Chapter Summaries

Dai Mubai defended his choice to betray his companions as a means of survival, but Zhu Zhuqing rejected him and pledged herself to Yu Tianlong. Yu Tianlong promised to protect her and gave Dai Mubai three seconds to offer something of value before time ran out.

• Dai Mubai shouted that he had only chosen the best way to survive, accusing Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing of wanting to live too.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized how Dai Mubai had contributed to her suffering, then knelt before Yu Tianlong and asked to follow him in exchange for her life.
• Yu Tianlong accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his own, and she asked him not to spare Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai insulted Zhu Zhuqing and threatened her with the Star Luo Empire, so Yu Tianlong shoved his head into the dirt and promised Zhu Zhuqing protection.
• Yu Tianlong asked Dai Mubai for another bargaining chip, counted down from three, and declared his time was up when Dai Mubai failed to answer.

Yu Tianlong punished Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun by mutilating them, then faced Oscar's desperate plea to become his loyal underling. When Xiao Wu berated him, Yu Tianlong cut off her right arm.

• Yu Tianlong cut off Dai Mubai's flesh and had Ye Lingling heal the wound, leaving Dai Mubai in despair.
• Yu Tianlong injured Ma Hongjun after rejecting his plea and meager payment, then had Ye Lingling heal him.
• Oscar begged Yu Tianlong to spare him and offered to serve as his underling, citing his innate full Soul Power as a food-type Soul Master.
• Xiao Wu scolded Oscar and hurled abuse at Yu Tianlong, who cut off her right arm.

Yu Tianlong threatened Xiao Wu and the others, then offered to spare them in exchange for Tang San’s hidden-weapon methods and cultivation techniques. Tang San agreed, but Yu Tianlong implanted an unknown restraint in him, leaving Tang San frightened and pleading for a different demand.

• Yu Tianlong’s killing intent frightened Xiao Wu, and Tang San shifted aside to expose her rather than risk himself.
• Yu Tianlong asked whether Tang San and Xiao Wu were a couple, and Tang San called Xiao Wu only his little sister.
• Yu Tianlong offered to spare Tang San’s companions if Tang San handed over his Self-Created Soul Skill methods and hidden-weapon manufacturing techniques.
• Dai Mubai, the others, and Xiao Wu urged Tang San to give up the secrets, and Tang San agreed while promising to protect Xiao Wu.
• Yu Tianlong implanted a liquid from his armor into Tang San’s skin to prevent him from handing over false techniques.
• Frightened by the unknown restraint, Tang San regretted agreeing and begged Yu Tianlong to make a different demand.

Yu Tianlong forced Tang San to choose between saving himself and saving his companions, then tortured him until he surrendered his hidden knowledge. Though Tang San asked to leave, Yu Tianlong ordered the spectators to buy him a female mating ape.

• Xiao Wu severed ties with Tang San after he chose to save himself instead of his companions.
• Tang San handed Yu Tianlong the Twenty-Four Moonlit Bridges, but Yu Tianlong tortured him for concealing the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record.
• Tang San gave Yu Tianlong the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record, and Yu Tianlong verified its contents.
• Tang San asked to leave, but Yu Tianlong told the spectators to buy him a female mating ape.

Yu Tianlong punished Tang San by locking him in with mating apes, then let Xiao Wu leave and watched the battered Shrek group retreat for treatment. Afterward, Zhu Zhuqing admitted that Dai Mubai's words had made her question everything she had believed in.

• Several soul masters accepted Yu Tianlong's reward and brought him a cart containing five mating apes.
• Yu Tianlong used the Living Biological Armor Panel to restrain Tang San and shut him in with the apes.
• Yu Tianlong told Xiao Wu she was free to go, and she joined Zhao Wuji and the others in rescuing Tang San.
• The injured Shrek group received treatment in town, while Yu Tianlong helped Zhu Zhuqing settle into the new surroundings.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Yu Tianlong that Dai Mubai's words had made everything she had held fast to feel like a joke.

Yu Tianlong accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his follower, then left with her and the others for Star Dou Great Forest so Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling could obtain Soul Rings. At the forest’s edge, he warned the group about its dangers and ordered them to stay close to him.

• Yu Tianlong told Zhu Zhuqing to forget her fiancé Dai Mubai and stay with him, and she agreed.
• Zhu Zhuqing visited Yu Tianlong’s room and offered to attend him in bed, but Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling interrupted them.
• The group departed early the next morning and traveled toward Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Tianlong warned the four girls that dangerous Soul Beasts could attack at any moment and told them to remain within twenty meters of him.
• Zhu Zhuqing learned that Ning Rongrong was also rank thirty and that Yu Tianlong was a Soul King, and she began to admire him.

