Chapter Summaries

Long Aotian secretly moved more than eleven thousand survivors from the underground shelter to a temporary settlement in Radiant City. After learning why four Soul Beasts remained to guard the area, he agreed to seek Bi Ji in Star Dou Forest for help and set out at dusk.

• Long Aotian dug a tunnel to Radiant City and arranged with Huo Yuhao and Dean Luo Ning to settle the survivors there.
• Long Aotian moved the survivors through the tunnel in groups, then returned to the underground shelter and told the four Soul Beasts they were safe.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast explained that the Soul Beasts had stayed to guard their post and preserve the trust built by Ye Qingning's pact between Soul Beasts and Soul Masters.
• The Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast asked Long Aotian to find Bi Ji in Star Dou Forest because reinforcements from Star Luo could not arrive.
• Long Aotian promised to do his best and set off through the wilderness toward Star Dou Forest.

Long Aotian reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest and asked Bi Ji for help with four Soul Beasts guarding survivors from the plague. Bi Ji said she needed seven days to treat the injured Soul Beasts first, leaving Long Aotian to wait nearby.

• Long Aotian arrived at the Star Dou Forest and found Bi Ji treating hundreds of plague-stricken Soul Beasts while Scarlet King kept order.
• Long Aotian told Bi Ji that the Earth Cave Demon Spider had sacrificed itself and that four Soul Beasts had held their posts while asking for her aid.
• Bi Ji agreed to go to the four Soul Beasts but explained that treating the injured around the forest would take at least seven days.
• Bi Ji purified traces of residual sandstorm aura from Long Aotian, and Scarlet King led him to a nearby place to rest.
• Long Aotian sat on the hillside and circulated his Soul Power to consolidate his recent breakthrough.

After helping Bi Ji quell the epidemic in Longxing and Jinchuan provinces, Long Aotian and Scarlet King watched Bi Ji exhaust herself as she insisted on continuing across Star Luo. A sudden thunderclap made Scarlet King recognize a Lightning Tribulation and react in alarm.

• Long Aotian completed seven days of cultivation while Bi Ji and Scarlet King finished calming the frenzied beasts on Star Dou Forest’s outskirts.
• Bi Ji flew toward Longxing Province’s eastern border, and Scarlet King carried Long Aotian after her.
• Bi Ji, Scarlet King, and Long Aotian used Spirit Hall Empire’s treatment stations to quell Longxing Province’s epidemic in seven days.
• The group changed tactics in other provinces, clearing wilderness and gathering infected people before Bi Ji purified them in groups.
• After twenty days of work, they calmed the crisis in Jinchuan Province, but Bi Ji was severely exhausted and insisted on moving on.
• A thunderclap sounded in the distance, and Scarlet King realized it was a Lightning Tribulation.

Bi Ji faced a six-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation after her healing work unexpectedly advanced her cultivation through faith power. Di Tian appeared and began shielding her from the tribulation, while Scarlet King arrived at the Lake of Life searching for him.

• Scarlet King carried Bi Ji to a deserted mountain range after she began facing her six-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
• Bi Ji told Scarlet King that the gratitude and reverence of those she healed might have advanced her cultivation through faith power.
• Scarlet King left to find Di Tian, hoping he could help Bi Ji survive the tribulation.
• Di Tian appeared before Bi Ji, destroyed the first lightning bolt with his hand, and revealed he had followed her since she began healing people in Longxing Province.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji to stand back and said he would take the lightning tribulation for her.
• Scarlet King reached the Lake of Life and called for Di Tian, but found no sign of him.

The Scarlet King rushed to find Di Tian so they could help Bi Ji survive her six-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, but discovered Di Tian had already been with her and she had safely advanced. Bi Ji decided to return to the Star Luo Empire to continue treating the epidemic, and Di Tian agreed to accompany her.

• The Scarlet King realized Di Tian was not in the Star Dou Forest and hurried to Kraken Academy, where Lan Yuan gave him three Energy Orbs and said he could not leave the Auspicious Beast.
• The Scarlet King flew to the rocky mountain and found Bi Ji safe beside Di Tian after her tribulation had ended.
• Di Tian revealed he had followed the Scarlet King all along, while Bi Ji confirmed that her cultivation had stabilized at six hundred thousand years.
• Bi Ji thanked the Scarlet King for his effort, and Di Tian promised to warn him in advance next time.
• Bi Ji said she wanted to return to the Star Luo Empire to treat the epidemic, and Di Tian decided to go with her.

Long Aotian left Bi Ji and Di Tian after Bi Ji survived her tribulation, then traveled through the plague-stricken Star Luo Empire and onward to Loulan. At Loulan’s border, he learned Wang Yan had become the empire’s Imperial Preceptor, and Wang Yan arrived by carriage to meet him.

