Recaps

Jiang Che went to help Li Kuisheng and Li Qianqian after a giant softshell turtle attacked their merchant ship, and he pulled them away from the beast while injuring it. He and the siblings remained underwater with the turtle still nearby.

• Jiang Che spotted a sinking Li Family merchant ship and learned that Li Kuisheng and Li Qianqian had been dragged underwater by a roughly two-thousand-year Soul Beast.
• Jiang Che heard Li Kuisheng's attack and dove into the stormy sea to help.
• Jiang Che found Li Kuisheng badly wounded and Li Qianqian unconscious, both trapped by the giant softshell turtle.
• Jiang Che restrained the turtle with Blue Silver Emperor vines and wounded it with his Water Tribulation Blue Silver Blade, suffering an injury himself.
• Jiang Che pulled Li Qianqian and Li Kuisheng away from the turtle, and Li Kuisheng thanked him for repaying his earlier favor.
• Jiang Che warned Li Kuisheng that the danger remained as the turtle's scarlet eyes watched them in the darkness.

Jiang Che fought off a giant softshell turtle whose attacks reflected damage, forcing it to retreat before he and the Li family survivors escaped to the fishing boat. Afterward, Li Qianqian woke and rushed to cling to Jiang Che, while Li Kuisheng noticed something was wrong.

• Jiang Che used his healing soul skill to endure the giant turtle's damage reflection until the creature's strength waned and it fled.
• Jiang Che and Li Kuisheng brought Li Qianqian to the surface, where the Li Family sailors helped them aboard the fishing boat.
• Li Kuisheng agreed that the Li Family would pay Jiang Che the five hundred Gold Soul Coins they owed him.
• Li Qianqian woke, learned they were safe, and hurried over to Jiang Che, grabbing his injured arm before clinging to his other hand.
• Li Kuisheng watched Li Qianqian fawn over Jiang Che and suddenly realized something was wrong.

After surviving the sea beast attack, Jiang Che collected his payment while Li Qianqian obtained her first soul ring, and Li Hanhai learned that Jiang Che had a thousand-year second soul ring. The chapter ended with Jiang Che fighting a massive bear in the Heavenly Profound Mountain Range.

• Li Qianqian fawned over Jiang Che and questioned him about how he drove off the thousand-year soul beast, while Li Kuisheng complained that she ignored his injuries.
• Wang Er returned with a roughly three-hundred-and-eighty-year-old Tidal Jade Velvet Algae, and Li Qianqian went to absorb it as her first soul ring.
• Jiang Che returned to Vast Sea City, collected five hundred gold soul coins from Li Kuisheng, and hurried off to study his second soul skill.
• Li Kuisheng told Li Hanhai about the attack and Jiang Che's thousand-year second soul ring, prompting Li Hanhai to wonder whether Jiang Che was the Blue Silver Grass fighter called Xuebi.
• Jiang Che fought a massive reddish-brown bear in the Heavenly Profound Mountain Range, dodging its stone spike after striking it with three Water Blades.

Jiang Che killed a thirteen-hundred-year Rock Bear and continued hunting in the Tianyun Mountain Range, where he discovered a hidden bone cave. After killing the injured Corrupt Scale Black Tortoise inside, he rested and considered the value of its shell.

• Jiang Che killed the thirteen-hundred-year Rock Bear after a half-hour battle and gained 15 Skill Points.
• Jiang Che killed three hundred-year Long-Tailed Iron Rats and found a polished bone fragment beside a well-worn path.
• Jiang Che triggered a thirty-meter ground collapse, stopped his fall with his Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone Skill, and discovered a cave filled with bones and dark gray fruits.
• Jiang Che encountered an injured Corrupt Scale Black Tortoise in the cave and wounded it by striking the exposed injury in its abdomen.
• Jiang Che summoned another Blue Silver Longsword and stabbed the Black Tortoise at the base of its neck, killing it and gaining 15 Skill Points.
• Jiang Che rested on the bone mountain, found nothing else valuable in the cave, and turned his attention to the tortoise's shell.

Jiang Che defeated and killed three hunters who ambushed him for the treasure from the Corrupt Scale Black Tortoise’s lair. He learned that the hunters worked for the Feilun Marquis Household and left considering the household’s rivalry with the Li Family.

