Recaps

Ning Chen fought the Ten-Thousand-Year Diamond Mammoth, enduring its powerful attacks while searching for a way through its diamond carapace. He wounded its soft belly and used Illusory Stars to evade another barrage, but his Fierce Slash Blade was badly damaged and the battle continued.

• Ning Chen lured the Diamond Mammoth into the forest, then attacked its foreleg and belly with his blade and Azure Flame Pearls, discovering its abdomen was vulnerable.
• The mammoth unleashed diamond fragments, but Ning Chen blocked them with his Stellar Shield and leaped onto its back to strike its nape; his attack failed to pierce the carapace.
• The mammoth tried to crush Ning Chen against a tree, then struck him with its trunk and sent him crashing into another tree.
• Ning Chen charged through smoke from Azure Flame Pearls and slid beneath the mammoth, cutting a long wound into its belly before narrowly dodging its hoof.
• Ning Chen activated Illusory Stars to hide from the mammoth's diamond-fragment barrage and moved toward its rear flank, noticing that his Fierce Slash Blade was cracked.

Ning Chen killed a seventeen-thousand-year Diamond Mammoth, absorbed its Spirit Ring, and advanced to Soul Ancestor at level forty-five. After half a month searching Sunset Forest for the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, he spotted a concealed valley covered in poisonous miasma.

• Ning Chen used the Azure Flame Pearl to topple the Diamond Mammoth and shattered its armor with a strike from the Fierce Slash Blade.
• Ning Chen absorbed the Diamond Mammoth’s black Spirit Ring, gaining the fourth soul skill, Strength, and five levels of Soul Power.
• Ning Chen salvaged several diamond armor plates from the mammoth before heading deeper into Sunset Forest.
• Ning Chen spent half a month searching Sunset Forest from the air and practicing his new fourth soul skill.
• Ning Chen spotted a concealed valley with pale green poisonous miasma and approached it aboard the Windrider Airship.

Ning Chen found the Icefire Yin-Yang Well after half a month of searching and consumed the Aromatic Silk Beauty. The herb evolved his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, giving him the possibility of advancing beyond the seven-ring Soul Sage limit.

• Ning Chen used the Windrider Airship and Minor Cloud-Mist Spell to fly over the poisonous miasma and locate the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Ning Chen landed in the basin and surveyed the springs and the rare immortal herbs growing around them.
• Ning Chen chose the Aromatic Silk Beauty because his first Martial Soul was the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Chen circulated the Nine Yang Divine Skill as he absorbed the herb’s medicinal power and his pagoda began to change.
• Ning Chen completed the transformation, revealing a nine-level Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in his hand.

Ning Chen absorbed the Blazing Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass in the Icefire Yin-Yang Well, enduring their opposing powers until they balanced within his body. Their medicinal power triggered the Silver Awakening of his Body Martial Soul, doubling his overall strength and awakening the promise of a unique innate divine ability.

• Ning Chen stored the Blazing Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass in separate storage bags, then entered the Icefire Yin-Yang Well to consume them.
• Ning Chen used the Nine Yang Divine Skill to balance the herbs' extreme heat and cold as the two medicinal forces fused within his body.
• The herbs' power awakened Ning Chen's Heart Martial Soul, strengthening his heartbeat and spreading silver-white patterns across his body.
• Ning Chen realized that his Body Martial Soul had achieved a Silver Awakening, which doubled his overall strength and would awaken a unique innate divine ability.

Ning Chen awakened the innate gift Endless Life after his Heart Martial Soul reached Silver Awakening, then used Autumn Water Dew to strengthen his spiritual power. He prepared to collect the garden’s rare medicines with a Storage Bag he had adapted to preserve living plants.

• Ning Chen discovered that his Silver Awakening had doubled his physical attributes and let his Heart Martial Soul passively absorb energy from heaven and earth.
• After absorbing the Blazing Apricot Delicate and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, Ning Chen gained immunity to ice and fire, reached Soul Power level fifty, and awakened the innate gift Endless Life.
• Ning Chen deactivated Endless Life and recognized that his Heart Martial Soul continued to nourish his body with enhanced vitality.
• Ning Chen used the dewdrops of Autumn Water Dew to improve his spiritual power, sharpen his perception, and strengthen his resistance to spiritual-type soul skills.
• Ning Chen took out a bluish-gray Storage Bag he had developed to hold living things and preserve the medicinal potency of the garden’s rare herbs.

