Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xuan swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then tempered his body in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. After surviving, he turned his attention to the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew to strengthen his mental power.

• Xiao Xuan used water blades to cut the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot and swallowed both Immortal Herbs.
• Xiao Xuan endured the opposing ice and fire medicinal powers, then leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo watched in alarm.
• The spring's ice and fire origins combined with the herbs to temper Xiao Xuan's body, leaving his bones and meridians stronger and immune to ice and fire.
• Dugu Yan joked about trying the spring, but Dugu Bo stopped her, and Xiao Xuan advised her to focus on her poison-based battlefield role instead.
• Xiao Xuan spotted the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and recognized its potential to strengthen his mental power and control over multiple attributes.

After refining the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, Xiao Xuan’s Soul Power reached level thirty, and he asked Dugu Bo to help him obtain a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his third ring. Dugu Bo agreed after seeing Xiao Xuan’s two thousand-year Soul Rings, while Dugu Yan resolved to train harder so she could keep up with him.

• Xiao Xuan swallowed the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and refined its medicinal power, raising his Soul Power to level thirty and strengthening his spiritual perception.
• Xiao Xuan thanked Dugu Bo for the treasured garden, then asked him to help hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his third Soul Ring.
• Dugu Bo doubted that a level-thirty Soul Elder could absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but Xiao Xuan revealed his two deep-purple thousand-year Soul Rings.
• Dugu Bo recognized Xiao Xuan’s extraordinary ability and flew off to hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for him.
• Dugu Yan praised Xiao Xuan’s strength and resolved to cultivate harder so she would not fall too far behind him.

Xiao Xuan absorbed a twelve-thousand-year Earth-Shaking Beast Soul Ring, broke through to level thirty-seven, and gained the Gravity Field skill. After demonstrating its power, he noticed a rare Ink Jade Divine Bamboo in the valley.

• Dugu Bo brought a dying twelve-thousand-year Earth-Shaking Beast to Xiao Xuan, who killed it with his Blue Jade Bamboo spear.
• Xiao Xuan absorbed the beast’s Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring and resisted both its violent energy and its Soul Shock.
• The ring’s power combined with the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew’s medicinal effects, raising Xiao Xuan to level thirty-seven.
• Xiao Xuan revealed two purple Soul Rings and one black Soul Ring, then tested his Third Soul Skill, Gravity Field.
• Xiao Xuan spotted an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo standing across the valley.

Xiao Xuan found a hundred-thousand-year-old Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and decided to return for it once he was strong enough to absorb its Soul Ring. He secured Dugu Bo’s help finding rare Lone Bamboo and received the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse, which could keep living plants fresh and remove a major obstacle to advancing his Martial Soul.

• Xiao Xuan discovered the sentient, hundred-thousand-year-old Ink Jade Divine Bamboo and chose not to harvest it until he could withstand its Soul Ring.
• Xiao Xuan asked Dugu Bo for help locating rare Lone Bamboo, and Dugu Bo offered to ask Prince Xue Xing to use his spies to search.
• Xiao Xuan accepted Dugu Bo’s offer to introduce him to Prince Xue Xing, while considering that Qian Renxue could later provide access to the Spirit Hall’s intelligence network.
• Xiao Xuan asked Dugu Bo for a container to preserve spiritual herbs, and Dugu Bo gave him the Wishful Hundred Treasure Purse.
• Xiao Xuan realized the purse could keep living Lone Bamboo alive during transport, allowing him to gather separated plants for Martial Soul fusion.

Xiao Xuan returned to Heaven Dou Academy to cultivate and was confronted by students acting on Yu Tianheng’s orders. Rather than take their bait, he went to Qin Ming to apply for an assessment for an official position on the Heaven Dou Royal Team.

• Xiao Xuan trained for four hours in the academy’s Lone Bamboo mimicry grove, the only environment suited to his Martial Soul.
• Three students demanded that Xiao Xuan give up the grove and threatened him on Yu Tianheng’s behalf for spending time with Dugu Yan.
• Xiao Xuan recognized that the students were trying to provoke him, ignored their taunts, and left without fighting.
• Xiao Xuan went to the academic affairs building and told Qin Ming he wanted to compete for an official Heaven Dou Royal Team position.
• Qin Ming asked about Xiao Xuan’s background and was surprised to learn that he had enrolled less than a month earlier.

