Chapter Summaries

Le Bai and Oscar reached Ice Salt City and enjoyed its local food before heading toward Salt Lake to find Oscar’s Fifth Soul Ring. Le Bai also recognized the city’s Ice Salt as a profitable trade opportunity, while Shui Yuan went home to ask his family about Shui Bing'er.

• Le Bai explained to Oscar how sufficient Spiritual Power might let their Martial Soul Fusion Skill continuously restore Soul Power.
• Shui Yuan brought the group to Ice Salt City, settled his teammates in, and agreed to ask his family whether Shui Bing'er had returned and whether their friend had been with her.
• Le Bai and Oscar parted from Shui Yuan, ate salt-roasted meat and Snow Vine noodles at the Salt Feast, then set out for Salt Lake.
• Le Bai told Oscar that Ice Salt sold cheaply at its source could bring great profits elsewhere, and Oscar considered the dangers of becoming a wealthy salt merchant.
• Le Bai and Oscar increased their speed toward Salt Lake to find Oscar’s Fifth Soul Ring.

Le Bai and Oscar explored a vast salt lake while searching for Blue Ice Crystal Seals, and discovered that its water was surprisingly not very salty. After finding the seals at a distance, Le Bai proposed letting one help Oscar condense a Soul Ring without being killed, and Oscar agreed to try.

• Le Bai measured the enormous salt lake and wondered how little they understood about the world.
• Oscar tasted the lake water and found it was not as salty as Le Bai expected.
• Le Bai found Blue Ice Crystal Seals on the frozen part of the lake and warned that their spiritual power could make absorbing their Soul Rings dangerous.
• Le Bai proposed cooperating with a Blue Ice Crystal Seal to condense a Soul Ring without killing it, potentially allowing Oscar to influence its Soul Skill.
• Oscar agreed to try Le Bai's untested method and asked what he needed to do.

Le Bai negotiated with a highly intelligent Blue Ice Crystal Seal and guided it through transferring its bloodline power to Oscar without killing it. Oscar successfully obtained a black Soul Ring, leaving Le Bai’s nonlethal method proven in practice.

• Le Bai approached the Blue Ice Crystal Seals and established a spiritual conversation with their leader, who agreed to cooperate after hearing his proposal.
• Le Bai called Oscar over and instructed him to eat a Big Hot Dog, enter cultivation, and absorb the seal’s power as if it were a Soul Ring.
• The Seal Leader released blue mist from its forehead crystal, and Oscar absorbed it while Le Bai monitored the process and restored the seal’s strength with Life Force.
• Le Bai and the Seal Leader discussed the seals’ traditions and the danger Soul Beasts faced from humans as the transfer continued for hours.
• The blue mist condensed into a black ring that entered Oscar, forming a new black Soul Ring around him.

Oscar obtained his Fifth Soul Ring with the seal’s help and discovered that his new Ice Crystal Sausage granted Absolute Calm and restored Spiritual Power. Le Bai and Oscar left the seal, then discussed the risks of relying on Soul Beasts and their plans after returning.

• Oscar confirmed his Fifth Soul Skill, Emotion Freeze: Ice Crystal Sausage, and learned that his Soul Power had risen to level fifty-two.
• Oscar ate an Ice Crystal Sausage and realized that Absolute Calm let him use his abilities to their fullest.
• Oscar thanked the seal, and it told him that Le Bai had replenished the energy it spent helping him.
• Le Bai warned Oscar that the seal’s cooperation depended on its temperament and its judgment that Le Bai was stronger.
• Le Bai said he would travel after checking on the group’s training and planned to visit Oscar’s father, but Oscar refused to go.

Le Bai explained to Oscar his hypothesis that humans had lost abilities inherited from Soul Beasts and could regain them through Soul Rings, while warning him not to treat the idea as fact. Back in Ice Salt City, they learned Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xuewu had visited months earlier and then left to travel without saying where they were going.

• Le Bai told Oscar that he wanted to improve relations between Soul Masters and Soul Beasts, and discussed how reaching higher Soul Power levels could extend their lives.
• Le Bai explained how Aunt Ah Yin had described transformed Soul Beasts using power sealed in their Martial Souls to condense Soul Rings, then shared his speculation about humanity's origins and Soul Rings restoring lost abilities.
• Oscar became convinced by Le Bai's hypothesis, but Le Bai hit him to snap him out of his fixation and reminded him that they might still need to hunt Soul Beasts.
• Le Bai and Oscar confirmed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill produced Ice Crystal Hot Dogs that restored more Spiritual Power than they cost to make.
• Le Bai and Oscar visited Shui Yuan's family in Ice Salt City and learned that Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xuewu had returned half a year earlier with a male Soul Master before leaving to travel without naming a destination.

