Chapter Summaries

Jingtian awakened as an unhatched Blue-Ringed Octopus in the Douluo Continent and used his innate poison to kill a much larger predator. After hatching, he found the corpse that could help him grow and realized he had entered the world just after Tang San ascended to godhood, with knowledge of the soul beasts’ future plight.

• Jingtian awakened inside an egg and realized he had reincarnated as a Blue-Ringed Octopus soul beast.
• Jingtian sensed a predator approaching and gathered the strange toxic energy within his body.
• When the predator pierced the egg, Jingtian sprayed poison through the breach and killed it.
• Jingtian absorbed energy to repair the egg and accelerate his growth until he hatched.
• Jingtian discovered the predator’s corpse and recognized it as food that could help him survive.
• Jingtian recalled Tang San’s ascension and resolved to act against the future he knew awaited soul beasts.

Jingtian devoured a century-old Spiny-Armored Crayfish Beast, rapidly developing his Soul Power and Poison Source before finding a concealed nest in the Western Silent Sea Abyss. He settled in a cave with an ancient poisonous aura, preparing to grow while keeping the coming fate of soul beasts in mind.

• Jingtian used his poison to open the predator's shell and devoured its life essence, Soul Power, and residual poison.
• Jingtian grew to nearly the size of a washbasin and gained several decades of cultivation, stronger poison, and newly formed Soul Power.
• Jingtian recalled the location of his mother's former nest and swam through the Western Silent Sea Abyss toward it.
• Jingtian found a hidden cave with an ancient, poisonous energy fluctuation and sensed that it resonated with his Poison Source and Origin Spirit Energy.
• Jingtian marked the cave entrances with warning poison and concealed the strange crack before settling in the nest to absorb its energy.

Jingtian strengthened his cultivation, fortified his cavern nest with venom traps, and captured a hagfish to learn about nearby predators and a mysterious divine-sense sweep. He planned his first hunt for a Hundred-Year Soul Beast while preparing to conceal himself from Tang San’s scans.

• Jingtian absorbed the remaining energy from the Spiny-Armored Crayfish Beast, bringing his Soul Power close to eighty years and greatly strengthening his Poison Source.
• Jingtian placed a filtering membrane over the mysterious fissure and mapped the cavern’s passages, entrances, and chambers.
• Jingtian turned his cavern into a defensive nest with venom traps, warning webs, and layered barriers, and hunted small Soul Beasts to replenish his energy.
• Jingtian lured and captured a Blind Eel Beast, then used venom to extract fragmented information about nearby Hundred-Year Soul Beasts and periodic scans by a powerful consciousness.
• Jingtian learned that an Iron-Armored Giant Crab lived northwest and a Poison Fire Jellyfish lived southeast, then began planning a hunt while resolving to hide his unusual growth from Tang San.

Jingtian discovered that the Black Stone Forest was ruled by a thousand-year Silver-Veined Thunder Eel, not the Iron-Armored Giant Crab he had expected. He began a plan to bait the neighboring Red-Veined Iron-Claw Shrimp colony into fighting the eel, leaving both sides vulnerable to him.

• Jingtian found the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel in the Black Stone Forest and realized the Hagfish's memories about the area were unreliable.
• Jingtian searched nearby waters and found a large Red-Veined Iron-Claw Shrimp colony living near the Thunder Eel's territory.
• Jingtian waited for an isolated shrimp, then paralyzed an eighty-year Red-Veined Iron-Claw Shrimp and dragged it near the eel's cave.
• Jingtian wounded the shrimp to resemble lightning damage and left traces of its aura leading toward the cave before hiding nearby.
• The injured shrimp began struggling as the colony searched toward it, while the Thunder Eel's aura stirred in the stone forest.

Jingtian’s plan to provoke a fight between the Iron Pincer Shrimp search party and the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel failed when the eel nearly wiped out the shrimp with one lightning strike. He abandoned risky schemes and steadily hunted weaker soul beasts, surpassing the hundred-year cultivation threshold and resolving to grow stronger before facing the eel.

• Jingtian lured an Iron Pincer Shrimp to the Black Stone Forest and waited for its search party and the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel to meet.
• The Silver-Veined Thunder Eel blasted the bait and nearly killed the entire shrimp search party with a single wide-area lightning strike.
• Jingtian recognized that he was too weak to approach the eel and rejected the dangerous plan to absorb the crack’s ancient energy.
• Jingtian revised his strategy, choosing safer prey and planning careful scouting, ambushes, and defenses around his nest.
• Jingtian hunted several hundred-year soul beasts, including a Thick-Armored Blind Weasel, a Stone-Hammer Clam, and an Arrow-Spine Pufferfish, and naturally broke through to the hundred-year level.
• Jingtian continued accumulating strength while staying clear of the Black Stone Forest, determined to confront the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel only when he was ready.

