Arc 7Ice Hunt and Reckoning

Huo Lei and his companions gained powerful Soul Rings and Soul Bones in the Far North, then he organized the elemental academies and killed Tang Hao and Tang San to claim their Soul Bones. After distributing the gains and strengthening his allies, Huo Lei returned to Blazing Fire Academy as Spirit Hall prepared a hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest.

  • Huo Lei helped Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu cultivate with the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, then guided their hunts for high-level Soul Rings and Soul Bones in the Far North.
  • Shui Bing'er killed the Frost Condensing Willow Emperor and absorbed its Soul Ring and Right Leg Bone, while Yunxiang cultivated on purified ice energy from the marrow.
  • Huo Lei arranged for An Beichen to absorb the marrow, then returned with his companions to the Northern Conquest Marquis Estate and met Han Song and Ye Zhiqiu in Iceforest City.
  • Huo Lei helped Han Song and Ye Zhiqiu obtain Soul Rings, then returned to Blazing Fire Academy and persuaded Huo Feng and Xie Chong to unite the elemental academies at a new site near Shrek Academy.
  • Huo Lei and Jin Shan obtained Soul Bones in Sunset Forest, strengthening Jin Shan and Huo Feng, then traveled to Holy Soul Village to find Tang Hao and Tang San.
  • Jin Shan killed Tang Hao after their fight, and Huo Lei killed Tang San and the Blue Silver Emperor before taking their Soul Bones and dividing some among Jin Shan and Lin Yin.
  • Huo Lei absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and later gave Soul Bones to Lin Yin, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, and Feng Xiaotian, improving their abilities.
  • Bibi Dong named Hu Liena Spirit Hall's Holy Maiden and ordered her, senior leaders, and twenty Red-Clothed Cardinals to capture the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Absorbing the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow

After absorbing the Ice Leopard Emperor's Trunk Bone, An Jun reached level ninety-three and helped Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu absorb power from the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow. The transfer succeeded, and Huo Lei flew back to the cave entrance while An Jun stayed with the two women.

  • An Jun explained that he already possessed three Soul Bones and revealed that absorbing the Ice Leopard Emperor's Trunk Bone had raised him to level ninety-three.
  • Huo Lei proposed that An Jun absorb the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow and transfer its power to Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
  • Huo Lei, An Jun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu entered the cave, where Xue Wu asked to stop a third of the way in because the cold was too intense.
  • An Jun returned from the cave's depths and transferred the ice-attribute power he had stored in his palms to Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu.
  • Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu awoke from cultivation and confirmed that the transfer had worked, while Huo Lei flew toward the cave entrance after saying his Soul Power was nearly exhausted.

Ch. 152Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu's levels soared

Huo Lei returned from the cave and proposed that Yunxiang might benefit from the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow by copying an ice-attribute Martial Soul and having someone filter the energy for her. After half a month of cultivation, Shui Bing'er reached Level 70, Xue Wu rose to Level 66, and An Jun reached the peak of Level 93, leaving them ready to pause so Shui Bing'er could obtain her Seventh Soul Ring.

  • Huo Lei told Yunxiang that the three cultivators had successfully begun using the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, and he suggested her copied ice-attribute Martial Soul might let her benefit from it too.
  • Huo Lei reasoned that An Jun or Shui Bing'er could filter the ice energy before transferring it to Yunxiang, and Yunxiang grew hopeful about the possibility.
  • During the next half month, Huo Lei prepared food while Yunxiang made support strawberries, and the Snow Soul Bear King healed and grew closer to the group.
  • Shui Bing'er advanced from Level 62 to Level 70, while Xue Wu rose from Level 62 to Level 66 and An Jun reached the peak of Level 93.
  • Shui Bing'er, Xue Wu, and An Jun stopped absorbing the marrow for a short rest because Shui Bing'er had reached Level 70 and needed her Seventh Soul Ring.

Ch. 153The Ice Jade Scorpion Swarm

Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, and An Jun traveled into the Far North to find Shui Bing'er a Seventh Soul Ring, with Huo Lei explaining why her Ultimate Ice physique could withstand a sixty-thousand-year Soul Ring. They found a swarm of Ice Jade Scorpions and stopped nearby to examine them.

