Chapter Summaries

The Sun Never Sets Team left Suotuo City for Heaven Dou City after bidding farewell to logistics instructor Hou Qingming. Mo Yuan began their journey with an exhausting full-speed training run, and the team stopped to recover after their soul power ran out.

• Hou Qingming saw off the Sun Never Sets Team and explained that he would stay at the Suotuo branch academy to support it.
• The team thanked Hou Qingming, then followed Mo Yuan out of Suotuo City toward Heaven Dou City.
• Mo Yuan ordered everyone to run at full speed and recover their soul power wherever they became exhausted.
• Mo Yu struggled to keep pace, so Mo Yuan carried her on his back while Bai Qingqing and Yun Yan watched over the team.
• When the team depleted its soul power, Mo Yuan stopped them to meditate and recover, then led them onward once they had regained most of their strength.

Mo Yuan led the group through three days of strenuous travel training, which helped them absorb the whale rubber’s medicinal potency and strengthen their cultivation. As they approached a village for a night’s rest, they found it engulfed in flames and battle, leaving the group facing an unexpected crisis.

• The group trained by exhausting and recovering their Soul Power as they traveled, and Tie Zhan discovered that his cultivation and absorption of the whale rubber had accelerated.
• Bai Qingqing warned everyone to push their limits cautiously and avoid damaging their meridians or cultivation foundations.
• The group continued the same training for two more days, growing stronger as they made their way toward Heaven Dou City.
• Mo Yuan spotted a familiar village and promised the group a safe night’s rest and a taste of its local specialty.
• Before they reached the village, Mo Yuan and the group saw flames and smoke filling the sky and heard weapons, Soul Power clashes, and cries of battle.

The Sun Never Sets Team arrived at a burning village and discovered that Evil Soul Masters had slaughtered its inhabitants. After Mo Yuan subdued the attackers and trapped them, he ordered the team to face their first real fight as the Evil Soul Masters launched an attack.

• Mo Yuan flew ahead toward the burning village while Lin Chen led the Sun Never Sets Team after him.
• The team found blood-soaked roads, shriveled corpses, and burning homes, and Bai Qingqing identified the attackers as Evil Soul Masters.
• Lin Chen prepared the team for battle and led them in formation toward the village center.
• Mo Yuan had killed the Soul King leader and subdued the other Evil Soul Masters, then told the team to fight them.
• Mo Yuan released some of his pressure but trapped the Evil Soul Masters inside a barrier as they attacked the Sun Never Sets Team with sinister soul skills.

The Sun Never Sets Team defeated the evil soul masters attacking the village, then helped rescue survivors and mourn the dead. After attending the village funeral, they left with heavy hearts and a changed outlook.

• Lin Chen commanded the Sun Never Sets Team to defend against the evil soul masters and counterattack, and the team killed the low-ranking attackers.
• Mo Yuan released the four remaining Soul Ancestors to fight at full strength, and the Sun Never Sets Team defeated them after a brutal battle.
• Bai Qingqing and Yun Yan returned with Mo Yu, directed the team to rescue survivors, and helped extinguish fires and treat the wounded.
• The surviving villagers knelt to thank Mo Yuan and the Sun Never Sets Team, who stayed through the night to comfort them and arrange the victims' bodies.
• The Sun Never Sets Team and their companions attended the village funeral, then left the devastated village.

After the village massacre, Mo Yuan helped the Sun Never Sets Team process their shock and warned them never to confront Evil Soul Masters alone. The group regained their spirits during a stop in a bustling city and reached Heaven Dou City, where they stood outside its gates.

• Mo Yuan explained the origins and dangers of Evil Soul Masters and ordered the team to report any they encountered to Spirit Hall instead of attacking.
• Yun Yan suggested the group rest in a prosperous city, and everyone agreed.
• The team explored the city, relaxed over a lavish meal, and recovered their former liveliness.
• After continuing their journey, Mo Yuan and the Sun Never Sets Team arrived at the gates of Heaven Dou City.

Lin Chen and the Sun Never Sets Team completed their enrollment at Heaven Dou Spirit Hall and were taken to its Advanced Soul Master Academy outside the city. The dean welcomed them and granted the team private dormitories and an exclusive Mimicry Training Ground, while Mo Yuan stayed behind to report on their strengths and achievements.

