Chapter Summaries

Gu Ling endured the savage power of a sixty-thousand-year soul ring, broke through to Soul King at level fifty-three, and tested his new fifth skill. Elsewhere, Tang San confronted Yu Xiaogang over the weak soul ring he had received for the Clear Sky Hammer, while the group remained injured and vulnerable.

• Gu Ling used his Right Leg Bone’s restorative power and carefully controlled the incoming soul power until the tiger’s savage aura faded and his fifth ring merged.
• Gu Ling broke through the level-fifty bottleneck and reached level fifty-three, becoming a Soul King with five soul rings.
• Gu Ling revealed his fifth soul skill, Dark Demon Evil God Thunder, and blasted a boulder apart with its combined thunder, wind, and spatial effects.
• Gu Rong told Gu Ling to rest before examining the sealed pearl, and Gu Ling sat down to recover his soul power.
• Tang San demanded to know whether he could replace the Clear Sky Hammer’s three-hundred-year soul ring, and Yu Xiaogang admitted he could not promise the remaining rings would go well.
• Flender urged Tang San and Yu Xiaogang to recover because Liu Erlong was badly hurt and their injured group could not protect them from another powerful soul beast.

After losing to Gu Ling, Tang San insisted on absorbing a ten thousand year Soul Ring for his Clear Sky Hammer despite his injuries. As the black ring began overwhelming him, Tang Hao arrived and demanded to know why Tang San's first ring was only a hundred-year one.

• Tang San rejected Yu Xiaogang and Flender's warnings and demanded a ten thousand year Soul Ring to catch up to Gu Ling.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to search for a suitable beast, while Flender and Liu Erlong recovered and Tang San steadied himself.
• Flender and Liu Erlong subdued a ten-thousand-year Earth Berserk Bear and brought it back to Tang San.
• Tang San killed the Earth Berserk Bear and began absorbing its black Soul Ring despite Yu Xiaogang's warning.
• The ring's power and the bear's mental imprint sent Tang San's Soul Power out of control as Tang Hao arrived and questioned his yellow first Soul Ring.

Tang San's attempt to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring nearly killed him, and the Asura God intervened to save his life. Tang San survived with a white second ring on his Clear Sky Hammer and woke to find the ten-thousand-year ring gone.

• Tang Hao found Tang San in the middle of a dangerous soul ring absorption and blamed Yu Xiaogang for allowing him to continue after his earlier attempt failed.
• Tang Hao cut off the black ring's connection to Tang San, but the unleashed power worsened Tang San's condition and left him unconscious.
• The Asura God sent red light to preserve Tang San's life and martial soul, allowing the remaining unfused power to disperse.
• The red light stabilized Tang San, but the black ring vanished and a white ring appeared as the Clear Sky Hammer's second ring.
• Tang San woke beside Tang Hao, saw the white ring, and asked why the ring from the ten-thousand-year beast had changed.

Tang Hao blamed Yu Xiaogang for Tang San’s failed attempt to absorb a ten-thousand-year soul ring and beat him before deciding Tang San would use a thousand-year ring instead. As Tang San began absorbing an eight-thousand-year Iron Armor Rhino’s ring, Gu Ling, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo headed toward Tang Hao’s aura while carrying the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Left Arm Bone.

• Tang Hao struck Yu Xiaogang and drove Liu Erlong and Flender back after Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer gained only yellow and white soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that Tang San use thousand-year soul rings for his remaining slots, and Tang Hao agreed to find a suitable one himself.
• Tang Hao subdued an eight-thousand-year Iron Armor Rhino, and Tang San killed it and began absorbing its purple soul ring.
• Gu Ling, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo sensed Tang Hao’s aura and went to investigate the red light they had noticed in the forest.
• Gu Ling carried the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Left Arm Bone, which Gu Rong had found inside the tiger’s forelimb.

Gu Ling and Gu Rong encountered Tang San absorbing a purple soul ring with the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao accused them and Dugu Bo of causing his son's troubles. Tang Hao fought the two men while trying to reach Gu Ling, and the battle's shock waves disrupted Tang San's absorption, leaving the purple ring flickering as Tang San spat blood.

• Gu Ling and Gu Rong found Tang San absorbing a purple soul ring with the Clear Sky Hammer, while Flender, Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang remained nearby.
• Tang Hao arrived, accused Gu Ling, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo of interfering with Tang San, and blocked their way out.
• Tang Hao attacked Gu Rong and repeatedly tried to get past him to seize Gu Ling, while Dugu Bo helped hold him off.
• Tang Hao's clash with Gu Rong and Dugu Bo sent shock waves into the clearing, disrupting Tang San's attempt to absorb the purple soul ring.
• Tang San spat blood onto the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao turned toward him as the purple ring began to flicker.

Tang San's attempt to absorb an eight-thousand-year Soul Ring was disrupted by the shock waves from Tang Hao's fight, and the Asura God intervened to save him at the cost of the ring, leaving him with another ten-year Soul Ring. Tang Hao blamed Gu Ling and prepared to unleash his full strength against him, while Gu Rong and Dugu Bo moved to defend their side.

• Tang Hao abandoned his fight with Gu Rong and rushed to Tang San, whose meridians had been thrown into chaos by the shock waves while he absorbed the Soul Ring.
• The Asura God sent red light to stabilize Tang San, expel the energies he could not absorb, and destroy the failing Soul Ring.
• Tang San woke to find that his Clear Sky Hammer had gained another ten-year Soul Ring, and Tang Hao spat blood as his old injuries worsened.
• Gu Ling blamed Tang Hao for fighting near Tang San, but Tang Hao ordered Flender to take Tang San away and accused Gu Ling of causing the failure.
• Tang Hao confronted Gu Ling as Gu Rong and Dugu Bo prepared to defend him, then exploded his first Soul Ring to empower his hammer.

