Chapter Summaries

Li Han defeated the Chameleon Vine and absorbed its thousand-year Soul Ring, advancing his cultivation and gaining the Thousand Transformations skill. He tested its ability to change the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo into different weapons and disguise his Soul Ring colors, then considered using Han Li as an alternate identity.

• Li Han dodged the Chameleon Vine's attacks, severed its vines with Azure Origin Sword Ray, and killed it with the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo's lightning.
• Li Han confirmed the area was clear, collected the dead Soul Grandmasters' money pouches, and used a Golden Light Talisman to protect himself while absorbing the Soul Ring underwater.
• Li Han successfully absorbed the over-1,800-year Soul Ring, raised his Azure Essence Sword Art to the third level, and broke through to level 25.
• The Heavenly Thunder Bamboo surpassed two thousand years, its lightning turned blue, and it gained a third leaf.
• Li Han learned Thousand Transformations and changed the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo into the Bamboo Cloudswarm Swords, a black arrow, and a golden spear while disguising its Soul Ring colors.
• Li Han decided he could use Han Li as an alternate identity while traveling through the world of Soul Masters.

Li Han encountered Ning Rongrong while she was fleeing Chen Niu, a Spirit Hall Soul Ancestor, and rescued her from his swamp attack. With Chen Niu preparing to fight, Li Han planned to stall until Sword Douluo arrived or use a Heavenly Thunder Bead.

• Li Han left the Soul Hunting Forest after gathering medicinal herbs, Soul Beast blood essence, and other supplies.
• Li Han recognized the fleeing girl as Ning Rongrong and received the Compendium of Formations from the system.
• Chen Niu trapped Ning Rongrong and Li Han in an Earth Mud Swamp and revealed that he intended to kill them to keep Spirit Hall's activities secret.
• Ning Rongrong offered to go with Chen Niu if he spared Li Han, but Li Han used his transformed sword to pull them both from the swamp.
• Li Han revealed two disguised yellow Soul Rings and assessed his chances against Chen Niu, deciding to stall for Sword Douluo or attack with a Heavenly Thunder Bead.

Li Han fought Chen Niu to protect Ning Rongrong, using talismans and his sword to injure the stronger Soul Ancestor. Ning Rongrong joined the battle with her Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, and Li Han continued attacking while she supported him.

• Li Han blocked Chen Niu's Savage Bull Charge with a Golden Light Talisman, then wounded his right eye with the extending Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword.
• Chen Niu activated his Savage Bull Iron Body and struck Li Han through a tree, but Ning Rongrong stepped in and used her Golden Light Talisman to block his next blow.
• Ning Rongrong summoned the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and boosted Li Han's strength, while Li Han took pills to restore his injuries and Soul Power.
• Li Han gave Ning Rongrong five Fireball Talismans and attacked Chen Niu with the Blinking Sword Technique, but his iron defenses resisted the strikes.

Li Han and Ning Rongrong killed Chen Niu, and Li Han gave her a Golden Light Talisman before she left to find Sword Douluo. After Spirit Hall’s scheme failed, Ning Rongrong returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Ning Fengzhi could not find the mysterious Han Li.

• Li Han used a giant Bamboo Cloudswarm Sword to pin Chen Niu while Ning Rongrong struck him with five Fireball Talismans, killing him together.
• Li Han recovered three hundred Gold Soul Coins from Chen Niu and introduced himself to Ning Rongrong as Han Li.
• Ning Rongrong left with a Golden Light Talisman to seek Sword Douluo, and Li Han burned Chen Niu’s corpse.
• News spread that Chen Xin had rescued Ning Fengzhi, wounded Qian Daoliu, and foiled Golden Crocodile Douluo’s plan to take over the sects; Bibi Dong then assumed command of Spirit Hall.
• Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Rongrong thanked Han Li for the talisman, but Ning Fengzhi told her he could find no trace of him.

Ning Fengzhi concluded that the mysterious Han Li had likely used a false name, while Xiao Wu discovered that Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves strengthened her lightning resistance and changed her Martial Soul. Li Han then studied how to create Soul Beast Crystals with the Spirit Condensing Formation, which he needed for future formations and pills.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong she might meet Han Li again and explained to Bone Douluo why Han Li had probably concealed his identity.
• Xiao Wu told Li Han that the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves had raised her Soul Power to level fifteen and increased her resistance to lightning.
• Li Han noticed a white lightning pattern on Xiao Wu's Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Martial Soul and asked her to keep the change secret.
• Xiao Wu ate newly grown Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves and found their lightning energy was much stronger than before.
• Li Han reviewed the Compendium of Formations and decided he needed to learn the Spirit Condensing Formation to make Soul Beast Crystals for formations and pills.

