Chapter Summaries

Li Han’s powerful sword skills forced Tang Hao to activate Clear Sky Avatar, but Tang Hao countered his sixth soul skill and prepared another crushing attack. Silver Moon left to support Li Han while Zhu Zhuqing comforted Xiao Wu, and the chapter ended with Tang Hao swinging his giant hammer at Li Han.

• Li Han shattered Tang Hao’s Soul Power barrier with Sword Qi into Threads, then used World Severance, but Tang Hao blocked it with Clear Sky Avatar and the backlash slightly injured Li Han.
• Silver Moon sent Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing away on the Man Faced Demon Spider and returned to help Li Han, while Xiao Wu worried that she had brought Li Han trouble.
• Tang Hao praised Li Han’s strength and vast Soul Power reserves, then said he had to kill him; Li Han declared he would defeat Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao activated Clear Sky Avatar again and brought his hundred-meter Clear Sky Hammer down toward Li Han.

Li Han used the Blue Light Shield to withstand Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Avatar, prompting Tang Hao to mistake it for a divine artifact and decide Li Han must die. Li Han and Silver Moon activated the perfected Inverted Five Elements Formation, trapping Tang Hao in shifting illusions that began to prey on his senses and grief over Ah Yin.

• Li Han blocked Tang Hao’s Clear Sky Avatar with the Blue Light Shield, though the shield was dimmed by the impact.
• Tang Hao concluded that Li Han had obtained a divine artifact and god’s inheritance, then resolved to kill him before he could become a god.
• Li Han enlisted Silver Moon to activate the Inverted Five Elements Formation and suppress Tang Hao’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang Hao was caught in the formation’s illusions, which shifted from a bamboo forest to flames, magma, and a black-water abyss.
• Tang Hao heard Ah Yin accuse him of failing to save her and saw her disappointed face in the black water.

Li Han attacked Tang Hao with the Azure Nether Needle Talisman Treasure while Tang Hao was trapped in the Inverted Five Elements Formation, but Tang Hao broke through the illusion with Ring Explosion and countered with the Great Sumeru Hammer. Their clash left the formation unstable and Li Han injured, with the battle still unresolved.

• Tang Hao saw illusions of Ah Yin and his own decline, then repeatedly attacked the Inverted Five Elements Formation with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Li Han decided to kill Tang Hao rather than flee and prepared the Azure Nether Needle Talisman Treasure while Silver Moon watched.
• Li Han opened a narrow gap in the formation and sent a rain of azure needles at Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao regained his senses, exploded his first three soul rings, and used his head soul bone to resist the formation as he tried to break free.
• Tang Hao broke through the illusion and exploded his fourth soul ring before unleashing the Great Sumeru Hammer against the Azure Nether Needles.
• The hammer and needles collided in a massive shockwave, leaving Li Han bleeding as the battle continued.

Li Han and Tang Hao continued their battle, each unleashing a final devastating attack. Silver Moon rescued the badly injured Li Han, while Tang Hao collapsed, believing he had killed him.

• Li Han restored his Soul Power with Ten-Thousand-Year Spiritual Liquid and prepared Silver Moon to attack Tang Hao when the chance arose.
• Tang Hao detonated his fifth soul ring, and Li Han countered by combining forty Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords into the Giant Sword Technique.
• Silver Moon tried to trap Tang Hao with the Green Immortal Pouch, but Tang Hao broke free by detonating his sixth soul ring, injuring Silver Moon.
• Li Han and Tang Hao's attacks collided; the Giant Sword shattered, and the Great Sumeru Hammer's remaining force sent Li Han flying with severe injuries.
• Silver Moon caught Li Han and carried him away, while Tang Hao collapsed and believed Li Han was dead.

After Tang Hao’s Great Sumeru Hammer nearly killed Li Han, Silver Moon used life force to heal him while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched over him. Li Han woke and took healing pills, while Silver Moon, exhausted from saving him, returned to the Spirit Beast Bag to rest.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing waited in the rain beneath the Man Faced Demon Spider for Li Han and Silver Moon to return.
• Silver Moon brought back the gravely injured Li Han and warned Xiao Wu not to touch him.
• Silver Moon used the Blue Silver Domain and Life Force Transfer, then spent her own life force to heal Li Han’s wounds.
• Li Han woke, asked Xiao Wu to give him two healing pills, and thanked Silver Moon for saving him.
• Silver Moon returned to the Spirit Beast Bag to rest, and Li Han began coughing again as he considered his injuries.

