Chapter Summaries

Su Bai consumed the Nine-Rank Immortal Ganoderma and the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, strengthening his Spirit Pagoda and body while raising his soul power to level forty-eight. Ready to seek an offensive third soul spirit, he set out for the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a rare Golden Lion Mastiff.

• Su Bai consumed the Nine-Rank Immortal Ganoderma, strengthening his Blue Silver Emperor and Spirit Pagoda and raising his soul power to level forty-two.
• Su Bai consumed the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, reaching level forty-seven and raising his four soul rings to ten thousand years.
• A week later, Su Bai's soul power reached level forty-eight, and he decided to seek a powerful offensive soul spirit rather than settle for a weaker one.
• Su Bai chose the Golden Lion Mastiff as his target but found none while scouting the Sunset Forest.
• Su Bai traveled for several days to the Star Dou Great Forest, where he hoped to find a Golden Lion Mastiff.

Su Bai searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Golden Lion Mastiff and finally found one attacking a Wasteland Flame Wolf. The beast attacked him, and their battle continued as Su Bai switched to his Soft Bone Rabbit spirit to counter its charge.

• Su Bai searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a week but found no Golden Lion Mastiffs, then followed the scent of blood to a fight between several soul beasts.
• A Golden Lion Mastiff killed a Wasteland Flame Wolf with a single strike, and Su Bai recognized the rare species he had been seeking.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff attacked Su Bai when he approached, but he dodged with Teleportation and restrained it with Blue Silver Emperor.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff activated its Domination Domain, broke free, and anticipated Su Bai's Teleportation to launch another attack.
• Su Bai let the Blue Silver Emperor disappear and transformed with his Soft Bone Rabbit spirit, leaping upward as the Golden Lion Mastiff charged.

Su Bai defeated the Golden Lion Mastiff and captured it in the Spirit Pagoda, gaining its strength and reaching level forty-nine. He then confronted a thirty-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and broke its arm with a single punch.

• Su Bai used Soft Bone Rebound to turn the Golden Lion Mastiff’s charge against it, then battered the beast until it could barely fight back.
• Su Bai captured the Golden Lion Mastiff in the Spirit Pagoda after it refused to cooperate.
• The Golden Lion Mastiff strengthened Su Bai, who switched to its martial soul and discovered that his level had risen to forty-nine.
• A thirty-thousand-year-old Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear approached, drawn by the scent of blood, and Su Bai charged at it.
• The Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear swung at Su Bai, who broke its arm with one punch.

Su Bai rushed to Shrek Academy after Xiao Wu called for help, where Tang Hao confronted her over her identity as a transformed soul beast. Just as Tang Hao threatened her, Su Bai appeared and stood between them.

• Su Bai frightened the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear into fleeing, then received a message from Xiao Wu and set out to find her.
• At Shrek Academy, Ning Rongrong mocked Yu Xiaogang and scolded Tang San for pestering Xiao Wu, who told Tang San to leave her alone.
• Tang Hao forced Xiao Wu out of the academy and revealed that he had known she was a transformed soul beast, intending her to become Tang San's soul ring and soul bone.
• Tang Hao threatened Xiao Wu after learning her relationship with Tang San had soured, but Su Bai arrived and ordered him to stay away from her.

Su Bai escaped Tang Hao’s pursuit with Xiao Wu, then stopped and blocked his hammer strike by switching to the Golden Lion Mastiff. Tang Hao recognized the shattered Blue Silver Emperor armor and was left staring in shock when Su Bai revealed Ah Yin’s phantom.

