Chapter Summaries

Yu Yan defeated Wu Xu at the Balak Great Soul Arena and collected his reward, while Xiao Wu earned twenty Gold Soul Coins betting on him. The two registered as a team called Ever-Victorious Duo and received their match times.

• Yu Yan endured Wu Xu's attacks with his Frost Scale Armor, seized him when he tried to retreat, and won after Wu Xu surrendered.
• Yu Yan collected ten Gold Soul Coins for winning, and Xiao Wu told him she had won twenty Gold Soul Coins by betting on him.
• Xiao Wu completed her level certification and received a Bronze Badge at No. 28 Soul Fighting Sub-Arena.
• Yu Yan registered himself and Xiao Wu for a 2V2 match under the team name Ever-Victorious Duo, and the staff gave them their match times.

Xiao Wu defeated the stronger Feng Yuanliu in her one-on-one soul fight, earning Yu Yan a large betting payout. They headed to Sub-Soul Arena No. 27 to prepare for their upcoming two-person team fight by watching other teams.

• Yu Yan bet twenty Gold Soul Coins on Xiao Wu at odds of one-to-four before her match against Feng Yuanliu.
• Xiao Wu quickly overwhelmed Feng Yuanliu with her speed and attacks, and he admitted defeat.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu that their bet had grown to eighty Gold Soul Coins, and she asked to celebrate with a meal and his beggar's chicken.
• Yu Yan took Xiao Wu to Sub-Soul Arena No. 27 to study how other two-person teams coordinated before their own match.
• Yu Yan observed that team fighters included both established pairs and temporary teams formed through random matchmaking.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu defeated the Cat-Mouse Duo in their two-on-two soul fight after their opponents underestimated them. They collected their prize money, deposited most of their Gold Soul Coins, and left the arena for a lavish dinner.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu drew the Cat-Mouse Duo, Song Qingqing and Li Kang, as their opponents at Balak Great Soul Arena.
• Song Qingqing and Li Kang assumed Yu Yan and Xiao Wu were weak because of their age, despite Yu Yan warning them not to underestimate the pair.
• Yu Yan overpowered Li Kang while Xiao Wu threw Song Qingqing into the arena boundary, defeating both opponents.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu collected a twenty-Gold-Soul-Coin reward, bringing their total to one hundred and ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu deposited most of their coins at a Qian Family bank and spent one Gold Soul Coin on dinner in Balaque City.

Yu Yan fought Lu Tianyu, a control-type Soul Master with a Hemp Rope Martial Soul, in a match for his fifth straight win and entry to the Main Soul Fighting Arena. Lu Tianyu’s rope kept Yu Yan at bay, so Yu Yan resolved to use the Fire Fish Skill to catch him off guard.

• The old man announced that Yu Yan needed one more win to qualify for the Main Soul Fighting Arena and introduced Lu Tianyu, a level nineteen control-type Soul Master with five consecutive wins the previous year.
• Yu Yan rushed Lu Tianyu, who used his Hemp Rope to bind him, block his advance, and attack from multiple directions.
• Yu Yan shed the Frost Scale Armor caught by the rope and continued fighting, but neither competitor gained a clear advantage.
• Xiao Wu watched calmly and concluded that Yu Yan would win if he used the Fire Fish Skill.
• Yu Yan decided the Ice Fish Skill alone was insufficient and charged Lu Tianyu, intending to surprise him with the Fire Fish Skill.

Yu Yan defeated Lu Tianyu by revealing a fire ability alongside his ice powers, then explained the anomaly as a Martial Soul Mutation. Worried his abilities would attract powerful attention, he invited Xiao Wu to travel to the coast to buy Whale Glue and lie low, and she agreed.

• Lu Tianyu bound Yu Yan with Hemp Rope, but Yu Yan used Blazing Breath to burn free and destroy Lu Tianyu’s next attack.
• Lu Tianyu conceded, and the commentator declared Yu Yan the winner of the Soul Battle.
• Yu Yan told the curious audience that a Martial Soul Mutation let his Ice and Fire Twin Fish use different abilities, while withholding a clear explanation.
• Yu Yan told Xiao Wu he wanted to visit the coast to investigate an opportunity and avoid attention from major powers.
• Xiao Wu agreed to travel with Yu Yan to the coast.

