Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiao taught Tang San the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, and Tang San quickly mastered the first formula while struggling with the limits of his current body. The lesson ended with Tang Xiao shattering the mountaintop, as Tang San’s longing for his father and hatred of Meng Chen intensified.

• Tang San escaped the attention of the Clear Sky Sect disciples and met Tang Xiao, who briefly mistook him for someone from his past.
• Tang Xiao brought Tang San to a mountaintop training ground and explained that the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes were nine methods of applying force.
• Tang Xiao demonstrated the Void Formula, and Tang San replicated it flawlessly, though his weaker body could not produce the same power.
• Tang Xiao demonstrated the remaining formulas as Tang San missed his father and vowed to kill Meng Chen.
• Tang Xiao finished by smashing his hammer into the ground and shattering the mountaintop.

After cultivating for a year, Meng Chen broke through to Soul Power Level eighty and went to Thunder Marsh after the Thunder Hell Vine called for help. He found the vine badly weakened by a snail-shaped Soul Beast and learned that the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had ignored its pleas for two years.

• Meng Chen reached Soul Power Level eighty, and his Thunder Hell Vine released a bolt of lightning into the sky.
• The Thunder Hell Vine sent Meng Chen a distress signal, so he traveled to Thunder Marsh with Xiao Wu, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Meng Chen found the Thunder Hell Vine stripped of its leaves and half its cultivation after a snail-shaped Soul Beast had fed on it for two years.
• The Thunder Hell Vine said it had called for help before, and Meng Chen realized the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python had known about its plight.
• The Titan Giant Ape explained that they had ignored the vine out of resentment toward Meng Chen and later forgot about it while trying to cheer Xiao Wu up.

Meng Chen learned that a one-hundred-thousand-year lightning-attributed Ten-Black Collapse Snail had been feeding on the Thunder Hell Vine, and he teamed up with Da Ming and Er Ming to ambush it. After the Soul Beasts subdued the snail, Meng Chen killed it to obtain its Soul Ring.

• Meng Chen asked the Thunder Hell Vine about the snail, then enlisted Da Ming and Er Ming to help capture it.
• The Ten-Black Collapse Snail arrived to feed on the Thunder Hell Vine, and Da Ming ambushed it.
• The snail attacked Er Ming with a massive lightning sphere, but the Thunder Hell Vine absorbed the lightning and began healing.
• The snail transformed its shell into a spinning drill and charged at Da Ming to escape.
• Er Ming uprooted the Thunder Hell Vine, and Da Ming used it to drain the snail's lightning while the Sky Azure Bull Python restrained it.
• Da Ming pulled the Ten-Black Collapse Snail from its shell, and Meng Chen killed it with the Atlas Spear.

Meng Chen absorbed the Ten-Black Collapse Snail’s 100,000-year Soul Ring while Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong discussed their feelings for him. Ning Rongrong proposed they travel to the Star Dou Great Forest to search for him, and Zhu Zhuqing eagerly considered the possibility of seeing him again.

• Xiao Wu had Da Ming and Er Ming restrain the Thunder Hell Vine so Meng Chen could absorb the Ten-Black Collapse Snail’s Soul Ring in peace.
• Zhu Zhuqing thought about Meng Chen while gazing at the moon, and Ning Rongrong teased her about missing him.
• Ning Rongrong admitted she also thought Meng Chen was suitable as a partner, and Zhu Zhuqing said she would not mind Ning Rongrong pursuing him.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been tracking Meng Chen and suggested searching for him in the Star Dou Great Forest while Zhu Zhuqing hunted for a Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing grew excited at the prospect of seeing Meng Chen, and Ning Rongrong playfully pounced on her.

Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing entered the Star Dou Great Forest with two Soul Saint guards, hoping to find Meng Chen, but a wounded Tall-Legged Golden Fox attacked them. Just as they were about to be eaten, Meng Chen arrived and struck the beast unconscious.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest with two Soul Saint guards while Ning Fengzhi remained at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• A powerful, wounded Tall-Legged Golden Fox appeared and suppressed Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's Soul Power.
• The Tall-Legged Golden Fox knocked both Soul Saint guards out of their Martial Soul Avatar states and prepared to eat the two girls.
• Meng Chen descended in purplish-black lightning and knocked the Tall-Legged Golden Fox unconscious.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Meng Chen and cried out his name in relief.

Meng Chen rescued Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from a Tall-Legged Golden Fox, then admitted that he had driven the beast toward them. He agreed to help Zhu Zhuqing find her fourth Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu worried that Ning Rongrong was trying to get close to him.

