Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye fought Gai Feng of the Bright Jade Sect after she attacked him with her Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King Martial Soul. He avoided her sonic attacks and destroyed most of her bat swarm, but Gai Feng transformed into her Martial Soul Avatar and lunged at him.

• Long Zhanye provoked the Bright Jade Sect Master over the sect's past involvement, and Gai Feng attacked him with her Fourth Soul Skill, Supersonic Sonic Wave.
• Long Zhanye dodged Gai Feng's sonic attacks using his Supersonic Bionic Wings, while Gai Feng used Level 7 Thrusters to pursue him.
• Gai Feng unleashed her Fifth Soul Skill, Dance of the Demon Swarm, and sent a swarm of dark-gold bats after Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye used a Level 7 Thunder Giant Cannon to destroy the bats, draining Gai Feng's Soul Power and exposing her weakening form.
• Gai Feng revealed her Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into a giant three-headed bat and lunging at Long Zhanye.

Long Zhanye battled Gai Feng, Bright Jade Sect’s Soul Douluo Vice Sect Master, while concealing his true plan. After wearing down her Soul Power, he used a Puppet and a Weakening Ray to defeat her, leaving her helplessly falling from the sky.

• Gai Feng charged Long Zhanye, but his Killing Intent repelled her and forced her to spend Soul Power breaking through his attacks.
• Long Zhanye kept Gai Feng at a distance, using Killing Intent and soul tools to drain her strength while the Bright Jade Sect disciples watched in disbelief.
• Long Zhanye’s Puppet fought Gai Feng while his true body waited for her Soul Power to weaken.
• Long Zhanye struck Gai Feng with a Level 8 Weakening Ray, overwhelming her after she had spent most of her Soul Power.
• Gai Feng’s Martial Soul Avatar vanished, and she fell helplessly as the pavilion below fell silent.

Long Zhanye defeated Gai Feng and confronted the Bright Jade Sect with eight Sun Moon God Needles, forcing its sect master to let him take the Vice Sect Master away. He left with Gai Feng stored in his Storage Soul Tool while the sect's elders and master remained powerless to object.

• Long Zhanye and his clone struck Gai Feng from both sides, knocking the weakened Vice Sect Master to the ground.
• Long Zhanye lifted Gai Feng by the collar and demanded that the Bright Jade Sect answer for her lethal attack.
• Long Zhanye revealed eight Sun Moon God Needles, terrifying the Bright Jade Sect Master and its elders into silence.
• Long Zhanye placed Gai Feng in his Storage Soul Tool, and the Bright Jade Sect Master agreed that he could take her.
• Long Zhanye turned to leave the Bright Jade Sect.

Long Zhanye forced the Bright Jade Sect to reveal their Martial Souls and learned that Xiahou Ling’s Blood Red Bat King had supposedly mutated after she took a growth-accelerating medicine. Doubting the sect’s explanation, he left after warning the Bright Jade Sect Master that he would return.

• Long Zhanye ordered everyone in the Bright Jade Sect to release their Martial Souls and found that most had Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King or other dark-type Martial Souls, but none had Xiahou Ling’s Blood Red Bat King.
• Long Zhanye asked whether Xiahou Ling had relatives, and the Bright Jade Sect Master identified an elderly sect elder as her father.
• The Bright Jade Sect Master said Xiahou Ling’s Martial Soul had mutated after she took medicine to accelerate her Soul Power growth, while Long Zhanye suspected the sect might have caused the mutation deliberately.
• Long Zhanye considered using Masked Douluo’s soul-manipulation method to uncover the truth, then warned the Bright Jade Sect Master he would return and flew away.
• The Bright Jade Sect’s disciples and elders relaxed after Long Zhanye departed, and the Bright Jade Sect Master ordered them to disperse.

Long Zhanye returned to Masked Douluo with Gai Feng as the bargaining chip and learned the secret art of manipulating souls. Masked Douluo demonstrated the technique by pulling Gai Feng’s soul from her body.