• Jiang Che emerged from the Corrupt Scale Black Tortoise’s lair and was ambushed by three hunters demanding his spoils.
• Jiang Che used his Blue Silver Vines and Star Wheel Rotation to kill the two Soul Grandmasters.
• Jiang Che fought the surviving Soul Elder, who claimed he worked for the Feilun Marquis Household, but Jiang Che rejected his threat and killed him.
• Jiang Che searched the Soul Elder’s body, found a pouch with Silver Soul Coins, and recalled that the Li Family had been suppressing the Feilun Marquis Household.

Three men from the Marquis's Residence tried to force Xiaoduo to become the fat Soul Elder's concubine, but her grandfather arrived and stood up to them. The Soul Elder insisted Xiaoduo would join his family and offered to support her grandfather.

• A fat Soul Elder and his companions pressured Xiaoduo to go with their boss, while the gathered neighbors mostly stayed silent out of fear.
• Xiaoduo refused, defended her dead parents, and said she had her grandfather to care for her.
• The men planned to force Xiaoduo inside, and the onlookers realized what they intended but hesitated to intervene.
• Xiaoduo's grandfather pushed through the crowd, comforted her, and ordered the men to leave.
• The Soul Elder dismissed the grandfather's protest and claimed Xiaoduo would be well treated if she kept him happy.

Jiang Che returned to Vast Sea City and found the old fisherman and Xiaoduo being harassed by members of the Felun Family. He intervened to protect them and faced three Soul Masters, who activated their Martial Souls as the onlookers fled.

• Jiang Che learned that the Felun Family's men had been preying on the old fisherman and his granddaughter, Xiaoduo.
• Wang Niu charged at the old fisherman, but Jiang Che stepped in, seized him, and kicked him into another attacker.
• Jiang Che warned the old fisherman to leave Vast Sea City, and the old man took Xiaoduo to retrieve their savings.
• Wang Niu challenged Jiang Che to settle the dispute through Soul Fighting, but Jiang Che refused to treat Xiaoduo as merchandise.
• Wang Niu, Li Qing, and Zhao Li revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings as the crowd retreated to watch from a distance.

Jiang Che fought Wang Niu, Li Qing, and Zhao Li, revealing that his Blue Silver Grass could withstand their attacks and that his Thousand-Year Soul Ring gave him powerful offensive skills. He drove the three men into fear and closed in after Wang Niu invoked the Feilun Marquis Household.

• Jiang Che revealed his two Soul Rings, including a Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Wang Niu decided the three men should attack together.
• Wang Niu charged while Li Qing swung his metalized staff and Zhao Li unleashed a Tiger Roar Wave, but Jiang Che’s vine wall and Qi Condensation Shield blunted their attacks.
• Jiang Che formed the Blue Silver Longsword, countered Wang Niu and Li Qing, and interrupted Zhao Li’s next attack with vines.
• Jiang Che fired a crescent-shaped Water Blade that Wang Niu barely dodged, and it cut through a wall behind him.
• Wang Niu warned Jiang Che that he belonged to the Feilun Marquis Household, but Jiang Che claimed he would even dare beat up a Titled Douluo’s son and closed in on the three men.

Jiang Che defeated three men from the Feilun Marquis Household in Vast Sea City and escaped before the incident could draw more attention. Bibi Dong added him to Spirit Hall’s priority assessment list and considered offering him a chance to become her disciple, while Jiang Che reached Bass City to lie low.

• Jiang Che killed Zhao Li and defeated Wang Niu and Li Qing, then took the coins from their bodies.
• Jiang Che passed through Vast Sea City’s gates, and the guards pretended not to know about his involvement in the disturbance.
• Gui Mei reported Jiang Che’s unusual cultivation and thousand-year second soul ring to Bibi Dong, who added him to Spirit Hall’s priority assessment list and offered him a chance to become her disciple if he could reach Soul Elder.
• After a month of travel, Jiang Che arrived in Bass City on the Star Luo Empire’s border and planned to stay there for several years.

After four years of cultivation, Jiang Che encountered an injured mutated Millennium Wind Ape and fought to hold it off. He began preparing Star Wheel Rotation, carefully conserving enough Soul Power to unleash it.

• Jiang Che reached Soul Power level 27, mastered the second level of Qi Condensation Shield, and spent 6,000 Skill Points on the Lingyun Flower Rain Blade technique.
• A mutated Millennium Wind Ape ambushed Jiang Che, and its first punch sent him crashing into a tree despite his Qi Condensation Shield.
• The Wind Ape attacked with a red energy ball, but Jiang Che used Four Ounces Deflect a Thousand Pounds and Qi Force Resonance to divert it.
• The Wind Ape surged forward, and Jiang Che counterattacked with Water Blades in a Line, wounding it before using Profusion to grow Blue Silver Vines around it.
• Jiang Che repeatedly grew vines to buy time to prepare Star Wheel Rotation, while the Wind Ape tore them apart and his Soul Power dwindled.