Xiao Wu and Yu Yan faced the Green-White Duo in a Soul Fighting match after Xiao Wu won her fifth consecutive solo battle. Yu Yan trapped Qing Ci with his Fire Fish skill while Xiao Wu gained the upper hand against Bai Hua, leaving the duo match still underway as Xiao Wu prepared to throw her opponent.

• Xiao Wu defeated a fast Leopard Martial Soul opponent and complained that Yu Yan had not bet more Gold Soul Coins on her.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu met Bai Hua and Qing Ci, the Green-White Duo, in the 27th Division Soul Fighting Arena.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu followed their plan, with Yu Yan engaging both snake Martial Soul users head-on while Xiao Wu waited for an opening.
• Bai Hua and Qing Ci struck Yu Yan with their snake skills, but his Frost Scale Armor withstood their attacks.
• Yu Yan switched to Fire Fish and used Blazing Breath to block Qing Ci's retreat as Xiao Wu attacked Bai Hua.
• Xiao Wu used Soft Technique to clamp her legs around Bai Hua's neck and began an aerial spinning throw.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu defeated Qing Ci and Bai Hua, then left Balaque City on an escort mission toward Vast Sea City to obtain Whale Glue. As news of Yu Yan’s twin soul skills spread, the Balak king and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect considered recruiting him.

• Yu Yan defeated Qing Ci and helped Xiao Wu defeat Bai Hua in the soul fight.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu received long leave from Sun Qian, accepted an escort mission, and left Balaque City with a merchant caravan.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled by river to Fasinuo City, enjoying the scenery along the way, and settled at an inn after completing their escort mission.
• News of Yu Yan’s Ice and Fire Twin Fish Martial Soul and One-Ring Twin Soul Skills drew the attention of major powers.
• The king of the Balak Kingdom ordered the headmaster of Balaque Soul Master Academy to recruit Yu Yan.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed recruiting Yu Yan with Chen Xin and Gu Rong, who assessed his talent and potential.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu traveled through Fasinuo Province while avoiding the factions seeking to recruit him. In the Xiling Mountain Range, Yu Yan successfully used his first Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Ice and Fire Vortex, but its brief duration left him wanting to raise his Soul Power.

• Major powers sent representatives to Balaque City to recruit Yu Yan, but he had already left for Fasinuo Province with Xiao Wu.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu fought in Fasinuo City, then set out on foot for Vast Sea City three days later.
• At the edge of the Soul Hunting Forest, Xiao Wu reflected on Yu Yan's explanation of how humans and Soul Beasts hunted one another before they continued through the mountains.
• At their camp, Yu Yan brought the Ice and Fire Twin Fish together and created his first Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Ice and Fire Vortex.
• Yu Yan released the vortex, which tore through trees, boulders, and a dead bear before lasting thirty-two seconds and exhausting his Soul Power.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu hid near the Soul Hunting Forest as four poachers escaped through a tunnel with a rare Spirit Cat. The poachers began searching for nearby people by smell, putting the hidden pair at risk.

• Xiao Wu kept watch while Yu Yan slept, then joined him for Purple Qi cultivation before they continued toward Vast Sea City.
• Near the Soul Hunting Forest, Xiao Wu heard people approaching and hid with Yu Yan behind a boulder.
• Four men in matching grayish-green clothes crawled out of a tunnel beneath the forest fence, carrying an unconscious black Spirit Cat with four white paws.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu recognized the men as poachers and chose not to confront them because they did not know their strength.
• After checking the area, the gaunt leader called the fat middle-aged man Third Brother, and he used a soul skill to sniff for people nearby.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu fought four poachers who tried to kill them and sell them for profit. Yu Yan killed three with his Ice and Fire Vortex, while Xiao Wu kept the remaining poachers from escaping.

• The poachers discovered Yu Yan and Xiao Wu hiding, and their masked leader rejected Yu Yan's offer to part peacefully.
• The sturdy young man attacked Yu Yan, but Yu Yan's Ice and Fire Vortex killed him in seconds.
• Yu Yan sent the vortex after the old man while Xiao Wu engaged the masked leader and stopped the fat middle-aged man from escaping.
• The old man died after the vortex tore through his defenses, and Xiao Wu joined Yu Yan as he engulfed the masked leader with the vortex.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu defeated a group of poachers, then searched their belongings and learned that the unconscious Spirit Cat could be worth 130,000 Gold Soul Coins. They found several anonymous passbooks and an ancient map marked with locations in the Far North, then resumed their journey to Vast Sea City.