• Long Aotian congratulated Bi Ji on surviving her tribulation, thanked Di Tian, and left for Loulan after delivering the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast’s message.
• As he traveled north, Long Aotian condemned Dai Hao’s lack of action against the plague and passed through devastated towns in the Star Luo Empire.
• Long Aotian crossed the Spirit Hall Empire and heard that Bi Ji and Di Tian had cured two more provinces.
• At the Loulan border checkpoint, Long Aotian gave Wang Yan’s name, and a guard told him Wang Yan was now the empire’s Imperial Preceptor.
• Wang Yan arrived in a black carriage and beckoned Long Aotian inside.

Long Aotian questioned Wang Yan about Loulan’s canal project and the political changes under the new emperor. Wang Yan explained Loulan’s plans to strengthen its defenses and offered to discuss granting the Body Sect a province, leaving Long Aotian asking about Wang Yan’s status.

• Long Aotian asked how Wang Yan became Imperial Preceptor, and Wang Yan said he knew Loulan’s new emperor and was one of only two Titled Douluo there.
• Wang Yan explained that Loulan was recruiting workers from the Spirit Hall Empire to dig a canal that would let Deep-Sea Soul Beasts guard inland towns and cities.
• Wang Yan said the canal was expected to be completed within five years, with Soul Masters and Soul King-level experts overseeing the work and protecting workers.
• Wang Yan told Long Aotian that Loulan’s sects had been incorporated into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and its academies renamed Kraken Academy.
• Wang Yan offered to discuss designating a province for the Body Sect with Tieshan, and Long Aotian asked what Wang Yan’s status in Loulan was.

Wang Yan told Long Aotian that the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape destroyed the Body Sect, prompting a retaliatory attack on the Clear Sky Sect that ended with Tang Hao killing all 1,582 soul masters. He explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife led a powerful organization targeting Sea God-worshipping forces and promised to show Long Aotian a recording at the Imperial Preceptor's Residence.

• Long Aotian asked Wang Yan who destroyed the Body Sect, and Wang Yan named the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape, who had followed Tang San to the Upper Realm ten thousand years earlier.
• Wang Yan revealed that 1,582 soul masters retaliated against the Clear Sky Sect, but Tang Hao arrived and killed them all after the sect was destroyed.
• Long Aotian questioned how Tang Hao could return to the Lower Realm, and Wang Yan suggested Tang San's status as a God King protected his father from punishment.
• Wang Yan explained that the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's wife had formed an organization to eradicate forces that worshipped the Sea God in revenge for Tang San killing her husband.
• Wang Yan told Long Aotian that the organization had wiped out every Sea God-worshipping force among sea soul beasts below the four-hundred-thousand-year level and said he would show him a recording at the Imperial Preceptor's Residence.

Wang Yan secured southern Loulan as the Body Sect’s base by revealing Vina’s identity to Tieshan and agreeing to conditions that put the sect under the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s public framework. Long Aotian learned the arrangement and urged Wang Yan to return to Radiant City to bring the Sect Master and the others.

• Wang Yan showed Long Aotian a recording crystal that went dark after briefly displaying a six-hundred-thousand-year soul beast, and gave him a passage token for the Imperial Preceptor’s Residence.
• Wang Yan left to negotiate with Tieshan for a province, then returned about two and a half hours later and said Tieshan had agreed to designate southern Loulan as the Body Sect’s base.
• Wang Yan admitted he had revealed Vina’s identity as a princess of the previous dynasty to persuade Tieshan to agree.
• Wang Yan explained that Tieshan required all sects to be called the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and all academies to be called Kraken Academy, while the Body Sect would administer its own province as a branch institution.
• Long Aotian asked whether they should return to Radiant City to bring the Sect Master and the others to Loulan.

Wang Yan and Long Aotian returned to Radiant City and told Du Busi that they had secured autonomous control of a region in southern Loulan under the public name Body Province. After arranging boat travel for Du Busi, they prepared to leave for Loulan immediately.

• Wang Yan persuaded Long Aotian to rest in Loulan for two days and explained that the recording had stopped because he had forgotten to charge its crystal.
• Wang Yan and Long Aotian traveled by Soul Tool speedboat to Radiant City and visited Du Busi at the Body Sect’s secret stronghold.
• Long Aotian told Du Busi that Wang Yan had secured territory in Loulan, and Wang Yan explained the conditions requiring unified public names for sects and academies.
• Du Busi accepted the arrangement for Body Province and agreed to travel to Loulan once Wang Yan proposed going by boat.
• Wang Yan, Long Aotian, and Du Busi set out to depart for Loulan, while Wang Yan lamented that his apprentice and Vina would remain behind to study.