  • Yunxiang offered Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, and An Jun pink strawberries before they set out, and Jin Shan urged them to take the supplies.
  • Huo Lei asked An Jun about the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, learning that they had used six of the thirty remaining pillars.
  • Huo Lei concealed the trio with the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud as they traveled into an area frequented by sixty-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
  • Huo Lei told Shui Bing'er that her Ultimate Ice Martial Soul and strengthened physique made a sixty-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring possible, and An Jun reassured her.
  • An Jun spotted an Ice Jade Scorpion swarm, described the clan's traits and its connection to the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and Huo Lei brought them close to observe the nine scorpions.
  • Shui Bing'er asked An Jun how to distinguish the Ice Jade Scorpions' cultivation ages.

Ch. 154Crisis? Ice Explosion! Coincidence?

Huo Lei and Shui Bing'er faced a sixty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion leader, whose Ice Explosion nearly caught them off guard. Shui Bing'er killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Huo Lei concealed the group and the corpse.

  • An Jun estimated the Ice Jade Scorpion leader’s cultivation at around sixty thousand years, and Huo Lei prepared to let Shui Bing'er claim it as her seventh Soul Ring.
  • Huo Lei’s lightning killed the eight smaller Ice Jade Scorpions, but the leader retaliated with Ice Explosion, blasting a huge crater into the ground before An Jun carried Huo Lei and Shui Bing'er out of danger.
  • Huo Lei suspected the leader was the original owner of a valuable Left Arm Bone and urged Shui Bing'er to attack it from the air.
  • Shui Bing'er’s Ice Cone Rain could not penetrate the leader’s defenses, so An Jun told her to target its eyes; she destroyed them and killed it.
  • Shui Bing'er began absorbing the leader’s Soul Ring as Huo Lei stored the other scorpions and used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to conceal the group and the leader’s body.

Ch. 155Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone

After Shui Bing'er absorbed the Ice Jade Scorpion’s Soul Ring, An Jun found a rare left arm Soul Bone inside its left pincer and gave it to her to absorb. As Shui Bing'er began, An Jun and Huo Lei praised her prospects and reaffirmed their mutual support.

  • Shui Bing'er finished absorbing the sixty-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Soul Ring and said her Soul Power had nearly reached rank seventy-two.
  • An Jun examined the Ice Jade Scorpion leader and found a jade-green left arm Soul Bone inside its left pincer.
  • An Jun gave the Soul Bone to Shui Bing'er, who began absorbing it while Huo Lei stored the Ice Jade Scorpion’s body in his Storage Ring.
  • An Jun praised Shui Bing'er’s talent and predicted she could become a powerful Soul Master, and Huo Lei praised An Jun’s strength in return.
  • An Jun promised Huo Lei that he would spare no effort to help him in the future.

Ch. 156A Heaven-Defying Soul Skill, Huo Lei's Miscalculation

Shui Bing'er fused with the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone and gained the powerful Ice Explosion skill, which she tested on a herd of Ice-Armored Pigs during the return journey. After the group reached their cave and shared a meal, Huo Lei miscalculated his morning chores and rushed out to heat water.

  • Shui Bing'er fused with the Ice Jade Scorpion Left Arm Bone, advanced to rank seventy-three, and learned Ice Explosion.
  • Shui Bing'er explained that Ice Explosion required an opponent to touch ice, enough Soul Power, and spiritual power, and that its range could reach about a hundred meters.
  • Huo Lei, An Jun, and Shui Bing'er encountered eight Ice-Armored Pigs, and Shui Bing'er killed the herd with one Ice Explosion.
  • Huo Lei and his companions returned to the cave before nightfall and enjoyed roasted Ice-Armored Pig meat while recounting their hunt.
  • Huo Lei rose early to roast pork, then hurried out to fetch ice and snow for washing water after Yunxiang reminded him he had forgotten it.

Ch. 157One Month Later, Tremendous Changes

After a month of cultivating with ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, An Jun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu all broke through. Huo Lei proposed strengthening Shui Bing'er with more soul bones before she attempted a hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring, and the group set out to hunt soul beasts and search for soul bones.

