Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye used Chaos Demon Light to blind and disorient the Double-Eyed Cyclops, then wounded it repeatedly with the Azure Underworld Dagger. After he slashed one of its eyes, the enraged beast unleashed a devastating cross-shaped blade of Chaos Power.

• Long Zhanye activated Chaos Demon Light, blinding targets and blocking their Mental Power while his Heavenly Eye let him see through the light.
• Long Zhanye repeatedly attacked the Double-Eyed Cyclops's legs and body with the Azure Underworld Dagger as it flailed blindly.
• Long Zhanye seized an opening and slashed through the Double-Eyed Cyclops's giant eye, causing it to scream in agony.
• The Double-Eyed Cyclops's remaining eye glowed crimson and fired a cross-shaped gray blade of Chaos Power that withered plants in its path.
• Long Zhanye sensed the danger of the beast's desperate counterattack and braced himself.

Long Zhanye used his Colorless Wall and Corrosive Ray Cannon to defeat and kill a severely wounded Double-Eyed Cyclops. After Zhua Yun finished off two other Cyclopes, he praised Long Zhanye’s strength, and Old Man Gu congratulated them both.

• Long Zhanye layered three Colorless Walls to block the Double-Eyed Cyclops’s final Cross Gray Light Blade.
• Long Zhanye struck the beast’s remaining eye with his Corrosive Ray Cannon, and the Double-Eyed Cyclops screamed in human language before collapsing.
• Long Zhanye used his Azure Underworld Dagger to finish off the Double-Eyed Cyclops, and a black Soul Ring formed above its corpse.
• Zhua Yun killed the two thirty-thousand-year Cyclopes and then expressed disbelief at Long Zhanye’s victory over the stronger beast.
• Zhua Yun praised Long Zhanye, and Old Man Gu rose to congratulate them.

After Long Zhanye defeated the Twin Cyclops, he discovered that its remains had produced two rare eyeball-shaped External Soul Bones. Old Man Gu identified the treasure, but Long Zhanye hesitated over where the bones might fuse as he prepared to absorb them.

• Long Zhanye noticed that Old Man Gu had stopped pretending to be frail and went to absorb the Twin Cyclops's Soul Ring.
• Long Zhanye spotted two jade-like objects hovering over the Twin Cyclops's ruined eye sockets, and Old Man Gu rushed over in shock.
• Old Man Gu identified the objects as two eyeball-shaped External Soul Bones, astonishing Long Zhanye and Zhua Yun.
• Long Zhanye asked where the External Soul Bones would fuse, and Old Man Gu admitted they might appear on Long Zhanye's face or elsewhere on his body.

Long Zhanye absorbed a Forty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Head Spirit Bone, then began fusing two eyeball-shaped External Soul Bones. The fusion overwhelmed him with agony and left him unconscious, while Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun could only guard him and hope he survived.

• Old Man Gu urged Long Zhanye to absorb the two External Soul Bones and the Hundred Thousand Year Head Spirit Bone together, and Long Zhanye agreed.
• Long Zhanye successfully fused the Head Spirit Bone and absorbed the Forty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power to level fifty-four and greatly strengthening his spiritual power.
• The two External Soul Bones circled Long Zhanye before shooting into his eyes and beginning a painful fusion.
• Long Zhanye felt the foreign eyeballs trying to displace his own, lost consciousness, and collapsed.
• Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun hurried to Long Zhanye and stood guard as Old Man Gu warned that the fusion's outcome depended on whether Long Zhanye could pull through.

After waking beside the campfire, Long Zhanye discovered his eyes had evolved into Double Pupils with extraordinary vision, shocking Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun. He also found his Soul Power had risen to the peak of level fifty-four, and he resolved to obtain a suitable Fifth Soul Ring and recover the cultivation he had lost.

• Long Zhanye woke hungry after his battles and saw Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun eating roasted Cyclops meat.
• Long Zhanye noticed his vision had become exceptionally clear and could perceive distant details and fast-moving creatures.
• Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun reacted with alarm when they saw Long Zhanye's eyes.
• Long Zhanye saw in a puddle that each eye now had two pupils, and Old Man Gu identified the legendary Double Pupils.
• Long Zhanye sensed that his fused External Soul Bone had granted him Double Pupils and powerful spiritual potential.
• Long Zhanye discovered his Soul Power had reached the peak of level fifty-four and resolved to obtain a Fifth Soul Ring to regain his lost progress.

Long Zhanye woke from a dream in which the God of Sin appeared to grant him a mysterious Fifth Soul Ring. The ring was real, and after Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun discovered it, Long Zhanye began testing its Fifth Soul Skill.

