Chapter Summaries

Six-year-old Oscar attended Martial Soul Awakening with his orphanage, where his friend Venice awakened a Spatula Martial Soul but had no Soul Power. Oscar awakened a Sausage Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, prompting Spirit Hall to mobilize after receiving the report; Wu Ling learned that Oscar had been found.

• Venice hurried Oscar to the awakening ceremony, where the orphanage children took turns awakening their Martial Souls.
• Venice awakened a Spatula Martial Soul and learned that his Innate Soul Power was zero, leaving him despairing despite joking with Oscar about becoming a cook.
• Oscar awakened a Sausage Martial Soul, and the crystal ball shone brightly when he tested his Soul Power.
• The Leopard Soul Master announced that Oscar had Innate Full Soul Power and rushed to report the discovery to the Martial Soul Branch Hall master.
• The report set nearly half of Spirit Hall within the Heaven Dou Empire into motion, and Wu Ling learned that Oscar had been found.

Wu Ling considered how to secure his plans and decided that Oscar was the key person to recruit or eliminate. When Oscar was brought before him, Wu Ling offered him a place in Spirit Hall, and Oscar immediately agreed to join.

• Wu Ling asked Xiao Fen to develop Soul Power-based communication spells, and she agreed to try.
• Gui Mei told Wu Ling that Bibi Dong had given him authority to decide Oscar's fate.
• Wu Ling and Xiao Fen discussed whether Bibi Dong or Qian Daoliu would move against Tang Hao and Tang San, and Wu Ling decided to handle Oscar himself.
• The next day, Oscar worried that Spirit Hall would not let him leave as a Spirit Master brought him to meet Wu Ling.
• Wu Ling offered Oscar a place in Spirit Hall, and Oscar accepted at once.

Wu Ling recruited Oscar into Spirit Hall and brought him toward Spirit City, where Oscar began training and gained his first Spirit Skill. After a month on the road, Oscar arrived at the city, stunned by its grandeur.

• Oscar agreed to join Wu Ling after deciding that refusing could leave him with no choice but death.
• Wu Ling invited Oscar to travel with him, ate lunch at the Spirit Main Hall, and promised rewards to the hall master and the Spirit Master responsible for Oscar's awakening.
• On the way to Spirit City, Wu Ling asked Xiao Fen to help select Oscar's future Spirit Skills and discussed other potential recruits.
• Xiao Fen, Xiao Lan, and Xiao Hong helped Oscar obtain his first Spirit Skill, Recovery Sausage.
• After a month of travel, Wu Ling and Oscar reached Spirit City, and Oscar was amazed by the city.

Wu Ling returned to Spirit City, helped Oscar become Stephen’s disciple, and resumed training while Xiao Fen developed new inventions. After two months, Xiao Fen produced advanced cultivation techniques, and Bibi Dong told Wu Ling the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was about to begin.

• Wu Ling brought Oscar to meet Bibi Dong, who gave him a letter to find the food-type Spirit Master Stephen.
• Oscar became Stephen’s disciple and moved into his home to study, while Wu Ling returned to his courtyard and resumed cultivation.
• Xiao Fen returned to her research, and Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong trained in the courtyard.
• Two months later, Wu Ling delivered potions to Gui Mei and Yue Guan, and explained that Yue Guan’s medicine required a rare Yin Yang Flower.
• Wu Ling gave Bibi Dong, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan advanced cultivation techniques that increased cultivation speed by thirty percent.
• Bibi Dong asked Wu Ling about Xiao Fen’s new work, then told him the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament was about to begin.

Wu Ling watched Spirit Hall defeat Heaven Dou Team One in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament final. After the tournament ended, he turned his attention to preparing a publicity campaign for the cultivation method.

• Bibi Dong visited Wu Ling to ask whether he planned to watch the tournament, and he remained puzzled by her apparent forgetfulness after she left.
• Wu Ling spent the next two months cultivating and neared level thirty-four.
• Wu Ling watched the final from the audience as Heaven Dou Team One faced the Spirit Hall Team, whose captain had received the low-level cultivation method early.
• After a long battle, the White Armored Earth Dragon Spirit Master used his fourth Spirit Skill to defeat the exhausted Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Spirit Master.
• Spirit Hall won the tournament, and Wu Ling left the match thinking about the publicity campaign and regretting that he had not seen Star Luo Empire's Hell White Tiger.