Ning Chen harvested the mature immortal herbs from the Icefire Yin-Yang Well and reached level fifty after absorbing four of them. In Sunset Forest, he encountered a thirty-thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider and began fighting it, but his first strike barely marked its armor.

• Ning Chen carefully harvested and sealed the mature immortal herbs, leaving the seedlings at the Icefire Yin-Yang Well.
• Ning Chen left the valley and traveled through Sunset Forest to seek a soul beast for his fifth Spirit Ring.
• Ning Chen detected spider silk in a forest depression and leaped away as a massive Human-Faced Demon Spider attacked.
• Ning Chen activated Star Lake, summoned the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and applied four boosts to himself.
• Ning Chen struck the Human-Faced Demon Spider's front leg joint, but his blade left only a shallow mark on its carapace.

Ning Chen fought a thirty-thousand-year Human-Faced Demon Spider and defeated it before its Spider God Possession could fully activate. He survived with severe wounds and was left recovering beside the slain beast.

• Ning Chen traded blows with the Human-Faced Demon Spider, enduring its attacks and poison while using his skills and endurance to wear it down.
• Ning Chen severed one of the spider's legs, but the creature began activating Spider God Possession.
• Ning Chen used Illusory Stars to disrupt the spider's senses and activated Endless Life to heal and boost his attributes.
• Ning Chen let two spider spears pierce him, then planted his last six Azure Flame Pearls in the spider's mouthparts and detonated them.
• The explosion killed the Human-Faced Demon Spider before its possession could finish, and Ning Chen collapsed, badly wounded but alive.

Ning Chen survived the Man Faced Demon Spider’s venom, healed enough to absorb its thirty-thousand-year Spirit Ring, and reached level fifty-five. His fifth Soul Skill enhanced his attack and infused his offensive Soul Power with the spider’s deadly poison, leaving him with a powerful new ability.

• Ning Chen used the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Nine Yang Divine Skill to expel the Man Faced Demon Spider’s venom, then healed his wounds with Dragon Ganoderma Leaves.
• Ning Chen absorbed the thirty-thousand-year Spirit Ring after taming its violent energy with the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Ning Chen’s Soul Power rose from level fifty to level fifty-five, and he collected the Man Faced Demon Spider’s remaining spider lances and severed limb.
• Ning Chen activated his fifth Soul Skill, Attack, and discovered that the Man Faced Demon Spider’s venom had infused his offensive Soul Power.

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Ning Chen attended a noble banquet with Qian Renxue and received the Thousand Mountains Formula from his monthly draw. He cultivated it to beginner level before school began, strengthening his body and discovering that its mountain aura synergized with his Nine Yang Soul Power.

• Ning Chen left Sunset Forest as a level-fifty-five Soul King and returned to Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue invited him to a banquet.
• Ning Chen accompanied Qian Renxue to a duke's estate and endured introductions to the empire's nobles.
• Ning Chen's monthly draw granted him the Thousand Mountains Formula, a martial skill that combined body tempering with powerful attacks and defense.
• Ning Chen cultivated the formula until he reached beginner level before the school term and toughened his flesh, skin, tendons, and bones.
• Ning Chen discovered that the mountain aura from the Thousand Mountains Formula blended with his Nine Yang Soul Power, making it fiercer and more solid.

Ning Chen cultivated the Thousand Mountains Formula for a year, improving his strength and reaching the threshold of level sixty. When Qin Ming invited him to watch the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament preliminaries with Yu Tianheng and the others, Ning Chen refused and stayed behind to cultivate.

• Ning Chen and the other Heaven Dou Tier students continued cultivating as the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament approached.
• Ning Chen practiced the Thousand Mountains Formula in a secluded forest, drawing mountain energy into his body and strengthening his Soul Power.
• After a year of cultivation, Ning Chen reached the threshold of level sixty and came close to condensing the Thousand Mountains Formula's first mountain peak phantom.
• Qin Ming found Ning Chen and invited him to join Yu Tianheng and the others in Heaven Dou City to watch the tournament preliminaries.
• Ning Chen refused, saying he would train with the others when the next tournament began, and Qin Ming left to take the group to the city.

After the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament ended with Martial Soul Hall winning and Heaven Dou Imperial Academy placing third, four years passed as Ning Chen cultivated in secret. At fourteen, he had reached level eighty-three while posing as the seventeen-year-old Cao Benqi, and Yu Tianheng and the others had also grown stronger.

