to transform his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul. Yu Xiaogang realized Wang Qi had never promised to help him and begged for his own Martial Soul to evolve.

• Wang Qi made Tang Hao swear to keep the courtyard events secret, and Tang Hao left after releasing Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Wang Qi offered to strengthen Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul in exchange for Tang San and Yu Xiaogang swearing secrecy.
• Tang San swore the oath and followed Wang Qi, while Yu Xiaogang realized Wang Qi had made no promise to transform his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang offered his connection to Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then bowed and pleaded with Wang Qi to help him evolve his Martial Soul.

Wang Qi agreed to attempt Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul Evolution in exchange for his knowledge of Medicinal Plant System Soul Beasts, then brought him and Tang San to his laboratory. After explaining his research and revealing his Twin Martial Souls, Wang Qi began extracting Tang San’s bloodline.

• Wang Qi warned Yu Xiaogang that Luo Sanpao’s evolution could have dangerous consequences, and Yu Xiaogang swore not to retaliate regardless of the outcome.
• Wang Qi demanded Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge about Medicinal Plant System Soul Beasts as payment, then led Yu Xiaogang and Tang San into his secret laboratory.
• Yu Xiaogang studied Wang Qi’s experimental journal and equipment, regretting that his oath prevented him from claiming the research as his own.
• Yu Xiaogang questioned how Wang Qi refined blood, and Wang Qi revealed his Medicine Refining Furnace Martial Soul and argued that Twin Martial Souls required a strong physique to withstand two sets of Soul Rings.
• Wang Qi fed Tang San medicine, aimed two tubes at his blood vessels, and activated his Soul Skill to begin extracting Tang San’s bloodline.

Wang Qi extracted Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and fused his Blue Silver Grass with the Datura Snake bloodline, then gained even greater benefits from extracting Yu Xiaogang’s bloodlines. After reaching level thirty, Wang Qi prepared to leave Nuoding City and found a storage Soul Tool containing his plan for one hundred thousand people to cultivate Evil-Resisting Swordplay.

• Wang Qi extracted Tang San’s Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and fused his Blue Silver Grass and Datura Snake bloodlines, transforming Tang San’s Martial Soul and appearance.
• Tang San visited Wang Qi’s secret chamber each evening for bloodline refinement while Wang Qi absorbed the extracted Blue Silver Emperor bloodline and steadily increased his Soul Power.
• After Wang Qi reached level thirty, he extracted Yu Xiaogang’s Golden Sacred Dragon, Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon, and mutant bloodlines, along with bloodlines from his soul rings.
• Wang Qi considered how Yu Xiaogang might have changed the continent’s history if he had possessed greater resolve, then decided Nuoding City had nothing left worth pursuing except Xiao Wu.
• While packing his secret chamber before leaving Nuoding City, Wang Qi found a hidden storage Soul Tool containing his plan for one hundred thousand people to cultivate Evil-Resisting Swordplay.

Wang Qi persuaded Tang Hao to escort him through the Star Dou Great Forest’s Mixed Zone for a month in exchange for Whale Rubber. Near the end of their search, Wang Qi found a Fire Spirit that perfectly matched his needs.

• Wang Qi offered Tang Hao seven-thousand-year Whale Rubber and asked him to help find a third Soul Ring, but Tang Hao rejected his requests for a Fire Spirit, Flame Lord, or Flame Giant.
• Wang Qi proposed that Tang Hao guard him in the Mixed Zone for one month, with extra Whale Rubber if they captured a rare Fire Attribute Soul Beast, and Tang Hao agreed.
• Wang Qi explained that his physical strength could withstand a Soul Ring below fifteen thousand years, but his Spiritual Power made a Soul Ring over ten thousand years impossible to absorb.
• Wang Qi and Tang Hao searched the Mixed Zone together, but Wang Qi rejected several promising Fire Attribute Soul Beasts.
• On the twenty-eighth day, Wang Qi found a nine-thousand-eight-hundred-year Fire Spirit in a canyon, with one-hundred-percent absorption probability and ninety-five-percent compatibility with his Golden Flame Body Martial Soul.

