Arc 3The White Phoenix Awakens

Yu Tiansheng warned the Soul Beasts and human factions about the Chaos Gods as alliances and rivalries formed around the threat. Li Shaobai protected Xiao Wu from pursuers, awakened his White Phoenix form, and escaped with her as Lü Fengxian and Tian Qingyue arrived.

  • Yu Tiansheng warned Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts that the Chaos Gods threatened their souls, then gave Di Tian intelligence and demanded resources in return.
  • Yu Tiansheng gave Yu Tianming supplies and instructions to establish the Ranger Knights, while Qian Daoliu feared the Divine Realm's disappearance would prevent Qian Renxue from becoming the Angel God.
  • Ye Wuhen confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, accused Tang San of possessing another body, and took him toward the Garden of Nurgle, where Tang San disappeared.
  • The four Chaos Gods remade Tang San's infant soul into a Chaos Warmaster, while Zhong Xuan used the Celestial Screen's revelations to shape public belief and prepare to bring the Warp into existence.
  • Human faction leaders gathered to discuss the Chaos Gods, agreed to cooperate against them, and watched Chen Xin lose a battle at sea to a mysterious young man.
  • Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest's core as Priest's game and Soul Masters seeking Xiao Wu's Soul Ring and Soul Bone blocked their way.
  • Li Shaobai defeated several pursuers and fought Zhao Wuji, then awakened his White Phoenix form and killed Zhao Wuji despite the influence of Khorne.
  • Li Shaobai helped Xiao Wu up, carried her away on his back, and disappeared with her as Lü Fengxian and Tian Qingyue arrived with troops.
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Ch. 51The Chaos Gods

Yu Tiansheng told Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts that the Divine Realm had fallen and that the Chaos Gods were claiming their souls. He explained that four ancient gods had cast the Divine Realm away, but admitted he did not know what had happened since.

  • Yu Tiansheng ordered Di Tian to kill the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python, and Di Tian obeyed, then destroyed the beasts’ Soul Bones.
  • Di Tian ordered the Myriad Demon King to withdraw the beast tide and demanded that Yu Tiansheng meet a supreme being, but Yu Tiansheng refused and warned that the Silver Dragon King could fall prey to the Chaos Gods.
  • Yu Tiansheng told the Ferocious Beasts that the Divine Realm was gone and that they were all listed as targets whose souls might be stolen and transformed after death.
  • Bi Ji asked whether the Chaos Gods would take and alter their souls, while the Scarlet King dismissed Yu Tiansheng’s claims and challenged his credibility.
  • Yu Tiansheng described the four Chaos Gods—Khorne, Tzeentch, Nurgle, and Slaanesh—and said they had joined forces to cast away the Divine Realm.

Ch. 52The Predetermined Future

Di Tian considered leading the Soul Beasts to conquer the continent after learning the Divine Realm had fallen, but Yu Tiansheng exposed his thoughts and warned him of the Silver Dragon King's predetermined death. Yu Tiansheng then tried to leave, while Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts demanded he reveal everything he knew.

  • Di Tian planned to unite the Star Dou Great Forest's Ferocious Beasts with the sea Soul Beasts and seize control of the continent.
  • Yu Tiansheng revealed that he had anticipated Di Tian's ambitions and said the Golden Dragon King had become the four Chaos Gods' puppet.
  • Yu Tiansheng declared that the Silver Dragon King would die at the Golden Dragon King's hands and urged her to prepare the Soul Beasts for their future.
  • Di Tian attacked Yu Tiansheng with Soul Power, but Scarlet King and Bi Ji restrained him and protected Yu Tiansheng.
  • Yu Tiansheng mentioned the Dragon Kings' current situations and said he would explain the Dragon God's death another time.
  • When Yu Tiansheng tried to leave, Di Tian demanded that he tell them everything he knew.

Ch. 53Human Sage · Yu Tiansheng

Yu Luomian and Qian Daoliu reacted to the future Yu Tiansheng had revealed, with Qian Daoliu fearing for the Angel God’s legacy and Spirit Hall. In the sky-screen scene, Yu Tiansheng refused to meet the Silver Dragon King yet, sent her warnings through Di Tian, and demanded supplies from the Star Dou Great Forest before leaving.

