Chapter Summaries

Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua confronted Old Count Schultz, who had sealed the hall and revealed that he was a Level 62 Soul Emperor. The battle began with Liu Erlong and Xia Yang defending against his attacks, while Tang Yuehua dispelled his darkness and prepared to support them.

• Xia Yang asked Old Count Schultz about his son, and Schultz explained that he had expected the group to come after his son died pursuing a Spirit Bone.
• Old Count Schultz sealed the hall and revealed his six Spirit Rings, showing that he was a Level 62 Soul Emperor rather than the rumored Level 59 Soul King.
• Liu Erlong attacked Schultz with Hellfire, but his Shadow of Eclipse plunged the hall into darkness and caused her fire dragon to miss.
• Xia Yang protected Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua with his defensive skills while Old Count Schultz struck the barrier with Blazing Petal Rain, which failed to crack it.
• Tang Yuehua used Yuehua's First Bloom to dispel the darkness, and Liu Erlong activated her Fire Dragon Martial Soul Possession as Xia Yang warned them of Schultz's strength.

Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua fought the Old Earl in the castle hall, using coordinated attacks to overcome his Soul Emperor strength. The Old Earl died after his final poisoned counterattack wounded Xia Yang and Liu Erlong, and Xia Yang tried to save Liu Erlong with his poison-resistant blood.

• Liu Erlong trapped the Old Earl with flames, but he broke free with his fifth soul skill and blasted her into a wall.
• Tang Yuehua’s spiritual chain stunned the Old Earl, allowing Xia Yang and Liu Erlong to strike him together.
• The Old Earl used himself as bait, grabbed Xia Yang and Liu Erlong, and exploded his arms into poison needles that pierced them both.
• Liu Erlong set the Old Earl ablaze, while Xia Yang drained his Soul Power and life force until he died.
• Xia Yang caught the poisoned Liu Erlong, found himself unpoisoned, and cut his wrist to feed her his blood.

After defeating the Old Earl, Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua searched Count Schultz Manor for its hidden wealth. They discovered a secret passage behind a bookshelf and reached a chamber filled with maps, books, and chests.

• Liu Erlong awoke after the battle, and Xia Yang reassured her that they had won.
• Xia Yang found only a few coins and documents in the Old Earl’s Storage Soul Tool, so the three began searching the castle for more treasures.
• After searching most of the castle, Xia Yang spotted a mark suggesting a bookshelf in the study could be moved.
• Xia Yang pulled the bookshelf aside, revealing a secret passage, and the three followed it downward through the castle wall.
• Xia Yang entered a spacious chamber and found a shelf displaying maps, books, small chests, and other items.

Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong found the Earl's Mansion's treasure vault and discovered a map depicting a Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear, prompting Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua to plan for their next Soul Rings. As they left, Xia Yang fell under the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's influence and attacked the two women, who were unable to stop him before he seized them.

• Xia Yang and the others searched the Earl's Mansion's secret vault and collected its treasures, including a box of Gold Soul Coins.
• Tang Yuehua found a map to a small Soul Hunting Forest near the Border Mountains, and Liu Erlong noticed a Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear drawn on its back.
• Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua discussed preparing to hunt for Xia Yang's Fourth Soul Ring and Tang Yuehua's Third Soul Ring.
• Xia Yang was overcome by the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's influence as the group tried to leave the secret passage.
• Liu Erlong struck Xia Yang, but his armor barely cracked, and his Evil God's Protection began draining her strength.
• Tang Yuehua used two Soul Skills to weaken Xia Yang's red-eyed frenzy, but Xia Yang grabbed both women.

After the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger caused Xia Yang to lose control, he woke in the secret room and faced Liu Erlong's fury over what had happened. The three left the castle together, and while Xia Yang recovered and planned to hunt for Spirit Rings, news of Old Count Schultz's death began to spread.

• Xia Yang remembered killing the Old Earl and losing consciousness after the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's power surged within him.
• Liu Erlong attacked Xia Yang in anger, but stopped when he refused to use the dangerous Spirit Bone power and Tang Yuehua pleaded with her.
• Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong left the secret room and agreed to stay at the castle while Xia Yang recovered before hunting for Spirit Rings.
• Liu Erlong hired a Healing System Soul Master to treat Xia Yang, but their presence led to news of Old Count Schultz's death spreading.

Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua traveled to the Border Mountains to evade the Balak Kingdom's pursuit and hunt Spirit Beasts for their next Soul Rings. After using honey to lure out a Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear, they heard a beast roar from the valley as night fell.

• Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua left the castle and headed for the Border Mountains after learning the Balak Kingdom had sent people to capture them.
• The three traveled deeper into the mountains, following a map from the Earl's Mansion to a lush valley that was supposed to contain a Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear.
• Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua set out three vats of honey at the valley entrance, and Liu Erlong used her third soul skill to spread its scent through the valley.
• The three waited for hours as night fell, then heard a deafening roar from the depths of the valley.

Xia Yang and his companions lured a Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear out of a valley with heated honey so he could claim it as his Fourth Soul Ring. Their first clash revealed the eight-thousand-year-old beast’s overwhelming strength, leaving them to decide how to fight it.

• Liu Erlong heated the honey to spread its fragrance while Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua waited for the beast.
• When the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear hesitated at the valley entrance, Liu Erlong shattered a vat and spread honey across the ground.
• The eight-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear charged out, and Xia Yang attacked it with his Skeleton Bodyguard and Dark Demon Evil God Transformation.
• The bear’s Dark Gold Fear Claw shattered Xia Yang’s armor and sent him flying, while Xia Yang’s counterattack barely hurt it.
• Liu Erlong caught Xia Yang, and he warned that trying to wear the intelligent bear down might let it retreat into the valley.

Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua attacked the eight-thousand-year Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear after assigning their roles. They badly injured it, but it flew into a rage and charged at Xia Yang and Liu Erlong as they retreated.

• Xia Yang took the main defense, Liu Erlong prepared to attack, and Tang Yuehua stayed back to provide support.
• Tang Yuehua used her Ruyi Ring to enhance Xia Yang and Liu Erlong and briefly restrain the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear.
• Xia Yang and Liu Erlong struck the bear's knees together, knocking it to the ground.
• Xia Yang blew out the bear's right eye while Liu Erlong burned its face with black flames.
• The injured Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear activated Barbaric Rage, and Liu Erlong pulled Xia Yang back as the bear charged at them.

Xia Yang weakened the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear’s legs with repeated Heartbreak Palms and used Tang Yuehua’s mental restraint to set up a shockwave attack. Liu Erlong knocked the bear down and unleashed her strongest soul skills against it, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Xia Yang charged the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear and redirected his Dark Demon Evil God Transformation into his Skeleton Bodyguard armor.
• Xia Yang dodged the bear’s claws and struck its legs thirty-six times with Heartbreak Palm while Liu Erlong waited for an opening.
• At Xia Yang’s call, Tang Yuehua used the Ruyi Ring to briefly suppress the bear, and Xia Yang struck the ground with Rock Fist Shatter.
• The damaged bear lost strength in its legs and toppled as Liu Erlong attacked its right leg joint with Melting Armor Fist.
• Liu Erlong rushed to the fallen bear’s head and unleashed Blazing Raging, Tyrant Dragon Assault, and Hellfire.

Xia Yang defeated an eight-thousand-year Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear with Liu Erlong’s help and absorbed its Spirit Ring. He broke through to Level Forty-Six, then discovered that the bear had also granted him an External Soul Bone in his left palm.

• Liu Erlong weakened the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear with her black flames, and Xia Yang killed it with his Icefire Roar Bullet.
• Xia Yang recovered his Soul Power while Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua guarded him, then began absorbing the bear’s Spirit Ring.
• Tang Yuehua used Yuehua’s First Bloom to help Xia Yang control the Spirit Ring’s violent energy during absorption.
• Xia Yang absorbed the Spirit Ring and his Soul Power rose to Level Forty-Six, which he attributed to the accumulated power of his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Spirit Bone.
• A new surge of energy gathered in Xia Yang’s left palm, revealing an External Soul Bone from the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear.

Xia Yang successfully absorbed his fourth Soul Ring from the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear and gained an External Soul Bone, then demonstrated his new fourth soul skill. After finding no other Spirit Bones in the beast's corpse, he prepared to test the power of his Left Palm Bone.

• Xia Yang endured the painful shattering and reforging of his left-hand bones while Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua guarded him through the night.
• Xia Yang awoke with an External Soul Bone and revealed five dark golden claws growing from his left hand.
• Xia Yang demonstrated his fourth soul skill, Tear Heaven God Claw, whose golden blades shattered trees and a massive boulder at the valley entrance.
• Liu Erlong and Tang Yuehua reacted with amazement to the skill's power and learned that Xia Yang's Martial Soul had evolved a pair of arms.
• Xia Yang searched the Dark Gold Fear Claw Bear's corpse, found no second Spirit Bone, took its Bear Paws, and asked the women to stand back before testing his Left Palm Bone.

