Chapter Summaries

Lin Ye learned that Gu Yuena wanted him to create the Spirit Pagoda and let soul beasts help choose their own Soul Spirit partners. Gu Yuena delayed construction until Spirit Hall survived its crisis, then introduced Bi Ji as a candidate to become Lin Ye’s ninth Soul Spirit.

• Lin Ye examined the Spirit Pagoda blueprints and learned that its combined magic tool could house soul beast souls and guide them toward soul masters.
• Gu Yuena explained that the deal required soul beasts to help select their Soul Spirit partners, and Lin Ye agreed.
• Gu Yuena said the Spirit Pagoda would have to wait until Spirit Hall weathered its crisis, so Lin Ye asked her to gather Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts for him.
• Gu Yuena summoned Bi Ji, an Emerald Swan whose healing abilities made her a candidate to replace the ninth soul ring on Lin Ye’s Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul.

Lin Ye learned that Bi Ji was a 570,000-year ferocious beast and lacked confidence in turning her into a Soul Spirit. Gu Yuena explained how Bi Ji’s sacrifice could help him fuse her life force with her soul, then transformed into human form and left Lin Ye stunned by her beauty.

• Bi Ji introduced herself to Lin Ye and offered to become his Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yuena revealed that Bi Ji had cultivated for 570,000 years and explained that Soul Beasts beyond the hundred-thousand-year threshold were ferocious beasts.
• Lin Ye admitted he lacked confidence in transforming Bi Ji, and Gu Yuena offered to help control the process.
• Gu Yuena explained that Bi Ji could sacrifice herself so Lin Ye could use her life force and Soul Power to create a Soul Spirit.
• Gu Yuena changed into human form, and Lin Ye called her the most perfect woman he had ever seen, a goddess.

Lin Ye received Bi Ji’s sacrifice and used the life force Gu Yuena saved from becoming a soul bone to transform Bi Ji into a Soul Spirit. Bi Ji emerged as Lin Ye’s ninth Soul Spirit, retaining nearly all her former strength and gaining the possibility of becoming a god.

• Gu Yuena explained that she would alter Bi Ji’s sacrifice so her life force would go to Lin Ye instead of forming a soul bone, and Lin Ye confirmed he could use it to create a Soul Spirit.
• Bi Ji began her sacrifice, sending her Soul Power to Lin Ye as a soul ring and gathering her life force into a green sphere.
• Gu Yuena shattered the forming soul bone, then directed Bi Ji’s life force toward Lin Ye as the sacrifice neared its end.
• Lin Ye used the Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul to absorb and transform the life force, then used Spirit Binding and Dispatch to fuse it with Bi Ji’s soul.
• Bi Ji completed her transformation inside an emerald cocoon and emerged as Lin Ye’s Soul Spirit, able to draw on his ninth soul ring and potentially become a god.

Lin Ye examined Bi Ji’s new Soul Spirit abilities after she became his ninth soul ring, then learned that Gu Yuena had prepared dragon-clan Soul Spirits for his Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul. He agreed to visit the Far North later for Soul Spirits for his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul, while Gu Yuena sent Di Tian to bring the prepared dragons.

• Bi Ji told Gu Yuena that becoming a Soul Spirit preserved her strength, though her soul-ring power could not recover while in use and she could not stray too far from Lin Ye.
• Lin Ye discovered that Bi Ji’s Soul Spirit had turned his ninth soul ring orange-yellow and granted him three skills: Jadeite Guard, Jade Light Defense, and Emerald Light Wave, which Bi Ji could cast independently.
• Gu Yuena confirmed Lin Ye’s Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul had all nine soul rings and said she had prepared dragon-clan Soul Spirits for his Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Ye that the ruler of the Far North had prepared Soul Spirits for his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul, and Lin Ye agreed to travel there later.
• Lin Ye chose to add soul rings to his Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul first, and Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to bring Bai Ji, Zi Ji, and seven others.

Gu Yuena introduced the nine Dragon Consorts to Lin Ye, who accepted their plan to become his Soul Spirits through sacrifice. After all nine sacrificed themselves, Lin Ye gained nine orange-yellow soul rings and reached Rank 99.

