Chapter Summaries

Han Tao traded his knife to obtain a Hundred Year Lonely Bamboo Soul Bone, then used it to help Zhu Qi awaken his soul power and study his Bamboo Joint Structure. He left Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong considering whether they could learn the theory behind it.

• Han Tao returned to claim a Lonely Bamboo Soul Bone and traded Tang San his knife for it.
• Han Tao promised Tang San a Ten Thousand Year Rapid Advance Gale Chasing Left Leg in exchange for six Hundred Year Lonely Bamboo Soul Bones, and Yu Xiaogang insisted the promise stand.
• Han Tao brought Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong to support Zhu Qi as he absorbed the Soul Bone and advanced from zero to one soul power.
• Han Tao examined Zhu Qi's Bamboo Joint Structure and urged Ning Rongrong to observe its microscopic soul power.
• Ye Lingling asked Han Tao whether she could study Bamboo Joint Structure, alarming Ning Rongrong.

Han Tao met Chrysanthemum Douluo to discuss Martial Soul evolution and learned how Martial Soul Fusion had helped Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo advance their Martial Souls. Their discussion of the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s essence led Han Tao to connect its “Tongtian” meaning to his acupoints theory.

• Ning Rongrong resolved to resume her research, and Ning Tian told Han Tao that Chrysanthemum Douluo wanted to see him.
• Han Tao showed Chrysanthemum Douluo his evolved Blue Silver Grass, which Chrysanthemum Douluo recognized as a Top Martial Soul.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that his Martial Soul Fusion with Ghost Douluo had guided both of their Martial Souls toward Ultimate forms, and advised Han Tao to develop his own domain to its limit first.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo said the essence of his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum was “Tongtian,” connecting heaven above with the netherworld below.
• Han Tao showed Chrysanthemum Douluo his Human Body Meridian Diagram and pointed out the Tongtian Acupoint and Yongquan Acupoint.

Han Tao explained the Heaven-Reaching Earth-Penetrating method to Chrysanthemum Douluo, who tested the technique and discovered it could greatly increase his Soul Power by drawing on the power of heaven and earth. Han Tao also tried it but strained his fragile meridians, and Yue Guan agreed to research the method with Ghost Douluo and share their progress.

• Han Tao explained how the Tongtian and Yongquan acupoints could connect the body to the Soul Power of heaven and earth, creating the Heaven-Reaching Earth-Penetrating method.
• Yue Guan studied Han Tao's theory for four hours, then used his Soul Power to connect the two acupoints and draw in power from heaven and earth.
• Yue Guan said his Soul Power had more than doubled, but he could not calmly expel the power he had absorbed.
• Han Tao tried the method and raised his Soul Power by fifty percent, but he stopped when the influx strained and ruptured some of his meridians.
• Yue Guan promised Han Tao that he and Ghost Douluo would study the method and share their progress with him.

Han Tao learned that the Heaven-Reaching Earth-Penetrating Secret Method could expand meridians and accelerate cultivation, then traded it to Ning Fengzhi for a Soul Tool and used his support to advance. After reaching rank 50, Han Tao considered Soul Ring choices and realized that high-year Soul Rings could cause Structural Erosion, but he believed Ning Rongrong’s research could eventually overcome it.

• Han Tao told Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Ning Fengzhi about the Heaven-Reaching Earth-Penetrating Secret Method and explained its benefits and risks.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Han Tao to teach him the method, and Han Tao agreed in exchange for Ning Fengzhi’s Soul Tool and future use of his Eighth Soul Skill.
• With Ning Fengzhi enhancing his Mental Power and Ye Lingling healing his damaged meridians, Han Tao cultivated for four months and reached rank 50.
• Han Tao considered his next Soul Ring and concluded that a mismatched Soul Ring over fifty thousand years old could cause Structural Erosion and limit a Soul Master’s growth.
• Han Tao suspected that the Lonely Bamboo Structure was a form of Structural Erosion but remained confident that Ning Rongrong’s research could eventually solve the problem.

