Chapter Summaries

Xu Huxiao tested Hulk Martial Soul Possession with his father, Xu Bayan, and found he could retain his awareness despite its overwhelming rage and power. Their fight escalated as Xu Bayan used his Four Heaven-Treading Forms, and Xu Huxiao emerged from a devastating strike ready to continue.

• Xu Huxiao asked Xu Bayan to guard him while he practiced possessing his second martial soul, Hulk, and warned that its rage could make him lose control.
• Xu Huxiao transformed into a towering green Hulk but kept his mind clear, then asked Xu Bayan to fight him so he could vent the martial soul's surging power.
• Xu Huxiao struck Xu Bayan hard enough to send him flying, and the two traded a series of powerful blows in the Martial Arena.
• Xu Bayan gradually felt pressure from Xu Huxiao's relentless attacks and decided to use his Four Heaven-Treading Forms.
• Xu Bayan launched Xu Huxiao into the air with Flame God Stomp and struck him into the ground with Blood Shadow Earth-Splitting Slash.
• Xu Huxiao burst from the dust unharmed, his chest's silver sheen fading as he roared again.

Xu Huxiao’s Hulk Martial Soul erupted into a two-hour battle with Xu Bayan, revealing that his Twin Arms Soul Skills could still activate during Hulk possession. Xu Bayan eventually knocked him out of the berserk state, and father and son left the ruined Martial Arena just as Ning Fengyu arrived and ordered them to clean up before her brother came.

• Xu Huxiao’s Silver Body and other defenses activated automatically, and he discovered that his Twin Arms Soul Skills could appear while he was possessed by the Hulk Martial Soul.
• Xu Huxiao distracted Xu Bayan with a Purple Light Bullet, then landed a punch and unleashed a barrage of attacks while Xu Bayan’s eyes watered.
• Xu Bayan summoned the Blood Demon Raging Bear King in a half-possession state and repeatedly struck Xu Huxiao across the Martial Arena as the fight continued for two hours.
• Xu Bayan used Elephant Shakes the Heavens to knock Xu Huxiao out of Hulk possession and into a deep pit, where Xu Huxiao recovered and reflected on the power he was beginning to understand.
• Xu Huxiao climbed out of the pit, and he and Xu Bayan exchanged pleased smiles over their battle before Ning Fengyu arrived and scolded them for wrecking the arena.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong visited the Xu Residence, where Xu Huxiao received a precious Bone-Winged Dragon Ring as a gift from Gu Rong. The gathering ended with Gu Rong voicing his desire for revenge against those who crippled Xu Bayan, while Ning Fengzhi warned that the powerful Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan made retaliation dangerous.

• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Ning Rongrong arrived at the Xu Residence, where Xu Bayan welcomed them and won Ning Rongrong over with a Seven-Treasure Peace Lock.
• Ning Fengzhi praised Xu Huxiao’s apparent level twenty-eight cultivation, while Xu Huxiao concealed that he had already reached level thirty.
• Gu Rong recognized Xu Huxiao’s exceptional vitality and discipline, then gave him a Bone-Winged Dragon Ring that could block a Soul Emperor-level attack and provide high-speed flight.
• Xu Huxiao accepted Gu Rong’s gift and resolved to remember the care behind it, while Gu Rong’s oath to protect the sect gave Xu Huxiao an idea about their future alliance.
• Gu Rong condemned Flash Mongoose, Lei Dao, Thorn Blood, and She Long for Xu Bayan’s lost leg and threatened the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Ning Fengzhi warned that open conflict with the powerful clan would be dangerous.

Xu Huxiao’s family gathered with the Ning family and his fiancées, while Xu Bayan spoke privately with his son about the dangers of the Soul Master world and his hopes for him. The chapter ended with Xu Bayan proposing Dragon-Seeking Valley for Xu Huxiao’s Martial Soul training.

• Ning Fengzhi invited Xu Bayan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, but Xu Bayan said he planned to retire with his family to their northern ancestral lands once Xu Huxiao was older.
• Ning Fengyu introduced Orleans, Hu Liena, and her goddaughter Yun Ji to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, and Ning Fengzhi gave the three girls precious gifts.
• After the family luncheon, Xu Bayan told Xu Huxiao to stay alert around Bibi Dong, learn how power and interests shaped the Soul Master world, and gradually get to know the Blizzard Squad.
• Xu Huxiao assured his father that he understood and said the Xu family would advance as long as father and son stood together.
• Xu Bayan agreed to help Xu Huxiao master his powerful second Martial Soul and suggested training outside Spirit City at Dragon-Seeking Valley in the Soul Hunting Forest.

