Chapter Summaries

Ye Xunfeng dismissed the children after the Martial Soul awakening and told them their futures depended on how they used Spirit Hall’s support. At the border of the Star Luo Empire, Tang San set fire to Mother Wang’s home and fled the village.

• Ye Xunfeng addressed the children and dismissed everyone from the hall.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, Qian Ming, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar left, while Ye Lingchuan stayed to straighten Ye Lingyuan’s collar.
• Mother Wang dragged Tang San out of the cowshed and warned him not to leave while an important visitor was in town.
• Tang San took a hidden sickle and stolen oil, then set fire to Mother Wang’s home.
• Tang San climbed over the wall and ran toward the edge of the village as flames rose behind him.

Tang San fled after a fire at Mother Wang’s home and escaped a Spirit Hall Soul Master who discovered him. He collapsed beside the road at night, where an old driver stopped his carriage and asked why he was alone.

• Mother Wang accused Tang San of setting her house on fire and running away, while a Spirit Hall Soul Master extinguished the flames.
• Tang San watched the Spirit Hall Soul Master and blamed Spirit Hall for his suffering before fleeing into the morning mist.
• The Soul Master spotted Tang San but let him go and sent up a signal flare as Spirit Hall deacons continued secretly escorting him toward Shrek Academy.
• Tang San ran all day without food or water, then collapsed beside the road and thought bitterly about Tang Hao abandoning him.
• An old driver stopped his carriage beside Tang San and asked why he was alone.

Tang San reached Shrek Academy, where Flender awakened his Martial Soul and discovered his exceptional talent. Yu Xiaogang became Tang San’s teacher, while Ye Xunfeng reviewed information about Tang San in Spirit City.

• Tang San accepted a ride toward Suotuo City from a driver who secretly carried an Angel Emblem token.
• At Shrek Academy, Flender awakened Tang San’s Mutated Blue Silver Grass and glimpsed his hidden Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power, and Flender declared him his disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Flender to let him teach Tang San, and Tang San reluctantly called him teacher.
• In Spirit City, Ye Xunfeng read information about Tang San and decided not to compensate Mother Wang’s family.

Ye Xunfeng set out for the Star Dou Forest after sensing an unusual gathering of powerful Soul Beasts, while the injured Lord of the Soul Beast clan left Life Ancient Lake to search for someone who could heal her. Ye Xunfeng reached the forest and walked toward its depths.

• Ye Xunfeng decided to investigate the unusual activity in the Star Dou Forest, while Tang San silently swore vengeance against Spirit Hall and revealed blood-red Blue Silver Grass vines.
• The Lord of the Soul Beast clan told Di Tian she had sensed terrifying life force and ordered him to protect her as she searched for the person who could heal her.
• The Lord took human form and left Life Ancient Lake, while Di Tian watched over her before disappearing into the forest.
• Ye Xunfeng departed from the Pope Palace alone after sensing several exceptionally powerful Soul Beasts gathered in the Star Dou Forest.
• Ye Xunfeng reached the forest at sunrise and walked toward its depths without concealing his aura.

Ye Xunfeng reached the Life Ancient Lake and sensed that the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python were guarding something nearby. After hearing a cry for help, he found a silver-haired, purple-eyed girl being attacked by a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shadow Leopard and stopped the beast.

• Ye Xunfeng found the Life Ancient Lake strangely quiet and discovered that the Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python were away from the lake, guarding something.
• Ye Xunfeng heard a faint cry for help from the northeast and flew toward its source.
• Ye Xunfeng found a silver-haired, purple-eyed girl collapsed in a clearing as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Shadow Leopard pounced on her.
• Ye Xunfeng threw his Atlas Spear between the girl and the Shadow Leopard, forcing the beast back and pinning it down with his pressure.
• Ye Xunfeng left the Shadow Leopard alive and turned toward the silver-haired girl.

Ye Xunfeng recognized the silver-haired girl as the Silver Dragon King, though she called herself Na'er, and led her out of Star Dou Forest to Spirit City. He brought her to Pope Palace, where he began gathering silver-white light as she watched him from the hall.

