Arc 1The Far North and the Poison Deal

Shen Hanyu returned to his family, then built an alliance with Dugu Bo by offering to treat the toxins afflicting him and Dugu Yan. After gaining a Wisdom Soul Ring from Tian Meng and strengthening his cultivation, Shen Hanyu reached Element City ready to reunite with Shen Liuyu and give her rare herbs.

  • Shen Hanyu returned to the Shen Family, reunited with Shen Junhe, Qin Yi, and Shen Liuyu, and helped his sister advance to Soul Master.
  • Shen Hanyu fought Wolf Bandits on the road home, took a Soul Bone for Shen Liuyu, and continued on foot after the coachman abandoned him.
  • Shen Hanyu negotiated with Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, exchanged medicinal herbs for Dugu Bo’s cooperation, and used the well’s herbs to gain immunity to ice, fire, and poison.
  • Dugu Bo and Shen Hanyu hunted a Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast, and Shen Hanyu absorbed its Soul Ring to reach Level fifty-two.
  • Shen Hanyu confronted Dugu Yan about her relationship with Yu Tianheng, then left Dugu Bo’s residence to return to the Far North.
  • Shen Hanyu killed an Ice Horned Rhinoceros and accepted Tian Meng as his first Wisdom Soul Ring, gaining Mental Power and rising to Level fifty-six.
  • Shen Hanyu avoided the Frost Snake Clan, passed through Hagen-Dazs City, and learned that Ye Lingling carried a rare head Soul Bone.
  • Shen Hanyu arrived in Element City and prepared two immortal herbs suited to Shen Liuyu’s Martial Soul.
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Ch. 1The Boy with the Spear

Shen Hanyu hunted a Mysterious Sea Glazed Beast in the Far North and absorbed it as his fourth Soul Ring before returning to Tianbing City to rest. As he reflected on his past, he recalled his transmigration, exceptional talent, and decision to leave home and cultivate on his own.

  • Shen Hanyu pinned a wounded Mysterious Sea Glazed Beast with the Cold Sky Spear, killed it, and absorbed its black Soul Ring.
  • After five hours of cultivation, Shen Hanyu crossed the Mixed Zone toward Tianbing City, complaining about his exhausting training and eating dried meat on the way.
  • Shen Hanyu entered Tianbing City and checked into an expensive hotel to recover from the cold and his long battle.
  • Shen Hanyu remembered his former life as a mercenary and how a missile blast had led to his transmigration into Love Continent as Shen Liuyu’s older brother.
  • Shen Hanyu recalled awakening a strange spear Martial Soul with Innate Full Soul Power, keeping his talent secret, and leaving home after reaching Soul Grandmaster to cultivate independently.

Ch. 2A Soul Bone from the Deep Sea Glazed Beast

After recovering from his exhausting battle, Shen Hanyu absorbed a Left Arm Bone from a Mysterious Sea Glazed Beast and raised his Soul Power to level forty-four. He left Tianbing City to return home, hoping to see his parents and his younger sister, Shen Liuyu.

  • Shen Hanyu woke after a day and night of sleep, ate several meals, and changed out of his dirty clothes.
  • Shen Hanyu absorbed the Mysterious Sea Glazed Beast's Left Arm Bone, which matched his fourth Soul Ring and raised him to level forty-four.
  • Shen Hanyu meditated with his Cold Sky Spear overnight and considered how quickly his cultivation might advance.
  • Shen Hanyu ate breakfast, paid for his lodging, and went to Tianbing City's carriage station to begin his journey home.
  • Shen Hanyu thought about his parents, Shen Junhe and Qin Yi, and his younger sister, Shen Liuyu, whose Martial Soul had likely awakened.

Ch. 3Returning to the Shen Family

Shen Hanyu traveled south from the Far North toward the Shen Family and learned that Spirit Hall had a new disciple. When Wolf Bandits ambushed his carriage, he sent the frightened coachman to hide and prepared to fight them with his Cold Sky Spear and four Soul Rings.

  • Shen Hanyu hired a luxurious carriage and traveled south toward the Shen Family near Element City.
  • The coachman told Shen Hanyu that Bishadong had displayed a red ninth Soul Ring and that Spirit Hall had recently announced a new disciple.
  • Shen Hanyu spotted twenty or thirty Wolf Bandits stealthily following the carriage through a mountain valley.
  • Shen Hanyu warned the coachman that the Wolf Bandits had targeted them, and the coachman stopped the carriage in terror.
  • Shen Hanyu told the coachman to hide inside and flee if necessary, then summoned his Cold Sky Spear and four Soul Rings as the surrounding plants froze.