Han Tao hunted a Mirror Image Beast in the Extremely Cold Forest and absorbed its soul ring, seeking its skill for his Blue Silver Grass. He discovered that its skull bone resonated with his Illusion Wisdom Head Soul Bone and suspected they could be fused.

• Han Tao chose the Mirror Image Beast’s soul skill over Zhu Zhuqing’s Netherworld Possession and traveled north to hunt one.
• Ning Fengzhi boosted Sword Douluo’s mental detection, allowing him to locate a Mirror Image Beast thirteen kilometers away.
• Han Tao asked Sword Douluo to help condense Jade Phosphor Poison and used it to kill the Mirror Image Beast.
• Han Tao absorbed the beast’s soul ring while using the Advanced Distraction Control Method to withstand soul shock.
• Han Tao found a Ten Thousand Year Mirror Image Skull Bone and sensed that it linked with his Illusion Wisdom Head Soul Bone.

Han Tao revealed that the Mirror Image Beast Skull might fuse with his Illusion Wisdom Head Soul Bone and decided to test the idea before giving it to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After learning that Spirit Hall wanted Ye Lingling to perform a treatment, he suspected they were pursuing his Distraction Control Method and proposed trading it to them for benefits and research support.

• Han Tao showed Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi the Mirror Image Beast Skull, explained its possible fusion with the Illusion Wisdom Head Soul Bone, and said he would test it before offering it to the Sect.
• Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ye Lingling used Mind Concentration to heal the damage to Han Tao's Spiritual Body and revealed that Spirit Hall wanted her to perform one treatment.
• Han Tao concluded Spirit Hall had noticed the value of his method for increasing Soul Ring Age and decided to let them research it in exchange for benefits.
• Han Tao told Ning Fengzhi that Ye Lingling's Mind Focus could repair the Spiritual Body damage caused by the Distraction Control Method and proposed trading the method to Spirit Hall for support.

Han Tao negotiated with Spirit Hall over the Advanced Distraction Control Method while arranging to obtain the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor's poison and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After gaining the Mirror Image Beast's Soul Skill, he discovered it could create a second Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, though doing so consumed enormous Soul Power and Martial Soul Origin.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed to let Han Tao share the Advanced Distraction Control Method with Spirit Hall, while Han Tao left the method with him and departed.
• Bibi Dong accepted Han Tao's request for Soul Devouring Spider Emperor poison and ordered Spirit Hall's healers to test whether any could heal the spirit, but none stepped forward.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Bibi Dong that Ye Lingling wanted the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in exchange for helping Spirit Hall cultivate the Secret Method, and Bibi Dong demanded additional benefits from Han Tao.
• Han Tao examined the Mirror Image Beast's Soul Skill, Blue Silver Mirror Image, and realized it could generate a second Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul at the cost of all his Martial Soul Origin and ten thousand percent Soul Power.

Han Tao used the Blue Silver Emperor to locate the Blue Silver King and tested whether Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor poison could evolve his Dark Blue Silver Grass into an Ultimate Martial Soul. He left it still at the peak of Top Martial Souls and planned to back it up before exploring another path.

• Han Tao transplanted the Blue Silver Emperor and other Blue Silver Grass into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s inner ring, then used Bloodline as a Guide to record the Blue Silver King’s location.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Han Tao that Qian Renxue wanted his help finding a path to evolve her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and Han Tao agreed to help later.
• Han Tao returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and had Ning Rongrong amplify his Martial Soul while Ye Lingling stood by with Nine Heart Begonia.
• Han Tao poured Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor poison onto his Blue Silver Grass, but it remained at the peak of Top Martial Souls rather than reaching the Ultimate level.
• Han Tao said he would use Blue Silver Mirror Image to back up the Dark Blue Silver Grass in its optimal form before exploring another evolution path.

Han Tao gained the Blue Silver King's help to evolve his Blue Silver Grass into Dark Blue Silver Grass, promising to restore the Blue Silver Emperor while warning the Blue Silver King to keep her return secret. Back at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Han Tao learned that the Distraction Control Method could reach 729 focuses through Martial Soul Fusion with Ning Rongrong.

