Chapter Summaries

Zhu Wu arranged for Zi Ji to study under the Water Dragon King and recuperate at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then spent three months developing fire techniques and learning Xiong Jun’s claw training method. He discovered that Xiong Jun’s method of compressing Soul Power strengthened both his attacks and physique, giving him a new direction for training.

• Zhu Wu ordered Zi Ji to recover, arranged for her to study under the Water Dragon King and seek guidance from the Fire Dragon King, and planned for her to visit the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Zhu Wu hosted a farewell feast, and Zi Ji left two days later before diving into the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well several days afterward.
• Zhu Wu began training with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the Red King Territory and, three months later, developed the Red Lotus Calamity Fire, Red Lotus Flame Burst, and High-Temperature Ray techniques.
• Zhu Wu visited Xiong Jun’s territory to learn how he trained his Sky-Rending Claw by concentrating and compressing Soul Power in his arms and claws.
• Xiong Jun explained that his method had improved his physical strength, defenses, and the purity of his Soul Power.

Zhu Wu completed a year of physical training with Bi Ji’s help, learned healing and defensive soul skills, and prepared to leave the forest after reaching Rank 29. As he slept beside the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, she secretly used her Power of Destiny to help protect him.

• Zhu Wu decided to train his claws in dragon form and enlisted Bi Ji to heal him and teach him soul skills.
• After a year of training, Zhu Wu left a deep mark in a stone wall and announced he would rest before training with Di Tian.
• Zhu Wu explained that he had reached Rank 29 and learned Azure Light Defense, Emerald Light Wave, and Emerald Light Ray from Bi Ji.
• Zhu Wu gathered with Di Tian, Bi Ji, Scarlet King, Xiong Jun, and the others, then spent the day resting and telling the Three-Eyed Golden Lion the story of Journey to the West.
• While Zhu Wu slept, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion touched his forehead with her third eye and secretly bestowed some Power of Destiny to protect him.

Zhu Wu received Xiao Ni’s memories and gained her Illusion Transformation ability through their attribute connection, while Xiao Ni gained his talent. He learned that the Power of Destiny might protect him from direct action by the gods, but Di Tian warned that Asura God could act through a chosen successor.

• Xiao Ni’s Power of Destiny linked with Zhu Wu, showing him a thousand years of her memories and expanding his spiritual space.
• Zhu Wu saw soul beasts from Xiao Ni’s memories and realized he could use Illusion Transformation to assume their forms.
• The connection ended, and Xiao Ni told Zhu Wu she had gained his Illusion Transformation talent while denying that she had seen his memories.
• Zhu Wu discovered that his evolved Eye of Life had gained the Fate Judgement ability, which could alter a person’s short-term fortune.
• Zhu Wu told Di Tian about the connection, and Di Tian explained that the Power of Destiny could deter gods from acting directly but warned that Asura God might use his chosen successor.

Zhu Wu learned that Three-Eyed Golden Lion had feelings for him, and she agreed to become his little wife. She then asked to take human form and accompany him to the human world, while Di Tian weighed the risks to her and Zhu Wu’s plans.

• Di Tian told Zhu Wu that Xiao Ni’s Attribute Connection likely reflected her feelings for him, and Zhu Wu decided to ask her directly.
• Zhu Wu asked Three-Eyed Golden Lion if she was willing to marry him; after fleeing at first, she accepted and told him she liked him most.
• Zhu Wu and Three-Eyed Golden Lion flew together, and he called her his little wife as Di Tian and Bi Ji watched.
• Six days later, Three-Eyed Golden Lion told Di Tian she wanted to become human and accompany Zhu Wu to the human world, explaining that she could conceal her identity and return to her beast form.
• Di Tian discussed the proposal with Zhu Wu and warned that a god seeking an inheritor might target Xiao Ni’s soul rings and Power of Luck, or target Zhu Wu and interfere with his plan to rescue the Golden Dragon King.