  • After a month of cultivation, An Jun reached the peak of rank ninety-four, Shui Bing'er reached the peak of rank seventy-nine, and Xue Wu reached the peak of rank sixty-nine.
  • An Jun, Shui Bing'er, and Xue Wu emerged from the cave and announced that all three had broken through.
  • Huo Lei proposed that Shui Bing'er attempt a hundred-thousand-year eighth soul ring, and Jin Shan advised obtaining two more soul bones before deciding.
  • Huo Lei led a party of five away from the Snow Soul Bear King's territory to hunt for Huo Wu's seventh soul ring and soul bones for Shui Bing'er.
  • Shui Bing'er used Ice Explosion from a hundred meters away to nearly incapacitate an eighty-thousand-year Ice-Cold Snow Lion, astonishing the group.

Ch. 158Finding a Soul Bone for Shui Bing'er

Shui Bing'er and Huo Lei's group hunted soul beasts in the Far North, finding her an Ice Bear Right Arm Bone while searching for a seventh soul ring for Xue Wu. They spotted a rare Ice Dream Snow Fox chasing a Snow Spirit Rabbit, and the fox's roar suddenly brought its prey down.

  • Shui Bing'er killed an eighty-thousand-year Ice-Cold Snow Lion and a seventy-thousand-year Ice Armor Python with Ice Explosion, but neither yielded a soul bone.
  • Huo Lei's group killed an Ice Bear that yielded a right arm soul bone, which Shui Bing'er stored before they continued south to find Xue Wu a soul ring.
  • Huo Lei's group entered the fifty-thousand-year soul beast region and passed a Snow-Crying Deer herd whose deer king was too young.
  • An Jun identified a thirty-thousand-year Snow Spirit Rabbit and a rare Ice Dream Snow Fox nearing fifty thousand years, which could suit Xue Wu's seventh soul ring.
  • Huo Lei told the group to watch the chase before intervening, and the Ice Dream Snow Fox used a roar to knock the Snow Spirit Rabbit down and catch it.

Ch. 159The ice fox caught the rabbit, the howling eagle lurked behind

Huo Lei and An Jun intervened when a Howling Sky Ultimate Ice Eagle attacked an Ice Dream Snow Fox that Xue Wu needed for her Seventh Soul Ring. Xue Wu absorbed the fox’s Soul Ring, while An Jun determined the eagle had sixty thousand years of cultivation.

  • An Jun identified the Ice Dream Snow Fox and the circling Howling Sky Ultimate Ice Eagle, then urged Huo Lei to use the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to protect the fox for Xue Wu.
  • Huo Lei concealed the group and moved them beside the Ice Dream Snow Fox as the eagle descended; An Jun recalled that a similar eagle had killed one of his subordinates years earlier.
  • When the eagle dived, Huo Lei expanded the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud around the fox and rabbit’s body, and An Jun restrained the fox with his Super Douluo pressure.
  • The Howling Sky Ultimate Ice Eagle crashed into the shroud, and Huo Lei killed it with his Thunder Domain.
  • Xue Wu killed the restrained Ice Dream Snow Fox and began absorbing its Seventh Soul Ring.
  • An Jun examined the eagle and its Soul Ring, then identified it as a sixty-thousand-year Howling Sky Ultimate Ice Eagle.

Ch. 160Ice Eagle Skull, Soul Sage Xue Wu

Huo Lei’s group secured a sixty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone for Shui Bing’er and helped Xue Wu become a Soul Sage. The next morning, they chose to hunt a nearby Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Shui Bing’er, with Huo Lei, Shui Bing’er, and Jin Shan setting out while the others stayed behind.

  • Huo Lei extracted a Head Soul Bone from the Howling Sky Ultimate Ice Eagle and gave it to Shui Bing’er to absorb.
  • Shui Bing’er finished absorbing the Soul Bone, and Xue Wu completed her Soul Ring absorption and became a Soul Sage.
  • The group returned to the cave, where Shui Bing’er later absorbed the Ice Bear’s Right Arm Bone.
  • The Snow Soul Bear King told Huo Lei about the nearby Ice-Congealing Willow Emperor and Cold Ice Crocodile King and described their strengths.
  • Huo Lei and his companions decided that he, Shui Bing’er, and Jin Shan would hunt one of the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts while An Jun, Xue Wu, and Yunxiang remained in the cave.