Le Bai and Oscar returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Oscar learned to hover, and Le Bai reported their journey to Ning Fengzhi. Le Bai planned an examination for the hundred trainees before continuing his travels.

• Le Bai and Oscar rested, then traveled back to the sect, with Oscar practicing magnetic-field flight along the way.
• Oscar reunited with Ning Rongrong, while Le Bai checked the hundred trainees and found their progress satisfactory.
• Le Bai met Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Changfeng, and recommended that the sect try Spirit Hall's Controller Soul Tool.
• Le Bai recounted the journey to the Far North and Oscar's Soul Ring acquisition, while keeping some details to himself.
• Le Bai told Ning Fengzhi he would hold an examination for the hundred trainees in two days, then leave to travel across the continent.

Le Bai gave Oscar and Ning Rongrong two Soul Bones as a betrothal gift for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then led a combat exam for the hundred people he had trained. The trainees all passed, and Le Bai left the arena as Ning Fengzhi took his place.

• Le Bai returned to Oscar's courtyard and learned that Ning Rongrong had tried Oscar's Ice Crystal Sausage, which temporarily removed her emotions and desire for affection.
• Le Bai presented Oscar with a spiritual Left Arm Bone, an ice-attribute Right Leg Bone, and a copy of his Version 6.1 Cultivation Method as a betrothal gift for Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After Ning Rongrong worried that Le Bai could not break through Level 60, Le Bai demonstrated that his Soul Power had reached Level 53 and said he had no cultivation bottlenecks.
• Two days later, Le Bai created a Water Man opponent for each of the hundred trainees in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Martial Arts Arena and began their combat exam.
• The trainees defeated their Water Men within five minutes, passed the exam, and watched Le Bai leave as Ning Fengzhi stood before them.

Le Bai returned to Meat Fragrance Village and took charge of the annual Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony. After teaching the village children a safe Soul Power breathing method, he left for the Star Dou Forest.

• Le Bai said goodbye to Oscar and Ning Rongrong, then flew toward Meat Fragrance Village.
• Le Bai learned that Oscar's father and Xiao Hong had moved near Suotuo City because Xiao Hong was pregnant.
• Le Bai offered to conduct the village's Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony for free, and seventy-eight children gathered for it.
• Le Bai awakened the children's Martial Souls and found two with Innate Soul Power, at Rank 1 and Rank 3.
• Le Bai recommended academies for the children with Soul Power and taught the others his improved Soul Power Breathing Method.
• Le Bai gave the breathing method to the village chief, left a letter for Oscar's father, and headed toward the Star Dou Forest.

Le Bai searched the Star Dou Forest for Xiao Wu and reached the lake where she lived with Da Ming and Er Ming. After reuniting, Xiao Wu ordered the two Soul Beasts to help her catch Le Bai so she could beat him up.

• Le Bai flew to the Star Dou Forest and searched its Core Area, comparing Soul Beast cultivation levels with their ages.
• Le Bai reached the lake at the coordinates Xiao Wu had once given him and used his Soul Power to locate Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
• Le Bai sent the three a mental message, and Da Ming and Er Ming emerged from the lake while Xiao Wu landed on Er Ming's shoulder.
• Xiao Wu recognized Le Bai and told Da Ming and Er Ming to catch him without hurting him.
• Da Ming used Slow Domain on Le Bai, and Xiao Wu approached him, cracking her knuckles.

Le Bai urged Xiao Wu to consume Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained that her mother’s soul might be resurrected using her Soul Bone as a foundation. After Xiao Wu began cultivating, he approached Da Ming with an idea for helping Soul Beasts and humans coexist.

• Xiao Wu beat Le Bai for ten minutes, then admitted she had kept Lovesick Heartbreak Red uneaten because it reminded her of Tang San.
• Le Bai gave Xiao Wu a Soul Tool showing Tang San’s family and his Blue Silver Emperor evolution, then revealed that he had reached Level 53 by condensing his own Soul Rings.
• Le Bai told Xiao Wu that her mother’s soul still existed and that her Soul Bone, held by the Pope of Spirit Hall, could help rebuild her body.
• Le Bai urged Xiao Wu to grow stronger so she could protect her mother’s resurrection, and Xiao Wu consumed Lovesick Heartbreak Red with Da Ming and Er Ming guarding her.
• Le Bai asked Da Ming about his and Er Ming’s future, then said he had a method that might let Soul Beasts and humans advance together and coexist.

Le Bai explained four possible ways for humans and Soul Beasts to coexist, and Da Ming weighed their costs and benefits. The next morning, Xiao Wu condensed her Fifth Soul Ring with Lovesick Heartbreak Red and woke at level fifty-four, eager to test her new soul skill against Le Bai.

• Le Bai showed Da Ming Oscar's recorded Fifth Soul Ring condensation and described four ways humans and Soul Beasts could coexist: senior Soul Beasts as mediators, stored Soul Beast power, cultivation techniques for Soul Beasts, and raising young Soul Beasts alongside humans.
• Da Ming objected that raising Soul Beasts would turn them into livestock, while Le Bai said the four methods could be pursued together and that he had not yet acted on any of them.
• The next morning, Xiao Wu's Fifth Soul Ring condensed as red light and black specks gathered into a black ring, and her Soul Power rose to level fifty-four.
• Xiao Wu awoke, looked dejectedly at Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then invited Le Bai to spar so he could see her new fifth soul skill.

Le Bai sparred with Xiao Wu to assess her Fifth Soul Skill, Soft Bone Force Dissipation, and discovered how it combined with her other abilities. After Xiao Wu explained her Soul Ring choices, Le Bai offered to help plan her future Soul Skills before he left.

• Xiao Wu challenged Le Bai to a spar, and he agreed to use Level 60 soul power without Spirit Power Overclocking.
• Xiao Wu demonstrated Soft Bone Force Dissipation by absorbing Le Bai's impacts and converting them into strength for her attacks.
• Le Bai endured Xiao Wu's combined attacks and deduced that her Fifth Soul Skill had a conversion limit that Invincible Golden Body could help offset.
• Xiao Wu explained that Soft Bone Force Dissipation absorbed impacts for three seconds, with a maximum conversion of 500% of her strength.
• Xiao Wu said her Life-Bound Fourth Soul Ring amplified the strength added by her other skills, and she believed she could defeat a Soul Emperor head-on.
• Le Bai offered to discuss how Xiao Wu should choose her next Soul Skills before he left.

Le Bai visited Xiao Wu and helped her improve her living conditions while discussing her future Soul Skills. He then asked Da Ming to let him experience a Domain, and Da Ming began explaining his Slow Domain.

• Xiao Wu argued with Le Bai about his advice on the Power Attack System, and he built her a Wooden House with a simple Septic Tank.
• Le Bai and Xiao Wu discussed the effects she wanted from her remaining four Soul Rings.
• Over breakfast, Le Bai asked Xiao Wu about Domains and whether Soul Beasts could improve their bloodlines; Xiao Wu sent him to ask Da Ming.
• Le Bai asked Da Ming to let him experience a Domain again, and Da Ming agreed before beginning to explain the Slow Domain.

Le Bai spent months studying Da Ming’s Slow Domain and Er Ming’s Gravity Domain, then used his understanding to resist their effects. He explained that a domain altered the world through an intensely manifested aspect of its owner, and that he could strengthen his own place in the world with Soul Power to counter it.

• Le Bai spent a month experiencing Da Ming’s Slow Domain, then studied Er Ming’s Gravity Domain for three days before continuing his practice with Da Ming.
• Over the following months, Le Bai gradually reduced the time he needed to experience Da Ming’s domain and eventually stopped asking Da Ming to deploy it.
• On the eighty-seventh day, Da Ming deployed his Slow Domain and discovered that Le Bai could move normally within it.
• Le Bai told Da Ming that he had analyzed the essence of domains and was resisting their effects rather than the domains themselves.
• Le Bai explained that domains altered the world by inscribing an intensely manifested aspect of their owners onto it.
• Le Bai said he used Soul Power to strengthen his own status as part of the world, nullifying domain effects on himself, though Da Ming did not understand the explanation.

Le Bai examined Xiao Wu, Da Ming, and Er Ming’s Soul Beast cultivation methods and tried to create a more efficient method, but his attempts failed. He left Star Dou Forest and headed toward the Star Luo Empire to visit Mu Bai and investigate the region.

• Le Bai asked Xiao Wu about her cultivation and learned that Soul Beasts usually developed simple methods through instinct, inheritance, and long periods of growth.
• Xiao Wu showed Le Bai her Soul Beast cultivation method, and Da Ming and Er Ming agreed to let him examine theirs as well.
• Le Bai used his perception to identify how Soul Beast and Soul Master methods both improved Soul Power Intensity and quality, despite their different focuses.
• Le Bai repeatedly tried to combine the shared principles into a Soul Beast cultivation method but failed, so he decided to focus on improving his own strength.
• Le Bai left Star Dou Forest, and Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming that he was trustworthy but contradictory and not exactly a good person.
• Le Bai headed toward the Star Luo Empire to visit Mu Bai, investigate local customs, and look for special Soul Tools.

