Recaps

Huo Lei named his new skull skill Demon-Breaking Divine Light and returned to Blazing Fire Academy with Lin Yin. He told Huo Feng about the attack by Spirit Hall’s Red-Clothed Cardinals and discussed how the academy should prepare for the future.

• Huo Lei named the Spirit Condensation Wisdom Skull’s skill Demon-Breaking Divine Light, then returned to the academy with Lin Yin.
• Xie Chong told Huo Lei and Lin Yin what he had learned about the bandits and gave Lin Yin a Gold Soul Card containing twenty-one thousand gold soul coins.
• Lin Yin offered his card to Huo Lei, but Huo Lei refused it and went to visit his father, Huo Feng.
• Huo Lei exchanged his eighty-thousand-coin Gold Soul Card with Huo Feng for four smaller cards and explained that four Red-Clothed Cardinals had attacked them after the Soul Master Tournament.
• Huo Lei advised Huo Feng to strengthen the academy, build ties with other schools, watch Shrek Academy, and promote Xie Chong; Huo Feng agreed to act on his suggestions.
• Huo Lei asked Huo Feng whether any graduating senior students would stay at the academy as teachers.

Huo Lei distributed the tournament compensation, recruited Huo Chui and Huo Jun to teach at Blazing Fire Academy, and consumed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum. After gaining two levels, he heard from Jin Shan and hurried to his teacher’s room.

• Huo Lei paid Huo Lie, Huo Yun, Huo Yu, Huo Chui, and Huo Jun their promised Gold Soul Coins and asked whether they would stay at Blazing Fire Academy as teachers.
• Huo Lie and the Huo siblings declined, while Huo Chui and Huo Jun agreed to stay and teach.
• Huo Lei decided to use the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, ate it, and meditated through the night as his body reacted to the herb.
• Huo Lei woke at level 59, two levels stronger, and told Lin Yin that he was fine after she checked on him.
• Jin Shan used Sound Transmission to summon Huo Lei, who hurried to his teacher’s room.

Huo Lei reunited with Jin Shan, discussed their plans for his training and the Soul Bones Jin Shan possessed, then joined Lin Yin to meet the Heaven Dou Empire’s envoys. The chapter ended as Huo Lei arrived at the academy square, where the gathered teachers and students turned to welcome him.

• Huo Lei reunited with Jin Shan, explained that he planned to train for several years, and learned that An Jun had gone to Red Rock City to meet visitors from Heaven Dou City.
• Huo Lei offered Jin Shan the Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg Bone, but Jin Shan declined and revealed that he already had three Soul Bones.
• Lin Yin arrived and told Huo Lei that Emperor Xue Ye’s envoys had come to confer honors on the Blazing Fire Academy team.
• Huo Lei recognized An Jun among the visitors and told Jin Shan he would bring An Jun to meet him after the ceremony.
• Huo Lei and Lin Yin reached the crowded academy square, where the gathered teachers and students turned toward Huo Lei.

Shi Hai and An Jun delivered Emperor Xue Ye’s promotions and fiefs to the Soul Master Tournament champions, naming Huo Lei the Twin Martial Marquis. After Shi Hai left, An Jun gave Huo Lei a Bamboo Whistle to summon him, and Huo Lei invited An Jun to meet someone important.

• Huo Lei urged Huo Feng to clear the square so the envoys’ visit would not attract attention.
• Shi Hai announced promotions and fiefs for the championship team, including Huo Lei’s promotion to Twin Martial Marquis and grants of Red Rock City and Hurricane City.
• Shi Hai gave Huo Lei two Gold Soul Cards worth one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins each, and Huo Lei handed them to Huo Feng.
• Huo Lei asked An Jun how to contact him, and An Jun gave him a Bamboo Whistle that would summon him.
• Huo Lei invited An Jun to meet someone important.

Jin Shan revealed himself to An Jun as a level ninety-six Super Douluo, helped him break through his bottleneck, and made him his younger brother. Huo Lei chose the Death Grand Canyon for his training journey, gathered companions, and prepared to leave the next day.