Xia Yang tested the Dark Gold Fear Claw soul bone skill, then brought Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong with him toward Vast Sea City to visit his parents. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao and Tang Hao questioned Bai He about taking Tang Yuehua away from the Clear Sky Sect, but Bai He defended Xia Yang as a worthy partner for her.

• Xia Yang tested his Dark Gold Fear Claw skill by plunging his arm through a rock wall, and Liu Erlong recognized it as a powerful close-combat attack.
• After a month of hunting, Tang Yuehua obtained her third soul ring and reached level 34.
• Liu Erlong tried to part ways with Xia Yang and Tang Yuehua, but Xia Yang persuaded her to come with them to Vast Sea City and dismissed her concerns about Yu Xiaogang.
• Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong packed their belongings and set out for Vast Sea City to visit Xia Yang's parents.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao scolded Bai He for taking Tang Yuehua away from the Clear Sky Sect, while Bai He defended Xia Yang and said he could be a good match for her.

Tang Zhen ordered the Clear Sky Sect to investigate Tang Yuehua’s whereabouts and keep watching Xia Yang, while warning that Spirit Hall’s growing power threatened the Three Upper Clans. After a month of travel, Xia Yang arrived in Vast Sea City with Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong and set out to find his parents.

• Tang Zhen told Tang Xiao and Bai He to find out whether Tang Yuehua was safe but not to bring her back immediately, and ordered them to observe Xia Yang.
• Tang Zhen warned that Spirit Hall had grown stronger through Whale Rubber and was encroaching on the Three Upper Clans, then told Tang Hao to focus on cultivation.
• Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong arrived in Vast Sea City after a month of travel, and Xia Yang recalled how his family had moved there after he discovered Whale Rubber and a Spirit Bone.
• Liu Erlong grew jealous when Xia Yang spoke of Bibi Dong, then became angry when he teased her about nearly completing a wedding.
• Xia Yang caught up with Liu Erlong and apologized, and he told her that his parents were staying at the Ice and Fire Hot Spring Hotel.

Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong arrived at the Ice and Fire Hot Spring Hall and discovered the Pirate Three Brothers were extorting its owner while watching for someone inside. As Liu Suolong prepared to attack the owner again, a man inside the hall ordered him to stop.

• Xia Yang and his companions reached the Ice and Fire Hot Spring Hall, where a crowd had gathered outside.
• Liu Erlong used her Soul King aura to open a path through the crowd, and Xia Yang learned that the Pirate Three Brothers had repeatedly harassed the hall.
• The Pirate Three Brothers demanded thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins from the owner, and Liu Suolong used his Third Soul Skill to knock him to his knees.
• Xia Yang suspected the pirates were targeting his parents and waited to confirm their intentions while the brothers discussed testing the injured Soul Emperors inside.
• Liu Suolong moved to attack the owner again, but a male voice called for him to stop as the hall gate slowly opened.

Xia Yang and his companions attacked the Pirate Three Brothers after Xia Shi emerged from the hot spring hall. Xia Yang killed Ma Shanzhi and blocked his final counterattack, while Xia Shi's battle with Wang Lufei continued.

• Xia Yang recognized Xia Shi and ordered Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong to attack the Pirate Three Brothers.
• Tang Yuehua immobilized Ma Shanzhi with a mental attack, allowing Xia Yang to strike him with Tear Heaven God Claw.
• Ma Shanzhi's explosive venomous tail tip hit Xia Yang's armor but failed to penetrate it, and Xia Yang concluded that ordinary Soul Kings posed little threat to him.
• Xia Shi fought Wang Lufei, who attacked with a barrage of giant sea snake techniques.
• Xia Shi activated Profound Ice Spike, spreading freezing cold across the street as onlookers retreated.

Xia Yang and his family defeated the Pirate Three Brothers, then Xia Shi explained how Spirit Hall had harassed him and Huo Yang after they fled Precious Sword City. The chapter ended with Xia Yang learning his mother had been injured at sea and suspecting Spirit Hall had sent the pirates.

