Chapter Summaries

Key events

• Darkrai defeats Yu Tianlong, the Heaven Dragon Sect’s young master, with Hypnosis and Nightmare. The Earth Dragon Sect’s Nan Qiuqiu is also defeated, securing both sects’ submission to the Beast Taming Sect.
• Nan Shuishui submits first; Heaven Dragon Douluo follows after realizing resistance is futile. Chi Hong puts Nan Shuishui in charge of Dragon City and orders the Heaven Dragon Sect to obey her.
• Chi Hong goes to the Earth Dragon Sect’s secret chamber to discuss arrangements. Ice Empress senses a nearby cache of Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow, which could help Snow Empress recover to around 100,000 years of cultivation.
• Nan Shuishui arrives with Nan Qiuqiu dressed as a maid, intending to fulfill an earlier agreement by having her daughter serve Chi Hong for five years—and hoping to secure her sect’s future through a closer connection to him.
• Chi Hong rejects the offer, while Ice Empress steps between them and declares that Chi Hong is her husband. He rebukes Nan Shuishui for bringing Nan Qiuqiu without permission; Nan Shuishui apologizes, and Nan Qiuqiu is frightened by Ice Empress’s presence.

Character developments and interactions

• Chi Hong consolidates control over the two sects, rewards Nan Shuishui’s cooperation with authority over Dragon City, and firmly enforces his instructions.
• Nan Shuishui proves politically shrewd and ambitious, but her effort to advance her daughter—and her sect—misjudges both Chi Hong’s wishes and Ice Empress’s position.
• Nan Qiuqiu is embarrassed and distressed by her mother’s plan, which includes dressing her as a maid and imagining her as Chi Hong’s future partner.
• Ice Empress displays fierce protectiveness and jealousy toward Chi Hong, openly identifying herself as his wife.
• Heaven Dragon Douluo reluctantly accepts Nan Shuishui’s authority after his sect’s defeat.

Significant themes

• Power and submission: Defeat compels both sects to accept the Beast Taming Sect’s command.
• Political ambition: Nan Shuishui treats personal and family relationships as ways to secure her sect’s future.
• Loyalty and possession: Ice Empress’s protective response makes her bond with Chi Hong explicit.
• Misjudgment and consequences: Nan Shuishui’s assumptions about Chi Hong and Ice Empress quickly backfire.

Key plot points and events

• Chi Hong reveals that he came to the Earth Dragon Sect to defeat its leaders and claim the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow from their Cold Spring. Nan Shuishui submits and has her daughter, Nan Qiuqiu, guide him there.
• The Ice Empress protects Chi Hong and the Snow Empress with ice shields as they enter the deadly Cold Spring cavern. She breaks through the Ice Extreme Divine Crystal to reach the marrow.
• The Snow Empress devours all the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow. An ice cocoon forms around her, and she emerges as a young woman with the aura of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast—but she has not recovered her past memories.
• Still attached to Chi Hong, she shrinks back into her child form so he can keep holding her. Chi Hong notes that her affection has reached 85; he believes her memories will begin returning at 90.
• Chi Hong absorbs the cavern’s Ice Extreme Divine Ice. The group leaves the Cold Spring, and he plans to travel to the Star Dou Forest to obtain his second Martial Soul’s third and fourth Soul Rings.
• The Ice Empress suggests staying in the city briefly to plan their search. That night, as Chi Hong plays with Xiao Xue’er, the Ice Empress enters the villa; his astonished reaction ends the chapter.

Character developments and interactions

• Chi Hong remains confident and teasing, but shows tenderness toward Xiao Xue’er and concern about her eventual memories. He also recognizes the complications of her growing older while still treating him as her father.
• The Snow Empress gains power and briefly grows into a young woman, yet retains the memories and emotional attachment formed with Chi Hong. She eagerly insists on being held and returns to child form to get her wish.
• The Ice Empress helps secure the marrow and watches over the others. She regrets that the Snow Empress had to attempt reincarnation without finding it earlier, blushes at Chi Hong’s flirtation, and later urges practical planning.
• Nan Shuishui and Nan Qiuqiu comply with Chi Hong’s demand, with Qiuqiu serving as their guide.

Significant themes

• Family and affection: The Snow Empress’s bond with Chi Hong persists despite her transformation and lost memories.
• Power and recovery: The marrow restores the Snow Empress’s strength, though she has not fully matured or regained her former self.
• Humor amid danger: Chi Hong’s playful “ice pops” and teasing contrast with the perilous Cold Spring and the formidable power of the Soul Beasts.

Plot points and events

• The morning after a night of intimate role-play, Chi Hong wakes beside Ice Empress and quietly watches her sleep, still amazed by how readily she indulged him.
• Xiao Xue’er appears in her young-girl form and asks what she and Chi Hong were doing. He dodges her questions by calling it a “game,” then promises to take her to a huge forest soon.
• Xiao Xue’er wants to sleep with Chi Hong, feeling left out because Ice Empress can. When he refuses, she thinks he no longer likes her and transforms into her childhood form. Chi Hong gives in and holds her until she sleeps.
• Ice Empress, still asleep, cuddles Chi Hong and murmurs affectionately in her sleep. He uses his icy power to calm himself while enduring the awkward situation.
• In the afternoon, Ice Empress wakes and feels embarrassed by how closely she is holding Chi Hong. He teases her about the previous night; she protests but eventually agrees to wear the maid outfit again someday, provided he behaves. They kiss.