Xu Huxiao spent five days fighting Xu Bayan to learn to control the Hulk Martial Soul, but Xu Bayan taught him that he needed to understand and accept it rather than dominate it. Xu Huxiao recognized his impatience and renewed his focus, then began to question what the Hulk’s rage meant.

• Xu Bayan and Xu Huxiao battled in Dragon-Seeking Valley for five days, and their clashes drove nearby Soul Beasts away.
• Xu Huxiao realized that the Hulk’s rage increased his strength but made him harder to control, and that his attempts to master the Martial Soul through combat had failed.
• Xu Huxiao asked Xu Bayan whether his training method was wrong, and Xu Bayan explained that he needed to understand, accept, and fuse with the Hulk Martial Soul.
• Xu Bayan told Xu Huxiao to reflect on the Hulk’s anger and his own anger before resuming training.
• Xu Huxiao recognized that fear of future threats had made him impatient, recalled Bruce Lee’s words about focus, and renewed his resolve to pursue strength with concentration.

Xu Huxiao realized that his anger came from his will to fight and chose defeating Xu Bayan as his goal for merging with the Hulk Martial Soul. Their prolonged training pushed him into combat enlightenment, while a team in the Soul Hunting Forest heard a powerful dragon roar and set out to investigate.

• Xu Huxiao concluded that his anger was his will to resist and fight, then told Xu Bayan he would make defeating him his sole objective.
• Xu Huxiao fought Xu Bayan over the following days, gradually bringing his basic fighting techniques into his Hulk-possessed attacks as they shared the goal of winning.
• Xu Huxiao's techniques and combat rhythm improved, but he still could not use the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms or defeat Xu Bayan's Four Heaven-Treading Forms.
• Xu Bayan recognized Xu Huxiao's prolonged, focused battle as combat enlightenment and kept up the pressure through a day and night of fighting.
• At dawn, Xu Bayan used Martial Soul Possession, and a domineering Golden Dragon Roar rang through Dragon-Seeking Valley.
• In the Soul Hunting Forest, Teacher Qin and his team heard the roar, and the youth on guard urged them to investigate a Soul Beast with a strong sub-dragon bloodline.

Xu Huxiao completed his fusion with the Hulk Martial Soul Heart after a day-long battle with Xu Bayan, gaining the Golden-Eyed Hulk form and a powerful new trump card. As they left Dragon-Seeking Valley, they encountered Qin Ming's young team hunting a Dragon Ape, and Xu Bayan recognized Ye Lingling's Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

• Xu Huxiao and Xu Bayan recovered after their battle, and Xu Huxiao confirmed that he had fused with the Hulk Martial Soul Heart and used the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.
• Xu Huxiao explained that the Golden-Eyed Hulk gave him more than fifty thousand jin of strength, though his body could not yet withstand stacking it with the Golden Flame Silver Body's burst.
• Xu Huxiao and Xu Bayan feasted, then left Dragon-Seeking Valley as Xu Huxiao planned his next training and Soul Ring goals.
• Xu Bayan followed a familiar floral fragrance and led Xu Huxiao toward a group of young Soul Masters hunting a century-old Dragon Ape.
• Xu Huxiao used the Eye of Omniscience to identify Qin Ming and the Imperial Fighting Team, including Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling.
• Xu Bayan stared at Ye Lingling and wondered aloud how she possessed the Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.

Xu Bayan discovered that Ye Lingling was Ye Hongmian’s daughter and suspected she was his child, but he left without revealing their connection because he still had a family. Xu Huxiao returned the escaped Long-Armed Dragon Ape to the Imperial Fighting Team, while Ye Lingling continued toward Spirit City hoping to find a cure for her ill mother.

