Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan visited Lou Gao, who showed him the Soul Tool Array Patterns recovered from the Giant Whale and discussed their uses for future ships and defenses. Li Xuan proposed establishing laboratories in Tool City to develop the patterns, and Lou Gao agreed to discuss the plan after dismantling the hull.

• Lou Gao gave Zhu Zhuqing a dagger he had forged, and Li Xuan told her to keep it for protection.
• Lou Gao explained that the Giant Whale was mostly an ordinary, decayed ship and could not sail safely, though its core contained useful Soul Tool components and array patterns.
• Lou Gao showed Li Xuan patterns for propulsion, stabilization, defense, control, oxygen production, temperature control, and the ship’s energy core.
• Lou Gao revealed a protective-shield pattern that could cover the Giant Whale, and Li Xuan considered how a stronger version could protect his city.
• Li Xuan proposed setting up laboratories in Tool City to test modified array patterns, and Lou Gao agreed to discuss the plan after the hull was dismantled.

Li Xuan arranged more workers, supplies, and Soul Tool ship construction with Lou Gao while planning for a voyage and promising to help Lou Gao find an eighth Soul Ring. After touring Wine City and Medicine City with Zhu Zhuqing, Li Xuan planned a two-day rest before taking her and Lou Gao to Star Dou Forest.

• Li Xuan told Lou Gao to recruit more carpenters and shipbuilders, and promised to supply workers with Spirit-Nurturing Pills and Copper Bell Wine.
• Lou Gao warned Li Xuan about Zhu Zhuqing’s engagement to Dai Mubai, but Li Xuan insisted he would protect her and discussed preparing for a possible conflict with the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Lou Gao revealed that he had reached level 79 and wanted an Iron-Eating Beast or another strength-type Soul Beast for his eighth Soul Ring, so Li Xuan promised to find one for him.
• Li Xuan visited Zhu Zhuqing and the others at the Shipyard, then planned shipbuilding labor, materials, and Copper Bell Wine supplies before taking the group to Wine City and Medicine City the next day.
• Li Xuan told Zhu Zhuqing that they would rest for two days before entering Star Dou Forest to seek Soul Rings for her, himself, and Lou Gao.

Li Xuan contacted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to locate two plant-type Soul Beasts for his companions and investigate a fire-attribute Immortal Grade Spirit Plant. Sky Dream discovered an uncanny illusion that blocked his Mental Power, and Li Xuan set out with his companions to visit three locations in Star Dou Forest.

• Li Xuan entered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s mental world, where Sky Dream explained how he had regained control over much of his energy and promised to protect himself while imprisoned.
• Sky Dream found a thirty-thousand-year-old Vajra Dragon Blood Tree suited to strength and a Charm Poison Purple Shadow Locust suited to Zhu Zhuqing’s agility.
• Li Xuan showed Sky Dream a map marking a fire-attribute Immortal Grade Spirit Plant, but Sky Dream’s Mental Power detected no such plant at the location.
• Sky Dream projected an illusion of a tranquil forest and discovered that something there blocked his Mental Power, so he urged Li Xuan to investigate it in person.
• Sky Dream gave Li Xuan the locations of the two Soul Beasts and a route, and Li Xuan returned to Bai Chuan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bangchui before leading them into the forest.

Li Xuan led the group through Star Dou Forest to obtain rare plant Soul Beast seeds through trades rather than hunting the plants. After collecting seeds from two Soul Beasts, he set out with Zhu Zhuqing, Bangchui, and Bai Chuan toward a fire-element Immortal Grade Spirit Plant.

• Li Xuan's group reached a Vajra Dragon Blood Tree, and Bangchui communicated with it and traded elixirs for a fruit containing a seed.
• Li Xuan stored the Vajra Dragon Blood Tree seed and led the group from the inner region to the outer region of Star Dou Forest.
• Li Xuan found a Charm Poison Purple Shadow Tree suited to Zhu Zhuqing, and Bangchui traded Spirit-Nurturing Pills for three of its seeds.
• Li Xuan stored the seeds and continued toward the fire-element Immortal Grade Spirit Plant as Zhu Zhuqing and Bangchui grew tired and Bai Chuan guarded the rear.

Li Xuan sent a soul-controlled Five-Thunder Puppet into the strange forest and found a barren realm with a hidden altar. After he revived the land with Soul Power and water, an ancient tree appeared and greeted him as a challenger.