Character developments and interactions

• Chi Hong is affectionate toward both Ice Empress and Xiao Xue’er, but becomes flustered when their closeness puts him in awkward situations. He reassures Xiao Xue’er and gently teases Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress remains shy and tsundere despite having been unusually willing and affectionate the night before. Her promise to repeat the role-play suggests growing trust and comfort with Chi Hong.
• Xiao Xue’er is curious and openly seeks Chi Hong’s attention. Feeling excluded, she becomes upset, and her transformation back into a childlike form prompts Chi Hong to comfort her.
• The chapter highlights the contrast between Chi Hong’s romantic intimacy with Ice Empress and his protective, parental care for Xiao Xue’er.

Significant themes

• Affection and reassurance: Both women seek closeness with Chi Hong in different ways, and he tries to reassure them.
• Shyness and trust: Ice Empress’s embarrassment coexists with her growing willingness to be vulnerable with Chi Hong.
• Innocence and boundaries: Xiao Xue’er misunderstands adult intimacy as a game, leading Chi Hong to redirect her and postpone answering her request.
• Lighthearted domestic comedy: The chapter’s humor comes from Chi Hong’s awkward explanations and attempts to manage the contrasting needs of his companions.

Plot points and events

• Chi Hong enters Star Dou Forest with Charizard, Greninja, Lucario, and Darkrai, intending to train them and raise their levels while searching for his third and fourth Soul Rings.
• His ideal targets are powerful Soul Beasts with exceptional potential. He especially wants a Jade Swan for its healing ability and hopes later to negotiate with Di Tian for a Golden-Eyed Black Dragon.
• The group works inward from the forest’s outskirts. For five days, Charizard, Greninja, and Lucario take on Soul Beasts independently, while Darkrai fights under Chi Hong’s direction.
• Upon reaching the core region, they encounter a four-thousand-year-old Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear. Chi Hong dismisses it as an unsuitable Soul Ring candidate and decides to use it only for experience.
• When the bear charges, Darkrai immobilizes it with Disable and knocks it unconscious with Sucker Punch.

Character development and interactions

• Chi Hong is confident and strategic, balancing his training goals with concern for his companions’ safety. He gives three Pokémon room to fight but keeps them within reach; Darkrai remains under his direct control.
• The Snow Empress is curious and enthusiastic about the forest, while Chi Hong gently reminds her to suppress her powerful aura.
• The Ice Empress stays practical and cautious, noting the risks of reaching the Lake of Life and dealing with Di Tian. Chi Hong reassures her that he has a way to protect them, teasing her affectionately; she responds with embarrassment and mild annoyance.
• The Pokémon’s eagerness to fight suggests that their earlier defeat by Darkrai has motivated them to improve. Darkrai’s swift, controlled victory underscores his strength and Chi Hong’s effective command.

Significant themes

• Growth through challenge: The journey is designed as sustained training, not just a search for Soul Rings.
• Power and restraint: Chi Hong and the Snow Empress manage their strength and presence carefully, while Darkrai defeats the bear efficiently rather than prolonging the fight.
• Selective ambition: Chi Hong seeks rare, high-potential allies rather than accepting a powerful Soul Beast simply because it is available.
• Trust and protection: Chi Hong’s plans—and his banter with the Ice Empress—show his concern for the family and companions traveling with him.

Key events

• Red’s group encounters the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, the Star Dou Forest’s Imperial Auspicious Beast. The Ice Empress explains that she has a symbiotic contract with Red and that he saved both her and the reborn Snow Empress.
• The Snow Empress, now a little girl with lost memories, calls Red “Dad” and asks to ride the Golden Lion, startling everyone.
• Red asks to meet Bi Ji about arranging contracts for two Soul Beasts. He claims he can greatly accelerate their growth, citing how quickly Charizard, Greninja, and Lucario have advanced under his care.
• The Golden Lion is initially shaken by his evidence, but the Scarlet King arrives and condemns the Empresses’ contracts as enslavement. He persuades the Golden Lion to reject Red and bar him from the Lake of Life.
• Red proposes a wager: Greninja will fight the Golden Lion. If Greninja wins, Red gets to speak with Bi Ji; if he loses, the group leaves. The Golden Lion accepts the challenge confidently.

Character developments and interactions

• Red presents himself as a partner who helps Soul Beasts grow rather than harms them for Soul Rings, but his confidence and challenge irritate the Golden Lion.
• The Ice Empress defends Red and openly threatens the Scarlet King, showing her loyalty to her new companion.
• The Snow Empress behaves like a child and feels close to Red, though her former identity is still present beneath her lost memories.
• The Golden Lion shifts from curiosity and doubt to hostility after the Scarlet King appeals to her distrust of humans.
• The Scarlet King acts as the Golden Lion’s fiercely protective bodyguard and reinforces the forest’s suspicion of human motives.
• Red’s Pokémon companions return ready for a fight; Greninja becomes the chosen challenger.