Yu Tianlong led the four girls through the Star Dou Great Forest, teaching them to avoid unnecessary fights with Soul Beasts and explaining Spirit Hall’s restrictions on hunting. After ordering a rest near the forest’s outskirts, he learned that Cho’Gath’s Voidlings had spread as far as the sea and the Far North, and told them to begin devouring and parasitizing.

• Yu Tianlong guided the group around a herd of Metal-Eroding Beasts and explained that fighting harmless Soul Beasts could attract stronger predators.
• Yu Tianlong suggested that Spirit Hall restricted Soul Beast hunting to protect the forest, prompting Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan to reconsider their assumptions about the organization.
• As the group traveled, Yu Tianlong drove off or injured Soul Beasts without killing them, and Cho’Gath asked why he had become merciful.
• Yu Tianlong told Cho’Gath that weak Soul Beasts offered little benefit and that they should preserve some as future food.
• Yu Tianlong learned that more than a thousand Voidlings had spread across the continent, including some reaching the sea and the Far North, and ordered them to multiply by devouring and parasitizing.
• Yu Tianlong called a two-hour rest near the forest’s outskirts before the group continued deeper to seek three suitable Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Yu Tianlong and the girls encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent suitable for Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling, and Yu Tianlong quickly subdued it. Just as they dealt with the beast, Zhao Wuji, Tang San, and the others arrived, bringing Yu Tianlong face-to-face with familiar rivals again.

• Yu Tianlong recognized Zhu Zhuqing's description of the approaching Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and decided it suited Ning Rongrong and Ye Lingling.
• Zhu Zhuqing attacked the serpent, and Ning Rongrong boosted her speed so she could dodge its rainbow-colored mist.
• Yu Tianlong seized the serpent and broke its spine, leaving it unable to escape.
• Zhao Wuji, Tang San, and the others arrived, and Yu Tianlong challenged them about their previous encounter.
• Ma Hongjun made a sharp remark, Zhao Wuji ordered him to apologize, and Ma Hongjun reluctantly did so.

Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang both asked Yu Tianlong to give the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to their students, Oscar and Meng Yiran, sparking a dispute over who had found it first. When Zhao Wuji recognized the Peerless Dragon Snake’s reputation and Yu Tianlong challenged them, Zhao Wuji bowed and apologized, leaving Chao Tianxiang stunned.

• Zhao Wuji asked Yu Tianlong to let Oscar claim the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent as his Soul Ring.
• Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and asked Yu Tianlong to give the serpent to Meng Yiran, saying they had found and wounded it first.
• Oscar and Chao Tianxiang argued over which group had first hunted the serpent, and Zhao Wuji introduced himself as the Immovable Wisdom King.
• Chao Tianxiang revealed that she was Snake Granny and that her husband was the Dragon Duke, making Zhao Wuji wary of provoking the Peerless Dragon Snake.
• Yu Tianlong reminded both groups that he had caught the serpent, and Zhao Wuji bowed to him and apologized, shocking Chao Tianxiang.

Yu Tianlong revealed the girls’ strength and his own overwhelming power, securing the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent’s Soul Ring for Ning Rongrong. As Ning Rongrong prepared to absorb it, Yu Tianlong stopped Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran from leaving because he expected the forest to become dangerous.

• Yu Tianlong refused to give up the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and asked Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan to reveal their ages and Soul Power Levels.
• Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan showed their powerful Martial Souls and high Soul Power Levels, stunning Zhao Wuji, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran.
• Ye Lingling revealed that Yu Tianlong was twelve years old, had level fifty-seven Soul Power, and had defeated Zhao Wuji in a head-on fight.
• Yu Tianlong showed Chao Tianxiang his purple, purple, purple, black, black Soul Ring Configuration, and she accepted that Ning Rongrong could take the Soul Ring.
• Yu Tianlong told Ning Rongrong to absorb the Soul Ring, then stopped Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran from leaving because he sensed the forest would soon become unsafe.

Yu Tianlong kept the group together in the Star Dou Great Forest while Ning Rongrong became a Soul Elder after absorbing her Soul Ring, alarming Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang with the possibility that he could mass-produce geniuses. The group continued searching for Soul Rings, and Tang San reached level thirty as the girls grew more coordinated in battle.