After Tang Hao’s attack left him gravely injured, Li Han dispersed his Soul Rings to restore his meridians and began rebuilding his cultivation. He and his companions headed for the Star Dou Great Forest, where they prepared to use Singular Velvet Sky Pills before hunting new Soul Rings.

• Li Han shattered his six Soul Rings and used their power to heal his meridians, reducing his Soul Power to level six.
• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to guard Li Han, then accepted his decision to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest for new Soul Rings.
• Several days later, Li Han gave Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing Singular Velvet Sky Pills, and both began refining them.
• Li Han swallowed his own pill, which he expected to raise him ten levels and prepare him to hunt his first Soul Ring.

After Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing advanced to Soul Ancestor, Li Han encouraged Zhu Zhuqing to pursue a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring. Xiao Wu led them to a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger, where she and Zhu Zhuqing prepared to fight while Li Han stood by to intervene.

• Xiao Wu condensed her fourth soul ring and reached level forty-two, while Zhu Zhuqing promised to keep her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast secret.
• Li Han persuaded Zhu Zhuqing to attempt a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring and chose a Ghost Tiger as her target.
• Xiao Wu led Li Han and Zhu Zhuqing through the Star Dou Great Forest directly to a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger.
• Li Han sealed off the area and released his Man Faced Demon Spider, then let Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing face the Ghost Tiger to test their strength.
• The Ghost Tiger sensed the danger and stared in terror at the Man Faced Demon Spider.

Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu coordinated their attacks to defeat the ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger. Li Han praised their teamwork, calling them natural partners.

• Zhu Zhuqing wounded the Ghost Tiger with her claws, and Xiao Wu launched it into the air with her Waist Bow.
• The Ghost Tiger retaliated with its tail and dark light bullets, but Xiao Wu protected Zhu Zhuqing with her Invincible Golden Body.
• Zhu Zhuqing used her twin swords to cut through the remaining light bullets and struck the Ghost Tiger, but hit only its Shadow Clone.
• Xiao Wu blocked the Ghost Tiger's claw with her Invincible Golden Body and called out an opening for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the real Ghost Tiger with Hell Sword Slash, cutting it in half and killing it.
• Li Han applauded Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu's coordination and praised them as natural partners.

Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger soul ring with help from Li Han’s Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead and gained the soul skill Netherworld Multiple Shadow Clone. After Li Han explained its potential uses, he prepared to take his own turn.

• Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing cooperated to kill the ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger, and Li Han gave Zhu Zhuqing a pill to recover her Soul Power.
• Li Han lent Zhu Zhuqing his Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead to protect her from the soul shockwaves as she absorbed the Ghost Tiger’s soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured the painful absorption and successfully became a Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed that her new skill, Netherworld Multiple Shadow Clone, created tangible clones that shared memories and divided her Soul Power.
• Li Han explained how Zhu Zhuqing could use the clones for combat, intelligence gathering, and training, then said it was his turn.

Li Han restored Silver Moon in the Blue Silver Forest by arranging a Spirit Gathering Formation, then set out with Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to obtain a high-cultivation Lone Bamboo for his first soul ring. He raised a trapped ten-thousand-year Lone Bamboo to eighty thousand years and prepared to begin greenhouse cultivation.

• Li Han entered the Blue Silver Forest alone and used a Spirit Gathering Formation to help the Blue Silver King and the other Blue Silver Grass replenish Silver Moon's life force.
• Silver Moon awakened after about half an hour, and Li Han thanked the Blue Silver King before leaving with her.
• Li Han introduced Silver Moon as the weapon spirit of his Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords to Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing, then explained that they would seek a high-cultivation Lone Bamboo.
• With Xiao Wu leading the way, Li Han found a Lone Bamboo in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Han trapped a ten-thousand-year Lone Bamboo in the Inverted Five Elements Formation, and Silver Moon used Life Force Transfer to raise it to eighty thousand years.

Li Han absorbed an eighty-thousand-year Greenhouse Lone Bamboo soul ring and used its excess Soul Power to evolve his Lone Bamboo Sword Bone into a hundred-thousand-year soul bone. He reached Soul Power Level nineteen and realized that future same-kind soul rings might also enhance his other soul bones.

