Chapter Summaries

Mu Rong broke through to the Soul King realm after cultivating in the ice spring, then heard the old poison pleading outside the valley for shelter. When Mu Rong revealed he knew about the old man's poison and claimed he could cure it, the old man offered the Emerald Phosphor Clan's support and three favors, but Mu Rong distrusted him.

• Tang Hao walked with Ah Yin through the Star Dou Great Forest while struggling with the truth that she was a Soul Beast in human form.
• Mu Rong reached fifty thousand years of cultivation and broke through to the Soul King realm after months in the ice spring.
• Mu Rong went to gather poisonous herbs when an old man called from outside the valley, asking for shelter.
• Mu Rong told the old man he seemed poisoned, startling him into demanding to know who was inside the valley.
• The old man offered the Emerald Phosphor Clan's support and three favors if Mu Rong cured him, but Mu Rong mocked his offer and questioned whether he could be trusted.

Mu Rong Bo forced the poisoned Mu Rong Bo to swear loyalty in exchange for pills that suppressed the venom. After Mu Rong Bo departed to capture a three-thousand-year-old spirit beast, Mu Rong Bo turned his attention to the rare herbs in the valley.

• Mu Rong Bo refused to trust Mu Rong Bo's oath and demanded that he swear loyalty by his martial spirit and ancestors before receiving help.
• Mu Rong Bo swore allegiance, and Mu Rong Bo gave him three pills that could suppress his poison for six months each.
• Mu Rong Bo swallowed a pill, recovered as the venom receded, and agreed to capture a three-thousand-year-old spirit beast and return with its soul fragment.
• Mu Rong Bo left for the forest, while Mu Rong Bo planned to use him to obtain the eighth Spirit Seed and examined the rare herbs in the valley.

Mu Rong prepared a lethal poison to ensure Tang Hao would obey him, while Tang Hao decided to trust the young man and returned toward the forest. As Tang Hao and A'Zhu set off for Clear Sky School, the Golden-Eyed Demon appeared and targeted A'Zhu as a transformed ten-thousand-year soul beast.

• Mu Rong gathered ancient poisonous herbs and began refining a poison even the Sealed Void Demon would struggle to neutralize.
• Tang Hao considered the young man's power and his hope of curing the Green Phosphor Snake's martial soul backlash, then chose to trust him and headed toward the sunset forest.
• Tang Hao gave A'Zhu a pale-green dress and promised to introduce her to his father and clansmen as the woman he would protect for life.
• As Tang Hao and A'Zhu prepared to travel to Clear Sky School, the Golden-Eyed Demon descended with a rank-ninety-four Title Douluo's pressure.
• The Golden-Eyed Demon identified A'Zhu as a transformed ten-thousand-year soul beast and declared that he would capture her, while Tang Hao confronted him.

Tang Hao and Ah Xiu fought the golden roc demon, but its overwhelming attacks left them both gravely wounded. Tang Hao detonated his hundred-thousand-year soul ring and struck back, cracking the demon’s wing before the backlash began to overwhelm him.

• Tang Hao and the golden roc demon traded attacks, and Tang Hao was wounded despite blocking its golden feathers and blade strikes.
• Ah Xiu used her Domain of the Golden Roc and plant attacks against the demon, but its golden protection stopped them.
• The golden roc demon’s sixth soul technique broke Ah Xiu’s shield and struck her down as Tang Hao tried to protect her.
• Tang Hao detonated his hundred-thousand-year soul ring and attacked the demon with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The clash cracked the golden roc demon’s wing, while Tang Hao was left bloodied with a damaged hammer as the backlash began.

A Rong revived Tang Ming with the Blue Mist Spirit Realm, allowing him to badly wound Demon Blade and escape with him into the Blue Mist Forest. Meanwhile, Mu Rong received Elder Duotie’s centipede and dismissed him after giving him a mysterious pill and warning him to keep quiet.

• A Rong used the Blue Mist Spirit Realm to restrain Demon Blade and restore Tang Ming’s strength.
• Tang Ming unleashed Annihilating Strike, shattered Demon Blade’s defenses, and sent him crashing into a cliff.
• A Rong helped the exhausted Tang Ming flee with him into the Blue Mist Forest, while Demon Blade survived and headed toward Soul Martial City for treatment.
• Elder Duotie returned to Mu Rong with a ten-thousand-year-old stoneback centipede, explaining that he had found no suitable younger soul beasts.
• Mu Rong dismissed Elder Duotie, gave him a pill, and warned him to keep his mouth shut and mind his business.

Mu Rong absorbed the black python’s power and gained the fifth Soul Orb, Gravity Domain, while Zhan Tai Lei used Mu Rong’s pill to cure his son and himself of the python venom. Zhan Tai Lei’s son recovered, but Mu Rong’s plans for Shi Nian and the Demon Blade remained in motion.