• The Martial Soul Hall Academy Team won the tournament, while the Heaven Dou Imperial Academy Team lost to the Star Luo Imperial Academy Team and finished third.
• The chapter explained how the Star Luo Empire’s powerful White Tiger lineage and iron-blooded rule gave it an advantage over the Heaven Dou Empire, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect strengthened their ties with Heaven Dou.
• Four years of cultivation brought Ning Chen to level eighty-three at age fourteen, with ten mountain phantoms formed through the Thousand Mountains Formula.
• Ning Chen concealed his true strength behind the identity Cao Benqi, whom outsiders believed to be a seventeen-year-old Soul Ancestor at around level forty-seven.
• Yu Tianheng reached level thirty-nine, Dugu Yan reached level thirty-eight, and Shi Mo and Shi Mo each reached level thirty-eight.

Ning Chen faced six members of Heaven Dou Imperial Academy’s team in a training match arranged by Qin Ming. He evaded their coordinated attacks and disabled Yu Feng while overpowering Shi Mo’s shield, but Yu Tianheng and Dugu Yan launched another assault.

• Qin Ming began a six-against-one exercise so the team could gauge Ning Chen’s strength.
• Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, the two Shi Mo, Yu Feng, and Ye Lingling coordinated their attacks against Ning Chen.
• Ning Chen evaded Yu Tianheng’s Thunderclap Dragon Claw and used the Starlight Bracer to throw him into Dugu Yan’s poison mist.
• Ning Chen pulled Yu Feng from the air with a starlight chain, taking him out of the fight.
• Ning Chen struck Shi Mo’s shield with Stellar Force Surge and nearly broke through it.
• Yu Tianheng charged again with Thunderous Fury as Dugu Yan surrounded Ning Chen with poison mist.

Ning Chen overwhelmed Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, the Shi brothers, and Yu Feng with his Self-Created Soul Skill, Thousand Peaks Shaking Mountains, during training. Qin Ming and the others praised Ning Chen’s talent, while Ning Chen concealed how far his true strength had surpassed them.

• Ning Chen evaded the team’s attacks with Voidstep while using the Starlight Bracer to restrain, block, and distract his opponents.
• Ning Chen countered Yu Tianheng’s dragon claw with the Starlight Bracer, deflected Dugu Yan’s poison, then pinned the team with Thousand Peaks Shaking Mountains while sparing Ye Lingling.
• Qin Ming stopped the match, and Ye Lingling healed the team with the Nine-Heart Begonia.
• Qin Ming praised Ning Chen’s Self-Created Soul Skill and said his combat strength could rival a Soul King’s.
• Yu Tianheng admitted he had underestimated Ning Chen’s training, and Dugu Yan said her grandfather Dugu Bo had praised him.

Qin Ming arranged a year of Great Soul Arena combat training for Emperor Team to prepare for the Continental Elite Soul Master Tournament. The next morning, the team left Heaven Dou Royal Academy and headed into Heaven Dou City to begin.

• Qin Ming reviewed the team's weaknesses and urged them to improve their strength before the tournament.
• Qin Ming ordered Emperor Team to compete in individual, two-person, and team matches at Heaven Dou City's Great Soul Arena until they reached Silver Soul rank.
• Qin Ming kept Cao Benqi out of team matches except against especially strong opponents, assigning Osler to take his place, and paired Cao Benqi with Ye Lingling in Soul Ancestor-level two-person matches.
• The next morning, Qin Ming led the nine members of Emperor Team down from Heaven Dou Royal Academy toward Heaven Dou City.
• Emperor Team arrived at Heaven Dou City shortly after sunrise.

Qin Ming took the Emperor Team to Heaven Dou City and prepared them for their fights at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. Ning Chen spent the day cultivating before joining the team as they set out for the arena, where he would fight his first match.

• Qin Ming told the students to explore Heaven Dou City and meet at the Heaven Dou Royal Hotel before nightfall, while Ning Chen and Ye Lingling chose to go to the hotel with him.
• Qin Ming went to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to arrange the evening's fights, while Ning Chen cultivated in his room and reflected on how the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid had strengthened his foundation.
• Qin Ming went to Ning Chen's room and told him it was time to leave for the arena.
• Qin Ming gathered the Emperor Team at the hotel, and the group walked through the lit streets of Heaven Dou City toward the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena.

Ning Chen and Ye Lingling registered as the Star Sea Team and entered their first two-person spirit battle at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena. Their opponents, the level forty-four assault Soul Ancestors Zhao Lie and Qian Yan, released their Martial Souls as the match began.