Ch. 161Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, Condensed Ice Willow Emperor

Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, and Jin Shan attacked the Condensed Ice Willow Emperor to obtain its soul ring. After destroying it with their combined skills, they found an icy-green light at the bottom of the crater beside its red soul ring.

  • Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, and Jin Shan followed the Snow Soul Bear King's directions to find the Condensed Ice Willow Emperor and prepared to attack it.
  • Huo Lei struck the tree with Thunder Domain while Jin Shan severed its branches, but the Condensed Ice Willow Emperor regenerated them.
  • Huo Lei used Demon-Breaking Divine Light twice to blast off the tree's crown as Jin Shan held back its attacks.
  • Shui Bing'er hit the Condensed Ice Willow Emperor with Ice Explosion, destroying its body and leaving a red soul ring and an icy-green light in the crater.

Ch. 162Shui Bing'er's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring

Shui Bing'er absorbed the Frost Condensing Willow Emperor's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Right Leg Bone, reaching level 86 before returning to the cave with Huo Lei and Jin Shan. After the group began cultivating with the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, seven days later Shui Bing'er had reached level 87, Yunxiang level 66, and An Jun level 95 peak, while Xue Wu consolidated her Soul Sage Realm.

  • Shui Bing'er absorbed the Frost Condensing Willow Emperor's Soul Ring and reached level 84, then absorbed its Right Leg Bone and rose to level 86.
  • Huo Lei, Shui Bing'er, and Jin Shan returned to the cave, where Shui Bing'er told An Jun, Xue Wu, and Yunxiang about the hunt and her gains.
  • Shui Bing'er and Yunxiang agreed that Shui Bing'er would filter the icy attribute from the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and transfer the purified Soul Power to Yunxiang.
  • The next morning, Shui Bing'er, Yunxiang, An Jun, and Xue Wu cultivated in the cave while Huo Lei trained separately and Jin Shan stayed with the Snow Soul Bear King.
  • Seven days later, An Jun emerged at level 95 peak and Shui Bing'er at level 87, while Yunxiang had risen to level 66 and Xue Wu had consolidated her Soul Sage Realm.

Ch. 163Farewell to the Bear King, a Chance Encounter with Ye Zhiqiu

Huo Lei and his companions shared the remaining ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow with the Snow Soul Bear King and An Beichen, then returned safely to Iceforest City. While selling their Soul Beast spoils, Huo Lei encountered Ye Zhiqiu, who remembered him from the tournament.

  • Huo Lei offered the Snow Soul Bear King two of the six remaining stalks of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and asked him to reserve four for An Beichen and Shui Bing'er's teacher, Shui Wanrou.
  • An Jun returned with his son, An Beichen, who absorbed the marrow, reached level eighty, and obtained an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring to advance to Soul Douluo.
  • Huo Lei and his companions said farewell to the Snow Soul Bear King, left the Far North, and returned to the Northern Conquest Marquis Estate.
  • Huo Lei sold the group's Soul Beast bodies around Iceforest City while the others rested and consolidated their gains.
  • Huo Lei recognized Ye Zhiqiu on the street and introduced himself; Ye Zhiqiu recalled him as the Blazing Fire Academy genius who had defeated a Shrek Academy member in one move.

Ch. 164Han Song, dean of Canghui Academy

Huo Lei met Canghui Academy dean Han Song and Director Ye Zhiqiu in Iceforest City, where they discussed their Soul Ring hunt and Canghui Academy’s lasting feud with Shrek Academy. After hearing how Shrek’s strength had prevented retaliation and damaged Canghui’s enrollment, Huo Lei predicted that Shrek would soon face disaster and promised Blazing Fire Academy would eventually strike.

