Chapter Summaries

Shana endured the Soul Fusion pool longer than anyone before her and awakened the Polar Ice Wolf King within her. After lasting two hours and thirty-seven minutes, she emerged with a future that seemed nearly limitless.

• Xiao Wu helped Shana enter the pool and saw the many scars left by her years as a slave.
• Shana endured the pool's escalating pain in silence, then continued past Eagle Woman's thirty-two-minute record as her body and soul began to transform.
• When Xiao Wu tried to pull her out, Shana insisted she could keep going, and an icy-blue Giant Wolf phantom fused with her.
• Ye Qing and Hui Tai Lang recognized the phantom as the Polar Ice Wolf King and speculated that a Martial Soul mutation had caused Shana's loss of control.
• Shana eventually fainted after two hours and thirty-seven minutes, and Xiao Wu carried her out as Hui Tai Lang saw her smile genuinely for the first time.

Ye Qing’s three most talented Beastmen began training for Ring Fusion after a month of learning to control their new bodies. Their first Spirit Rings fused into their bodies and appeared as markings, leaving their limits yet to be tested.

• Hui Tai Lang reported that Shana, Eagle Woman, and A-Zhao had the strongest talents, and Ye Qing assigned their specialized training to him after General Training.
• Shana and Eagle Woman discovered they could switch between human and Beastman forms, but both chose to remain in their Beastman forms.
• After a month of training, Shana, Eagle Woman, and A-Zhao met Hui Tai Lang to undergo their first Ring Fusion.
• Hui Tai Lang explained that their first five rings would strengthen their bodies and awaken Beast Soul talents rather than grant Spirit Skills, and that later rings would enable further awakenings.
• Shana, Eagle Woman, and A-Zhao swallowed the Spirit Ring energy spheres, which flowed through their bodies and formed yellow markings on their skin.

Five years later, Shana had reached the Soul Saint realm and surpassed Zhu Qinluo, while the two continued their familiar bickering. A violent dispute over the Wan-Fang Chamber of Commerce’s business led to Shana receiving a graduation examination targeting people she remembered with hatred.

• At nineteen, Shana reached the seventh ring after five years of intense cultivation, while Eagle Woman and A-Zhao also advanced in strength.
• Xiao Wu comforted Zhu Qinluo, who felt depressed about Shana surpassing her and anticipated that Shana would tease her.
• Shana and Zhu Qinluo traded their usual insults, but Zhu Qinluo avoided sparring because Shana’s seventh ring made her dangerous without a Martial Soul Avatar.
• The Wan-Fang Chamber of Commerce’s price competition with rival businesses escalated into violence over its share of the commoner market.
• Zhu Qinluo gave Shana a portrait and explained that Ye Qing had approved a graduation examination for Shana and two others.
• Shana recognized the people in the portrait and said she could never forget them.

Shana, Eagle Woman, and A-Zhao prepared to ambush Kaman’s caravan so they could destroy its cargo and take revenge on the slave trader. As the caravan entered the valley, Shana emerged as a gigantic White Wolf while Eagle Woman appeared through the snow behind her.

• Ye Qing assigned Shana, Eagle Woman, and A-Zhao to destroy Kaman’s shipment and warned them not to risk their lives.
• Shana insisted that Kaman’s life was hers as the trio waited in the valley for the caravan.
• Eagle Woman scouted ahead and confirmed that Kaman’s heavily loaded caravan had to pass through the valley.
• Fifty carriages entered the valley, where the horses panicked and brought the caravan to a halt.
• A White Wolf over five meters tall emerged before the caravan as black wings appeared in the falling snow.

Shana, A-Zhao, and Eagle Woman attacked Kaman’s convoy in the gorge, slaughtering his men while Shana pursued Kaman. On the cliffs, a hammer-wielding man confronted a blade-wielding opponent who blocked his way, and the two prepared to fight.

• Shana awakened her Ice Wolf Beast Soul, unleashed a blizzard, and sent the convoy’s horses and carriages into chaos.
• Eagle Woman and A-Zhao killed convoy members as Duoxi hid beneath a carriage until A-Zhao found and killed him over the scar Duoxi had carved into him years earlier.
• Shana swept through the convoy, killed its Spirit Masters, and called for Kaman to come out and die.
• A Soul Emperor guard stood between Shana and Kaman, who remained at the convoy’s center despite the losses.
• On the cliffs, a hammer-wielding man challenged the blade-wielding figure blocking his path, and the two prepared to fight.