Ch. 4Battle Against the Wolf Bandits

Shen Hanyu fought off a pack of Wolf Bandits, killed their leader, and recovered a rare Soul Bone. Afterward, he discovered that the coachman had abandoned him with a mocking note and a bag containing a few coins and rocks.

  • Shen Hanyu ambushed the Wolf Bandits and targeted their leader, but the leader used a subordinate to block his attack.
  • The Wolf Bandits swarmed Shen Hanyu, and the leader summoned Gale Magic Wolves while the battle left Shen Hanyu wounded and outnumbered.
  • Shen Hanyu unleashed his Soul Skills, crippled the leader with Shocking the Heavens, then killed it with his fourth Soul Skill.
  • The surviving Wolf Bandits fled, and Shen Hanyu found the Bloodthirsty Berserk Hurricane Right Leg Bone in the leader's remains.
  • Shen Hanyu packed the Soul Bone as a gift for his sister, then found the coachman's note and bag of coins and rocks where the carriage had been.
  • Shen Hanyu roared angrily as the coachman hummed away through the woods.

Ch. 5Going Home

Shen Hanyu returned to Four Seasons City after three years away and reunited with his worried parents at the Shen Family estate. As the family welcomed him home, his little sister tugged his sleeve and asked whether he had forgotten her.

  • Shen Hanyu walked the remaining road to Four Seasons City after his coachman left him behind, dealing with a few robbers along the way.
  • Shen Hanyu entered Four Seasons City and returned to the Shen Family estate, where Liu Liu recognized him and said his family had missed him.
  • Shen Junhe and Qin Yi spoke about Shen Hanyu before he entered the main hall and announced that he was home.
  • Qin Yi embraced Shen Hanyu in tears, and Shen Junhe welcomed him back.
  • Shen Hanyu chatted with his parents until his little sister tugged his sleeve and asked whether he had forgotten her.

Ch. 6Shen Hanyu, the Sister Complex

Shen Hanyu reunited with his family, learned about Shen Liuyu’s Martial Soul, and revealed that he had become a Soul Ancestor. His parents entrusted Liuyu’s future education to him, while Liuyu suggested their parents might be planning another child.

  • Shen Hanyu asked about Shen Liuyu’s Martial Soul and learned that her mutated Enamel Crocodile gave her Level Seven Innate Soul Power and that she had reached Level Nine.
  • Shen Hanyu offered his parents a Thousand-Year Snow Lotus, and they scolded him for entering the Far North alone to hunt Soul Rings.
  • Shen Hanyu revealed four Soul Rings and explained that physical strength and Mental Power determined how many years a Soul Ring a Soul Master could absorb.
  • Shen Hanyu withdrew his chilling Martial Soul, warmed Shen Liuyu, and agreed to take charge of her education at his parents’ request.
  • Shen Liuyu told Shen Hanyu that their parents seemed to be planning another child.

Ch. 7Leisurely Sister-Leading Life

Shen Hanyu used Whale Rubber to help Shen Liuyu break through to become a Soul Master, then prepared a medicinal bath to support her growth. He warned his parents against having either sibling absorb the Shen Family’s old five-thousand-year Soul Bone, revealing that he had other Soul Bones.

  • Shen Hanyu brought Shen Junhe, Qin Yi, and Shen Liuyu to the secret chamber, where Shen Junhe refined the Whale Rubber for Shen Liuyu.
  • Shen Liuyu endured the Whale Rubber’s unpleasant taste, then experienced a transformation and broke through to become a Soul Master.
  • Shen Hanyu carried the sleepy Shen Liuyu away and promised to take her to hunt for a soul ring the next day.
  • Shen Hanyu selected herbs from the family warehouse and gave his parents a medicinal bath recipe for Shen Liuyu to use every three days.
  • Shen Hanyu told Qin Yi and Shen Junhe that he possessed more than one Soul Bone, keeping them from considering the warehouse’s damaged five-thousand-year Soul Bone for their children.

Ch. 8Soul Hunt: The First Soul Ring

Shen Hanyu searched the Frozen Forest for a suitable first Soul Ring for Shen Liuyu and found three unfamiliar, violent humanoid Soul Beasts slaughtering Ice Crocodiles. He chose a roughly six-hundred-year-old beast as her target and attacked, leaving Shen Liuyu watching from hiding.

