Chapter Summaries

Ning Bei tested his enhanced body, obtained a third Spirit Ring, and discovered its Pill Pagoda skill could produce useful elixirs. After returning to the sect, he was assigned to mass-produce Mind Awakening Pills for its disciples.

• Ning Bei told Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong that his Soul Power had reached level 30, and Chen Xin confirmed his enhanced body could withstand a Spirit Ring below ten thousand years.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed that he had reached level 85 and gained the Nine Treasure Body Protection Divine Light as his Eighth Spirit Skill.
• Chen Xin took Ning Bei to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ning Bei absorbed an eight-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf's Spirit Ring as his third ring.
• Ning Bei demonstrated his third Spirit Skill, which produced a Wind Walker Pill, a Mind Awakening Pill, and a Qi Return Pill, and Chen Xin tested their effects.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong assigned Ning Bei to mass-produce Mind Awakening Pills for the sect's disciples.

Ning Bei met and bonded with an infant Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear after discovering it was drawn to his Pill Pagoda. He named it A Bao and began raising it, while his cultivation, family life, and the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce’s elixir business continued to develop.

• Ning Bei consolidated his Soul Power at rank 36 while Sword and Bone tested the Pill Pagoda’s pill fragrance on soul beasts and found it only helped those just over ten thousand years old.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword, and Bone presented Ning Bei with an infant Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear that Bone had found in the Star Dou Great Forest and encouraged him to befriend it.
• Ning Bei brought out the Pill Pagoda, which calmed the Little Bear, and named it A Bao after it eagerly rubbed against the pagoda and accepted his touch.
• Ning Bei used the Pill Pagoda’s third-floor fragrance to raise A Bao’s cultivation by four years each day, while his other soul beasts reacted fearfully to its bloodline.
• During the academy holiday, Ning Bei spent his days cultivating, refining elixirs, caring for his soul beasts, and allowing Ning Rongrong to play with A Bao.
• Mercenaries flocked to the Seven Treasure Chamber of Commerce for elixirs that restored Soul Power and treated injuries, leaving Support Soul Masters struggling to find clients.

Ning Bei returned to the academy while Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s soul hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest. Xiao Wu escaped after her mother sacrificed herself to Bibi Dong, leaving her to seek help at the Lake of Life.

• Ning Bei left the Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda for the new school semester, taking A Bao with him despite Ning Rongrong’s protests.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Guimei tracked down a Transformation Soul Beast and a Soft Bone Rabbit in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• The woman sent Xiao Wu running toward the Lake of Life while Bibi Dong and Yue Guan pursued her.
• Guimei caught Xiao Wu, and the woman agreed to sacrifice herself after Bibi Dong promised to let Xiao Wu go.
• Xiao Wu ran toward the Lake of Life and saw a red light that told her her mother had sacrificed herself.

After her mother sacrificed herself, Xiao Wu refused Da Ming and Er Ming’s call for revenge and planned to transform and enter the human world. Ning Bei returned to the academy, defeated Yu Tianheng again, and privately told Dugu Yan about his new Spirit Ring and Soul Power rank.

• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming that her mother had sacrificed herself, stopped them from seeking revenge, and said she planned to transform and enter the human world.
• Ning Bei returned to Heaven Dou Royal Junior Academy, where Yu Tianheng challenged him for the fifteenth time and lasted exactly one minute against his Soul Beasts.
• Ning Bei encouraged Yu Tianheng after the fight, and Yu Tianheng resolved to train until he reached rank 30.
• Ning Bei met Dugu Yan in class and whispered that he had obtained a seven-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf Spirit Ring and reached Soul Power rank 37.

Ning Bei gave Dugu Yan a Mind Awakening Pill, then met with Qian Renxue to discuss her bid to become Crown Prince. Qian Renxue considered eliminating Ning Bei after learning he had reached rank 37, but decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might still become an ally.

• Ning Bei gave Dugu Yan a Mind Awakening Pill and asked her to keep it secret from everyone except her grandfather.
• Dugu Yan kissed Ning Bei on the cheek, leaving him worried that she had fallen for him.
• A steward summoned Ning Bei to meet Qian Renxue, who asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would support her becoming Crown Prince.
• Ning Bei said the sect would support Qian Renxue, and the two shared dinner after flattering each other.
• A shadowy figure told Qian Renxue that Ning Bei had reached rank 37 and offered to eliminate him.
• Qian Renxue refused, deciding that killing Ning Bei could prevent the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from joining Spirit Hall.

Ning Bei settled into life at the academy, strengthened his Soul Beast team, and discussed Xue Qinghe’s ambitions with Ning Fengzhi after learning that the Second Prince had been poisoned. The chapter left Ning Bei wary of the succession struggle but confident that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could avoid becoming a target.

