Chapter Summaries

After returning to Heaven Dou City with the rewards from the battle, Lu Xuan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan set out to gain combat experience. Lu Xuan explained that his body could not yet support a sixth Soul Ring after the recent strain of absorbing extraordinary powers.

• Dugu Bo, Zhao Yan, and Dugu Xin chose to digest their combat insights before seeking more Soul Rings, while Ye Renxin was considered well prepared to advance through steady cultivation.
• Dugu Yan absorbed two hundred-thousand-year arm Soul Bones and pushed her cultivation past level 50, while Ye Lingling continued cultivating at her own pace.
• Lu Xuan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan said farewell to their family and left Heaven Dou City to gain experience, with Dugu Bo trusting Lu Xuan to protect them.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, Dugu Yan asked why Lu Xuan was not seeking his sixth Soul Ring, and he explained that his body could not handle one yet.
• Lu Xuan compared a Soul Master's body to a bucket and explained that awakening his second Martial Soul and absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's Soul Ring and Inner Core had strained his capacity.

Lu Xuan explained why he planned to delay his Sixth Soul Ring until he could bear a hundred-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast and strengthen his foundation. Three days later, he encountered Shi Nian in a Soul Beast forest after Shi Nian blamed him and his companions for letting an Amethyst Rat escape.

• Lu Xuan told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that his recent gains had raised his limits, but he still wanted to temper his body before pursuing a hundred-thousand-year Sixth Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan considered ways to strengthen himself, rejected risky Soul Core cultivation and a rushed divine trial, and planned to keep searching for a Mirror Shadow Beast.
• Three days later, Lu Xuan traveled with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling through a Soul Beast forest as several Soul Masters pursued an Amethyst Rat.
• Shi Nian confronted Lu Xuan and the two women, accusing them of ruining the hunt after the Amethyst Rat escaped.
• Lu Xuan mocked Shi Nian for failing to catch a thousand-year Soul Beast and taking his frustration out on passersby.

Dugu Yan fought Shi Nian after he tried to seize the Clear-Verdant Spirit-Horned Deer, while Lu Xuan broke the Soul Sage’s Nightmare Domain. Dugu Yan held her own as she honed her skills, and Lu Xuan said her Fourth Soul Skill could kill Shi Nian in one strike.

• Shi Nian demanded the spirit deer as compensation, and Lu Xuan told Dugu Yan to deal with him.
• Dugu Yan revealed her four unusual Soul Rings and empowered herself with her first two Soul Skills.
• Shi Nian unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Nightmare, but Lu Xuan shattered the domain with Rouge Silent Dragon Roar.
• Dugu Yan struck Shi Nian with her White Python Whip and fought him at close quarters, using the battle to hone her combat skills.
• Ye Lingling asked whether Dugu Yan could win, and Lu Xuan said her Fourth Soul Skill could kill Shi Nian in one move.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling defeated Shi Nian and his subordinates while Lu Xuan observed and assessed their combat skills. Afterward, Lu Xuan recovered a Soul Bone from Shi Nian, which Dugu Yan declined, and the group continued deeper into the forest.

• Lu Xuan sent Ye Lingling to kill Shi Nian's remaining subordinates while Dugu Yan continued fighting Shi Nian.
• Ye Lingling wore down Ye Zhiqiu's Black Tortoise defenses and killed him with a Divine Finger Flick.
• Dugu Yan exploited Shi Nian's old injury, wrapped her White Python Whip around his neck, and beheaded him.
• Lu Xuan praised both women's decisions in battle and pointed out weaknesses for them to improve.
• Lu Xuan retrieved Shi Nian's Head Soul Bone and offered it to Dugu Yan, who declined it.
• Lu Xuan stored the Soul Bone, and the three rode the Clear-Verdant Spirit-Horned Deer farther into the forest.

Over a year of traveling and training, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling gained their fifth Soul Rings while Lu Xuan searched the Far North for a Hundred Thousand Year Mirror Shadow Beast to become his sixth. Their search led them into the Ice Jade Scorpion Clan’s territory, where the Ice Empress confronted Lu Xuan and challenged his continued pursuit of the rare beast.

