Recaps

Tian Chen and his companions prepared to leave the Soul Hunting Forest but followed a sudden clash and discovered Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan fighting an Ice and Fire Demon Tiger. The chapter ended with Tian Chen watching for a chance to strike the finishing blow.

• Tian Chen decided to leave the Soul Hunting Forest if he could not find Xie Yue's group within another hour.
• A powerful clash sounded nearby, and Tian Chen led Li Kai and Zhang Ping toward it.
• Hu Liena had persuaded Xie Yue and Yan to hunt more Soul Beasts so they could beat Tian Chen's record.
• Yan fought the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger to buy time for Hu Liena and Xie Yue to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, suffering severe injuries.
• Tian Chen recognized the tiger and waited for an opportunity to land the finishing blow.

Hu Liena and Xie Yue used Demon Charm to badly wound the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger, but their fusion skill ended before they could defeat it. As Tian Chen rushed to attack, the tiger launched an unexpected strike at Hu Liena's group, and Tian Chen intervened with Invincible Golden Body.

• Hu Liena and Xie Yue fused into Demon Charm, suppressing the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger and cutting it with their circular blades.
• Demon Charm ended after thirty seconds, leaving Hu Liena and Xie Yue exhausted while the tiger remained alive.
• Hu Liena called for their teacher to intervene, but Li Yuan stopped the Soul King and said he would take responsibility.
• Tian Chen, Li Kai, and Zhang Ping charged the wounded tiger, which fired ice and fire spheres at Hu Liena's group.
• Tian Chen moved in front of Hu Liena and activated Invincible Golden Body to withstand the attack.

Tian Chen trapped and brutally killed the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger with help from Zhang Ping and Li Kai, deliberately making it die in hatred to improve the chance of producing a Soul Bone. The tiger left behind two Yellow Soul Rings, and Tian Chen withdrew his bloodied claw.

• Tian Chen charged the weakened Ice and Fire Demon Tiger while its attacks drained the protection of his Invincible Golden Body.
• Tian Chen called on Zhang Ping and Li Kai to attack, then trapped the tiger in his Earth Array Cage variant Soul Skill.
• Zhang Ping and Li Kai struck the immobilized tiger, leaving it grievously wounded and unable to fight.
• Tian Chen crushed the tiger's head after tormenting it, and two Yellow Soul Rings appeared from its corpse.
• Li Yuan warned a Soul King teacher not to covet Tian Chen's apparent Soul Bone Skill.

After Tian Chen’s team won the trial, Li Yuan led them to collect their rewards while Hu Liena struggled to thank Tian Chen for saving her. Tian Chen brushed her off, leaving his plan to keep her interested unresolved.

• Tian Chen searched the Ice and Fire Demon Tiger’s carcass for a Soul Bone but found none.
• Li Yuan arrived, and Li Kai proudly announced that he had obtained his first soul ring.
• Li Yuan’s group left the Soul Hunting Forest and reached the camp, where Chen Ying took the unconscious Yan for treatment.
• Li Yuan told Hu Liena and Xie Yue that Tian Chen’s team had won and that the junior class would have three days off.
• Hu Liena tried to speak to Tian Chen, but he feigned impatience and left with Li Yuan to see the dean.

Tian Chen awarded the trial’s Soul Bone to Li Kai after deciding it did not meet his standards. Back in Spirit City, he resumed cultivating and planned to reach level thirty before turning twelve so he could begin his plans at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Tian Chen told Li Kai and Zhang Ping that one of them could have the Soul Bone because it was not good enough for him.
• Tian Chen opened the box, identified the incomplete left arm bone as strength-type, and gave it to Li Kai to absorb.
• Tian Chen and his companions returned to Spirit City, where Zhang Ping headed toward her village outside the city.
• Tian Chen returned to his family manor, bathed, ate, and resumed cultivating after finding that Tian E was absent.
• Tian Chen planned to reach level thirty before turning twelve and then take Tian E to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to meet Dugu Bo.

Tian Chen spent nearly a year improving his combat skills and approaching the Level 20 bottleneck while Hu Liena’s attitude toward him softened. Unable to break through after several days of cultivation, he went to the Soul Hunting Forest with Meng Tao to fight Soul Beasts.