Jingtian used camouflage and venom to hunt soul beasts safely, steadily advancing toward two hundred years of cultivation. While scouting a new Reef Zone, he discovered a Blue Crystal Starfish cultivating with a mysterious pearl and remained hidden as he weighed an attack.

• Jingtian disguised himself as a reef and killed a Rot-Bone Pufferfish with a precise venom strike, then took its richest parts back to his nest.
• Jingtian continued hunting soul beasts with ambushes, expanded his hunting range, and developed new ways to use his venom as his Soul Power approached two hundred years.
• After digesting an Iron-Headed Lantern Fish, Jingtian explored a new Reef Zone and sensed an unusual concentration of energy inside a concealed cave.
• Jingtian found a Blue Crystal Starfish cultivating with a glowing pearl and, despite recognizing the risks of attacking a stronger foe, stayed hidden and prepared his venom.

Jingtian killed a 230-year Blue Crystal Starfish, took its Water-Condensing Pearl, and used the gains to break through to 200 years of cultivation. Over the following years he expanded his hunting territory and reached 300 years, but a patrol by three allied soul beasts forced him to consider whether to retreat or challenge the local powers.

• Jingtian ambushed the Blue Crystal Starfish during a pause in its cultivation, poisoned it, and killed it despite its psychic attacks.
• Jingtian devoured the starfish’s life essence and Soul Power, claimed the Water-Condensing Pearl, and returned safely to his nest.
• Jingtian used the pearl and Rift Aura to improve his cultivation, broke through the 200-year level, and gradually refined his hunting methods.
• Over several years, Jingtian expanded his hunting ground and advanced past 300 years of cultivation, drawing the attention of nearby soul beasts.
• A Red-Armored Spike Turtle led a Variegated Arrow-Poison Jellyfish and a Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish on a patrol through Jingtian’s territory.
• Jingtian avoided confronting the stronger allied group and returned to his nest, planning to learn their weaknesses and strengthen his defenses.

Jingtian studied the alliance of the Red-Armored Spike Turtle, Variegated Arrow-Poison Jellyfish, and Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish, then lured the isolated Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish into a trap and killed it. He returned to his nest to digest the corpse and waited to see how the remaining beasts would react.

• Jingtian assessed the three beasts’ strengths and decided to avoid a direct fight, instead seeking a way to divide them and attack separately.
• Jingtian secretly tracked the alliance and learned that the Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish often hunted alone and resented the Red-Armored Spike Turtle.
• Jingtian prepared an ambush with treated Silver-Light Phosphorus Shrimp and concealed venom traps in a reef-filled hunting ground.
• The Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish followed the bait into the traps, where Jingtian struck its eyes and gills with venom and killed it.
• Jingtian carried the corpse back to his nest and began digesting it, gaining Soul Power and the beginnings of Penetration and Armor-Piercing properties in his venom.

Jingtian finished absorbing the Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish’s energy and used fabricated clues to make the Variegated Jellyfish suspect the Red-Armored Spike Turtle. Their alliance began to fracture, and Jingtian prepared to deepen the suspicion during the jellyfish’s next Moonlight Water absorption.

• Jingtian digested the Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish’s energy, raising his cultivation to around three hundred and fifty years and strengthening his venom.
• The Red-Armored Spike Turtle and Variegated Jellyfish searched for the missing fish, then began guarding together while mistrusting one another.
• Jingtian staged a false crime scene with claw marks, simulated earth-type Soul Power, venom, and a scale from the Steel-Beak Iron-Bone Fish.
• The Variegated Jellyfish found the evidence and returned to its habitat, suspecting the Red-Armored Spike Turtle had attacked the fish.
• The Red-Armored Spike Turtle and Variegated Jellyfish exchanged tense Soul Power signals and began keeping their distance from each other.
• Jingtian planned to make the jellyfish believe the turtle would attack it during its next Moonlight Water absorption.

Jingtian staged an attack to make the Variegated Jellyfish believe the Red-Armored Spike Turtle had tried to ambush it, provoking the two overlords into a battle. As they weakened each other, Jingtian waited nearby for the chance to finish off the survivor.

• Jingtian launched a venom-treated coral stone at a kelp stalk, making its break and the falling debris resemble an attack by the Red-Armored Spike Turtle.
• The Variegated Jellyfish blamed Red-Armor for the apparent ambush and struck it with a mental assault; Red-Armor answered aggressively, and the two began fighting.
• The Variegated Jellyfish attacked with venom and mental blasts while the Red-Armored Spike Turtle charged through its defenses and tried to crush it.
• Jingtian retreated to a safe distance and watched as the battle spread from the kelp forest into the reef zone.
• Both soul beasts suffered injuries and expended large amounts of Soul Power, while Jingtian prepared his venom and waited for an opening.