• Long Zhanye flew back to Masked Douluo’s camp and presented the half-conscious Gai Feng.
• Masked Douluo eagerly inspected Gai Feng, then told Long Zhanye the method for manipulating souls.
• Long Zhanye asked Masked Douluo to demonstrate the secret art so he could verify its effects.
• Masked Douluo used an incantation and intertwined Soul Power and Mental Power to seize Gai Feng’s soul.
• Masked Douluo yanked a pale-blue, human-shaped soul out of Gai Feng’s crown.

Long Zhanye learned Masked Douluo’s soul-manipulation method and successfully extracted a wisp of Gai Feng’s soul. Back in his Mingde Hall dormitory, he released another wisp from his Sea of Consciousness and examined it.

• Long Zhanye stopped Masked Douluo from extracting Gai Feng’s soul and asked to try the method himself.
• Long Zhanye followed the incantation and used his Soul Power and Mental Power to draw a wisp of Gai Feng’s soul into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Long Zhanye told Masked Douluo he had taken the soul wisp to play with, while Masked Douluo claimed Gai Feng’s body for himself.
• Masked Douluo offered to teach Long Zhanye more secret arts in exchange for being sent more beautiful women, and Long Zhanye left without responding.
• Long Zhanye returned to his dormitory, checked for eavesdroppers, and released another wisp of Gai Feng’s soul from his Sea of Consciousness.

Long Zhanye forced Gai Feng's soul to explain Xiahou Ling's Martial Soul mutation and the Bright Jade Sect's reasons for arranging her engagement. He imprisoned Gai Feng in his Sea of Consciousness and was left wondering whether Xiahou Ling's death had been a conspiracy.

• Long Zhanye threatened Gai Feng's soul with Tang San's flames until she agreed to reveal what she knew.
• Gai Feng said medicine had transformed Xiahou Ling's Martial Soul, and explained that Xiahou Ling's mother was an Evil Soul Master.
• Gai Feng explained that the Bright Jade Sect arranged Xiahou Ling's engagement to send her somewhere powerful enough to protect her and to win support for the sect.
• Long Zhanye refused to release Gai Feng until he could verify her account and imprisoned her in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Long Zhanye wondered whether Xiahou Ling's death had been an accident or a carefully planned conspiracy.

As the Spirit Master Elite Tournament approached, the Sun Moon Empire prepared for its largest edition in nearly a thousand years, with sects returning and Soul Tools offered as prizes. In the imperial palace, Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi how the Emperor was doing.

• Long Zhanye spent the months before the tournament learning Soul Tool crafting from Kong Deming, studying secret techniques, and gathering information around Ming Capital.
• The Sun Moon Empire reinstated sect participation in the tournament, and 167 teams qualified under the age and cultivation requirements.
• The tournament offered a Level 9 Soul Tool to the champions, a Level 8 Soul Tool to the runners-up, and a Level 7 Soul Tool to the third-place team.
• Ju Zi pushed Xu Tianran through the imperial rear garden, where he asked her how the Father Emperor was doing.

Juzi briefed Xu Tianran on the emperor’s failing health, the military’s loyalties, and preparations for the tournament. Xu Tianran planned to deal with remaining opposition after taking the throne, while Juzi reaffirmed her resolve to stay by him and destroy the Star Luo Empire.

• Juzi told Xu Tianran that the emperor had suffered repeated comas and described how much of the army supported or opposed them.
• Xu Tianran said Juzi could eliminate stubborn military opponents after he ascended the throne.
• Xu Tianran promised to make Juzi empress, and Juzi said she wanted to remain with him and destroy the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianran praised Juzi’s military performance and said she could become his marshal in a future war against the Star Luo Empire.
• Juzi reported that the tournament preparations were complete, including the venue, security, and arrangements for all 167 teams.

Xu Tianran discussed Shrek Academy’s return and its destruction of Mingde Hall with Juzi, then sent her to summon Zhongli. At Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Long Zhanye learned that Shrek and the Tang Sect had entered separate teams and headed for Mingyue Hotel after questioning Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.