Wang Qi discovered how to absorb the Fire Spirit and began taking its soul ring, while Tang Hao watched in confusion. As the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition approached, Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Qinghe about the consequences of offering Heaven Dou territory as the championship prize.

• Wang Qi chose the Fire Spirit as his third soul ring, and Tang Hao tried to attack it but found that his powers had little effect.
• Wang Qi used the Simulation Eye and learned that a Fire Spirit became a soul ring when drawn to a fire-attribute Martial Soul, then was reborn elsewhere after its absorber died.
• Wang Qi activated his Martial Soul, and the Fire Spirit transformed into a dark purple soul ring as he began absorbing it within a cocoon of golden flames.
• The two great empires prepared their arenas for the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition, whose Heaven Dou finals offered a tract of land as the championship prize.
• Ning Fengzhi cautioned Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall or the Star Luo Empire winning the competition could have serious consequences for Heaven Dou.

Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi discussed the risks of awarding a city in the Heaven Dou Empire to the Soul Master Competition champion, then arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to strengthen the Heaven Dou team. In Star Luo City, Dai Weisi prepared for the competition and ordered the search for Dai Mubai to stop, while vowing to win.

• Ning Fengzhi warned Xue Qinghe that Spirit Hall or the Star Luo Empire winning the city reward could threaten the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Qinghe explained that he wanted the Heaven Dou team to win and asked Ning Fengzhi for help recruiting more Soul Ancestors.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to send two eligible Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect contestants to the Heaven Dou Royal Academy and cautioned Xue Qinghe about risking imperial territory.
• Dai Weisi learned that Dai Mubai remained missing and ordered his men to focus on the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition.
• Dai Weisi told his men to inform Zhu Yun of Dai Mubai's disappearance and vowed that he would win in the end.

Wang Qi emerged from the Golden Flame Giant Egg after a half-month transformation, gaining a powerful ultimate fire attribute martial soul and greatly enhanced physical abilities. He parted ways with Tang Hao and planned to return to Mountain Fire Academy while considering his next move.

• Wang Qi awakened inside the Golden Flame Giant Egg and discovered that his third soul skill greatly reduced the effects of ordinary elemental attacks while consuming substantial soul power.
• Wang Qi checked his simulation panel and saw his soul power reach level 33, his innate soul power rise to level 9.9, and his martial soul become the Golden Flame Body.
• Wang Qi left the shattered egg and gave Tang Hao a piece of ten-thousand-year whale rubber in thanks for protecting him.
• Wang Qi declined Tang Hao's offer of a ride toward Nuoding City and said he planned to return to Mountain Fire Academy to stabilize his realm.
• Tang Hao flew with Wang Qi to the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, and they parted to follow separate paths.

Wang Qi returned to the ruined Mountain Fire Academy and reunited with Principal Li Pingyuan, revealing that he had become a Soul Elder. He decided to cultivate at the academy for half a year before choosing his next step, then went to inspect the mountain where the attack had happened.

• Wang Qi surveyed Mountain Fire Academy's dilapidated campus and told Teacher Sun that he was a former student looking for Principal Li.
• Wang Qi recognized Li Pingyuan, ate fruit in his office, and revealed that he had reached the Soul Elder level.
• Li Pingyuan explained that the attack had killed many teachers and students, leaving Mountain Fire Academy at the level of an ordinary Intermediate Soul Master Academy.
• Li Pingyuan urged Wang Qi to join the Royal Knights or the Guard, but Wang Qi chose to stay and cultivate for half a year while the All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Competition was underway.
• Wang Qi suggested that a poor result for the Heaven Dou Empire's teams might help secure funding to rebuild the academy, then went up the mountain to inspect the attack site.