• Dugu Yan visited Ning Bei after using his elixir and excitedly told him that her Soul Power had risen through a night of cultivation.
• Ning Bei added a nearly two-thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider to his team and kept A Bao hidden as a trump card.
• Ning Rongrong eagerly asked for A Bao when Ning Bei returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Bei let her ride the bear.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned Ning Bei about his closeness to Dugu Yan and asked what Xue Qinghe had wanted from him.
• Ning Bei said Xue Qinghe seemed to be recruiting him and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Fengzhi warned him that the Second Prince had been poisoned and suspected Xue Qinghe.
• Ning Bei told Ning Fengzhi he would avoid openly supporting the other princes, and Ning Fengzhi advised him to be cautious without becoming overly wary.

Ning Bei reached the Soul Power bottleneck at rank 40 and traveled with Gu Rong to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a ten-thousand-year Fourth Spirit Ring. After absorbing it, he revealed a new Elixir that could directly raise Soul Power, then began explaining the second Elixir.

• Ning Bei reached the rank 40 bottleneck, and Ning Fengzhi and the others agreed to help him obtain a ten-thousand-year spirit ring.
• Ning Bei left for the Star Dou Great Forest with Gu Rong, who tested his physical strength and judged him capable of absorbing a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Gu Rong found a ten-thousand-year Radiant Horned Beetle, and Ning Bei killed it by stabbing its weak point behind its armor.
• Ning Bei absorbed the beetle's black spirit ring, while Gu Rong fought off the Beast Tide that followed the absorption.
• Ning Bei showed Gu Rong the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, which could directly raise a Soul Master's Soul Power, and said the second Elixir also raised cultivation.

Ning Bei revealed powerful new elixirs to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and planned how to use them while developing his Soul Beasts through training. He gave Dugu Yan a set of elixirs, leaving Dugu Bo astonished by their effects.

• Gu Rong learned that the Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill raised cultivation and that the Beast Strength Pill increased strength, then brought Ning Bei back to tell Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin.
• Ning Bei explained that he could produce only one Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and one Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill each day, so Ning Fengzhi reserved them for Core Disciples.
• Ning Bei decided to wait until rank 46 before taking three fourth-grade elixirs, while devoting the next half year to consolidating his cultivation and making elixirs.
• Ning Bei trained A Bao and his other Soul Beasts in the Pill Pagoda, using healing elixirs to treat injuries and improving their combat awareness.
• Ning Bei gave Dugu Yan one Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and two Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills, and Dugu Bo marveled at the elixirs' effects.

Ning Bei returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, spent a year helping Ning Rongrong grow up happily, and then used pills to raise his Soul Power to level 50. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi arranging for Sword and Bone Douluo to accompany Ning Bei to obtain his fifth Spirit Ring.

• Ning Bei told Dugu Bo that Dugu Yan could use three pills at level 35 to reach level 40, and he gave her a Seven Treasure Token before returning to the sect.
• Ning Bei gave Ning Rongrong an 800-year-old Red Cloud Elk for her second birthday, and she eagerly took to the pet.
• Ning Bei spent the next year accompanying Ning Rongrong and giving her low-level Soul Beast pets, while he consolidated his cultivation before training again.
• Ning Bei reached level 46, took a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and two Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills, and raised his Soul Power to level 50.
• Ning Bei told Ning Fengzhi that he had reached level 50, and they agreed that Sword and Bone Douluo would help him obtain his fifth Spirit Ring.

Ning Bei absorbed a Golden Leaf Sunflower’s 20,000-year spirit ring as a massive soul beast horde attacked the group in the Star Dou Great Forest. The Silver Divine Dragon sent Di Tian to retrieve Ning Bei, and Ning Bei finished absorbing the ring while the others fought.

• After a month of training, Ning Bei set out with Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong to find his fifth spirit ring in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chen Xin found a Golden Leaf Sunflower with just over 20,000 years of cultivation, and Ning Bei killed it to obtain its black spirit ring.
• Ning Bei summoned the Pill Pagoda and began absorbing the ring while the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Man Faced Demon Spider guarded him.
• The Silver Divine Dragon sensed a force that might help heal its injuries and ordered Di Tian to bring the person responsible back.
• Hundreds of soul beasts attacked, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong fought them while Ning Fengzhi supported them with his Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Bei finished absorbing the spirit ring, recalled his soul beasts, and urged the group to leave.

Ning Bei was abducted from Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong by Ghost Douluo and taken to the Lake of Life, where the Silver Dragon King tested his healing Elixirs. The medicine helped her injuries only slightly, leaving Di Tian to learn that her recovery could still take several million years.