Jiang Che killed a mutated wind ape and followed its blood trail to a cave, where he discovered dead Zhu Family guards and fought the injured Zhu Zhuqing. After knocking her unconscious, he found she was poisoned and realized her life was in danger.

• Jiang Che killed the 1,144-year-old mutated wind ape and followed the blood trail to a cave.
• Jiang Che found several dead Zhu Family guards inside the cave and sensed someone hiding nearby.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked Jiang Che, but his Qi Condensation Shield blocked her strike, and he knocked her unconscious.
• Jiang Che recognized Zhu Zhuqing and found bloodied wounds and signs of poison on her body.
• Jiang Che tied Zhu Zhuqing up with vines to keep her from attacking him when she woke.

Jiang Che treated Zhu Zhuqing’s wounds and poison, then demanded compensation before letting her go. After she paid him and left the cave, she found the Wind Ape’s corpse and heard an enraged roar from the forest.

• Jiang Che used his first Soul Skill to heal Zhu Zhuqing and clear the toxins from her body, then bound her with vines as she awoke.
• Jiang Che recognized Zhu Zhuqing from her necklace and demanded compensation for saving her and dealing with the Wind Ape.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to pay three thousand Gold Soul Coins, retrieved the card from her necklace, and handed it to Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che removed the vines and let Zhu Zhuqing leave the cave with her necklace.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw the mangled Wind Ape corpse outside, then heard a branch snap and a furious roar from the forest.

Jiang Che rescued Zhu Zhuqing from a mutant Wind Ape and treated her injuries after escaping to safety. Zhu Zhuqing awoke to discover he had removed and replaced some of her clothing while tending to her wound, then screamed at him.

• A male Wind Ape attacked Zhu Zhuqing, and Jiang Che caught her with Blue Silver Vines after she was thrown toward his cave.
• Jiang Che carried the unconscious Zhu Zhuqing into a rocky valley, shielded them from the Wind Ape's blast, and flew toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• After reaching temporary safety, Jiang Che treated Zhu Zhuqing's back wound with medicinal herbs and settled down to recover his Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing awoke to the smell of grilled fish and realized her inner armor and bandeau were gone, with clean white cloth in their place.
• Zhu Zhuqing screamed, and Jiang Che asked whether she had had a nightmare.

Jiang Che treated Zhu Zhuqing’s wounds and shared a meal with her, then learned why she had fled the Zhu Family and urged her not to stake her fate on Dai Mubai. Zhu Zhuqing began considering how she could resist her family’s brutal succession struggle on her own.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke and misunderstood Jiang Che’s care for her, but accepted his explanation after noticing her back wound and the medicine.
• Jiang Che and Zhu Zhuqing ate grilled fish, and she asked his name before questioning how his Blue Silver Grass could let him fly.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Jiang Che about her engagement to Dai Mubai, the life-or-death rivalry with Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi, and Dai Mubai’s flight to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Che advised Zhu Zhuqing to rely on herself and urged her to find out whether Dai Mubai was still fighting for their future.
• Zhu Zhuqing doubted she could defeat Zhu Zhuyun without their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then suddenly had an idea.

Jiang Che offered to teach Zhu Zhuqing how to cultivate and used the refreshed system shop to find a cultivation method that could benefit him. The next morning, he began guiding her toward developing the Hell Spirit Cat as a self-reliant agility attack martial soul.

• Zhu Zhuqing questioned how Jiang Che had killed the Thousand-Year Wind Ape, but he concealed his real strength and offered to teach her cultivation instead.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to Jiang Che's offer and kept watch while he browsed the system shop overnight.
• Jiang Che found an incomplete Symbiotic Cultivation Method that would share practitioners' breakthroughs with him and punish betrayal, but he lacked the skill points to buy it.
• The next morning, Zhu Zhuqing explained her family's approach to agility attack soul rings, and Jiang Che told her to rely on herself rather than the White Tiger.
• Jiang Che considered how Zhu Zhuqing's existing soul skills leaned toward offense and wondered whether changing her path would disrupt the original story.

Jiang Che taught Zhu Zhuqing to treat speed itself as a source of attack power, using a Profound Water Turtle to demonstrate the principle. Zhu Zhuqing embraced this new path and asked why the Speed Clan had declined, leaving Jiang Che ready to explain.