• Mo Yuan led Lin Chen and the Sun Never Sets Team to Heaven Dou Spirit Hall, where a Deacon verified their approval and took them to meet the Bishop.
• The Bishop registered the team and escorted them to the Advanced Soul Master Academy beyond the city.
• Mo Yuan introduced the team to the academy dean, a level eighty-five Power Attack system Soul Douluo, who praised Lin Chen’s potential.
• The dean ordered private dormitories and a Mimicry Training Ground for the Sun Never Sets Team.
• After the team left with the Logistics Director, Mo Yuan gave the dean a detailed account of its members to seek more cultivation resources.

The Sun Never Sets Team toured its exclusive residence and training facilities at the Heaven Dou Martial Soul Holy Palace Advanced Academy. After learning how to use the Mimicry Training Ground and its restrictions, the team was left to arrange its own cultivation and rest schedules.

• The Sun Never Sets Team followed the Logistics Director through the bustling Academy toward its exclusive western training area.
• The Logistics Director showed the team its private training ground, dormitories, individual rooms, and common room.
• The Logistics Director explained that the Mimicry Training Ground could create personalized cultivation environments and customized training scenarios.
• The Logistics Director warned the team not to exceed the facility's limits, alter its core parameters, or cultivate for more than twelve hours per session.
• Li Jiaojiao exclaimed that she wanted to cultivate there all day, and the team shared her excitement.
• The Logistics Director confirmed that the facilities were available and left the team to plan its schedule.

The Sun Never Sets Team cultivated in the Mimicry Training Ground, where Lin Chen and most of the others broke through to level forty. With the dean’s approval and two powerful escorts, they set out to hunt Soul Rings and entered the Sunset Forest at dusk.

• Lin Chen led the team in orderly batches into the Mimicry Training Ground, where its tailored environment greatly improved their cultivation.
• After days of intensive training, Lin Chen broke through to level forty, and Tie Zhan, Yang Ke, Li Jiaojiao, and other teammates soon followed.
• Bai Ning and Zhu Zhuqing remained at level thirty-nine while the rest of the team reached level forty.
• Mo Yuan requested an escort from the dean, who approved the Soul Hunting mission and assigned a level eighty-two Power Attack System Soul Douluo to accompany them.
• The team traveled to the Sunset Forest and, after a brief rest at the entrance, followed Mo Yuan and the Soul Douluo into the forest at dusk.

Mo Yuan and the other students entered the Sunset Forest with Zhao Tian to find fourth soul rings, then advanced into the central region. A White Scorpion ambushed the group with a stunning light, but Zhao Tian broke the effect and unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Mo Yuan asked Zhao Tian to guide and protect the group during their soul hunting expedition.
• Tie Zhan, Lin Chen, Yang Ke, Li Jiaojiao, and Zhang Ting described their soul ring requirements.
• Zhao Tian led the students into the central region of the Sunset Forest, suppressing nearby soul beasts with his Soul Douluo pressure.
• Zhao Tian withdrew his pressure and led the group deeper until a White Scorpion ambushed them with its stunning light.
• Zhao Tian broke the stun and attacked with his Refined Iron Chain and spiked Metal Ball, revealing his Martial Soul Avatar.

Zhao Tian killed a King of the Earth before the Sun Never Sets Team could claim its Soul Ring, then he and Mo Yuan swiftly wiped out its mate and over a thousand Pink Maidens. The group continued searching for Soul Rings, but the two powerhouses left them no chance to fight.

• Zhao Tian broke the King of the Earth's tail with his Meteor Hammer and offered the wounded beast to the youths, but no one wanted its fire-attributed Soul Ring.
• Lin Chen explained that the King of the Earth's Soul Ring did not suit their martial souls, so Zhao Tian killed it and a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared.
• A bank of pink poisonous mist swept toward the group, but Zhao Tian's spinning Meteor Hammer whipped up a gale that drove it away.
• Zhao Tian killed the Pink Lady leading the swarm, while Mo Yuan killed more than a thousand Pink Maidens in moments.
• The Sun Never Sets Team prepared to fight but found every soul beast dead and purple Soul Rings filling the clearing.

Lin Chen found no Soul Bone in the Pink Lady's corpse, but Zhao Tian detected two Ghost Tigers hiding nearby. Lin Chen recommended the larger, eight-thousand-year Ghost Tiger as a Soul Ring for Zhang Ting, and Zhao Tian prepared to weaken it for her to finish off.