On the boat to Loulan, Wang Yan told Du Busi and Long Aotian that a nationwide awakening ceremony had uncovered nearly a thousand promising Body Martial Soul awakeners. He argued that the old approach of training every prospect was impractical and proposed using recordings, but the plan was postponed until they could charge the Recording Soul Tool.

• Wang Yan told Du Busi and Long Aotian that Loulan's three-month awakening ceremony had found around a thousand promising Body Martial Soul awakeners.
• Wang Yan pointed out that the Body Sect had produced fewer than a hundred Soul Saint-rank disciples from more than three thousand, and argued that the old training model no longer suited Body Province.
• Du Busi asked Long Aotian how he would train the new prospects, and Long Aotian said he could not teach a thousand—or even a hundred—by himself.
• Wang Yan proposed that Long Aotian teach fifty disciples while the rest learned from recordings of a Titled Douluo demonstrating cultivation methods and soul skills.
• Long Aotian asked whether the Recording Soul Tool was charged, and Wang Yan agreed they would discuss the plan after reaching Loulan.

Wang Yan told Long Aotian and Du Busi about the Southeast and Northeast Continents and explained that Deep-Sea Soul Beasts had been stationed in Loulan to guard its cities. The group continued toward the city with Du Busi warned not to attack the officially appointed Soul Beasts.

• Wang Yan told Long Aotian and Du Busi that people at the port were traveling to the Southeast and Northeast Continents.
• Wang Yan explained that the Northeast Continent had only Food-type Soul Masters, who relied on advanced Soul Tools, while the Southeast Continent was in the midst of a civil war.
• Wang Yan revealed that Deep-Sea Soul Beasts guarded Loulan's cities under Tieshan's command and had sworn allegiance to the Loulan Imperial Family.
• Long Aotian reassured Du Busi that he had seen no cases of Soul Beasts turning against humans during his travels.
• Wang Yan warned Du Busi that attacking a stationed Soul Beast meant opposing both the Loulan Imperial Family and the deep sea, and Du Busi agreed to be careful.

Wang Yan explained that Tieshan had given them the Body Province so Du Busi could help address the plague in northern Star Luo, which Wang Yan suspected was linked to the empire’s nationwide Spirit Awakening Ceremonies. After arranging supplies, healing time, and lessons for those with Body Martial Souls, Wang Yan revealed he was leaving for Radiant City.

• Wang Yan showed Du Busi and Long Aotian the map of the Body Province and explained that Tieshan wanted Du Busi to deal with the plague in northern Star Luo.
• Wang Yan connected the plague’s outbreak to Star Luo’s nationwide Spirit Awakening Ceremonies, while Long Aotian questioned why the soul beasts had also infected the Star Dou Forest.
• Wang Yan persuaded Du Busi to heal his hidden injuries before traveling, and Long Aotian agreed to teach the Body Martial Soul disciples in the meantime.
• Wang Yan arranged for Tieshan to send supplies, personnel lists, and medicinal herbs, then brought back the documents and twenty Recording Soul Tools.
• Du Busi agreed to record basic guidance and key hand seals, and Wang Yan confirmed to Long Aotian that he was setting off for Radiant City.

Wang Yan explained that Loulan was concentrating its resources on training seven powerful fighters while he sought to secure hosting rights for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. He revealed that the fighters were intended to deter the sea soul beasts, whose allegiance to Loulan might not last forever.

• Du Busi criticized Wang Yan for neglecting his duties, and Wang Yan defended himself by saying Loulan's soul tool production no longer depended on him.
• Wang Yan said he planned to persuade Xu Tianran to let Loulan host the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and would not bring Yuhao or Vina back from Radiant City Academy.
• Wang Yan revealed that Loulan had concentrated its high-tier academy resources on a team of seven fighters with Soul Douluo-level combat strength.
• Du Busi and Long Aotian questioned Wang Yan's plan to produce seven Titled Douluos, and Wang Yan said each fighter had talent comparable to Long Aotian's and protection from at least three hundred-thousand-year sea soul beasts.
• Wang Yan explained that Tieshan had brought fourteen three-hundred-thousand-year sea soul beast envoys under the imperial family's command, but Loulan needed powerful fighters in case the beasts turned against it.

Wang Yan left Du Busi in Long Aotian’s care and traveled to Radiant City, while secretly coordinating with Tieshan to delay Du Busi. After seeing footage of Giant Claw Crabs slaughtering soul masters, Wang Yan reached Radiant City Academy and met Luo Ning, who reminded him he was wanted for selling stolen Soul Tool blueprints.

