Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wu went to Spirit Hall to test his Soul Power and register as a Soul Master, where he encountered Su Yuntao and Si Si. Recognizing the signs of a familiar scam, he warned Su Yuntao that Si Si was stringing him along as they headed to meet Master Ma Xiunuo.

• Zhu Wu left the dormitory, ate lunch, and hurried to Spirit Hall in Notting City to register as a Soul Master.
• At Spirit Hall, Zhu Wu overheard Si Si demand a house in her name and 500 Gold Soul Coins from Su Yuntao before agreeing to marry him.
• Zhu Wu remembered how a woman in his previous life had conned him and his family out of their savings, leading him to kill her family and himself.
• Zhu Wu told Su Yuntao that he had obtained his first Soul Ring and needed to test his Soul Power and register.
• Su Yuntao introduced Zhu Wu to Si Si, then took him toward the reception hall to meet Master Ma Xiunuo.
• Zhu Wu privately explained to Su Yuntao that Si Si was using him as a free wallet, leaving Su Yuntao flustered and unable to deny the possibility.

Zhu Wu registered as a Soul Master and returned to Notting Academy with stinky tofu for Xiao Wu. After learning how the tofu was made, Xiao Wu vomited and lunged at Zhu Wu in anger.

• Zhu Wu encouraged Su Yuntao to stop pining after one woman, and Su Yuntao left Ma Xiunuo looking despondent.
• Ma Xiunuo registered Zhu Wu as a Soul Master after confirming his soul power had reached rank 11, then offered him a place in Spirit Hall.
• Zhu Wu returned to Notting Academy with stinky tofu, and Xiao Wu tried it and enjoyed it.
• Tang San returned that evening, and Xiao Wu asked him to buy her more stinky tofu the next day.
• Wang Sheng's lackey explained that children's feces water was used to prepare the tofu brine, and Xiao Wu vomited before charging at Zhu Wu.

Zhu Wu discovered that the Longevity Exercise and Vajra Power Exercise guided Soul Power along different routes and planned to strengthen his body before pursuing rare herbs and soul bones. He applied for and received early graduation, then left the academy to return home.

• After practicing the Longevity Exercise, Zhu Wu used Internal Vision to trace its Soul Power route and reasoned that the Vajra Power Exercise could balance its chilling effects.
• Zhu Wu planned to return home, seek the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and search near Holy Soul Village for Ah Yin's cave and Soul Bone.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu practiced the Vajra Power Exercise and confirmed that it drew in Sunlight Radiance and produced a different Soul Power circulation route.
• Zhu Wu told Director Su that he wanted to return home to accompany his grandfather and cultivate independently, and the Dean approved his early graduation.
• After Zhu Wu left the academy, Wang Sheng and the other roommates were shocked by the news, while Xiao Wu grumbled that he had fled to avoid her.

Zhu Wu returned to Holy Soul Village and learned that Zhu Gang was nearing the end of his life, then stayed by his grandfather and showed him his Martial Soul. Zhu Gang accepted Zhu Wu as his grandson despite not being his biological grandfather, and the chapter ended with him stunned by Zhu Wu’s Martial Soul Possession.

• Zhu Wu returned to Holy Soul Village, greeted the villagers, and reunited with his frail grandfather, Zhu Gang.
• Zhu Wu told Zhu Gang he had become a Soul Master and would stay with him after graduating from the academy.
• Zhu Wu brought Doctor Xue to examine Zhu Gang, and the doctor said Zhu Gang’s body was failing and could not be cured.
• Zhu Gang revealed that he was not Zhu Wu’s biological grandfather, but Zhu Wu affirmed that he would always be his grandson.
• Zhu Wu summoned Little White and demonstrated its transformation and Clone skill for Zhu Gang.
• Zhu Wu used Martial Soul Possession, and Zhu Gang stared in shock as Zhu Wu transformed into a fox-eared, tailed young girl.

Zhu Wu explored the abilities of his Martial Soul while caring for Zhu Gang, whose health worsened through the winter. After Zhu Gang died, Zhu Wu mourned at his grave and reflected on how his grandfather had made him feel safe, then left with Uncle Jerry, feeling he no longer needed to fear Tang San.

• Zhu Wu transformed into a Three-Eyed Demon Fox and duplicated Zhu Gang, then experimented with his inherited Soul Skills and pondered how Soul Rings worked.
• For three months, Zhu Wu cultivated, practiced his Martial Soul abilities, and cared for Zhu Gang as his grandfather grew weaker.
• After winter left Zhu Gang unable to move, Zhu Wu cared for him until Zhu Gang died shortly after New Year.
• Zhu Wu cremated Zhu Gang and held a funeral attended by the villagers, while Tang San and Xiao Wu stayed away from the meal afterward.
• Zhu Wu knelt at Zhu Gang's grave and confessed his fears and gratitude, then told his grandfather he no longer needed to be afraid.
• Uncle Jerry found Zhu Wu at night and helped him return home.

