Chapter Summaries

Han Tao treated the wounded Xue Qinghe, uncovered why Tang Hao had attacked him, and removed the poisons that had failed to harm Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Dugu Bo tortured Yu Xiaogang and took a Yin Ming Needle from Tang San, who challenged him to a bet to secure their release.

• Tang San found himself too weak to use his Hidden Weapons and called to Tang Hao for help as Tang Hao fought Sword Douluo.
• Han Tao recorded the battle with Illusion and used Firefly Light to ease Xue Qinghe's injuries.
• Han Tao identified the Yin Ming Needle and Man-Faced Demon Spider poisons in Xue Qinghe, and suspected Tang Hao had attacked him to learn how to repair damaged meridians.
• Han Tao treated the Yin Ming Needle poison and absorbed the Man-Faced Demon Spider Poison with his Dark Blue Silver Grass, then noted that Xue Qinghe's meridians needed treatment.
• Dugu Bo burned Yu Xiaogang's arm with Jade Phosphor Poison and took a Yin Ming Needle from Tang San.
• Tang San challenged Dugu Bo to a bet, offering to accept any punishment if he lost and asking Dugu Bo to release him and Yu Xiaogang if he won.

Tang San tried to bargain with Dugu Bo by offering to detoxify him, but Dugu Bo tested his skills by poisoning Yu Xiaogang and forcing Tang San to treat him. Tang San began cutting poisoned flesh from his Master's back, while he dismissed Han Tao's less invasive treatment and insisted his own methods were superior.

• Tang San offered to cure Dugu Bo's poison in exchange for his and Yu Xiaogang's freedom, but Dugu Bo demanded proof of his skill.
• Dugu Bo stabbed Yu Xiaogang with Yin Ming Needles and a Dragon Beard Needle, causing severe pain and poisoning his back.
• Tang San used Begonia Light to heal some injuries and pulled the Dragon Beard Needle from Yu Xiaogang's body.
• Tang San said the Yin Ming Needle poison required yang fire and began cutting away the poisoned flesh from Yu Xiaogang's back.
• Yu Xiaogang pointed out that Han Tao had treated the Crown Prince's Nether Yin Needle poisoning without cutting away flesh, but Tang San dismissed that method and continued treating him.

Han Tao explained how his pharmacology could counter the Yin Ming Needle’s poison while Tang San’s botched operation nearly killed Yu Xiaogang before succeeding. After Poison Douluo accepted Tang San’s treatment as a passed trial, Tang San and Yu Xiaogang urged him to seize a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from Han Tao.

• Han Tao claimed his pharmacology surpassed Tang San’s and explained how Sunshine Sunflower powder could help Qian Renxue neutralize the Yin Ming Needle’s poison.
• Tang San’s operation on Yu Xiaogang caused severe wounds, and Yu Xiaogang fainted before Tang San completed the procedure and used a healing Soul Skill.
• Poison Douluo accepted that Tang San had passed the trial and asked how to resolve the poison in his body.
• Tang San said a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone could absorb the poison, then claimed he knew where to find one.
• Yu Xiaogang identified Han Tao as the target, and Tang San urged Poison Douluo to capture him while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo were occupied.

Han Tao used an illusion to catch Tang San off guard and shot him with a poisoned arrow. Tang San’s Man Faced Demon Spider soul bone took control of his body to evade another attack, while Han Tao prepared to shoot again despite Tang Hao’s threat.

• Tang San and Yu Xiaogang urged Dugu Bo to take Han Tao’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone, but Han Tao refused to hand it over.
• Han Tao trapped Tang San in an illusion and shot him with a Jade Phosphor Poison arrow, jolting him awake when it wounded his chest.
• Tang San accused Han Tao of ambushing him, while Yu Xiaogang tried to learn how to cure the poison.
• Han Tao raised his bow again, but Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances moved his body aside and revealed the Man Faced Demon Spider soul bone’s consciousness.
• Tang Hao threatened to kill Han Tao, but Dugu Bo blocked Yu Xiaogang as Han Tao aimed another arrow at Tang San.

The Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor separated from Tang San, while Tang San survived and broke through in the Purple Demon Eyes. Han Tao’s toxin nearly killed Tang San, but Tang Hao’s advice helped him absorb it into his Blue Silver Grass, which grew stronger as Yu Xiaogang celebrated his theory. The chapter ended with Tang San dispelling Han Tao’s illusion over the Spider Emperor.

• The Man-Faced Demon Spider King shed its Soul Bones and escaped Tang San’s body as a hundred-thousand-year Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor, while Tang San broke through to the Mustard Seed realm of the Purple Demon Eyes.
• Tang San’s Realgar Stone failed to neutralize Han Tao’s Jade Phosphor Toxin, but Tang Hao told him to use his Blue Silver Grass to absorb it.
• Tang San absorbed the toxin into his Blue Silver Grass, raising it to an intermediate Martial Soul, while Han Tao said Yu Xiaogang’s advice had limited its potential.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others blocked Tang Hao as he entered the weakened period after Ring Detonation, and Tang Hao saw the Spider Emperor as a possible escape opportunity.
• Han Tao used an illusion to control the Spider Emperor, but Tang San used the Mustard Seed realm to dispel it.

Han Tao trapped the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor and nearly killed Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, but Ning Fengzhi’s poisoned body gave Tang Hao a chance to intervene. Tang Hao escaped with Tang San under fire from the Heaven Dou Empire’s army, leaving Yu Xiaogang behind.

• Han Tao restrained the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor with Blue Silver Grass and used his Blue Silver Poisonous Barrier to attack Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Tang San to absorb the poison, but Tang San admitted his Blue Silver Grass could not Devour and tried to guide Yu Xiaogang out of the barrier.
• Han Tao prepared a poisoned arrow, but Ning Fengzhi was weakened by the poison, allowing Tang Hao to break through Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi’s blockade and shield Tang San.
• Han Tao steadied his will against Fortune’s interference, while Tang Hao chose not to attack because Poison Douluo, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo were ready to fight.
• Tang Hao fled with the unconscious Tang San as the army fired arrows, and one arrow pierced Tang San’s calf; Tang San lamented leaving Yu Xiaogang behind, but Tang Hao told him to let it go.

Han Tao deduced that the Speed Clan might have learned of Ning Fengzhi’s poison and arranged the interference that triggered it. Ning Rongrong revealed that she had created a Nine-Colored Glazed Tile Torso Soul Bone to simulate Soul Power’s Microscopic Structure, and the chapter ended with her saying she and Han Tao would need to perform Martial Soul Fusion again to use its skill.

• Han Tao told Ning Fengzhi that the Blue Silver Poisonous Barrier might have triggered the toxins, then reasoned that the Speed Clan was the likeliest source of the leaked information.
• Ning Fengzhi confirmed that Ning Rongrong had been in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace because the danger justified deploying two Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong explained that she had formed a Nine-Colored Glazed Tile Torso Soul Bone from nine colored gems and could use it to simulate Soul Power’s Bamboo Joint Structure.
• Chen Xin returned after chasing Tang Hao and said he had cut off one of Tang Hao’s arms.
• Ning Rongrong said her soul bone skill could help Han Tao simulate Microscopic Structure, but they would need to complete Martial Soul Fusion again.

Han Tao questioned the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor about its transformation into a Soul Bone, while Yu Xiaogang claimed to know how it worked. Yu Xiaogang threatened Ning Rongrong over her former ties to Shrek Academy, and Bone Douluo attacked him, leaving him pleading for his life.

• Han Tao and Ning Rongrong discussed the limits and promise of using Origin Soul Bones to simulate Microscopic Structure.
• Bone Douluo dismissed the theoretical discussion, and he and Sword Douluo argued over their Sect assessment scores.
• Han Tao examined the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor and asked how it had reshaped its body and become a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that a Soul Beast could condense a body if its soul had not been annihilated, but Ning Rongrong rejected his explanation.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened to expel Ning Rongrong from Shrek Academy and invoked Flender's imprisonment, prompting Bone Douluo to kick and stomp him.
• Yu Xiaogang warned Bone Douluo that the Pope of Spirit Hall would retaliate if he killed him.

