Chapter Summaries

Xia Yang and his companions watched Yu Xiaogang and the others battle the Ten-thousand Year Yaojin Winged Dragon, then moved to capture the Golden Eyed Black Tiger alive. The Golden Eyed Black Tiger saw through Song Mei’s mist, but an unexpected obstacle interrupted its attempt to escape with its cubs.

• The Golden Holy Dragon broke the Ten-thousand Year Yaojin Winged Dragon’s shield and wounded its wings as it protected its young.
• The injured Yaojin Winged Dragon charged into close combat, briefly suppressing the Golden Holy Dragon while both beasts fought fiercely.
• Dai Chengshan and Yang Sheng rushed from hiding to stop the Golden Eyed Black Tiger, while Xia Yang stayed concealed and ordered them to capture it alive.
• Song Mei attacked the Golden Eyed Black Tiger with her fifth soul skill, and it answered with Adamantine Bone Armor and Dark Gold Roar Break.
• The Golden Eyed Black Tiger used Golden Eye Insight to see through Song Mei’s black mist, but encountered unexpected trouble as it tried to leave with its cubs.

Dai Chengshan and Yang Sheng defeated the Golden Eyed Black Tiger, and Song Mei healed it after Dai Chengshan severed its limbs. Xia Yang watched with pity as the battle between the Yaojin Winged Dragon and the Golden Iron Triangle neared its end.

• Song Mei’s black mist trapped the Golden Eyed Black Tiger’s cubs and kept their mother from escaping.
• Dai Chengshan blocked the tiger’s shockwave with his White Tiger skills, and Yang Sheng followed up with a chain of arrows that broke its armor and brought it down.
• Dai Chengshan severed the Golden Eyed Black Tiger’s four limbs, and Song Mei used Shimmering Azure Light to heal its wounds.
• Xia Yang watched the injured mother tiger and then turned his attention to the battle between the Yaojin Winged Dragon and the Golden Iron Triangle.
• Yu Xiaogang seized an opening as the exhausted Yaojin Winged Dragon staggered and used Divine Dragon Swinging Tail.

Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong defeated two Yaojin Winged Dragons, and Yu Xiaogang reunited with his former friend Xia Yang. Xia Yang forgave Yu Xiaogang for betraying his confidence but made clear they were no longer friends, while Yu Xiaogang revealed that he was getting married soon.

• Yu Xiaogang's Golden Holy Dragon killed one Yaojin Winged Dragon, and Liu Erlong knocked the surviving two-thousand-five-hundred-year dragon unconscious.
• Liu Erlong worried that Yu Xiaogang might not withstand absorbing the dragon's Soul Ring, but Flender reassured her that Yu Xiaogang was prepared.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Xia Yang nearby, and the two approached each other while Liu Erlong, Flender, and Dai Chengshan watched.
• Xia Yang told Yu Xiaogang that he had forgiven him for revealing the Whale Rubber secret but that they were no longer friends.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had learned Whale Rubber's effects through Spirit Hall personnel, then told Xia Yang he was getting married soon.

Yu Xiaogang invited Xia Yang to his wedding, and Xia Yang continued through the Star Dou Great Forest with Dai Chengshan’s group after accepting the invitation. Their journey ended with a startling encounter with Tang Yuehua and an elder who appeared at incredible speed.

• Yu Xiaogang gave Xia Yang a wedding invitation and introduced his fiancée Liu Erlong and his friend Flender before leaving with them.
• Dai Chengshan decided to take the Golden Eyed Black Tiger cubs to the White Tiger Sect’s hunting grounds, and the group set off with them and the injured adult tiger.
• Song Mei wondered aloud why Soul Masters had to kill Spirit Beasts to cultivate, and Xia Yang comforted her.
• Dai Chengshan sensed a faint sound, pulled Xia Yang behind him, and prepared for danger as an elder and a young woman appeared nearby.
• Xia Yang recognized the young woman as Tang Yuehua and told Dai Chengshan that the two newcomers were his friends.

Tang Yuehua reunited with Xia Yang in the Star Dou Great Forest after secretly leaving the Clear Sky Sect with her uncle Bai He. They settled in a cave for the night, where Xia Yang learned how she had tracked him down and asked whether the sect knew she was gone.