• Gu Yuena introduced Bai Ji, Yin Ji, Cui Ji, Rou Ji, Yan Ji, Qing Ji, Sheng Ji, You Ji, and Zi Ji as dragon-race geniuses who had agreed to become Lin Ye’s Soul Spirits.
• Gu Yuena explained that their sacrifices would help the soul beast race oppose the God Realm and offered the Dragon Consorts a chance to become gods.
• Lin Ye agreed to begin immediately, and Bai Ji sacrificed herself first as Gu Yuena shattered the soul bone forming from her life force.
• Lin Ye captured Bai Ji’s soul and fused it with her released life force to create the Soul Spirit Bai Ji.
• Yin Ji, Cui Ji, Rou Ji, Yan Ji, Qing Ji, Sheng Ji, You Ji, and Zi Ji sacrificed themselves in succession, giving Lin Ye nine orange-yellow soul rings and raising his cultivation to Rank 99.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Lin Ye successfully obtains ten Soul Spirits and ten orange-yellow soul rings, boosting his strength to over 250,000 jin.
• He asks Gu Yuena for Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to create Godly Equipment.
• Gu Yuena gives Lin Ye over thirty soul bones, and he selects six to attempt forming Godly Equipment.

Character Developments

• Lin Ye's strength and power significantly increase with the addition of ten Soul Spirits and ten soul rings.
• Gu Yuena shows generosity and understanding, aiding Lin Ye in his quest for power.

Significant Themes

• The importance of strength and power in Lin Ye's quest to defeat the gods.
• The potential benefits for the soul beast race if Lin Ye succeeds in his mission.

Character Interactions

• Lin Ye and Gu Yuena maintain a cooperative relationship, with Gu Yuena supporting Lin Ye's quest for power.
• Lin Ye expresses his desire to form Godly Equipment, hinting at his ambition and strategic thinking.

Lin Ye formed godly equipment from six simulated soul bones, then chose to revive Xiao Wu before leaving for the Far North. With Gu Yuena watching over him, he began drawing Xiao Wu’s soul from the soul ring she had sacrificed.

• Lin Ye simulated six soul bones with his Symbiotic Battle Suit, and they resonated to form a set of black godly armor that strengthened their soul skills while reducing their energy costs.
• Gu Yuena told Lin Ye to go to the Far North to add soul rings to his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye decided to revive Xiao Wu before leaving, and Gu Yuena agreed to help if anything went wrong.
• Lin Ye summoned his Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Soul and used Spirit Binding and Dispatch on Xiao Wu’s seventh soul ring to pull her soul out.

Lin Ye used the Blood River's life force and Spirit Binding and Dispatch to transform Xiao Wu's soul into a Soul Spirit, then left Gu Yuena's secret realm with her. Xiao Wu reunited with the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python at the Lake of Life.

• Lin Ye pulled Xiao Wu's sleeping soul from the seventh soul ring and merged it with life force released by the Devouring Ancestral Dragon, turning her into a Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Wu woke and learned from Lin Ye that he had revived her in a new form of life.
• Gu Yuena urged Xiao Wu to help Lin Ye oppose the gods of the God Realm and support the future of the Soul Beast race.
• Lin Ye led Xiao Wu through Gu Yuena's silver doorway and returned to the Lake of Life.
• The Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python rejoiced when Lin Ye emerged with Xiao Wu.

After reuniting Xiao Wu with Da Ming and Er Ming, Lin Ye took her to the Far North to find the Snow Empress. There, he encountered the Titan Snow Demon King, who attacked him on sight.

• Xiao Wu reunited with Da Ming and Er Ming, then said farewell as Lin Ye took her toward the Far North.
• After several days of travel, Lin Ye and Xiao Wu arrived in the Far North and admired its vast snowy landscape.
• Lin Ye flew deeper into the Far North, searching for a powerful soul beast that could tell him where to find the Snow Empress.
• Lin Ye spotted a bloodied, hundred-meter-tall Titan Snow Demon and recognized it as the Titan Snow Demon King.
• Lin Ye asked the Titan Snow Demon King about its identity, but it roared and swung a massive palm at him.

Lin Ye beat the Titan Snow Demon King into guiding him to the Snow Empress so he could discuss Soul Spirits. After finding her empty palace, Lin Ye called out about their agreement, and the Snow Empress appeared on an ice throne.

• The Titan Snow Demon King attacked Lin Ye, who knocked it down and beat it until it begged for mercy.
• Lin Ye asked the Titan Snow Demon King to take him to the Snow Empress, and it agreed while worrying that he might turn her into a Soul Spirit.
• Lin Ye and the Titan Snow Demon King traveled to the Snow Empress's snowy mountain palace, with Xiao Wu briefly cheering Lin Ye on during the beating.
• Lin Ye found the palace empty, then called out to the Snow Empress about their Soul Spirit agreement and the method he had brought.
• The Snow Empress appeared on an ice throne as ice and snow surged up from the mountain.

Lin Ye proved to Snow Empress that he could create Soul Spirits by showing her the soul beasts who had already joined him. Uncertain she could survive her next Thunder Tribulation, Snow Empress took him to find more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and led him into a freezing underground cavern.