Li Han completed the Spirit Condensing Formation and secretly followed Wang Sheng to the Soul Hunting Forest to help him obtain a stronger first Soul Ring. He wounded a hundred-year-old Red Flame Tiger and left it alive, then planned to lure Wang Sheng and the academy teacher to it.

• Li Han bought Iron Essence from Blacksmith Zhang and met Tang San, who was working in the shop to earn money for his studies.
• Li Han spent several days refining the Array Disk and eight Array Flags, completing the Spirit Condensing Formation.
• Wang Sheng reached level ten, and Li Han decided to help him secretly find a suitable Soul Beast.
• Li Han disguised himself and followed Wang Sheng and an academy teacher to the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Li Han wounded a hundred-year-old Red Flame Tiger without killing it, intending to lead Wang Sheng and the teacher to the beast.

Li Han helped Wang Sheng obtain a hundred-year Soul Ring, then refined soul beasts into Soul Beast Crystals using a Spirit Condensing Formation. After returning to Nuoding Academy, he celebrated Wang Sheng’s upcoming departure and discussed where they might study next.

• Li Han lured the academy teacher and Wang Sheng to a dying Red Flame Tiger, and Wang Sheng killed it and absorbed its hundred-year Soul Ring, reaching Soul Power level eleven.
• Li Han trapped a hundred-year Shadow Tree with a Spirit Condensing Formation, defeated it with Fireball Technique, and refined it into a Soul Beast Crystal.
• Li Han made more crystals and returned to Nuoding Academy with ten hundred-year Soul Crystals and three thousand-year Soul Crystals.
• Wang Sheng told Dorm Seven that he would attend Exotic Beast Academy next semester, and the group gathered for a farewell celebration.
• Xiao Wu said she would stay at Nuoding Academy for six years and later follow Li Han, while Tang San said he would continue cultivating with Yu Xiaogang.
• Li Han remained undecided about which higher-level academy to attend and considered visiting Shrek Academy only to claim a check-in reward.

Li Han and Xiao Wu accompanied Tang San to Holy Soul Village, where Li Han received the Insect Repelling Technique as a check-in reward. They arrived at Tang San’s home, but Tang Hao was absent, leaving Li Han to reflect critically on his treatment of Tang San.

• Xiao Wu invited Li Han to travel with Tang San to Holy Soul Village, and Li Han agreed, hoping to trigger a check-in reward.
• On the way, Li Han reviewed his cultivation progress and considered asking Xiao Wu to help him hunt a Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After reaching Holy Soul Village, Li Han checked in and received the Insect Repelling Technique, which could nurture and command beasts.
• Li Han considered practicing the technique on weaker soul beasts and using its nurturing methods on Xiao Wu.
• Tang San returned home with Li Han and Xiao Wu, but Tang Hao was not there, and Li Han suspected he had left after realizing Tang San was coming.

After Tang San received a farewell letter from his father, Li Han sensed a summons and found Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor body in a cave behind the waterfall. Her soul split, with one part entering his Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead as Silver Moon, leaving Li Han tasked with helping her awaken.

• Old Jack delivered Tang San a letter from Tang Hao, and Li Han took Xiao Wu outside to give Tang San room to grieve.
• Li Han sensed a dense aura of life and went alone to investigate the mountain forest behind Holy Soul Village.
• Li Han found Ah Yin’s Blue Silver Emperor body in a cave behind the waterfall and discovered that Tang Hao had not left the Blue Silver Emperor’s Right Leg Bone there.
• The Blue Silver Emperor wrapped its leaves around Li Han’s hand, and its soul energy split, with one part entering his Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead.
• The system identified the split soul as Silver Moon, who had lost nearly all her memories and needed help awakening.
• Li Han decided to nourish Silver Moon with the bead and left the cave after erasing the traces of his visit.

Li Han and Xiao Wu left Holy Soul Village together for the Star Dou Great Forest so Li Han could seek his third Soul Ring. They arrived near the vast forest, with Xiao Wu unaware of his real cultivation rank and plans.

• Xiao Wu proposed that she, Li Han, and Tang San become sworn siblings, but Li Han argued that they should remain friends, and both Xiao Wu and Tang San agreed.
• Li Han studied the Soul-Nurturing Wood Bead for several days, but Ah Yin's divided soul showed no response.
• After breaking through to rank thirty, Li Han decided to leave for the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xiao Wu chose to accompany him.
• Li Han told Xiao Wu he had reached rank twenty and wanted to hunt a third Soul Ring; she insisted on joining to help guard him.
• Li Han and Xiao Wu traveled together for half a month and reached the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Li Han and Xiao Wu entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a lightning-attributed soul beast, but the Titan Giant Ape arrived before Li Han could pursue a Purple Thunder Roc. After Er Ming knocked them unconscious, Xiao Wu worried over Li Han as Er Ming urged her to return to Da Ming.