• In a dream, Long Zhanye heard a voice describe nine near-gods and saw an eerie black Soul Ring form in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Long Zhanye woke to find five black Soul Rings beneath his feet and his Soul Power stabilized at level fifty-five.
• Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun were shocked by the new ring and questioned Long Zhanye, who said it had appeared after a strange dream.
• Old Man Gu asked Long Zhanye to reveal the Fifth Soul Skill, and Long Zhanye began forming a seal to activate it.

Long Zhanye demonstrated the domain granted by his mysterious Fifth Soul Ring, which let him absorb elemental energy, move freely within its range, and control Chaos Power. He told Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun that an unknown being had bestowed the ring through his Sea of Consciousness, leaving Old Man Gu convinced that Long Zhanye might be chosen by a god.

• Long Zhanye activated his Son of Mingling Soul Skill, creating a domain that drained and converted elemental energy while restoring his strength.
• Long Zhanye vanished from across the domain and appeared beside Old Man Gu, frightening him; Long Zhanye then explained he could move anywhere in the domain and control its elemental energy.
• Old Man Gu demanded to know where Long Zhanye's Fifth Soul Ring came from, and Long Zhanye said an unknown being had placed it in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Old Man Gu concluded that only a god could bestow such a powerful Soul Ring and wondered if Long Zhanye was god-chosen.
• Long Zhanye said the being had only promised to bestow fortune upon him before the Soul Ring appeared, strengthening Old Man Gu's belief.

Old Man Gu praised Long Zhanye’s talent and promised to train him, but Zhua Yun sensed that a hidden observer had witnessed Long Zhanye’s Fifth Soul Skill. Long Zhanye pursued the spy himself and found a composed young woman named Ye Guyi, who greeted him politely.

• Old Man Gu offered to teach Long Zhanye everything he had kept hidden for three months, and Long Zhanye accepted.
• Zhua Yun reported sensing a Spirit King or possible Soul Emperor spying on Long Zhanye’s Fifth Soul Skill from at least a thousand meters away.
• Old Man Gu ordered Zhua Yun to find and kill the spy to prevent Long Zhanye’s abilities from becoming known.
• Long Zhanye stopped Zhua Yun and rushed toward the suspected observer, saying he would handle the danger himself.
• Long Zhanye found Ye Guyi in the forest, and she introduced herself with a friendly greeting.

Long Zhanye attacked Ye Guyi after deciding she had to die for learning his secret, and their fight escalated from close combat to Soul Tool fire. Ye Guyi was driven into an increasingly perilous retreat by Long Zhanye’s Level 6 weapons.

• Ye Guyi introduced herself as a member of the Ordinary Alliance and invited Long Zhanye to join its fight against Evil Soul Masters.
• Long Zhanye refused and attacked Ye Guyi with his Azure Underworld Dagger because she had seen his secret.
• Ye Guyi deflected his strike with her Level 5 Soul Guidance Longsword and fought back as Long Zhanye’s close-range attacks gained no advantage.
• Long Zhanye revealed a Level 6 Corrosive Ray Cannon and a Soul Power Backlash Shield after Ye Guyi intensified her sword assault.
• Long Zhanye fired repeated corrosive rays, forcing Ye Guyi to dodge through the terrain as her situation grew increasingly dangerous.

Long Zhanye spared Ye Guyi after she revealed her Holy Angel Martial Soul, but warned her to keep his abilities secret. He returned to Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun, claiming he had killed her, while Ye Guyi fled the forest and Long Zhanye’s party headed back to their sect.

• Ye Guyi awakened her Holy Angel Martial Soul, and Long Zhanye recognized it as a sacred weapon against Evil Soul Masters.
• Long Zhanye lowered his Soul Tools, spared Ye Guyi, and warned that he would kill her if she revealed his abilities.
• Ye Guyi invited Long Zhanye to join the Ordinary Alliance, but he left and warned her to escape before his master and senior brother found her.
• Ye Guyi withdrew her Martial Soul and departed in the opposite direction from Long Zhanye.
• Long Zhanye returned to Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun and falsely claimed that he had killed Ye Guyi.
• Old Man Gu ordered the group to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and Long Zhanye followed while briefly looking back toward Ye Guyi’s departure.

Long Zhanye's Heavenly Eye showed him two Soul Beasts fighting, drawing him and his companions to a clearing near Star Dou Great Forest's Core Area. He resolved to save the badly wounded Lion Mastiff despite Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun's warnings, as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion prepared to finish it off.

• Long Zhanye received a vivid vision of a golden three-eyed Soul Beast fighting a strange bluish-green, black-pawed canine and rushed toward the forest's Core Area.
• Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun chased after Long Zhanye, worried that he had run into danger alone.
• Long Zhanye found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion overpowering the wounded Soul Beast, which Old Man Gu suspected was a rare mutant Lion Mastiff.
• Old Man Gu identified the golden beast as the Emperor Auspicious Beast and warned that interfering could provoke the Fierce Beasts guarding her.
• Long Zhanye declared that his Heavenly Eye's premonition meant he and the Lion Mastiff were fated, and decided to save it.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion gathered golden light in her third eye to deliver the final blow.