Jingtian ambushed and killed the wounded Red-Armored Spike Turtle, then devoured its remains and the Variegated Jellyfish’s energy. After a dangerous transformation, he surpassed 500 years of cultivation and prepared to claim the newly vacant sea region.

• Jingtian struck the Red-Armored Spike Turtle in its intact eye with concentrated, armor-piercing poison.
• The mortally wounded Red-Armored Spike Turtle went on a destructive rampage, crushed the Variegated Jellyfish, and died.
• Jingtian confirmed both Soul Beasts were dead, then devoured the turtle’s energy core and the jellyfish’s remaining core and toxic tissues.
• Jingtian returned to his nest and used the Water-Condensing Pearl and Rift Aura to stabilize the conflicting energies as he transformed.
• Jingtian awakened with cultivation beyond 500 years, stronger senses and body, and venom with new earth-attribute and mental effects.
• Jingtian decided to stabilize his gains, redefine his territory, and establish boundaries as new Soul Beasts might move into the vacant region.

After the Red-Armored Spike Turtle Alliance fell, Jingtian hunted seven rival soul beasts to prevent new threats from challenging his territory. He rose to 630 years of cultivation and became the sole overlord of the surrounding waters, then returned to his nest to plan his next steps.

• Jingtian surveyed the former territory of the Red-Armored Spike Turtle Alliance and identified seven potential rivals, studying their habits and weaknesses before choosing his hunting order.
• Jingtian killed the Phantom Electric Ray, Poison-Sac Anglerfish, and Giant Pincer Rock Crab through ambushes and traps, increasing his cultivation to about 575 years.
• After the remaining targets became wary, Jingtian used poisonous mist to destroy a group of five Iron-Spined Arrow Fish, then poisoned the Soul-Devouring Sea Anemone inside its cave.
• Jingtian fought and killed the Grouper Demon Octopus, completing the purge and reaching 630 years of cultivation.
• Jingtian claimed the waters with his Soul Power and poisonous aura, then returned to his nest to consider consolidating his rule and exploring farther waters.

Jingtian hunted the soul beasts in his territory until its resources were depleted and the ecosystem deteriorated, slowing his growth and attracting powerful outsiders. After a final hunt, he took the Water-Condensing Pearl and headed north to seek richer hunting grounds.

• Jingtian systematically hunted and devoured soul beasts with more than fifty years of Soul Power, developing new poisons and driving away most substantial prey in his territory.
• Jingtian's cultivation growth slowed as high-quality prey vanished, while proliferating low-level creatures damaged the seabed and destabilized the region.
• Jingtian sensed powerful outsiders probing his territory and decided to migrate rather than remain in an exhausted, vulnerable hunting ground.
• Jingtian scouted the surrounding seas and chose the north, where prey appeared varied and Spirit Power Springs and mineral sites could support cultivation.
• Jingtian hunted the remaining soul beasts with more than one hundred and fifty years of Soul Power, bringing his cultivation to seven hundred and ten years.
• Jingtian secured the Water-Condensing Pearl and swam north, spreading his intimidating aura as he left his old territory behind.

Jingtian rampaged through the Northern Lands, devouring Soul Beasts until his hunting shattered the region’s ecological balance and drew out a powerful Single-Horned Gilded Beast. After killing it and consuming its essence, he crossed the thousand-year threshold and prepared to seek a new hunting ground as signs of a Heavenly Tribulation gathered around him.

• Jingtian hunted Soul Beasts throughout the Northern Lands, rapidly raising his cultivation from seven hundred and ten years toward nine hundred years.
• Jingtian’s slaughter disrupted the sea’s ecological balance, driving Soul Beasts to flee and drawing the attention of hidden powerhouses.
• Jingtian lured the Single-Horned Gilded Beast into a Blade Stone Forest and used reefs, venom, and its existing wounds to kill it.
• Jingtian devoured the Mystic Ice Giant Snail and the Single-Horned Gilded Beast, breaking through the nine-hundred-year bottleneck and reaching a thousand years of cultivation.
• Jingtian sensed the gathering omen of a Heavenly Tribulation and decided to seek a new hunting ground as resources in the Northern Lands ran short.

After reaching the thousand-year level, Jingtian left the depleted northern waters and returned to the Western Silent Sea Abyss to hunt the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel. He found that human Soul Masters had killed it and took its Soul Bone, so he headed for an ancient fissure in search of greater power.