• Han Tao found the Blue Silver King and promised to restore the Blue Silver Emperor in exchange for the Blue Silver Clan's Soul Power.
• The Blue Silver King gathered the clan's Soul Power, allowing Han Tao to successfully create Dark Blue Silver Grass with Blue Silver Mirror Image.
• Han Tao told the Blue Silver King to conceal the Blue Silver Emperor's return from Tang Hao and his son, and urged it not to seek revenge.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi explained how Cluster Convergence expanded the Distraction Control Method to 81 focuses and how Glazed Tile Pagoda Soul Masters could raise its limit further.
• Ning Rongrong said that Martial Soul Fusion with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda could let Han Tao reach 729 distraction controls.

Han Tao learned the limits of the Distraction Control Method and began planning how to use it to develop his abilities and Dark Blue Silver Grass. He left the chapter still searching for an evolution path, while concluding that Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia might suit a life-centered route.

• Ning Rongrong explained that Han Tao could divide his attention at most eighty-one times without a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Fengzhi used the Secret Method inheritance to strengthen the bond between them.
• Ning Rongrong taught Han Tao the Four Aperture Constant Heart, and he calculated that his current thirty instances of divided attention were insufficient for all his techniques and abilities.
• Han Tao recognized that the Distraction Control Method could help him control the many plants and evolutionary directions of his Blue Silver Clan Martial Soul.
• Han Tao considered why Dark Blue Silver Grass lacked the Blue Silver Domain, but set aside his unverified theories about how domains awakened.
• Han Tao rejected a proposed evolution combining Blue Silver Emperor and Red Spider Lily, then considered Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia a better fit for a life-centered path.

Han Tao asked Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan how to evolve Blue Silver Grass into an Ultimate Martial Soul and learned about elemental, trait-based, and Immortal Herb methods. He identified destruction as a possible new evolutionary route, then learned that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red was a Divine Level flower he could not use to evolve his grass martial soul.

• Han Tao met Yue Guan in Spirit City and asked him to explain how to break through to an Ultimate Martial Soul.
• Yue Guan described Ultimate Martial Souls born by nature and those achieved by absorbing elements, explaining that even a trace of a High-Level Element could guarantee the rank.
• Han Tao asked whether high-level traits could substitute for High-Level Elements, and Yue Guan explained how his and Ghost Douluo's traits fused into a high-level trait.
• Han Tao realized that combining Devour with annihilation could create a destruction-based evolutionary route for Blue Silver Grass, though he worried that his martial soul might not withstand it.
• Yue Guan explained that Immortal Herbs could guide a martial soul's evolution, then revealed that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red was the only Divine Level herb at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yue Guan told Han Tao that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red was a Begonia Flower rather than a grass, so it could not evolve his Blue Silver Grass.

Han Tao searched Spirit Hall’s archives for a way to give his plant-type Martial Soul the rare annihilation trait, but found only an old account of a fallen Morphing Dragon Soul Master. Rongrong’s encouragement sparked a new approach based on Han Tao’s frequency theories, and he decided to seek out Dai Weisi’s White Tiger Spirit Destruction Soul Skill.

• Han Tao considered how difficult it would be for Blue Silver Grass to bear annihilation after gaining devouring through poison.
• Han Tao used his Elder Token to enter Spirit Hall’s Archive Room and asked Elder Xu about annihilation and destruction traits.
• Elder Xu explained that records mentioned only one annihilation-bearing Morphing Dragon, whose Soul Master had long since died, and no examples of destruction.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Rongrong encouraged Han Tao to trust his theories as he faced a Martial Soul Evolution bottleneck.
• Han Tao connected his frequency theories to annihilating matter, flesh, Soul Power, and spirit, then recalled Dai Weisi’s White Tiger Spirit Destruction and decided to meet him.

Han Tao visited Dai Weisi to learn about his Fourth Soul Ring and persuaded him to pursue a White Tiger buff-focused Soul Skill route. After learning that the Evil Eye Soul Beast could annihilate the Spiritual Body, Han Tao began reshaping his Blue Silver Grass toward Annihilation.