• Li Xuan camped inside the Heaven-Grasping Bottle, planted and rapidly grew a Charm Poison Purple Shadow Tree, then returned to the strange forest with his companions the next morning.
• Li Xuan equipped the Five-Thunder Puppet with several safeguards, transferred most of his soul power into it, and sent it into the spatial distortion.
• The Five-Thunder Puppet arrived in a barren realm and found a small mound that concealed a large Stone Altar.
• Li Xuan poured Soul Power into the altar, then poured water onto the dry ground when the energy ran low, causing grass to spread across the realm.
• An aged voice welcomed Li Xuan as a challenger, and a half-meter-tall Ancient Tree emerged from the altar with an appraisal showing it was an Immortal Grade Spirit Plant cultivated for 1,741,445 years.

Li Xuan discovered that the secret realm held the God of the Forest’s godhood and a Million-Year Soul Beast, which urged him to bring his younger brother Bang Chui for the inheritance. Suspecting the Ancient Tree might try to possess Bang Chui, Li Xuan returned to the City Lord’s Mansion, began gathering information, and prepared a Soul-Nurturing Wood pendant to defend him.

• Li Xuan met the Ancient Tree, learned it was the priest of the God of the Forest, and offered Bang Chui as a better-suited candidate for the godhood trial because of his wood-attributed White Jade Ginseng King Martial Soul.
• The Ancient Tree sent Li Xuan out of the secret realm, and he returned to his body in Star Dou Forest before telling Bang Chui and Zhu Zhuqing that they would soon need to go back.
• Li Xuan ordered Bai Chuan to gather information about the God of the Forest and Million-Year Soul Beasts, then sent Huang Shang instructions to buy related books.
• Li Xuan decided Bang Chui would undergo the trial but planned for the possibility of possession, and he strengthened the Void Grass while considering how to contact Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Li Xuan carved six Burning Heart Arrays into a Soul-Nurturing Wood pendant and infused it with half his soul so it could draw in and suppress any soul that tried to possess Bang Chui.

Li Xuan learned from Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that the Ancient Tree, a Million-Year Soul Beast chosen as a Godhood sacrifice, could be limited by the Continent Will. He prepared weapons and gathered his companions to plan for Bang Chui to inherit the God of the Forest’s Godhood, leaving the group ready to set out the next day.

• Li Xuan told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about the God of the Forest’s inheritance and learned that a Million-Year Soul Beast could unleash no more than the strength of an 800,000-year Soul Beast under the Continent Will.
• Li Xuan ordered Han Shucheng to research the God of the Forest and Million-Year Soul Beasts, then spent three days making Five-Thunder Puppets for his Heaven-Shaking Cannons.
• Li Xuan summoned Bai Chuan, Bang Chui, Han Shucheng, and Zhu Zhuqing and told them they faced a Million-Year Soul Beast and the God of the Forest’s Godhood.
• Li Xuan told Bang Chui to accept the Godhood and undergo the Forest God’s Trial because his Martial Soul was the best match.
• Li Xuan assigned Heaven-Shaking Cannons and Five-Thunder Puppets to the group and laid out a plan to attack the Ancient Tree if it threatened them.

Li Xuan entered the Secret Realm with Bai Chuan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bangchui, where the Ancient Tree separated them and revealed its plan to take Li Xuan's body. The chapter ended as a strange vine appeared behind Li Xuan while the Ancient Tree urged him to stop resisting.

• Li Xuan and his companions prepared their supplies and entered the Secret Realm together.
• Bangchui sensed that the realm had no life force or Soul Beasts, and Li Xuan summoned the Ancient Tree's projection at the altar.
• The Ancient Tree activated the Forest Barrier, teleporting Li Xuan alone into a vast jungle.
• Li Xuan cut down trees as he searched for his companions, then found the Ancient Tree's enormous true body surrounded by corpses.
• The Ancient Tree admitted it had killed trial seekers and planned to use Li Xuan's body to escape its confinement and reach godhood.
• The Ancient Tree tried to bewitch Li Xuan into surrendering, and a strange vine appeared behind him.

Li Xuan escaped the Ancient Tree’s attacks when the God of the Forest’s remnant soul brought him into the Godhood Inheritance Stele. He agreed to attempt a shortened inheritance trial so he could resist the Forest Divine Light and kill the Ancient Tree, while promising to find a worthy successor within ten years.