  • Huo Lei recognized Ye Zhiqiu, who introduced Han Song as Canghui Academy’s dean and explained that they had come to Iceforest City to obtain Soul Rings.
  • At a private hotel, Han Song said that he needed a Soul Ring at Level 80 and Ye Zhiqiu needed one at Level 60, while Huo Lei said he was accompanying a friend.
  • Huo Lei asked about the seven Canghui students injured by Tang San, and Han Song angrily declared his hatred of Shrek Academy.
  • Ye Zhiqiu explained that the injured students had not recovered, Shrek had escaped punishment, and Canghui’s enrollment had collapsed amid fear of retaliation.
  • Han Song said Canghui could not challenge Shrek because Tang Hao and Shrek’s powerful teachers made retaliation too dangerous, while Ye Zhiqiu recalled Zhao Wuji beating him.
  • Huo Lei predicted that Shrek Academy would soon suffer a great disaster and said Blazing Fire Academy would strike when the time was right.

Ch. 165Dean Han Song's request

Huo Lei agreed to help Han Song and Ye Zhiqiu hunt Soul Rings, then helped Ye Zhiqiu obtain a ten-thousand-year ring before leading the group into the Far North. They found a herd of Snow-Crying Deer led by a seventy-thousand-year deer king.

  • Ye Zhiqiu and Han Song learned that Huo Lei had reached Soul Power Level seventy-eight, then Han Song asked him to join a Soul Ring hunt.
  • Huo Lei agreed to meet Han Song and Ye Zhiqiu at Iceforest City's north gate the next morning and learned about their Martial Souls and Soul Ring Configurations.
  • Huo Lei met the two at the north gate, and they traveled into the Frozen Forest together.
  • Huo Lei helped Ye Zhiqiu hunt a twenty-thousand-year Ice Armor Turtle, allowing Ye Zhiqiu to obtain a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
  • Huo Lei, Han Song, and Ye Zhiqiu continued north into the Far North and found a herd of Snow-Crying Deer led by a seventy-thousand-year deer king.

Ch. 166Everyone's return journey, Huo Lei's arrangements

After returning from the Far North, Huo Lei arranged for his companions to return to their academies and learned that Spirit Hall was tightening pressure on the elemental academies. He returned to Blazing Fire Academy and began discussing how to prepare for the coming changes and counter the pressure.

  • With Huo Lei and Ye Zhiqiu's help, Han Song killed the Snow-Crying Deer King and obtained his eighth Soul Ring before returning to Iceforest City with them.
  • After half a month, Huo Lei learned that Shui Wanrou could not meet them and that Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu had to return to Skywater Academy, so the group set out for Heaven Dou City.
  • In Heaven Dou City, Huo Lei sent Yunxiang and An Jun to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Shui Bing'er and Xue Wu to Skywater Academy, and returned south with Jin Shan and An Jun.
  • Huo Lei's group returned to Blazing Fire Academy, where he learned from Huo Feng that Spirit Hall's suppression had made relations tense but had not caused an outright split.
  • Huo Lei gathered Huo Feng and Xie Chong to discuss countermeasures, but neither had a solution to the elemental academies' scattered forces.

Ch. 167Laying the Groundwork in Advance

Huo Lei arranged for the four elemental academies to merge and planned a new campus beside Shrek Academy in Heaven Dou City. After sending Xie Chong to secure the site, Huo Lei and Jin Shan set out for Sunset Forest to hunt for Soul Bones, including one suited to Jin Shan.

  • Huo Lei convinced Huo Feng and Xie Chong that the academies should merge when Spirit Hall threatened them, with Blazing Fire Academy leading and a new site chosen beside Shrek Academy.
  • Huo Feng and Xie Chong approved the plan, and Huo Lei tasked Xie Chong with overseeing construction using funds Huo Lei would provide.
  • Huo Lei, Jin Shan, and Xie Chong rode to Heaven Dou City, where Huo Lei gave Xie Chong Emperor Xue Ye's letter to help him obtain land.
  • Huo Lei told Xie Chong he and Jin Shan would go to Sunset Forest to search for Soul Bones, claiming they could assist if Xie Chong encountered trouble.
  • Huo Lei secretly planned to hunt the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King for its Right Arm Bone for Jin Shan and to find fire-attribute Soul Bones for Huo Feng.