Significant themes

• Trust versus prejudice: Red’s claims and the Empresses’ loyalty challenge the belief that humans inevitably exploit Soul Beasts, but old suspicion wins out.
• Partnership and renewal: The contracts are portrayed as mutual bonds that offer protection, survival, and accelerated growth.
• Power and authority: The Golden Lion asserts her status as ruler, while Red challenges her judgment through a wager.
• Identity and memory: The Snow Empress’s childlike attachment to Red contrasts with her former stature and hints at memories yet to return.

Chapter Summary

Key plot points and events

• Red chooses to fight the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with Greninja alone, insisting that using his other powerful Pokémon would make the contest unfair. The match will decide whether the lion keeps her promise.
• The lion opens with a barrage of Ultimate Light blades. Greninja uses Ultimate Ice and precise movement to deflect them, then evades her golden flames with Substitute.
• The lion detects Greninja’s position and traps him in a blazing domain, then attacks his consciousness with Soul-Burning Golden Fire. Red tells Greninja to unleash his Torrent.
• Greninja gathers the surrounding water into a tornado and uses Hydro Pump to extinguish the fire domain and break through the lion’s barrier, forcing her back. The lion is astonished that Greninja’s ordinary bloodline can develop Ultimate Water enough to challenge her dual attributes.
• The lion then uses Soul Stripping, leaving Greninja in agony. Red refuses to let the others intervene and urges Greninja to rise, reminding him of his ambition to surpass Charizard and become his strongest assassin.
• Greninja stands despite the pain, reaching 100 intimacy with Red. Red’s encouragement and their bond trigger a Bond Evolution: their golden and icy-blue light join, Greninja heals, and his powers and armor are renewed.

Character developments

• Greninja demonstrates exceptional skill and determination, combining ice, water, speed, and tactical techniques against a superior opponent. His resolve under soul attack brings his bond with Red to its peak and initiates his evolution.
• Red shows confidence in Greninja and faith in his ability to endure and grow. Rather than letting his other Pokémon rescue Greninja, he encourages him to fulfill his own ambitions.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion shifts from contemptuous confidence to genuine surprise at Greninja’s strength, though she ultimately exploits his weaker soul.
• Charizard and Lucario regret missing the chance to fight the formidable opponent, but stand ready to help Greninja. Darkrai remains composed, while Ice Empress continues to trust Red’s decisions and watch over him.

Significant themes

• Trust and partnership: Red’s belief helps Greninja awaken new strength.
• Perseverance: Greninja rises despite overwhelming physical and spiritual pain.
• Growth beyond inherited limits: Greninja’s mastery lets him challenge an opponent whose power comes from exceptional birth and attributes.
• Power through bonds: Their completed intimacy directly enables Greninja’s transformation.

Character interactions

• Red deliberately gives Greninja the chance to face the lion and stakes the outcome on the lion honoring her word.
• The lion repeatedly attacks and underestimates Greninja, while Greninja counters with skill and elemental power.
• When Greninja is incapacitated, Red’s words—not outside intervention—help him stand. Their mutual resolve culminates in the Light of Bonds and Greninja’s evolution.

Plot points and events

• Greninja undergoes a dramatic transformation, taking on features reminiscent of Chi Hong. The two become mentally and physically synchronized, allowing Greninja to act on Chi Hong’s thoughts and receive the full benefit of his power.
• The transformation’s ultimate ice and water suppress the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s fire and light, alarming both her and the Scarlet King.
• Greninja attacks at tremendous speed, blocks the Lion’s golden rays, and lands a powerful hit. He then resists her Soul Detonation and hurls a massive Golden Water Shuriken through her combined fire-and-light counterattack.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is defeated. The victory gives Greninja enough experience to reach thirty thousand years, to Charizard and Lucario’s envy.
• The Scarlet King immediately attacks Greninja in retaliation. Greninja and Chi Hong block his strike, but the chapter ends with them struggling against his physical strength.

Character developments and interactions

• Chi Hong and Greninja achieve a deep bond: their senses, thoughts, and combat abilities operate as one. Their coordinated poses and attacks show how completely synchronized they have become.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion shifts from confidence to surprise and wary respect, recognizing that Greninja’s transformation has made him a formidable opponent. She nevertheless fights back with her strongest mental and elemental attacks.
• The Scarlet King sees Greninja as a serious threat and chooses to eliminate him, then acts on that decision with a sudden ambush.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress admire Greninja’s new form; the Snow Empress says it reminds her of Chi Hong. Charizard is puzzled by the transformation, while Lucario laments that he has fallen behind again.

Significant themes

• Bond and shared strength: Trust and synchronization allow Chi Hong and Greninja to fight as a unified force.
• Growth through victory: Defeating a powerful adversary brings Greninja a major leap in strength.
• Escalating danger: The Lion’s defeat does not end the conflict; it provokes the Scarlet King and sets up a more dangerous confrontation.