  • Yu Luomian worried about Yu Tiansheng’s future audacity, then hoped his cleverness could protect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan despite recalling his threat to dig up its ancestral graves.
  • Qian Daoliu feared that the Divine Realm’s disappearance would prevent Qian Renxue from becoming the Angel God, and he collapsed after his faith faltered.
  • Qian Daoliu warned Dugu Feng not to follow Khorne as he apparently had in the future, and worried about the fate of Spirit Hall and the Angel God’s people.
  • Yu Tiansheng told Di Tian that he would meet the Silver Dragon King later, warned her against investigating strange things, and asked Di Tian to relay his message.
  • The Silver Dragon King asked Yu Tiansheng to bring more information next time, and Di Tian offered him ten Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
  • Yu Tiansheng demanded more Soul Bones, rare herbs, Gold of Life, and that the Great Forest preserve the Big Fat Silkworm for him.

Ch. 54The Terrifying Great Unclean One

After the Great Unclean One survived the Soul Masters’ attacks, Beast God Di Tian destroyed it with a series of dragon-claw strikes. The battle ended with Yu Tiansheng giving Di Tian intelligence about the Chaos Gods and sending him away.

  • The beast tide retreated after three Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and other powerful fighters were killed, but the humans saw that the Great Unclean One and the “Blue Silver Emperor” had survived.
  • Dugu Bo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Bone Douluo, and other Soul Masters attacked the Great Unclean One, but it shrugged off their Soul Skills and recovered from its wounds.
  • A dark-gold dragon claw struck the Great Unclean One twice, killing the “Blue Silver Emperor” and knocking the monster down.
  • Beast God Di Tian unleashed a final, empowered dragon-claw attack that tore the Great Unclean One apart and made it dissipate into green light.
  • Yu Tiansheng introduced Di Tian to Yu Tianming and gave Di Tian a Brocade Pouch containing intelligence about the Chaos Gods before sending him away.

Ch. 55The Ranger Knights Legion

Yu Tiansheng gave Yu Tianming supplies and instructions to prepare for humanity’s coming crises, while planning to contain Ye Wuhen and establish a secret army. He named that army the Ranger Knights and parted from his brother with hope that humanity might endure.

  • Yu Tiansheng confirmed Di Tian had left, then thanked Yu Tianming and explained that he would travel to the Far North to keep Ye Wuhen in check.
  • Yu Tiansheng gave Yu Tianming a pouch containing an immortal-herb redemption code and cultivation instructions, plus a soul tool holding soul bones, manuals, and a herb guide.
  • Yu Tiansheng urged Yu Tianming to take Dugu Bo’s herbs and form a secret army, while dismissing Spirit Hall, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Clear Sky Sect as unreliable allies.
  • Di Tian watched the sky screen and reconsidered an alliance with humanity, doubting whether the human powers could be trusted.
  • Yu Tiansheng warned Yu Tianming that humanity would eventually perish in the gods’ game, but the brothers agreed that hope remained.
  • Yu Tiansheng named the secret army the Ranger Knights before saying goodbye to Yu Tianming.

Ch. 56Ye Wuhen and Tang San Meet Again

Xue Ye planned to recruit Lü Fengxian to strengthen Heaven Dou, while Qian Renxue secretly intended to lure him and his army to Spirit Hall. At the Star Dou Great Forest, Ye Wuhen confronted Tang San and Flender, surrounding them with plague monsters and demanding Tang San choose between surrender and sacrificing Flender.

  • Xue Ye praised 'Xue Qinghe's' idea to find Lü Fengxian and have him train a new army, then urged the crown prince to treat Lü well.
  • Qian Renxue privately resolved to recruit Lü Fengxian and his army for Spirit Hall.
  • At the Star Dou Great Forest entrance, Ye Wuhen confronted Li Ji and Ximen Yun, who fled by using Li Ji's Twin Martial Souls and left Yu Xiaogang in their sack.
  • Flender arrived with Tang San, recognized Ye Wuhen as the culprit behind the plague, and prepared to fight while urging Tang San to escape with Yu Xiaogang.
  • Ye Wuhen summoned plague monsters, taunted Tang San about his past sacrifice of a Soul Douluo, and displayed the head injury Uncle Tang had once inflicted on him.