Le Bai slowly crossed Star Dou Forest, encountered acquaintances hunting Soul Rings, and suggested ways to train more teachers for Spirit Hall Academy. Five months later, he had traveled through more than half of the Star Luo Empire and reached Star Luo City.

• Le Bai sensed two powerful Man Faced Demon Spiders in Star Dou Forest but decided not to hunt them.
• Le Bai avoided Dugu Bo's group, which was hunting Soul Rings for Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan.
• Le Bai met Zhao Lin leading Spirit Hall Academy students and suggested training Freelance Soul Masters to become teachers.
• Zhao Lin told the students about Le Bai's contributions and his Soul Power training methods after he left.
• Le Bai considered plans for separating human and Soul Beast settlements and continued traveling through the Star Luo Empire.
• Five months later, Le Bai arrived in Star Luo City.

Le Bai visited Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing in Star Luo City and learned about the royal succession struggle and Dai Weisi’s attempt to kill them. The chapter left Dai Mubai explaining that his and Zhu Zhuqing’s teachers had saved them from the ambush.

• Le Bai reached level fifty-nine while traveling through the Star Luo Empire and headed to Dai Mubai’s residence in Star Luo City.
• Dai Mubai welcomed Le Bai, and Zhu Zhuqing joined them after leaving her cultivation room.
• Le Bai remarked on the modest residence, and Dai Mubai explained that the Star Luo Royal Family prioritized strength over comfort.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing told Le Bai that Dai Mubai struggled with imperial administration and that ministers favored his elder brother, Dai Weisi.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Dai Weisi had tried to ambush and kill him and Zhu Zhuqing after losing in Spirit City, but their teachers arrived in time to save them.

Le Bai learned that Dai Mubai was struggling to address declining harvests in the Min Luo Kingdom and taught him agricultural methods to replenish the soil. He also urged Dai Mubai to change the Star Luo Empire’s disregard for non-Soul Masters, leaving Dai Mubai to consider Le Bai’s broader definition of strength.

• Le Bai teased Dai Mubai about Chrysanthemum Douluo and praised Zhu Zhuqing’s cooking after she prepared a meal.
• Le Bai recognized that Zhu Zhuqing was pushing herself to cultivate because she wanted to help Dai Mubai compete with his elder brother.
• Dai Mubai explained that the Min Luo Kingdom’s declining harvests threatened the empire’s food supply, and Le Bai offered to help despite his dislike of the empire’s current ways.
• Le Bai taught Dai Mubai that continuously planting the same crop depleted the soil and explained ways to replenish it and slow its exhaustion.
• Le Bai asked Dai Mubai to make Soul Masters face consequences for harming non-Soul Masters and argued that farmers, craftspeople, builders, and merchants were strong in ways beyond combat.

Le Bai reunited with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, revealed his level fifty-nine Soul Power, and asked Zhu Zhuqing to take him to a large collection of books. She brought him into the Star Luo royal Library, where Le Bai identified its 147,783 volumes and explained that his perception had surpassed level one hundred.

• Le Bai told Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing about his experiences over the past two years and reassured them that Xiao Wu was doing well.
• Le Bai showed them his Soul Rings and revealed he had reached level fifty-nine, surpassing Dai Mubai after years of catching up.
• After spending the night revisiting entertainment in his memories, Le Bai asked Zhu Zhuqing for access to a large collection of books.
• Zhu Zhuqing took Le Bai to the Star Luo royal Library and opened its enormous Darksteel door with her level fifty-four Soul Power.
• Le Bai sensed that the Library held 147,783 intact volumes and said his perception level had surpassed one hundred.

Le Bai discovered that his Perception Level had reached 102 and warned Zhu Zhuqing that her cultivation was damaging her meridians. He found several incomplete Soul Tool books in the Library and decided to stay there for months, while Dai Mubai was assigned to improve conditions for ordinary citizens in the Min Luo Kingdom.

• Le Bai explained that his Perception Level was 102, letting him sense Soul Power weak points and perceive bodies through clothing and armor.
• Le Bai warned Zhu Zhuqing that Dark Attribute Energy was eroding her meridians and advised her to stop cultivating in the darkroom.
• Le Bai found several damaged books on Soul Guidance Device Crafting in the Library and read them until nightfall.
• Dai Mubai told Le Bai that the Great Emperor had tasked him with governing the Min Luo Kingdom as a trial for improving the status of non-Soul Masters.
• Le Bai said he planned to remain in the Library for more than six months and temporarily go without food or water.