  • Shen Hanyu showed Shen Liuyu an Ice Snow Lion, but she rejected it and revealed she wanted a Snow Domain Demon Ape because her father’s first ring had come from one.
  • Shen Hanyu explained that Soul Skills depended on the Soul Beast and suggested looking for Ice Bears or crocodile Soul Beasts instead.
  • Shen Hanyu and Shen Liuyu spotted a group of Ice Crocodiles beside a river valley and three blood-eyed, white-furred humanoid Soul Beasts approaching them.
  • The three Unknown Soul Beasts slaughtered the Ice Crocodiles and began eating them while Shen Hanyu guessed they might be related to Titan Snow Demons.
  • Shen Hanyu told Shen Liuyu to hide, then leaped down with his Cold Sky Spear and four Soul Rings to attack the roughly six-hundred-year-old Soul Beast.

Ch. 9First Meeting with Shui Bing'er

Shen Hanyu and his family traveled to Element City so Shen Liuyu could enroll at Skywater Academy, while Shen Hanyu explored the city and met Shui Bing'er. After learning that she was only five years old, he bought a comb and hurriedly carried her into an alley.

  • Shen Junhe and Qin Yi agreed to send Shen Liuyu to Skywater Academy after she reached Soul Power level thirteen.
  • Qin Yi took Shen Hanyu and Shen Liuyu by carriage from Four Seasons City to Element City, where she sought a meeting with Skywater Academy's headmaster about enrollment.
  • Shen Hanyu wandered through Element City and browsed stalls, carrying more than a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
  • Shen Hanyu and Shui Bing'er reached for the same Green Horn Bull horn comb and awkwardly negotiated over who would buy it.
  • Shui Bing'er introduced herself as a Skywater Academy student and revealed she was five years old.
  • Shen Hanyu bought the comb, scooped Shui Bing'er up, and rushed with her into a nearby alley.

Ch. 10Two Years Later

Two years after settling in Heaven Dou City, Shen Hanyu reached level forty-nine and traveled to Sunset Forest to find a Soul Beast for his Soul King breakthrough. He killed a ten-thousand-year Cave Spider and found a skull Soul Bone, leaving him to decide what to do with it.

  • Shen Hanyu spent two comfortable years cultivating in a manor and waited to visit Dugu Bo until he reached Soul King.
  • Shen Hanyu entered Sunset Forest, where a Cave Spider ambushed him near a stream.
  • Shen Hanyu wounded the Cave Spider with the Cold Sky Spear and killed it using his Ice Flame soul skill.
  • Shen Hanyu found a ten-thousand-year skull Soul Bone in the Cave Spider and decided to keep it rather than absorb or give it away for free.

Ch. 11First Meeting with Dugu Bo

Shen Hanyu met Dugu Bo at his secluded residence and offered to suppress or cure the poison affecting him and Dugu Yan. After Shen Hanyu accurately described Dugu Bo’s symptoms and endured his strength, Dugu Bo was left shocked and demanded to know how Shen Hanyu knew.

  • Shen Hanyu reached Dugu Bo’s residence and called for him through the poisonous miasma.
  • Dugu Bo appeared and threatened Shen Hanyu, but eased his hostility after Shen Hanyu explained he had come to make a deal.
  • Shen Hanyu resisted Dugu Bo’s pressure with his Cold Sky Spear and Soul Rings, and Dugu Bo let him enter the poisonous miasma.
  • At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Shen Hanyu offered to suppress or cure the poison affecting Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan.
  • Dugu Bo seized Shen Hanyu, but Shen Hanyu described his recurring pain symptoms accurately, shocking Dugu Bo.
  • Dugu Bo released Shen Hanyu’s arm after realizing his grip had not injured him, then asked how he knew about the symptoms.

Ch. 12A Deal with Dugu Bo

Shen Hanyu negotiated with Dugu Bo, promising to help him and his granddaughter treat their poison in exchange for safety and medicinal herbs. He presented three possible remedies, ending with a plan to condense the toxins into a Poison Pearl using a powerful herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Dugu Bo grew interested in befriending him.