Bibi Dong convened Spirit Hall’s highest-level meeting, where Wu Ling saw fifteen Title Douluo gathered as its foundation. After examining the assembled powerhouses, he waited as Qian Daoliu invited Bibi Dong to explain why she had called the meeting.

• Bibi Dong and Wu Ling entered a lavish conference room guarded by two powerful Spirit Hall members.
• Wu Ling saw Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall’s priests, and Bibi Dong’s elders gathered around the table, with fifteen Title Douluo present.
• Wu Ling considered Spirit Hall’s strength and imagined how it could overwhelm the continent’s other powers.
• Bibi Dong told Wu Ling to stop sneaking glances and look openly, and the priests praised his composure.
• Qian Daoliu asked Bibi Dong to state the reason for convening the meeting.

Bibi Dong and Wu Ling demonstrated three cultivation techniques that increased Soul Power absorption and told Spirit Hall's elders Wu Ling's account of the gods who once walked the earth. Golden Crocodile Douluo remained unconvinced, so Wu Ling brought the elders to his home and prepared to show them evidence, beginning with the claim that Soul Power had other uses.

• Bibi Dong revealed that she had reached rank ninety-three and credited Wu Ling with helping her advance.
• Wu Ling distributed three cultivation manuals, and the Title Douluo found that the techniques increased their Soul Power absorption.
• Wu Ling recounted his story about gods and explained his Martial Soul to the Spirit Hall elders and worshippers.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Wu Ling's claims and demanded evidence.
• Wu Ling led the fifteen Title Douluo to his home and asked what Soul Power was used for before declaring that it was not meant to be so inconvenient.

Wu Ling impressed Bibi Dong and the other Title Douluo with his Workshop, then proposed sharing an incomplete cultivation technique and offered the elders cultivation potions. The meeting ended with the elders eager to cultivate ties with him, while Wu Ling’s name began spreading among Spirit Masters.

• Wu Ling showed Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and the other elders the Workshop’s defenses, Beast Bone Soldiers, traps, and arrays, proving his claims about its capabilities.
• After the elders returned to the meeting room, Wu Ling proposed making a cultivation technique public and distributed copies of an incomplete technique that could draw in more Soul Power.
• Wu Ling explained how the three complete cultivation techniques would be restricted by rank and loyalty, then gave the elders cultivation potions suited to their Martial Souls.
• The elders tasted the potions and felt their cultivation efficiency increase, prompting them to reconsider Wu Ling’s technique distribution and seek his favor.
• The meeting ended with Wu Ling in control of the discussion, and news of him spread among Spirit Masters through the cultivation techniques.

Wu Ling learned that Xiao Fen had developed Spirit Power Circuits, which could let him cultivate continuously while strengthening his Soul Power. After deciding to focus on reaching level forty, he began preparing for his fourth Spirit Ring.

• Wu Ling asked Xiao Fen about her research, and she explained her Spirit Power Circuits based on Magic Circuits.
• Xiao Fen said the circuits could absorb Soul Power continuously, with a second design to compress Soul Power and stabilize Wu Ling’s foundation.
• Xiao Fen estimated the circuits would take a little over half a year to complete and predicted Wu Ling could reach Title Douluo within ten years.
• Wu Ling decided to stay home and cultivate until he reached level forty, then told Xiao Fen, Xiao Hong, and Xiao Lan to begin preparing for his fourth Spirit Ring.

Wu Ling traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for his fourth Spirit Ring, reflecting on his growing strength and possible targets. He reached a village drenched in blood and, with Ghost Douluo nearby, approached to investigate.

• Wu Ling reached level forty after Xiao Fen completed and implemented Spirit Power Circuits, giving him the strength to contend with powerful Soul Masters.
• Wu Ling worried that Yu Xiaogang might seek cultivation methods from Bibi Dong, but Xiao Fen promised to prevent him from receiving any money from her.
• Wu Ling set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, considering which Spirit Beast might help him summon a suitable Heroic Spirit for his fourth Spirit Ring.
• Wu Ling noticed that a village near the forest was dark despite the recent sunset and smelled a strong stench of blood.
• Wu Ling called to Ghost Douluo, then approached the village and saw two corpses and blood spread throughout the settlement.