• Xu Bayan approached Ye Lingling after seeing her Nine-Hearted Begonia Martial Soul and asked whether she knew Ye Hongmian.
• Ye Lingling told Xu Bayan that Ye Hongmian was her mother, and Xu Bayan suspected that he was Ye Lingling’s father.
• Dugu Yan complained that Xu Bayan’s appearance had let the team’s nearly seven-hundred-year Long-Armed Dragon Ape escape and demanded an apology.
• Xu Bayan offered to catch another dragon ape, but Xu Huxiao returned with the escaped beast and told his father it was time to go home.
• Dugu Yan grew curious about Xu Huxiao, while Ye Lingling resolved to seek help for her ill mother in Spirit City.

Xu Huxiao recovered from his training, discovered that his Green Crystal Demon Snake grew by absorbing the soul beasts he killed, and tested his physical strength before heading to Hu Liena’s courtyard. There, his former Thousand Islands Lake teammates gathered for dinner and discussed their training and rivalries.

• Xu Bayan withdrew to his study after learning he had another daughter, while Xu Huxiao left him alone and focused on his own training.
• Xu Huxiao checked the Green Crystal Demon Snake and found that its age had increased to 250 years because it absorbed the soul beasts he killed; he decided to keep it in his soul ring to grow.
• Xu Huxiao completed his daily martial arts practice and six hours of conditioning, tested his normal strength at 2,000 jin, and planned to practice combining spiritual power with his palm technique.
• Xu Huxiao went to Hu Liena’s courtyard, where his Thousand Islands Lake teammates had gathered for dinner, while Xiao Kong followed him in secret.
• Ao Li'ao complained that he still felt out of place among his unusually talented teammates, despite reaching level twenty-two and learning three of his father’s self-created soul skills.

At a courtyard gathering, Xu Huxiao returned from training and reunited with Hu Liena, Yun Ji, and the others. Yan challenged him to fight when school resumed, with the loser becoming the team’s substitute.

• Orleans scolded Ao Li'ao while Xie Yue asked Hu Liena where Xu Huxiao had gone, and Yun Ji said he had gone to the Soul Hunting Forest with their godfather.
• Yan worried Xu Huxiao might have reached level thirty, while the three young men secretly reaffirmed their Beyond Alliance goal of surpassing him.
• Yun Ji revealed she had reached level thirty but could not form her third Soul Ring until Xu Huxiao obtained his own, and the group then welcomed Xu Huxiao to their gathering.
• The four women fussed over Xu Huxiao, prompting envy from the Beyond Alliance members, and Xie Yue praised his dedication to cultivation.
• Yan declared that his special training had made him much stronger and challenged Xu Huxiao to a match when school started, with the loser becoming the team’s substitute.

Xu Huxiao won an eating contest against Ao Li'ao, Xie Yue, and Yan, then trained with Hu Liena in the Crystal Blue Dolphin. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan became interested in Xu Huxiao and went to speak with her grandfather, Dugu Bo.

• Ao Li'ao proposed an eating contest, and the contestants agreed that the losers would serve the winner as lackeys for a month.
• Xu Huxiao finished all the contest food before time ran out, defeating Ao Li'ao, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Xu Huxiao cultivated with Hu Liena for four hours and improved his understanding of dark sun spiritual power.
• Dugu Yan learned more about Xu Huxiao and decided he had replaced Yu Tianheng as the person who interested her.
• Dugu Yan entered Dugu Bo's courtyard after neutralizing the poison on its gate and waited for him to return.
• Dugu Bo came home, greeted Dugu Yan warmly, and asked what brought her there.

Dugu Yan persuaded Dugu Bo to arrange her entry into Spirit Hall Academy’s Elite Training Camp, hoping to get closer to Xu Huxiao. Xu Huxiao returned to the academy, learned through Borba’s inner thoughts that the teacher planned to ambush him when he went out to obtain a Soul Ring, and greeted him without revealing what he knew.

• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Bo sweet shumai and told him about meeting Xu Bayan and Xu Huxiao in the Soul Hunting Forest.
• Dugu Bo warned Dugu Yan to stay away from the Xu Family, but she concealed her interest in Xu Huxiao and asked to join the Elite Training Camp.
• Dugu Bo agreed to use his connections to help Dugu Yan enter the camp within the next few days.
• Xu Huxiao arrived at the Elite Training Camp with Yun Ji, where students recognized him and crowded around to cheer for him.
• Xu Huxiao used his movement skill to escape the students and reached Blazing Sun Lake Heart Island.
• Xu Huxiao used the Eye of Omniscience on Borba and discovered that Borba planned to ambush him during his trip to obtain a Soul Ring.