• Wang Yan explained to Du Busi that he was recruiting young talents to build Loulan’s strength against the Sea Soul Beasts, then left Long Aotian to watch over Du Busi.
• Wang Yan told Tieshan he was going to Radiant City, and Tieshan promised to distract Du Busi with disguised Evil Soul Masters and false clues.
• Wang Yan watched reconnaissance footage showing Giant Claw Crabs killing a group of soul masters and confirmed that they had killed everyone except the food-type ones.
• Ten days later, Wang Yan passed through the port inspection in disguise and traveled to Radiant City Academy.
• Luo Ning recognized Wang Yan outside a side gate, and Wang Yan admitted that he was wanted after selling stolen Soul Tool core blueprints.

Wang Yan joined Luo Ning, Yang Ren, Rock, and Rui Xin in a hidden chamber to summon Kraken by feeding his tentacle Soul Power and resources. Kraken appeared as the Lord Blue King, restored and strengthened the five, and left them grateful.

• Wang Yan met Luo Ning at the academy and complained about being made Loulan's Imperial Preceptor before she led him to Yang Ren, Rock, and Rui Xin.
• The five entered a hidden underground chamber containing a tentacle suspended in a crystal container and took positions around a Soul Guide Array.
• Wang Yan and the others channeled their Soul Power through the array until the tentacle absorbed enough energy to calm down.
• At Luo Ning's instruction, the five offered their stored resources, and the tentacle consumed them before a figure appeared in blue light.
• Kraken emerged as the Lord Blue King and sent five Energy Orbs that replenished the group’s Soul Power, healed their injuries, and improved their cultivation.

Kraken confirmed that Loulan’s preparations in Radiant City were ready, then Wang Yan visited Xu Tianran to offer maps of unknown continents in exchange for Loulan hosting the next Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Dueling Tournament. Xu Tianran accepted the maps and agreed in principle to the request, leaving the details for later negotiations.

• Kraken heard reports from Yang Ren, Rock, Rui Xin, and Luo Ning, then ordered the plan to proceed unchanged.
• Wang Yan disguised himself and entered the imperial palace after identifying himself as Loulan’s State Preceptor.
• Wang Yan offered Xu Tianran maps of two unknown continents and asked for Loulan to host the next tournament.
• Xu Tianran noted Wang Yan’s wanted status, but Wang Yan warned that harming him could provoke the Deep-Sea Soul Beasts to blockade the Sun-Moon Empire’s sea routes.
• Xu Tianran accepted the maps and agreed in principle to Loulan hosting the tournament, with the Ministry of Rites to discuss the terms.

Wang Yan secured the removal of his arrest warrant after arranging cooperation between Loulan and the Sun Moon Empire. At Radiant City Academy, Kraken trapped Huo Yuhao in gray mist to test him, then let him go and sent a message to Electrolux.

• Xu Tianran agreed to remove Wang Yan's wanted file and allow him to travel freely in the Sun-Moon Empire.
• Luo Ning brought Huo Yuhao to meet Kraken in the academy's underground chamber, then left them alone.
• Kraken enveloped Huo Yuhao in gray mist that froze his body and suppressed his soul power.
• The Snow Empress and Electrolux recognized that Kraken was testing Huo Yuhao, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm panicked.
• Kraken withdrew the mist and allowed Huo Yuhao to leave, then asked him to give Electrolux his regards.

Kraken revealed that he and Electrolux came from another world, then gave Huo Yuhao a Mermaid Head Soul Bone and the Ocean Heart, which together offered protection from soul skills below God Level. After debating what to do with his many Soul Bones, Huo Yuhao heard Electrolux recommend selling one and giving another to Ji Juechen.

• Kraken identified himself as the Blue King and said he could help Electrolux condense a physical body.
• Kraken gave Huo Yuhao a Storage Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao later found a Mermaid Head Soul Bone, the Ocean Heart, and a note inside.
• Huo Yuhao discovered that the Soul Bone and Ocean Heart worked together and brought his total to eight Soul Bones.
• Huo Yuhao considered selling his duplicate Soul Bones for Soul Tool materials, prompting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Snow Empress to argue over what he should do.
• Electrolux advised Huo Yuhao to sell one Soul Bone and give another to the person he trusted most, then named Ji Juechen.

Huo Yuhao followed Electrolux's advice and gave Ji Juechen a Soul Bone, then sold a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone on the black market to fund his Soul Tool materials. Five days later, he received an invitation from Emperor Xu Tianran to attend a palace banquet.

• Electrolux urged Huo Yuhao to value Ji Juechen's sincerity over relationships shaped by hidden agendas.
• Huo Yuhao visited Ji Juechen at a training ground and gave him a right arm Soul Bone, which Ji Juechen accepted as a favor owed.
• Huo Yuhao sold his Hundred-Thousand-Year Mental Attribute Head Soul Bone to the Four Seas Pavilion shopkeeper for eighty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Five days later, a palace guard delivered Huo Yuhao an invitation from Emperor Xu Tianran to a banquet for outstanding young people.