Long Zhanye used his Chaos Demon Light to rescue the wounded Lion Mastiff from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and flee the clearing with Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun. As they raced toward the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest, the furious Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff and Three-Eyed Golden Lion roared in pursuit.

• Long Zhanye's Heavenly Eye clashed with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's third eye, taking a trace of her Power of Luck while she received fragments of his painful human memories.
• Shaken by Long Zhanye's memories, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion hesitated, giving him an opening to unleash his First Soul Skill, Chaos Demon Light.
• Long Zhanye blinded and isolated the others' spiritual perception, rushed into the clearing, and carried the wounded Lion Mastiff away.
• Long Zhanye ordered Old Man Gu and Zhua Yun to flee with him, and they ran toward the forest's outskirts while carrying the Lion Mastiff.
• The Chaos Demon Light faded, and the Three-Headed Red Demon Mastiff and Three-Eyed Golden Lion roared furiously as the four fugitives continued their desperate escape.

After escaping the Star Dou Great Forest with the injured Soul Beast they had taken from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Long Zhanye and the others brought it to Old Man Gu for treatment. Old Man Gu discovered signs of True Dragon Bloodline in the creature, named it the Green-Eyed Dragon Lion Mastiff, and watched it eagerly eat Sugar Cubes.

• Long Zhanye and his companions reached the Body Sect after fleeing the Star Dou Great Forest, then Long Zhanye asked Old Man Gu to save the badly injured Soul Beast.
• Old Man Gu treated the creature's wounds, stabilized its condition, and recognized it as a Lion Mastiff with an unusual aura in its blood.
• Old Man Gu identified the aura as belonging to the True Dragon Bloodline, though he could not explain how it had appeared in the Soul Beast.
• Old Man Gu named the creature the Green-Eyed Dragon Lion Mastiff, and Long Zhanye tried offering it ordinary food, which it refused.
• Long Zhanye offered three Sugar Cubes, and the Green-Eyed Dragon Lion Mastiff ate them eagerly, astonishing Old Man Gu.

Over three months, Long Zhanye recovered, studied under Old Man Gu, and deepened his understanding of his Body Martial Soul and the Nine Body Secrets. Old Man Gu sent him to Star Luo City to buy medicine and study with Yang Yangang, giving him a chance to travel near the border where his older brother was stationed.

• Tang San recovered and became Long Zhanye’s devoted companion, though it remained fascinated by his Heavenly Eye Martial Soul and insisted on eating three sugar cubes each day.
• Old Man Gu taught Long Zhanye foundational knowledge about Soul Power, spiritual power, medicines, Soul Beasts, and the Nine Body Secrets.
• After three months, Old Man Gu said Long Zhanye had learned the foundations and proposed sending Zhua Yun to obtain a medicinal ingredient.
• Long Zhanye volunteered to fetch the medicine, hoping to travel near the border and possibly see his brother, Long Zhantian.
• Old Man Gu directed Long Zhanye to buy the ingredient from Yang Yangang at the Yang Family Hundred Herbs Hall in Star Luo City.
• Old Man Gu gave Long Zhanye a letter and instructed him to stay with Yang Yangang for several months or longer to study medicinal principles and their connection to Martial Souls.

Old Man Gu revealed that Tang San possessed both Fire and Destruction attributes, then asked Long Zhanye to demonstrate his Heavenly Eye’s Body Martial Soul Secondary Awakening. Long Zhanye manifested a Black Iron-level awakening, shocking Old Man Gu, while he himself felt its power purifying and strengthening his abilities.

• Old Man Gu told Long Zhanye that Tang San was a juvenile Soul Beast with Fire and Destruction attributes and warned that its power carried risks.
• Old Man Gu explained the Transform Secret and the four recognized awakening levels, then asked Long Zhanye to show his Heavenly Eye’s awakening.
• Long Zhanye gathered his Soul Power and spiritual power into his Heavenly Eye, causing Chaos-gray light to surround and lift him.
• The gray light contracted into a dark-black aura as Long Zhanye’s Heavenly Eye opened, and Old Man Gu fainted from shock.
• Zhua Yun caught Old Man Gu, who lamented that Long Zhanye had achieved only the lowest, Black Iron-level awakening.
• Long Zhanye sensed that the awakening purified and condensed his powers, sharpened his senses, and improved his control over Chaos Power.