• Li Xuan evaded the Ancient Tree underground, rescued Bai Chuan, Bang Chui, and Zhu Zhuqing, and fought his way through the forest until the God of the Forest’s power transported him away.
• Li Xuan awoke inside the God of the Forest Godhood Inheritance Stele and learned that its remnant soul had saved him from the Ancient Tree.
• The God of the Forest explained that the Ancient Tree had been made the sacrificial guardian and that both of them were nearing the end of their lives.
• Li Xuan said he might defeat the Ancient Tree if he could resist the Forest Divine Light, and the God of the Forest offered shortened godhood trials as a way to gain that resistance.
• Li Xuan agreed to attempt the shortened trials and promised to find someone talented to inherit the godhood within ten years, and the green inheritance stele appeared.

Li Xuan discovered that the supposed Godhood Inheritance Stele was the Ancient Tree’s Eternal Life Essence and used the system to drain it, forcing Cang to possess him. Li Xuan destroyed Cang in his mental world, learned the God of the Forest’s inheritance method, and left the story with Bai Chuan, Bangchui, and Zhu Zhuqing awake as the group prepared to rest in the Forest Secret Realm.

• Li Xuan appraised the Godhood Inheritance Stele and realized it was the Ancient Tree’s Eternal Life Essence, while Cang recounted his history as the God of the Forest’s imprisoned priest.
• Li Xuan had the system absorb the Eternal Life Essence, draining Cang’s vitality and provoking him to attack and possess Li Xuan.
• Li Xuan entered his mental world and burned Cang’s soul with Burning Heart Ming Shen Fire, then absorbed Cang’s memories and learned the Godhood inheritance method.
• Li Xuan left his mental world, returned to the Ancient Tree’s canopy, and used the Heaven-Grasping Bottle to reach the unconscious Bai Chuan, Bangchui, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Xuan dispelled the Ancient Tree’s Soul Power sealing Bai Chuan and woke Bangchui and Zhu Zhuqing, then told them they would rest before continuing to explore the Forest Secret Realm.

Li Xuan recovered the God of the Forest’s inheritance stele from the Ancient Tree’s burned roots, then discovered the tree’s core was still alive. The Heaven-Grasping Bottle absorbed the Ancient Tree’s million-year Soul Ring, leaving Li Xuan injured but healing him with its life force.

• Li Xuan sent Bai Chuan, Zhu Zhuqing, and their companion to rest, then left the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space to investigate the ruined forest.
• Li Xuan used Filthy Flame to cut down the Ancient Tree’s trunk and Glazed Earth-Heart Fire and Ice Soul Spirit Fire to burn and cool its roots.
• Li Xuan found the emerald Godhood Inheritance Stele of the God of the Forest but left it in place, then collected charcoal from the underground pit.
• Li Xuan discovered the Ancient Tree’s living core beside the stele, and the Heaven-Grasping Bottle drew it into its space.
• The Heaven-Grasping Bottle absorbed the Ancient Tree’s million-year Soul Ring and diverted its Soul Power away from Li Xuan, who collapsed from the pressure.
• The Heaven-Grasping Bottle healed Li Xuan with its life force and returned to his body as he began to recover.

After surviving the absorption of the Ancient Tree’s million-year Soul Ring, Li Xuan discovered that it had enriched the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space with dense, life-filled Soul Power. He and his companions explored the vast Forest Secret Realm, reached its indestructible barrier, and prepared to search its perimeter for a way out.

• Li Xuan woke after three days, confirmed that Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chuan, and Bangchui were safe, and learned that the Heaven-Grasping Bottle’s space had gained denser, life-filled Soul Power.
• Li Xuan and his companions agreed to explore the Forest Secret Realm in pairs, collected charcoal from the Ancient Tree, and left the underground hollow to search the area.
• Li Xuan deployed Puppets to scout the realm and cut trees for shipbuilding, then reached the iron-hard barrier at its edge with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Li Xuan learned that the Forest Secret Realm covered at least ten thousand square kilometers and told Bai Chuan to inspect the nearby barrier while he and Zhu Zhuqing searched along it.
• Li Xuan examined the Ancient Tree’s armguard Spirit Bone and discovered it granted Healing Hand, Vine Touch, Life Drain, and Forest Divine Light.