• Jingtian devoured the remaining essence of the Single-Horned Gilded Beast, secured the Water-Condensing Pearl, and migrated west from the ruined northern waters.
• Jingtian reached the Western Silent Sea Abyss and found the Black Stone Forest scarred by a recent battle.
• Jingtian discovered the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel's remains and sensed that several powerful, unfamiliar forces had killed it within the past three days.
• Jingtian hid and watched a Soul Emperor, a Soul King, and their stronger leader collect the Thunder Eel's Soul Bone and other valuable remains.
• After the Soul Masters departed, Jingtian chose to swim toward the ancient fissure near his old lair, determined to grow stronger.

Jingtian returned to the Black Stone Forest to devour the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel's remains, strengthening his cultivation and lightning resistance. Back in his grotto, he sensed an ancient poison source deep in the fissure and prepared to explore it.

• Jingtian searched the abandoned battlefield and gathered the Silver-Veined Thunder Eel's scattered remains.
• Jingtian endured the violent, resentful energy as he devoured and refined the remains, adding roughly fifty years to his cultivation foundation and gaining slight lightning resistance.
• Jingtian returned to his grotto and placed the Water-Condensing Pearl back in its original spot.
• Jingtian sensed a rhythmic, ancient energy and powerful toxicity coming from a chamber deep within the fissure.
• Jingtian reinforced the fissure entrance's venom-film defense, prepared himself, and began exploring the depths.

Jingtian discovered an ancient Scorpion Tail Soul Bone in a hidden grotto and cautiously began absorbing its poison power. He established a safe, gradual method of inheritance while human soul masters remained a threat outside his nest.

• Jingtian descended into the fissure and found a purplish-black skeleton with a Scorpion Tail external Soul Bone.
• Jingtian tested the Soul Bone and found that it gave only a faint response without attacking him.
• Jingtian guided his origin poison power and soul power toward the Soul Bone, and the two began to mingle.
• Jingtian absorbed the first strands of ancient poison power, strengthening his poison source and gaining new insights into poison.
• Jingtian continued the slow absorption while guarding against changes outside the fissure.

Jingtian absorbed the gentle outer legacy of the Scorpion Tail Soul Bone, transforming his Poison Source and learning advanced poison techniques. Seeking greater power, he deliberately probed the Soul Bone’s active core, triggering a dangerous struggle for its inheritance.

• Jingtian absorbed the Soul Bone’s outer poison legacy, refining his Poison Source and developing Poison Domain, Poison Seal, and an initial understanding of the Law of Poison Erosion.
• Jingtian sensed that the gentle outer legacy had run thin, while the Soul Bone still held a vast and more dangerous core.
• Jingtian decided his new strength would not suffice against future powerful enemies and pushed a concentrated Soul Power probe into the Soul Bone’s depths.
• The Soul Bone shook and stirred an ancient, furious will, revealing Jingtian a fragmented vision of a dying figure who had sealed away its poison arts.
• Jingtian touched the active poison core, unleashing a violent torrent of power and beginning a high-risk struggle for the inheritance.

Jingtian’s attempt to probe the Soul Bone Core unleashed ancient poison that threatened to consume him, forcing him to sever his own arm to break the connection. He escaped to the upper cavern to heal, leaving the dangerous Soul Bone behind until he was strong enough to claim it.

• Jingtian stirred the Soul Bone Core, and its ancient poison power surged through his connection, corrupting his Soul Power and Poison Source.
• Jingtian severed his primary arm to cut the strongest link to the Soul Bone Core, then forced the invading poison out through the wound.
• Jingtian stabilized himself with the Water-Condensing Pearl and realized the core was too dangerous to refine at his current strength.
• Jingtian retreated through the passage to the upper level of his cavern, leaving the Soul Bone behind.
• Jingtian began healing beside the Water-Condensing Pearl as his Poison Source recovered and a new arm started to form.

Jingtian recovered from the backlash of the Soul Bone core and tested the new poison abilities he gained from his Poison Source’s transformation. Still injured, he resumed cultivation while planning to test his skills, scout for threats, and hunt stronger prey.

• Jingtian used the Water-Condensing Pearl to expel the foreign poison power, stabilize his Poison Source, and regrow part of his severed tentacle.
• Jingtian awakened a Poison Domain that suppressed enemies and gave him precise control over poison within its limited range.
• Jingtian created a concealed Poison Seal on a reef and demonstrated how it could corrode the reef when triggered.
• Jingtian infused poison with his new understanding of Poison Erosion, causing a reef to crumble from within without obvious surface damage.
• Jingtian planned to test his abilities on nearby Soul Beasts, investigate whether the human Soul Masters were still active, and seek stronger prey as he continued recovering.