• Han Tao used his Crown Prince Token and Elder Token to visit Dai Weisi and asked what soul beast he had chosen for his Fourth Soul Ring.
• In exchange for the information, Han Tao explained how stacking White Tiger buff Soul Skills could greatly increase combat power, and Dai Weisi decided to follow that route.
• Dai Weisi revealed that his Fourth Soul Ring came from an Evil Eye Soul Beast bred in the Star Luo Empire's secret realms.
• Han Tao identified the Evil Eye Tyrant's Mental Shockwave as a means of annihilating the Spiritual Body and connected it to his developing Annihilation theory.
• Han Tao stripped poison adaptations from his Blue Silver Grass and planned to combine its Annihilation route with the mirrored Dark Blue Silver Grass to create the power of destruction.

Han Tao sought to evolve Annihilation Blue Silver Grass by using wind attacks to awaken its oscillation abilities, then began considering Earth Power as another possible evolutionary path. He left Godwind Academy after recruiting Feng Xiaotian, Feng Ying, and Feng Yue to help with his experiments, while wondering where he could find an earth-affinity model.

• Han Tao completed the absorption of Blue Silver Eye's perception traits into Annihilation Blue Silver Grass, then identified Wind Chime Grass and wind as a route to oscillation power.
• Han Tao returned Feng Xiaotian's Elder Token and urged him to study soul power in motion.
• Han Tao asked Feng Ying and Feng Yue to attack two hundred hundred-year blue silver grasses with controlled Wind Element attacks, promising payment and healing support.
• Feng Ying, Feng Yue, and Feng Xiaotian agreed to help Han Tao's experiment after he offered each of them two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Han Tao considered Earth Power as another source of oscillation and wondered whether it could transform Blue Silver Grass, noting he had never heard of an earth-element academy.

Han Tao sought the Titan Giant Ape to study how it carried Earth Power and help his Blue Silver Grass evolve. Sword Douluo accompanied him into the Star Dou Great Forest, where Han Tao gathered information during a fight, but the Titan Giant Ape remained alive.

• Han Tao identified the Earth Dragon Golden Gourd and the Titan Giant Ape as examples of plants and beasts carrying Earth Power, and decided to study the Titan Giant Ape.
• Han Tao asked Sword Douluo to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest, explaining that he wanted to understand the Titan Giant Ape’s body rather than kill it.
• Han Tao and Sword Douluo encountered the Titan Giant Ape, which challenged them and attacked Han Tao.
• Han Tao used Blue Silver Eye and Blue Silver Grass to evade the Titan Giant Ape’s strike and gather information, while Sword Douluo wounded it with his swords.
• Han Tao learned that the Titan Giant Ape’s Granite clumps and Golden Texture reflected how Earth Power fused with its muscles and flowed through its body from the ground.

Han Tao tested whether Blue Silver Grass could draw in Earth Power, discovered that it caused harmful granite-like solidification, and searched for a way to evolve its roots to absorb Earth Pulse Power. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu and the Sky Azure Bull Python suspected their location had been exposed and agreed to relocate, while Han Tao copied a useful root trait from desert Blue Silver Grass.

• Han Tao used his feet to draw Earth Power from the ground and guide it into Blue Silver Grass, but stopped when its tissues began turning granite-like.
• Han Tao warned Sword Douluo to retreat as the Sky Azure Bull Python approached, and Sword Douluo escaped the battlefield while Er Ming complained that their fight had ended.
• Xiao Wu treated Er Ming's injuries, and the Sky Azure Bull Python warned that their location might be exposed; Xiao Wu agreed they should move, and Er Ming followed.
• Han Tao tested Earth Power on five Thousand Year Blue Silver Grasses and found that granite-like solidification blocked energy circulation and harmed the plants.
• Han Tao searched desert regions until he found nine of thirty-six Blue Silver Grass plants with roots that absorbed Earth Pulse Power, then copied the root trait into his own Blue Silver Grass using Fusing Martial Soul Body.

Han Tao evolved Blue Silver Grass by filtering polluted energy and absorbing Earth Pulse Power, restoring it to a Top Martial Soul. He tested its new Frequency Resonance attack and found it could pulverize stone but was too difficult to use against moving opponents.