• Jin Shan pressured An Jun with his Soul Power, helping him break through his bottleneck, then introduced himself as Golden Tiger and accepted An Jun as his younger brother.
• Jin Shan told An Jun to remain at the academy and cultivate while he accompanied Huo Lei on the upcoming training journey.
• Huo Lei chose the Death Grand Canyon as his training ground and decided to leave the next day to learn the route and surroundings.
• Huo Lei learned that Huo Wushuang had absorbed two Soul Bones and reached level forty-five, and Huo Wushuang agreed to join the journey.
• Huo Lei asked Xie Chong to invite Feng Xiaotian, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu to meet at Blazing Fire Academy in one month, then updated Lin Yin.
• Huo Lei moved his belongings between Storage Rings, put the green ring in his Wishful Treasure Pouch, and went to sleep before the journey.

Huo Lei and Jin Shan traveled to Roman City and crossed the mountains toward Death Grand Canyon, where Jin Shan warned him about the canyon’s unusually dangerous Soul Beasts. The chapter ended with Jin Shan explaining the Nightmare Ant’s deadly bite and venom before they entered the canyon.

• Huo Lei and Jin Shan rode south from Blazing Fire Academy and reached Roman City after ten days on the road.
• Jin Shan took Huo Lei across a mountain range toward Death Grand Canyon, while Huo Lei relied on his physical strength rather than Soul Power or his Thunder Wings.
• Jin Shan warned Huo Lei that Soul Beasts in Death Grand Canyon could be far stronger than their cultivation years suggested and named several dangerous species.
• Huo Lei asked about the Nightmare Ant, and Jin Shan explained that its bite and venom could cause unbearable pain and that the best defense was to keep it at a distance.

Jin Shan took Huo Lei into Death Grand Canyon to find a Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, which Huo Lei hoped could provide a powerful Soul Ring. Jin Shan began fighting the formidable plant while Huo Lei watched from a safe distance as it summoned a storm of lightning.

• Jin Shan warned Huo Lei about the danger of Nightmare Ant bites and told him to share the lesson with his companions.
• Jin Shan led Huo Lei through Death Grand Canyon and showed him a Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine growing in a scorched clearing.
• Jin Shan told Huo Lei that the vine had fought him to a draw ten years earlier, when he was Level 94, and ordered Huo Lei to stay outside the scorched area.
• Jin Shan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and charged the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine as its vines fired violet lightning at him.
• The Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine darkened the sky and gathered countless lightning bolts into purple spheres, prompting Huo Lei to back away warily.

Huo Lei helped Jin Shan defeat the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, claimed its soul bone, and began absorbing its soul ring. When the vine’s remnant spirit threatened to kill him, Huo Lei tried to calm it by revealing he knew it had been intelligent since birth, which startled the spirit.

• Jin Shan’s golden tiger form endured the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s lightning and struck its rootstock, leaving both combatants badly injured.
• Huo Lei used Demon-Breaking Divine Light to finish off the weakened Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine, which left behind a black soul ring and a purple left leg bone.
• Huo Lei gave dragon ganoderma leaves to the injured Jin Shan, stored the soul bone, and began absorbing the vine’s soul ring.
• The Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s remnant spirit appeared in Huo Lei’s mind and threatened to kill him if he continued absorbing its soul ring.
• Huo Lei asked to speak before the spirit attacked and said he knew Thunderclap Hell Prison Vines were intelligent from birth, prompting the spirit to demand how he learned that.

Huo Lei persuaded the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s remnant soul to help him absorb its Soul Ring by promising to resurrect it as a god. After recovering from the battle, Huo Lei and Jin Shan set out through the Death Grand Canyon’s core region to find a fire-attribute Soul Beast for Huo Lei’s sixth Soul Ring.