Ch. 57Tang San: Blue Silver Entanglement!

Ning Fengzhi learned that Li Ji possessed twin martial souls and a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, then discussed how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might find and train him. In the Celestial Screen, Ye Wuhen tormented Yu Xiaogang and Flender before Tang San attacked him with hidden weapons and Blue Silver Entanglement.

  • Ning Fengzhi recovered from his shock as Chen Xin slapped him, and Gu Rong reassured him that the Celestial Screen gave the sect a chance to change its fate.
  • Ning Fengzhi said he suspected Li Ji was an unregistered illegitimate child of a Ning clan member, while Chen Xin urged him to restrain the clansmen's behavior.
  • Ye Wuhen revived Yu Xiaogang by yanking at his rotten body, then taunted Tang San and said Tang San's mother had exploded again.
  • Ye Wuhen noticed strange growth and decay around Yu Xiaogang's flesh and suspected that four gods were watching Tang San.
  • Ye Wuhen subdued Flender with Blue Silver Grass and stomped on him as Tang San removed his mask and attacked with Dragon Whisker Needles and other hidden weapons.
  • Tang San unleashed his two soul skills, including Blue Silver Entanglement, against Ye Wuhen.

Ch. 58Xiaogang and Tang San's stern father, Tang San had two souls in one body?

Ye Wuhen withstood Tang San’s poisoned hidden weapons and revealed that Tang Hao and Tang San had caused the plague by killing him and sacrificing a Soul Douluo. As Ye Wuhen tortured Tang San, he sensed that Tang San’s body was occupied by another soul, leaving his true identity in question.

  • Tang San attacked Ye Wuhen with hidden weapons and Soul Skills, but Ye Wuhen’s body withered the Blue Silver Grass and devoured or expelled the weapons and poison.
  • Ye Wuhen accused Tang San and Tang Hao of killing him and unleashing the plague, and Tang Xiao and Qian Daoliu reacted to the revelations on the Celestial Screen.
  • Bibi Dong vowed revenge on Ye Wuhen while grieving over Yu Xiaogang’s suffering.
  • Ye Wuhen slapped Tang San as Wang Sheng and the other former Nuoding City working students kicked Yu Xiaogang back and forth.
  • Ye Wuhen questioned why Tang Hao had tried to kill him when he was a child, then realized Tang San’s body was under someone else’s soul possession.

Ch. 59Tang San Was Actually a Body Usurper?

Ye Wuhen accused Tang San of taking over another body and brought him through a portal toward the Garden of Nurgle, but Tang San vanished during the journey. Back in the real world, Tang San denied the accusation and vowed to defeat Ye Wuhen, while Ye Wuhen suspected Nurgle had personally taken Tang San.

  • Ye Wuhen questioned Tang San about when he had taken over his body, but Tang San denied it while the real-world Tang San panicked at the possibility that Ye Wuhen was right.
  • Yu Xiaogang reassured Tang San that Ye Wuhen probably meant his twin martial souls, and Tang San vowed to protect his family and prove himself.
  • Ye Wuhen bound Tang San with Blue Silver Grass and opened a portal to the Garden of Nurgle, intending to take him there.
  • Ye Wuhen arrived in the Garden of Nurgle and discovered Tang San had disappeared during the journey.
  • Ye Wuhen speculated that Nurgle had personally taken Tang San and worried that he had fallen out of favor.

Ch. 60Chaos Warmaster, the ultimate edition of 'Tang Wulin'

The Celestial Screen showed Ye Wuhen’s transformation and Tang San’s remaking into a Chaos Warmaster, then left the real Tang San fearing that the original owner of his body still existed. Zhong Xuan decided to use his growing Truth Points to bring the Warp into existence.