Xiao Xuan learned the requirements for joining Heaven Dou Academy’s official team and won ten Soul Elder matches without revealing a Soul Ring, drawing attention at the arena. As he aimed for twenty consecutive wins, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling headed to watch, while Yu Tianheng arranged for Shi Mo and Shi Mo to challenge him.

• Qin Ming explained that Xiao Xuan needed to reach Soul Elder level, win ten matches, and defeat a team member to qualify for the official team.
• Xiao Xuan went to the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena to meet the team requirements and attract Xue Qinghe’s attention.
• Xiao Xuan won ten matches in five days without revealing a Soul Ring, using his spear to defeat each opponent in only a few exchanges.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling set out to watch Xiao Xuan attempt his twentieth consecutive win, and Yu Tianheng and the team members joined them.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo volunteered to test Xiao Xuan’s spear against their Black Tortoise defenses, and Yu Tianheng urged them not to hold back.

Xiao Xuan changed the rules of his Soul Fighting Arena match to face two opponents at once, hoping to attract Xue Qinghe’s attention. The fight began with Tie Man and Luo Lie launching a coordinated attack, while Xiao Xuan remained calm and flicked his bamboo spear.

• Ye Lingling hurried Dugu Yan to their VIP seats, and Yu Tianheng followed them after the Shi brothers left to prepare for their match.
• Xiao Xuan asked Manager Yang to change his next match to a one-against-two fight because ordinary matches were too slow and he wanted to draw Xue Qinghe’s attention.
• The host announced Xiao Xuan’s new match rules, provoking an uproar among spectators and prompting gamblers to rush to change their bets.
• Yu Tianheng predicted Xiao Xuan would lose, while Dugu Yan reassured the anxious Ye Lingling that Xiao Xuan could defeat even more than two opponents.
• Xiao Xuan entered the stage with a bamboo spear and faced level-thirty-seven Tie Man and level-thirty-eight Luo Lie, who activated their Soul Rings and attacked from opposite sides.
• Xiao Xuan stayed composed as the two opponents closed in and gently flicked his bamboo spear, producing a faint resonance.

Xiao Xuan defeated Tie Man and Luo Lie with his spear technique, then faced the defensive brothers Shi Mo and Shi Mo in a new arena match. The brothers formed an interlocking shield barrier and challenged him to break through it.

• Xiao Xuan knocked Tie Man and Luo Lie off the arena with two spear techniques, and they accepted defeat after he showed them mercy.
• Ye Lingling celebrated Xiao Xuan's victory, while Yu Tianheng expected the Shi Mo brothers to stop him with their defense.
• After several ordinary duels, the Great Soul Arena introduced Xiao Xuan's next match against the Twin Stars of Defense from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Shi Mo and Shi Mo revealed their Black Tortoise Martial Souls and formed an interlocking shield barrier, declaring that Xiao Xuan could not break through.

Xiao Xuan defeated the Shi Brothers with one spear sweep and earned twenty consecutive victories, drawing Xue Qinghe's attention. After Xue Qinghe invited him to the Eastern Palace, Xiao Xuan declined official service but asked for help locating wild Lone Bamboo between two and four thousand years old.

• Xiao Xuan shattered the Shi Brothers' Black Tortoise Shields and defeated them with a single sweep, securing his twentieth consecutive victory.
• Yu Tianheng watched in disbelief, while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling celebrated Xiao Xuan's win.
• Xue Qinghe read a report about Xiao Xuan's victory and sent him an invitation to the Eastern Palace.
• Xiao Xuan met Xue Qinghe and declined to enter his service, saying he wanted to focus on cultivation.
• Xiao Xuan asked Xue Qinghe to find at least two leads on wild Lone Bamboo over two thousand years old and under four thousand.

Xiao Xuan secured Xue Qinghe’s promise to provide rare bamboo and high-level weapon manuals, while Qian Renxue planned to test him after investigating his abilities. After joining the Heaven Dou Royal Team as a substitute, Xiao Xuan faced Dugu Yan’s insistence that he should not yield his place out of fear of powerful clans.

• Xiao Xuan asked Xue Qinghe for old bamboo over two thousand years old and handwritten manuals of high-level spear and long-staff techniques, and Xue Qinghe agreed.
• After Xiao Xuan left, Qian Renxue told Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupinefish Douluo to fulfill his requests, investigate Lone Bamboo, and arrange a test for him.
• Xiao Xuan joined the Heaven Dou Royal Team at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where his teammates reacted with mixed feelings and Yu Tianheng grew tense.
• Xiao Xuan asked to join as a substitute rather than compete for a main-team position, preserving the existing lineup.
• Dugu Yan questioned Xiao Xuan’s decision and offered her Dugu Family’s protection against pressure from powerful clans.