• Huo Lei promised to resurrect the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s remnant soul and make it a god, and the soul agreed to help him absorb its Soul Ring.
• Huo Lei absorbed the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s Soul Ring, then placed its remnant soul inside the Beast’s left leg bone.
• Huo Lei told Jin Shan about his promise, and Jin Shan doubted that he could truly resurrect the soul.
• Jin Shan explained that the forty-thousand-year Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine had nearly matched him in battle, and he rested while Huo Lei kept watch.
• After Jin Shan recovered sixty to seventy percent of his Soul Power, he and Huo Lei began searching the Death Grand Canyon’s core region for a fire-attribute Soul Beast for Huo Lei’s sixth Soul Ring.

Huo Lei and Jin Shan searched the Death Grand Canyon for a suitable sixth soul ring and found a fifty-thousand-year Molten Gold Fire Ape after witnessing it fight a Lightning Demon Leopard. Jin Shan subdued the ape, and Huo Lei approved it as his target before teasing his teacher.

• Huo Lei told Jin Shan he wanted an offensive soul skill for his Flame Martial Soul's sixth ring, but their search turned up no suitable soul beast.
• Jin Shan and Huo Lei heard a fight nearby and found a Lightning Demon Leopard battling a Molten Gold Fire Ape.
• Jin Shan explained the beasts' abilities and said the Molten Gold Fire Ape would suit Huo Lei; after the leopard fled, Huo Lei nodded his approval.
• Jin Shan beat the resting Molten Gold Fire Ape without activating his martial soul and knocked it in front of Huo Lei.
• Huo Lei praised Jin Shan, then teased him, and Jin Shan demanded to know what Huo Lei meant by riding a donkey down a slope.

Huo Lei absorbed the Molten Gold Fire Ape’s Soul Ring, gained a powerful new Flame Soul Skill, and returned to Blazing Fire Academy with Jin Shan. Back in his room, he learned that the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s Soul Bone could grant a skill tailored to his wishes.

• Huo Lei killed the Molten Gold Fire Ape with his Lightning Martial Soul and absorbed its fifty-thousand-year Soul Ring, reaching level sixty-three.
• Huo Lei demonstrated his sixth Soul Skill, Molten Gold Blazing Flame Fist, and shattered a large tree with a flaming punch.
• Jin Shan found no Soul Bone in the Molten Gold Fire Ape, so Huo Lei stored its body and left the Death Grand Canyon with him.
• Huo Lei and Jin Shan returned to Blazing Fire Academy after nine days, and Huo Lei spent the evening with his family and friends.
• Huo Lei took out the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s left leg bone, and its soul introduced itself as Kras and explained that it could shape the Soul Bone Skill to Huo Lei’s requirements.
• Kras explained that its Soul Ring skill, Lightning Forest, summoned controllable purple lightning across an area up to a hundred meters in diameter at Huo Lei’s current level.

Huo Lei absorbed the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s left leg bone, reaching Soul Power level sixty-four, then began bonding with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After it struck him and drew his blood, he woke the next morning and resumed the connection, receiving a torrent of information through spiritual transmission.

• Kras granted Huo Lei a ground-based Thunder Domain skill and reminded him of his promise.
• Huo Lei absorbed the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s left leg bone smoothly and continued cultivating until morning.
• Huo Lei discovered his Soul Power had reached level sixty-four and spent the day with his father and Lin Yin before attempting to fuse with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud that night.
• The Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud struck Huo Lei, cut his forehead, and absorbed his blood as an aged voice declared it had found a body capable of withstanding the Vast Sea Power.
• Huo Lei woke the next morning and carefully fed Soul Power into the Shroud, which rose and sent a beam into his brow, transmitting a torrent of information.

Huo Lei learned the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s abilities and showed them to Jin Shan before preparing for his journey to the Death Grand Canyon. After inspecting his territory and arranging aid for the poor, he offered Lin Yin a powerful wind-attribute Soul Bone.