• Yu Yan recovered after killing three men, while Xiao Wu questioned the surviving fat middle-aged man and searched the luggage.
• Xiao Wu told Yu Yan that the men were smugglers hired by an old man to capture Spirit Cats, and that the rare Cloud-Treading Snow cat could sell for 130,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Xiao Wu found more than 5,000 Gold Soul Coins and six anonymous passbooks among the spoils, including five carried by the old man.
• Yu Yan examined an ancient map, identified it as depicting the Far North, and noticed red crosses in the Kuangfu Mountain Range, Ice God Mountain Range, and Far North Highlands.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu cremated and buried the four dead men, collected the spoils, and continued toward Vast Sea City with the Spirit Cat.

Yu Yan camped with Xiao Wu and a young Spirit Cat, then broke through to Level 13 while cultivating under the full moon. He successfully passed Moon Essence to Xiao Wu, who absorbed it, but she could not yet sense or absorb it on her own.

• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu settled in wild boar territory for the night, where the Spirit Cat woke, ate grilled meat, and fell asleep again.
• Yu Yan cultivated under the full moon and smoothly broke through to Level 13.
• Yu Yan used Fire Fish to neutralize a wisp of Moon Essence and successfully guided it to Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu absorbed the Moon Essence and felt a hidden ability awakening, but could not sense Moon Essence independently afterward.
• Yu Yan began passing Xiao Wu Moon Essence at intervals and planned to test whether she could absorb Purple Qi and Sun and Moon Essence as dawn approached.

After reaching Soul Power level 13, Yu Yan discussed Moon Essence with Xiao Wu and traveled with her to Vast Sea City. He began looking for old, high-quality Whale Glue, leaving Xiao Wu eager to tease him about its use.

• Yu Yan learned Xiao Wu could absorb Moon Essence but not Purple Qi, and offered to transfer her more Moon Essence on full-moon nights.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu set off for Vast Sea City after their usual teasing and arguing.
• Four days later, they reached the coast and marveled at the ocean before entering Vast Sea City.
• Yu Yan asked locals where to buy high-quality, old Whale Glue, and their knowing looks embarrassed him and Xiao Wu.
• Yu Yan denied that he wanted the Whale Glue for the reason Xiao Wu suspected, then dragged her toward the seller as she teased him.

Yu Yan bought three pieces of thousand-year Whale Glue in Sea Soul Market, hoping to test a use he believed others had overlooked. He left with Xiao Wu to find a place to see whether the opportunity was real.

• Yu Yan sent Xiao Wu to browse a pearl shop while he entered a store selling whale-type Soul Beast materials.
• Yu Yan learned that Whale Glue under ten thousand years was sold at set prices, while ten-thousand-year Whale Glue was auctioned.
• Yu Yan bought three pieces of thousand-year Whale Glue for three thousand Gold Soul Coins, using a nonexistent boss as an excuse.
• Yu Yan met Xiao Wu outside and told her they needed to test whether the Whale Glue's hidden use was real.
• Xiao Wu said she had bought nothing at the pearl shop because she did not like pearls.

Yu Yan tested Whale Glue and confirmed that it strengthened the body and slightly increased Soul Power, despite its powerful aphrodisiac effects. Xiao Wu took some as well and, with Yu Yan’s help, endured the side effects and gained its benefits.

• Yu Yan melted and consumed Whale Glue, then used Ice Fish cold and Frost Scale Armor to suppress its intense side effects.
• After the effects passed, Yu Yan felt his physique and Soul Power improve and confirmed Whale Glue’s benefits by comparing strength with Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu asked to take Whale Glue, and Yu Yan warned her about its side effects before she swallowed a portion.
• Yu Yan used cold air and Frost Scale Armor to help Xiao Wu endure the effects, and she absorbed Whale Glue’s benefits.

Yu Yan and Xiao Wu consumed Whale Rubber over several weeks, gaining stronger bodies and faster cultivation, while Xiao Wu discovered that Moon Essence reduced her Soul Beast aura. After using their stock, Yu Yan sought information about finding Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber at an auction in Vast Sea City.