Xiao Xuan withdrew from the Imperial Fighting Team’s official roster and cultivated in the academy’s mimicry bamboo forest until he broke through to level forty. Before setting out to find a Soul Ring, he fused three advanced spear arts into a perfected technique with spatial penetration and destructive power.

• Xiao Xuan assured Dugu Yan that leaving the official roster had been his own decision, and Qin Ming told him he could apply to fight as an official member later.
• Xiao Xuan took full control of the mimicry bamboo forest and devoted himself to cultivation, aiming to reach level forty before searching for rare bamboo Soul Rings.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Xuan broke through the level-forty threshold and prepared to set out.
• Xiao Xuan studied the advanced spear art sent by Xue Qinghe and fused it with two other spear arts.
• Xiao Xuan gained the perfected Demon-Breaking Heaven-Splitting Spear Art and Great Accomplishment Spear Intent, wielding spatial penetration and ultimate destruction.

Xiao Xuan perfected his spear art and set out alone for a dangerous gorge in the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain a Soul Ring. As he entered the forest, the Shrek group encountered the Titan Giant Ape.

• Xiao Xuan mastered the Demon-Breaking Heaven-Splitting Spear Art and brought his Spear Intent to flawless perfection.
• Xiao Xuan studied the map and decided to travel without an escort, despite the gorge’s location near the inner region of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Four days later, Xiao Xuan left a town on the forest’s outskirts and entered the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Zhao Wuji led Tang San and the Shrek students through the forest as they searched for suitable Third Soul Rings.
• A tremendous shock shook the forest, and Zhao Wuji activated his Martial Soul to protect the students.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the trees before the Shrek group.

The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and escaped into the forest, leaving Tang San unable to catch up. Tang San then encountered a ten-thousand-year lightning vine, and his claim that it was immensely valuable made Zhao Wuji reconsider retreating.

• The Titan Giant Ape struck Zhao Wuji aside, grabbed Xiao Wu, and fled into the inner forest while Tang San chased after it.
• Xiao Xuan heard the commotion but continued toward the valley to find the Lone Bamboo for his planned fusion.
• Tang San lost sight of the Titan Giant Ape, then was shocked and injured when a lightning vine struck him.
• Zhao Wuji arrived with Dai Mubai, Oscar, and the others and ordered the team to retreat from the ten-thousand-year mutated plant Ferocious Beast.
• Tang San urged Zhao Wuji to stay, claiming the vine's lightning marrow and trunk could sell for a fortune, and Zhao Wuji reconsidered because Shrek Academy needed money.

After the Shrek group failed to injure the Thundering Hell Vine and fled, Xiao Xuan arrived and killed the ten-thousand-year Soul Beast with his spear techniques. Its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring rose, leaving Xiao Xuan poised to claim the ideal fourth Soul Ring.

• Zhao Wuji and Dai Mubai attacked the Thundering Hell Vine, but its lightning badly injured them and the rest of the Shrek group.
• Zhao Wuji ordered the group to retreat, and Tang San fled with the others despite his humiliation and resentment.
• Xiao Xuan watched the Shrek group escape, recognized the Thundering Hell Vine as an ideal fourth Soul Ring, and attacked it.
• Xiao Xuan pierced the vine's core with his spear, killing it and extinguishing its lightning.
• A ten-thousand-year black Soul Ring with golden lightning patterns rose from the Thundering Hell Vine.

Xiao Xuan absorbed the Thundering Hell Vine’s ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, broke through to the peak of level forty-three, and gained the Thunderous Purgatory skill. When Meng Shu, Chao Tianxiang, and Meng Yiran demanded the vine’s remains, Xiao Xuan refused, and the chapter ended as the elders erupted in fury after he injured Meng Yiran.

• Xiao Xuan absorbed the Thundering Hell Vine’s Fourth Soul Ring, broke through to the peak of level forty-three, and obtained the Thunderous Purgatory Soul Skill.
• Xiao Xuan discovered that the Thundering Hell Vine’s main body was six-star auxiliary material and began storing it in his Soul Tool.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang arrived with Meng Yiran, claimed the vine’s remains, and ordered Xiao Xuan to hand them over.
• Xiao Xuan stored the vine’s main body and refused to surrender it, while Meng Yiran attacked him with poisoned needles and her snake-headed staff.
• Xiao Xuan destroyed the needles and sent Meng Yiran flying with his spear, prompting Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to attack in fury.