• Lin Chen searched the Pink Lady's corpse for a Soul Bone but found none, explaining that such treasures were exceptionally rare.
• Zhao Tian detected two Ghost Tigers in the forest, one estimated at around eight thousand years old and the other around five thousand.
• Lin Chen recognized the opportunity from the original story and asked Zhao Tian to confirm the larger Ghost Tiger's age.
• Lin Chen explained that the Ghost Tiger's clone Soul Skill would suit Zhang Ting, and she firmly chose it as her target.
• Lin Chen asked Zhao Tian to severely wound the larger Ghost Tiger while leaving it alive for Zhang Ting to deliver the final blow.

Zhao Tian defeated an eight-thousand-year Ghost Tiger and let Zhang Ting claim its Soul Ring. Zhang Ting reached Soul Ancestor level forty-three and revealed her fourth Soul Skill, Shadow Clone, before Zhao Tian and Mo Yuan hinted that the team had another matter to attend to.

• Zhao Tian rushed ahead and left the Sun Never Sets Team behind as he fought the Ghost Tigers.
• Zhang Ting used her Soul-Chasing Crossbow to kill the gravely wounded eight-thousand-year Ghost Tiger and began refining its Soul Ring.
• Zhang Ting completed the refinement, broke through to Soul Ancestor, and reached level forty-three.
• Zhang Ting demonstrated her fourth Soul Skill, creating three effective combat clones.
• The team congratulated Zhang Ting and joked together until Zhao Tian and Mo Yuan said dinner would have to wait.

Mo Yuan captured a nine-thousand-year Earth Bear for Tie Zhan, who killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring. Tie Zhan endured severe pain as the Soul Ring’s energy surged through him, while Sun Never Sets watched anxiously.

• Mo Yuan revealed that a nine-thousand-year Earth Bear was approaching and asked Tie Zhan if he could absorb its Soul Ring.
• Tie Zhan confidently accepted the challenge, and Mo Yuan rushed into the forest to subdue the bear.
• Mo Yuan dragged the wounded Earth Bear into the clearing, and Tie Zhan thanked him before killing it.
• Tie Zhan began absorbing the purple Soul Ring, whose immense energy caused his body to swell and bleed.
• Sun Never Sets watched Tie Zhan struggle through the pain, and Li Jiaojiao grew tearful with worry.

Tie Zhan survived his breakthrough and reached level forty-three as a Soul Ancestor, while Lin Chen's group rested and resumed searching the Sunset Forest for suitable Soul Beasts. After an unsuccessful day of searching, violent tremors and furious roars erupted deeper in the forest, leaving the group facing an unknown danger.

• Zhao Tian reassured the worried girl as Tie Zhan endured his breakthrough, and Tie Zhan stabilized his Soul Power and reached level forty-three as a Soul Ancestor.
• Lin Chen teased Tie Zhan about his bloody clothes, then cut up the Earth Bear and stored its paws for a future meal.
• Sun Never Sets set up camp, ate, and slept safely under Zhao Tian's protection.
• Lin Chen woke his teammates the next morning, and the group spent the day searching the Sunset Forest without finding a suitable Soul Beast.
• As the group prepared to rest for the night, tremors shook the forest and powerful Soul Beast roars erupted from deeper within.

Lin Chen’s group watched a Rock Fox battle a pack led by a mutated Four-Eyed Scale Armor Beast, both of which could provide suitable Soul Rings for the team. After Lin Chen insisted he would absorb the Rock Fox’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, Zhao Tian lost patience with waiting and unleashed his Soul Douluo pressure over the clearing.

• Mo Yuan led the group through the forest, where they discovered a mutated Four-Eyed Scale Armor Beast and more than a dozen Scale Armor Beasts surrounding a ten-thousand-year Rock Fox.
• Lin He identified the mutated beast as a suitable Soul Ring for Yang Ke, while he recognized the Rock Fox as a suitable match for himself.
• Zhao Tian wanted to attack immediately, but Mo Yuan stopped him and proposed waiting until the beasts had exhausted themselves.
• Mo Yuan warned Lin Chen that absorbing the Rock Fox’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring was dangerous, but Lin Chen firmly said he was certain and reassured the worried Zhu Zhuqing.
• The group watched the battle and discussed the Soul Beasts’ tactics until Zhao Tian grew impatient and released his level-eighty-two Soul Douluo pressure across the clearing, freezing the ordinary Scale Armor Beasts.

After Zhao Tian subdued two powerful Soul Beasts, Lin Chen absorbed the Rock Fox's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fourth ring and reached level forty-three. He demonstrated his new Soul Skill, while Yang Ke's shield Martial Soul underwent a beneficial mutation from the Four-Eyed Scale Armor Beast's Soul Ring.