• Li Han and Xiao Wu entered the Star Dou Great Forest and headed south toward the Purple Thunder Rocs, hoping to find a suitable thousand-year soul beast for Li Han's third Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu spotted a six-hundred-year Purple Thunder Roc and a much larger one that appeared to be over three thousand years old, but they decided to wait for a chance to separate it from the flock.
• The Titan Giant Ape appeared at night, and Xiao Wu recognized that Er Ming had come after sensing her aura.
• Er Ming's strike sent out a shockwave that knocked Li Han and Xiao Wu unconscious, while Li Han shielded Xiao Wu from the impact.
• Xiao Wu scolded Er Ming for frightening Li Han, and Er Ming assured her that Li Han was safe before asking her to return to Da Ming.

Li Han absorbed a powerful Purple Thunder Roc Soul Ring and gained an External Soul Bone, which he refined into Wind-Thunder Wings. The formation protecting him shattered when an even larger Purple Thunder Roc appeared.

• Xiao Wu left Li Han in the Purple Thunder Rocs' nest after the Titan Giant Ape carried him there, and Li Han revealed that he had only pretended to be unconscious.
• Li Han concealed the nest with the Lost Track Formation, refined the smaller Purple Thunder Roc into a Soul Crystal, and killed the larger one to obtain his third Soul Ring.
• As Li Han absorbed the Soul Ring, its immense wind-and-thunder Soul Power threatened to overwhelm him, but a pair of Purple Thunder Roc wings emerged from his back as an External Soul Bone.
• Li Han used artifact-refining methods to transform the External Soul Bone into Wind-Thunder Wings, reaching level thirty-three as the wings took on wind power on the left and thunder power on the right.
• After Li Han completed the Wind-Thunder Wings, a piercing roc cry rang out, the Lost Track Formation shattered, and an even larger Purple Thunder Roc appeared above him.

Li Han fled from a five-thousand-year-old Purple Thunder Roc that believed he had killed its mate and taken its offspring, using his Wind-Thunder Wings to escape into the forest. He countered the Roc’s lightning attack and trapped it with Extreme Thunder Prison.

• A five-thousand-year-old Purple Thunder Roc attacked Li Han after finding its destroyed nest, its dead mate, and its missing offspring.
• Li Han used his Wind-Thunder Wings to flee, then dove into the forest to slow the pursuing Roc.
• The Purple Thunder Roc struck Li Han with Purple Thunder Sky Rush, and Li Han’s Golden Light Talisman barely withstood the blast.
• Li Han fired a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo arrow at the Roc, then used Extreme Thunder Prison to trap it in a shrinking cage of blue lightning.

Li Han killed the five-thousand-year-old Purple Thunder Roc with a Heavenly Thunder Bead and began refining it for its Soul Crystal. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu reunited with the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape, who recognized Li Han’s exceptional talent and wondered whether he might inherit a god’s legacy.

• Li Han trapped the Purple Thunder Roc’s beak with a Golden Light Talisman, causing its own attack to explode inside its mouth, then killed it with a Heavenly Thunder Bead.
• Li Han activated the Spirit Condensing Formation to refine the Purple Thunder Roc and recover its Soul Crystal.
• Xiao Wu told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape that Li Han’s Heavenly Thunder Bamboo leaves had improved her constitution and awakened lightning patterns in her Martial Soul.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python tasted a leaf and judged its Evil-Warding Divine Thunder purer than its own Sky Azure Annihilation Divine Thunder.
• Xiao Wu revealed that Li Han was eight years old, at level twenty, and seeking his Second Soul Ring; the Sky Azure Bull Python suggested he might inherit a god’s legacy and help Xiao Wu become a god.

Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming, who warned her to guard her identity and praised how Li Han’s Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves concealed her Soul Beast aura. Li Han and Xiao Wu returned to Nuoding Academy, where Li Han reached level thirty-three and prepared to cultivate the Three-Turn Heavy Origin Technique by dispersing his power.

• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming that Li Han treated her well and protected her, while Da Ming warned her that humans might covet her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discovered that the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo Leaves had greatly weakened Xiao Wu’s Soul Beast aura, and Da Ming hoped Li Han would help rather than endanger her.
• Li Han stored the Purple Thunder Roc’s remains and went searching for Xiao Wu after sensing that she and Er Ming were returning.
• Er Ming left Xiao Wu before she met Li Han, and Xiao Wu claimed the Titan Giant Ape had dropped her after hearing a bull’s roar.
• Li Han and Xiao Wu left the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to Nuoding Academy.
• Li Han reached level thirty-three, broke through to the fourth layer of the Azure Essence Sword Art, and began preparing to disperse his power for the Three-Turn Heavy Origin Technique.