Zhu Wu and Di Tian prepared to protect Xiao Ni from the Asura God and decided she should face any danger outside the hidden territory. After taking human form, Xiao Ni was named Long Ling'er and revealed that her cultivation had fallen to level 33 as she refined her body and bloodline.

• Zhu Wu said his luck, the Dragon God’s scale, and Di Tian’s Inverse Scale would keep the Asura God from easily targeting him, and he considered using Fate Judgement against Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Di Tian gave Xiao Ni an Inverse Scale, and Zhu Wu planned to obtain Star Concealing Grass to conceal her aura further.
• Zhu Wu and Di Tian agreed Xiao Ni should face the risks of their intertwined destinies outside the hidden territory, where her stronger Power of Destiny might help them weaken Tang Hao and Tang San’s luck.
• Bi Ji offered to make clothes for Xiao Ni, and three days later Xiao Ni emerged from a wooden house in human form.
• Di Tian suggested Xiao Ni adopt a human name, and Zhu Wu named her Long Ling'er; she said her Soul Power was level 33 after taking human form and refining her body and bloodline.

Zhu Wu completed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s sacrifice, gaining a third soul ring and reaching level 35 as the group prepared to enter the human world. After Long Ling’er left to cultivate, he wondered how Tang San was progressing.

• Long Ling’er explained that she had used her remaining Soul Power to raise the ages of her three soul rings, and Zhu Wu told her to display them openly outside.
• Zhu Wu asked Di Tian to retrieve two stalks of Star Concealing Grass for a plan involving Xiao Wu, then continued daily cultivation with Long Ling’er.
• Three months later, after Zhu Wu reached level 30, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sacrificed himself and entered Zhu Wu’s True Mental World.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s sacrifice gave Zhu Wu a third soul ring and raised his first two ring ages, while his Soul Power reached level 35.
• Zhu Wu agreed to adapt to his new abilities before resuming training with Di Tian, and Long Ling’er went out to cultivate.
• Zhu Wu watched Long Ling’er leave and wondered whether Tang San had reached level 35.

Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er continued their training while Zhu Wu worked with Zi Ji and the others to investigate cultivation techniques. Zi Ji returned with new findings, and Zhu Wu considered whether the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s Dual Polarity Qi could let him wield a Yin-Yang domain.

• Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er practiced the Vajra Power Exercise after their morning meal.
• Zi Ji returned and told Di Tian that the Water Dragon King's help had advanced her cultivation and that Ten Thousand Demons King had developed a spiritual cultivation technique suited only to himself.
• Zhu Wu asked Zi Ji to help investigate Dragon Clan cultivation routes, explaining that his research had stalled over how to account for Scarlet King's three heads.
• Zhu Wu and Di Tian gathered the others, and Zi Ji began sharing what she had learned from the Water Dragon King and Fire Dragon King.
• While listening, Zhu Wu considered using the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well’s Dual Polarity Qi to imitate the Yin-Yang Dual Polarity Domain and recalled that the energy nourished plants but eroded animal vitality.

Zhu Wu left Di Tian’s training and went to Zi Ji to study her dragon meridians for his cultivation research. After jokingly proposing that she become his Dragon Consort, he asked whether she could defeat him once he reached Rank 99.

• Zhu Wu told Zi Ji he would visit her after resting, and said he planned to venture into the outside world at the end of next year.
• Di Tian arranged for Long Ling'er to train with him and Red King in the Red King Territory, while Zhu Wu promised to visit her.
• Two days later, Zhu Wu asked Zi Ji to reveal her meridians so he could examine her dragon body, and she reluctantly manifested them with Soul Power.
• Zhu Wu realized Zi Ji felt that his examination violated her dignity, and she eventually told him to inspect her directly.
• Zhu Wu asked Zi Ji to be his Dragon Consort, and she replied that he could talk to her once his strength surpassed hers.
• Zhu Wu claimed he could reach Rank 99 in twenty or thirty years and asked whether Zi Ji could beat him then; she trembled because she knew she could not.