• Li Han pierced the eighty-thousand-year Greenhouse Lone Bamboo with a Blood Spirit Drill and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Silver Moon explained how Li Han's Life Force Transfer skill let plant-type Soul Beasts grow rapidly, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing watched in shock.
• Li Han channeled excess Soul Power into his same-origin Lone Bamboo Sword Bone, which evolved from sixty thousand years to a hundred thousand years.
• Li Han fused the evolved torso soul bone back into his body, strengthening its Ten Thousand Swords Art skill, then used the remaining Soul Power to cultivate the Heaven-Supporting Demon Art.
• Li Han absorbed the eighty-thousand-year soul ring as his first ring and rose to Soul Power Level nineteen, concluding that future soul rings might strengthen his other soul bones as well.

Li Han reached level nineteen after cultivating, and Xiao Wu prepared to visit Da Ming and Er Ming in the Star Dou Great Forest. Before she left, Li Han gave her Sound Transmission Talismans so she could contact him from afar.

• Silver Moon congratulated Li Han on reaching level nineteen, and Li Han planned to find an eighty-five-thousand-year Chameleon Vine before seeking his second soul ring.
• Li Han noticed Xiao Wu missed home and told her she could visit Da Ming and Er Ming while he continued cultivating.
• Xiao Wu asked Li Han to forge her a weapon, and he agreed to consider making one after his cultivation recovered.
• Li Han gave Xiao Wu seven Sound Transmission Talismans and explained how they could carry her voice across long distances.
• Xiao Wu headed toward the core region, excited to see Da Ming and Er Ming again.

After absorbing an eighty-five-thousand-year Chameleon Vine, Li Han broke through to rank thirty and evolved his second Soul Skill, Thousand Transformations, so it could perfectly imitate martial souls and their abilities. He and Zhu Zhuqing set off for Purple Thunder Canyon to seek a ninety-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc, but Li Han sensed a group of familiar people chasing a soul beast ahead.

• Li Han absorbed the Chameleon Vine’s Soul Ring, reached rank thirty, and lamented that it had not yielded a Soul Bone.
• Li Han demonstrated his evolved Thousand Transformations by imitating the Clear Sky Hammer and Zhu Zhuqing’s Hell Spirit Cat and Soul Skill.
• Li Han and Zhu Zhuqing headed toward Purple Thunder Canyon to find the ninety-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc Xiao Wu had directed them to.
• Li Han gave Zhu Zhuqing a Godly Travel Talisman, and they used the talismans to speed up their journey.
• Li Han sensed several familiar people ahead who were chasing a soul beast.

Li Han disguised himself as Li Feiyu and intervened when Zhao Wuji’s group disputed a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent with Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran. Meng Yiran recognized him and embraced him, leaving Li Han asking her to let go while she feared he would disappear again.

• Li Han sent Zhu Zhuqing ahead, disguised himself as Li Feiyu, and headed toward the confrontation.
• Zhao Wuji argued that his group had the right to keep the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, while Chao Tianxiang defended Meng Yiran’s claim.
• Zhao Wuji introduced Dai Mubai, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun, and the groups argued over who should fight Meng Yiran for the soul ring.
• Li Han appeared with the Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear and offered to fight in Meng Yiran’s place.
• Meng Yiran recognized Li Han, hugged him from behind, and accused him of leaving without returning; Li Han asked her to let go, but she refused.

Li Han reunited with Meng Yiran and agreed to a two-on-two Soul Fight against Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun over the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. After Meng Yiran held her own against Ma Hongjun, Li Han defeated both opponents, leaving his team victorious.

• Meng Yiran recognized Li Han, clung to him, and insisted that he not leave again.
• Chao Tianxiang proposed a two-on-two Soul Fight, and Zhao Wuji accepted on behalf of Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun.
• Meng Yiran chose Plan Nine and split Ma Hongjun’s Phoenix Fire Line with her Snake Blade.
• Meng Yiran defended herself against Ma Hongjun but could not block Dai Mubai’s White Tiger Fierce Light Wave.
• Li Han shattered Dai Mubai’s attack with his Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear, then sent Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai flying with his spear technique.

Li Han defeated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun, then helped Meng Yiran’s group claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent for her third soul ring. After Meng Shu failed to recruit Li Han, he and Chao Tianxiang privately agreed that Li Han and Meng Yiran were a perfect match.