• Ye Xunfeng helped the trembling Na'er to her feet, learned her name, and spared the Shadow Leopard.
• Na'er said she had gotten lost, and Ye Xunfeng took her by the hand and led her out of Star Dou Forest.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Azure Bull Python watched them leave, while Di Tian silently followed behind.
• Ye Xunfeng brought Na'er through Spirit City's gates and let her observe the city on the way to Pope Palace.
• Ye Xunfeng sat on the main throne and gathered a sphere of silver-white light at his fingertips as Na'er stood before him.

Ye Xunfeng gave Na'er Life Force to stabilize her severe injuries and let her stay in Spirit City. After Ah Yin brought Na'er to a side hall, she knelt and greeted her as the Lord.

• Ye Xunfeng infused Na'er with the Prayer Angel's Life Force and explained that it would stabilize, but not cure, her injuries.
• Ye Xunfeng told Na'er to behave while staying in Spirit City and sent a message summoning Ah Yin.
• Ye Xunfeng asked Ah Yin to arrange a quiet place and clothes for Na'er, whom he introduced as a girl who had lost her way in the Star Dou Forest.
• Ah Yin led Na'er to a side hall, where her polite smile gave way to terror and reverence as she knelt and greeted Na'er as the Lord.
• Na'er ordered Ah Yin to rise, then turned to gaze out the window.

Na'er told Ah Yin to treat her as an outsider and help her gain her husband's trust so she could benefit from his Life Force. Meanwhile, Ah Rou prepared Xiao Wu to live in human form and took her to meet the Pope.

• Na'er asked Ah Yin to help her gain her husband's trust and said she would handle the rest herself.
• Ah Yin warned Na'er that her husband was difficult to deceive and said she did not want either of them hurt.
• Na'er reflected on the healing Life Force she had received and rested in her room.
• Ah Rou told Xiao Wu to hide that she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast who had taken human form.
• Ah Rou took Xiao Wu out of their house and said they would go find the Pope.

Ah Rou sent Xiao Wu to Shrek Academy under Ye Xunfeng’s protection, and Xiao Wu thanked him before leaving. Three days later, Ye Xunfeng used the forces of life and destruction to break Qian Ming’s Martial Soul bloodline barrier, allowing his Eight-Winged Angel to emerge.

• Ye Xunfeng warned Ah Rou to watch Tang San and remain loyal to Spirit Hall, then gave her Breath-Concealing Grass to hide her Soul Beast aura.
• Ye Xunfeng told Xiao Wu to defend herself at Shrek Academy and return to him if she was in trouble.
• Ah Rou and Xiao Wu left the side hall, and Xiao Wu called Ye Xunfeng a good person as she looked back at him.
• Three days later, Qian Ming told Ye Xunfeng he was ready to receive the fused powers of life and destruction.
• Ye Xunfeng channeled the powers into Qian Ming, breaking the barrier on his Six-Winged Angel and bringing forth a fourth pair of wings.

Qian Ming’s Martial Soul evolved into a Twelve-Winged Angel after Ye Xunfeng’s intervention, while Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing awakened powerful Martial Souls and left their homes that night. Zhu Zhuqing set out for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to find Ning Rongrong, hoping she remembered their previous life.

• Qian Ming’s Martial Soul evolved from a Six-Winged Angel into a Twelve-Winged Angel, and he thanked Ye Xunfeng.
• Dai Mubai awakened a White Tiger Martial Soul with innate Soul Power at level nine.
• Dai Mubai returned to his room, took his packed bundle, and escaped from the Star Luo Imperial Palace.
• Zhu Zhuqing awakened a Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul with innate Soul Power at level eight.
• Zhu Zhuyun taunted Zhu Zhuqing about Dai Mubai’s escape, but Zhu Zhuqing ignored her and left Duke Nether’s Estate that night.
• Zhu Zhuqing headed west toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to find Ning Rongrong, despite the long journey.

Ye Xunfeng prepared Ye Lingchuan and Ye Lingyuan for their first Soul Beast hunts by strengthening them with Whale Rubber. The family traveled to Star Dou Forest, where Ye Xunfeng stopped at a nearby town before entering the forest.