• Dugu Yan gained Rainbow Phosphorous Strangulation from a sixty-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Serpent, and Ye Lingling gained a powerful healing Soul Skill from an Emerald Swan over fifty thousand years old.
• Lu Xuan settled the Golden Hawksbill Turtle for a future Soul Ring and strengthened his physique enough to bear a Hundred Thousand Year Mirror Shadow Beast as his sixth Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan searched the Far North with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, riding an Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon and sending Articuno to scout for Mirror Shadow Beasts.
• The group entered Ice Jade Scorpion territory, and the scorpions fled rather than attack because the Ice Empress had ordered them to avoid Lu Xuan’s group.
• The Ice Empress stopped Lu Xuan and demanded to know why he had entered her territory despite their agreement to live in peace.
• Lu Xuan explained that he needed a Mirror Shadow Beast at least ninety thousand years old, since raising a fifty-thousand-year-old one to a hundred thousand years would take too many resources and more than ten years.

Lu Xuan refused the Ice Empress’s offer to choose a different Soul Beast and used his Black Jade Soul Devouring Song to keep her wary. He continued searching the Far North for the Mirror Shadow Beast, then battled Ice Bear King Xiaobai using only his Second Martial Soul.

• The Ice Empress offered Lu Xuan a Three-Eyed Snow Fox instead of the Three-Eyed Demonic Spirit, but he refused and explained his plans for his remaining Soul Rings.
• Lu Xuan reminded the Ice Empress that his Black Jade Soul Devouring Song had drained five thousand years of her cultivation and could reduce it further; she left in anger.
• Lu Xuan ordered the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon to continue searching the Far North for the Hundred Thousand Year Mirror Shadow Beast.
• Lu Xuan fought Ice Bear King Xiaobai using only his Second Martial Soul, while Xiaobai unleashed his ice-type Soul Skills.
• Lu Xuan struck Xiaobai with Titan Sky Shatter and Titan Giant Star, but Xiaobai remained eager to fight, so Lu Xuan began using Dark Devilgod Slash.

Lu Xuan fought Ice Bear King Xiaobai, then hurried to confront the hundred-thousand-year-old Mirror Shadow Beast after the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon found it. He disrupted the beast’s mirror illusions with Evil God Domain and began transforming with his Dark Demon Evil God Tiger power as their battle started.

• Lu Xuan wounded Xiaobai with a Dark Devilgod Slash, and Ye Lingling and the Clear-Charm Spirit-Horned Deer healed him.
• Lu Xuan recalled that he and Xiaobai had sparred seven times in half a month, with Lu Xuan narrowly winning each fight.
• After hearing the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon’s roar, Lu Xuan took Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan into his Spiritual Space and used Azure Jade Spatial Escape to reach it.
• Lu Xuan found the hundred-thousand-year-old Mirror Shadow Beast and demanded that it become his Sixth Soul Ring, but it attacked him with spiritual force and mirror-image clones.
• Lu Xuan cast Evil God Domain to crack the Mirror Shadow Beast’s illusions, then activated his First Soul Skill, Dark Demon Evil God Transformation.

Lu Xuan killed the Hundred Thousand Year Mirror Shadow Beast and began absorbing its Soul Ring while his companions and Xiaobai guarded him. Titan Snow Demon Ape A-Tai arrived and attacked Xiaobai, who countered with a feint and the Great Demon-Subduing Fist.

• Lu Xuan transformed with [Dark Demon Evil God Transformation] and killed the Mirror Shadow Beast with [Dark Devilgod Slash].
• Lu Xuan began absorbing the Mirror Shadow Beast's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring as Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon, and Xiaobai kept watch.
• Titan Snow Demon Ape A-Tai arrived and demanded that Xiaobai let him reach Lu Xuan.
• Xiaobai refused, and he and A-Tai exchanged attacks across the snowfield.
• Xiaobai feinted with a headbutt, then unleashed the Great Demon-Subduing Fist from below.

Xiaobai used Lu Xuan’s Great Demon-Subduing Fist to defeat A-Tai, while the Snow Empress arrived and stopped their battle. She dismissed the watching Soul Beasts and let Lu Xuan’s group continue, leaving Xiaobai to proudly call Lu Xuan his friend.