• Jiang Che caught and subdued a Profound Water Turtle, then activated the Incomplete Symbiotic Cultivation Method with a contract.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the turtle with a forceful punch, but it barely moved, so Jiang Che told her to prioritize speed instead.
• Zhu Zhuqing punched the turtle at greater speed and saw that her attack became stronger.
• Jiang Che instructed Zhu Zhuqing to use the speed boost from her first Soul Skill without its claws, and her charge drove the turtle back several meters.
• Jiang Che warned Zhu Zhuqing that she would need to strengthen her body as her speed increased.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked why the Speed Clan had become a subordinate sect of the Clear Sky Sect and was later struck from its rolls, and Jiang Che praised her question.

Jiang Che explained how Zhu Zhuqing should develop her speed and adapt to her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul. He left her with a new training method: practice living in Martial Soul Possession as much as possible.

• Jiang Che described the Speed Clan's limit-focused cultivation and warned Zhu Zhuqing that speed was useless in combat without control.
• He advised Zhu Zhuqing to choose speed- and dark-attribute Soul Beasts, especially cats or leopards, and avoid Soul Rings that did not strengthen her speed.
• Jiang Che explained that repeatedly absorbing Soul Rings from similar Soul Beasts could alter a martial soul, but kept the theory private to avoid mass hunting.
• Jiang Che introduced the Martial Soul Possession Adaptation Method and told Zhu Zhuqing to maintain possession during cultivation and daily training.
• Jiang Che explained that practicing in possession would help Zhu Zhuqing adapt to her transformed body, though maintaining possession constantly would consume too much Soul Power.

Jiang Che trained Zhu Zhuqing to control her Soul Power for greater speed and taught her the Symbiosis Method, while he mastered Blade Force and killed a thousand-year Cave Demon Spider. Zhu Zhuqing watched his strength in awe and looked forward to absorbing a Soul Ring of at least three thousand years as her third.

• Jiang Che coached Zhu Zhuqing to sense and redirect her Soul Power while sprinting, and she briefly exceeded her maximum speed before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Jiang Che healed Zhu Zhuqing with his first Soul Skill, Profusion, and over the following week taught her the Symbiosis Method, which she accepted.
• Jiang Che mastered Blade Force and used it to kill a 1,121-year Cave Demon Spider, earning 15 Skill Points.
• Zhu Zhuqing and the Profound Water Turtle watched Jiang Che defeat the spider, while the turtle remained at his side after benefiting from a Soul-Enhancing Pill.
• Zhu Zhuqing reflected on Jiang Che's strength and anticipated absorbing a Soul Ring of at least three thousand years as her third Soul Ring.

After Zhu Zhuqing left, Jiang Che continued hunting in the Star Dou Great Forest until the Wind Ape caught up and chased him through the woods. He wounded it with Water Tribulation Blue Silver Blade, but the enraged beast cornered him and attacked his abdomen.

• Jiang Che said goodbye to Zhu Zhuqing, who vowed to defeat Dai Mubai, and let the Profound Water Turtle continue following him.
• Jiang Che hunted several spirit beasts and accumulated 541 Skill Points.
• The Wind Ape found Jiang Che and pursued him deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest as he tried to escape through the trees.
• Jiang Che struck the Wind Ape with Water Tribulation Blue Silver Blade, drawing blood and enraging it.
• The Wind Ape dodged Jiang Che's next attack and swept one claw over his head while aiming its other hand at his abdomen.

Jiang Che discovered how to unleash his blade force as a flying attack and killed the Wind Ape, but the battle’s aftermath caused the ground to collapse beneath him. He woke in an underground cavern, where the Profound Water Turtle had saved him, and noticed a fragrant breeze coming from a passage.

• Jiang Che realized the blade force itself could act as the flying flowers and began striking the Wind Ape from a distance.
• Jiang Che unleashed his blade force against the Wind Ape’s red-light attack, wounded it across its body, and killed it, earning 15 skill points.
• The ground cracked and collapsed, and Jiang Che fell into a dark hole after exhausting his Soul Power and True Qi.
• Jiang Che woke beside a pool in an underground cavern and learned that the Profound Water Turtle had saved him.
• Jiang Che found a narrow passage and smelled a delicate fragrance carried out by the wind.

Jiang Che discovered an underground field of Stars Flowers and identified its rare Star King Flower as an immortal herb. As the flower began to bloom, a Purple-Patterned Iron Centipede attacked, forcing Jiang Che to defend it while he waited to absorb its essence.