  • Ye Wuhen’s grandfather turned Yu Xiaogang’s Luo Sanpao into a Rotting Dragon, and Ye Wuhen rode it through the Garden of Nurgle.
  • Four gods remade Tang San’s infant soul into a black-haired Chaos Warmaster with the Golden Dragon King’s power, while the original Tang San remained behind.
  • After the Celestial Screen ended, Tang San realized people might believe he had possessed someone else’s body and feared his father, Tang Hao, would learn of it.
  • Zhong Xuan claimed that the original owner’s soul existed because he said so, making the continent’s belief in Tang San a body-snatching monster part of his plan.
  • Zhong Xuan used his growing Truth Points to prepare to bring the Warp into existence.

Ch. 61Ning Fengzhi: This Is a Good Thing!

After the Celestial Screen revealed the Golden Dragon King’s fate and the threat posed by the Chaos Gods, Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts considered waking the Silver Dragon King and wondered whether they would have to ally with humans. Xiao Wu vowed to grow stronger and protect Da Ming and Er Ming, while Ning Fengzhi saw Li Shaobai’s bond with Xiao Wu as an opportunity for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

  • The Ferocious Beasts learned that the Chaos Gods had made the Golden Dragon King their puppet, and Di Tian flew into a rage before Bi Ji reminded him to wake their lord, the Silver Dragon King.
  • Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and the Myriad Demon King worried that the Chaos Gods would claim their souls after death and questioned whether they would have to ally with humans.
  • Xiao Wu cried over the loss of her mother and the possibility of losing Da Ming and Er Ming, then vowed to become stronger and protect her two younger brothers.
  • Xiao Wu considered seeking out Li Shaobai and taking the young genius as her little brother, believing she could now safely enter human society.
  • Ning Fengzhi reassured Gu Rong that Li Shaobai was likely safe with Xiao Wu, then calculated that the sect might benefit from her hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

Ch. 62Father and Son, the Golden Dragon, a God of the Tang Family

Tang Hao accepted Tang San as his son despite learning that an outsider possessed his body, while Yu Xiaogang schemed to make Luo Sanpao evolve into a Golden Sacred Dragon. Elsewhere, Prince Xue Xing investigated Tian Buwei’s gifted nephew and learned that Tian Qingyue was secretly Xue Qingyue, a prince whose Snow Rabbit Martial Soul had transformed into a dragon.

  • Tang San prepared to attack Tang Hao, but Tang Hao called him his child and reassured him that he would always be part of the family.
  • Tang Hao decided to keep the impostor Tang San for now, hoping the real Little San’s connection to the gods might help him restore Ah Yin.
  • Yu Xiaogang resolved to learn the secret of Tian Tiansheng’s Martial Soul Evolution and use it to transform Luo Sanpao into the Golden Sacred Dragon.
  • Prince Xue Xing brought Xue Beng to meet Tian Buwei, then sent Xue Beng away to question Tian Buwei about Tian Qingyue.
  • Tian Buwei confirmed that Tian Qingyue was secretly Xue Qingyue, the emperor’s son, and that his Snow Rabbit Martial Soul had transformed into a dragon.

Ch. 63The Snow Rabbit Turned Dragon: Xue Qingyue

Tian Buwei presented Xue Qingyue’s mutated Snow Rabbit martial soul to Prince Xue Xing, who decided to consider him as a potential successor to the Heaven Dou throne. Half a month later, Xue Qingyue welcomed Ning Fengzhi to the imperial palace and asked after Li Shaobai and Rongrong.

  • Xue Beng approached Tian Qingyue to seek the Tian Family’s support, but Tian Qingyue frightened him and then beat him during training.
  • Tian Buwei showed Prince Xue Xing Xue Qingyue’s rare martial soul mutation and asked him to support the boy’s claim to a princely title.
  • Prince Xue Xing heard Tian Buwei’s account of Xue Qingyue’s mother and weighed whether to back Xue Qingyue or Xue Beng.
  • Prince Xue Xing recognized Xue Beng as the child Xue Qingyue was beating and decided to support Xue Qingyue if an investigation confirmed his origins.
  • Half a month later, Xue Qingyue welcomed Ning Fengzhi at the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and asked why Li Shaobai and Rongrong had not come.
  • Ning Fengzhi explained that Li Shaobai was staying with his gravely ill father.