• Han Tao chose Slaughter City’s polluted outskirts to develop Blue Silver Grass’s filtering structures, which absorbed malignant energies through special meridians.
• Han Tao discovered that Earth Element and earth energy could not be separated, so he accepted the Granite structures’ drawbacks alongside their benefits.
• Han Tao used Blue Silver Origin and Microscopic Treatment to repair the meridians, then infused Blue Silver Grass with Earth Pulse Power and triggered its Martial Soul evolution.
• Han Tao used Oscillation Power to match the vibration frequency of a distant rock, pulverizing it through Frequency Resonance.
• Han Tao judged the attack’s destructive power to be Divine Level but recognized that matching a moving enemy’s changing frequency would be impractical.

Han Tao optimized the Earth Vein Blue Silver Grass and developed a method to counter Soul Power, while Ye Lingling revealed how Soul Masters could refine their Bloodlines. The chapter left Han Tao piecing together how Martial Soul cultivation progressed through the ranks.

• Han Tao studied the Blue Silver Grass's Golden Texture and tested new energy routes to improve its structure and prepare for future evolutions.
• Han Tao showed Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling that his Blue Silver Grass could use Reverse Wave Frequency to offset Soul Power from opponents below the Soul Douluo level.
• Han Tao urged Ning Rongrong to investigate Soul Power's Microscopic Structure so the countermeasure could affect Soul Douluo-level Soul Masters, and she hid to avoid the task.
• Ye Lingling reported progress on Bloodline research, explaining that Soul Beasts developed a connection to their origins at ten thousand years and could refine their blood at twenty thousand years.
• Han Tao inferred that Soul King cultivation linked Martial Souls and Mental Power, Soul Emperor cultivation enabled Bloodline refinement, Soul Sages fused body, spirit, and Martial Soul, and Soul Douluo cultivation began the Microscopic Structure of Soul Power.

Han Tao and the others worked out how bloodline and Martial Soul Origin enabled Martial Soul evolution, and Han Tao prepared to test his method on Flender. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang brought Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect to claim his heritage and boasted to Tang Xiao that his theories had transformed Ning Rongrong’s and Ning Fengzhi’s Martial Souls.

• Han Tao, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong reasoned that Martial Soul Origin could use a high-level bloodline as a guide to evolve a Martial Soul to the same level.
• Han Tao thought of his promise to Flender and began circulating the secret method, viewing the crippled Cat Eagle as an ideal experimental subject.
• Yu Xiaogang led Tang San to a Clear Sky Sect village, pushed aside the sentry Tang Feng, and claimed they had come to help Tang San return to the Sect.
• Tang Hu confronted them, then escorted them to the Sect’s core area after Tang San showed his blue-gold Clear Sky Hammer and identified Tang Hao as his father.
• Yu Xiaogang introduced himself to Tang Xiao as the Theoretical Master and claimed his guidance had evolved Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul and helped Ning Fengzhi break through rank seventy-nine.

Tang San was accepted back into the Clear Sky Sect after apologizing for Tang Hao’s actions, while Yu Xiaogang became its Theoretical Guest Elder. Yu Xiaogang advised Tang Long that a Soul Beast’s willing sacrifice could enable him to absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual limit, leaving the Sect impressed by his guidance.

• Tang Xiao questioned Tang San about Tang Hao, and Tang San described his father’s recent life and offered to bear the consequences of his father’s actions.
• Tang Xiao agreed to let Tang San acknowledge his ancestors and return to the Clear Sky Sect, and Tang San completed the process to become a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang offered theoretical guidance to the Sect, demonstrated Tang San’s two black Soul Rings, and earned the title of Theoretical Guest Elder.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that a Soul Beast had to willingly sacrifice itself for a Soul Master to absorb an over-limit Soul Ring, and Tang Long questioned how such a sacrifice could be obtained.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested exploiting a Soul Beast’s weaknesses, such as using its child as leverage, and advised Tang Long that a Soul Emperor could attempt to absorb a Soul Beast over fifty thousand years old when advancing to Soul Sage.
• Tang Long accepted Yu Xiaogang’s advice and praised him, while Yu Xiaogang basked in the Sect’s admiration.