Tang Hao failed to catch Gu Ling after using Ring Detonation, then turned his attention to Tang San’s injuries and promised to hunt soul bones to strengthen him. Gu Ling escaped with Gu Rong and Dugu Bo and prepared to absorb the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Left Arm Soul Bone while they stood guard.

• Gu Rong opened a spatial rift and led Dugu Bo and Gu Ling away as Tang Hao’s attacks missed them.
• Tang Hao’s old injuries flared after Ring Detonation, and he returned to help Tang San, who was coughing up blood.
• Tang San lamented his damaged Clear Sky Hammer and lost Eight Spider Lances, so Tang Hao promised to hunt soul bones for him in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Flender objected to killing soul beasts indiscriminately, but Tang San rejected his concern for other soul masters and followed Tang Hao into the woods.
• Gu Ling met Gu Rong and Dugu Bo in a secluded mountain hollow, showed them the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Left Arm Soul Bone, and asked them to guard him while he absorbed it.

Gu Ling fused the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul bone and gained an ability that reversed a target’s age and cultivation, then considered combining it with Reincarnation Deadland. After returning to Heaven Dou Royal Academy as a level-fifty-three Soul King, he announced that he would fight in the next tournament match.

• Gu Ling endured the soul bone’s violent power and discovered that it could turn its target back toward childhood while erasing their cultivation, though he could reverse the effect himself.
• At Gu Ling’s request, Dugu Bo tested the ability and lost his ninth soul ring before Gu Ling stopped the effect and restored him.
• Gu Ling and Dugu Bo realized that trapping an opponent in Reincarnation Deadland before using the soul bone could leave them powerless while Gu Ling retained his strength.
• Gu Ling, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo left the forest and returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy after Gu Ling obtained his fifth soul ring and fused the soul bone.
• Gu Ling showed his five soul rings to his teammates, revealed he had reached level fifty-three, and told Dugu Yan he would join their next match.

Gu Ling returned to the qualifiers and revealed that he had reached level fifty-three, then defeated Godwind Academy by himself. Salas ordered a full report on Gu Ling and information about his life.

• Gu Ling told his teammates to stay back and faced Godwind Academy alone.
• Gu Ling revealed his level-fifty-three Soul King rank, startling Feng Xiaotian and the spectators.
• Gu Ling used flight, spatial attacks, and his Bone Prison Dragon's Roar to eliminate Godwind Academy's teammates one by one.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked Gu Ling with his Gale Demon Wolf Thirty-Six Consecutive Slashes, but Gu Ling broke his rhythm and knocked him off the platform.
• The referee declared Heaven Dou Royal Academy the winner, and Salas ordered an account of the match and all available information on Gu Ling.

Gu Ling led Heaven Dou Royal Academy to victory over Skywater Academy, breaking Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu’s martial soul fusion skill with the fire dragon soul’s ultimate flames. After Salas noticed Gu Ling’s unexplained powers, he decided to report his observations to the Pope.

• Shui Bing'er trapped Gu Ling in ice while Xue Wu prepared a rain-soaked stage, but Gu Ling broke free and eliminated all five of Skywater’s other fighters.
• Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu combined their powers to unleash Ice and Snow Drifting, engulfing Gu Ling in a storm of snow.
• Gu Ling awakened the fire dragon soul’s power and used ultimate fire to melt the ice phoenix and break the fusion skill.
• Gu Ling caught Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu as they fell, and Shui Bing'er conceded the match to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Salas noted Gu Ling’s spatial, flight, and fire abilities and ordered an attendant to bring writing supplies so he could send a letter to the Pope.

Tang Hao hunted Soul Beasts with Tang San in the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to find a Soul Bone to compensate for Tang San’s unsatisfactory soul rings. After absorbing two Soul Bones, Tang San gained powerful new abilities and began absorbing a Soul Beast’s blood and Soul Power, leaving him eager for more.

• Tang Hao took Tang San into the forest and killed more than a hundred Soul Beasts before finding a Rift-Mountain Berserker Ape’s left arm bone.
• Tang San absorbed the left arm bone and gained the Rift-Mountain Mighty Arm skill, which strengthened him and made swinging his hammer easier.
• Tang Hao defeated a Man Faced Demon Spider and told Tang San to kill it, after which Tang San discovered a right arm bone inside its body.
• Tang San absorbed the right arm bone and learned Soul-Devouring Blood Hand, which let him drain and refine a Soul Beast’s blood and Soul Power.
• Tang San used the ability on an injured Soul Beast and kept draining it until it was dead, then raised his head with scarlet eyes.

Tang San discovered that the Man Faced Demon Spider was changing his Blue Silver Grass and learned Tang Hao had saved a hundred-thousand-year soul bone for him, renewing his resolve to kill Gu Ling. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned of Gu Ling’s growing strength and ties to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then summoned Elder Ju and Ghost Elder to deal with him.

• Tang San found that his Blue Silver Grass had darkened and could absorb power from a soul beast’s blood, while Tang Hao warned him to control the unfamiliar power gradually.
• Tang Hao told Tang San he had hidden a hundred-thousand-year soul bone for him, and Tang San resolved to kill Gu Ling when they next met.
• Tang Hao and Tang San left the forest, unaware that Gu Ling had already taken the soul bone and the Blue Silver Grass from Tang Hao’s supposedly safe cave.
• Bibi Dong read Salas’s report about Gu Ling’s abilities, victories, and connections to Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Bibi Dong decided Gu Ling could not be allowed to keep growing unchecked and ordered the attendant to summon Elder Ju and Ghost Elder.