Ch. 64The meeting

Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Xue Qinghe attended a meeting of the continent’s major powers to discuss the future revealed by the Celestial Screen and the threat of the Four Chaos Gods. Golden Crocodile Douluo declared that Spirit Hall would lead the fight and demanded that Yu Tiansheng and Yu Tianming be sent to Spirit Hall.

  • Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Golden Crocodile Douluo had joined Spirit Hall’s delegation, startling Ning Fengzhi with the news that the elder had emerged from seclusion.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong entered the conference room, where Xue Ye, Xue Xing, Dugu Bo, Yu Yuanzhen, Yue Guan, Tang Xiao, Tang Moonlight Pavilion, and other faction leaders had gathered.
  • Salas proposed that the factions discuss the Four Chaos Gods, and Ning Fengzhi argued that Spirit Hall should take responsibility because of the Angel God’s presence and influence.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Ning Fengzhi’s claim that Li Shaobai had no connection to the Chaos Gods, citing the Celestial Screen’s depiction of Shaobai hearing Khorne’s whispers.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo announced that Spirit Hall would lead the fight against the Chaos Gods and demanded that Yu Tiansheng and Yu Tianming be sent to Spirit Hall, leaving Yu Yuanzhen stunned.

Ch. 65The Third Future Celestial Screen, Activate!

The factions debated how to confront the Chaos Gods and agreed on joint measures, though distrust and rivalries remained. Half a month later, the Celestial Screen showed Chen Xin battling a powerful young man over the ocean one week before the Star Dou Great Forest beast tide.

  • Golden Crocodile Douluo declared that he wanted Yu Tiansheng and Yu Tianming as his disciples, while Yu Yuanzhen reconsidered whether to accept.
  • Ning Fengzhi and other leaders urged cooperation against the Chaos Gods, and the gathering rejected a proposal to execute everyone connected to them.
  • Xue Qinghe announced agreements to hunt Chaos God forces, investigate the sea soul masters, protect future geniuses from coercion, and investigate Slaughter City.
  • Half a month later, the Celestial Screen showed Chen Xin falling into the sea after several ships sank, as a young man with nine soul rings taunted him.
  • Chen Xin unleashed Seven Kill True Body, and the young man countered with Eight Extremes Heaven, Second Form: Break the Scabbard.

Ch. 66A Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Takes Human Form

After the Celestial Screen showed Chen Xin losing his right arm to a mysterious overseas fighter, Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin reconsidered the sect’s plans. The screen then followed Li Shaobai as he carried a grieving Xiao Wu through the cordons around the Star Dou Great Forest, where she questioned why he helped her despite knowing she was a human-form Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

  • Chen Xin admitted that the mysterious fighter surpassed him in speed, attack power, and physical techniques, and that he had lost the battle.
  • Ning Fengzhi grew concerned about the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future and said they would reconsider their overseas exploration plans.
  • Young Ning Rongrong comforted Li Shaobai about Chen Xin’s injury and urged him to visit Chen Xin with her.
  • Seven days after the beast tide, Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu through the night and searched for a way past the forces’ cordons around the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Xiao Wu blamed herself for failing to protect her family and asked why Li Shaobai helped her despite knowing what she was.
  • Li Shaobai said Xiao Wu had saved his life, while Xiao Wu asked whether he had ever considered taking her Soul Ring and Soul Bone to improve his talent.

Ch. 67The Bad Rabbit Who Wanted to Steal Him Away

While carrying Xiao Wu, Li Shaobai listened as she mourned her family and vowed to grow stronger and avenge them, then shared that his own father had died when he was young. In the real world, Ning Rongrong feared Xiao Wu would take Li Shaobai away, while Ning Fengzhi privately considered how to secure Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for him.