• A black-robed man emerged through a Space Rift, seized Ning Bei, and disappeared before Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong could stop him.
• Ning Fengzhi suspected Ghost Douluo but urged Chen Xin and Gu Rong to leave the forest and investigate later.
• Di Tian brought Ning Bei before the Silver Dragon King, who asked to see his martial soul and its healing effects.
• Ning Bei summoned his Pill Pagoda and explained the effects of his Soul Nourishing Pill, Spirit Recovery Purple Pill, and Recovery Pill.
• The Silver Dragon King swallowed all three Elixirs and confirmed that they slightly eased her injuries.
• Di Tian asked how long her recovery would take, and the Silver Dragon King estimated several million years.

Ning Bei secured permission from the Silver Dragon King to leave the Star Dou Great Forest and return when he advanced, receiving valuable soul bones and a scale from Di Tian. When he summoned his Pill Pagoda to show Bi Ji, Bear Lord mistook his bond with A Bao for enslavement, and the other beasts questioned whether Ning Bei intended to kill his companions for their Soul Rings.

• The Silver Dragon King allowed Ning Bei to return home and gave him a Storage Bracelet filled with rare soul bones, while Ning Bei promised to bring Elixirs whenever he broke through a major rank.
• Di Tian escorted Ning Bei to the lake’s surface and gave him a scale that could let Di Tian reach him.
• Bi Ji asked to see Ning Bei’s Martial Soul, and his Pill Pagoda’s aura drew the Ten Thousand Demon King and Bear Lord to them.
• Bear Lord accused Ning Bei of killing his descendants for Soul Rings, so Ning Bei summoned A Bao, who stepped between Bear Lord and Ning Bei.
• Ning Bei explained that A Bao was his companion, but the Ten Thousand Demon King challenged his claim and asked where his five Soul Rings had come from.

Ning Bei convinced the Soul Beast overlords that his Pill Pagoda could help their descendants grow without hunting them, and Ten Thousand Demon King and Bi Ji entrusted him with two young Soul Beasts. After leaving the Star Dou Great Forest, Ning Bei set out for Seven Treasure City, unaware that someone was watching his carriage.

• Ning Bei explained that he would not hunt his Soul Beast companions and described how the Pill Pagoda increased their cultivation, impressing the overlords with A Bao’s growth.
• Ten Thousand Demon King brought Ning Bei a young Demon Eye Magic Tree, and Bi Ji entrusted him with the Emerald Swan clan’s Little Princess.
• Ning Bei placed the new Soul Beasts and A Bao in the Pill Pagoda and planned how to distribute them among its floors.
• Di Tian escorted Ning Bei to the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest, where a bull-headed Soul Beast and Er Ming sensed a terrifying presence.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword, and Bone searched unsuccessfully for Ning Bei and decided to return to the sect to seek news through their spies in Spirit City.
• Ning Bei bought a luxurious carriage in a mercenary town and departed for Seven Treasure City while a hidden figure watched him leave.

Ning Bei was ambushed by bandits on the road to Seven Treasure City, but his Soul Beasts quickly killed them. He returned safely to his family and revealed that Di Tian, the Black Dragon King, had taken him.

• Tiger and One-Eye gathered bandits to rob Ning Bei, believing the young traveler was wealthy.
• Ning Bei mocked the bandits, then summoned A Bao, A Zhu, Chang'e, and Yao Yao and strengthened them with Elixirs.
• Ning Bei's Soul Beasts killed all eight bandits, and he continued his journey to Seven Treasure City.
• Ning Bei reunited with his worried parents, Old Sword Man, and Gu Rong at the Council Hall.
• Ning Bei told his family that Di Tian, the Black Dragon King with eight hundred thousand years of cultivation, had taken him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Ning Bei reveals he made a deal with the Silver Dragon King to treat her injuries in the future.
• He shows his family the four hundred-thousand-year soul bones he received from the Silver Dragon King.
• The family discusses and decides on the distribution of the soul bones.

Character Developments

• Ning Bei demonstrates his maturity and thoughtfulness in distributing the soul bones.
• Ning Fengzhi shows his pride and excitement over the soul bones' potential benefits for the sect.
• Chen Xin, Gu Rong, and Ning's Mother express their worry and concern for Ning Bei's safety.

Significant Themes

• The value and power of soul bones.
• The dangers and potential benefits of interacting with powerful soul beasts.
• Family dynamics and decision-making.

Character Interactions

• Ning Bei interacts with his family, showing respect and consideration for their opinions.
• The family members discuss and negotiate the distribution of the soul bones among themselves.
• Gu Rong expresses his approval of Ning Bei's decisions.