Li Han dissipated his cultivation to strengthen his body, then spent a year rebuilding his Soul Power while improving his Soul Rings and preparing for further training. After Xiao Wu reached level twenty, Li Han planned to visit Exotic Beast Academy and fight at Exotic Beast City's Great Soul Arena, while Xiao Wu said she would join him later.

• Li Han used the Three-Turn Heavy Origin Technique to shatter his Soul Rings and reduce his Soul Power to level six, while their energy strengthened his body and advanced his Elephant Armor Skill to the eighth layer.
• Li Han resumed cultivating and planned to make pills, craft treasures from the Purple Thunder Roc, and seek combat experience.
• Over the next year, Li Han returned to level twenty-seven and gained stronger First and Second Soul Rings from Lone Bamboo and Chameleon Vine.
• Xiao Wu reached level twenty, and Li Han told her he planned to visit Wang Sheng at Exotic Beast Academy and train at Exotic Beast City's Great Soul Arena.
• Xiao Wu agreed to join Li Han later after he reminded her that she needed to obtain a Soul Ring.

Li Han registered at the Exotic Beast City Great Soul Arena under the name Li Feiyu, hoping to sharpen his skills and earn money. He defeated Wang Lang with a single punch before activating his Martial Soul, leaving Wang Lang protesting the loss.

• Li Han arrived in Exotic Beast City and registered for individual matches as Li Feiyu, using his Purple Thunder Roc mask and Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear identity.
• Li Han asked the Great Soul Arena to arrange as many matches as possible because he needed money for his cultivation and expenses.
• The arena paired Li Feiyu, a Rank 27 Battle Soul Master, against Wang Lang, a Rank 28 contender with nine consecutive wins.
• Wang Lang awakened his Gray Wolf Martial Soul and boasted, but Li Han rushed in and punched him out of the arena before activating his own Martial Soul.
• Wang Lang objected that Li Feiyu had ambushed him, and audience members debated whether the victory violated fair play.

Li Han, posing as Li Feiyu, teamed up with Meng Yiran for a doubles match after earning a victory in the individual arena. Their match against the stronger Niu brothers began with Li Han charging forward, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Li Han defended his quick attack against Wang Lang, collected his prize, and learned he could only enter one individual match per day.
• Meng Yiran asked Li Han to be her doubles partner, and he used the Heavenly Eye Technique to see that her Soul Power was level twenty-one.
• Li Han and Meng Yiran registered as the Soul Breaker Duo, and Meng Yiran revealed her Serpent Cane Martial Soul and two Soul Skills.
• Li Han told Meng Yiran to stay back while he feinted and created an opening for her to attack with poison.
• Li Han and Meng Yiran faced the Niu brothers, whose Iron-Hide Rhino Martial Souls and higher Soul Power worried Meng Yiran.
• As the match began, Li Han summoned his Gold-Devouring Thunder Spear and charged at the Niu brothers.

Li Han defeated the Rhino Duo at the Great Soul Arena, then visited Wang Sheng at Exotic Beast Academy during the break. There, Wang Yue insulted Wang Sheng and Li Han, prompting Wang Sheng to summon his Martial Soul as Wang Yue challenged him.

• Li Han blocked Niu Tong and Niu Tie's attacks, knocked Niu Tie out of the ring, and forced Niu Tong to surrender, winning the doubles match with Meng Yiran.
• Meng Yiran complained that Li Han had defeated their opponents before she could fight, and he promised to let her take the lead in their next match.
• Li Han collected three hundred Gold Soul Coins, declined Meng Yiran's invitation to stay at her house, and decided to spend the month competing in Exotic Beast City.
• Meng Yiran wondered about the masked Li Feiyu and resolved to uncover his identity.
• Li Han visited Wang Sheng at Exotic Beast Academy, where Wang Yue insulted them and threatened to throw them out.
• Wang Sheng summoned his Battle Tiger Martial Soul and prepared to fight Wang Yue.

Li Han intervened when Wang Yue’s bullying of Wang Sheng turned into a dangerous fight, then knocked Wang Yue unconscious with his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. Wang Yue’s lackey Sun Yi threatened to report them to the dean, leaving Wang Sheng to defend their actions.

• Wang Sheng challenged Wang Yue after Wang Yue insulted him, and their Soul Skills clashed, with Wang Sheng initially gaining the advantage.
• Wang Yue grew furious and attacked Wang Sheng relentlessly until Li Han blocked a claw strike with his Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Wang Sheng explained that Wang Yue had repeatedly bullied him because Wang Sheng’s Soul Skill was stronger.
• Li Han sent Wang Yue flying and then knocked him unconscious when Wang Yue charged again.
• Sun Yi helped Wang Yue up and threatened to report Wang Sheng to the dean, while Wang Sheng insisted they had acted in self-defense.