Ch. 168Huo Lei and Jin Shan arrived at Holy Soul Village

Huo Lei and Jin Shan traveled to Holy Soul Village after Huo Lei revealed that he planned to take Soul Bones from Tang Hao. Huo Lei remained confident in his plan and waited for Lin Yin to bring back information about Tang Hao’s whereabouts.

  • Huo Lei and Jin Shan found two high-level Soul Bones in Sunset Forest, and Jin Shan absorbed the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King’s Right Arm Bone to reach level 97.
  • Huo Lei helped Xie Chong begin construction of a new academy in Heaven Dou City, then gave his father Huo Feng the Lie Yan Demon Bat King’s Head Soul Bone, which raised Huo Feng to level 89.
  • After nearly five years passed, Huo Lei took Jin Shan to Holy Soul Village, where Tang Hao had once lived in seclusion.
  • Jin Shan warned that Tang Hao might have grown stronger and that fighting him for Soul Bones was too risky, but Huo Lei said he was confident and would explain after Lin Yin returned with news.

Ch. 169Arriving at Tang Hao's Hideout

Huo Lei, Jin Shan, and Lin Yin traveled to the secluded waterfall where Lin Yin had seen Tang Hao and Tang San, intending to attack them. Huo Lei revealed that the pair were hiding behind the waterfall and ordered Lin Yin to conceal himself as they prepared to strike.

  • Huo Lei and Jin Shan stayed two nights with a farmer near Holy Soul Village and learned about Tang Hao's time there.
  • Lin Yin arrived and reported that Tang Hao had lost an arm and a leg, then guided Huo Lei and Jin Shan toward his hideout.
  • Lin Yin explained that Tang San's appearance had changed and that he had followed him to a waterfall where Tang Hao was waiting.
  • The three crossed the mountains and reached a secluded pool and waterfall after nearly half a day.
  • When Jin Shan could not detect anyone nearby, Huo Lei used his Fiery Golden Eyes to reveal that Tang Hao and Tang San were hiding behind the waterfall and told Lin Yin to conceal himself.

Ch. 170Killing Tang Hao and Tang San (Part One)

Huo Lei and Jin Shan attacked Tang Hao at the waterfall cave, where Tang San remained asleep. Tang Hao fought Jin Shan despite his injuries, and the chapter ended with Jin Shan unleashing a Right Arm Soul Bone Skill against Tang Hao’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

  • Huo Lei struck the waterfall to draw Tang Hao out while leaving the cave and its Soul Bone undamaged, and he saw that Tang San was still asleep inside.
  • Jin Shan challenged Tang Hao, who used Clear Sky Body Protection and detonated his two purple Soul Rings before striking Jin Shan’s shield with his hammer.
  • Jin Shan revealed himself as the Golden Tiger Douluo and agreed to stop after three moves if Tang Hao survived them.
  • Tang Hao began his Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, while Jin Shan summoned clones that Tang Hao destroyed.
  • Jin Shan attacked Tang Hao with his Right Arm Soul Bone Skill, Tiger Roars in the Mountain Forest.

Ch. 171Killing Tang Hao and Tang San (Part Two)

Jin Shan defeated and killed Tang Hao, and Huo Lei collected the four Soul Bones left behind. Huo Lei and Jin Shan entered the cave to deal with Tang San, finding him asleep beside a black box and a Blue Silver Grass stalk.

  • Jin Shan interrupted Tang Hao's attack with the White-Eyed Demon Tiger King and challenged him to trade blows.
  • Tang Hao used Clear Sky True Body, but Jin Shan met his hammer with Golden Tiger True Body and struck him with Vajra Dream-Shattering Claw.
  • Tang Hao was killed, and Huo Lei collected the four Soul Bones that fell from his body.
  • Huo Lei told Lin Yin to guard the area while he and Jin Shan went to the cave behind the waterfall.
  • Huo Lei and Jin Shan found Tang San asleep in the stone chamber beside a black box and a Blue Silver Grass stalk.