Yu Xiaogang revealed his past connection with Bibi Dong, but the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect chose not to risk provoking Spirit Hall by killing him. After Xue Qinghe dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theory about Reverse Sacrifice, Han Tao considered what might allow a soul beast to be reconstructed and turned to negotiate with the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor.

• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he had once had a romance with Bibi Dong, and Xue Qinghe slapped him for allegedly slandering the Pope.
• Ning Fengzhi and the others decided to spare Yu Xiaogang rather than risk a conflict with Spirit Hall.
• Xue Qinghe challenged Yu Xiaogang to explain the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor’s birth, and Yu Xiaogang proposed that Reverse Sacrifice could transform soul rings and bones back into a soul beast.
• Xue Qinghe called Yu Xiaogang’s theory nonsense and left with Poison Douluo, while Yu Xiaogang continued defending it.
• Han Tao and Ning Rongrong speculated that gods might be able to reconstruct soul beasts, then Han Tao asked the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor to discuss something with him.

Han Tao proposed using the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor to combine demon spider toxins and help evolve his Blue Silver Grass, while explaining that his rise to Soul King came from Martial Soul research rather than devouring others. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue reconsidering her suspicion that Han Tao was an Evil Soul Master.

• Han Tao told the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor that Dark Blue Silver Grass could use demon spider toxins as an evolution path, and Yu Xiaogang interrupted to boast about his theories.
• Han Tao silenced Yu Xiaogang with the Isolation Secret Method and suggested the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor could acquire the Soul-Devouring Demon Spider's ability to devour Soul Power.
• Han Tao and Ning Rongrong discussed merging different demon spider toxins and strengthening them with Snow Swan Kiss, though Han Tao warned Blue Silver Grass could not withstand god-level intensity.
• The Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor agreed to help Han Tao in exchange for a toxin sample, while privately doubting that the humans would keep their promises.
• Xue Qinghe accused Han Tao of being an Evil Soul Master who had devoured others to reach Soul King, but Han Tao explained his Martial Soul evolution, and Qian Renxue was shaken by his account.

Han Tao weighed whether to let the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor grow stronger, while Ning Fengzhi defended his choices and Ning Rongrong urged Han Tao to trust himself. The debate ended when Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu arrived, with Bibi Dong declaring her interest in the Hundred-Thousand-Year soul beast.

• Qian Renxue worried that the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor would become too powerful if it gained other spiders’ talents, and Han Tao considered whether to kill it.
• Ning Rongrong encouraged Han Tao to trust his theory and will despite Fortune, and Han Tao decided not to act against the spider for now.
• Ning Fengzhi defended his conduct in the battle with Tang Hao, while Gu Rong and Chen Xin argued with him and Gu Rong struck Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu appeared overhead, and Bibi Dong said she wanted the Man-Faced Demon Spider Emperor for a Soul Ring.

Han Tao, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong tried to escape Spirit Hall, but Gu Rong's spatial traversal brought them into an enemy ambush. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu confronted Yu Xiaogang and questioned Xue Qinghe about Tang Hao and Tang San's attack, as Yu Xiaogang defended Tang San.

• Han Tao and Ning Rongrong followed Gu Rong as he used his Bone Dragon True Body and spatial traversal to flee, but his second jump sent them toward the enemy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Snake Lance Douluo surrounded the trio, while Han Tao and Ning Rongrong prepared to respond without showing fear.
• Bibi Dong pushed Yu Xiaogang aside, and Qian Daoliu accused him of stealing Spirit Hall's research for his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi and Xue Qinghe confirmed that Tang Hao and Tang San had ambushed and poisoned Xue Qinghe, and Ning Fengzhi credited Han Tao with saving him.
• Bibi Dong mocked the Heaven Dou Empire's security, and Yu Xiaogang leapt forward to insist that Tang San was not trash.

Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong questioned Ning Fengzhi and the others about the ambush on Xue Qinghe, while Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang Hao and revealed his own role in the scheme. As Spirit Hall prepared to leave, Han Tao trapped the assembled Titled Douluo in his Illusion and refused Ghost Douluo's invitation to go with them.

• Qian Daoliu wounded Yu Xiaogang and warned that he had spared him because of his bloodline and family ties.
• Bibi Dong challenged Ning Fengzhi over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's role in verifying Xue Qinghe's identity, and Ning Fengzhi defended Han Tao's involvement.
• Ning Fengzhi named Yu Xiaogang as further proof of Xue Qinghe's identity, while Yu Xiaogang claimed he had helped clear the Crown Prince's name.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Tang Hao for orchestrating the ambush to seek a way to treat Tang San's damaged meridians, and Qian Daoliu decided Tang Hao had gone too far.
• Ghost Douluo invited Han Tao and Gu Rong to go with Spirit Hall, but Han Tao refused and ensnared the Titled Douluo present in his Illusion.

Han Tao and Ning Rongrong coordinated with Gu Rong to escape the Illusion while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo hunted them. Just as Gu Rong began spatial travel, the enemy unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, freezing the area around them.

• Han Tao used his Illusion to mislead Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo while he and Gu Rong prepared to escape.
• Ning Rongrong calculated a route to Snake Lance Douluo’s position and guided Gu Rong toward a marked landing point.
• Ning Rongrong enhanced Gu Rong, who began spatial travel, while Chrysanthemum Douluo realized Han Tao had deceived them with an Illusion.
• Snake Lance Douluo attacked, but Han Tao erased the golden lightning from his fifth Soul Skill with Reverse Frequency, Annihilation.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo activated Yin-Yang Stillness Domain, and its freezing effect spread toward Han Tao, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong.

Ning Rongrong used Snake Lance Douluo’s frozen Serpent Spear Martial Soul to break Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s fusion skill, then Han Tao and the others escaped. The group discussed the fallout and Han Tao gave Rongrong a new research direction before turning his attention to spatial traversal and illusions.

• Ning Rongrong timed her enhancement of Snake Lance Douluo during the Yin-Yang Stillness Domain, seized control of his martial soul, and used it to shatter the fusion skill.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo’s fusion was disrupted, while Snake Lance Douluo’s Serpent Spear Martial Soul broke apart and he accused the two Douluo of attacking him.
• Han Tao and Ning Rongrong reached a safe area, where they discussed the political consequences of Snake Lance Douluo losing his martial soul.
• Han Tao asked Gu Rong about the limits of his Space Power and considered using spatial traversal to extend the time available for cultivating Purple Demon Eyes.
• Han Tao gave Ning Rongrong his Shenting Acupoint theory as a new direction for her Thought Illusion research, then noted that Space Illusion required Space Power and that he could not defeat the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Han Tao, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong discussed how different powers strengthen parts of the soul body and how those parts might be cultivated separately. Ye Lingling proposed using different soul bodies for Purple Demon Eyes cultivation and martial soul breakthroughs, while they also considered Faith Power and Killing Intent as possible sources of Mental Power.

• Han Tao completed his morning Purple Demon Eyes cultivation and explained that it strengthened only one section of the soul body within the sea of consciousness.
• Ye Lingling proposed placing different soul bodies in the sea of consciousness at different cultivation stages, using one for Purple Demon Eyes and Blue Silver Grass fragments for a future Martial Soul Avatar.
• Han Tao praised Ye Lingling's theory and noted that Soul Power breakthroughs, Purple Demon Eyes, and Faith Power could strengthen Mental Power.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Slaughter City's murderous aura and Killing Intent could strengthen Mental Power, citing what Sword Grandpa had told her about Chen Ying.
• Han Tao and Ye Lingling concluded that Faith Power and Killing Intent were beyond their current abilities and decided to focus on Purple Demon Eyes.

Han Tao deduced that Tang Chen may have chosen to let the Nine-Headed Bat occupy him, then focused on preparing for the enemy and evolving his Blue Silver Grass. He asked Ning Fengzhi to help him obtain an Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Ring, hoping to develop Soul Detonation and advance his three forms of Annihilation.