  • Shen Hanyu asked Dugu Bo to swear on his Martial Soul not to harm him and to provide medicinal herbs in return for help treating the toxins.
  • Dugu Bo learned Shen Hanyu was thirteen and, impressed by his talent, swore not to harm him.
  • Shen Hanyu explained that consuming the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass could remove the poison but might weaken the Dugu family's Martial Souls.
  • Shen Hanyu proposed using a Soul Bone to contain the toxins and his detoxifying blood to help Dugu Bo and his granddaughter.
  • Shen Hanyu suggested condensing Dugu Bo's toxins into a Poison Pearl after amplifying them with a medicinal herb from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Dugu Bo praised Shen Hanyu's talent and knowledge, and laughed when Shen Hanyu described him as better-natured than his reputation suggested.

Ch. 13Distributing the Immortal Herbs

Shen Hanyu explained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs to Dugu Bo and gave him several herbs suited to him and his granddaughter. They parted as friends, with Shen Hanyu promising to look after Dugu Yan and her descendants, while Dugu Bo regretted that she already loved someone else.

  • Dugu Bo asked Shen Hanyu about the pool and its rare herbs, and Shen Hanyu called them immortal herbs capable of helping create Titled Douluo.
  • Shen Hanyu gave Dugu Bo a Water Immortal Jade Bone for Dugu Yan and explained its benefits.
  • Shen Hanyu gave Dugu Bo Dragon Blood Grass for Dugu Yan, plus the Aromatic Silk Beauty, Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, and Blood Swan Kiss for his own cultivation and poison.
  • Dugu Bo thanked Shen Hanyu, and Shen Hanyu promised to look after Dugu Yan and her descendants in the future.
  • Dugu Bo lamented that Dugu Yan already loved someone, and Shen Hanyu reflected that she was with Yu Tianheng.

Ch. 14Ice Fire Refined Golden Body, Fifth Soul Ring

Shen Hanyu consumed two rare herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and emerged with a vastly strengthened, poison-immune body. He and Dugu Bo then searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast, but found a strange marsh crowded with crocodile Soul Beasts.

  • Shen Hanyu swallowed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, then endured a day and night submerged in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well while Dugu Bo stood guard.
  • Shen Hanyu emerged with greatly enhanced physical strength, Ice and Fire Immunity, and a poison-immune constitution, prompting Dugu Bo to marvel at his body.
  • Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo discussed the Clear Sky Sect and Shen Hanyu’s hidden killing intent before heading into the Star Dou Great Forest two and a half days later.
  • Shen Hanyu questioned whether the unusually quiet marsh could be home to the Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast, and Dugu Bo explained that the area had changed since he last visited.
  • Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo reached a river where swarms of Swamp Crocodiles and Spined Earth Crocodiles stared at one spot on the water amid a grim killing aura.

Ch. 15War Between Soul Beasts

Shen Hanyu and Dugu Bo witnessed a bloody battle between two crocodile Soul Beast packs before the Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast appeared. Dugu Bo weakened the beast for Shen Hanyu, who killed it and began absorbing its Black Soul Ring.

  • Dugu Bo explained that the Swamp Crocodiles and Spined Earth Crocodiles were fighting over shrinking waters, while the Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast likely remained nearby.
  • The Spined Earth Crocodiles devastated the Swamp Crocodiles and prepared to finish off their king.
  • The Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast emerged, and Dugu Bo identified it as a fifty-three-thousand-year Soul Beast.
  • Dugu Bo attacked the Purple Gold Profound Ice Beast, immobilized it with his Eighth Soul Skill, and pierced it with his Sixth Soul Skill.
  • Shen Hanyu killed the weakened beast with his Cold Sky Spear and began absorbing its Black Soul Ring.

Ch. 16Soul King

After absorbing a fifty-thousand-year Soul Beast, Shen Hanyu reached Level fifty-two and received a storage Soul Tool from Dugu Bo. Dugu Bo then asked him to get close to Dugu Yan, while Shen Hanyu insisted he had no romantic interest in her and mentioned his child bride back home.

  • Shen Hanyu awoke with his Soul Power at Level fifty-two after absorbing the Soul Beast, and Dugu Bo praised his powerful constitution.
  • Shen Hanyu declared that he would raise his family into one of the continent’s top clans, while Dugu Bo doubted his boasts.
  • Dugu Bo gave Shen Hanyu a Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch that could store living creatures, and Shen Hanyu promised to repay his kindness.
  • Dugu Bo told Shen Hanyu about a forty-thousand-year King Kong Wolf King Right Arm Bone going up for auction, but Shen Hanyu said he would not choose a Soul Bone casually.
  • Dugu Bo asked Shen Hanyu to get close to Dugu Yan, and Shen Hanyu said she was not his type and that he already liked his child bride.