• Chao Tianxiang and Zhao Wuji agreed to stay with Yu Tianlong, while Tang San and Xiao Wu privately harbored resentment toward him.
• Ning Rongrong finished absorbing her Soul Ring and advanced to level thirty-six, prompting Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang to suspect Yu Tianlong had enabled her rapid growth.
• Yu Tianlong congratulated Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling redirected her attention to food before she could say more.
• The group searched the forest for another day without finding suitable Soul Rings for the girls, while Tang San reached level thirty and needed a Soul Ring.
• Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong improved their teamwork as they fought Soul Beasts and trained in the forest.

Yu Tianlong discussed the dwindling number of Soul Beasts with Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang before Cho'Gath warned him that danger was approaching. The group emerged from their tent and came face to face with the Titan Giant Ape.

• Yu Tianlong stayed on night watch while the women cultivated in the tent.
• Yu Tianlong told Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang that human Soul Masters’ hunting was reducing the number of Soul Beasts.
• Yu Tianlong argued that aimless killing could eventually leave Soul Masters without Soul Rings.
• Cho'Gath warned Yu Tianlong that danger was approaching, and Yu Tianlong ordered everyone out of the tent.
• A huge, silent ape emerged between two trees, and Yu Tianlong recognized it as the King of the Forest, the Titan Giant Ape.

A Titan Giant Ape confronted Yu Tianlong, Zhao Wuji, Chao Tianxiang, and their companions in the forest, leaving them with little chance of survival. Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang prepared to hold it off while the others fled, trusting Yu Tianlong’s teleportation skills to help them escape.

• Zhao Wuji pleaded with the Titan Giant Ape to let the group leave, while Yu Tianlong watched Xiao Wu and prepared to use her as a hostage if needed.
• Zhao Wuji assumed Yu Tianlong had a powerful guardian, but Yu Tianlong said he had none and threatened Zhao Wuji instead.
• Chao Tianxiang stopped Yu Tianlong and Zhao Wuji from fighting and urged them to focus on surviving the Titan Giant Ape.
• Zhao Wuji told Tang San and the others to run while he, Yu Tianlong, and Chao Tianxiang held the creature off.
• Yu Tianlong instructed Little Cho to watch the living panel on Xiao Wu and teleport to her if anything unusual happened; Ning Rongrong, Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing left, while Meng Yiran reluctantly retreated after saying goodbye to Chao Tianxiang.

Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath confronted the Titan Giant Ape after Xiao Wu and the others retreated. As the giant beasts traded blows, Yu Tianlong forced Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang to join the fight, then told Cho'Gath to shrink and rely on its Soul Skills.

• Xiao Wu and the others retreated, and Yu Tianlong summoned his enormous Martial Soul, Cho'Gath, to face the Titan Giant Ape.
• The Titan Giant Ape challenged Cho'Gath, while Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang attacked it with their abilities.
• Cho'Gath activated its Living Biological Armor Panel and grew larger, then collided with the Titan Giant Ape and blasted a vast crater into the ground.
• Yu Tianlong used the armor panel to attach masses of living armor to Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang, compelling them to continue fighting instead of fleeing.
• As the two giant beasts traded heavy blows and wounded each other, Yu Tianlong ordered Cho'Gath to shrink to about fourteen meters and use its Soul Skills rather than fight head-on.

Cho'Gath used his Soul Skills to toy with the Titan Giant Ape until the beast unleashed its full power and struck him down. As Yu Tianlong worried over Cho'Gath, Bi Ji set out to find and protect him on Gu Yuena's orders.

• Cho'Gath repeatedly vanished and reappeared to ambush the Titan Giant Ape, wounding him and stuffing dirt into his mouth.
• Chao Tianxiang and Zhao Wuji stayed out of the fight, while Ning Rongrong and the other girls decided to seek help.
• Gu Yuena sensed her scale and sent Bi Ji to find Yu Tianlong, protect him, and let him face hardships unless intervention became necessary.
• The enraged Titan Giant Ape unleashed his full power, caught Cho'Gath as he appeared, and punched him hundreds of meters through the forest.
• Yu Tianlong cried out for Little Cho as the Titan Giant Ape leapt over the fallen Cho'Gath and raised his fist to strike again.

Yu Tianlong and Cho'Gath fought the Titan Giant Ape, using their skills to injure and frustrate him before fleeing. The Titan Giant Ape launched a devastating attack, but Yu Tianlong recalled Cho'Gath into his Martial Soul Space at the last moment.