• Li Han defeated Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun with his spear, and Zhao Wuji fled with them when he sensed Dragon Duke approaching.
• Meng Shu arrived, recognized Li Feiyu, and Meng Yiran stopped him from scrutinizing Li Han too fiercely.
• Meng Yiran killed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and began absorbing its purple soul ring.
• Meng Shu praised Li Han and invited him to join the Dragon-Snake Family, but Li Han refused and went to meditate.
• Chao Tianxiang asked Li Han what he thought of Meng Yiran, and he praised her talent before excusing himself.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang agreed that Li Han and Meng Yiran were a perfect match.

After Meng Yiran absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s soul ring and gained a powerful flying skill, Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang tried to persuade Li Han to join their family in Exotic Beast City. Li Han refused and sped away, leaving them stunned.

• Chao Tianxiang told Meng Shu she believed Li Han would be an ideal match for Meng Yiran, and Meng Shu agreed to help persuade him to stay.
• Meng Yiran absorbed the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s soul ring and became a Soul Elder.
• Meng Yiran revealed her third soul skill, Phoenix Dance, which let her fly on her Serpent Cane at the serpent’s speed.
• Meng Yiran invited Li Han to ride with her, but he declined and said he was leaving.
• Meng Yiran and Meng Shu urged Li Han to return to Exotic Beast City with them, but Li Han refused and vanished into the forest at astonishing speed.

Li Han left Meng Yiran and her family behind and joined Zhu Zhuqing to hunt a ninety-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc. He set up the Heavenly Gale Formation outside Purple Thunder Canyon and sent Zhu Zhuqing’s shadow clones to lure the flock out.

• Meng Shu stopped Meng Yiran from chasing Li Han and advised her to let him choose when to return.
• Silver Moon teased Li Han about his romantic entanglements, then agreed to fight alongside him and Xiao Ba against the ninety-thousand-year soul beast.
• Li Han reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, and they traveled to Purple Thunder Canyon, where he used the Great Evolution Art to assess the Purple Thunder Roc flock.
• Li Han asked Zhu Zhuqing to stay back and lure the Rocs with shadow clones while he prepared a killing formation.
• Li Han set up the Heavenly Gale Formation, and Zhu Zhuqing sent two shadow clones toward the canyon to draw out the Rocs.

Li Han lured the Purple Thunder Rocs into the Heavenly Gale Formation and killed their ninety-thousand-year leader with Silver Moon and the Man Faced Demon Spider. After absorbing its Soul Ring, he strengthened his Wind-Thunder Wings and escaped with Zhu Zhuqing a thousand miles away.

• Zhu Zhuqing warned Li Han that the Purple Thunder Rocs had entered the formation, and Li Han activated the Heavenly Gale Formation to trap and wound them.
• Li Han opened a gap to let most of the flock escape, then sent the Man Faced Demon Spider and Silver Moon against the ninety-thousand-year Purple Thunder Roc.
• Silver Moon and the Man Faced Demon Spider combined their attacks to trap the Purple Thunder Roc, and Li Han finished it with the formation, Blood Spirit Drill, and an azure sword.
• Li Han absorbed the Purple Thunder Roc's Soul Ring, advanced to level forty, and raised his Wind-Thunder Wings to the level of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Li Han and Zhu Zhuqing fled the returning Purple Thunder Rocs, with Li Han carrying her a thousand miles away in an instant.

Li Han formed his first Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring in Blue Silver Forest and absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's Left Leg Bone, raising his Soul Power to level fifty. He left for Sunset Forest to cultivate his fifth Soul Ring while Xiao Wu departed for Heaven Dou City to join him.

• With the Blue Silver King's help, Li Han condensed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring from Blue Silver Grass life force, strengthening his Life Force Transfer skill.
• Li Han absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor's Left Leg Bone, gained its Wildfires cannot burn it all away; when the spring breeze blows, it grows anew and Blue Silver Puppet skills, and reached level fifty.
• Li Han told Silver Moon he planned to form his fifth Soul Ring from a Greenwood Immortal Vine in Sunset Forest, where he also felt an unknown watcher in Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Han and Silver Moon met Zhu Zhuqing and left Star Dou Great Forest after sending Xiao Wu a message.
• Xiao Wu told the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python she would go to Heaven Dou City with Li Han, trusting him to protect her identity and keep her safe.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python reassured the Titan Giant Ape that Li Han was extraordinary and had the greatest potential to become a god.