  • Xiao Wu told Li Shaobai that Da Ming and Er Ming had died during the beast tide and that she wanted revenge on their killers and the Beast God.
  • Li Shaobai told Xiao Wu that his father had died when he was eight, after sending him to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to fulfill the family’s hopes.
  • Xiao Wu comforted Li Shaobai and imagined that he would become a Titled Douluo, marry, and have children.
  • In the real world, Ning Rongrong ran to Ning Fengzhi and cried that Xiao Wu might steal Li Shaobai away from her.
  • Ning Fengzhi reassured Li Shaobai that the events on the Celestial Screen were only a reference, while privately plotting to obtain Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone for him.

Ch. 68The Dark Prince's Game

Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu encountered Priest, a servant of the Chaos Gods, who invited them to serve the Dark Prince. Priest revealed that Xiao Wu’s identity would soon be exposed to those blockading Star Dou Great Forest, beginning a survival trial that challenged Li Shaobai to abandon her.

  • Xiao Wu reacted with shock and anger when Li Shaobai said he had a fiancée and would follow the life planned for him.
  • Li Shaobai drew his Phoenix Cry Sword and confronted a cloaked stranger who had appeared in their path.
  • The stranger introduced himself as Priest and invited Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu to accept the Chaos Gods’ power and become the Dark Prince’s representatives.
  • Li Shaobai prepared to hold Priest off so Xiao Wu could escape, but Priest appeared behind them before he could act.
  • Priest warned that after 666 breaths, everyone blockading Star Dou Great Forest would learn Xiao Wu’s true identity and said they had to survive his game.

Ch. 69The purple snakes

Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu toward the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region, hoping to secure the Beast God’s protection while avoiding those who knew her identity. Purple snakes attacked them, and their blood turned into a signal that exposed their location.

  • Priest let Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu flee, while Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong worried over Priest’s connection to Bi Shuo.
  • Li Shaobai told Xiao Wu he would take her to the core region for the Beast God’s protection, and Xiao Wu resolved not to let him die.
  • A faint, unidentifiable laugh sounded beside Xiao Wu as Li Shaobai hurried through the forest.
  • Purple snakes fell from the trees, and Li Shaobai used his soul skill and sword technique to kill them as he continued onward.
  • The snakes’ purple blood began glowing and formed a giant serpent that exploded into the sky, revealing Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu’s position.

Ch. 70I'll Finish You Within Six Breaths

Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu through the Star Dou Great Forest, evading the empire’s cordons and trying to return her to the Lake of Life. When Dai Mubai and his companions attacked, Li Shaobai cut them down in an instant and continued toward the forest’s core.

  • Li Shaobai realized Priest’s attackers had likely been sent to delay him and hurried onward with Xiao Wu.
  • Li Shaobai dodged a surprise attack, then blocked a volley of bolts from Zhuge Repeating Crossbows.
  • Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar confronted Li Shaobai and refused to let him pass.
  • Li Shaobai used Bring in the Wine to rush past them, cutting off Dai Mubai’s hands, killing Ma Hongjun, and gravely wounding Oscar.
  • Li Shaobai continued racing toward the core of the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu.

Ch. 71A bloody battle

As Spirit Hall hunted Tang San and Tang Hao, Tang San settled at Shrek Academy and planned to rebuild the Tang Sect by gathering powerful allies. On the Celestial Screen, Li Shaobai fought through Soul Masters to carry Xiao Wu toward the Lake of Life, but a powerful opponent appeared as he pressed onward.

  • Zhao Wuji complained that Shrek Academy's students kept suffering, while Flender defended the academy and Tang San questioned whether he should study there.
  • Tang San planned to grow stronger, cultivate Oscar, and recruit talented figures to rebuild the Tang Sect under Shrek Academy's protection.
  • On the Celestial Screen, Li Shaobai carried Xiao Wu through the Star Dou Great Forest and fought Soul Masters seeking her hundred-thousand-year soul bone.
  • Li Shaobai defeated the Blue Sunshine Academy Soul King and frightened the remaining attackers into holding back as he continued toward the forest.
  • A powerful voice announced the Great Strength Vajra Bear Martial Soul Avatar and challenged Li Shaobai.