Ye Qing sent Sima Jinchi to protect Shana and her companions during their attack on Kaman’s caravan, while Sima Jinchi intercepted Tang Jun, who was guarding the shipment. Shana’s group wiped out Kaman’s subordinates, leaving Kaman alone with them in the valley.

• Hui Tai Lang worried that Shana and the others could not handle their mission, so Ye Qing sent Sima Jinchi to watch over them and intervene only if their lives were in danger.
• Sima Jinchi followed Shana’s group and confronted Tang Jun, the Clear Sky Sect master who was protecting Kaman and the cargo.
• Tang Jun tried to attack Shana, but Sima Jinchi blocked him and forced him into a fierce fight.
• Shana defeated the Soul Emperor in five exchanges and crushed the Spirit Masters who challenged her.
• A-Zhao and Eagle Woman hunted down Kaman’s fleeing subordinates, leaving only Kaman and Shana’s three companions alive in the valley.

Tang Jun tried to get past Sima Jinchi to save Kaman, but Sima Jinchi overwhelmed him and destroyed his Clear Sky Hammer with a single slash. Tang Jun was left gravely wounded as Sima Jinchi sat and watched the events in the canyon.

• Tang Jun attacked Sima Jinchi with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Sima Jinchi caught the hammer with one hand and traded blows with him.
• Tang Jun used Chaotic Cloak to build up eighty-one strikes and launched a fully charged hammer blow that sent Sima Jinchi flying.
• Sima Jinchi recovered unharmed, revealed his eight black Spirit Rings and golden Spirit Ring, and drew the Dragon Slaying Blade.
• Sima Jinchi sent a single Blade Glow at Tang Jun, who blocked it by sacrificing the Clear Sky Hammer and was left with a severe wound.
• Sima Jinchi stopped fighting and sat down to watch the canyon, while Tang Jun could no longer intervene below.

Shana, A-Zhao, and Eagle Woman tortured Kaman for his past abuse of them and killed him, while Tang Jun never appeared to protect him. Kaman died still wondering where the Clear Sky Sect's sect master had gone.

• Kaman watched his subordinates die as the Giant Wolf and the other attackers surrounded him, but Tang Jun failed to appear.
• Eagle Woman stabbed Kaman's shoulder, and Shana insisted that she would kill him herself.
• A-Zhao revived Kaman and cauterized his wound, while Kaman offered money and claimed he had no idea why they were attacking him.
• Shana reminded Kaman of the marks he had left on her and shattered his kneecaps and injured him further.
• Shana pierced Kaman with Ice Spikes until he died, and he never learned where Tang Jun had gone.

After Shana and Eagle Woman looted Kaman’s carriage, Tang Jun awoke at the Clear Sky Sect and told Tang Chen about Sima Jinchi, a powerful Deity inheritor. Tang Chen set out to find Sima Jinchi, but his search led him to Qian Daoliu of Spirit Hall, beginning their first encounter.

• Shana and Eagle Woman left Kaman’s wrecked caravan with two boxes of mysterious contents while Tang Jun remained unconscious nearby.
• Seven days later, Tang Jun woke at the Clear Sky Sect, where Tang Chen learned that his Martial Soul had been shattered and he could not use Soul Power for three months.
• Tang Jun described Sima Jinchi’s golden hair, straight blade, Dragon Scale Armor, and nine Spirit Rings, including a gold ninth ring.
• Tang Chen concluded that Sima Jinchi was a Deity inheritor and vowed to find him after Tang Jun recovered.
• Unable to find anyone named Sima Jinchi, Tang Chen sought out Qian Daoliu at Spirit Hall, bringing about their first clash.

Shana and her companions returned from their mission, and Ye Qing praised them while explaining the conditions for future missions. After examining the valuable materials they recovered, Ye Qing came up with a job for Tian Meng and ordered him to spin Ice Silkworm silk.

• Shana and her companions returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Beastmen celebrated Kaman's death and Ye Qing passed their mission test.
• Ye Qing told Shana's group to wait until Eagle Woman reached seven rings before taking missions on their own, and he said Beast Soul Awakening clothing was still being worked on.
• Eagle Woman gave Ye Qing two boxes taken from Kaman, containing valuable Earth Fire Dragon Lizard scales and Ice Silkworm silk.
• Zhu Qinluo recognized the Ice Silkworm silk and explained its rarity and usefulness, prompting Ye Qing to send Shana away and keep Qin Luo behind.
• Ye Qing went to Tian Meng's underground cave and told him to fill a huge vat by spinning silk, surprising Tian Meng.