• Xiaobai used the Great Demon-Subduing Fist to gain the upper hand over A-Tai in their fierce battle.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived as Lu Xuan neared the end of absorbing his Sixth Soul Ring, and the Snow Empress judged his talent extraordinary.
• The Snow Empress warned the Ice Empress against provoking Lu Xuan and dismissed the hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts watching nearby.
• The Snow Empress ordered Xiaobai and A-Tai to stop fighting, and A-Tai withdrew after suffering a humiliating defeat.
• Xiaobai told the Snow Empress that Lu Xuan was his friend, and she agreed that he had met a good friend.

After absorbing the Mirror Shadow Beast’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Lu Xuan broke through to rank seventy and met the Snow Empress. He offered her a chance at godhood and eternal life in exchange for the Soul Core Condensation Method, leaving both the Snow Empress and Ice Empress eager to accept.

• Lu Xuan finished absorbing the Mirror Shadow Beast’s Soul Ring, broke through to rank seventy, and gained the ability to absorb a Seventh Soul Ring.
• Lu Xuan reassured Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that they could obtain Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, then led them to meet the Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• The Snow Empress introduced herself to Lu Xuan, and they exchanged polite greetings about each other’s strength and prospects.
• Lu Xuan asked the Snow Empress for the Soul Core Condensation Method and offered her a place to attain godhood and eternal life in return.
• The Snow Empress recognized that Lu Xuan’s promise could save her from the danger of her next heavenly tribulation, while the Ice Empress exclaimed that she would have shared the method sooner if she had known.

Lu Xuan negotiated with the Snow Empress and Ice Empress for the Soul Core Condensation Method, then began absorbing the Three-Eyed Demonic Spirit as his seventh Soul Ring. As he absorbed it, the Snow Empress asked Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan whether they enjoyed the human world.

• Lu Xuan told the Ice Empress he would only grant her eternal life in exchange for something valuable, and she offered Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Lu Xuan revealed that the Peach-Rhyme Immortal Bamboo and Titan Giant Ape Soul Rings came from sacrifices, convincing the Snow Empress that he could secure more Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• The Snow Empress agreed to teach Lu Xuan the Soul Core Condensation Method on the condition that he keep it from becoming common knowledge, and she explained the method to him, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan.
• Lu Xuan brought the Three-Eyed Demonic Spirit out of his Hundred Treasures Pouch, killed it, and began absorbing its Soul Ring as his seventh.
• As Lu Xuan absorbed the Soul Ring, the Snow Empress asked Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan whether the human world was fun.

Lu Xuan completed his Seventh Soul Ring absorption, gained a forehead eye-type External Soul Bone, and condensed his first Spiritual Soul Core. He left the Far North with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan, while the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon caught up and offered to carry them.

• Lu Xuan absorbed the Three-Eyed Demonic Spirit's Soul Ring, gained a vertical-pupil External Soul Bone, and reached Level 75 Soul Sage.
• Lu Xuan immediately followed the Snow Empress's method to condense a Spiritual Soul Core, completing his first Soul Core.
• Lu Xuan thanked the Snow Empress for teaching him, then told Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan it was time to leave for Heaven Dou City.
• Lu Xuan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan bid farewell to the Snow Empress and the Ice Empress and set off from the Far North.
• The Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon caught up after eating the Mirror Shadow Beast's corpse, raising its cultivation to eighty-seven thousand years, and offered to serve as their mount.

Lu Xuan, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan left the Far North and discussed Element City's Five Elements Academy during their journey. Lu Xuan explained how he would train its students without rare resources, and the chapter ended as he criticized Soul Masters for choosing Soul Rings without a clear plan.

• Lu Xuan sent the Azure Sea Snow Iron Dragon back to the Far North, and Ye Lingling summoned the Clear-Charm Spirit-Horned Deer as their new mount.
• The three encountered young Soul Masters in Godwind Academy uniforms, but the strangers did not try to rob them.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling recognized how unusually fortunate they had been to receive Lu Xuan's help and reach the Soul King realm at such young ages.
• Lu Xuan and the women discussed the origins and differences of the Five Elements Academy, including Elephant Armor Academy's focus on Diamond Mammoth descendants.
• Dugu Yan asked how Lu Xuan would train the academies' students without Immortal Herbs or extra Soul Bones, and he recommended building strong foundations and planning Soul Rings carefully.