• Lin Ye showed Snow Empress his soul rings and introduced Xiao Wu, Bi Ji, and the nine Dragon Consorts as Soul Spirits.
• Bi Ji told Snow Empress that she had become Lin Ye’s Soul Spirit because she feared her coming Thunder Tribulation, and asked Snow Empress to join them.
• Snow Empress, who also doubted she could survive the 700,000-year Thunder Tribulation, took Lin Ye to find Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Snow Empress led Lin Ye into a deep ice cave, where he entered a cavern so cold that even he shuddered.

Snow Empress brought Lin Ye to the Mysterious Ice Cave, where seven aged Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts sacrificed themselves to strengthen him, though their souls dissipated before they could become Soul Spirits. When Lin Ye asked about obtaining two more Soul Rings for his Xuanyuan Sword, Snow Empress said she and Ice Empress would sacrifice themselves to him after she bid farewell to her people.

• Snow Empress revealed seven Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts frozen in the Mysterious Ice Cave and explained that they were old leaders of Far North clans nearing the ends of their lifespans.
• Snow Empress shattered the ice, awakened the seven Soul Beasts, and spoke with them before they agreed to sacrifice themselves to Lin Ye.
• The seven Soul Beasts sacrificed themselves one by one, their souls dissipated, and Lin Ye absorbed their life force instead of turning them into Soul Spirits.
• Lin Ye gained strength exceeding three hundred thousand jin and received seven scarlet Soul Rings for his Xuanyuan Sword Martial Soul.
• Lin Ye asked whether the Far North could provide more Soul Beasts, and Snow Empress said she and Ice Empress would sacrifice themselves to fill his remaining two Soul Ring slots.
• Snow Empress left the Mysterious Ice Cave to convene an assembly and bid farewell to her people, and Lin Ye followed her.

The Snow Empress performed the Heavenly Snow Woman Dance to summon the Far North’s soul beasts and tell them she was leaving. She explained that she would become a human’s Soul Spirit to avoid the danger of her approaching seven-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Tribulation.

• The Snow Empress returned to the ice palace with Lin Ye and decided to leave the Far North rather than risk dying in her next Thunder Tribulation.
• The Snow Empress performed the Heavenly Snow Woman Dance, stirring the Far North’s ice and snow and summoning its soul beasts.
• Lin Ye realized that the dance was a signal as countless soul beasts rushed to the mountain and gathered in circles around it.
• The Ice Empress asked why the Snow Empress had summoned them, and the Snow Empress announced that she would leave the Far North.
• The Snow Empress explained that she was not confident she could survive her seven-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Tribulation, so she planned to become a human’s Soul Spirit.

Snow Empress explained that she and Ice Empress would become Soul Spirits to survive their approaching Thunder Tribulations and help save the Soul Beast race. After naming the Titan Snow Demon King the new lord of the Far North, she told the Ice Bear King he could not stay, but had not decided what he would do next.

• Snow Empress told the Far North Soul Beasts that Lin Ye’s son had brought a way to save their race, and that nine Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts were needed as Soul Spirits.
• Snow Empress said she had prepared aged clan leaders for the sacrifice, volunteered herself for one remaining place, and asked Ice Empress to take the other; Ice Empress agreed to go with her.
• Snow Empress appointed the Titan Snow Demon King as the new lord of the Far North, and the gathered Soul Beasts saluted her before departing.
• The Ice Bear King asked Snow Empress what would become of him, and she told him he could not remain in the Far North because he might challenge the new ruler.
• The Ice Bear King offered to die if Snow Empress wished it, but she said she had no intention of killing him and told him to come with her.

Snow Empress sacrificed herself to Lin Ye, who disrupted the formation of her soul bone and used his abilities to turn her soul and restored life force into a complete Soul Spirit. The Ice Bear King agreed to leave the Far North with Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and Snow Empress successfully became a Soul Spirit.

• The Ice Bear King asked to become a Soul Spirit, but Snow Empress explained that the two available spots belonged to her and Ice Empress, and invited him to leave the Far North with them.
• The Ice Bear King agreed and climbed the snow mountain, while Ice Empress made an ice staircase and joined Snow Empress and Lin Ye at the summit.
• Snow Empress began her sacrifice to Lin Ye, producing an icy-blue life-force orb and a crimson soul ring.
• Lin Ye shattered the forming soul bone, completed the hundred-thousand-year soul ring, and had the Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul swallow the life-force orb.
• Lin Ye used Spirit Restraining and Commanding to seize Snow Empress's soul and fuse it with her restored life force, creating the complete Soul Spirit Snow Empress.

After Snow Empress and Ice Empress became Soul Spirits, Lin Ye used Blood River energy to evolve every Soul Ring on his three Martial Souls into Million-Year Soul Rings. With his strength at its peak, he prepared to leave the Far North and return to the battlefield.