Long Zhanye’s Black Iron Level awakening proved far stronger and more unusual than its outward appearance suggested, prompting Old Man Gu to reconsider his judgment. After preparing for his journey to Star Luo City, Long Zhanye left with Xiahou Ling’s remains strapped to his back, while Old Man Gu planned to seek another solution for his awakening.

• Zhua Yun urged Old Man Gu to examine Long Zhanye’s dense black aura, which indicated an enhancement well beyond an ordinary Black Iron Level awakening.
• Old Man Gu sensed the unusual strength of Long Zhanye’s awakening and wondered whether the Heavenly Eye made it follow different ranks from the usual iron, bronze, silver, and gold levels.
• Old Man Gu told Long Zhanye to withdraw his Martial Soul, remember the power, and make use of the awakening; Long Zhanye felt a new solidity and strength in his body.
• Long Zhanye packed supplies for his trip to Star Luo City, strapped on the coffin-shaped Soul Tool holding Xiahou Ling’s remains, and said farewell to Elder Xu.
• When Long Zhanye visited Old Man Gu to say goodbye, he explained that he was carrying the coffin because he did not trust Old Man Gu not to tamper with its contents.

Long Zhanye left the Body Sect and traveled toward Star Luo City, stopping in Shrek City to explore its famous auction houses. He arrived curious about the rare goods there and hopeful he might find something to help him recover or grow stronger.

• Old Man Gu warned Long Zhanye to conceal his unusual eyes and Martial Soul, then gave him a mask and hat; Zhua Yun wished him well as he departed with Tang San and the coffin.
• Long Zhanye traveled on foot through roads, forests, and towns, with Tang San keeping watch and the coffin discouraging troublemakers.
• On the seventh day, Long Zhanye searched near the Heaven Dou Empire border for news of his brother Long Zhantian but found no definite information.
• Long Zhanye reached Shrek City, concealed his face, and entered the bustling city with Tang San and the coffin.
• Long Zhanye decided to visit a major auction house and began asking passersby for directions.

Long Zhanye attended an auction, won a fourth-grade Milk Bottle, and watched a Ten Thousand Year Spirit Bone sell for a staggering price. After leaving the auction house with Tang San, he was twice targeted by a spiritual probe while walking through Shrek City.

• Long Zhanye watched the auction and bid eight thousand nine hundred Gold Soul Coins to win a fourth-grade Milk Bottle.
• A Ten Thousand Year Deep Sea Orca Left Arm Bone sold to a buyer in a private room for one million nine hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, leaving Long Zhanye reflecting on the value and risks of Spirit Bones.
• Long Zhanye completed the purchase backstage, then left the auction house with Tang San and headed into Shrek City's busy streets.
• A spiritual probe swept toward Long Zhanye, and he flicked a strand of spiritual power back at its owner, forcing the probe to withdraw.
• The same source sent another, stronger spiritual probe toward Long Zhanye before he had gone twenty steps.

Long Zhanye confronted Huo Yuhao, the grilled-fish vendor, for probing him twice with mental power. Huo Yuhao learned that Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had once chosen Long Zhanye as his ideal host, while his curiosity and pride drove him to probe Long Zhanye again.

• Long Zhanye sensed a second mental probe, found Huo Yuhao at a grilled fish stall, and demanded to know why he was spying on him.
• Huo Yuhao apologized and offered Long Zhanye a grilled fish, claiming his unusual appearance had sparked his curiosity.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that Long Zhanye had once been his first choice as a host because of his exceptional talent and Twin Body Martial Souls.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm recounted hearing that Long Zhanye's Martial Soul had been crippled, his father killed, and his mother lost, leaving him supposedly near death.
• Ice Empress questioned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm about Long Zhanye's restored strength, but Sky Dream Ice Silkworm admitted he did not know how Long Zhanye had recovered.
• Huo Yuhao's pride and desire to test Long Zhanye prompted him to release the second mental probe that had angered Long Zhanye.

Long Zhanye confronted Wang Dong after Tang San took a grilled fish, but Huo Yuhao’s attempt to calm the dispute made Long Zhanye suspect that Huo Yuhao knew his identity. The argument escalated, and Long Zhanye seized Wang Dong by the throat, leaving her dangling helplessly.

• Tang San stole a grilled fish from Huo Yuhao’s stall, and Wang Dong kicked it, making Long Zhanye turn back in anger.
• Long Zhanye confronted Wang Dong, while Huo Yuhao tried to settle the matter by offering the fish as a treat.
• Long Zhanye realized Huo Yuhao had called him “Brother Long” despite their supposed first meeting and demanded to know how he knew his surname.
• Huo Yuhao claimed he had guessed, but Wang Dong mocked Long Zhanye and urged Huo Yuhao to leave with her.
• Long Zhanye lost his temper and grabbed Wang Dong by the throat, lifting her off the ground.