After completing his mourning period, Zhu Wu left his village and went to Notting City, where he broke into Dorm Seven and stole Tang San’s clothes and Storage Soul Tool. Tang San woke and discovered the theft, then set out with Xiao Wu to search the dormitory for clues.

• Zhu Wu said farewell to his grandfather, gave away his household goods, and left the village for Notting City.
• Zhu Wu bought supplies, waited near Notting City Academy, then entered Dorm Seven in sparrow form and changed into a snake.
• Zhu Wu stole Tang San’s clothes and belt, including the Storage Soul Tool, but abandoned his chance to kill Tang San and escaped through a washroom window.
• Tang San woke to find his belongings missing and spotted a sparrow flying away, along with snake tracks on the floor.
• Tang San asked Xiao Wu and Wang Sheng to notify the instructor, then agreed to search the dormitory with Xiao Wu.

Zhu Wu escaped after stealing Tang San’s Soul Tool and studied its contents while considering how to strengthen his martial soul. He decided to search the mountains around Holy Soul Village for herbs and Ah Yin, leaving the stolen tool hidden away to avoid Tang Hao.

• Tang Hao searched for the thief and suspected someone outside the academy had targeted Tang San.
• Zhu Wu escaped after Tang San sensed he was being watched, then rested before cultivating at sunrise.
• A concerned woman found Zhu Wu atop a roof, and he leaped down unharmed before leaving.
• Zhu Wu inspected Tang San’s Soul Tool and Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Beast handbook in the forest.
• Zhu Wu concluded that Sun and Moon Essence and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures would drive his growth, and he planned to search for herbs and Ah Yin.

Zhu Wu found the hidden chamber containing the Blue Silver Emperor and its Right Leg Bone, then absorbed the Soul Bone and gained flight along with a major increase in strength. After his Soul Power rose from level 13 to 18 and Little White grew stronger, Zhu Wu continued toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Little White led Zhu Wu to a crack above the waterfall, where it entered a hidden chamber and brought out the Blue Silver Emperor and a Lead Box.
• Zhu Wu had Little White preserve the Blue Silver Emperor, then absorbed her Right Leg Bone while cultivating under moonlight and sunlight.
• After four days, Zhu Wu's Soul Power had risen from level 13 to 18, and the Soul Bone had increased his physical strength, spiritual strength, and Soul Power capacity.
• Little White showed signs of evolving, and Zhu Wu set off with it toward the Star Dou Great Forest, using his new Flight skill.

Zhu Wu entered the Star Dou Great Forest to train through combat and tested his strength against a Brindled Tiger. After landing a powerful kick and experimenting with his fox tail, he let the tiger bite it and was pulled toward the beast.

• Zhu Wu reached the Star Dou Great Forest, spent the night outside, and entered the next morning with Little White possessing him as a Three-Eyed Demon Fox.
• Zhu Wu chose to fight a six-hundred-year-old Brindled Tiger without using Charm or Clone, relying on his focus and knowledge of animal anatomy.
• Zhu Wu dodged the tiger’s leap and kicked its abdomen, discovering how much Martial Soul Possession enhanced his strength.
• As the Brindled Tiger charged and roared, Zhu Wu used Soul Power to lengthen his fox tail and whipped it at the beast.
• The Brindled Tiger bit Zhu Wu’s tail and yanked him toward it.

Zhu Wu trained by fighting increasingly powerful soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest, using his mental abilities, physical resilience, and Martial Soul transformations to build combat experience. After four months, he reached level nineteen and prepared to search the Millennium Soul Beast Living Area for a second soul ring.

• Zhu Wu used Charm to escape a Giant Tiger, then reflected on his mental abilities and decided to focus on mastering his existing skills and close combat.
• Zhu Wu avoided a pack of Green Wolves and narrowly defeated a Wind Baboon, inspiring him to practice against soul beasts with manageable attacks.
• Zhu Wu spent months fighting soul beasts, eventually defeating a nine-hundred-year Saber-Toothed Wolf but suffering a serious wound that the Blue Silver Emperor leg bone healed.
• Zhu Wu reached level nineteen, considered using explosives to hunt for his second soul ring, and wondered why Tian Meng had not sought him out.
• Zhu Wu transformed into defeated soul beasts to study their combat styles, then spotted a millennium-level Scaled Armor Beast and copied its form.

Zhu Wu searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a suitable spiritual-attribute soul beast and defeated a Silver Eagle Beast with explosives. After absorbing its soul ring, he discovered that Little White had inherited a permanent Imprint ability, so he decided to keep hunting soul beasts to record more skills.