Zhu Wu examined Zi Ji’s dragon form with his Eye of Destiny to develop a mental cultivation method suited to Ferocious Beasts, leaving her embarrassed by the intimate process. The next morning, he agreed to continue examining her human form in the Tree Hole and planned to test a new move with her.

• Zhu Wu teased Zi Ji about becoming his dragon consort, then used the Eye of Destiny and his Soul Power to examine and simulate her meridians.
• Zhu Wu completed his examination of Zi Ji’s dragon form by sunset, and Zi Ji transformed into human form and flew away in embarrassment.
• Zhu Wu cooked dinner, cultivated on a branch of the Cypress Tree, and later saw Zi Ji quietly return to eat by the bonfire.
• Zhu Wu practiced the next morning and offered Zi Ji breakfast, then told her he had developed a new move that he wanted her help testing.
• Zi Ji told Zhu Wu to meet her in the Tree Hole after breakfast, and he headed there once he had finished eating and cleaned up.

Zhu Wu treated Zi Ji in her tree-hollow residence, then explained his new technique, Tears of Eternal Frost, and its challenges. Zi Ji agreed to test the move at the lakeshore.

• Zhu Wu used the Eye of Destiny and guided Soul Power through Zi Ji’s body before ending the treatment.
• Zi Ji left the Jade Bed and confronted Zhu Wu after he praised her beauty and teased her about being his dragon consort.
• Zhu Wu described how Tears of Eternal Frost would disperse liquid yin-cold energy and Soul Power across a wide area, freezing everything it touched.
• Zhu Wu explained that he had not yet solved how to combine the compressed liquid yin-cold energy with a stable, powerful Soul Power core.
• At the lakeshore, Zhu Wu invited Zi Ji to try the technique, and she agreed.

Zhu Wu tested Zi Ji’s newly formed water-and-darkness attack, then began learning her water-element abilities. While practicing in the swamp, he combined water’s transformations with ice and fire and reached a new insight.

• Zi Ji formed a black-and-blue droplet and tested it, freezing the swamp across hundreds of meters around a crater.
• Zi Ji demonstrated Heavenly Demon Water Domain and explained how increasing its darkness and changing the flow turned it into Abyssal Devour.
• Zhu Wu entered the swamp in his True Dragon form to study water’s properties, while Zi Ji watched his experiments from the tree hollow.
• Zhu Wu used ice and fire to rotate two colors across the pool, then manipulated water through vortices, a waterspout, snow, ice, and mist.
• Zhu Wu calmed the pool into blue and red halves, opened his eyes, and declared that he had attained enlightenment.

Zhu Wu demonstrated his new Yin-Yang Reversal technique to Zi Ji and explained how its ice-and-fire qi absorbed and returned attacks. Zi Ji shared her own demonic techniques and considered Zhu Wu’s advice for improving them, while his request to continue working with her left her flustered.

• Zhu Wu practiced the Vajra Power Exercise, then shared breakfast with Zi Ji before demonstrating his new technique.
• Zhu Wu used Yin-Yang Reversal to disperse Zi Ji’s water attack and return a stronger blast, then explained how the move worked.
• Zi Ji showed Zhu Wu her techniques for absorbing and mirroring attacks, and Zhu Wu advised her to improve their buffering, layering, and concealment.
• Zi Ji agreed to consider Zhu Wu’s suggestions and grew flustered when he asked for her help with his spiritual Cultivation Method.

Zhu Wu finally helped Zi Ji successfully circulate a cultivation route, then teased her into kissing him before leaving the Tree Hole. He returned to the Red King Territory and told Di Tian he planned to test routes for the others, while Zi Ji stayed behind with his breakfast and invitation to join a future trip.