• Zhao Tian used his Soul Douluo pressure and Meteor Hammer to scatter the ordinary Scale Armor Beasts and incapacitate the mutated Four-Eyed Scale Armor Beast and the Rock Fox.
• Lin Chen and Yang Ke finished off their assigned Soul Beasts and began absorbing their Soul Rings.
• Liuli's phantom destroyed the Rock Fox's resentful phantom in Lin Chen's Sea of Consciousness, allowing him to refine the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and advance to level forty-three.
• Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Lin Chen when he awoke, and the team congratulated him on absorbing a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as his fourth ring.
• Lin Chen demonstrated his fourth Soul Skill, Falling Earth and Flying Rock, and Yang Ke revealed that his shield Martial Soul had gained armor patterns and horns from a beneficial mutation.

Yang Ke tested his newly unlocked fourth soul skill, which reflected attacks and stored force before unleashing a powerful recoil. The team resumed searching the Sunset Forest for Li Jiaojiao’s soul ring, guarded by Mo Yuan and Zhao Tian.

• Yang Ke had Tie Zhan strike his shield and demonstrated how it reflected attacks and eventually blasted Tie Zhan backward with accumulated force.
• Yang Ke explained that his fourth soul skill worked passively whenever his shield was present during Martial Soul Possession, automatically reflecting and storing impact.
• Lin Chen discussed Li Jiaojiao’s lack of a suitable soul ring and warned that a Diamond Tiger might transform her into a hulking, muscular fighter, embarrassing her.
• The team rested overnight, then headed deeper into the Sunset Forest the next morning while Mo Yuan and Zhao Tian kept soul beasts at bay.

Lin Chen spotted a mutated metal-attribute Sunset Bee and persuaded the group to capture it for Li Jiaojiao's Soul Ring. After Zhao Tian and Mo Yuan subdued the hive, the group fled before reinforcements arrived, with Lin Chen collecting intact bee pupae and masking their trail.

• Lin Chen noticed a pure-gold Sunset Bee among the swarm and identified it as a likely mutation.
• Mo Yuan confirmed that the mutated Sunset Bee had a pure metal attribute, making it a suitable match for Li Jiaojiao's Martial Soul.
• Mo Yuan cut the hive from its branch while Zhao Tian suppressed the swarm, and Mo Yuan and Zhang Ting killed the ordinary Sunset Bees.
• Zhao Tian shattered the hive and pinned the mutated Sunset Bee, which Mo Yuan lifted with Soul Power.
• Lin Chen gathered intact bee pupae and scattered medicinal powder to conceal the group's trail as everyone retreated from the approaching swarm.

After Li Jiaojiao killed the dying Mutated Sunset Bee, she began refining its deep-purple soul ring while Tie Zhan anxiously watched over her. As the team prepared camp for the night, Lin Chen started cooking bee pupae he had taken from a honeycomb, shocking Zhang Ting.

• Li Jiaojiao killed the gravely wounded Mutated Sunset Bee and began absorbing its deep-purple soul ring.
• Tie Zhan paced anxiously beside Li Jiaojiao, while Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing quietly compared his concern to hers when he had refined a soul ring.
• Bai Ning teased Lin Chen and Zhu Zhuqing about whispering together, and the team set up tents in the clearing.
• Lin Chen gathered firewood, lit a campfire, and began picking bee pupae from a piece of honeycomb to fry.
• Zhang Ting saw the bee pupae, recoiled in disgust, and hurried away.

Li Jiaojiao completed her soul ring refinement and unexpectedly gained a rare external soul bone in the form of four golden wings, which she quickly learned to control. After the team chose to keep training in Sunset Forest, Lin Chen privately led Mo Yuan away from camp to discuss something.

• As Li Jiaojiao's soul ring refinement neared completion, four golden wings emerged from her back and lifted her into the air.
• Zhao Tian caught Li Jiaojiao when she lost balance and fell, while Tie Zhan cut his finger on one of the wings' sharp edges.
• Lin Chen explained that the wings were an external soul bone and guided Li Jiaojiao as she learned to retract and extend them.
• Mo Yuan remarked that Li Jiaojiao had gained the most from the trip, and Zhao Tian asked the team whether they wanted to train longer or return to the academy.
• The team unanimously chose to remain in Sunset Forest, and Lin Chen signaled Mo Yuan to follow him to a secluded grove for a private conversation.