Ning Bei absorbed the Saint Light Mystic Tortoise Left Arm Bone, raising his Soul Power to level 56, while Chen Xin reached level 97 after absorbing his own soul bone. Ning Bei revealed his new defensive skill and tested its ability to absorb and reflect attacks, leaving the sect’s elders impressed by its power.

• Ning Bei returned home and told Ning Rongrong a story about Tang San, warning her to deal with him secretly if they ever met.
• After several days of rest, Ning Bei absorbed the Saint Light Mystic Tortoise Left Arm Bone and suppressed his Soul Power at level 56.
• Ning Bei learned that Chen Xin had reached level 97 and that Gu Rong had also entered seclusion to absorb his soul bone.
• Ning Bei demonstrated his Spirit Bone Skill, Wall of Radiance, which absorbed Chen Xin’s Sword Qi and reflected it back with greater power.
• Chen Xin caught and crushed the reflected Sword Qi in his palm.

Ning Bei demonstrated that his Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Bone’s Wall of Radiance could block attacks up to Soul Emperor strength and store an extra reserve of Soul Power. At the Spirit Awakening Ceremony for the first children who used Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, the sect discovered that every child awakened with Innate Soul Power of at least level five, including several with unusually strong potential.

• Chen Xin tested Ning Bei’s Wall of Radiance with attacks at Soul Emperor and early Soul Saint levels, finding that it blocked the former but shattered under the latter.
• Ning Bei explained that the Wall of Radiance grew stronger with his Soul Power and that his Spirit Bone also stored sunlight as an additional Soul Power reserve.
• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Ning Fengyuan to awaken the first group of children who had used Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, keeping the ceremony separate from ordinary village awakenings.
• A'Dai awakened a sickle Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power level five, and Ye Yinzhu awakened an Ancient Zither Martial Soul with level seven.
• The remaining children also had Innate Soul Power level five, while Long Nianbing awakened a Golden Kitchen Knife Martial Soul with level eight and earned the sect’s interest.

After the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s unusual Spirit Awakening Ceremony drew Qian Renxue’s attention, she invited Ning Bei to dinner to learn about its aptitude-improving method. Ning Bei concealed what he knew and left Qian Renxue with no useful details about the ceremony.

• Ning Fengzhi celebrated the ceremony’s results, and Ning Bei left the Council Hall to practice his Spirit Bone Skill.
• Qian Renxue learned that one batch of children had all awakened with at least Rank 5 Innate Soul Power and invited Ning Bei to dinner.
• Ning Bei assured Ning Fengzhi that he would avoid revealing important information and play dumb if necessary.
• At dinner, Ning Bei told Qian Renxue he had left school to study poison with Poison Douluo for his next Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue asked about the Sect’s aptitude-improving method, but Ning Bei claimed he knew little and offered to have Ning Fengzhi send guards instead.
• Qian Renxue asked Ning Bei what he thought of Spirit Hall, and he praised its power and support for commoner Soul Masters.

Ning Bei rejected Qian Renxue’s attempt to obtain the aptitude-improvement method and considered supporting her rise to power while keeping the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect out of war. After returning to the sect, he reunited with Dugu Yan and told her he had become a Soul King.

• Ning Bei hinted to Qian Renxue that Spirit Hall could be a partner, while privately deciding to support her and remove Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue learned from Snake Lance Douluo that Ning Bei had reached level 55 Soul Power and postponed killing him until after she became Crown Prince.
• Ning Bei told Ning Fengzhi that Xue Qinghe had sought the method for improving children's aptitude, and Ning Fengzhi dismissed him to rest.
• Ning Bei spent the evening telling Ning Rongrong a story about a God King sacrificing his beloved.
• Ning Bei visited Dugu Yan, teased her about her weight, and told her his Soul Power had risen to the Soul King level after finding a 20,000-year-old Golden Branch Sunflower.

Ning Bei helped Dugu Yan hunt a Mandala Snake in Sunset Forest so she could obtain her fourth spirit ring. After absorbing it, Dugu Yan reached level 41 and gained the Twin Poison Fangs skill, then prepared to visit Dugu Bo.

• Dugu Yan told Ning Bei that the elixir he had given her had raised her to level 40, and she set off with him to find Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ning Bei summoned A Bao to guard them, and they encountered a 5,400-year-old Mandala Snake that he judged suitable for Dugu Yan's fourth spirit ring.
• Ning Bei gave Dugu Yan pills to strengthen her, and she joined the summoned beasts in subduing and killing the snake.
• Dugu Yan took a Meridian Protecting Pill and absorbed the Mandala Snake's spirit ring while Ning Bei's beasts guarded her.
• Dugu Yan reached level 41 and discovered that her fourth spirit skill, Twin Poison Fangs, dealt double damage to targets already poisoned; she and Ning Bei then headed to find Dugu Bo.