Ye Qing had Tian Meng spin a vat of silk, then gave some of the nearly million-year-old Ice Silkworm Silk to Zhu Qinluo as a birthday gift for the Grand Empress Dowager. Zhu Qinluo also asked Ye Qing to arrange a carefully staged assassination to help Wan Ze earn Dai Qingkun’s trust, leaving Ye Qing searching for someone capable of carrying it out.

• Ye Qing made Tian Meng fill a vat with silk, and Tian Meng began wondering whether he could evolve into an Ice Moth.
• Ye Qing gave Zhu Qinluo Tian Meng’s golden-glowing silk and told her to present it publicly as Ten-Thousand-Year Silkworm Silk.
• Zhu Qinluo explained that Wan Ze wanted an assassin to wound him during the birthday celebration so he could protect Dai Qingkun and win his trust.
• Ye Qing considered the demands for a controlled, nonlethal attack and realized he might be the only one capable of carrying it out.

Ye Qing prepared to assassinate Dai Qingkun from afar during the Star Luo birthday banquet, while the Wan Family arranged a silk accessory to help identify the target. As Ye Qing watched the celebrations from the sky, he discovered that a chaotic brawl had broken out inside the palace before he could act.

• Ye Qing told Zhu Qinluo he would carry out the assassination himself, and she returned to Star Luo with Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Silkworm Silk.
• Zhu Qinluo gave the silk to Wan Ze, who arranged for two gauze robes to be made and told her to set one aside for her man to wear near Dai Qingkun.
• Star Luo City filled with visiting delegations, decorations, lanterns, and fireworks as the birthday banquet approached.
• Ye Qing watched the banquet from the sky with a Soul Power flying dagger ready, while Zhu Qinluo watched the fireworks beside him.
• Ye Qing showed Zhu Qinluo that a chaotic fight had erupted inside the palace, leaving Wan Ze's youngest son unsure whose blade he was supposed to block.

Dai Qingkun and the Grand Empress Dowager used a palace celebration to expose factions plotting against the emperor, then crushed the assassination attempt and prepared to purge his opponents. As Dai Qingkun resumed the celebration with Zhu Qinwu, Wan Ze’s youngest son rushed at him, and both men suddenly collapsed.

• Dai Qingkun and the Grand Empress Dowager revealed that they had expected unrest and had arranged their own forces to test loyalties.
• Several factions of Spirit Masters fought in the Imperial Palace, while Dai Qingkun’s guards joined the smaller side against the larger groups.
• Dai Qingkun’s forces suppressed the palace attackers and unrest in the city, though none of the death warriors survived to be captured.
• Dai Qingkun decided to use the assassination attempt as justification for a purge and continued the celebration with Zhu Qinwu.
• Wan Ze’s youngest son rushed toward Dai Qingkun, but both he and Dai Qingkun felt chest pain and lost consciousness.

Ye Qing’s attack left Dai Qingkun incapacitated while making the palace attack and the destruction of Star Luo’s city wall an unsolved case. As Star Luo tightened its grip and entered a period of growth, slave traders were secretly targeted, and the chapter ended with the suspected attacker bandaging his wounds.

• Ye Qing deliberately redirected his strike through the Wan Family’s youngest son and into Dai Qingkun’s shoulder, then helped create a diversion by blasting a hole in Star Luo’s city wall.
• Dai Qingkun awoke three days later with his left arm powerless, suspected Spirit Hall’s involvement, and ordered a crackdown on those who had resisted him.
• Star Luo granted the Wan Family salt permits but withheld its former authority, while the family head insisted that the risk to his unconscious younger brother was worthwhile.
• Star Luo purged opponents, clashed with Heaven Dou at the border, and then entered a period of development as both empires pursued reforms.
• Slave traders were killed or driven into hiding, and a powerful trader’s ruined estate became another unsolved case.
• The suspected attacker bandaged his own wounds.

After A-Zhao spared a wounded slave merchant who begged to return to his son, the man launched a desperate attack and Shana was injured saving A-Zhao. Eagle Woman reprimanded him, and the group prepared to finish their mission by targeting the final slave merchant in Heaven Dou.

• While Shana bandaged her leg, Eagle Woman confronted A-Zhao for sparing an enemy and exposing his back during their fight with a Soul Saint.
• A-Zhao explained that the wounded man had pleaded to return home for his son's birthday, so he had let him live; the man then attacked him in a final burst of strength.
• Shana knocked A-Zhao clear of the attack but was wounded because she had not reinforced her claw with Soul Power.
• Eagle Woman warned A-Zhao that another lapse would get him transferred to rear-line work, and Shana added that he would carry their bags in the next city without using a Soul Tool.
• Eagle Woman said that only one slave merchant remained on their list and that he was in Heaven Dou, so they would leave after Shana healed.