Li Xuan and his companions discovered a hidden Herb Garden inside the Forest Secret Realm, where Li Xuan harvested its treasures and found an exit. He transplanted a Yimu Green Flame Vine into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle, left part of it growing among newly planted seeds, and planned to arrange Soul Rings for Lou Gao and Zhu Zhuqing before absorbing its power.

• Bai Chuan found a spatial rift into an Herb Garden, and Li Xuan, Zhu Zhuqing, Bai Chuan, and Bang Chui entered it.
• Li Xuan sent Bai Chuan, Bang Chui, and Zhu Zhuqing to scout while he harvested herbs, collecting tens of thousands of mature Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Medicines and more than a dozen Heavenly Treasures over three days and nights.
• Li Xuan discovered a Yimu Green Flame Vine at the garden's core, cut it in half, and transplanted one section into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle with Green Spirit Liquid.
• Li Xuan found a hidden spatial passage out of the Forest Secret Realm near the vine and left its other half growing in the garden.
• Li Xuan planted rare herb and Heavenly Treasure seeds around the remaining vine, then decided to arrange Soul Rings for Lou Gao and Zhu Zhuqing before absorbing his sixth Soul Ring.

Li Xuan returned to Ladi Canyon and explained his plan to use a Sea God’s Trial to help Bai Chuan and Lou Gao reach the Title Douluo realm. He delivered vast amounts of wood, including a Million-Year Soul Beast’s trunk, to Lou Gao for a new ship, and left preparations underway for the voyage.

• Li Xuan returned to the City Lord's Mansion with Bai Chuan, Bang Chui, and Zhu Zhuqing, then sent Zhu Zhuqing into the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space to cultivate.
• Li Xuan told Bai Chuan that the voyage would use an enhanced Sea God's Trial to help Bai Chuan and Lou Gao break through to the Title Douluo realm.
• Li Xuan explained that the God of the Forest's inheritance could only be accepted by a transformed Soul Beast, and Bai Chuan agreed to keep Bang Chui's identity secret.
• Li Xuan and Bai Chuan went to the Shipyard, where Lou Gao was dismantling a sea ship to study its design.
• Li Xuan produced tens of thousands of enormous trees and the Ancient Tree's several-thousand-meter trunk for Lou Gao to process.
• Lou Gao agreed to build a Giant Sea Ship within three years after Li Xuan explained the voyage plan, while Li Xuan arranged funding and further Shipyard expansion.

Li Xuan recorded knowledge from the Ancient Tree's memories and used his Eternal Life Essence reward to obtain the Golden Crow Visualization Diagram. After cultivating with it, he doubled his Mental Power and gained control over his soul power, then returned to Ladi Canyon with Zhu Zhuqing.

• Li Xuan left the Shipyard's affairs to Lou Gao and returned to the City Lord's Mansion to record information from the Ancient Tree's memories.
• The system reminded Li Xuan to claim his reward, and he chose a technique for cultivating Mental Power to address his saturated soul.
• The System Mall offered the Golden Crow Visualization Diagram at a special price, and Li Xuan exchanged for it along with a Golden Flower Jade Dew Pill and Sea Cloud Spruce seeds.
• Li Xuan studied the Golden Crow Visualization Technique and cultivated until his soul transformed into a Three-Legged Golden Crow, doubling his Mental Power and restoring his control over his soul power.
• Li Xuan stored the diagram and returned to Ladi Canyon with Zhu Zhuqing.

Li Xuan discovered that a mysterious auction listing might be the Fusang Tree, which had revived around the time he cultivated the Golden Crow Soul. Determined to obtain it, he prepared to travel to Star Luo City for the auction and left Ladi Canyon’s affairs in Zhou Chen’s hands.

• Huang Shang brought Li Xuan the White Tiger Auction catalog, and Li Xuan recognized a flame-covered withered sapling as a possible Fusang Tree.
• Huang Shang explained that the potted plant had been considered trash until it spontaneously produced flames that burned part of the auction warehouse.
• Li Xuan rewarded Huang Shang with a Marrow Cleansing Pill and ordered Bai Chuan to prepare for an early departure to Star Luo City.
• Li Xuan gathered eleven million Gold Soul Coins from Ladi Canyon and arranged for Huang Shang’s merchant caravan to accompany him and bid on the tree.
• Li Xuan told Zhou Chen to manage Ladi Canyon during his absence, support the Shipyard, and contact him through a Void Eye if problems arose.