Chapter summary

Key plot points and events

• The Scarlet King ambushes Greninja and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, hoping to kill Greninja and seize the Auspicious Beast. Greninja withstands the attack long enough for the Ice and Snow Empresses to counter.
• The Snow Empress traps the Scarlet King in her ultimate-ice domain, while the Ice Empress attacks with Ice Empress’s Pincers + Ice Emperor’s Wrath. The Scarlet King’s Hellfire is overwhelmed by their ice.
• Despite being set alight by the Scarlet King’s Hell Gaze, the Ice Empress continues her assault. The Snow Empress freezes him in place, enabling the Ice Empress to shatter one of his heads.
• The Snow Empress then severs a second head with Ice Extreme Peerless. The Scarlet King breaks free before they can kill him, but ultimate ice makes the injuries effectively permanent.
• Bi Ji arrives in a wave of emerald light. Her power heals the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, Chi Hong, Greninja, and even the Scarlet King, halting the damage to his severed stumps.
• Bi Ji asks the Ice Empress to spare the Scarlet King, calling the loss of two heads punishment enough. She then respectfully invites Chi Hong to meet the Star Dou Forest’s Beast God.

Character developments and interactions

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress fight in coordinated fashion, combining their domains and attacks to overpower the Scarlet King. The Snow Empress’s protective anger is especially clear: she attacks because he threatened her “daddy.”
• The Scarlet King goes from confident attacker to desperate, enraged, and finally despairing as he loses two heads and realizes the injuries may permanently reduce his power.
• Greninja proves capable of resisting the Scarlet King’s surprise attack and creating the opening the two empresses need.
• Bi Ji acts as a compassionate mediator, healing both sides and preventing the Scarlet King’s execution. The Ice Empress accepts that Bi Ji’s arrival ends her chance to kill him.
• Bi Ji treats Chi Hong with courtesy and recognizes him as an important guest, inviting him to meet the Beast God.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and protection: The empresses’ violence is driven by the Scarlet King’s attempt to harm their companions.
• Power and consequences: The Scarlet King’s arrogance brings a severe, lasting punishment.
• Mercy and restraint: Bi Ji’s healing and intervention turn a killing into a reprieve.
• Strength through cooperation: Greninja’s resistance and the empresses’ combined attacks make victory possible.

Key plot points and events

• Bi Ji reveals that she first learned of Chi Hong’s reputation and told Di Tian about his efforts to improve relations between humans and Soul Beasts. Di Tian believed Chi Hong’s claims might be true and decided to wait for him to make contact.
• Chi Hong explains that he came seeking his third and fourth Soul Rings, especially a Jade Swan. Bi Ji agrees to help, provided he treats her kin safely.
• The group travels to the Lake of Life. Chi Hong senses two Plates beneath its waters and considers retrieving them, but Di Tian’s presence prevents him from acting.
• At the lake, Chi Hong meets several major Ferocious Beasts, including the hostile Xiong Jun, the Myriad Demon King, and the purple-armored woman. Di Tian turns to face him, but his dragon aura has no effect on Chi Hong.

Character developments and interactions

• Bi Ji emerges as a compassionate mediator: she trusts Chi Hong enough to consider helping him and treats Xiao Xue’er and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion with affection.
• Chi Hong remains confident around powerful Soul Beasts, while his interest in the hidden Plates hints at his cautious, opportunistic side.
• Xiao Xue’er playfully wins Bi Ji’s affection, teasing the Ice Empress by calling her a poor mother. The Ice Empress is embarrassed and jealous, but is soothed when Chi Hong strokes her head.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion also seeks Bi Ji’s attention, revealing her attachment to Bi Ji and jealousy of Xiao Xue’er. The Scarlet King grows impatient with the affectionate delays.
• Bi Ji formally introduces Chi Hong to Di Tian, setting the stage for their audience.

Significant themes

• Potential human–Soul Beast cooperation: Di Tian and Bi Ji are cautiously open to Chi Hong’s stated goal of changing relations between the two groups.
• Trust and responsibility: Bi Ji’s willingness to provide a Jade Swan depends on Chi Hong’s promise to protect her kin.
• Affection and found family: The playful, parental dynamics among Chi Hong, the Ice Empress, Xiao Xue’er, Bi Ji, and the Auspicious Beast contrast with the tense political meeting ahead.

Key plot points and events

• Di Tian recognizes that Chi Hong carries the aura of a divine beast. Xiong Jun doubts this and insults Chi Hong, prompting the Ice Empress and Snow Empress to defend him.
• When Xiong Jun keeps provoking Chi Hong, Di Tian uses his overwhelming pressure and killing intent to silence him. Di Tian privately concludes that Chi Hong’s Poké Ball contains a godlike beast, making it dangerous to oppose him.
• Chi Hong tells Di Tian he wants to bond with a young Jade Swan and Golden-Eyed Black Dragon. He promises to raise them to immense strength and ultimately help them become gods.
• Di Tian doubts the promise but agrees, provided the beasts will be treated well. Chi Hong asks for candidates under a hundred years old, preferably with strong potential and gentle temperaments. Di Tian sends Bi Ji to find them.
• Chi Hong considers taking the Plates from the Lake of Life by force, but decides the risk is too great without another powerful Poké Ball.
• The Lake of Life suddenly churns with elemental energy. Di Tian realizes that his “My Lord,” the Silver Dragon King, may be awakening.