• Tian Chen trained at Spirit Hall Academy and in the Soul Hunting Forest, reaching Level 19 and gaining combat experience.
• Hu Liena stopped picking fights with Tian Chen and began starting conversations with him.
• Nearly a year later, Tian Chen failed to break through to Level 20 and left home to clear his head.
• Tian Chen traveled toward the Soul Hunting Forest with Meng Tao, a flying-type Soul Master above Level 60.
• Tian Chen entered the forest with Meng Tao, dismissing the hastily assembled teams and preparing to fight Soul Beasts.

Tian Chen traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest with Meng Tao to hunt a Hundred-Year Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring. He killed the Scarlet Fire Monkey troop’s leader with his Golden Crocodile Possession and Death Roll.

• Tian Chen and Meng Tao flew toward the forest’s center, where Tian Chen spotted a Scarlet Fire Monkey troop led by a beast with just over a hundred years of cultivation.
• Tian Chen removed his fox-fur outer layer, told Meng Tao to set him down near the troop, and activated Martial Soul Possession as he landed.
• The Scarlet Fire Monkeys attacked, and Tian Chen used his first Soul Skill, Golden Crocodile Possession, to boost his attack, defense, and strength.
• Tian Chen slaughtered the Ten-Year Scarlet Fire Monkeys and charged the troop’s leader.
• Tian Chen seized the leader, spun into a Death Roll, tore off its arms, and smashed its head with his tail.

After pushing himself through hours of Soul Beast battles, Tian Chen felt his bottleneck loosening and expected to reach rank twenty soon. On his way back to Spirit City, he rescued Zhang Ping and offered her work at his house, leaving her to decide whether to accept.

• Tian Chen hunted hundred-year Soul Beasts until his Soul Power was depleted, repeatedly recovering as he tried to loosen his bottleneck.
• After fourteen to sixteen hours of combat, Tian Chen decided to return to Spirit City with Meng Tao and expected to break through to rank twenty that night.
• Meng Tao and Tian Chen encountered Zhang Ping and three other Soul Masters struggling against a hundred-year Mandala Snake.
• At Tian Chen's instruction, Meng Tao killed the Mandala Snake, saving Zhang Ping and her companions.
• Tian Chen offered Zhang Ping a job tidying his room for ten Gold Soul Coins a month and told her she could decide later.
• Tian Chen returned to Meng Tao's back, and they flew toward Spirit City.

After Tian Chen broke through to level 20, he prepared to travel with Tian E to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his second soul ring. He left for the forest still determined to absorb a thousand-year ring despite Tian E’s objections.

• Tian Chen reached level 20 after less than an hour of cultivation and spent the night consolidating his breakthrough.
• Tian E recognized Tian Chen’s progress, and the two discussed cultivation over a long breakfast.
• Tian Chen and Tian E left Spirit City by carriage for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tian Chen tried to persuade Tian E to let him absorb a thousand-year second soul ring, but Tian E refused and joked that Tian Chen should give him a great-grandson first.
• Tian Chen kept his plan to absorb a thousand-year soul ring but stopped arguing with Tian E during the journey.

Tian Chen and Tian E entered the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a suitable Soul Beast for Tian Chen’s next Soul Ring. They passed on a promising Scale Armor Beast, leaving Tian Chen to wait for a better opportunity and plan for the little fox to be his first companion.

• Tian Chen and Tian E reached the town near the Star Dou Great Forest and then hurried to the forest without speaking about their earlier disagreement.
• Tian E warned Tian Chen about the dangers and explained the forest’s zones and Soul Beast habitats as they traveled toward the mixed zone.
• Tian Chen considered the Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the mixed zone better choices than the beasts found near the forest’s edge.
• Tian Chen and Tian E encountered several unsuitable Soul Beasts before finding an approximately eight-hundred-year-old Scale Armor Beast.
• Tian Chen rejected the Scale Armor Beast despite Tian E’s persuasion because he did not want a Hundred-Year Soul Ring as his Second Soul Ring.