Dai Li took over the investigation into the murders of slave traders and traced the victims’ connection to Shana, a Beast-Human who had been sold among them before being recorded as buried alive. He decided to watch the last surviving family, while his team, Eagle Woman, and Shana all headed toward Heaven Dou.

• The Fara Province governor handed the murder investigation over to Dai Li and his five Soul Emperor companions, led by a Soul Saint.
• Dai Li ordered the team to search slave-trading records, including records of slaves reported dead, after finding no useful links among the merchants’ victims.
• The team found Shana’s profile and learned that she had been sold among eleven merchants before the Wan Family reported her buried alive five years earlier.
• Dai Li rejected investigating the Wan Family’s burial records and chose to pursue the one surviving merchant family, anticipating that the killer would target them.
• Dai Li’s team crossed into Heaven Dou territory as Eagle Woman and Shana also traveled toward the city, alongside another unidentified person.

Dai Li and his team investigated Shana’s past at Ding Wan’s estate, but a Giant Wolf attacked and exposed the connection. As the fight turned against Dai Li’s squad, a powerful newcomer struck Shana and forced her out of Beast Soul Awakening.

• Dai Li questioned Ding Wan about Shana, but Ding Wan said he could not remember her and hosted the investigators while they continued their search.
• After half a month, the Giant Wolf destroyed Ding Wan’s villa and froze the wreckage, confirming Dai Li’s suspicion that the incidents were connected to Shana.
• Dai Li and his five teammates formed the Six-Point Tiger Evil Formation and fought the Giant Wolf and a Giant Eagle that attacked from above.
• A-Zhao broke the formation from the ground, and the formation’s collapse left Dai Li’s team vulnerable as he was defeated.
• A massive black shadow struck Shana, sending her through several walls and forcing her out of Beast Soul Awakening; A-Zhao rushed to her side as a dangerous figure appeared.

Tang Chen arrived at the manor seeking Sima Jinchi, and the two powerful fighters finally faced each other. After Sima Jinchi killed Dai Li and the others to carry out Ye Qing’s orders, Tang Chen set aside his objections and challenged him to a match.

• Tang Chen thanked Dai Li for his help, then demanded that Golden Blade appear and revealed he had come looking for Sima Jinchi.
• Eagle Woman tried to carry Shana and A-Zhao away, but Tang Chen intercepted her and spotted Sima Jinchi.
• Sima Jinchi ordered Eagle Woman to take the others away and exchanged blows with Tang Chen, who recognized him as the swordsman Tang Jun had described.
• Sima Jinchi redirected a blade strike at Dai Li and the others, destroying half the manor and killing them.
• Tang Chen questioned Sima Jinchi’s killing, then introduced himself and challenged him to a fight.

Tang Chen and Sima Jinchi fought a sparring match, testing their strength and signature weapons. Sima Jinchi gained the upper hand after transforming and unleashing his Martial Soul Avatar, leaving Tang Chen on the defensive.

• Tang Chen and Sima Jinchi introduced themselves and their ranks before beginning their duel.
• Tang Chen struck with his Titan Hammer, but Sima Jinchi met the blow head-on and proved slightly stronger.
• Tang Chen used the Nine Absolutes of the Clear Sky to redirect Sima Jinchi’s force into a counterattack.
• Sima Jinchi used Dragon Transformation and his Martial Soul Avatar, while Tang Chen answered with the Avatar of the Clear Sky.
• Sima Jinchi’s rapid blade attacks overwhelmed Tang Chen, who could only defend himself.

Tang Chen and Sima Jinchi fought with their full strength, ending their spar in a devastating clash that left Tang Chen defeated. Sima Jinchi departed after warning Tang Chen that his Ninth Spirit Skill would kill him.

• Tang Chen used the Great Sumeru Hammer to break through Sima Jinchi's blade light and attack with the full power of his nine Spirit Rings.
• Sima Jinchi answered with his eighth Spirit Skill, Dragon Soul Slash, and the two fighters' attacks collided in a massive explosion.
• The clash broke Tang Chen's hammer attack and left both fighters injured, after which they dismissed their Martial Soul Avatars.
• Tang Chen accepted his defeat, praised the satisfying spar, and asked about Sima Jinchi's golden Ninth Spirit Ring.
• Sima Jinchi warned Tang Chen not to seek out his Ninth Spirit Skill and left the ruined estate.