• Meng Chen checked that Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing were unharmed after he subdued the Tall-Legged Golden Fox.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing explained that they had come to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Zhu Zhuqing a fourth Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu arrived and said she needed one too.
• Ning Rongrong noticed the fox's lightning wounds and got Meng Chen to admit that he had chased it into their path.
• Ning Rongrong asked Meng Chen to compensate them by helping Zhu Zhuqing hunt for a Soul Ring, and he agreed.
• Xiao Wu silently fumed that Meng Chen had accepted Ning Rongrong's request despite her attempt to protect his chastity.

Meng Chen protected Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing after the Soul Saint guards left, then helped Xiao Wu absorb a Soul Ring and gave Zhu Zhuqing an immortal herb. The chapter ended with both girls meditating under his protection while Ning Rongrong watched Meng Chen with a crafty look.

• Meng Chen sent the injured Soul Saint guards back and took responsibility for Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing's safety.
• Ning Rongrong prompted Meng Chen to tell Xiao Wu to absorb the Tall-Legged Golden Fox's Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu killed it with a furious kick before beginning to absorb it.
• Meng Chen surrounded Xiao Wu with Thunder Hell Vines to protect her while she absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Meng Chen gave Zhu Zhuqing an Immortal-Grade Silver-Pattern Orchid and explained how it could improve her ability to absorb powerful Soul Rings.
• Zhu Zhuqing ate the Silver-Pattern Orchid and began meditating inside the Thunder Hell Vines' protective area.
• With Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing meditating, Meng Chen noticed Ning Rongrong looking crafty and wondered what she was planning.

Ning Rongrong teased Meng Chen about his rapid rise in strength and tried to inspect him for signs of being a Soul Beast, but their playful scuffle ended when Da Ming and Er Ming appeared. As Ning Rongrong continued suspecting Meng Chen was not human, Zhu Zhuqing’s aura suddenly changed, drawing everyone’s attention.

• Ning Rongrong grabbed Meng Chen and searched his body while questioning how he had become a Soul Douluo so quickly.
• Ning Rongrong chased Meng Chen after he dodged her, and he tripped on a stone before she pounced on him.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out a Soul Beast, and Meng Chen stood with her in his arms before Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Da Ming and Er Ming sulked when Meng Chen called them his good friends, while Ning Rongrong wondered whether he had horns or a tail.
• Meng Chen slapped away Ning Rongrong’s hand as she tried to check for horns and a tail, and Zhu Zhuqing’s aura suddenly changed.

Meng Chen used a Ye Family technique to measure Zhu Zhuqing’s physical and spiritual limits so he could choose an appropriate Soul Ring for her. The test ended with him pressing his forehead against hers, leaving the usually aloof Zhu Zhuqing blushing with embarrassment.

• After Zhu Zhuqing completed the initial absorption of the Immortal-Grade Silver-Pattern Orchid, she stood protectively in front of Xiao Wu when she saw Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Meng Chen explained that Da Ming and Er Ming were his friends and asked them to watch over Xiao Wu while he took Zhu Zhuqing to find a Soul Ring.
• Meng Chen told Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong that a Ye Family technique could measure the maximum Soul Ring age Zhu Zhuqing could withstand, and Zhu Zhuqing agreed to let him test her.
• Meng Chen used a strand of Soul Power to probe Zhu Zhuqing’s body for half an hour, pushing her body’s resistance until he finished measuring her physical limit.
• Meng Chen pressed his forehead against Zhu Zhuqing’s to deliver a spiritual-power impact, and Zhu Zhuqing blushed and turned away in embarrassment.

Meng Chen tested Zhu Zhuqing’s spirit endurance and assured her she could absorb a Soul Ring of over twelve thousand years, so she chose to risk a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. Xiao Wu learned that Meng Chen had gone hunting with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing and hurried after them, while Zhu Zhuqing successfully absorbed a twelve-thousand-year Ghost Tiger Soul Ring.

• Meng Chen used his spiritual power to test Zhu Zhuqing’s endurance and estimated she could absorb a Soul Ring of more than twelve thousand years.
• Despite Ning Rongrong’s concerns, Zhu Zhuqing chose a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring to gain strength, and Meng Chen took her and Ning Rongrong deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Meng Chen left Xiao Wu with Da Ming and Er Ming, but Xiao Wu soon learned he had gone hunting with two women and set off to find him.
• Meng Chen defeated a twelve-thousand-year Ghost Tiger, and Zhu Zhuqing absorbed its Soul Ring without trouble.
• Ning Rongrong teased Meng Chen by admitting she liked him, then eagerly asked Zhu Zhuqing to show her the new Soul Skill.

Zhu Zhuqing tested the powerful abilities of her new Ten Thousand Year soul skill, Nether Instant Shadow Kill, while Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Meng Chen with kisses and embraces. Xiao Wu arrived with Da Ming and Er Ming and found the three together, leaving her furious and jealous.

• Zhu Zhuqing summoned two clones from Meng Chen’s and Ning Rongrong’s shadows, revealing that they could act but could not share her senses.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s clones drew Soul Power from Meng Chen and Ning Rongrong and carved a massive fissure into the clearing with Nether Instant Shadow Kill.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that her clones could use her other soul skills and drain Soul Power from a shadow’s owner, though resistance and higher cultivation limited the effect.
• Ning Rongrong kissed Meng Chen as her thank-you, and Zhu Zhuqing embraced him from behind.
• Xiao Wu arrived with Da Ming and Er Ming, caught Meng Chen between Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, and grew enraged.

Xiao Wu, Meng Chen, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Life’s Lake in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Xiao Wu and decided to swim. Meng Chen left when Ning Rongrong told him to turn away, but heard the women enter the water immediately afterward.

• Xiao Wu complained that Meng Chen had left her behind, and Ning Rongrong persuaded her not to blame him.
• Meng Chen explained that Life’s Lake had unusually dense natural energy, and Xiao Wu pointed out that Da Ming and Er Ming protected them there.
• Meng Chen invited Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to cultivate at Life’s Lake, and Er Ming carried them while Da Ming led the way.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Xiao Wu for bringing them to the lake, leaving Meng Chen feeling overlooked.
• Ning Rongrong invited Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing to swim, then told Meng Chen to leave; he turned away as the women entered the water.

Tang San and Hu Liena entered Hell Road together, but Hu Liena’s emotional numbness and the altered trials frustrated Tang San’s plans to impress her. As they continued, Hu Liena suspected Meng Chen had changed Hell Road and resolved to confront the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, which she believed might have caused his fall.

• Tang San expected Hu Liena to seek his attention in Slaughter City, but she remained cold, so he proposed that they traverse Hell Road together.
• Tang San warned Hu Liena about the coming bat swarm and Dark Gold Three-Headed Bat King, but she ignored him, and the swarm appeared weak with no bat king.
• Hu Liena and Tang San killed the bats, while Hu Liena suspected Meng Chen had previously killed the missing bat king and bat swarm.
• Hu Liena remembered Meng Chen and revealed inwardly that she had entered Hell Road hoping to discover what had caused his fall.
• Tang San warned Hu Liena about the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and Hu Liena quickened her pace, suspecting it might be responsible for Meng Chen’s death.

Tang San emerged from Hell Road without finding the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, while Hu Liena grieved for the Slaughter Envoy and reunited with Bibi Dong. More than a year later, Meng Chen reached level ninety at Life's Lake and decided to search beyond the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable Soul Beast.

• Tang San failed to find the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent at Hell Road's final stretch, and Hu Liena remained lost in thoughts of the Slaughter Envoy.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Hu Liena after she emerged from Hell Road, and Hu Liena clung to her teacher as she cried.
• Tang San blamed Meng Chen for Hu Liena's indifference and resolved to pursue the Sea God's position before reclaiming the Asura God's position.
• Meng Chen awoke from cultivation at Life's Lake after reaching level ninety, and Xiao Wu asked where he would find a Soul Ring.
• Meng Chen decided to leave the Star Dou Great Forest because few suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts remained there.

After reaching rank ninety, Meng Chen decided to leave the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing to seek a suitable Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. Nearly three months later, they arrived in Heaven Dou City, where they unexpectedly encountered Ye Cixin.

• Meng Chen told Xiao Wu he planned to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and she agreed after they informed Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Meng Chen revealed to Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing that he had broken through to rank ninety, and both chose to return with him.
• Meng Chen, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing bid farewell to Da Ming and Er Ming and left Life's Lake.
• The group spent nearly three months traveling to Heaven Dou City, stopping along the way to explore.
• Ye Cixin spotted Meng Chen from her carriage, recognized him, and greeted him with delight.

Ye Cixin reunited with Meng Chen and invited him to the Ye Residence, but Ning Rongrong insisted that she and the others come along. The group left together in Ye Cixin’s carriage, where Meng Chen was caught between the women’s competing attempts to get close to him.

• Ye Cixin leaped from her carriage, embraced Meng Chen, and asked why he had been out of contact for nearly three years.
• Meng Chen explained that he had hidden in the Star Dou Great Forest while avoiding Bibi Dong, and Ye Cixin expressed concern for him.
• Ye Cixin invited Meng Chen to visit her home and see her daughter, Ye Lingling, but Ning Rongrong asked to join them with Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong hugged Meng Chen’s arm and convinced Ye Cixin to let the group accompany her to the Ye Residence.
• Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu took the seats beside Meng Chen in the carriage while Zhu Zhuqing sat with Ye Cixin, leaving Meng Chen uncomfortable as they crowded him.

Meng Chen reunited with Ye Lingling at the Ye Residence, where she tearfully embraced him and showed how deeply she had missed him. Ning Rongrong interrupted their charged moment, and Ye Cixin ushered everyone into the grand hall.

• Ye Cixin welcomed Meng Chen and the others into the Ye Residence and called for Ye Lingling.
• Ye Lingling froze at the sight of Meng Chen, then rushed into his arms and cried with relief at seeing him again.
• Ye Cixin watched her daughter reunite with Meng Chen and reflected on Ye Lingling's feelings and the years she had spent worrying about him.
• Ye Lingling regained her composure and nearly leaned in for a kiss, but Ning Rongrong stepped between them and hugged her instead.
• Ning Rongrong teased Ye Lingling for paying attention only to Meng Chen, leaving the shy girl flustered.
• Ye Cixin took Meng Chen and Ye Lingling by the hand and led everyone toward the grand hall.

Ye Cixin reunited with Meng Chen and learned that he had reached Level 90 and planned to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his next Soul Ring. Impressed by his strength, she decided she had to marry Ye Lingling to him, while Meng Chen awkwardly tried to respond to her praise.

• Ye Cixin arranged a meal and seated Meng Chen beside Ye Lingling, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong found excuses to sit near Ye Cixin and Ye Lingling.
• Ye Cixin asked why Meng Chen had returned to Heaven Dou City, and he explained that he would soon leave to hunt a Soul Beast.
• Meng Chen told Ye Cixin that he was seeking a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, prompting her to warn him about the dangers of absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Meng Chen revealed that he had already reached Level 90, and Ye Cixin realized that he could become a Titled Douluo after obtaining another Soul Ring.
• Ye Cixin resolved to marry Ye Lingling to Meng Chen, while Meng Chen blushed as she clasped his hand and praised him.

Ye Cixin tried to bring Meng Chen and Ye Lingling together, while Xiao Wu interrupted and became Ye Cixin’s goddaughter. After dinner, Ye Cixin visited Meng Chen privately and learned he planned to leave Heaven Dou City for the Sunset Forest and then the Extreme Northern Icefield.

• Ye Cixin praised Meng Chen and hinted that she wanted him to support Ye Lingling, but Xiao Wu cut in and offered to protect her instead.
• Ye Cixin accepted Xiao Wu as her goddaughter, and Xiao Wu suggested that Meng Chen become her godbrother, which Ye Cixin refused.
• During dinner, Xiao Wu repeatedly redirected Ye Cixin’s attempts to discuss Meng Chen and Ye Lingling, while Ning Rongrong kept Ye Lingling occupied and Zhu Zhuqing quietly ate.
• After dinner, Meng Chen returned to the familiar room at the Ye Residence, and Ye Cixin later visited him there.
• Ye Cixin asked where Meng Chen would go after leaving Heaven Dou City, and he said he would try the Sunset Forest before heading to the Extreme Northern Icefield for a suitable 100,000-year Soul Ring.
• Ye Cixin worried that Meng Chen would be gone for years, and Meng Chen reassured her that he would return to visit.

Ye Cixin asked Meng Chen to take Ye Lingling with him and give her a chance, and he agreed. As Meng Chen and the others prepared to leave Heaven Dou City, Crown Prince Xue Qinghe summoned him for a meeting while the women planned to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ye Cixin told Meng Chen that Ye Lingling had rejected every suitor because she loved him, then asked him to take Ling Ling along and give their relationship a chance.
• Meng Chen agreed, and Ye Cixin embraced him gratefully before leaving him to rest.
• The next morning, Meng Chen invited Ye Lingling to travel with him, and she accepted; Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu objected when they saw them together.
• Ye Lingling tearfully said goodbye to Ye Cixin, and Xiao Wu hugged Ye Cixin and called her godmother.
• An official from the Crown Prince's Residence invited Meng Chen to meet Xue Qinghe, while Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Xiao Wu decided to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.