Chapter Summaries

Jiang Che and Li Kuisheng cautiously probed each other after fighting Wolf Bandits, then parted with a false address that led Li Kuisheng to the Clown Theater. Days later, Jiang Che suspected the Li Family was connected to the Black Kui Underground Duel Arena and checked the latest goods in Today's Shop.

• Jiang Che freed the captured women and introduced himself to Li Kuisheng, recognizing him as Li Qianqian's eldest brother.
• Jiang Che and Li Kuisheng traded questions about Jiang Che's Martial Soul and the Li Family while concealing what they knew.
• Jiang Che gave Li Kuisheng the address 17 Beihai Street, and Li Kuisheng went there the next day and found the Clown Theater.
• Jiang Che noticed a waitress at the Black Kui Underground Duel Arena whose scar and height matched a woman from the Wolf Bandit incident, then confirmed the arena had recently hired the same number of new waitresses.
• Jiang Che suspected the Li Family owned the arena and checked Today's Shop the following morning.

Jiang Che mastered the basics of Flowing Cloud Force Release and reached Soul Power level 20, then went to Vast Sea City to hire a boat for hunting a second soul ring. A fisherman agreed to take him toward the Calm Sea Plain to seek a thousand-year Razor Kelp after Jiang Che offered extra Gold Soul Coins, but left to buy a secret weapon.

• Jiang Che spent days learning to sense air currents with Flowing Cloud Force Release until fallen leaves could no longer strike him.
• Jiang Che successfully cultivated his Soul Power to level 20 and decided to hunt for his second soul ring.
• Jiang Che visited the harbor in Vast Sea City and negotiated with an old fisherman to take him to the Calm Sea Plain.
• Jiang Che revealed his hundred-year first soul ring, convincing the fisherman that he was a Soul Master.
• Jiang Che said he was seeking a thousand-year Razor Kelp, and the fisherman agreed to take him deeper into the Calm Sea Plain for extra Gold Soul Coins.
• The fisherman left to buy a secret weapon for dealing with Soul Beasts.

Jiang Che sailed into Wind Sea Plain with an old fisherman and three young men to find Razor Kelp, using Salt Crystal Blocks and Stinky Sulfur Blocks to guard against sea soul beasts. He found a thousand-year Razor Kelp and spent a night weakening it with Salt Crystal Blocks.

• Jiang Che inspected the fisherman's boat and accepted Salt Crystal Blocks, Stinky Sulfur Blocks, and help from three experienced young sailors.
• The fisherman took Jiang Che toward Wind Sea Plain and warned him to flee from soul beasts over fifteen hundred years old.
• At night, Jiang Che spotted a Serrated Lantern Shark with Razor Kelp tangled around it and followed the direction it had come from.
• Jiang Che found a Razor Kelp bed and identified a person-thick, ten-meter-tall plant at its center as a newly thousand-year-old soul beast.
• Jiang Che threw Salt Crystal Blocks at the Razor Kelp through the night until it was badly weakened.

Jiang Che wore down Razor Kelp with regenerating Blue Silver Vines, but the Thousand-Year Soul Beast struck him with a powerful Water Blade. Wounded but still standing, Jiang Che activated his First Soul Skill, Profusion.

• Jiang Che ordered the fishermen to hold the boat steady as Razor Kelp attacked with Water Blades.
• Jiang Che sent Blue Silver Vines into the seabed and tossed Salt Crystal into the sea to exhaust Razor Kelp’s Soul Power.
• Razor Kelp’s weakening slashes repeatedly severed the Blue Silver Vines, which Jiang Che regenerated and sent back toward it.
• Razor Kelp unleashed a powerful Water Blade at Jiang Che, who used a Qi Condensation Shield but was thrown into the railing and wounded.
• Jiang Che stood up despite his injury and activated his First Soul Skill, Profusion.

Jiang Che killed the Razor Kelp and absorbed its thousand-year soul ring, gaining a powerful second soul skill and underwater movement. After testing the skill and reaching level 22, he and the others were caught in a sudden storm at sea.

• Jiang Che cautiously confirmed that the Razor Kelp could no longer fight, then cut through its roots and killed it.
• Jiang Che and the three young men hauled the Razor Kelp onto the boat, and Jiang Che began absorbing its purple soul ring.
• Jiang Che endured the dangerous absorption and gained the Water Tribulation Blue Silver Blade, which let him unleash five Water Blades and move underwater for thirty minutes.
• Jiang Che tested the Water Blades against Razor Kelp on the seabed, gained 296 skill points, and reached level 22.
• A sudden storm battered the fishing boat, and the fisherman and three young men struggled to steer it.

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.