• Tang Yuehua rushed into Xia Yang's arms, while Bai He told Dai Chengshan and the White Tiger Mercenary Group to leave the Golden Eyed Black Tiger behind.
• Xia Yang trusted Tang Yuehua, paid Dai Chengshan, and sent the mercenaries away with the smaller Golden Eyed Black Tigers.
• Bai He explained that Tang Yuehua had secretly left the Clear Sky Sect to find Xia Yang and had asked him to bring her.
• Bai He led Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua to a nearby cave, where Tang Yuehua described how she had found Xia Yang through information in Golden Town.
• Xia Yang thanked Bai He and asked Tang Yuehua whether the Clear Sky Sect knew she had left; she said she had left them a letter.

Bai He urged Xia Yang to accept Tang Yuehua staying with him, arguing that Xia Yang’s strength and Yuehua’s growth made traveling together manageable. As they prepared to rest in their cave in the Star Dou Great Forest, a powerful roar shook the forest.

• Bai He challenged Xia Yang’s reluctance to let Tang Yuehua stay with him, and Yuehua declared that she wanted to be with Xia Yang.
• Bai He pointed out that Xia Yang could reach Soul Ancestor-level combat strength after absorbing the eight-thousand-year Golden Eyed Black Tiger, while Yuehua was nearly at level 20.
• Tang Yuehua told Xia Yang that Tang Hao had found her a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, boosting her Soul Power to Level 19.
• Bai He decided that Xia Yang’s achievements proved he was no wastrel and resolved to speak with Tang Xiao when they returned.
• As Xia Yang, Yuehua, and Bai He prepared to rest, a tremendous roar from the forest shook the cave.

Bai He tried to flee the Star Dou Great Forest with Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua after sensing an enraged Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, but they discovered four such beasts had surrounded them. The three raced left to escape, only to see the four enormous Spirit Beasts appear nearby.

• Bai He sensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast roaring in the distance and warned Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua that it might be moving toward them.
• As more roars and crashing trees drew closer, Bai He transformed into his Needle-tailed Swift Martial Soul Avatar, secured the Golden Eyed Black Tiger to his back, and carried Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua away.
• Bai He used his speed-enhancing soul skills to flee, but two more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast roars sounded ahead, and Xia Yang deduced that the beasts were surrounding them while searching for something else.
• Xia Yang suggested that Bai He fly left, and Bai He carried the group in that direction.
• Four enormous Spirit Beasts appeared nearby, and Xia Yang shouted for everyone to run as Bai He pushed his speed to the limit.

Bai He, Xia Yang, and Tang Yuehua fled through the Star Dou Great Forest as four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts relentlessly pursued them. Xia Yang severed the Golden Eyed Black Tiger from Bai He and struck it, triggering a startling transformation that left the creature with wings, four limbs, and a scorpion-like tail.

• Bai He carried Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua through the forest while four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts pursued them.
• Xia Yang identified the pursuers as two Soft Bone Charming Rabbits, a Titan Giant Ape, and a Sky Azure Bull Python, and confirmed they were following the group even after Bai He changed direction.
• Xia Yang questioned Bai He and Tang Yuehua about what might have attracted the beasts, but they said they had encountered nothing unusual.
• As the pursuers closed in and Bai He's Soul Power waned, Xia Yang cut the rope connecting him to the Golden Eyed Black Tiger and hit the tiger with his Soul Bone Skill.
• The Golden Eyed Black Tiger transformed, growing four limbs, a larger body, black wings, and a long scorpion-like tail.

Xia Yang, Bai He, and Tang Yuehua escaped the four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, only to discover that the Golden Eyed Black Tiger was actually a disguised fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. The tiger caught up with them while the four pursuers closed in, leaving the group trapped between the two threats.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger revealed its true form after Xia Yang threw it away, and Bai He carried Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua through the forest at full speed.
• Xia Yang explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had replaced his Golden Eyed Black Tiger and had likely used them to escape the four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts pursuing it.
• Xia Yang and Bai He could not work out when the tiger had been switched, and Bai He urged them to focus on escaping.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger rapidly closed the gap, while the four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts caught up behind it.
• Bai He reasoned that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger was chasing them because it had to flee the four beasts or use the group as a way to survive.

Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua fled as Bai He stayed behind to hold off the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Bai He wounded the beast but could not reach its vital points, and the tiger retaliated with its scorpion tail.

• As Bai He ran out of Soul Power, Xia Yang offered to stay behind, but Bai He threw Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua toward safety and remained to face the tiger.
• Xia Yang caught a vine to land safely, then carried Tang Yuehua toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang Yuehua used her Ruyi Ring Martial Soul to strengthen Xia Yang as they fled.
• Bai He unleashed all eight of his soul skills and briefly suppressed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with a net of light.
• The enraged Dark Demon Evil God Tiger formed a black net of light, suffered only superficial wounds, then lashed its scorpion tail at Bai He.