Character developments

• Chi Hong remains calm and confident, balancing negotiation with veiled threats. He is ambitious but cautious, postponing a risky attempt to seize the Lake’s treasures.
• Di Tian shifts from assessing Chi Hong to treating him with respect, recognizing the danger of the divine beast he commands. He also shows responsibility toward his people by setting conditions for the bond.
• Xiong Jun is openly hostile and contemptuous, but Di Tian’s threat forces him to back down.
• The Ice Empress fiercely defends Chi Hong and reacts strongly to Xiong Jun’s insults. Chi Hong’s touch quickly calms her, revealing their closeness.
• Bi Ji accepts Di Tian’s instruction and leaves to select suitable young Soul Beasts.

Significant themes

• Power and deterrence: Chi Hong’s hidden strength changes the balance of a confrontation, even without him displaying it.
• Trust versus coercion: Chi Hong offers a grand promise but also makes clear he can force the issue; Di Tian chooses cooperation to protect his people.
• Ambition tempered by caution: Chi Hong wants greater power and the Lake’s Plates, but weighs the danger of provoking Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts.
• Loyalty and belonging: The Ice Empress and Snow Empress stand with Chi Hong, while Xiong Jun resents what he sees as their submission to humans.

Character interactions

• Xiong Jun antagonizes Chi Hong and the Ice Empress; Di Tian intervenes, prioritizing order and preventing a fight.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress openly defend Chi Hong, while Chi Hong restrains the Ice Empress with a reassuring touch.
• Chi Hong and Di Tian negotiate the terms for bonding with two young Soul Beasts, reaching an agreement based on their future care.
• The chapter ends with Di Tian’s attention turning from Chi Hong to the Lake of Life, as its disturbance signals a possible awakening.

Plot points and events

• Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King, emerges from the Lake of Life in dragon form, overwhelming the gathered Soul Beasts and Pokémon with her draconic power. She then transforms into a human woman and takes a moment to dress herself in a conjured gown.
• The Soul Beast leaders—including Di Tian, the Myriad Demon King, the Scarlet King, Zi Ji, and Bi Ji—reverently welcome her. The Ice Empress and Snow Empress also show respect, while Chi Hong remains unaffected by her aura.
• Gu Yuena questions Chi Hong about his origins and his ability to command unfamiliar divine beasts. He explains that one martial soul lets him summon beings from another world, while another allows him to subdue and rapidly strengthen Soul Beasts.
• Chi Hong claims he can create divine seats and a Divine Realm for Soul Beasts if he reaches the level of a Limit Douluo. He says he is working toward becoming a Creator God, with a divine trial requiring him to gather seventeen Plates scattered across the continent.
• Gu Yuena recognizes the Plates’ immense power: she possesses two and believes that collecting all seventeen could potentially make Chi Hong a god of two worlds.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Yuena shifts from wary scrutiny to cautious interest. She is impressed by the Pokémon’s power and intrigued by Chi Hong’s promise, but presses him on the cost to Soul Beasts and the threat posed by human God Kings.
• Chi Hong stays composed under Gu Yuena’s presence and presents himself as a potential ally to the Soul Beasts. He withholds details about his origins but offers his plan as evidence that his goals align with theirs.
• Di Tian and the other Soul Beast leaders are initially devoted to Gu Yuena’s return, then become astonished and hopeful at Chi Hong’s claim that he can create a path for Soul Beasts to become gods.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress remain close to Chi Hong and show respect toward Gu Yuena.

Significant themes

• Trust and alliance: Gu Yuena must decide whether Chi Hong’s extraordinary claims are credible and whether his aims truly serve the Soul Beasts.
• The struggle for divine power: Soul Beasts’ fear of heavenly tribulations and exclusion from godhood contrasts with Chi Hong’s promise to create a new route to divinity.
• Hope balanced by suspicion: The Plates offer a possible foundation for a new Divine Realm, but the plan—and its consequences—remain uncertain.

Key plot points and events

• Chi Hong tells Gu Yuena that gathering all seventeen Plates will restore his legendary Pokémon to God King-level power, making him strong enough to face the Divine Realm.
• To earn Gu Yuena’s trust, he explains that his Poké Ball Martial Soul lets Soul Beasts become Soul Rings without being hunted. He also reveals that he has declared war on the human factions and plans to defeat them over the next five years.
• Gu Yuena agrees to give him two Plates, on the condition that he help Di Tian become the first Soul Beast god after ascending. She refuses Chi Hong’s hopeful suggestion that Di Tian might form a contract with him.
• Gu Yuena gives Chi Hong the Meadow Plate and asks him to use its power to help Bi Ji and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. Chi Hong senses another hidden Plate within Gu Yuena, but it is concealed before he can identify it.
• The Meadow Plate floods Chi Hong with life energy, dramatically improving his vitality, resilience, recovery, and resistance to harmful effects. Its power also strengthens his Martial Soul and Pokémon contracts.
• Bi Ji, acutely sensitive to life energy, is irresistibly drawn to Chi Hong’s newly intensified aura. She regains her composure and approaches him with unusual softness and anticipation.