• Tang Hao confronted Su Bai over beating Tang San and stealing from their family, but Su Bai grabbed Xiao Wu and teleported away.
• Tang Hao tracked Su Bai with his Soul Power and attacked with the Clear Sky Hammer, while Su Bai repeatedly teleported toward a place he had prepared.
• Su Bai challenged Tang Hao’s claim that hunting Xiao Wu was justified by recalling Spirit Hall’s hunt for Tang Hao and a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Tang Hao caught up and struck Su Bai, who blocked the blow with Blue Silver Emperor armor before switching to the Golden Lion Mastiff and unleashing Domination Domain.
• Tang Hao recognized the Blue Silver Emperor strands and demanded to know where Su Bai’s Martial Soul came from, and Su Bai revealed Ah Yin’s phantom.

Su Bai confronted Tang Hao over imprisoning Ah Yin, then drew him into Spirit Hall’s encirclement. As Tang Hao’s attack was stopped, Qian Daoliu arrived and demanded to know who would return his son.

• Tang Hao saw Ah Yin’s phantom behind Su Bai and admitted he had sealed her away to keep her alive and protect Tang San.
• Su Bai and Xiao Wu condemned Tang Hao, who unleashed his Tool Spirit Avatar and attacked Su Bai to reclaim Ah Yin and Tang San’s soul bone.
• Su Bai sent Xiao Wu into the Spirit Pagoda and revealed he had alerted Spirit Hall to Tang Hao’s presence.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo blocked Tang Hao’s hammer and told him someone else had come to see him.
• Qian Daoliu appeared and asked Tang Hao who would return his son.

After Qian Daoliu drove Tang Hao away, Su Bai accepted Spirit Hall’s reward but refused to join them. He reunited with Xiao Wu in the Star Luo Great Forest, where she chose to stay and cultivate as Su Bai prepared to seek a Thunderclap Hellvine for his fourth Soul Spirit.

• Qian Daoliu appeared, causing Tang Hao to flee, and praised Su Bai for reaching the Soul Ancestor realm at a young age.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei offered Su Bai a place in Spirit Hall, but he refused and accepted ten thousand Gold Soul Coins as a reward.
• A week later, Su Bai met Xiao Wu and Er Ming in the Star Luo Great Forest, and Xiao Wu decided to stay and cultivate until she reached the mature stage.
• Xiao Wu kissed Su Bai goodbye and left with Er Ming, while Su Bai made camp near the forest’s outskirts.
• Su Bai prepared to find a Thunderclap Hellvine as his fourth Soul Spirit so he could break through from rank forty-nine.

Su Bai reached the inner reaches of the Star Luo Great Forest in search of a Thunder Nether Prison Vine and encountered Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan fighting a lightning-affiliated soul beast. As Yu Tianheng charged at it despite Su Bai's warning, Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia reacted to Su Bai for the first time.

• After a month of cultivation, Su Bai reached level fifty and entered the boundary between the outer and inner regions of the Star Luo Great Forest.
• Su Bai followed signs of recent lightning strikes to a hillside where he suspected a Thunder Nether Prison Vine had appeared.
• Su Bai discovered Yu Tianheng, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan battling a wounded, lightning-affiliated soul beast.
• Yu Tianheng warned Su Bai not to interfere, but Su Bai advised him that the soul beast was beyond his ability to absorb.
• Yu Tianheng ignored Su Bai's warning and charged at the soul beast, while Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia turned toward Su Bai.

Su Bai forced the Thunderclap Hellvine to submit and contracted it through his Spirit Pagoda, enduring the painful tempering as it became a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. He emerged at Level fifty-two, with the Hellvine retaining its consciousness and the ability to keep growing inside the pagoda.

• Yu Tianheng thanked Su Bai for saving them, while Ye Lingling healed his wounds with her Nine Heart Begonia.
• Su Bai told Yu Tianheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to leave, and they departed through the rain.
• Su Bai summoned his Spirit Pagoda and forced the badly injured Thunderclap Hellvine to submit rather than self-destruct.
• Su Bai began the contract, absorbing the Hellvine's lightning energy as its body dissolved and the pagoda gained its totem.
• The Hellvine's soul ring rose from deep purple to black at ten thousand years, and Su Bai's soul power reached Level fifty-two.