Wu Ling investigated a village massacre and suspected an Evil Spirit Master was responsible. He followed a suspicious woman into a hidden cellar, where he demanded that she explain what had happened.

• Wu Ling examined two beheaded corpses and concluded that an Evil Spirit Master may have slaughtered the village within the past day.
• Wu Ling prepared with Xiao Lan and the others, let Sasaki possess him, and entered the village at sunset.
• Wu Ling followed a seemingly calm woman through the alleys to a hidden cellar after she claimed to be a villager in hiding.
• Wu Ling checked the cellar jars, then demanded that the woman identify herself and explain the massacre.

Wu Ling heard a survivor recount how Gao Jianli and the villagers of Springwood Village had become deadly puppets. After realizing the woman herself was a puppet, Wu Ling kept her as a possible clue and followed her toward Gao Jianli's residence.

• The woman told Wu Ling that villagers began attacking one another after a Spirit Master visited Gao Jianli, and the dead later joined the attackers as resurrected villagers.
• She explained that she had survived in a cellar while her husband died, and that the other survivors were killed trying to escape the village.
• The woman said that Gao Jianli was at the largest gate on the fourth street and asked Wu Ling for food before leading him there.
• Wu Ling pretended to test the woman by slashing at her, then realized she was a puppet and suspected a mastermind was using her to deceive Spirit Masters.
• Wu Ling decided to keep the woman close and secretly followed her toward Gao Jianli's residence after giving Xiao Lan and the others instructions.

Wu Ling confronted a skin-covered monster in a village, discovering that it had disguised itself with the skins of nearly a hundred villagers. After the creature shed ten layers, Wu Ling prepared to finish the fight as it charged him again.

• Wu Ling had the woman wait nearby and kicked down the door, where a monster tried to grab him before Xiao Hong helped him evade it.
• The monster attacked Wu Ling, and his enchanted sword could barely cut its neck, so he used repeated blades and spirit swaps to keep fighting.
• After Wu Ling completed a ring of cuts around its neck, the monster exploded and shed a layer of human skin, revealing a different face beneath it.
• The monster exploded ten times, shedding layers while spraying a pale-yellow fluid, and Wu Ling waited for it to finish.
• Wu Ling realized the monster wore the skins of nearly a hundred villagers to protect itself and hide its Soul Power, then readied himself to kill it as it charged.

Wu Ling defeated the skin-layered monster by finding and destroying the Soul Power core at its navel, then discovered that the woman who had approached him was being worn as a disguise by a talking skeleton. The woman died after apologizing, while the skeleton turned its attention to Wu Ling’s skin.

• Wu Ling fought the monster through ten explosions, then used Soul Breaker to destroy its core and cut apart its powerless body.
• The woman ran toward Wu Ling, but he stopped her because he suspected her and sensed danger.
• Wu Ling dodged six bone spikes that burst through the woman’s chest.
• A skeleton peeled off the woman’s skin and said it wanted Wu Ling’s skin.
• The woman’s eyes showed that she had realized what happened, and she died after mouthing an apology.

Wu Ling killed the Skin Slave after learning its master's location and followed a tracking compass toward the northern edge of the Star Dou Great Forest. As he ventured deeper, Mind's Eye gave him a strange warning, while Gui Mei found himself unable to enter the forest and heard an ominous voice urge Wu Ling onward.

• The Skin Slave revealed its master's location, abilities, and resentment before offering to lead Wu Ling to her in exchange for wearing her skin.
• Wu Ling cut the Skin Slave apart and burned its body, then used a Tracking Compass Xiao Fen had prepared to find its master.
• Wu Ling rested through the night, then burned the lifeless village and headed north toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Wu Ling entered the forest, where Mind's Eye briefly triggered and vanished, but he continued onward despite the strange warning.
• Gui Mei sensed a powerful presence suppressing him and found an invisible barrier preventing him from entering the forest.
• Wu Ling heard a voice urging him to keep walking, though Gui Mei denied speaking.