Ch. 172Killing Tang Hao and Tang San (Part Two)

Huo Lei killed the Blue Silver Emperor and Tang San, then took Tang San’s Soul Bones and opened the lead box containing Tang Hao’s inherited Soul Bones. Jin Shan found two more Soul Bones on Tang San, bringing their haul to nine, and Huo Lei offered to share them with Jin Shan and Lin Yin.

  • The Blue Silver Emperor stopped Huo Lei from stabbing Tang San, but Huo Lei destroyed her with electricity and then killed Tang San.
  • Huo Lei took the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moonlit Night and extracted the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone from Tang San.
  • Huo Lei asked Jin Shan to remove Tang San’s External Soul Bone and inspect his head while he opened the black lead box.
  • Huo Lei found Tang Hao’s Right Arm Bone and Left Leg Bone in the box and stored them in his Storage Ring.
  • Jin Shan reported that he had found two more Soul Bones on Tang San, and Huo Lei proposed that they share the nine Soul Bones with Lin Yin.
  • Huo Lei asked Jin Shan what kind of Soul Bone Tang San had besides the External Soul Bone.

Ch. 173Huo Lei Absorbs the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone

Huo Lei and Jin Shan divided the Soul Bones recovered from Tang San, and Jin Shan absorbed three of them, reaching the peak of level ninety-seven. Huo Lei began absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, which opened his extraordinary meridians and strengthened his Soul Power circulation.

  • Jin Shan gave Huo Lei the white fifty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone and kept Tang San's Eight Spider Lances in his Storage Ring.
  • Huo Lei offered Jin Shan three Soul Bones, then left the cave to tell Lin Yin that Tang San had been eliminated and that they had obtained five Soul Bones.
  • Huo Lei gave Lin Yin two intact Soul Bones over sixty thousand years old, and Lin Yin gratefully accepted them.
  • Jin Shan finished absorbing three Soul Bones, reached the peak of level ninety-seven, and advanced his External Right Palm Bone to the hundred-thousand-year level.
  • Huo Lei entered the cave and used the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud before absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
  • Huo Lei felt the Soul Bone expand and toughen his meridians, and all eight of his extraordinary meridians opened.

Ch. 174Changes after five years (part one)

After reaching Level 80 and gaining the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone’s flight and healing skills, Huo Lei returned to Blazing Fire Academy with Jin Shan and Lin Yin. There, he distributed Soul Bones to his family and Feng Xiaotian, and the chapter ended by listing how Huo Lei and his companions had changed five years after the Soul Master Tournament.

  • Huo Lei woke after absorbing the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, broke through to Level 80, and gained flight and healing skills.
  • Huo Lei gave Lin Yin the Clear Sky Sect’s inherited Soul Bones, and Lin Yin absorbed both, advancing from Level 75 to Level 77.
  • Huo Lei, Jin Shan, and Lin Yin left the valley, returned to Holy Soul Village, and continued on to Blazing Fire Academy.
  • Huo Lei arrived at the academy and gave Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu Soul Bones from Tang Hao and Tang San, helping Huo Wushuang reach Level 60 and Huo Wu reach Level 64.
  • Huo Lei gave Feng Xiaotian two wind-attribute Soul Bones, which raised Feng Xiaotian’s Soul Power by just over one level.
  • The chapter listed the group’s ages and levels five years after the Soul Master Tournament, including Huo Lei at age twenty-two and Level 80 and Lin Yin at age thirty-nine and Level 77.

Ch. 175Changes After Five Years (Part 2)

Huo Lei reviewed the timeline of Tang San’s journey and hoped his father would reach Level 90 before the search for Xiao Wu began. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong named Hu Liena her successor and ordered a major expedition to capture the transformed Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving a third decision still to come.

  • Huo Lei woke after a restful night and considered how the events of the original timeline might give his father time to reach Level 90.
  • Bibi Dong convened Spirit Hall’s senior leaders and named Hu Liena Holy Maiden and first in line to succeed the Pope.
  • Bibi Dong confirmed that Hu Liena had emerged from Slaughter City with Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
  • Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and twenty Red-Clothed Cardinals to find and capture the transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • The leaders realized that Bibi Dong’s third decision was the real reason for the meeting, but she had not yet announced it.
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