• Xiao Wu acknowledged Whale Rubber’s powerful effects, and she and Yu Yan returned to their rooms after enduring its side effects.
• Yu Yan transferred more than forty thousand Gold Soul Coins from five anonymous bankbooks into his account and bought five pieces of Thousand-Year Whale Rubber.
• Over the following month, Yu Yan and Xiao Wu consumed their Whale Rubber and raised their Soul Power to levels 15 and 16 respectively, while strengthening their bodies to the level of a three-ringed Soul Elder.
• Xiao Wu discovered that Moon Essence had dispersed part of her Soul Beast aura, easing her fear of being discovered.
• Yu Yan bought more Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and asked the shopkeeper where he could find Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Rubber, offering him ten Gold Soul Coins for information about recent auctions.

Yu Yan obtained an invitation to an auction selling materials from a ten-thousand-year sperm whale and attended to seek Whale Rubber. At the auction, he spotted Zi Zhenzhu, captain of the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew, whose crew had hunted the whale.

• Yu Yan paid a shopkeeper twenty Gold Soul Coins for an invitation after learning that ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber would be sold at auction.
• Yu Yan returned to the residence and told Xiao Wu he planned to attend the invitation-only auction, while she stayed behind with the Spirit Cat.
• Yu Yan arrived at the auction, showed his invitation, put on a mask, and took his assigned seat.
• Yu Yan recognized the nearby pirates as members of the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew and heard them discuss their hunt and their captain, Zi Zhenzhu.
• Yu Yan saw Zi Zhenzhu seated near the front of the auction hall.

Yu Yan attended an invitation-only auction and waited for ten-thousand-year Whale Glue, reserving his remaining funds while other rare items tempted him. When the final piece from a twenty-three-thousand-year sperm whale went up for bid, he offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins, but a potbellied noble continued competing.

• Yu Yan noticed Zi Zhenzhu watching him and quickly looked away before the auction began.
• Zhou Qingyun opened the auction by presenting rare treasures, including inner armor forged by Lou Gao, while Yu Yan saved his money for Whale Glue.
• Zhou Qingyun announced that the sperm whale hunted by the Purple Pearl Pirate Crew was twenty-three thousand years old, and its other materials sold for high prices.
• Yu Yan bid ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for the sperm whale's Whale Glue, prompting an elderly noble to withdraw.
• The potbellied noble bid ten thousand five hundred Gold Soul Coins and asked Yu Yan not to compete with him.

Yu Yan won high-year Whale Glue after provoking a noble, then watched an Attack-Type Soul Tool auction that drew Zi Zhenzhu’s interest. As the formal auction ended, he stayed when Zhou Qingyun announced the sale of a level 67 Soul Emperor’s cultivation insights.

• Yu Yan raised his bid for the Whale Glue to eleven thousand Gold Soul Coins and taunted a hereditary baron who demanded to know his employer’s name.
• Zhou Qingyun declared Yu Yan the Whale Glue’s winner after no one outbid him.
• Zhou Qingyun demonstrated an Attack-Type Soul Tool by blasting through Gui Shou’s defensive shell, then offered six of the weapons together.
• Zi Zhenzhu bid on the Attack-Type Soul Tools, but a stern-faced noble bought all six, and Yu Yan grew interested in searching ruins for Soul Tools.
• Yu Yan stopped preparing to leave when Zhou Qingyun announced the unsold cultivation insights of a level 67 Soul Emperor.

Yu Yan bought the unsold cultivation insights of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast transformed into a human and reassured Xiao Wu that he considered such beings no different from ordinary humans. After Xiao Wu began reading the insights, they left Vast Sea City and resumed their journey back to Balaque City.

• Yu Yan bid 100 Gold Soul Coins on the unsold cultivation insights at the auction and later collected them along with the other item he had purchased.
• Yu Yan evaded anyone who might be following him before returning to his rented courtyard and telling Xiao Wu about the auction.
• Xiao Wu asked Yu Yan what he thought of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts transformed into humans, and Yu Yan said he considered them no different from ordinary humans.
• Xiao Wu began reading the cultivation insights while Yu Yan packed, and the next day they left Vast Sea City with the Whale Glue and Spirit Cat.
• Yu Yan and Xiao Wu headed directly toward Balaque City, fighting in Soul Fighting Arenas along the way to earn Gold Soul Coins.