Bai He sacrificed himself to hold back the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger until four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts arrived to surround it. The beasts’ coordinated attacks weakened the tiger, but it broke free of their control and used its Black Hole skill to counterattack.

• Bai He wounded the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s right hind leg before its tail flung him away, and he lost consciousness after ensuring the four beasts caught up.
• The Titan Giant Ape used Gravity Control to trap the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but the tiger tried to escape despite its injured leg.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python struck the tiger with Sky Azure Extinction God Thunder, and the two Soft Bone Charming Rabbits used Charm to control it.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape attacked together, but the tiger dispelled Charm and hurled a Black Hole that swallowed both attacks.
• A Soft Bone Charming Rabbit sent a Clone protected by Invincible Golden Body into the Black Hole, and the two soul skills annihilated each other.

The four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts crippled the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which used a Spirit Beast Sacrifice and sent its power toward the fleeing Xia Yang. Meanwhile, Xia Yang stopped to let Tang Yuehua rest near the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• The Soft Bone Charming Rabbits coordinated their soul skills to break the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's spine, and the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape followed with a combined attack.
• The wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger began a Spirit Beast Sacrifice and its black-and-red pillar of light shot toward the direction Xia Yang had fled.
• The four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts decided not to pursue the sacrifice and returned to the depths of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bai He remained unconscious and unharmed at the battlefield while Xia Yang carried Tang Yuehua toward the forest's edge.
• Tang Yuehua persuaded Xia Yang to let her down for a rest, and he agreed just as her feet touched the ground.

Xia Yang was struck by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s sacrifice, which trapped him in a blood-red cocoon and flooded his Sea of Consciousness with black water. He absorbed the beast’s energy and reached level thirty-six, with the Spirit Bone still to come.

• A ring of hair around Xia Yang’s ankle turned blood red, revealing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s mark and causing him severe pain.
• A blood-red pillar of light engulfed Xia Yang and enclosed him in a cocoon while Tang Yuehua watched anxiously.
• In his Sea of Consciousness, Xia Yang saw black water spread and form a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger phantom, which soon shattered as the water receded.
• Xia Yang circulated the Hunyuan Technique and absorbed the sacrifice energy, breaking through to level thirty-one and entering the Soul Elder realm.
• After about an hour, Xia Yang’s Soul Power stabilized at level thirty-six, and he anticipated receiving the Spirit Bone next.

After absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Spirit Bone, Xia Yang discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved into a powerful external ribcage barrier. The chapter ended with him realizing that the ribcage was only one part of his Martial Soul’s incomplete form.

• Xia Yang endured three hours of pain as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Spirit Bone fused with his left leg.
• Tang Yuehua guarded Xia Yang until the blood-colored sphere vanished, and Xia Yang woke to announce that he had succeeded.
• Xia Yang released his Martial Soul and manifested six enormous purple ribs around himself and Tang Yuehua, joined by a black spine.
• Tang Yuehua recognized the Martial Soul’s new defensive ability, while Xia Yang explained that its full skeleton form had not yet appeared.

Xia Yang tested his transformed soul skills and the defensive, life-draining power of his fifty-thousand-year soul bone skill as he and Tang Yuehua left the Star Dou Great Forest. They reached its outskirts and slept inside his rib-shaped energy barrier, while an unexplained black phantom briefly appeared in Xia Yang’s Sea of Consciousness.

• Xia Yang activated his third, second, and first soul skills, demonstrating their enhanced forms to Tang Yuehua.
• Xia Yang used Evil God Bodyguard to withstand a falling tree and absorb its life force through his rib armor.
• Tang Yuehua decided they should leave the forest rather than search for Bai He, and Xia Yang agreed.
• Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua traveled out of the Star Dou Great Forest, while a black bead and a tiger-and-Xia Yang-shaped phantom appeared briefly in his Sea of Consciousness.
• With no settlement nearby, Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua camped at the forest’s edge and fell asleep inside his automatic Skeleton Bodyguard barrier.

Xia Yang fought off a pack of Swift Wind Demon Wolves while protecting Tang Yuehua, using his armor and modified Icefire Roar Bullet to wound the wolves. The smell of blood awakened a violent desire in him, and he began transforming with his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger soul skill.