• The Titan Giant Ape used his Gravity Control Domain to pin Zhao Wuji, Chao Tianxiang, Yu Tianlong, and Cho'Gath in place.
• Yu Tianlong amplified Cho'Gath's Rupture skill and injured the Titan Giant Ape with bone spikes, drawing his fury onto himself.
• Yu Tianlong used his External Soul Bones to escape the Titan Giant Ape's oppressive might and blinked thousands of meters away with The Void Walk.
• Cho'Gath appeared before the pursuing Titan Giant Ape and attacked with Royal Spikes, cutting him and stripping away his fur.
• The Titan Giant Ape found Cho'Gath during his indiscriminate bombardment and unleashed Titan Sky Shatter, while Yu Tianlong recalled Cho'Gath into his Martial Soul Space.

Yu Tianlong fled the Titan Giant Ape with Cho'Gath until Bi Ji intervened and ordered the beast to leave. She introduced herself as Yu Tianlong's protector, then the chapter recounted how she had grown into a powerful healer and guardian of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• The Titan Giant Ape chased Yu Tianlong after he escaped its ultimate attack, while Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang fled the forest.
• Yu Tianlong summoned Cho'Gath to hold off the Titan Giant Ape as he ran, and Bi Ji watched the chase from above.
• Bi Ji appeared between the Titan Giant Ape and Cho'Gath, stopping their fight with her overwhelming presence.
• Bi Ji told the Titan Giant Ape to leave, and it retreated after giving Yu Tianlong a long look.
• Bi Ji introduced herself to Yu Tianlong and said she had come to protect him on her lord's orders.
• The chapter recounted how Bi Ji survived as a young Emerald Swan, earned the protection of Soul Beasts, and became a powerful healer.

Bi Ji brought Yu Tianlong into the Lake of Life and through hidden spaces to meet Gu Yuena. Gu Yuena offered to help with his visit to Star Dou Great Forest, while the Titan Giant Ape pursued Xiao Wu.

• Bi Ji told Yu Tianlong he would have survived the Titan Giant Ape’s attack and invited him to call her Big Sister Bi Ji.
• Yu Tianlong agreed to visit Bi Ji’s lord as the Titan Giant Ape followed Xiao Wu’s scent.
• Bi Ji led Yu Tianlong to the Lake of Life, where the Sky Azure Bull Python surfaced before they entered a hidden space beneath the lake.
• Yu Tianlong saw the Ferocious Beasts using the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to provide them with life essence.
• Bi Ji took Yu Tianlong through another separate space to meet Gu Yuena, who invited him to call her by name and offered help during his visit.

Yu Tianlong learned from Gu Yuena how to interrupt a transformed Soul Beast’s Sacrifice and left with Bi Ji to find his companions. Meanwhile, Dai Mubai charged the Titan Giant Ape to help Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang, declaring that he would avenge Brother Long.

• Yu Tianlong asked Gu Yuena whether transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts still counted as Soul Beasts, and she said they did not.
• Yu Tianlong asked how to counter Sacrifice, and Gu Yuena explained that a surprise attack capable of killing in one blow could interrupt it before a transformed Soul Beast reached Soul Saint.
• Yu Tianlong thanked Gu Yuena and declined her offer to stay, so she assigned Bi Ji to accompany and protect him.
• Bi Ji took Yu Tianlong into the air to find his companions.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San to lead the others away, activated his White Tiger Martial Soul and White Tiger Vajra Transformation, then charged the Titan Giant Ape to help Zhao Wuji and Chao Tianxiang.

After Yu Tianlong’s apparent death, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling stayed behind to fight the Titan Giant Ape while Zhu Zhuqing ran to seek help. Their boosted attacks briefly struck the beast, but it unleashed a black wave that sent the attackers flying and shattered Tang San’s restraints.

• Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling resolved to avenge Yu Tianlong, then sent Zhu Zhuqing to seek help outside the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ning Rongrong boosted Zhao Wuji, Dai Mubai, Tang San, Dugu Yan, and the others with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Tang San bound the Titan Giant Ape’s forelimbs with Blue Silver Grass, while Dugu Yan, Ma Hongjun, and Xiao Wu attacked and Oscar prepared Mushroom Sausages for an escape.
• Zhao Wuji struck the Titan Giant Ape’s head with his boosted Great Strength Vajra Palms, knocking its head backward.
• The Titan Giant Ape roared and released a black wave that hurled Tang San, Dai Mubai, Xiao Wu, and Zhao Wuji away and shattered Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass.