Chapter Summaries

Li Long absorbed the Radiant Flying Dragon’s sixty-three-thousand-year soul ring, gaining the Light Dragon Emperor Wings and advancing to level sixty-four. After testing his new flight abilities above the Star Dou Great Forest, he was told by Qian Shengyuan to fly back.

• Li Long endured the Radiant Flying Dragon’s Soul Power and spiritual resentment, then absorbed its soul ring into the Dragon Emperor Rod.
• Li Long rose to level sixty-four and learned his sixth soul skill, Light Dragon Emperor Wings, which granted flight, attacks, protection, and a locking light-wave effect.
• Li Long summoned his dragon wings and tested their speed and maneuverability while flying over the forest and Radiance Mountains.
• Li Long practiced diving and stopping above the valley as Qian Shengyuan confirmed the corpse had no soul bone.
• Qian Shengyuan praised Li Long’s flight and told him to fly back.

Li Long returned to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well after obtaining his Sixth Soul Ring and learned that Qian Yaoting had completed the Angel God Trial’s First Trial. He told Qian Yao and Qian Yue about his new Soul Skill and brought them Radiant Flying Dragon meat and a scale to use for medicinal meals.

• Qian Shengyuan told Li Long that Qian Yaoting had reached Level 74 and received a hundred-thousand-year red Seventh Soul Ring from the Angel God Trial.
• Qian Shengyuan and Li Long arrived at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where Qian Shengyuan urged Li Long to cultivate toward Level 90 before departing.
• Li Long told Qian Yao and Qian Yue that he had reached Level 64 after obtaining a sixty-three-thousand-year Radiant Flying Dragon Soul Ring.
• Li Long described his Sixth Soul Skill, Light Dragon Emperor Wings, which enabled flight, boosted his attributes, released a wide-area attack, and fired a homing beam.
• Li Long showed Qian Yao and Qian Yue Radiant Flying Dragon meat and a scale for their medicinal meals, and Qian Yue examined their properties.

Li Long stabilized his level-sixty-four Soul Power at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and discovered that the dragon egg inside the Dragon Emperor Rod had hatched into the Icefire Dragon Emperor. After learning about its transformed abilities, he left it to grow within the rod and resumed cultivation with their new connection.

• Li Long sensed that the dragon egg had developed deep cracks and that a powerful life force was awakening inside it.
• The eggshell shattered, and a new dragon soul emerged as the Icefire Dragon Emperor, then willingly connected with Li Long.
• Li Long learned that the Icefire Dragon Emperor possessed Ultimate Ice, Ultimate Fire, and transformed Venom, Time, and Petrification domains.
• The Icefire Dragon Emperor entered a normal growth hibernation, while Li Long noticed the Dragon Emperor Rod had changed and resumed his cultivation.

Qian Yaoting emerged from three years of seclusion at level seventy-four, having completed the First Angel God Trial, and learned that Li Long had reached level sixty-four. He reunited with Li Long at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and challenged him to a match, which was about to begin.

• Qian Yaoting completed the First Angel God Trial, reached level seventy-four, and stabilized his hundred-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring.
• Qian Shengyuan told Qian Yaoting that Li Long had reached level sixty-four and obtained a sixty-three-thousand-year Radiant Flying Dragon as his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Qian Yaoting flew to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where the upgraded barrier let him pass because it sensed his Angel Bloodline.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long greeted each other and remarked on each other's progress and changed weapons.
• Qian Yaoting challenged Li Long to another match, and both took their battle stances.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting began their aerial battle, trading increasingly powerful soul skills above the basin. The chapter left them meeting Qian Yaoting’s Angel’s Descent with Li Long’s Vajra Tyrant Body and Dragon Emperor Rod.

• Li Long formed dragon wings and rose into the air to face Qian Yaoting, while Qian Yao, Qian Yue, and the Spirit Hall guards watched from below.
• Qian Yaoting opened with sword strikes, and Li Long blocked and countered with the Dragon Emperor Rod as they exchanged more than a dozen blows.
• Qian Yaoting used his first and second soul skills, while Li Long answered with Mighty Vajra Staff and Gale Giant Force to match his attacks.
• Qian Yaoting summoned Angel’s Shield and attacked with Holy Light Storm, but Li Long cracked the shield and deflected most of the sword energy with his extended rod and Indestructible Vajra Body.
• Qian Yaoting unleashed Angel’s Descent as Li Long activated Vajra Tyrant Body and swung the Dragon Emperor Rod to meet it head-on.

Li Long summoned the juvenile Icefire Dragon Emperor during his battle with Qian Yaoting, shifting the balance enough to end their confrontation without a victor. Afterward, Qian Yaoting planned to travel the continent and explore the sea during their remaining six months, and invited Li Long to join him.

• Qian Yaoting used Angel Sanctuary and his Martial Soul Avatar to overwhelm Li Long with a relentless sword assault.
• Li Long awakened the Icefire Dragon Emperor's dragon soul from the Dragon Emperor Rod, and its pressure disrupted Qian Yaoting's domain.
• Qian Yaoting ended his assault, acknowledging that he could neither defeat Li Long nor suppress him once the dragon soul appeared.
• Li Long and Qian Yaoting withdrew their powers and landed, while Qian Yao and Qian Yue checked on Li Long and observed the Dragon Emperor Rod.
• Qian Yaoting said he planned to travel the continent and explore the sea during the next six months, then invited Li Long to go with him.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting left the Icefire Yin-Yang Well to travel and gain a change of environment, while Qian Yao and Qian Yue stayed behind to cultivate. After exploring Heaven Dou City, Li Long and Qian Yaoting set out toward Suotuo City and continued along a quieter road.

• Li Long agreed to leave with Qian Yaoting, while Qian Yao and Qian Yue chose to remain at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and cultivate.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long flew northeast to Heaven Dou City, where they explored its streets and shared a meal before staying overnight.
• The next morning, Qian Yaoting and Li Long bought a map and left Heaven Dou City for Suotuo City.
• After walking for half a day, Qian Yaoting checked the map at a fork and led Li Long onto a quieter road toward Suotuo City.

Qian Yaoting and Li Long arrived in Suotuo City, visited its Underground Auction House, and bought herbs and old notebooks before continuing north toward the Balak Kingdom. They left the city the next morning and traveled onward along the official road.

• Qian Yaoting and Li Long entered Suotuo City, found an inn, and set out to explore its Underground Auction House.
• Qian Yaoting entered the hidden auction house with Li Long, inspected its stalls, bought medicinal herbs and two old notebooks, and learned that the venue was run by the city lord's family.
• Qian Yaoting gave Li Long half the herbs and studied the notebooks, marking a page about mineral veins along the Star Luo Empire's northern border.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long left Suotuo City the next morning and headed north toward the Balak Kingdom.

Qian Yaoting and Li Long explored Shattered Star Valley in southern Balak, where they found geothermal springs, a Soul Beast settlement, and records identifying a mineral vein. They camped in the valley after confirming the vein’s location, planning to investigate it further near Gengjin City.

• Qian Yaoting read about Balak’s mountainous terrain and wild Soul Beasts as he and Li Long traveled north.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long entered Shattered Star Valley and sensed several Soul Beasts, including a rock lizard with Soul Power just above ten thousand years.
• Qian Yaoting collected geothermal mineral water for Qian Yue to examine for use in a medicinal bath formula.
• Li Long found an artificial-looking crack behind a hot spring, and he and Qian Yaoting discovered a cavern containing an old metal stele.
• Qian Yaoting identified the stele as an early Star Luo Empire record of a mineral vein, copied its information, and decided to compare it with the terrain near Gengjin City.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long left the cavern and camped on a dry rock platform near the hot springs.

Qian Yaoting and Li Long turned back to help the Balak Royal Guard after hearing it was under attack in a mountain pass. After driving off the assailants, they agreed to accompany the surviving guards and their ore shipment toward Balak Capital.

• Qian Yaoting and Li Long encountered a Balak Royal Guard patrol traveling through the valley and continued on after it passed.
• Qian Yaoting heard fighting behind them and returned with Li Long to find masked attackers ambushing the guards.
• Qian Yaoting intercepted the attackers' leader, while Li Long fought off two Soul Emperors and helped turn the battle.
• The attackers retreated after Qian Yaoting wounded their leader, and Qin Kun identified himself as deputy commander of the Balak Royal Guard.
• Qin Kun explained that a mercenary organization from the Star Luo Empire border had been targeting ore shipments, and Qian Yaoting and Li Long agreed to travel with the surviving guards toward Balak Capital.

After helping Qin Kun survive a Black Vulture ambush, Qian Yaoting and Li Long traveled with him toward the Star Luo Empire and learned the mercenaries might be backed by a larger force. Qin Kun returned to Balak, while Qian Yaoting and Li Long entered Star Luo Empire territory with clues to investigate in Gengjin City.

• At a relay station outside Balak Capital, Qin Kun told Qian Yaoting and Li Long that Black Vulture had repeatedly attacked ore shipments and might have a powerful sponsor.
• Qin Kun revealed that a procurement officer had disappeared in Gengjin City, and Qian Yaoting agreed to travel with him and use his map of Black Vulture activity.
• After the royal relief party took over the ore and most of the guards, Qin Kun continued west with Qian Yaoting and Li Long, and they compared his map with mine locations to identify areas worth investigating.
• At the Star Luo Empire border outpost, Qin Kun gave Qian Yaoting a map and a list of people in Gengjin City suspected of ties to Black Vulture, then returned to Balak.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long entered Star Luo Empire territory the next morning and continued toward Gengjin City.

Qian Yaoting and Li Long investigated the disappearance of a procurement officer and Black Vulture’s activity around Gengjin City. After discovering they were being watched, they headed toward the abandoned northern mining district, with the cloaked Soul Emperor following them.

• Qian Yaoting and Li Long entered Gengjin City and checked its notices, but found none of the names Qin Kun had given them among the wanted posters.
• Qian Yaoting studied Qin Kun’s map and planned to investigate the northern mining district, where the missing procurement officer had last been seen and Black Vulture was active.
• Qian Yaoting learned from a blacksmith that several northern mining districts had been abandoned, then spotted a cloaked figure watching the alley near their inn.
• Qian Yaoting decided he and Li Long would leave through the east gate and circle north to see whether the watcher followed them.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long detected the cloaked Soul Emperor trailing them as they approached the abandoned mining district.

Qian Yaoting and Li Long met Yan Ping, who linked the disappearance of Zhou Yuan to an unregistered mine passage and Black Vulture. They entered the passage and found a hidden chamber containing a damaged travel bag, ore samples, and a dark gray coat.

• Qian Yaoting confronted the Soul Emperor following him and Li Long, who revealed himself as Yan Ping, an ore purchaser and friend of the missing Zhou Yuan.
• Yan Ping told Qian Yaoting that Zhou Yuan had vanished while investigating an unregistered mine passage and that Black Vulture's activity had increased afterward.
• Yan Ping led Qian Yaoting and Li Long to the passage entrance beneath a gravel slope marked by a lightning-split pine tree.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long entered the passage, followed fresh chisel marks through a fork, and reached an underground stone chamber.
• Qian Yaoting found a damaged leather traveling bag, cut ore samples, and a dark gray coat in the chamber.

Li Long and Qian Yaoting found Zhou Yuan’s body and evidence that Black Vulture had killed him after he discovered an unregistered mineral vein. After learning the vein’s location, Yan Ping offered to lead them to a Black Vulture hideout north of Gengjin City.

• Li Long and Qian Yaoting searched the outer chamber and found Zhou Yuan’s coat, survey note, tools, and signs that someone had stayed there for several days.
• Li Long squeezed through a narrow passage and found Zhou Yuan’s weeks-old corpse in a larger underground chamber.
• Qian Yaoting collected ore dust from Zhou Yuan’s fingernails and found that footprints and wall markings led into a mineral-rich fissure.
• Qian Yaoting concluded that Black Vulture had killed Zhou Yuan to conceal the unregistered vein and secure exclusive mining rights.
• Yan Ping grieved that he had let Zhou Yuan enter alone, then offered to guide Li Long and Qian Yaoting to a Black Vulture hideout north of Gengjin City.

Qian Yaoting, Li Long, and Yan Ping infiltrated a Black Vulture outpost in a mountain hollow and found records linking Zhou Yuan to the group’s mineral investigations. They left with evidence and planned to return to Gengjin City to investigate Black Vulture’s contacts and Zhou Yuan’s disappearance.

• Yan Ping led Qian Yaoting and Li Long to a concealed Black Vulture outpost north of Gengjin City, where they spotted three members and a locked stone room.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long silently subdued the three guards and opened the stone room.
• Qian Yaoting found ore samples, mineral records, a list with Zhou Yuan’s name circled in red, and a locked Soul Guidance box that he stored away unopened.
• Qian Yaoting and Yan Ping discussed Zhou Yuan’s name, and Qian Yaoting took selected ore samples before the group left the outpost.
• The three headed back toward Gengjin City, where Qian Yaoting planned to investigate Black Vulture’s local contacts and the person responsible for Zhou Yuan’s disappearance.

After resolving the Gengjin City case, Qian Yaoting and Li Long traveled for six months before parting at Vast Sea City, where Qian Yaoting left to begin his second trial. Li Long returned to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, reunited with Qian Yao and Qian Yue, and settled into cultivation while Qian Yue studied the ore samples he had brought back.

• Yan Ping helped uncover Black Vulture's dealings and the procurement officer responsible for selling out Zhou Yuan's guard unit, then thanked Qian Yaoting and Li Long before they left Gengjin City.
• Qian Yaoting and Li Long traveled through Ironwall City, the outskirts of Shadow Valley, and Vast Sea City, observing local defenses, dangers, and sea soul masters' combat methods.
• Over the six-month journey, Li Long advanced to rank sixty-six and Qian Yaoting to rank seventy-five, while both gained experience; Qian Yaoting then received word that his second trial was about to begin.
• Qian Yaoting flew toward Spirit City, and Li Long returned to the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, where Qian Yao and Qian Yue had advanced to ranks fifty-five and fifty-four.
• Li Long recounted his travels, shared rare samples with Qian Yue, and began cultivating to stabilize rank sixty-six as Angel God Mountain's golden light signaled Qian Yaoting's trial.
• Qian Yue tested the Gengjin City ores and found they could help make a medicinal paste for bone strengthening and muscle recovery, while Li Long continued cultivating with the Dragon Emperor Rod.

Li Long sent Qian Shengyuan a secret proposal to collect Whale Rubber after discovering that consuming it melted could strengthen meridians and improve Soul Ring absorption limits. Qian Shengyuan confirmed the effect in a preliminary test, approved covert purchases, and began arranging further research.

• Li Long wrote to Spirit Hall that melted Whale Rubber could strengthen meridians and asked it to secretly buy all available supplies.
• Qian Shengyuan reviewed Li Long's claim, purchased Whale Rubber samples of different ages, and tested a thousand-year-grade piece.
• Qian Shengyuan felt his meridians become clearer and found that Soul Power circulated more smoothly after drinking the melted Whale Rubber.
• Qian Shengyuan sent a sample for analysis, approved covert purchases through Spirit Hall's coastal branch halls, and asked Li Long for dosage and suitability details.
• Qian Shengyuan stored the remaining samples for further testing and returned to his work, leaving Li Long's message atop the branch hall reports.

Li Long spent a year and a half at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well training with rotating Spirit Hall experts, refining his combat skills and advancing his cultivation. After breaking through to level seventy, he told Qian Yao and Qian Yue it was time to prepare for his seventh soul ring.

• Mo Yuan sparred with Li Long and exposed weaknesses in his defenses against fast, penetrating spear attacks.
• Spirit Hall sent other sparring partners who helped Li Long address weaknesses against close-range cuts, long-range suppression, heavy strikes, and strong defenses.
• Li Long recorded each sparring session’s lessons, while Qian Yue helped adjust his recovery meals and Qian Yao trained with him using her Radiant Flame Wings.
• Qian Yao and Qian Yue each advanced two levels during the year and a half of cultivation.
• Li Long broke through from level sixty-nine to level seventy and sensed the God King Dragon Bone had fully fused with his skeleton.
• Li Long announced to Qian Yao and Qian Yue that he would prepare for his seventh soul ring.

Li Long reached level seventy and asked Qian Shengyuan to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring. They planned to target the Titan Giant Ape in half a month, leaving the Sky Azure Bull Python alive if the operation succeeded.

• Li Long returned to Spirit City and told Qian Shengyuan he had broken through to level seventy.
• Li Long asked to hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his seventh Soul Ring, citing his strengthened body and spiritual power.
• Qian Shengyuan identified the Titan Giant Ape as the target and explained that it had to be separated from its sworn brother, the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Qian Shengyuan outlined a plan for Mo Yuan and Long Yuan to suppress the Titan Giant Ape while he intercepted the Sky Azure Bull Python and four Titled Douluo secured the perimeter.
• Qian Shengyuan assigned Li Long to deliver the final blow and use the Icefire Dragon Emperor's domain to restrain the wounded Titan Giant Ape.
• Qian Shengyuan prepared the deployment form and told Li Long to stabilize his Soul Power before the hunt in half a month.

Li Long joined Qian Shengyuan, Mo Yuan, Long Yuan, and four Titled Douluo to ambush the Titan Giant Ape in the Star Dou Great Forest. The beast entered their chosen valley and settled in the open ground, leaving the hunters poised to attack.

• Li Long trained for half a month at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well while Qian Yao and Qian Yue helped prepare him for the hunt.
• Qian Shengyuan sent Li Long the operation directive, and Li Long traveled to the Spirit Hall outpost to meet the other participants.
• Qian Shengyuan explained the ambush plan, and Mo Yuan identified the Titan Giant Ape’s vulnerable area while Long Yuan asked about Li Long’s Time Domain.
• The group advanced to the valley before dawn and took their assigned positions, with Li Long hiding behind a rock.
• The Titan Giant Ape entered the valley, surveyed its surroundings, and crouched in the open ground to rest.