Tian Chen and Tian E encountered three Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears in the Star Dou Great Forest’s mixed zone. Tian Chen wanted their Soul Rings, so Tian E transformed into his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked the bears while intending to leave them alive.

• Tian E sensed danger, released his Martial Soul, and drove the nearby battling Soul Beasts away with his pressure.
• Tian Chen recognized the approaching Soul Beasts as a thirty-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and its two younger offspring.
• Tian Chen asked Tian E to cripple all three bears but keep them alive so he could pursue the younger bears’ Soul Rings.
• Tian E activated Martial Soul Avatar and charged the giant crocodile at the leading Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.

Tian E defeated three Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears and crippled them for Tian Chen, who killed them to provoke their hatred and improve his chances of obtaining a Soul Bone. Tian Chen then secretly began absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring, leaving Tian E unable to stop him and hoping the fusion would succeed.

• Tian E crippled the two thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bears and defeated the ten-thousand-year bear after blocking its Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Tian Chen denied that he planned to absorb the bears' Soul Rings, then repeatedly stabbed the three-thousand-year bear until it died and formed a purple Soul Ring.
• Tian Chen killed the remaining two bears, leaving three Soul Rings in the clearing, and asked Tian E to check the corpses for Soul Bones.
• Tian E went to inspect the ten-thousand-year bear, and Tian Chen activated Martial Soul Possession and began absorbing the dim purple thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Tian E realized Tian Chen had started the fusion, isolated him from the surrounding environment with his Soul Power, and sat nearby to guard him.

Tian Chen absorbed a thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring and gained a defensive Soul Skill. Tian E then found a ten-thousand-year right arm bone and an External Soul Bone among the bears, which Tian Chen took but decided to absorb later.

• Tian Chen endured the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring's power for over six hours, and his body grew stronger as he absorbed it.
• Tian Chen gained a defensive Soul Skill, and Tian E teased him before leading him to examine the bear corpses.
• Tian E found a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear right arm Soul Bone and handed it to Tian Chen.
• Tian Chen asked Tian E to inspect the other bears' paws, and Tian E found an External Soul Bone in one of them.
• Tian Chen identified the External Soul Bone as one that could inherit the Terrorclaw Soul Skill, but decided to wait until he was stronger before absorbing it.

After returning to Spirit City with two powerful Soul Bones stored away, Tian Chen headed to the Soul Fighting Arena to test his abilities. Hu Liena welcomed him and offered to guide him, but their tour ended with an accidental collision.

• Tian Chen and Tian E returned to Spirit City after Tian Chen obtained a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear Soul Ring and two Soul Bones, which he stored for later.
• Tian Chen left the carriage and went to register for soul fights at the Soul Fighting Arena, while Tian E let him go home alone.
• Hu Liena recognized Tian Chen, learned that he had reached level twenty, and offered to show him around the arena.
• Tian Chen followed Hu Liena toward a subsidiary arena, and they accidentally bumped heads when she stopped and turned around.

Tian Chen comforted Hu Liena before entering the Spirit City Great Soul Arena to face Zhang Lei. He revealed a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his second Soul Ring and charged at Zhang Lei, beginning the match.

• Tian Chen gently rubbed Hu Liena's forehead, and she blushed before encouraging him to go to his match.
• Tian Chen entered the fighting platform, where the referee introduced him and his opponent, Zhang Lei, who had nine consecutive victories.
• Tian Chen and Zhang Lei activated their Martial Soul Possessions, revealing Zhang Lei's Gale Demon Wolf.
• Tian Chen displayed a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his second Soul Ring, stunning Zhang Lei, the referee, and the spectators.
• Tian Chen activated Golden Crocodile Body Protection and charged at Zhang Lei.