Wu Ling discovered that the silent forest had left him lost, then met a talking weasel named Xiao Huang and followed it to a village. There, he encountered six-year-old Ali, who excitedly asked whether he came from outside.

• Wu Ling realized that the forest’s map and landmarks did not match his route and concluded he was lost.
• A weasel emerged from the grass, spoke to Wu Ling, and showed him a paper with instructions for deciding whether it was a person or a god.
• Wu Ling learned that the weasel, Xiao Huang, served Ali, a six-year-old girl living in a village of about thirty people with three chiefs.
• Wu Ling asked Xiao Huang to lead him to the village and promised to let it go afterward.
• Ali saw Wu Ling and eagerly asked whether he was from outside.

Wu Ling entered the Silent Mausoleum with Ali, whose stories about the villagers and their strange crafts made the settlement seem increasingly unsettling. After Xiao Fen warned him to shut off his Spirit Power Circuit, Wu Ling examined the village and learned that Ali’s home was in a place explicitly called a mausoleum.

• Wu Ling asked Ali for shelter and promised to tell her about the outside world, then let Xiao Huang return to the forest.
• As Ali led Wu Ling toward the village, she described its unusual residents and admitted she had altered a weasel story to frighten Xiao Huang.
• Wu Ling reached the village and, after Xiao Fen warned him that something was wrong, shut off his Spirit Power Circuit.
• Wu Ling noticed the village’s rows of tall, black houses and followed Ali into her home, where he questioned the strange bed.
• Ali told Wu Ling that the place was called the Silent Mausoleum, and she insisted it was a mausoleum when he asked for clarification.

Wu Ling followed Ali to the village, where the Straw Elder arranged for him to witness her Martial Soul Awakening. After Ali awakened a pair of Red Embroidered Shoes, the Straw Elder told Wu Ling that an important person wanted to see him.

• The Straw Elder and the other elders discussed Wu Ling's arrival and decided to bring him to Ali's Martial Soul Awakening.
• Wu Ling secretly gave experimental Soul Power Blocks to Xiao Fen as he followed Ali through the village.
• The Straw Elder arrived at Ali's home, invited Wu Ling to come with them, and brought them to the awakening formation.
• Ali awakened a pair of Red Embroidered Shoes and showed them to Wu Ling.
• The Straw Elder sent Ali away before her Innate Soul Power could be tested, then told Wu Ling that someone important wanted to meet him.

Wu Ling discovered a Sword Spirit Beast sealed beneath the Straw Elder’s hideout and began fighting it. The beast revealed its name and unleashed its full killing intent, leaving the real battle about to begin.

• Wu Ling followed the Straw Elder underground and found a blood-patterned sword embedded in stone.
• The Straw Elder sealed Wu Ling inside and warned that he had to kill Lord Sword or die.
• Wu Ling sensed that the sword was a Spirit Beast with an estimated age of around forty thousand years and prepared to fight it.
• Wu Ling and the Soul-Devouring Ghost Sword exchanged fierce attacks, and the sword damaged Wu Ling’s saber before rapidly healing its own chipped blade.
• The Soul-Devouring Ghost Sword acknowledged Wu Ling’s swordsmanship, named itself, and unleashed overwhelming killing intent.

Wu Ling fought the Ghost Sword, whose weapon-eroding ability and Crimson Legion turned their duel into a siege. He defended himself with a portable Workshop and summoned reinforcements, but the Ghost Sword escalated the battle with hundreds more blood-men.

• Wu Ling clashed with the Ghost Sword and discovered that its attacks were eroding his saber.
• The Ghost Sword revealed that it could summon blood-and-soul warriors, then filled the chamber with crimson mist and called forth its Crimson Legion.
• Wu Ling deployed a modular portable Workshop that blocked the mist and sent Dragon Bone Soldiers and combat-type Hassan of the Hundred Faces to fight the first hundred blood-men.
• When the Ghost Sword sent three hundred more Soul Elder blood-men and thirty Soul Ancestor blood-men, Wu Ling released a Bone Cage full of Beast Bone Soldiers to meet them.