Ch. 72Li Shaobai: "I've attained enlightenment"

Li Shaobai fought Zhao Wuji to protect Xiao Wu, but Zhao Wuji badly wounded him and prepared to seize her. Just as Li Shaobai seemed defeated, he rose surrounded by white phoenixes and declared that he had attained enlightenment.

  • Zhao Wuji attacked Li Shaobai and Xiao Wu, and Li Shaobai used his soul skills to evade him while injuring him only slightly.
  • Zhao Wuji trapped Li Shaobai with his Tracking and Positioning skill and struck him with a Great Strength Vajra Palm.
  • Xiao Wu begged Li Shaobai to leave her behind, but he continued protecting her and was gravely injured.
  • Zhao Wuji turned toward Xiao Wu, intending to take her and escape with the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
  • Li Shaobai stood up amid dancing white phoenixes, assumed a strange stance, and said that he had attained enlightenment.

Ch. 73Son of Man

As he lay near death, Li Shaobai realized that protecting Xiao Wu was his own wish and awakened the true nature of his Martial Soul. He transformed into the White Phoenix, rising before Zhao Wuji with an aura that made the Soul Saint tremble.

  • Li Shaobai recalled his father’s final wish and recognized that he had spent his life following the expectations of others.
  • Li Shaobai resolved to protect Xiao Wu, but murderous thoughts and strange red and purple shadows threatened to overwhelm his mind.
  • His father’s voice called him to stand up, and Li Shaobai awakened to the truth that his Martial Soul was a White Phoenix shaped by his will.
  • Li Shaobai transformed from the Phoenix Cry Sword into his White Phoenix form as phoenixes cried around him.
  • Zhao Wuji trembled at Li Shaobai’s power as Li Shaobai used his First Soul Skill, Immovable Bright King Body.

Ch. 74The Immovable Wisdom King Falls

Li Shaobai overcame his fear of the Chaos God, recovered his strength, and killed Zhao Wuji with a sudden sword attack. Afterward, Yu Xiaogang decided to study Khorne’s Blessing, while Priest wondered whether Tzeentch had intervened in Li Shaobai’s awakening.

  • Li Shaobai faced Zhao Wuji’s attack, confronted his fear of the Chaos God, and struck Zhao Wuji with his Five-Finger Fist-Heart Sword.
  • Li Shaobai regained his strength, then used his Green Lotus Sword Song to kill Zhao Wuji.
  • In the real world, Zhao Wuji complained about his defeat while Flender and Shao Xin discussed the outcome.
  • Yu Xiaogang decided to study Khorne’s power and planned to learn Yu Tiansheng’s method for improving Luo Sanpao.
  • The crowd fled after seeing Li Shaobai kill Zhao Wuji, and Priest wondered whether Tzeentch had caused Li Shaobai’s awakening.

Ch. 75Lord of the Skull Throne

Li Shaobai’s Phoenix Cry Sword manifested as its true form, a white phoenix of the ultimate mental attribute, while Ning Fengzhi and the elders worried about the Chaos Gods targeting him. On the Celestial Screen, Li Shaobai reunited with Xiao Wu and fled as Lü Fengxian and Tian Qingyue arrived with a Heaven Dou Imperial Family troop.

  • Li Shaobai’s Martial Soul transformed into a white phoenix, and he explained that it had revealed its true form rather than fully awakened.
  • Ning Fengzhi reassured Chen Xin and Gu Rong that Li Shaobai had retained his sense of self despite Khorne’s influence, though they remained concerned about the Chaos Gods.
  • On the Celestial Screen, Xiao Wu cried with relief when Li Shaobai emerged unharmed, and he helped her up and wiped her face.
  • Xiao Wu embraced Li Shaobai and tried to kiss him, but he dodged and then picked her up and carried her on his back.
  • Li Shaobai activated his Soul Skill and disappeared with Xiao Wu as Lü Fengxian and Tian Qingyue arrived at the scene with an orderly troop.
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