Ch. 17A Conversation with Dugu Bo

Dugu Bo asked Shen Hanyu to become a protective elder brother figure for Dugu Yan, and Shen Hanyu agreed. Dugu Bo then brought Dugu Yan back from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, made her promise to protect herself and focus on cultivation, and prepared to introduce Shen Hanyu as her new elder brother.

  • Dugu Bo worried that Dugu Yan’s relationship with Yu Tianheng might leave her emotionally vulnerable and asked Shen Hanyu to become her elder brother or uncle; Shen Hanyu agreed after teasing him.
  • Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan back from Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where she insisted she would not break up with Yu Tianheng.
  • Dugu Bo gently urged Dugu Yan to protect herself and prioritize cultivation, and she reluctantly agreed.
  • Dugu Bo told Dugu Yan that he had met a brilliant boy close to her age and wanted her to acknowledge him as an elder brother.

Ch. 18Dugu Yan

Shen Hanyu confronted Dugu Yan about her devotion to Yu Tianheng, demonstrated his strength as a thirteen-year-old Soul King, and offered to protect her after Dugu Bo’s death. Dugu Yan broke down crying in Dugu Bo’s arms while Shen Hanyu watched.

  • Dugu Yan defended Yu Tianheng and challenged Shen Hanyu, who had arrived with Dugu Bo.
  • Shen Hanyu summoned five Soul Rings and held his spear to Dugu Yan’s neck, revealing that he was a thirteen-year-old Soul King.
  • Shen Hanyu criticized Dugu Yan’s judgment and warned her about the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, then offered to protect her after Dugu Bo’s death.
  • Shen Hanyu demanded that Dugu Yan reflect on her behavior and write him a self-criticism before deciding whether to accept his support.
  • Dugu Yan began crying, and Dugu Bo comforted her while Shen Hanyu watched.

Ch. 19Returning to the Far North

After Dugu Yan began absorbing the Water Immortal Jade Bone, Shen Hanyu told Dugu Bo he was leaving Heaven Dou City to return to the Far North. Five days later, he reached the snowy coast and set out to find the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, though he planned to continue through the Frozen Forest toward Element City.

  • Dugu Yan absorbed the Water Immortal Jade Bone while Dugu Bo watched over her.
  • Shen Hanyu criticized Dugu Bo for spoiling Dugu Yan and warned him that she could offend others if she remained arrogant.
  • Shen Hanyu told Dugu Bo he was returning to the Far North to consolidate his cultivation and handle other matters.
  • Five days later, Shen Hanyu arrived on the stormy coast of the Far North and searched for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, hoping to claim its Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
  • Shen Hanyu planned to travel through the Frozen Forest toward Element City whether or not he found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Ch. 20Good Fortune Arrives

Shen Hanyu encountered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fleeing an Ice Horned Rhinoceros and killed the rhinoceros with the silkworm’s help. The chapter ended with Shen Hanyu and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm staring awkwardly at each other.

  • Shen Hanyu set up camp for the night and stayed alert to the Far North’s dangers.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fled from a thirty-thousand-year Ice Horned Rhinoceros while calling for help.
  • Shen Hanyu ambushed the Ice Horned Rhinoceros with his Cold Sky Spear, but its body repelled the blow.
  • The Ice Horned Rhinoceros locked onto Shen Hanyu and charged, but an unknown voice told him to attack as the beast suddenly froze.
  • Shen Hanyu repeatedly stabbed the Ice Horned Rhinoceros in the brain until it died and a black Soul Ring appeared.
  • Shen Hanyu turned and found Sky Dream Ice Silkworm watching him, and they stared at each other awkwardly.

Ch. 21Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Surprise

Shen Hanyu accepted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as a future Soul Ring and let it enter his sea of consciousness, where its power boosted him to Soul Power level fifty-three. After claiming the Ice Horned Rhinoceros’s Leg Bone, he left before the immense Mental Power disturbance attracted danger.

  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm introduced itself as a nearly million-year-old Soul Beast and offered to help Shen Hanyu become a god in exchange for lifelong service, but Shen Hanyu walked away.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm called Shen Hanyu back and asked to become his first Wisdom Soul Ring, and Shen Hanyu agreed to let it reside in his sea of consciousness until he reached Soul Sage.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm entered Shen Hanyu’s sea of consciousness, and its vast Mental Power swept across a hundred-mile radius, alarming Powerful Soul Beasts nearby.
  • Shen Hanyu told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to seal most of its power and channel the overflow into him, raising his Soul Power to level fifty-three.
  • Tian Meng reminded Shen Hanyu about the Ice Horned Rhinoceros’s right leg, and Shen Hanyu retrieved its intact Leg Bone before leaving the area.