• Xia Yang woke Tang Yuehua after the Wolf King tested his defensive barrier, then rose to face the surrounding Swift Wind Demon Wolves.
• Xia Yang charged the Wolf King and used his Icefire Roar Bullet through his Iron Claws while the wolves attacked with Wind Blades.
• Xia Yang’s Rib Cage Armor blocked the Wind Blades, and he spun to launch purple blades that severely wounded the Wolf King and several wolves.
• The smell of blood stirred a cruel urge in Xia Yang, and he roared as his eyes flashed red.
• Xia Yang activated Dark Demon Evil God Transformation, summoning the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s phantom, which merged into him as his body changed and an evil aura spread.

After absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Spirit Ring, Xia Yang succumbed to a murderous frenzy and slaughtered the Swift Wind Demon Wolves. Tang Yuehua used her soul skill to calm him, and the chapter ended with Xia Yang regaining his senses as rain drenched them in an embrace.

• Xia Yang killed the wounded Wolf King and then beheaded three more Swift Wind Demon Wolves.
• Xia Yang's roars broke the remaining wolves' will, and he chased them through the forest and killed all eight.
• Xia Yang returned to Tang Yuehua in a blood-soaked, crazed state and advanced on her without recognizing her.
• A lightning strike distracted Xia Yang, allowing Tang Yuehua to use Yuehua's First Bloom to soothe his mind.
• Xia Yang regained his clarity, recognized Tang Yuehua, and embraced her as the downpour began.

After Xia Yang lost control under the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s influence, he and Tang Yuehua spent the night cultivating together, and he recovered by morning. They left the forest for a nearby town, where Xia Yang explained the danger he faced and urged Tang Yuehua to strengthen her mental abilities so she could help him.

• Xia Yang succumbed to the killing intent in the rain, and his Soul Power and Tang Yuehua’s began to circulate together as they cultivated through the night.
• At dawn, Xia Yang regained his clarity, and he carried the injured Tang Yuehua toward the forest’s edge.
• Xia Yang told Tang Yuehua they would settle in a nearby town, notify the Clear Sky Sect about Senior Bai He, and attend Yu Xiaogang’s wedding.
• Xia Yang recounted how he had met Yu Xiaogang at Spirit Hall Academy, while leaving out details about Bibi Dong.
• Xia Yang blamed his loss of control on the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s influence and explained that Tang Yuehua’s Ruyi Ring could help him resist it.
• Tang Yuehua resolved to cultivate harder so she could support Xia Yang.

After Tang Yuehua recovered, Xia Yang stopped her from personally contacting the Clear Sky Sect outpost because he feared news of his soul bone would spread, and she reluctantly sent a letter instead. They left Golden Town for Heaven Dou City to attend Yu Xiaogang’s wedding, and Xia Yang asked Tang Yuehua what gift they should bring.

• A Healing System Soul Master healed Tang Yuehua, and she decided to inform the Clear Sky Sect about Bai He’s disappearance.
• Xia Yang blocked Tang Yuehua from visiting the outpost, admitting that he did not fully trust the Clear Sky Sect with news of his fifty-thousand-year soul bone.
• Tang Yuehua angrily slapped at Xia Yang and bit his shoulder, then calmed down and wrote a letter that avoided mentioning the soul bone.
• Xia Yang checked the letter before paying a hotel attendant to deliver it, then left Golden Town with Tang Yuehua.
• Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua traveled toward Heaven Dou City for Yu Xiaogang’s wedding, which was three months away, and Xia Yang asked her to suggest a wedding gift.

Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua traveled to Heaven Dou City, where he prepared a modest wedding gift for Yu Xiaogang and secretly gathered maps for his real goal: finding Immortal Herbs in Sunset Forest. He arrived in the city and identified Dugu Bo’s manor as a fallback lead to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tang Yuehua advised Xia Yang to give Yu Xiaogang finely tailored robes made from Swift Wind Demon Wolf pelts, and Xia Yang agreed.
• Xia Yang considered his plan to find Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew in Sunset Forest to strengthen his Mental Power against the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lingering influence.
• After a month on the road, Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua reached Heaven Dou City and walked the final stretch into the city.
• Xia Yang ordered several robes from a Tailor Shop and bought maps of Sunset Forest and Heaven Dou City while visiting the night market.
• Xia Yang found Dugu Manor marked on a city map and planned to use Dugu Bo’s movements as a fallback clue if he could not locate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.