As Lu Xuan explained how Soul Masters should plan their cultivation and Soul Ring choices, he and his companions were ambushed on the road. He used his Black Jade Soul Devouring Song to turn the attackers’ Soul Rings into Ten-Year rings, leaving them panicked and helpless.

• Lu Xuan told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that young Soul Masters should prioritize Soul Power growth, while only the exceptionally talented needed to adjust their cultivation plans.
• Lu Xuan criticized academy training for prioritizing tournament performance and useful early Soul Skills at the expense of Soul Masters’ potential.
• A group of Soul Masters approached Lu Xuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling, mistook them for easy targets, and demanded that Lu Xuan hand over the two women.
• Lu Xuan played his Black Jade Divine Flute and used his Fifth Soul Skill, Black Jade Soul Devouring Song, to reduce the attackers’ Soul Rings to white Ten-Year rings.
• The attackers realized their Soul Skills had become useless, panicked, and accused Lu Xuan of causing the change.

Lu Xuan used Flute-Guided Mirror Puppet to defeat the robbers, then continued toward Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. In Element City, Huo Wu used Lu Xuan as a pretext to reject Feng Xiaotian, and Lu Xuan secretly made the pair fight before riding away.

• Lu Xuan summoned mirror puppets that copied the robbers’ Soul Skills, and the robbers died in the ensuing fight.
• Ye Lingling praised Lu Xuan’s Sixth Soul Skill, and Lu Xuan said suitable Soul Rings mattered more than rare ones.
• Lu Xuan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling reached Element City, stayed at a hotel, and set out again the next morning.
• Huo Wu rejected Feng Xiaotian by claiming she would rather be Lu Xuan’s concubine, drawing Lu Xuan into their quarrel.
• Feng Xiaotian challenged Lu Xuan to a duel, but Lu Xuan used spiritual power to make him charge at Huo Wu and fight her.
• Lu Xuan left Element City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling while Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu grappled.

Lu Xuan returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, who went shopping and ate at a restaurant while he visited Dugu Xin’s family. The chapter ended with Lu Xuan sampling spicy rabbit heads made by a food-type Soul King and learning about the cook’s unusual wok Martial Soul and flavor-enhancing Soul Skills.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling celebrated their return to Heaven Dou City and went off to explore its shops and food while Lu Xuan headed to the Dugu residence.
• Lu Xuan reunited with Dugu Xin and met his newborn children, Dugu Lin and Dugu Ling, who had no innate poison in their bodies.
• Lu Xuan promised to prepare medicinal solutions for Dugu Lin and Dugu Ling before their Martial Soul Awakening, then gave each child a longevity lock.
• Lu Xuan left the Dugu residence and found Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling eating spicy rabbit heads at a restaurant.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling told Lu Xuan that the restaurant’s owner was a food-type Soul King whose black-iron wok Martial Soul had Soul Skills that enhanced food’s freshness and aroma.

Lu Xuan met Fan Gang, a five-ring Food-type Soul Master whose Martial Soul and Fifth Soul Skill specialized in preparing rare ingredients, and entrusted him with an eighteen-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit. Lu Xuan suspected Fan Gang’s cooking could greatly amplify the benefits of Soul Beast meat, and the story left them waiting to see whether his theory was correct.

• After spotting the restaurant’s offer to cook Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast meat, Lu Xuan asked to meet its head chef, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went with him.
• Fan Gang introduced his iron-wok Martial Soul and five Soul Skills, including Ten Thousand Flavors Melding Cauldron, which brought out complex ingredients’ flavors and neutralized their harmful properties.
• Lu Xuan produced an eighteen-thousand-year-old Soft Bone Rabbit and asked Fan Gang to cook the entire animal spicy; Fan Gang eagerly carried it to the kitchen.
• Lu Xuan told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that he suspected Fan Gang’s cooking could amplify Soul Beast meat’s effects on physical constitution and possibly mental strength.