• Huo Lei awakened from the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s inheritance after a full day and told Jin Shan he was fine.
• Huo Lei demonstrated the Shroud’s protective, concealment, immobilizing, and offensive skills to Jin Shan in the Back Mountain of Blazing Fire Academy.
• Huo Lei and Lin Yin inspected the towns and villages under Red Rock City and Hurricane City, where Huo Lei ordered tax reductions and aid organizations.
• With three days left before his departure, Huo Lei offered Lin Yin a thirty-thousand-year Gale Demon Tiger Right Arm Bone, and Lin Yin said he preferred a strength-type Soul Bone.

Huo Lei gave Feng Xiaotian a Soul Bone that raised his soul power to level forty-six and warned him not to rely on others during training. The group prepared to leave for Death Grand Canyon, and Xie Chong returned with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.

• Huo Lei kept the Gale Demon Tiger Right Arm Bone for Lin Yin after Lin Yin declined it.
• Huo Lei gave Feng Xiaotian the Rapid Advance Wind Chasing Left Leg Bone, which raised Feng Xiaotian's soul power to level forty-six.
• Feng Xiaotian asked who would join the training trip, and Huo Lei explained that the group would help each other grow stronger.
• Huo Lei cautioned Feng Xiaotian against becoming dependent on him, and Feng Xiaotian promised to charge at the front during training.
• Huo Lei, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Lin Yin, and Feng Xiaotian waited at Blazing Fire Academy for Xie Chong, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu.
• Xie Chong returned to Blazing Fire Academy with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.

Shui Yue'er joined Huo Lei's training expedition with Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, and the group prepared to travel to the dangerous Death Grand Canyon. After reaching Roman City, Huo Lei encouraged Lin Yin to pursue Shui Yue'er before they entered the canyon the next day.

• Shui Bing'er introduced her older half-sister, Shui Yue'er, who had come along with Xue Wu to join the expedition.
• Huo Lei briefed the seven others on the Death Grand Canyon's dangers, and no one withdrew from the expedition.
• The eight students departed in two carriages, while An Jun rode after them; after half a month, they reached Roman City without incident.
• Huo Lei arranged the group's rooms at the hotel, where he asked Lin Yin what he thought of Shui Yue'er.
• Lin Yin admitted he liked Shui Yue'er, and Huo Lei advised him to pursue her naturally while preparing for their entry into the canyon the next day.

Huo Lei led his companions into the Death Grand Canyon to begin their training, after outlining a cautious approach to fighting soul beasts and being chosen as captain. The group was shocked to learn he had reached level sixty-four, and he arranged their formation as they entered the forest.

• Huo Lei took his companions to watch the sunrise before bringing them to the edge of the Death Grand Canyon and warning them to stay alert and avoid needlessly killing soul beasts.
• Huo Lei explained that they should choose fighters based on each soul beast’s strength and attribute, while the others stood guard and watched for danger.
• Feng Xiaotian nominated Huo Lei as captain, and all seven companions agreed to follow his leadership during training.
• The group introduced their soul levels and abilities, and they were astonished when Huo Lei revealed that he had reached level sixty-four.
• Huo Lei led the group into the Death Grand Canyon and assigned everyone positions in their walking formation.
• After they entered the forest, An Jun appeared on the mountaintop where Huo Lei had stood, then vanished.

Shui Yue'er fought a thousand-year Flame Pig during the group's training, but Lin Yin rescued her when she ran out of strength and killed the beast. Huo Lei's group continued their trials and camped for the night after several more battles.

• Huo Lei found a thousand-year Flame Pig and assigned Shui Yue'er to fight it alone.
• Shui Yue'er used her water-based soul skills to hold off the Flame Pig, but she exhausted her soul power and could not stop its final charge.
• Huo Lei ordered Lin Yin to save Shui Yue'er, and Lin Yin caught her, bound the Flame Pig with Dragon Tail Bind, and crushed it.
• Lin Yin kept the Flame Pig after Shui Yue'er offered it to him, and Huo Lei led the group onward with Shui Yue'er resting from battle.
• Huo Wushuang and Xue Wu fought a Wind Spirit Wolf Pack together, Shui Bing'er defeated and released a Blazing Eagle, Huo Wu defeated and released an Ironclad Crocodile, and Feng Xiaotian killed a Red Flame Bear with his self-created soul skill.
• Huo Lei led the group to camp for the night in an area frequented by soul beasts with one to two thousand years of cultivation.