• Zhu Wu spent weeks searching the forest for a suitable spiritual-attribute soul beast while sparing the creatures he defeated and gathering medicinal herbs.
• Zhu Wu watched a Crimson-Eyed Golden Lion fight a silver wolf, recognized the wolf as a likely mutated Silver Eagle Beast, and attacked it from the air with Clay Pot Bombs.
• Zhu Wu and Little White extinguished the resulting fire, and Zhu Wu absorbed the Silver Eagle Beast’s purple soul ring with help from his Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone.
• Little White inherited Imprint, an ability that could permanently record skills without a fixed daily limit, and Zhu Wu resolved to collect more soul beast skills.

Zhu Wu used Little White’s Silver Eagle Beast possession to test his greatly enhanced strength, then spent three months fighting Soul Beasts and Imprinting their skills. After deciding to focus on experiencing beast form and become a real Soul Beast, he transformed and roared in the forest while hammering sounded in Holy Soul Village.

• Zhu Wu discovered that Little White had inherited the Silver Eagle Beast’s bloodthirst ability and found no soul bone in the beast’s corpse.
• Zhu Wu possessed Little White and tested his stronger human and beast forms, finding that his strength, speed, and defense had risen dramatically before he ran out of mana.
• Zhu Wu fought an Azure Wind Wolf, had Little White Imprint its wind-blade skill, and continued searching for Soul Beasts to duel and study.
• Over three months, Zhu Wu Imprinted dozens of skills, including Mental Shock, Hypnosis, and Illusion Weaving, and found that using Imprint followed by meditation slightly increased his spiritual power.
• Zhu Wu decided to focus on cultivating through beast form, summoned Little White, and transformed into a Silver Eagle Beast as a roar sounded through the forest.

Tang Hao left the mountainside to visit Ah Yin, then rushed back after being struck by a sudden injury. A month later, Zhu Wu hunted a White-Eyed Demon Tiger in the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King discovered his human form and he tried to save himself by claiming to know Di Tian.

• Tang Hao watched Tang San practice before leaving to see Ah Yin, then spat blood in the Stone Cave and ran back toward Little San.
• Zhu Wu fought a White-Eyed Demon Tiger, used Imprint to acquire Bright Light Roar and Holy Light Overlord Body, and defeated it.
• Scarlet King and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion watched Zhu Wu battle, and he transformed from a Silver Eagle Beast into a human child.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion asked Zhu Wu whether he was human or a soul beast, and Zhu Wu asked if she knew Di Tian.
• Zhu Wu introduced himself as Treasure Hiding Beast or Zhu Wu, while Scarlet King reacted with suspicion.

Zhu Wu convinced Scarlet King and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that he was a surviving Treasure Hiding Beast from the God Realm, and they brought him to the Core Area to meet Di Tian. After hearing his story and learning about the human world, Zhu Wu faced Di Tian’s questions about the great war.

• Zhu Wu told Scarlet King and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion that he had come from the God Realm, survived the Asura God’s attack, and taken over a human body.
• Scarlet King agreed to take Zhu Wu to Di Tian, while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion questioned him about his transformation and storage abilities.
• Zhu Wu explained that he had been a parasite on the Dragon God, had tended the God Realm’s Medicine Garden, and hoped to take revenge on the God Realm.
• Scarlet King carried Zhu Wu to the Core Area, where the Three-Eyed Golden Lion took him to her nest beneath a giant tree.
• Zhu Wu began telling the Three-Eyed Golden Lion about the human world, but Di Tian arrived and asked what he remembered about the great war.

Zhu Wu convinced Di Tian that he was a Treasure Hiding Beast loyal to the Dragon God and revealed a plan to become a god using his human body. He proposed releasing the Dragon God's other split form so the two could reunite, then teased that he had found something important in the human world.

• Zhu Wu told Di Tian that the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King had fallen in Sunset Forest and that their Dragon Souls might still remain there.
• Zhu Wu explained that the Dragon God had hidden the other Dragon Kings and many True Dragons in this world, and Di Tian reasoned that Zhu Wu's bloodline could help locate them.
• Di Tian accepted Zhu Wu's account of how the Asura God had discovered and wounded him, and Zhu Wu learned that his Seven-Colored Dragon Scale could block God Sense probes below the God King level.
• Zhu Wu showed Di Tian Little White and said he planned to consume Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, inherit a god position, and ascend in his human body.
• Zhu Wu proposed releasing the Dragon God's other split form and merging it with the first, then asked Di Tian what he thought Zhu Wu had found in the human world.