• Qin Ming led the group to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena and assigned Ye Lingling to partner with Ning Chen in two-person battles.
• Ning Chen and Ye Lingling registered as the Star Sea Team, with Ning Chen agreeing to fight alongside her without conserving his Soul Power for solo matches.
• The Star Sea Team was assigned to face Zhao Lie and Qian Yan of the Crimson Flame Team in the seventh subsidiary spirit arena.
• The host introduced Ning Chen as Cao Benqi, a level forty-seven assault-type Battle Soul Ancestor, and Ye Lingling as a level thirty-five Support-type Soul Elder, prompting jeers from the audience and their opponents.
• Ning Chen told Ye Lingling to ignore the mockery and focus on healing him, and Zhao Lie and Qian Yan released their Martial Souls as the match prepared to begin.

Ning Chen dominated the opening of the match against the Crimson Flame Team, turning aside Zhao Lie and Qian Yan’s attacks while protecting Ye Lingling. He left Qian Yan knocked out of the arena and Zhao Lie injured, with the spectators stunned.

• Zhao Lie and Qian Yan launched a coordinated attack on Ning Chen, but he dodged Zhao Lie’s punch and redirected Qian Yan’s Flame Slash into the arena barrier.
• Zhao Lie and Qian Yan followed with a barrage and a flanking blade vortex, but Ning Chen blocked Zhao Lie with Stellar Shield and powered himself up with Stellar Force Surge.
• Ning Chen struck Zhao Lie with an amplified punch, sending him skidding to the edge of the arena with injured hands.
• Qian Yan bypassed Ning Chen and attacked Ye Lingling, but Ning Chen’s Stellar Shield appeared to protect her.
• Ning Chen used Voidstep to reach Qian Yan and punched him out of the arena, leaving the spectators and host speechless.

After winning their Contest Arena match, Ning Chen persuaded Ye Lingling to try the more dangerous Gambling Arena and wagered one thousand Gold Soul Coins on their team. As they waited for their match, a leering man approached and propositioned Ye Lingling.

• Ning Chen defeated Zhao Lie's partner, and Zhao Lie surrendered, giving Star Sea Team the victory.
• Ning Chen invited Ye Lingling to try the Gambling Arena, and she agreed to go with him.
• Ning Chen and Ye Lingling registered as a Soul Ancestor-level team and wagered one thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• A lanky man approached them in the waiting area, insulted Ning Chen, and propositioned Ye Lingling.

Ning Chen and Ye Lingling faced the Wind Wolf brothers, Feng Ying and Feng Sun, after Feng Ying insulted Ye Lingling. As the match began, Ning Chen blocked Feng Ying’s attack and used Starlight Chains to pull Feng Sun away from Ye Lingling.

• Feng Ying provoked Ye Lingling with lewd insults, and Ning Chen calmly warned him that he would pay for them.
• Feng Ying and Feng Sun challenged Ning Chen and Ye Lingling in the Spirit Arena, and the host announced their match.
• Feng Ying and Feng Sun revealed their Wind Wolf Martial Souls and attacked Ning Chen from both sides, with Feng Sun targeting Ye Lingling.
• Ning Chen blocked Feng Ying’s Wind Wolf Claw with Stellar Shield and used Starlight Chains to yank Feng Sun off course.
• Ning Chen pulled Feng Sun toward him with the Starlight Chains.

Ning Chen defeated Feng Sun and Feng Ying with two crushing punches, securing the Star Sea Team’s victory before winning five more gambling matches with Ye Lingling. After Ye Lingling’s Soul Power ran low, she returned to recover, while Ning Chen decided to keep fighting solo matches.

• Ning Chen used Stellar Force Surge to evade Feng Ying and crippled Feng Sun with a punch.
• Ning Chen shattered Feng Ying’s Wind Wolf’s Fury and struck him down, winning the match for the Star Sea Team.
• Ning Chen and Ye Lingling won five more consecutive gambling matches, with Ye Lingling healing him after each battle.
• After seven battles left Ye Lingling nearly out of Soul Power, Ning Chen told her to rest before the team battle.
• Qin Ming sent Ye Lingling to recover, and Ning Chen returned to the Gambling District to fight solo matches.

Qin Ming moved the Emperor Team from Heaven Dou City to Suotuo City so they could face opponents who would fight without fearing the team’s connections. After half a year of hard training, most members had reached Silver Soul status, while Ning Chen had earned a Gold Soul badge, but the team still needed one more victory to reach Silver in team battles.