Huo Lei’s group continued training in the Death Grand Canyon, where Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu challenged a ten-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended as their ice phoenix took shape against the bear’s Bloodlust-powered assault.

• Huo Lei’s group spent the night safely after he killed two approaching thousand-year soul beasts, then set out again at dawn.
• As the group reached an area of roughly nine-thousand-year soul beasts, Huo Lei warned them not to go farther for the day.
• Lin Yin sensed a ten-thousand-year Bloodthirsty Demon Bear nearby, and Huo Lei offered Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu the chance to challenge it.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu agreed, with Shui Bing’er luring the bear toward Xue Wu as she began her technique.
• Shui Bing’er and Xue Wu joined their powers in a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, turning the falling rain into cutting ice and snow that struck the bear.
• The bear activated Bloodlust and attacked more fiercely as a phoenix cry sounded and a large blue ice phoenix formed above it.

Huo Lei killed the bloodthirsty demon bear just in time to save Huo Wushuang and Xue Wu, then received a Left Arm Bone from its body. While the others recovered, he discovered an approaching swarm led by a ten-thousand-year Azure Shadow Mouse King and prepared to deal with it alone.

• The ice phoenix froze the bloodthirsty demon bear, and Huo Lei rescued Shui Bing'er while Huo Wushuang caught Xue Wu.
• The bear broke free and lunged at Huo Wushuang and Xue Wu, but Huo Lei killed it with Demon-Breaking Divine Light.
• Huo Lei assigned Feng Xiaotian to watch the surroundings and told Lin Yin to examine the bear while the others recovered their soul power.
• Lin Yin found a Left Arm Bone in the bear's body and gave it to Huo Lei, who stored it in his Storage Ring.
• Huo Lei spotted more than a hundred Azure Shadow Mice approaching, led by a ten-thousand-year Azure Shadow Mouse King, and told Feng Xiaotian to keep the others safe while he handled the threat.

Huo Lei killed more than a hundred Azure Shadow Mice with his Thunder Domain, but Lin Yin found no Soul Bone among them. That evening, Huo Lei gave the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's Left Arm Bone to Lin Yin after Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu declined it.

• Huo Lei unleashed Thunder Domain and killed the Azure Shadow Mouse King and the rest of the Azure Shadow Mice.
• Huo Lei returned to his companions, told Feng Xiaotian he had killed the pack, and sent Lin Yin to inspect the bodies.
• Lin Yin found no Soul Bone among the mice, and Huo Lei led the group away from the ten-thousand-year soul beast area to camp for the night.
• After dinner, Huo Lei offered the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear's Left Arm Bone to Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu, who declined it as unsuitable.
• Huo Lei gave the Left Arm Bone to Lin Yin, who accepted it gratefully.

After a month of training in Death Grand Canyon, Huo Lei revealed the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and told his companions about the immortal herbs he had kept secret. He presented Feng Xiaotian with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained that Feng would have to prove his love was pure to earn its recognition.

• Lin Yin successfully absorbed the Bloodthirsty Demon Bear Left Arm Bone, gained a level, and acquired the Earthquake Wave skill.
• After a month of training, Huo Lei decided to reveal the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and the immortal herbs to his companions.
• Huo Lei demonstrated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and explained its protective, concealment, and offensive abilities.
• Huo Lei revealed that he had reserved one of his remaining herbs for Feng Xiaotian, who agreed to take the test required to obtain it.
• Huo Lei showed Feng Xiaotian the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained that only someone with pure feelings could gain its recognition.