• Zhu Wu guided Soul Power through Zi Ji's meridians until her cultivation route worked, and he told her she could work out the dragon-body route herself.
• When Zi Ji tried to thank him with a kiss, Zhu Wu turned to kiss her on the lips, then fled the cave before she could react.
• The next morning, Zhu Wu invited Zi Ji to join his upcoming trip with Ling'er and left after she did not come out; Zi Ji emerged later and ate the breakfast he had left.
• Zhu Wu arrived at the Red King Territory, embraced Long Ling'er, and told Di Tian that Zi Ji's route had been tested successfully.
• Zhu Wu said he would rest, map out a route for Di Tian, and later teach the method to Bi Ji, Red King, and Xiong Jun.

Zhu Wu arranged for Zi Ji to accompany him and Long Ling'er outside after five days, while Bi Ji persuaded Zi Ji to cooperate with his plans. As the group prepared to leave, Zi Ji asked why Zhu Wu had kept quiet about two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Core Area, and he began explaining their connection to Xiao Wu.

• Zhu Wu told Long Ling'er he might marry Zi Ji and later accept other human women, and Long Ling'er said she only cared that he stayed safe.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji about Zhu Wu’s arrangements, and Bi Ji visited Zi Ji and persuaded her to join the outing.
• Zi Ji realized Zhu Wu’s examinations had helped him study cultivation patterns and reluctantly agreed to go with him.
• Five days later, Zi Ji arrived while Zhu Wu was making breakfast, and Long Ling’er greeted her as “Sister Zi Ji,” making her blush and Zhu Wu pretend not to hear.
• Zi Ji asked Zhu Wu about two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Core Area, and he said his memories included Xiao Wu, a level-ten Innate Soul Power student whose martial soul was the Soft Bone Rabbit.

Zhu Wu and his companions planned to use Xiao Wu and the Star Concealing Grass to test Da Ming and Er Ming and advance their scheme against Tang San and Tang Hao. They reached the Core Area, where Zhu Wu transformed into a seven-colored elk to meet the two soul beasts.

• Zhu Wu proposed sending the Star Concealing Grass through Da Ming and Er Ming to test their loyalty and potentially use their soul rings.
• Zhu Wu outlined a plan to expose Tang San and Tang Hao as allies of soul beasts and undermine the Clear Sky Sect.
• Zhu Wu, Zi Ji, and Long Ling'er entered the Mist Zone, where Zhu Wu held Zi Ji's hand until she stopped resisting.
• Zhu Wu summoned Tian Meng to watch for nearby soul beasts and help intimidate Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Zhu Wu and the others flew across the lake toward the Core Area, guided by Tian Meng's detection of two powerful spiritual presences.
• Zhu Wu landed and transformed into a seven-colored elk.

Zhu Wu visited Da Ming and Er Ming as the Seven-Colored Deer, learned of Ah Rou’s death and Xiao Wu’s life among humans, and urged them to bring Xiao Wu back and kill her companions. He left them to consider his proposal, then told Zi Ji and Long Ling'er that he intended to eliminate potential risks and had a way to keep Ling'er safe.

• Zhu Wu appeared before the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape and asked why Ah Rou had not visited him.
• Da Ming and Er Ming told Zhu Wu that Ah Rou had died protecting Xiao Wu from three Titled Douluo and that Xiao Wu had spent over four years living among humans.
• Zhu Wu gave Da Ming and Er Ming Star Concealing Grass for Xiao Wu and advised them to bring her back and kill her human companions if they encountered them.
• Da Ming agreed with Zhu Wu, and Er Ming said he would kill Xiao Wu’s companions and bring her home even if she became angry.
• Zhu Wu returned to Zi Ji and Long Ling'er, said he would eliminate potential risks if Da Ming and Er Ming failed to act, and continued toward the outer regions.

Zhu Wu and Zi Ji became a couple, then continued training with Long Ling'er and the Ferocious Beasts’ help. After Zhu Wu absorbed a Silver Moon Wolf King soul ring, his group encountered a human soul master team, whose members caught his attention.