• Jiang Che explored a luminous underground cavern and found a field of purple Stars Flowers surrounding a golden plant.
• Jiang Che used the Record of Ten Thousand Herbs to identify the plant as the immortal herb Star King Flower.
• Jiang Che waited beside the Star King Flower for three days while restoring his strength and preparing to absorb its essence when it bloomed.
• The Star King Flower began opening, and Jiang Che heard movement approaching through the passage.
• A Purple-Patterned Iron Centipede entered the cavern, and Jiang Che split it with his Blue Silver Longsword, but the creature lunged at him and the flower.

Jiang Che absorbed the Star King Flower, transforming his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and gaining new abilities under moonlight. After helping the Profound Water Turtle absorb the remaining flower, he parted from it and set off toward the Heaven Dou Empire by a safer route around the forest.

• Jiang Che killed the Purple-Patterned Iron Centipede and swallowed the Star King Flower's essence, enduring its painful effects as it reshaped his body and Blue Silver Emperor.
• Jiang Che discovered that his Blue Silver Emperor had become tougher and could grow rapidly when infused with Soul Power, then gave the withered Star King Flower to the Profound Water Turtle and stored its roots and stem.
• Jiang Che found that moonlight increased his cultivation speed and awakened the Blue Silver Emperor's Stars State, which accelerated regeneration and improved toughness.
• Jiang Che gave the Profound Water Turtle a Soul-Enhancing Pill, said goodbye, and headed north toward the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Che chose to skirt the Star Dou Great Forest rather than cross its dangerous interior, planning to hunt Soul Beasts for Skill Points along the way.

Jiang Che returned to Suotuo City and ran into Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, who mocked him for refusing Yu Xiaogang’s tutelage and predicted he had made little progress. After Tang San noticed Jiang Che had surpassed level twenty, the argument erupted into a confrontation that ended with Yu Xiaogang releasing his martial soul.

• Jiang Che returned to Suotuo City after a long detour and decided to stay there rather than go to Heaven Dou City.
• Yu Xiaogang ordered Jiang Che to stop, and Tang San blocked his path before recognizing him as the boy who had defeated him at Nuoding Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang ridiculed Jiang Che’s talent and claimed he had not reached level twenty, while boasting that Tang San was close to level thirty.
• Tang San noticed Jiang Che had already surpassed level twenty, prompting Jiang Che to call Yu Xiaogang and his student trash.
• Tang San attacked with a poisoned silver needle, but Jiang Che stopped it with his defenses and revealed two yellow soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to step back, released his martial soul, and prepared to teach Jiang Che a lesson.

Jiang Che defeated Yu Xiaogang and Tang San in the street, humiliating Yu Xiaogang before leaving for the north gate. Tang San and Yu Xiaogang were left shaken, while Yu Xiaogang vowed to make Jiang Che pay.

• Yu Xiaogang attacked Jiang Che with Luo Sanpao’s two fart-based Soul Skills, but Jiang Che avoided the gas with his Qi Condensation Shield and mocked his Martial Soul.
• Tang San sent Blue Silver Grass at Jiang Che, but Jiang Che’s aura stopped the plants; Jiang Che then cut Tang San’s hair with a Water Blade and felled a nearby tree.
• Jiang Che rushed behind Yu Xiaogang, who collapsed from fear before Jiang Che could kick him, and Jiang Che taunted him for calling others trash.
• Jiang Che left for the north of the city, reflecting that Tang Hao was likely away while Spirit Hall hunted him after he attacked five branches.
• Tang San helped Yu Xiaogang up, and Yu Xiaogang vowed to make Jiang Che pay while Tang San privately wondered whether they could win.

Jiang Che registered at the Soto Great Soul Arena under the alias Cola and entered a singles match against Ma Hongjun, one of the Shrek Seven Devils. The fight began with Ma Hongjun attacking with his first soul skill, Phoenix Fire Line, leaving Jiang Che facing the incoming flames.

• Tang San reminded himself that his Clear Sky Hammer and twin martial souls gave him an advantage over Jiang Che.
• Jiang Che rented a house, visited the Soto Great Soul Arena, and registered as a rank twenty-eight Support System Battle Soul Master.
• Jiang Che chose Cola as his fighting title and tipped the maid who had explained the arena rules.
• Jiang Che entered his first singles match against rank twenty-seven Ma Hongjun, the Evil Fire Phoenix.
• Ma Hongjun released his martial soul and used Phoenix Fire Line to attack Jiang Che.