• Ye Lingchuan and Ye Lingyuan ate Whale Rubber, which Ye Xunfeng had been feeding them for two months to strengthen their bodies.
• Ye Lingchuan planned to hunt a thousand-year life-attribute plant Soul Beast with Ah Yin, while Ye Lingyuan was to hunt with Ye Xunfeng.
• Ye Xunfeng, Ah Yin, Ye Lingchuan, and Ye Lingyuan flew toward Star Dou Forest, leaving Ye Qingxue behind at Pope Palace.
• The family reached Star Dou Forest after less than half a day of travel, and Ye Xunfeng landed in a nearby town instead of entering the forest directly.

Ye Xunfeng brought his family to an inn, where Tang San recognized Ah Yin as his mother from a previous life and silently seethed with hatred. The next morning, Ye Xunfeng and his family set out for the Star Dou Forest, while Flender and Tang San planned to hunt Soul Beasts.

• Ye Xunfeng booked two superior rooms at the inn, and the innkeeper recognized the Angel Emblem at his waist.
• Tang San saw Ah Yin with Ye Xunfeng's children and hated her for treating him as a stranger in this life.
• Ye Xunfeng's pressure immobilized Tang San, and he warned Flender to stop staring before returning upstairs.
• Tang San asked Flender when they would hunt Soul Beasts, and Flender said they would leave the next day.
• At dawn, Ye Xunfeng led Ah Yin and their children toward the Star Dou Forest, where Ye Lingyuan eagerly talked about fighting monsters.

Ye Xunfeng brought Ye Lingyuan to hunt a Thousand-Year Iron-Spine Wolf for his first Soul Ring while Ah Yin took Ye Lingchuan to seek a Life Vine. After demonstrating his strength and forcing the wolf pack to hold its ground, Ye Xunfeng told Ye Lingyuan that he had to kill the wolf himself.

• Ye Xunfeng and Ah Yin split up, with Ye Xunfeng taking Ye Lingyuan toward the Iron-Spine Wolf and Ah Yin carrying Ye Lingchuan toward the Life Vine.
• Ye Xunfeng used his spiritual power to locate a pack of Iron-Spine Wolves gathered around a fallen tree.
• Ye Xunfeng showed Ye Lingyuan the pack and warned him to watch carefully as he confronted the wolves.
• Ye Xunfeng used the Atlas Spear to frighten the pack and demonstrate his advantage without killing the Thousand-Year Iron-Spine Wolf.
• Ye Xunfeng told Ye Lingyuan that the wolf was his first Soul Ring target and that he had to deliver the final blow himself.

Ye Lingyuan defeated a Thousand-Year Iron-Spine Wolf and absorbed its purple Soul Ring as his first. Ye Xunfeng then secretly swapped Tang San’s five-hundred-year Mandala Snake Soul Ring for a Ten-Year Lonely Bamboo Soul Ring, leaving Tang San with an unexpectedly white ring and a Blue Silver Pole Vault skill.

• Ye Lingyuan used his nine-colored light and Atlas Spear to wound and kill the Thousand-Year Iron-Spine Wolf.
• Ye Lingyuan absorbed the wolf’s purple Soul Ring while Ye Xunfeng watched over him.
• Ye Xunfeng gathered a Ten-Year Lonely Bamboo Soul Ring and told Ye Lingyuan that Tang San was his future enemy.
• After Tang San killed a five-hundred-year Mandala Snake, Ye Xunfeng used the Law of Life to switch its Soul Ring with the bamboo’s ring.
• Tang San absorbed the white Soul Ring and discovered that his first soul skill was Blue Silver Pole Vault.

Tang San discovered that his first soul skill, Blue Silver Pole Vault, launched him through the air, while Ye Xunfeng watched and then took Ye Lingyuan deeper into Star Dou Forest to find a second Soul Ring. Ye Xunfeng sensed a promising Soul Beast near a mountain hollow and headed toward it.

• Tang San tested Blue Silver Pole Vault, crashed to the ground, and concealed his anger as he left the forest with Flender.
• Ye Lingyuan called Tang San’s soul skill funny, and Ye Xunfeng confirmed that he had substituted the Lonely Bamboo Soul Ring as Yu Xiaogang’s note predicted.
• Ye Xunfeng picked up Ye Lingyuan and traveled through Star Dou Forest while searching for a powerful Soul Beast worthy of his son.
• Ye Xunfeng sensed a potential target near a mountain hollow about thirty li to the northeast.