Tian Chen fought Zhang Lei in the Soul Fighting Arena, using his Golden Crocodile King’s strength and defense against Zhang Lei’s speed. After Zhang Lei’s repeated escapes drained his Soul Power, he activated both Soul Rings and launched a desperate attack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Tian Chen charged Zhang Lei under the boost of his first Soul Skill, while his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul suppressed Zhang Lei’s Gale Demon Wolf.
• Zhang Lei used Demon Wolf Flash to get behind Tian Chen and slash at his back, but his claws could not penetrate Tian Chen’s golden scales.
• Zhang Lei escaped Tian Chen’s sweeping tail with Demon Wolf Flash again, prompting Tian Chen to recognize his lack of a ranged Soul Skill and deactivate his first Soul Skill.
• Tian Chen judged that Zhang Lei’s attacks could not break his defense, while Zhang Lei realized his repeated Soul Skill use had consumed more than half his Soul Power.
• Zhang Lei activated both yellow Soul Rings and transformed into a blue-green blur, appearing in front of Tian Chen for a final desperate strike.

Tian Chen defeated Zhang Lei in the Soul Fighting match by using his Dark Gold Protective Shield, then met Hu Liena outside the arena. The two went home together, growing closer as they walked through the streets.

• Tian Chen's Dark Gold Protective Shield absorbed and reflected Zhang Lei's attack, breaking Zhang Lei's wolf claws and leaving him unable to continue.
• Zhang Lei conceded, and the referee declared Tian Chen the winner of his first Soul Fighting match.
• Tian Chen tested the power of his second Soul Skill and left the arena pleased with its defensive strength.
• Hu Liena waited outside the arena and congratulated Tian Chen on obtaining a thousand-year second Soul Ring.
• Tian Chen invited Hu Liena to go home with him, and she agreed.

After returning to Spirit City, Tian Chen ate a feast of Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear paws and rested at Tian E’s urging. The next morning, he prepared to return to Spirit Hall Academy and compete in the intermediate-class division of its year-end tournament.

• Hu Liena walked with Tian Chen toward the Pope’s Palace and Worship Hall, sulking when he left her to enter the Worship Hall.
• Tian Chen returned to the manor, where Tian E served him two cooked paws from a ten-thousand-year Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear.
• Tian E told Tian Chen to skip cultivation and sleep, and Tian Chen rested after weeks of intense training and travel.
• Tian Chen woke early and decided to return to Spirit Hall Academy now that he had become a Soul Grandmaster.
• Tian Chen planned to enter the year-end tournament to gain combat experience, competing in the intermediate-class division against Soul Masters ranked twenty to thirty.

Tian Chen accepted Meng Tao’s help getting to Spirit Hall Academy while keeping their relationship transactional, then focused on recruiting Ma Hongjun. At the elementary class, he found Hu Liena had taken his usual seats and sat beside her, leaving Yan visibly angry.

• Meng Tao flew Tian Chen from Spirit City to Spirit Hall Academy and waited until Tian Chen had entered before returning.
• Tian Chen decided he would try to recruit Ma Hongjun, valuing his Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, loyalty, and straightforward personality, but ruled out Oscar.
• Tian Chen entered the elementary class and found Hu Liena had cornered Li Kai and taken both of their usual seats.
• Tian Chen reassured Li Kai and sat beside Hu Liena, ignoring Yan’s anger.

Li Yuan announced the voluntary registration for the year-end tournament, and Tian Chen, Yan, and Xie Yue qualified to compete with the intermediate classes. Tian Chen invited Hu Liena to cultivate with him and Li Kai, and she accepted, leaving Yan furious as they departed.

• Hu Liena sulked beside Tian Chen, who ignored her hints while Li Yuan entered the classroom with the tournament registration forms.
• Li Yuan explained that students could volunteer for the year-end tournament and that it would help determine their promotion to the intermediate classes.
• Every student submitted a form, and Li Yuan set aside the forms of Tian Chen, Yan, and Xie Yue because they had reached level twenty and qualified for the intermediate-class tournament.
• After Li Yuan dismissed the class, Tian Chen invited Hu Liena to join him and Li Kai at the Mimicry Training Ground, and she eagerly agreed.
• Hu Liena greeted Xie Yue and followed Tian Chen while ignoring Yan, who pounded his desk in anger after they left.
• Xie Yue watched Yan's outburst and thought Tian Chen was a better match for Hu Liena.