• Zhu Wu kissed Zi Ji, and she declared that she was his and insisted he stay alive; he promised to become the emperor of the world or universe.
• Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er set out with Zi Ji to hunt soul beasts, Imprint skills, and gather medicinal herbs, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm asked Zhu Wu for flirting advice.
• Four months later, Zhu Wu returned to the Mist Zone for the New Year with Zi Ji and Long Ling'er, and the others realized that he and Zi Ji had become a couple.
• Zi Ji stayed in the Mist Zone to prepare for her Thunder Tribulation, then safely completed it and gave Zhu Wu her shed Inverse Scale before rejoining his training group.
• Zhu Wu reached level 40 and absorbed a Twenty Thousand Year Silver Moon Wolf King soul ring, gaining several attributes and skills while his soul ring ages increased.
• Zhu Wu used Spiritual Detection to spot a human team ahead, and he was briefly distracted by one member's appearance.

Zhu Wu met Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the Star Dou Great Forest, introduced himself as Long Ying Tian of the Illusory Beast Sect, and warned them not to provoke his group. After returning to the Mist Zone, he prepared for Long Ling'er to obtain her Fourth Soul Ring and planned to leave for the human world, setting Notting City as the first stop.

• Zhu Wu stopped a Lightning Shadow Leopard with a glance and told Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun that he was Long Ying Tian of the Illusory Beast Sect.
• Zi Ji released her aura and forced Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and their companions to their knees before Zhu Wu warned them that his sect wanted no part in outside conflicts.
• A month later, Zhu Wu returned to the Mist Zone at Rank 43, held a wedding feast with the beasts, and planned to wait for Long Ling'er to reach Rank 40 before they set out.
• Di Tian gave Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er Storage Soul Tools and advised Zhu Wu to conceal his storage ability from Asura God.
• Zhu Wu visited his old Tree Hole with Zi Ji, then decided that he would leave for Notting City to repay debts of gratitude.

Long Ling'er gained a Six-Winged Demon Tiger soul ring and a flight-type External Soul Bone before Zhu Wu and Ling'er left the Star Dou Great Forest. On the journey, Zhu Wu refused to intervene when he recognized Zhu Zhuyun driving her younger sister away, concluding that the situation was not their concern.

• Long Ling'er absorbed the Six-Winged Demon Tiger's soul ring, gained the Golden Dragon Burst skill, and developed three pairs of golden wings as an External Soul Bone.
• Zhu Wu said goodbye to Zi Ji at the forest's outskirts and flew away with Long Ling'er in their bird forms.
• Di Tian directed Zi Ji to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well and said Ying Tian would go there later.
• Tian Meng told Zhu Wu that Zhu Zhuyun was leading a group against a young female soul master, and Zhu Wu recognized the girl as Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Wu reasoned that Zhu Zhuyun was driving Zhu Zhuqing away to protect her from the Star Luo succession struggle, and he chose not to intervene.

Di Tian went to the Far North Land to discuss the future of soul beasts, while Zhu Wu brought Long Ling'er to Notting City and then Holy Soul Village. There, a villager revealed that Tang San had stolen Zhu Wu’s family’s medicinal herbs and may have killed their dog, leaving Long Ling'er and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm questioning the Asura God’s judgment.

• Di Tian arrived in the Core Area of the Far North Land and told a white-haired woman he had come to discuss the future of soul beasts.
• Zhu Wu and Long Ling'er entered Notting City, booked a room at an inn, and ordered tailored clothes from Bai Family Cloth Shop.
• Zhu Wu took Long Ling'er to Holy Soul Village to repay the kindness shown to the body’s former owner and visit Zhu Gang’s grave.
• A villager told Zhu Wu that Tang San had stolen the medicinal herbs from Xiao Wu’s family and likely killed their dog.
• The villager said Jerry had found the stolen herbs beneath Tang San’s bed after Tang San’s house burned down, and pointed Zhu Wu toward Zhu Gang’s grave.