Zhu Wu and Di Tian discussed how to exploit Tang Hao’s family and counter the Asura God’s successor, while Zhu Wu revealed his plan to eventually pass on his strengthened Dragon God Bloodline. Di Tian decided the Silver Dragon King needed to hear the plan, and he led Zhu Wu beneath the lake to meet her.

• Di Tian told Zhu Wu that the Asura God had begun searching for a successor, and Zhu Wu proposed killing the successor before he ascended.
• Zhu Wu showed Di Tian the Blue Silver Emperor and explained his suspicions about Tang San, Tang Hao, and the Blue Silver Emperor’s sacrifice.
• Zhu Wu suggested changing the Blue Silver Emperor’s thoughts so she might kill Tang Hao and Tang San, and promised to pass his nourished Dragon God Bloodline to the Silver Dragon King’s split body before leaving.
• Di Tian said the Silver Dragon King had the right to know Zhu Wu’s plan, and Zhu Wu agreed to meet her.
• Scarlet King stayed behind to guard Three-Eyed Golden Lion while Di Tian carried Zhu Wu beneath the lake.

Zhu Wu arrived at the Ferocious Beasts’ underwater gathering, where Di Tian declared him an equal and prepared to take him to meet their Lord. As Di Tian explained Zi Ji’s feelings for him, he entered a hidden space alone, leaving Zhu Wu waiting outside.

• Zhu Wu descended with Di Tian into the underwater Stone Forest and saw the Ferocious Beasts draining the captured Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Bi Ji greeted Zhu Wu, and Di Tian announced that Zhu Wu held equal status with him and must not be slighted.
• Di Tian took Zhu Wu toward the canyon to meet their Lord, while Ten Thousand Demons King warned Xiong Jun not to disrespect Zhu Wu.
• Di Tian told Zhu Wu that Zi Ji was his sworn younger sister and that he regretted not acknowledging her as his daughter.
• Di Tian opened a hidden space in the canyon wall and entered alone, telling Zhu Wu to wait outside.

Zhu Wu met the Silver Dragon King and pledged to help restore the Lord Dragon God, earning her support and a powerful gift. He proposed forming a sect to use human forces against the Asura God’s successor, leaving the Silver Dragon King to consider his plan.

• Di Tian brought Zhu Wu before the Silver Dragon King, and Zhu Wu affirmed his plan to nurture his Dragon God Bloodline and help restore the Lord Dragon God.
• The Silver Dragon King promised to protect Zhu Wu from dying in a human body and gave him Gold of Life to strengthen his body, spiritual power, and lifespan.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian to let the Ice Silkworm sacrifice itself to Zhu Wu rather than have Di Tian rely on devouring others for power.
• Zhu Wu proposed establishing a sect and using human forces against the Asura God’s successor.

Zhu Wu persuaded the Silver Dragon King and Di Tian to establish the Illusory Beast Sect and use its hidden strength to influence human factions, beginning with the Clear Sky Sect. He invented a history to explain the sect’s mission, but his account unexpectedly matched the Silver Dragon King’s inherited memories of the Dragon God.

• Zhu Wu proposed using disguised Ferocious Beasts to help the Illusory Beast Sect gain influence and target factions such as the Clear Sky Sect.
• The Silver Dragon King agreed that Ferocious Beasts could conceal their identities from anyone without divine perception, but asked Zhu Wu for an entry point.
• Zhu Wu presented his ability to switch between human and beast forms as the basis for the sect and named it the Illusory Beast Sect.
• Zhu Wu fabricated a history in which ancient races exhausted the world’s spiritual energy through war, making the sect’s duty the protection and restoration of nature.
• Zhu Wu claimed the Dragon God had ended the ancient wars and ruled all living beings, astonishing Di Tian with the story’s convincing detail.
• The Silver Dragon King noticed that Zhu Wu’s invented history closely matched her inherited memories of the Dragon God.

Zhu Wu explained how the Dragon God’s history could conceal his identity and laid out a cover story for the Illusory Beast Sect. The Silver Dragon King ordered Di Tian to cooperate with Zhu Wu as they prepared to share the story with the other Ferocious Beasts.

• Zhu Wu learned that the Dragon God was born on Douluo Star, but had ordered his followers to keep that secret from outsiders.
• Zhu Wu proposed claiming that the Dragon God had given early humans the ability to mimic soul beasts, disguising Zhu Wu’s Dragon God Bloodline as an inherited gift rather than evidence that he survived the God Realm war.
• Zhu Wu described the Illusory Beast Clan’s cultivation stages and explained how the sect’s nature-worship and isolation could cover for Ferocious Beasts living among humans.
• Di Tian named several powerful beings he had encountered, including a Heavenly Snow Woman, an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, a Titan Snow Devil King, and an Evil Eye Tyrant Overlord.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian to fully cooperate with Zhu Wu, and Zhu Wu and Di Tian left the lake.