• After opponents in Heaven Dou City repeatedly held back or forfeited, Qin Ming decided to take the Emperor Team to Suotuo City for more serious matches.
• The Emperor Team traveled to Suotuo City and began competing at the Soto Great Soul Arena.
• Over six months, Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, Shi Mo and Shi Mo, Yu Feng, Osler, and Ye Lingling earned Silver Soul badges, while Ning Chen became the team’s first Gold Soul.
• The Emperor Team struggled in team battles without Ning Chen and remained one victory short of Silver status.
• The team’s next opponent was the Mad Battle Team, a notorious group of Soul Elders known for fierce, brutal matches.

Qin Ming briefed the Emperor Team on the Mad Battle Team, and they defeated them without Ning Chen joining the fight. As the Emperor Team prepared for its final Soto team battle against the Shrek Seven Devils, Ning Chen remained intent on making Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi pay for the original owner's death.

• Qin Ming warned the Emperor Team about the Mad Battle Team's strength and ruthless tactics, but Ning Chen declined to fight.
• The Emperor Team kept its original lineup and defeated the Mad Battle Team, earning a Silver Soul Badge for team battles.
• Ning Chen recalled that Ning Rongrong had escaped meaningful punishment for the original owner's death and resolved to make her and Ning Fengzhi pay.
• Four days later, the Emperor Team gathered in its VIP lounge before its final team battle in Suotuo City, which was against the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Yu Feng and Osler joked with the team, while only Ye Lingling sat close to Ning Chen.

Qin Ming and Yu Xiaogang warned their teams that the Shrek Seven Devils’ match against Emperor Team would be a serious challenge, especially with the formidable Cao Benqi likely to fight. Tang San rallied his teammates, and the highly anticipated battle began at Soto Great Soul Arena as the host introduced the teams.

• Qin Ming presented Emperor Team with information about the Shrek Seven Devils, and Ning Chen warned that Tang San was a formidable strategist and fighter.
• Ning Chen volunteered to fight for Emperor Team, and Qin Ming agreed to let him take the field.
• Yu Xiaogang warned the Shrek Seven Devils that Cao Benqi was stronger than Yu Tianheng and might join the match.
• Tang San encouraged his teammates to believe they could win, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun rallied behind him.
• Yu Xiaogang entrusted Tang San with the team's battle plan, and both teams entered the central arena as Doudou began introducing them.

Emperor Team and the Shrek Seven Devils began their Spirit Arena battle with all fourteen contestants displaying optimal Spirit Ring configurations. Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai clashed head-on, while Tang San’s tactics helped the Shrek team counter Emperor Team’s attempts to surround them; the battle continued with Yu Tianheng trapped among the Seven Devils.

• Doudou sent Emperor Team and the Shrek Seven Devils onto the stage, where both teams released their Martial Souls and drew an excited response from the spectators.
• Yu Tianheng charged Dai Mubai with Thunderclap Dragon Claw, but Dai Mubai blocked him with White Tiger Barrier, and their first clash ended in a draw.
• When the Shi brothers tried to surround Dai Mubai, Tang San pulled him back with Blue Silver Grass, and Ning Rongrong amplified Dai Mubai’s strength as he faced the brothers.
• Yu Tianheng broke away to attack Tang San, but Tang San evaded him with elusive footwork and left him isolated inside the Shrek Seven Devils’ encirclement.
• Tang San restrained Yu Tianheng with Blue Silver Grass, while Zhuqing used Ning Rongrong’s speed support to slip past Yu Feng.

The Shrek Seven Devils coordinated a relentless assault that badly injured Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Yan answered with her Jade-Scale Purple Poison. Tang San neutralized the poison with realgar wine, leaving Dugu Yan and Ning Chen stunned.

• Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Tang San, and Xiao Wu trapped Yu Tianheng in a coordinated attack, forcing him to unleash Thunderous Fury.
• Dai Mubai clashed with Yu Tianheng, and Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu followed up with attacks that left Yu Tianheng seriously injured.
• Dugu Yan sprayed Jade-Scale Purple Poison across the arena, forcing Tang San to pull his teammates back from the poisonous mist.
• Tang San threw water skins of realgar wine into the venom, and Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun's attacks turned the wine into mist that neutralized the poison.
• Dugu Yan cried out in shock, while Ning Chen wondered what made Tang's realgar wine effective against snake venom.