• Xia Shi killed Wang Lufei with a barrage of ice cones, and Xia Yang, Xia Shi, and Liu Erlong killed the fleeing Liu Suolong, leaving all three Pirate Brothers dead.
• Xia Shi, Xia Yang, Liu Erlong, and Tang Yuehua returned to the Hot Spring Hall and discussed the attack.
• Xia Shi told Xia Yang that he and Huo Yang had left Spirit Hall years earlier after Xia Yang warned them that Qian Xunji might target them, and that Spirit Hall's recruited Soul Masters had repeatedly harassed them in Vast Sea City.
• Xia Yang introduced Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong as his girlfriends, and Xia Shi happily welcomed them.
• Xia Shi revealed that Huo Yang had been injured in a recent fight with pirates while escorting cargo at sea, and Xia Yang suspected Spirit Hall had sent them.

Xia Yang reunited with his parents in Vast Sea City, learned more about how the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall had made life difficult for them, and shared a warm family meal with Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong. Later, he privately gave Xia Shi and Huo Yang two Immortal Herbs, but they urged him to keep the treasures for himself.

• Huo Yang visited Xia Yang and met Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong, while Xia Yang asked his parents why they had not sought help from the City Lord of Vast Sea City.
• Xia Shi explained that the City Lord had been transferred away, and Huo Yang suspected the Heaven Dou Empire had helped intensify the pressure on their family.
• Xia Shi and Huo Yang welcomed Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong with a lavish seafood meal, and the three visitors later rested in the hot springs.
• After waking at night, Xia Yang privately presented Xia Shi with a Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Huo Yang with a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, explaining their benefits as Immortal Herbs.
• Xia Shi and Huo Yang hesitated to accept the Immortal Herbs and told Xia Yang he should keep them for himself.

Xia Yang struggled with whether to give Liu Erlong an Immortal Herb, then spent the night with her and presented her with the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower the next morning. Liu Erlong thanked him but began questioning what their relationship meant.

• Xia Yang explained that he had reserved two Immortal Herbs for his parents, and Huo Yang urged him to treat Liu Erlong fairly by giving her one too.
• Xia Yang left his parents' room intending to think carefully about his feelings for Liu Erlong, then found himself at her door and went inside.
• After hesitating, Xia Yang accepted Liu Erlong's invitation and spent the night with her.
• The next morning, Xia Yang gave Liu Erlong the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and explained how it could improve her Soul Power and Martial Soul.
• Liu Erlong thanked Xia Yang for the rare gift but began to question what their relationship meant.

Liu Erlong absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, raising her Soul Power and transforming her Fire Dragon Martial Soul into Extreme Fire. After she recovered, Xia Yang and his family discussed the next step for his parents, who had both reached level 70.

• Xia Yang kissed Liu Erlong and explained how to absorb the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and endure its burning pain.
• Liu Erlong absorbed the herb and raised her Soul Power from level 53 to level 56 as her Fire Dragon Martial Soul evolved into Extreme Fire.
• Xia Yang held back the flames as they burst through the room, while Xia Shi, Huo Yang, and Tang Yuehua gathered outside to watch Liu Erlong.
• Huo Yang told Xia Yang that she and Xia Shi had reached level 70 after taking their Immortal Herbs.
• Liu Erlong drew the flames back into her body, emerged safely, and embraced Xia Yang.
• Xia Yang raised the need to hunt Soul Rings for his parents, and Xia Shi teased him for worrying about their affairs.

Xia Yang asked his parents to take him to Sea God Island to find help with the dangerous Black Ball in his Sea of Consciousness, and Xia Shi eventually agreed to bring the whole family there. After preparing for a sea voyage and a soul beast hunt, they were ready to set out.

• Xia Shi refused Xia Yang's request to visit Sea God Island, warning that outsiders who took its trial risked death or crippling injury and could never leave the island.
• Xia Yang revealed his fifty-thousand-year Third Soul Ring and Left Leg Soul Bone, then explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had sacrificed itself to him and left a Black Ball in his Sea of Consciousness that had caused him to lose control.
• Xia Yang told his parents he hoped to find a Title Douluo-level Mental Type Soul Master on Sea God Island to deal with the Black Ball, and Xia Shi agreed to take him there after a soul beast hunt.
• Tang Yuehua and Liu Erlong agreed to accompany Xia Yang to Sea God Island despite the risk of being unable to leave.
• Xia Shi and Huo Yang spent half a month consolidating their cultivation while Xia Yang, Tang Yuehua, and Liu Erlong gathered supplies in Vast Sea City, and Xia Shi invited trusted old friends to help with the hunt.