Ch. 22Chapter 22

After ten days of deep meditation, Shen Hanyu recovered from the energy Tian Meng had accidentally released and gained greatly in Soul Power and Mental Power. With Tian Meng helping him sense the dangers around them, Shen Hanyu abandoned his plan to cross deeper into the Far North and headed toward the Hagen Dazs Kingdom instead.

  • Shen Hanyu awoke after ten days of meditation, having recovered from his injuries and reached Soul Power level fifty-six, with Mental Power rivaling an ordinary Titled Douluo.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm revealed that it had hidden them from powerful Soul Beasts that approached while Shen Hanyu meditated.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that Ice Empress had hunted it for tens of thousands of years, and admitted that it had fallen in love with her.
  • Shen Hanyu told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that Ice Empress and Snow Empress likely had little time left, then identified a powerful human it had sensed at sea as Sea God Douluo Bo Saixi.
  • Sky Dream Ice Silkworm warned Shen Hanyu about the nearby Frost Snake Clan and its two-hundred-thousand-year-old leader, the Frost Snake Demon.
  • Shen Hanyu chose to avoid the deeper Far North, packed his tent, and set off through the wind and snow toward the Hagen Dazs Kingdom.

Ch. 23Hagen Dazs Kingdom

Shen Hanyu traveled into Hagen-Dazs City with Tian Meng, who created a Mental Power clone to explore the human world. The pair noticed a mysterious black-dressed girl whose aura resembled that of a Soul Douluo in the city’s Great Soul Arena.

  • Tian Meng created a small Mental Power clone, allowing him to speak with Shen Hanyu and observe the city.
  • Shen Hanyu discussed their different lifespans and his goals of finding kindred beauties, cultivating, pursuing godhood, and surviving.
  • Shen Hanyu left his carriage and explored Hagen-Dazs City with Tian Meng concealed on his shoulder.
  • Tian Meng sensed a Soul Douluo with dense life energy inside the Hagen Dazs Great Soul Arena.
  • A black-dressed girl appeared nearby, and Tian Meng sensed that she shared a strange, blood-related aura with the Soul Douluo.

Ch. 24First Meeting with Ye Lingling

Shen Hanyu recognized Ye Lingling as a member of the cursed Nine Heart Begonia clan after Tian Meng sensed unusual life energy in her and her grandfather. After briefly crossing paths with Ye Lingling in Hagen-Dazs City, Shen Hanyu left by carriage for Element City.

  • Tian Meng told Shen Hanyu that he had sensed unusual life energy in a woman and a Soul Douluo, and explained that the energy limited their clan to two Martial Soul holders per generation.
  • Shen Hanyu identified the woman as Ye Lingling and her grandfather as Ye Renxin, bearers of the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul and its curse.
  • Ye Lingling sensed a faint Mental Power fluctuation as she passed Shen Hanyu, then continued toward the Great Soul Arena.
  • Tian Meng said Ye Lingling possessed a thirty- to fifty-thousand-year-old head bone, and Shen Hanyu departed Hagen-Dazs City by carriage for Element City.

Ch. 25Returning to Element City

Shen Hanyu returned to Element City and prepared to visit his sister Shen Liuyu at Skywater Academy after two years apart. He brought two immortal herbs suited to her Martial Soul and wondered whether she had reached level eighteen.

  • Shen Hanyu arrived at Element City with Tian Meng, who sensed several powerful Soul Masters nearby.
  • Shen Hanyu explained that his sister Shen Liuyu attended Skywater Academy and planned to give her immortal herbs while sending two other herbs home to their parents.
  • Tian Meng described the dwindling Ice Dragon clan in the Far North and proposed hunting one for Shen Hanyu's sixth Soul Ring after he reached Soul Emperor.
  • Shen Hanyu returned to his old hotel room and reflected on the Snow Lotus he had sent Shen Liuyu and the two years he had spent away.
  • Shen Hanyu prepared a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and an Earth Dragon Golden Melon for Shen Liuyu, whose Enamel Crocodile Martial Soul suited both herbs.
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