Character developments and interactions

• Chi Hong presents himself as an ally to Soul Beasts, though his boastful confidence and affectionate behavior make him seem emotionally ordinary. He accepts Gu Yuena’s condition and gains a major boost from the Meadow Plate.
• Gu Yuena carefully tests Chi Hong’s motives, then decides his ambitions and attachment to his companions make him useful to the Soul Beasts. She remains composed and strategic, despite privately misreading his susceptibility to affection as a weakness she could exploit.
• The Ice Empress is embarrassed when Chi Hong strokes her and puts an arm around her in front of Gu Yuena. She scolds him telepathically, while the Snow Empress cheerfully demands the same favoritism.
• Bi Ji is overwhelmed by the Meadow Plate’s life force and feels a powerful, unfamiliar pull toward Chi Hong.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion is identified as vital to the forest because her life is tied to it, though she has little direct involvement in the exchange.

Significant themes

• Trust and allegiance: Gu Yuena weighs whether Chi Hong will remain on the Soul Beasts’ side after gaining divine power.
• A nonviolent bond between humans and Soul Beasts: Chi Hong’s contract system offers an alternative to hunting Soul Beasts for Soul Rings.
• Power through life and mutual growth: The Meadow Plate transforms Chi Hong and may help the Soul Beasts flourish.
• Emotion versus strategy: Gu Yuena believes she can manipulate Chi Hong’s feelings, while his playful affection also causes awkwardness and genuine reactions among those around him.

Key plot points and events

• Chi Hong uses the Meadow Plate to raise the life force of his four Pokémon, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress. The Plate links them through their soul contracts, producing a major transformation.
• The Snow Empress regains lost cultivation and matures; the Ice Empress’s bloodline strengthens enough that she believes she could survive a 500,000-year tribulation.
• Charizard’s Dragon Bloodline surges, while Greninja and Lucario overcome limits tied to their levels of life. Darkrai benefits less because he is already a Mythical Pokémon.
• All four Pokémon gain passive healing and stamina recovery. The other Ferocious Beasts, especially Bi Ji, watch with envy.
• Chi Hong then offers to strengthen Bi Ji, though he warns that the effect will be weaker without a soul contract and requires physical contact. The Meadow Plate proves unusually compatible with her, channeling the Law of Life through her and back into him.
• Bi Ji undergoes a striking transformation: her feathers fall and regrow with an emerald sheen, and her life-force aura rises to a higher plane. Chi Hong grows exhausted and stops, but Bi Ji begs him to continue.

Character developments and interactions

• The Ice Empress feels renewed hope of surviving a great tribulation and becoming a god; her affection for Chi Hong increases.
• The Snow Empress is delighted by her restored growth and cultivation.
• Charizard’s stronger dragon nature surprises Di Tian, while Greninja and Lucario gain confidence through their newfound ability to challenge stronger opponents.
• Gu Yuena’s confidence in Chi Hong deepens as she sees how naturally he wields the Plate. Bi Ji’s transformation also astonishes her and reminds her of the Goddess of Life.
• Di Tian’s view of Bi Ji’s life force changes: it now inspires reverence rather than attracting others’ greed.
• Bi Ji’s eagerness contrasts with Chi Hong’s limited stamina; despite his exhaustion, she wants more.

Significant themes

• Life, growth, and renewal: The Meadow Plate restores cultivation, strengthens bloodlines, and grants regeneration.
• Power and its limits: The Plate’s benefits vary by recipient, and Chi Hong’s own strength restricts how much he can give.
• Trust and connection: Soul contracts make the enhancement especially powerful, while Bi Ji’s response suggests the Plate can also resonate beyond those bonds.
• Changing perception: Bi Ji’s transformed aura alters how others see and respond to her.

Plot points and events

• Bi Ji, overwhelmed by her growing connection to Chi Hong and her study of the Law of Life, suddenly draws him into a secluded embrace using her wings and vines. The contact boosts his vitality through the emerald-green Plate, while Bi Ji’s life-control abilities improve.
• Afterward, Chi Hong says he is fine and reveals that he gained a powerful soul skill from the experience: Jadeite Guardian, which can withstand even a Limit Douluo’s attack.
• Gu Yuena recognizes that Bi Ji’s newfound mastery of life gives her a strong chance of surviving her six-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation. Bi Ji says she can now defend herself against nearly every soul beast except Di Tian and the Evil Emperor.
• The Myriad Demon King volunteers to become Chi Hong’s soul ring, hoping to benefit from his vitality-enhancing power. Gu Yuena rejects the offer, noting that his strength depends on a thriving plant ecosystem and that Bi Ji is a better protector.
• Gu Yuena asks Bi Ji to contract with Chi Hong and become his soul ring. Bi Ji accepts, while Chi Hong is astonished that the ferocious beasts are offering her to him voluntarily.