• Mu Rong ordered Zhan Tai Lei to take a pill and the dantian to Shi Nian, promising the Demon Blade if Shi Nian reached Soul Emperor, and Zhan Tai Lei left for the city.
• Mu Rong killed the weakened Giant Python and absorbed its power after five hours, raising his soul power and gaining the fifth Soul Orb, Gravity Domain.
• Mu Rong tested Gravity Domain and found that it could raise gravity tenfold, slow and suppress enemies, and build up Frostbite.
• Mu Rong returned to the python’s frozen remains and reflected on Demon Blade’s rapid cultivation in the ancient realm.
• Zhan Tai Lei returned to his mansion and gave his son the detoxifying pill and medicine, expelling the venom from both of them.
• Zhan Tai Lei’s son recovered, and Zhan Tai Lei rejoiced that they had found a way to cure the Lonely Python family’s venom.

The old dean of Lingering Light Academy visited Shi Nian to deliver a Pill of Fate from the First Chief, Mu Rong. After Qing Lin, Suo Ling, and Qiqi identified it as the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid pill, Shi Nian swallowed it and began undergoing its transformative effects.

• The old dean celebrated the young man's recovery and left him to rest before visiting Lingering Light Academy south of Suotuo City the next day.
• Shi Nian greeted the old dean, who said Mu Rong had sent a pill and handed it to him.
• Shi Nian summoned Qing Lin, Suo Ling, and Qiqi, who recognized the pill as a Pill of Fate from Mu Rong.
• Qiqi explained that the pill could change Shi Nian's fate, and Shi Nian learned it was made from an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.
• Shi Nian swallowed the pill, and its power surged through his body, cleansing and reshaping him.

Suo Ling used the Spirit Seed to purge the evil energy from his body, restoring his youth and strengthening his martial soul. After learning that the headmaster had reached the Soul King realm, Suo Ling resumed managing the academy and then left with the orphan for the Star-Doubling Forest.

• Suo Ling endured the Spirit Seed's transformation as it forced the evil energy from his body.
• Cai Bo sensed the surging energy and wondered about the mysterious old man and the Starfall Forest.
• Suo Ling emerged restored to his prime, with a holy white light shining from the Old Demon's martial soul.
• Suo Ling bowed in gratitude to the headmaster, who told him to help manage the academy.
• Cai Bo revealed that the headmaster had broken through to the Soul King realm, astonishing everyone and spurring them to train harder.
• Suo Ling gave Cai Bo instructions about academy affairs, then left with the orphan for the Star-Doubling Forest.

Mu Rong absorbed a six-thousand-year-old Phantom Sound Demon Bat Spirit Seed in the Star Dou Great Forest and broke through to Rank 62. The Sealed Void Demon Blade agreed to take him back to the academy, where Mu Rong planned to ask the headmaster for his name plaque.

• The Sealed Void Demon Blade mocked the headmaster and helped Mu Rong avoid trouble while searching the Star Dou Great Forest.
• When a five-thousand-year-old Phantom Sound Demon Bat attacked, the Sealed Void Demon Blade subdued it and told Mu Rong to kill it for its Spirit Seed.
• Mu Rong killed the demon bat and endured eight hours of violent energy and spiritual attacks while absorbing its Spirit Seed.
• At dawn, Mu Rong completed the absorption and advanced to Rank 62.
• The Sealed Void Demon Blade praised Mu Rong's improved talent, then agreed to take him back to the academy and told him to have the headmaster ask the dean for his name plaque.

Zhang Lanfeng joined Lingering Light Academy after Shi Nian revealed his immense power, leaving the academy celebrating its new leadership. Qin Ming watched from the dwindling Sealed Void Demon Academy and began to wonder whether he had chosen wrongly.

• Zhang Lanfeng accepted a position at Lingering Light Academy and asked Shi Nian to call him Old Poison.
• At Sealed Void Demon Academy, Zhang Lanfeng worried that Qin Ming was his only remaining student and ordered the instructors to recruit every promising student the next day.
• Zhan Tai Lei confidently promised that the instructors would beat Lingering Light Academy in the enrollment contest.
• Shi Nian gathered Lingering Light Academy and revealed that he had reached Soul Emperor before introducing Zhang Lanfeng as the new headmaster and an eighty-eighth-rank Sealed Void Demon.
• Shi Nian left Zhang Lanfeng in charge, and the students celebrated their new headmaster.
• Qin Ming watched Lingering Light Academy from his dormitory and wondered if he had made the wrong choice.

