Chapter Summaries

Ma Hongjun and the others searched the forest for a soul beast that could combine light, fire, and purification to support his Martial Soul Evolution. After rejecting a flock of Light Warblers, Ma Hongjun spotted a giant golden bird ahead.

• Dai Mubai observed that Ma Hongjun's practiced Light Wings made his flight remarkably effortless.
• Oscar pointed out a flock of pale golden birds, and Ma Hongjun identified them as Light Warblers.
• Ma Hongjun explained that Light Warblers lacked the fire aspect he needed and chose to keep searching.
• Flender led the group east for another half hour as the forest canopy grew greener and the sunlight intensified.
• Ma Hongjun saw a glow ahead and accelerated toward it with Flender and the others following.
• The group approached a huge pale-gold bird with a wingspan near five meters and long forked tail feathers.

Ma Hongjun and the others encountered a ten-thousand-year Holy Light Luan, which was too powerful for him to use as his third soul ring, and continued searching. They found a roughly four-thousand-year Light Saint Falcon that perfectly matched Ma Hongjun’s needs, and Flender prepared the group to attack.

• Ma Hongjun recognized the enormous bird as a Holy Light Luan, and Zhao Wuji estimated its age at ten thousand years.
• Flender led the group around the Holy Light Luan’s territory after Ma Hongjun chose to keep searching.
• Ma Hongjun spotted a Light Saint Falcon on a rocky ridge and recognized it from the Soul Beast Compendium of Light Element.
• Flender estimated that the Light Saint Falcon was about four thousand years old, and Ma Hongjun declared it suited his third soul ring.
• Flender ordered the group to get ready to move.