• Xu Tianran asked whether Shrek Academy had arrived and warned Juzi that the academy would answer for destroying Mingde Hall.
• Xu Tianran told Juzi to invite Zhongli for an important discussion, and Juzi left while concealing her unease.
• Long Zhanye visited Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, who told him that Shrek and the Tang Sect were competing with separate teams.
• Xiao Hongchen revealed that Ghost Nana was a Tang Sect substitute and that Wang Qiu'er led Shrek’s team.
• Long Zhanye learned that the Tang Sect team was staying at Mingyue Hotel and said he would fight only if the Sun Moon team reached the finals.
• Long Zhanye left the academy and headed straight for Mingyue Hotel.

Long Zhanye abducted Ghost Nana from Ming Capital and brought her to Masked Douluo as a prospective target. Masked Douluo eagerly accepted her while Gai Feng lay badly injured in the tent.

• Long Zhanye watched Ghost Nana leave Mingyue Hotel and decided to abduct her, viewing her as a traitor to Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.
• Long Zhanye struck Nana with a Weakening Ray, then used Chaos Qi to confuse nearby passersby and carry her away unnoticed.
• Long Zhanye returned to Masked Douluo's tent with the unconscious Nana and saw Gai Feng lying severely injured on the bed.
• Long Zhanye presented Nana to Masked Douluo, who eagerly praised her and groped her while holding her in his arms.

Masked Douluo taught Long Zhanye the Secret Spirit Bone Technique, then offered him a Holy Spirit Cult secret in exchange for five women. After Long Zhanye agreed, Masked Douluo revealed a technique that could increase Soul Ring age limits, though Long Zhanye questioned whether it was real.

• Masked Douluo explained how the Secret Spirit Bone Technique could produce a spirit bone by killing one hundred soul beasts within half an hour and stirring their Soul Rings.
• Long Zhanye considered whether he had the strength to meet the technique’s requirements while Masked Douluo groped Nana.
• Masked Douluo offered another secret technique in exchange for five women, and Long Zhanye agreed after hearing it was a high-level secret of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Masked Douluo cleared the women from the tent and raised a barrier before revealing that the technique could increase Soul Ring age limits.
• Long Zhanye doubted the claim and asked to see Masked Douluo’s Soul Rings, so Masked Douluo revealed his nine rings and Demon Maggot Martial Soul.

Long Zhanye weighed the costly, uncertain secret technique for increasing Soul Ring ages after learning its limits from Masked Douluo. Medusa announced that Long Zhanye had completed the first three Trials of Sin and granted him a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, leaving him asking when he had passed them.

• Masked Douluo told Long Zhanye that the Soul Ring-enhancement technique had a success rate below two percent and had yielded only a few thousand years of total increases in his own attempts.
• Long Zhanye considered the technique’s dangers and poor returns as he walked through the night, weighing whether it was worth trying to strengthen his Soul Rings.
• Medusa announced that Long Zhanye had completed the First Three Trials of Sin and increased his God of Sin affinity by thirty percent.
• A silver-white God-Bestowed Soul Ring emerged from between Long Zhanye’s brows and entered his Sea of Consciousness.
• Long Zhanye asked Medusa when he had passed the first three trials, and she answered with sinister laughter.

Medusa explained that Long Zhanye had passed three God Trials and revealed that his fourth trial required improper relations with multiple women. Hoping to earn several God-Bestowed Soul Rings before breaking through rank seventy, Long Zhanye decided to suppress his cultivation and began designing a Soul Tool to restrict its growth.

• Medusa told Long Zhanye that bringing Ye Guyi into Mingde Hall under a false identity had completed his first trial, while his deal with Masked Douluo and his treatment of Ghost Nana completed the second and third.
• Medusa explained that completed trials could grant God-Bestowed Soul Rings at cultivation bottlenecks and revealed that Long Zhanye's fourth trial was Lust.
• Long Zhanye decided to remain at rank seventy and complete as many God Trials and other preparations as possible before obtaining his seventh soul ring.
• Long Zhanye conceived a Soul Tool that could suppress his Soul Power growth and returned to his Mingde Hall laboratory to begin designing it.

Long Zhanye tested his Seal Lock, which restricted his Soul Power to level sixty-nine so he could prepare for a later breakthrough. He went to Qingse Hotel to complete his fourth trial and left the chapter waiting for Shangguan Wei'er after demanding the hotel’s prettiest girls for the night.