Tian Chen cultivated in the Hundred Beast Training Ground, where his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul subdued the Iron Armored Crocodiles, and he reflected on how a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had transformed his body. He left to meet Hu Liena and Li Kai for a meal, easing Hu Liena's annoyance before the three ate together.

• Tian Chen and Li Kai went to the Hundred Beast Training Ground, where Li Kai headed for the Thorny Porcupines and Tian Chen went to the Iron Armored Crocodile swamp.
• Tian Chen cultivated among the Iron Armored Crocodiles, whose fear of his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul kept them away from him.
• Tian Chen sensed that his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone had continued improving his body and making his Soul Power circulate more smoothly.
• Tian Chen left the training ground and found Hu Liena and Li Kai waiting at the entrance; Hu Liena was unhappy that he had kept her waiting.
• Tian Chen walked beside Hu Liena and took her and Li Kai to the academy cafeteria, where they shared a meal.

Tian Chen left Spirit Hall Academy during its break and went to Spirit City's Soul Fighting Arena to continue gaining combat experience. After registering for a one-on-one match, he headed to the preparation area to wait for his bout.

• Tian Chen decided to leave the academy and build his foundation through Soul Fighting and battles with Soul Beasts.
• Tian Chen said goodbye to Hu Liena and had Li Kai pay the bill before leaving the dining hall.
• Tian Chen walked out of Spirit Hall Academy and was carried into Spirit City by Meng Tao.
• Tian Chen entered the Soul Fighting Arena through the contestants' passage and showed his Iron Soul Fighter Medal.
• A staff member registered Tian Chen for a one-on-one match in Soul Fighting Sub-Arena Five, scheduled to begin in ten minutes.

Tian Chen entered the Soul Fighting match against Huyan Li, a four-time winner and Diamond Mammoth Soul Master from the Elephant Armor Sect. The match began with Huyan Li revealing his Martial Soul Possession, leaving the fight poised to start.

• Tian Chen rested in his lavish preparation room before a staff member summoned him to Soul Fighting Arena Five.
• Tian Chen entered the arena and heard the announcer introduce Huyan Li as an opponent with four consecutive victories and a Diamond Mammoth Martial Soul.
• Huyan Li and Tian Chen formally introduced themselves as Level twenty-three and Level twenty-one Soul Grandmasters, respectively.
• After the referee started the match, Huyan Li activated Martial Soul Possession, transforming his body and revealing two Yellow Soul Rings.

Tian Chen defeated Huyan Li in a Soul Fighting match, overpowering the Diamond Mammoth disciple while holding back to avoid seriously injuring him. After the match, Tian Chen invited Huyan Li to bring his grandfather, Huyan Zhen, to the Worship Hall, leaving the Elephant Armor Sect’s future relationship with him undecided.

• Tian Chen revealed his Golden Crocodile King Martial Soul and a purple second Soul Ring, causing Huyan Li to question his confidence.
• Huyan Li activated his first Soul Skill, but Tian Chen’s Golden Crocodile Body Protection helped him overpower Huyan Li in their first clash.
• Huyan Li used Strength Amplification and attacked again, but Tian Chen still won the contest of strength and crushed the enamel coating on Huyan Li’s hands.
• Tian Chen held back, asked the referee to announce the result, and was declared the winner of the match.
• Huyan Li thanked Tian Chen for sparing him, and Tian Chen invited him to bring Huyan Zhen to the Worship Hall.

Tian Chen inferred that Huyan Zhen had come to Spirit City, where the Celestial Elephant secretly traded Soul Bones with Ghost Leopard Douluo. Huyan Zhen left with a high-quality Head Soul Bone suited to his Martial Soul, while Ghost Leopard Douluo received a different Soul Bone and a million Gold Soul Coins.

• Tian Chen realized Huyan Zhen was likely in Spirit City because Huyan Li had arrived there, and his guess proved correct.
• Huyan Zhen met Ghost Leopard Douluo in a concealed chamber to exchange Soul Bones.
• Huyan Zhen inspected and took a high-quality Head Soul Bone with tusks, while Ghost Leopard Douluo received a translucent azure left leg bone.
• Huyan Zhen paid Ghost Leopard Douluo a million Gold Soul Coins, and the two completed the trade.