Character developments and interactions

• Bi Ji shifts from composed healer to unexpectedly affectionate and impulsive. Her closeness with Chi Hong deepens her life-law abilities, and she shows little reluctance at the prospect of becoming his soul ring.
• Chi Hong benefits both physically and practically, gaining greater vitality and the Jadeite Guardian skill. He remains surprised by how readily Gu Yuena arranges Bi Ji’s contract.
• Ice Empress becomes jealous and protective, recognizing Bi Ji’s embrace as similar to the one she previously sought from Chi Hong. She checks on him afterward and glares at Bi Ji.
• Gu Yuena calmly manages the beasts’ reactions and chooses Bi Ji as Chi Hong’s companion, valuing her healing and protective abilities.
• The Myriad Demon King reveals an ambitious interest in becoming Chi Hong’s soul ring, but Gu Yuena dismisses him in favor of Bi Ji.

Significant themes

• Mutual benefit and power growth: Chi Hong’s vitality-enhancing ability strengthens Bi Ji, while he gains a defensive skill in return.
• Loyalty and service: Bi Ji accepts Gu Yuena’s command, and the beasts treat her decision as authoritative.
• Jealousy and affection: The Ice Empress’s protectiveness contrasts with Bi Ji’s newly tender, almost maternal attachment to Chi Hong.
• Strategic companionship: Gu Yuena weighs each beast’s strengths and limitations when deciding who should accompany Chi Hong.

Key events

• Bi Ji accepts Chi Hong’s offer to become his Soul Ring, promising to protect him. Before proceeding, Chi Hong asks the Ice Empress whether she approves; reassured by his consideration, she agrees.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion rushes to stop Bi Ji, distressed because Bi Ji has raised her for fifteen thousand years and is like a mother to her. Chi Hong teases her about Bi Ji having to obey him, prompting an embarrassed misunderstanding between the Ice Empress and Bi Ji.
• Chi Hong captures Bi Ji with an Advanced Poké Ball, then releases her again. Her third Soul Ring appears as a red Hundred Thousand Year ring marked with five golden patterns.
• Bi Ji’s contract greatly strengthens her connection to Chi Hong and enhances her access to the Meadow Plate’s power. Her abilities make her an exceptionally powerful healer and protector, able to heal allies, resist harmful conditions, and avert fatal damage by spending her own health.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion senses that Bi Ji’s soul is now closely connected to Chi Hong and feels abandoned. Gu Yuena comforts her, explaining that Bi Ji’s choice serves the future of Soul Beasts, while assuring the young beast that the elders will bear such burdens for now.
• Bi Ji’s capture pushes Chi Hong’s Soul Power above level fifty and deepens his mastery of the Meadow Plate. He then asks Gu Yuena when she will give him another Plate.

Character developments and interactions

• Chi Hong shows consideration by seeking the Ice Empress’s consent, though he also enjoys teasing the Auspicious Beast. His increased power reinforces his interest in acquiring more Plates.
• The Ice Empress briefly feels jealous and uneasy, but Chi Hong’s deference reassures her. She remains protective of her place beside him and is mortified by his teasing.
• Bi Ji willingly accepts the bond for the greater good and is delighted by the deeper connection it grants her to Chi Hong and the Meadow Plate. She also privately wonders what behavior the Ice Empress’s embarrassed remarks imply.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion reveals how deeply she depends on Bi Ji, whom she sees as a mother. Her grief turns into anxious questions about whether she, too, will someday be expected to sacrifice herself.
• Gu Yuena acts as a calm, authoritative guardian, framing Bi Ji’s decision as service to the Soul Beasts’ future while promising that the younger generation will be protected.

Significant themes

• Sacrifice and collective survival: Bi Ji’s choice is presented as a contribution to the future of Soul Beasts, though it causes personal grief.
• Affection and consent: Chi Hong’s willingness to ask the Ice Empress’s opinion contrasts with the otherwise unequal nature of a Soul Ring bond.
• Family and separation: The Auspicious Beast’s reaction shows that political or strategic choices can still feel like abandonment to those left behind.
• Power through connection: Bonding with a Soul Beast strengthens Chi Hong’s abilities and deepens his understanding of the matching Plate.

Plot points and events

• Gu Yuena refuses to give Chi Hong the remaining Plate until he has stayed at the Lake of Life for several years, explaining that she distrusts him. Chi Hong counters that he can stay only a few months.
• Gu Yuena privately keeps one Plate that strengthens her own Dragon Bloodline and is reluctant to hand over another, whose power suppresses all dragonkind—including herself.
• Chi Hong proposes a bargain: he will purify the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s Golden Dragon Bloodline and strengthen her Mental Attribute in exchange for the Plate. Gu Yuena agrees to give it to him in three months if he succeeds.
• The wary Auspicious Beast approaches Chi Hong, who connects their minds by touching foreheads. In his vast mental world, he uses the Flame Plate’s Ultimate Solar Fire to purify her bloodline and the Mystery Plate’s Psychic power to strengthen her soul and Inner Focus.
• As the process intensifies, the Auspicious Beast experiences fragments of Chi Hong’s memories, from his childhood battles and early Pokémon companions to his later victories and the subjugation of the Ice Empress.