Xu Huxiao uncovered Shadow Dragon Hall’s plan to kill him and his father, then prepared to turn its ambush into a trap by bringing Ghost Douluo Gui Mei along in disguise. Meanwhile, the Imperial Fighting Team entered Spirit Hall Academy as auditing students, bringing Dugu Yan closer to meeting Xu Huxiao.

• Xu Huxiao returned to elite training, defeated the gold-rank challengers and the Beyond Alliance, and reclaimed Gold Number One.
• Xu Huxiao used the Eye of Omniscience to learn that Borba belonged to Shadow Dragon Hall and uncover its plans to ambush him and Xu Bayan.
• Xu Huxiao learned the forces Shadow Dragon Hall intended to deploy against him and decided to go alone to obtain his third Soul Ring, turning the interception plan against them.
• Xu Huxiao brought Ghost Douluo Gui Mei to the academy disguised as a sixteen-year-old pageboy named Ghost Child, while Gui Mei left a soul clone to maintain his presence in Black Prison.
• Prince Xue Xing negotiated for the Imperial Fighting Team to enter Spirit Hall Academy as auditing students, and Dugu Yan looked forward to meeting Xu Huxiao.

Xu Huxiao learned that Spirit Hall’s exhibition match offered his father Xu Bayan’s left leg Soul Bone as the prize and resolved to win it. He challenged the Golden Seven Sons to an afternoon team battle to prove that his own group could dominate, while Dugu Yan searched for a way to meet him.

• Xu Huxiao completed Borba’s training exercises and demonstrated his adjustable Soul Skills in his custom combat outfit, while hiding his true cultivation level.
• Bibi Dong announced a seven-person exhibition match between Spirit Hall, Heaven Dou Empire Royal Academy, and Star Luo Empire Royal Academy, with a Soul Bone for the champions.
• Xu Huxiao learned that the prize was the left leg Soul Bone taken from Xu Bayan and decided to compete so he could use it to help restore his father’s severed leg.
• Borba proposed combining the Golden Seven Sons with Xu Huxiao’s group, but Xu Huxiao said his own side could win and challenged the Golden Seven Sons to a team battle that afternoon.
• Dugu Yan, restricted to observing Bronze and Silver Rank students, resolved to seek help from Xiao Ji so she could meet Xu Huxiao.

Xu Huxiao and his team reviewed the Golden Seven Sons’ strengths and agreed to pursue a crushing victory in the team battle and the exhibition match. After settling the rewards, Xu Huxiao brought out the Crystal Blue Dolphin to help them learn a new trump card before the afternoon fight.

• Orleans explained the Golden Seven Sons’ undefeated record and proposed targeting their control-type Soul Master, Lei Gu, with a strategy built around Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Xu Huxiao said they needed to defeat the Golden Seven Sons overwhelmingly, and the team trusted him to devise a plan.
• Xu Huxiao offered to take the exhibition match’s Soul Bone in exchange for compensation, and the others agreed; they assigned the compensation to Bao Jingjing, who would not fight.
• Xu Huxiao brought out the Crystal Blue Dolphin and told the team to use it to cram a new move before the afternoon battle.

The Golden Seven Sons and Xu Huxiao’s team began their confidential team battle, with Xu Lin planning to use a charge formation and his agility fighters to overwhelm the opponents around Xu Huxiao. Hu Liena and Xie Yue activated Demon Charm at the outset, while Xu Huxiao absorbed the Soul Power of four teammates through Ring Fusion Talent, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Xu Lin arranged the Golden Seven Sons in a charge formation, using Lei Gu as bait while the other fighters prepared to pressure Xu Huxiao’s teammates.
• Xu Lin’s team charged after Gale announced the start, while Xu Huxiao remained in place instead of meeting them with a direct attack.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue joined hands and spread Demon Charm’s red mist across a ten-meter radius, prompting Xu Lin to halt his team.
• Inside the mist, Yun Ji, Yan, Orleans, and Ao Li'ao poured their Soul Power into Xu Huxiao, and he absorbed it after it turned golden.
• Xu Huxiao activated his Ring Fusion Talent as the Golden Seven Sons waited outside the red mist.