• Snow Empress explained that becoming a Soul Spirit freed her from eating and the threat of Thunder Tribulation, while the Ice Bear King envied her new safety.
• Lin Ye summoned his Soul Spirits and told them he would try to turn his Soul Rings into Million-Year Soul Rings, asking them to wait outside the rings.
• Lin Ye used the Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul's stored Blood River energy to evolve his first Soul Ring, and Bai Ji reported increased strength without becoming a god or suffering side effects.
• Lin Ye evolved all nine Soul Rings of the Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul and all nine Soul Rings of the Nine Spirit Begonia into Million-Year Soul Rings.
• Lin Ye evolved all nine Xuanyuan Sword Soul Rings as well, consuming three quarters of his stored Blood River energy.
• With every Soul Ring on his three Martial Souls at the Million-Year level, Lin Ye reached his peak and prepared to return to the battlefield.

Lin Ye returned to the battlefield after reaching an agreement with the soul beast clan and upgrading all his soul rings to Million-Year Soul Rings. He revealed his overwhelming new strength to Spirit Hall’s leaders, who decided to let the Heaven Dou Empire’s anticipated probe proceed the next day.

• Lin Ye traveled back from the Far North with the Ice Bear King, carried by the nine Dragon Consorts, and entered the Star Luo Empire’s camp.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Ye that the Heaven Dou Empire had recovered, gathered more Peak Douluos, and appeared ready to resume the war.
• Lin Ye summoned his three Martial Souls and displayed their upgraded soul rings and the power of his Devouring Domain.
• Lin Ye told Bibi Dong that he could kill Tang Chen at his peak with one finger and explained that he had obtained a complete set of Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Qian Daoliu praised Lin Ye and said Spirit Hall’s future would be entrusted to him, embarrassing Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong proposed that Spirit Hall play along if the Heaven Dou Empire probed them the next day.

Tang Chen led Heaven Dou’s Peak Douluo in a surprise attack on the Star Luo camp, only to discover it was empty and face Lin Ye’s forces. Lin Ye challenged Tang Chen’s claim to justice, arguing that Spirit Hall served the common people while the Clear Sky Sect defended its own privileges.

• Tang Chen organized more than twenty Titled Douluo for a dawn assault while Ge Long prepared the regular troops.
• Tang Chen and the other Heaven Dou fighters unleashed powerful attacks on the Star Luo camp, flattening its empty tents.
• Tang Chen realized the camp had been abandoned and ordered his forces to gather in case of an ambush.
• Lin Ye appeared with Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, mocking Tang Chen for using a surprise attack.
• Tang Chen blamed Spirit Hall for the continent’s turmoil, and Lin Ye argued that Spirit Hall sought unification and aided common people while the Clear Sky Sect protected its own benefits.

Lin Ye confronted Tang Chen over the Clear Sky Sect’s interests and Spirit Hall’s plan to unify the continent, then let the Heaven Dou Empire’s fighters launch their attack. Tang Chen used a twelve-in-one fusion to empower himself, and Lin Ye prepared to answer with his Devouring Ancestral Dragon possession.

• Tang Chen defended his fight for the Clear Sky Sect and accused Spirit Hall of starting the war, while Lin Ye argued that unifying the continent would allow Soul Tool technology to create more resources for commoners.
• Lin Ye declared that Tang Chen’s position as a Clear Sky Sect member shaped his views and challenged him to stop Spirit Hall’s unification by force.
• Tang Chen ordered the Heaven Dou Empire’s Peak Douluo to use control skills, and they blasted Lin Ye, Qian Daoliu, and Golden Crocodile Douluo away.
• Tang Chen formed a twelve-in-one fusion with Bo Saixi and eleven other Peak Douluo, combining their soul rings and Soul Power while Jiang Zhu healed his injuries.
• Lin Ye dismissed Tang Chen’s increased strength as inadequate compared with his own improvement and activated Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul Possession.

Lin Ye transformed with the Devouring Ancestral Dragon and Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia Martial Souls, boosting his strength to ten billion jin. He killed Tang Chen with one punch, leaving Bo Saixi screaming in horror.

• Lin Ye activated the Devouring Ancestral Dragon Martial Soul Possession and Martial Soul Avatar, growing into a towering half-dragon and increasing his strength enormously.
• Lin Ye summoned the Nine Spirit Immortal Begonia and used its enhancement Soul Skills to raise his strength to ten billion jin.
• Tang Chen absorbed the twelve Peak Douluos' Soul Rings and Soul Power, then attacked Lin Ye with his Clear Sky Hammer True Body and Great Sumeru Hammer Secret Art.
• Lin Ye punched Tang Chen's Clear Sky Hammer True Body apart and killed Tang Chen with the resulting shockwave.
• Bo Saixi screamed when she saw Tang Chen explode into a cloud of blood mist.