Character developments

• Chi Hong shows he is strategic and persuasive, negotiating rather than accepting Gu Yuena’s lengthy test. He also demonstrates powerful control over the Plates and uses his memories as an unintended window into his life.
• Gu Yuena remains cautious but is willing to take a calculated risk because Chi Hong is not yet a threat and Bi Ji can watch him.
• The Auspicious Beast begins distrustful and proud, convinced Chi Hong cannot improve her. Experiencing his mental world and memories makes her curious and impressed, though she still condemns what she sees as his cruel treatment of the Ice Empress.

Significant themes

• Trust and negotiation: Chi Hong and Gu Yuena balance suspicion against potential gain.
• Growth through power and hardship: The Auspicious Beast’s body and mind are strengthened through painful cultivation.
• Perspective and memory: Seeing Chi Hong’s past changes the Auspicious Beast’s understanding of him, but she judges events through her own strong sense of pride and fairness.
• Power and responsibility: Chi Hong’s strength inspires admiration while also making him seem ruthless to those affected by his choices.

Character interactions

• Chi Hong bargains with Gu Yuena, offering to improve the Auspicious Beast in return for the Plate.
• Gu Yuena signals the Auspicious Beast to approach, but the beast remains suspicious and defiant.
• Chi Hong’s mind merges with the Auspicious Beast’s during the cultivation. She experiences his memories firsthand, shifting from disbelief to curiosity and reluctant admiration—while continuing to resent his treatment of the Ice Empress.

As the little Auspicious Beast watched Chi Hong defend Soul Beasts and revive Snow Empress, her distrust of him turned into admiration, though seeing him mate with Ice Empress frightened her. Chi Hong used the Power of Destiny to glimpse a future underground laboratory containing the Iron Plate, then saw a dark place filled with imprisoned souls.

• The little Auspicious Beast watched Chi Hong protect Charizard, face human attackers, and summon Kyurem, gradually sympathizing with him.
• After hearing Chi Hong pledge to challenge humanity for the sake of Soul Beasts and seeing him revive Snow Empress, the little Auspicious Beast came to admire and trust him.
• The little Auspicious Beast saw Chi Hong mating with Ice Empress and worried that becoming his Soul Beast might mean she would have to mate with him too.
• Chi Hong examined the little Auspicious Beast's memories and learned more about her Power of Destiny, which let him sense fragments of the future.
• Chi Hong glimpsed a vast underground laboratory filled with powerful Soul Tools and recognized the floating Iron Plate.
• Chi Hong's vision shifted to a dark, oppressive place where imprisoned souls cried out in pain.

Chi Hong foresaw Giratina attacking him after he encountered the Spooky Plate, so he decided to pursue the Iron Plate first. Meanwhile, the little Auspicious Beast completed her enhancement and took human form resembling Gu Yuena, and Chi Hong stayed in the Star Dou Forest to spar with its ferocious beasts in exchange for another plate.

• Chi Hong saw Giratina in a vision after glimpsing the Spooky Plate and decided to avoid the Evil Demon Forest until he was stronger.
• The little Auspicious Beast's golden dragon bloodline transformed her into a human girl with golden hair and a face nearly identical to Gu Yuena's.
• Gu Yuena offered Chi Hong the other plate after three months of observing him, and Chi Hong asked to have his Soul Beasts spar with her subordinates.
• Chi Hong chose Hell Demon Dragon, Zi JI, as the first opponent for his Pokémon.

Chi Hong challenged Zi JI and simultaneously evolved Greninja and Charizard, surprising her with the power of his Pokémon. As the battle began, Zi JI finally took Chi Hong seriously.

• Chi Hong challenged Zi JI, while the little Auspicious Beast protested and Di Tian, Gu Yuena, and the other ferocious beasts watched.
• The little Auspicious Beast taunted Xiong Jun, who grew angry until Di Tian warned him to control himself.
• Chi Hong told Lucario to attack from a distance and Darkrai to stay out of the fight because Zi JI could counter their abilities.
• Chi Hong used his Key Stone to trigger Greninja's Bond Phenomenon and Charizard's Mega Evolution at the same time.
• Zi JI sensed danger from the evolved Pokémon and acknowledged Chi Hong as a serious opponent.
• Chi Hong ordered Mega Charizard X to use Dragon Dance while Greninja tested Zi JI and Lucario provided cover.

Greninja and Mega Charizard X fought Zi JI, the Hell Demon Dragon King, using speed, fire, ice, and lightning to pressure her. Zi JI injured Charizard with Heavenly Demon Reversal, but Greninja blocked her follow-up attack while Lucario prepared an Aura Sphere.

• Greninja attacked Zi JI with shuriken strikes, but she saw through his feints and shattered one of his shuriken.
• Mega Charizard X fired a Flamethrower at Zi JI, then charged in and fought her at close range with Dragon Claw.
• An ice storm weakened Zi JI, and Charizard struck her with Thunder Punch, forcing her to defend against a series of blows.
• Zi JI used Heavenly Demon Reversal to send Charizard flying with a lightning-charged punch, then attacked him with Purple Demonic Flame.
• Greninja intercepted Zi JI's flame with Ice Beam while Lucario raised a huge Aura Sphere nearby.