Feng Xiaotian earned the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and reached level fifty after consuming it, while Huo Lei distributed the remaining herbs to Xue Wu and Shui Bing'er. The group continued its training in the Death Grand Canyon, where Huo Lei warned Feng Xiaotian to keep their gains secret.

• Huo Lei explained the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s test, and Feng Xiaotian picked it by offering blood while thinking of Huo Wu.
• Huo Lei gave the Snow Silkworm to Xue Wu and the Aromatic Silk Beauty to Shui Bing'er, explaining that it could help her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul attain Ultimate Ice.
• Huo Lei promised Shui Yue'er he would try to obtain a Soul Bone for her before training ended.
• The next morning, Feng Xiaotian announced that he had reached level fifty and lifted Huo Lei in excitement.
• Huo Lei rebuked Feng Xiaotian for shouting about his breakthrough and warned him not to reveal their secrets again.

Four years of training in the Death Grand Canyon greatly strengthened Huo Lei’s team, and Huo Wu, Shui Bing'er, and Shui Yue'er became ready to absorb new soul rings. The team began hunting for soul rings for Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er, and Shui Yue'er killed a ten-thousand-year water-spouting demon fish for her own soul ring.

• After breakfast, Shui Bing'er reported that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had raised her soul power to level forty-seven, while Xue Wu said the Snow Silkworm had brought her to level forty-six.
• Four years later, Huo Lei’s team had grown stronger, with Huo Wu and Shui Bing'er at level sixty and Shui Yue'er at level fifty.
• Huo Lei led the team deeper into the Death Grand Canyon to find soul rings for Huo Wu and Shui Yue'er, while postponing Shui Bing'er's hunt because no suitable beast was nearby.
• Huo Lei spotted a ten-thousand-year water-spouting demon fish in a river, and Shui Bing'er froze the water around it before Huo Lei struck it with controlled lightning.
• Shui Yue'er retrieved and killed the weakened fish, and its black soul ring appeared.

Shui Yue'er absorbed a fifth soul ring and a matching torso soul bone from the Water-Spouting Demon Fish, then Huo Lei's group found a Blazing Fire Spider for Huo Wu's sixth soul ring. Feng Xiaotian nearly defeated the spider, but it sprang back and attacked the group with a flaming web.

• Shui Yue'er absorbed the Water-Spouting Demon Fish's soul ring and discovered that it had produced a torso soul bone.
• Shui Yue'er absorbed the soul bone, reached soul power level fifty-two, and gained a water-attack amplification ability.
• Huo Lei led the group onward to search for a suitable soul ring for Huo Wu and found a twenty-thousand-year Blazing Fire Spider.
• Feng Xiaotian attacked the spider with his Wind Blade Tornado and left it badly wounded.
• The Blazing Fire Spider flipped over and spat a huge flaming web at Huo Lei and the others.

Huo Wu gained her sixth soul ring, and Huo Lei ended the group's four-year training in Death Grand Canyon and led them back to Blazing Fire Academy. There, the group reunited with their elders, while An Jun followed behind and prepared to seek a soul ring of his own.

• Shui Yue'er stopped the Blazing Fire Spider with her fifth soul skill, and Lin Yin and Huo Wu killed it so Huo Wu could absorb its soul ring.
• After Huo Wu completed her absorption, Huo Lei announced that the team would end its training and return to the academy.
• An Jun watched Huo Lei's group depart, then followed their carriages toward Roman City and onward.
• After half a month of travel, Huo Lei and the others returned to Blazing Fire Academy, where Feng Xiaotian soon left for Godwind Academy and Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu agreed to stay for three days.
• Huo Lei learned that Jin Shan had reached level 96 and An Jun had reached level 90; Jin Shan also learned that Huo Lei and Shui Bing'er were a couple.
• Huo Lei introduced Jin Shan and Huo Feng to Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, and Xue Wu in the Dean's Office, and the introductions left both sides surprised.