Xu Huxiao used a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill to empower Hu Liena’s Demon Spirit and overwhelm the Golden Seven Sons with a domain-like Demon Charm Barrier. The opposing team was defeated without injuring Xu Huxiao’s team, and Xu Huxiao asked Borba to announce the result.

• Xu Huxiao joined hands with Demon Spirit Hu Liena and used their fused Soul Power to expand the Demon Charm Barrier across the entire spirit battle stage.
• The barrier suppressed the Golden Seven Sons’ senses, Soul Power, and movement, while Xu Huxiao and Hu Liena controlled the space within it.
• Hu Liena gained insight into her future path and asked Xu Huxiao to end the battle.
• Hu Liena unleashed Demon Spirit Mind Bewitchment, sending the Golden Seven Sons into a nightmare and knocking them unconscious.
• The red mist dissipated, and Xu Huxiao’s team remained unharmed as he asked Borba to announce their victory.

Orleans Team won with its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, and Xu Huxiao secured their place in the exhibition match while concealing another trump card for the Sect Re-selection Conference. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan resisted paying to meet him but eventually returned with a large fee and demanded a spot.

• Xu Huxiao explained Orleans Team's coordination, and Borba and Gale agreed that its seven members should enter the exhibition match.
• Xu Huxiao let Gale claim credit for guiding the team, then told his teammates to rest because their training was complete and he had another move planned.
• Orleans teased Ao Li'ao for calling Xu Huxiao a monster, and the team waited for the conference to begin in three days.
• Xiao Ji demanded payment from Dugu Yan to arrange a meeting with Xu Huxiao, but she initially refused and left.
• After seeing dozens of girls waiting to meet Xu Huxiao, Dugu Yan returned with a large bag of Gold Soul Coins and insisted on getting a spot.

Yu Yuanzhen told his younger brother Yu Yuanying that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan was declining because its dragon bloodline had grown impure, and that bathing in a rare Yanhuang Evil Dragon’s blood might restore it. He left Yu Yuanying to search for the creature and carry out an assassination plan against Spirit Hall prodigy Xu Huxiao.

• Yu Yuanzhen met Yu Yuanying in a secret chamber and explained that he wanted to discuss the clan’s future.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that the clan’s Martial Soul came from a mixture of lightning power and dragon Soul Beast blood, and that the bloodline was thinning across generations.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the clan’s declining number of Soul Sages and increasingly weak descendants signaled a risk of eventual collapse.
• Yu Yuanzhen said that dragon blood from the rare Hundred-Thousand-Year Yanhuang Evil Dragon could purify the clan’s bloodline, and Yu Yuanying pledged to find the creature.
• Yu Yuanying revealed that Shadow Dragon Hall had prepared a Meteor Plan targeting Xu Huxiao, and Yu Yuanzhen ordered him to ensure the Spirit Hall prodigy’s death.

At the Sect Re-selection Conference in Spirit City, Spirit Hall announced that the Clear Sky Sect had been removed from the Upper Three Sects and began evaluating candidates for the Lower Four Sects. Xu Huxiao noticed Xue Qinghe, recognized her as Qian Renxue, and left the conference with Hu Liena to continue his cultivation.

• Dragon Duke Meng Shu and Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang speculated that Spirit Hall would use the conference to remove the Clear Sky Sect and draw ambitious factions under its influence.
• A Platinum Bishop announced the Clear Sky Sect's removal from the Upper Three Sects, and the conference began its exhibition matches and sect evaluations.
• Xu Huxiao left the opening events early, confident that his team would win and uninterested in the candidates for the Lower Four Sects.
• Xu Huxiao spotted Xue Qinghe in the Heaven Dou Empire's guest seats and used the Eye of Omniscience to identify her as Qian Renxue, whom Qian Daoliu had summoned to Spirit City.
• Xu Huxiao suspected Qian Daoliu intended to expose Qian Renxue to Evil Weirdness, but decided not to approach or warn her.
• Xu Huxiao left the conference with Hu Liena to continue developing his technique for combining palm arts with Spiritual Power.