• Han Tao deduced that Tang Chen may have deliberately allowed the Nine-Headed Bat to occupy him after his body began transforming.
• Ning Rongrong boasted of her strength and suggested evolving Han Tao’s Blue Silver Grass into Nine Leaf Blue Silver Grass, while Ye Lingling said the name seemed familiar.
• Han Tao told Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that he wanted an Evil Eye Tyrant Soul Ring, and explained that the Star Luo Empire’s Royal Secret Realm held some.
• Ning Fengzhi warned that acquiring the Soul Ring would come at an enormous price, but Han Tao insisted it was worth it because Evil Eye Tyrants could grant Soul Detonation.
• Han Tao explained that Soul Detonation could annihilate spiritual power and complete the third branch of his Blue Silver Grass evolution plan.

Han Tao sought the Star Luo Emperor’s permission to hunt an Evil Eye Tyrant from the empire’s secret realm for his sixth soul ring, while defending Dai Weisi’s amplification-focused soul-skill route against the emperor and adviser Xu Tianhui. Xu Tianhui explained how the Hell White Tiger’s martial soul fusion affected attack skills, and Han Tao asked whether it could still use enhancement skills.

• Han Tao traveled with Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo to the Star Luo palace and asked to take an Evil Eye Tyrant from the secret realm as his sixth soul ring.
• Dai Weisi admitted he had revealed the secret realm to Han Tao in exchange for a soul-ring selection route.
• Han Tao outlined an amplification-focused route for Dai Weisi, but the Star Luo Emperor objected that attack skills better served a prince competing for the throne.
• Xu Tianhui challenged the route, and Han Tao argued that percentage-based amplification could offer a long-term advantage.
• Xu Tianhui explained that the Hell White Tiger could use only a small number of soul skills after fusion, with its attack skills based on the Evil Eye White Tiger’s strength.
• Han Tao asked whether the fused Hell White Tiger could still release enhancement-type soul skills.

Han Tao discussed the Hell White Tiger’s enhancement route with the Star Luo Emperor and agreed to receive blood samples for research into Martial Soul Fusion. The emperor led Han Tao, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo into the Star Luo secret realm, where Han Tao chose an Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord as his target.

• Han Tao explained that the Hell White Tiger’s five enhancement skills could let it challenge a Limit Douluo, though only under exceptional conditions with both partners and every enhancement in place.
• The Star Luo Emperor revealed that he and Dai Weisi had chosen combat-focused Soul Rings to survive the empire’s brutal succession struggle, and asked Han Tao to guide the First Prince.
• Han Tao requested blood samples from Evil Eye White Tiger and Hell Spirit Cat Soul Masters, and the Star Luo Emperor ordered his Beloved Consort to provide them.
• The Star Luo Emperor led Han Tao, Ning Fengzhi, and Sword Douluo through the secret realm, where powerful Evil Eye Soul Beasts thrived beneath the stars.
• After the emperor offered him the choice of an Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, Han Tao selected one despite Ning Fengzhi’s warning.

Han Tao and his allies fought the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, whose Mental Power distorted their perceptions and shifted the battlefield in its favor. As Chen Xin struggled against its attacks, Han Tao realized their chances of victory were worsening.

• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord used Spiritual Detection, Spiritual Illusion, and a Mental Force Field to distort the battlefield, but Han Tao used his Anchor to find the truth and linked his thoughts with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and the Star Luo Emperor.
• The Evil Eye manipulated the Star Luo Emperor's emotions, causing him to unleash White Tiger Spirit Destruction at Ning Fengzhi, who dodged with Han Tao's help and the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's support.
• The Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord used Soul Detonation and other abilities, while Chen Xin raised his strength with Ning Fengzhi's support and fought back with the Seven Kill Sword.
• Han Tao stopped the emotionally unstable Star Luo Emperor from attacking and noticed that the Evil Eye's Mental Power was changing the surrounding space and shifting soul power compatibility in its favor.
• Ning Fengzhi warned Han Tao that they might not be able to defeat the Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord, even before considering whether Han Tao could absorb its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.