• Long Zhanye tested the Seal Lock and found it sealed his dantian, limiting his usable Soul Power to level sixty-nine.
• Long Zhanye planned to keep his cultivation sealed while he completed his God Trials and prepared to break through to Soul Saint.
• Long Zhanye entered Qingse Hotel to complete his fourth trial and drank eight bowls of beer before going to the top-floor room.
• Long Zhanye offered a hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins and demanded that the server bring him the prettiest girls for the whole night.
• The server hurried to find Shangguan Wei'er, who was sitting in her office with a glass of red wine.

Shangguan Wei'er disguised herself as a brothel woman and arranged to kill Long Zhanye, whom she believed was Po Hongchen. She entered his room with ten women and moved into position to attack him while he was drunk and unaware.

• Shangguan Wei'er learned that Po Hongchen had arrived and decided to kill him herself.
• Shangguan Wei'er told the waitress to arrange her plan, despite the waitress's protests.
• Long Zhanye waited for his goods, then let ten women enter his room while drunk.
• Shangguan Wei'er disguised herself among the women and watched for a chance to attack Long Zhanye.
• Shangguan Wei'er wrapped her thighs around Long Zhanye's neck as Soul Power gathered in her left hand.

Long Zhanye’s drunken embrace thwarted Shangguan Wei’er’s attack, and he woke to find he had spent the night with her and the other women. After receiving his God Trial reward, he dismissed Shangguan Wei’er’s accusations and knocked her unconscious with Weakening Ray.

• Long Zhanye seized Shangguan Wei’er and held her fast, mistaking her resistance for a desire for intimacy.
• By morning, Long Zhanye woke beside the women and realized what had happened the night before.
• The God Trial announced that Long Zhanye had passed Sin Trial Four and received ten percent more Sin Affinity and one God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Shangguan Wei’er called Long Zhanye a lecher, but he claimed they had both been willing because he had paid.
• When Shangguan Wei’er tried to rise and attack him, Long Zhanye hit her with Weakening Ray and made her faint.

After passing the Theft trial, Long Zhanye flew to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt five hundred soul beasts for his sixth trial. He headed for a cyclops nest deep in the forest, hoping to complete the trial and find a suitable seventh soul ring.

• Long Zhanye stole a jar of wine from Qingse Hotel and passed Sin Trial Five, earning ten percent more Sin Affinity and a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Long Zhanye learned that his sixth trial required him to kill more than five hundred living beings within eighteen days, so he chose to hunt soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Long Zhanye flew for five days to the forest, where he recalled the cyclops nest containing over a thousand soul beasts.
• Long Zhanye flew low toward the cyclops nest, watching for danger with his Double Pupil.

Long Zhanye searched for a way to kill a hundred young Cyclopes quickly when three identical old men confronted him in the Star Dou Great Forest. After he introduced himself as Po Hongchen and claimed Jing Hongchen was his senior brother, they asked him to help with a task nearby.

• Long Zhanye considered how to catch and kill the scattered young Cyclopes within half an hour to fulfill the Secret Spirit Bone Technique.
• He sensed three people approaching and saw three identical elderly Spirit Masters arrive before him.
• The three old men questioned Long Zhanye, and he introduced himself as Po Hongchen, Jing Hongchen’s junior brother.
• The old men offered Long Zhanye rewards and asked him to help with a nearby task, believing he was an outstanding Soul Engineer.

Long Zhanye recognized the Zhongli brothers’ staffs as Level 8 Soul Tools and agreed to help them after they swore to let him leave. He followed the three elders while concealing his own confidence and waiting to learn their objective.

• Zhongli Tian, Zhongli Di, and Zhongli Ren released their Martial Souls and revealed their gray scales, snake-like eyes, and powerful Level 8 Soul Tools.
• Long Zhanye identified the staffs as Soul Tools and judged that the three Soul Douluos combined Spirit Master combat instincts with Soul Engineer enhancements.
• The Zhongli brothers swore that they would not make things difficult for Long Zhanye or prevent him from leaving after he helped with their operation.
• Long Zhanye agreed to go with the brothers and asked them to explain what they needed from him along the way.
• The three elders led Long Zhanye onward in perfect unison, and he suspected their staffs had been made by Mingde Hall.