Li Xuan attended the White Tiger Auction to acquire the thirty-ninth item, a potted Fusang tree that he identified as a millions-of-years-old Innate Spiritual Root. When Ning Fengzhi joined the bidding, the price climbed to ten million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Li Xuan determined to keep competing.

• Li Xuan gave Huang Shang two valuable Spirit Bones to auction during the event and planned to use their sale to discourage competition for his target.
• Huang Shang won the Sea God's Spear for 300,000 Gold Soul Coins, and Li Xuan bought a potted plant, a flower seed, and a Soul Tool among the early lots.
• Huang Shang submitted the two Spirit Bones, and the auction manager gave him a plaque worth eight million Gold Soul Coins toward their sale.
• Li Xuan used Appraisal of Herbs on the flaming potted plant and discovered it was the 7,547,417-year-old Fusang, an Innate Spiritual Root.
• Li Xuan bid three million Gold Soul Coins for the Fusang, but Ning Fengzhi raised the price and repeatedly matched Li Xuan's bids until it reached ten million.
• Li Xuan ordered Huang Shang to keep bidding despite the risk of attracting more competitors.

Li Xuan secured the Fusang Divine Tree at the auction and returned safely to his courtyard with Huang Shang. He entered the tree’s spiritual world, discovered its shattered soul fragments, and planned to study them after school began.

• Ning Fengzhi considered bidding further but gave up, and Li Xuan won the Fusang Divine Tree for ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Xuan ordered Huang Shang to pay the thirteen-million-Gold-Coin bill, and they collected their purchases before slipping away from the auction.
• Li Xuan and Huang Shang returned to their courtyard without being followed, and Li Xuan told Huang Shang to stay in Star Luo City and collect the two Soul Bones in a week.
• Li Xuan entered the Heaven-Grasping Bottle and examined the Fusang Divine Tree, then entered its spiritual world through the Sun True Fire.
• Li Xuan found the tree’s vast spiritual world filled with shattered soul fragments and left, intending to absorb them later.

Li Xuan returned to Star Luo Royal Academy with Zhu Zhuqing, Bang Chui, and Bai Chuan, planning to ask Pang Tianhao for permission to cultivate independently. That night, Li Xuan absorbed a Fusang Divine Tree soul fragment, enduring its Sun True Fire and seeing ancient Three-Legged Golden Crows before preparing to speak with Pang Tianhao the next morning.

• Li Xuan told Huang Shang to stay in Star Luo City or retreat to Ladi Canyon if necessary, then left for the academy.
• On the carriage ride, Zhu Zhuqing pointed out that their group lacked enough members for the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, and Li Xuan decided to deal with that later.
• Li Xuan and his companions reached Star Luo Royal Academy before sunset and rested; that night, Li Xuan entered the Heaven-Grasping Bottle's space to absorb a Fusang Divine Tree soul fragment.
• The fragment's Sun True Fire overwhelmed most of Li Xuan's flames and burned his soul, but he absorbed its soul power and memories, seeing Three-Legged Golden Crows and strengthening his Golden Crow Visualization Technique.
• The next morning, Li Xuan prepared to ask Pang Tianhao to let the group study and cultivate independently, while Bai Chuan stayed behind as the others got ready for class.

Li Xuan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bangchui returned to Star Luo Royal Academy and agreed to form their own seven-person squad, with Pang Tianhao's approval. They began planning recruits for the Star Luo Royal Team Third Squad, and Bai Chuan offered a lead on a Support System Spirit Master in Star Luo City.

• Pang Tianhao praised the Second Squad's progress, then examined Li Xuan, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bangchui's levels and battle records.
• Li Xuan told Pang Tianhao the three would train independently, and Pang Tianhao offered to register a Third Squad if they recruited seven qualified members before semester's end.
• Pang Tianhao gave Li Xuan a booklet of potential recruits and allowed the three to train on their own.
• Li Xuan and Zhu Zhuqing planned to recruit a junior from the Breaking Clan and members of the Speed Clan, while discussing candidates for the remaining positions.
• Bai Chuan said he knew a Support System Spirit Master from a family in Star Luo City, and Li Xuan decided they would visit her.