Arc 4The Dragon’s Bargain
Xu Xiao absorbed the Purple Winged Spider Emperor’s Soul Ring, then secured the Soul Beast Clan’s cooperation and gained a guardian. He and Zi Ji traveled to the Far North, where Xu Xiao began testing his strength against an eighty-thousand-year Ice Bird.
- Xu Xiao drained the Purple Winged Spider Emperor and absorbed its sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring, but lost control until Ye Lin’s healing cleared the corruption from his Sea of Consciousness.
- Xu Xiao returned to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, strengthened Chen Xin and Yue Guan with Soul Rings, and warned his brothers about the dangers of Slaughter City and its godly inheritances.
- Xu Xiao met Di Tian and the Silver Dragon King, offered to help the Soul Beasts, and demonstrated Soul Bestowal by giving the Three-Eyed Golden Lion two Soul Rings.
- Xu Xiao and the Silver Dragon King used Life Gold to expand Xu Xiao’s Sea of Consciousness, while Xu Xiao agreed to protect the Soul Beast race and nurture the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
- Xu Xiao refused Qian Xunji’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, prompting Qian Xunji to order an investigation into Chuan Ling and threaten to destroy it if it opposed Spirit Hall.
- Xu Xiao explained Soul Cores to Zi Ji, who confirmed she could compress her Soul Power and planned to form one after their journey to the Far North.
- After reaching the Far North’s outskirts, Xu Xiao asked Zi Ji to support him in a fight against an eighty-thousand-year Ice Bird and launched his stacked Raging Dragon Overwhelming Heaven.