Ye Xunfeng encountered a three-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and fought it while keeping Ye Lingyuan safe inside a protective barrier. He left the badly injured bear alive, hoping to improve the chance that it would produce a Soul Bone.

• Ye Xunfeng spotted a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and considered the Soul Bone it might drop.
• Ye Xunfeng placed Ye Lingyuan inside a protective circle made with the Power of Destruction and told him not to leave.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear sensed Ye Xunfeng’s strength but charged at him anyway.
• Ye Xunfeng shattered the bear’s claws with the Atlas Spear and broke its left foreleg when it attacked again.
• The bear fell and could not rise, while Ye Xunfeng held back from killing it so it might yield a Soul Bone.

Ye Xunfeng had Ye Lingyuan kill the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear, then guided him through absorbing its Soul Ring and External Soul Bone. The Soul Bone merged into Ye Lingyuan’s right arm, transforming his fingers into dark gold claws.

• Ye Xunfeng placed Ye Lingyuan on the immobilized Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and told him to kill it.
• Ye Lingyuan pierced the bear’s skull with his Atlas Spear, killing it and releasing a purple Soul Ring.
• Ye Xunfeng found the bear’s dark gold right-hand External Soul Bone and gave it to Ye Lingyuan.
• Ye Xunfeng guided Ye Lingyuan as he absorbed the violent Soul Ring, using the Wishing Angel’s Life Force to steady him.
• Ye Lingyuan absorbed the External Soul Bone into his right arm, and his fingernails grew into sharp, dark gold claws.

Ye Xunfeng reunited with Ah Yin and his sons after Ye Lingyuan gained a Dark Gold Dreadclaw soul skill, while Ye Lingchuan announced he planned to seek a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring. At Shrek Academy, Tang San encountered Xiao Wu and Dai Mubai, who had become six years old.

• Ye Lingyuan tested his Dark Gold Dreadclaw and asked Ye Xunfeng whether they could adopt the orphaned wolf cubs, but Ye Xunfeng refused and explained the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts.
• Ye Xunfeng brought Ye Lingyuan to Ah Yin and Ye Lingchuan, where Ye Lingyuan demonstrated a claw attack that snapped a small tree.
• Ye Lingchuan said his second Soul Ring would be ten thousand years old, and Ye Xunfeng took him along with the family toward the depths of the Star Dou Forest.
• Tang San returned to Shrek Academy in despair over his soul skill, then met a six-year-old Dai Mubai and Xiao Wu.
• Tang San excitedly greeted Xiao Wu and asked how she had found Shrek Academy.

Tang San met Xiao Wu, who did not remember their previous life, and resolved to earn her trust again. Zhu Zhuqing learned that Ning Rongrong was in Spirit City and set out there, while Ye Xunfeng returned to Pope Palace with his sons.

• Xiao Wu told Tang San that she felt connected to him, and he invited her to become friends despite realizing she did not remember him.
• Tang San told Xiao Wu to stay and took her to see Headmaster Flender.
• Zhu Zhuqing reached the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned from a tea seller that Ning Rongrong had been sent to Spirit Hall in Spirit City.
• Zhu Zhuqing paid for the tea and headed west toward Spirit City, unaware that the old woman ran up the mountain after her.
• Ye Xunfeng returned to Pope Palace with Ye Lingyuan and his brother, and Ye Lingyuan hurried inside to show Sister his new soul skill.

Ye Xunfeng dismissed Na’er's attempt to curry favor and later heard Ye Qingxue ask to travel so she could see the world Spirit Hall would protect. He agreed to let her leave the day after tomorrow, provided Light Feather Douluo accompanied her.

• Na’er served Ye Xunfeng tea, but he gave her only a flat critique before leaving the hall.
• Na’er watched Ye Xunfeng depart and inwardly resented that her efforts to please him had failed.
• Ye Xunfeng praised Ye Qingxue’s written summaries when he visited her room.
• Ye Qingxue told Ye Xunfeng she wanted to travel and see how people across the land lived.
• Ye Xunfeng agreed to her trip on the condition that Light Feather Douluo went with her, and Ye Qingxue chose to leave the day after tomorrow.