Lingering Light Academy drew crowds of students away from History Academy, prompting Zhang Lanfeng and Zhan Tai Lei to show off their strength and argue that their school was superior. Mu Hong and others challenged their claims, and the chapter ended with both sides disputing the academies’ legitimacy before the gathered parents.

• Zhang Lanfeng and Zhan Tai Lei watched Lingering Light Academy’s enrollment, confident that History Academy would outshine it.
• Several hundred teachers and youths chose Lingering Light Academy, leaving History Academy nearly deserted.
• Zhan Tai Lei stopped the crowd and revealed his six soul rings, while Zhang Lanfeng displayed his Demon Blade and praised History Academy.
• A youth decided to register at History Academy after seeing Zhang Lanfeng’s power.
• Mu Hong challenged Zhang Lanfeng’s claims, and Zhang Lanfeng told the parents that History Academy lacked official recognition.
• The old man in the bamboo hat angrily insisted that History Academy was proper and Lingering Light Academy was merely private.

The dean of Lingering Light Academy confronted Zhan Tai Lei after he attacked Mu Hong and revealed that he had regained his youth and become a Soul Emperor. Their battle ended with Zhan Tai Lei trapped in the dean’s Dreamfall Realm, where his fears and exhaustion left him helpless.

• Zhan Tai Lei used Gravity Amplification to crush Mu Hong into the ground while taunting Zhang Lanfeng.
• The dean emerged from Lingering Light Academy, dispelled the pressure on Zhang Lanfeng, and revealed his youthful appearance and six soul rings.
• Zhan Tai Lei transformed and attacked the dean, but the dean evaded his blows with elusive movements.
• Zhan Tai Lei unleashed Dreamfall Realm, trapping himself and the dean’s phantoms in a blood-red dreamscape.
• Zhan Tai Lei’s attacks failed to stop the phantoms, and visions of his childhood persecution drove him to his knees.
• Old Bo watched from a rooftop and remarked that Zhan Tai Lei had met a real nemesis.

Ming Wang trapped Mu Erlong, Zhan Tai Lei, and Zhang Lanfeng in powerful illusions while the History Academy tried to break his domain. Zhang Lanfeng became caught in a deeper illusion, and Li Song called for everyone to rescue him.

• Zhang Lanfeng urged the History Academy to attack Ming Wang’s blood-red domain after Mu Erlong and Zhan Tai Lei fell into illusions.
• Li Song and the others attacked the domain while Zhang Lanfeng launched a surprise strike, but Ming Wang trapped Zhang Lanfeng in an illusion and withdrew the domain himself.
• Zhan Tai Lei collapsed, badly shaken by the illusion, while Zhang Lanfeng mistook Ming Wang’s retreat for weakness and prepared to attack again.
• Ming Wang used his sixth soul technique, Limitless Demon Soul, to trap Zhang Lanfeng in visions of marrying Mu Erlong and avenging Jade Little Blade.
• Li Song realized Zhang Lanfeng was trapped and called on everyone to attack together to help him.

Qin Ming overwhelmed the Ancient Demon and exposed Zhang Lanfeng to public humiliation after ending his illusion. Mu Hong celebrated his revenge and sought promotion, while Zhang Lanfeng was finally sent flying by Qin Ming.

• Qin Ming arrived at Lingering Light Academy and subdued the Ancient Demon with his soul power.
• Mu Hong stomped on the Ancient Demon, revealed that he served the Soul Orb’s true master, and asked Qin Ming to make him vice-headmaster.
• Qin Ming ended the illusion trapping Zhang Lanfeng, revealing that he had been embracing a wooden beam and behaving disgracefully in public.
• Zhang Lanfeng realized what he had done and was overwhelmed with shame as the crowd and Qin Ming’s group laughed at him.
• Qin Ming struck Zhang Lanfeng with a powerful punch and sent him flying.

Mu Rong reached the Soul Emperor Realm and told Dugu Bo that Lingering Light Academy would reject cooperation with the Martial Soul Hall and refuse noble students from the Heaven Dou Empire. He then sent Dugu Bo to the far north to find a Soul Fragment from the Nine-Headed Ice Dragon, leaving Dugu Bo worried about the dangers ahead.

• Mu Rong completed his breakthrough to the Soul Emperor Realm and demonstrated his control over ice.
• Dugu Bo told Mu Rong that the Heaven Dou Empire and the Martial Soul Hall wanted to establish ties with Lingering Light Academy after its team placed second in the tournament.
• Mu Rong rejected cooperation with the Martial Soul Hall and set a condition that Lingering Light Academy would not accept noble disciples from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Mu Rong asked Dugu Bo to find a Soul Fragment from the Nine-Headed Ice Dragon in the far north.
• Dugu Bo warned that the Nine-Headed Ice Dragon was nearly five thousand years old and that the far north would suppress his poison, but Mu Rong insisted on the mission.

At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Mu Rong Chen sent Dugu Bo away to consolidate his cultivation and planned to recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei. In Spirit City, Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan to approach Dugu Bo, while Bibi Dong reacted to news about Fengyun Academy with hatred.

• Mu Rong Chen assured Dugu Bo that he could reach the Titled Douluo realm and told him to spend two years strengthening his foundation before returning with the Nine-Headed Ice Dragon Serpent.
• Dugu Bo accepted Mu Rong Chen's orders and left for the depths of Sunset Forest.
• Mu Rong Chen decided that Yue Guan and Gui Mei could become powerful allies, and planned to draw them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well using Dugu Bo and his immortal herbs.
• At the Papal Palace, Yue Guan reported that Shi Nian had driven out Spirit Hall's envoy from Fengyun Academy, and Qian Xunji ordered him to try to recruit Dugu Bo.
• Bibi Dong stood behind Qian Xunji, brooding over Fengyun Academy's name in the tournament report.

Bi Bi silently vowed revenge on Lingering Light Academy while remaining under Qian Xunji’s control. Two months later, Mu Rong faced a desperate nine-headed Ice Vein Dragon that survived the poisonous miasma and attacked him.

• Bi Bi resolved to destroy Lingering Light Academy and kill those who had humiliated her.
• Zhen Li returned from the northern lands battered, dragging a wounded nine-headed Ice Vein Dragon for Mu Rong to absorb as a Spirit Seed.
• Zhen Li warned Mu Rong that the northern lands were terrifying, then fled before he could explain what had happened.
• Mu Rong dragged the apparently dying Ice Vein Dragon toward the poisonous miasma, but it revived and lunged at him.
• Mu Rong slowed the dragon with his Gravity Domain and pierced it with his Ice Spear from the Void.

Mu Rong Chen absorbed the Nine-Headed Ice Dragon Serpent’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, gaining powerful new abilities and a major boost in strength. Meanwhile, Chrysanthemum Douluo offered Dugu Bo a place in Spirit Hall, then threatened to kill him after Dugu Bo refused.

• Mu Rong Chen absorbed the Nine-Headed Ice Dragon Serpent’s sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring and reached rank sixty-two, gaining the sixth Soul Skill, Mystic Ice Dragon Soar.
• Mu Rong Chen found a Left Arm Soul Bone in the beast’s corpse, absorbed it, and gained the Ice Dragon Fist skill and two more ranks.
• Dugu Bo sensed an unfamiliar presence in the woods behind Fengyun Academy and confronted Chrysanthemum Guan.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo invited Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall on behalf of the Pope.
• Dugu Bo refused to become Spirit Hall’s lackey, and Chrysanthemum Douluo threatened to wipe him out.

The Sealed Void Demon attacked Zhu Youbo, whose spirit skills and poison could not match the demon’s power. Zhu Youbo fled toward the sunset forest and its poisonous marsh, but the Sealed Void Demon wounded him and continued closing in.

• Zhu Youbo summoned his Emerald Serpent Martial Spirit and tried to retreat as the Sealed Void Demon attacked with golden chrysanthemum petals.
• Zhu Youbo used poison, illusions, and armor to resist, but the Sealed Void Demon’s attacks pierced his defenses and badly injured him.
• Zhu Youbo unleashed his Eighth Spirit Skill, Emerald Venom Explosion, to spread poisonous mist and race toward the sunset forest.
• The Sealed Void Demon activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Flowing Light Pursuit, overcame the mist, and struck Zhu Youbo from behind.
• Zhu Youbo crashed through the forest and struggled toward the poisonous marsh as the Sealed Void Demon pursued him.

Mu Rong Chen rescued Dugu Bo from Chrysanthemum Douluo and used the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Herb to draw Yue Guan into negotiations. He tried to recruit Yue Guan by offering access to the immortal herbs and exposing Spirit Hall’s failure to reward him, but Yue Guan remained wary of Spirit Hall’s power.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo battered Dugu Bo and prepared to kill him at the edge of the poisonous mist.
• Mu Rong Chen emerged from the mist, pulled Dugu Bo to safety, and revealed that the Fragrant Silk Beauty Immortal Herb protected him from poison.
• Mu Rong Chen offered Yue Guan access to the immortal herbs if he swore loyalty, but Yue Guan refused and demanded the herbs instead.
• Mu Rong Chen warned Yue Guan that reporting the hidden herbs to Spirit Hall would cost him any chance of obtaining them.
• Mu Rong Chen reminded Yue Guan that decades of service to Spirit Hall had brought him few cultivation resources, prompting Yue Guan to angrily defend Spirit Hall’s strength.