Xiao Xuan fought Snake Granny Chao Tianxiang and Dragon Duke Meng Shu after they confronted him over Meng Yiran, then used his unusual Soul Rings and powerful skills to kill Meng Shu. He escaped into the forest, leaving Chao Tianxiang grieving and Meng Yiran stunned.

• Chao Tianxiang attacked Xiao Xuan with her snake-headed cane, but he countered with a devastating spear strike that forced her to retreat.
• Meng Shu challenged Xiao Xuan, who revealed four unusual Soul Rings and used his Mystic Yellow Gravity Domain to suppress him.
• Xiao Xuan bound Meng Shu with Thunderous Purgatory and pierced his heart with the Demon-Breaking Heaven-Splitting Spear Art, killing him.
• Xiao Xuan threw Meng Shu's body to Chao Tianxiang and escaped through the forest.
• Chao Tianxiang mourned over Meng Shu's corpse while Meng Yiran stood trembling and unable to comprehend what had happened.

Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students returned to the clearing and found Meng Shu dead, while Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran mourned him. Meng Yiran blamed a black-robed boy with four extraordinary Soul Rings, and Tang San suspected the attacker was Xiao Xuan before dismissing the possibility.

• Zhao Wuji led the wounded Shrek group back to the clearing after hearing thunderclaps and sensing the Ferocious Beast's presence subside.
• The group found Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran grieving over Meng Shu's corpse, and Zhao Wuji recognized the dead Dragon Duke.
• Tang San offered help, but Meng Yiran said a black-robed boy had killed Meng Shu with a bamboo-like spear and taken the Thunder Vine's trunk.
• Meng Yiran described the boy's Soul Rings as two purple and two black, but Zhao Wuji and the others dismissed her account as a grief-stricken hallucination.
• Tang San connected the bamboo spear to Xiao Xuan, recalled their old clash, and then rejected the idea that Xiao Xuan could have been the killer.

Tang San dismissed claims about Xiao Xuan’s strength and led his group away from the clearing where Meng Shu had died. Days later, Xiao Xuan entered the Soto Great Soul Arena as Black Bamboo, planning to win ten matches and then deliberately lose the eleventh to make enough money to buy a Soul Bone.

• Tang San rejected the claims about Xiao Xuan as hallucinations and urged Zhao Wuji’s group to leave and search for Xiao Wu.
• Zhao Wuji ordered Dai Mubai and the others to withdraw from the clearing, leaving Chao Tianxiang beside Meng Shu’s corpse.
• Xiao Xuan heard that a hundred-year Soul Bone would be auctioned in Suotuo City and decided he needed money to buy it.
• Xiao Xuan registered at the Soul Fighting Arena as the masked Black Bamboo and planned to build a ten-match winning streak before throwing his eleventh match.
• The arena announced Black Bamboo’s first match against the rank-forty-five Battle Soul Ancestor Mad Bear Tie Shan.

Xiao Xuan won two Soul Fights as Black Bamboo without revealing a Soul Ring, then returned to his inn. The next day, the Shrek group returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San had gained a third Soul Ring but missed the Eight Spider Lances, and several students headed to Suotuo City to test their strength.

• Xiao Xuan defeated Tie Shan with one spear strike and was announced as the winner under the alias Black Bamboo.
• Xiao Xuan broke through Mad Lion's defensive Soul Skill and knocked him off the platform, winning his second match.
• Xiao Xuan left the arena for his secluded inn after the crowd cheered for Black Bamboo.
• The Shrek group returned from the Star Dou Great Forest, and Tang San had become a Soul Elder after absorbing a thousand-year Man Faced Demon Spider Soul Ring, but he did not obtain the Eight Spider Lances.
• Ma Hongjun sought leave to go into the city, and Tang San, Xiao Wu, and the others went with him to test their strength in actual combat.

Xiao Xuan, fighting as Black Bamboo, defeated the fast and powerful Scything Shadow in the seventh arena without relying on sight. Tang San recognized that Xiao Xuan’s perception and spear technique were far beyond what he had expected, leaving him stunned after confidently predicting Black Bamboo would lose.

• Tang San heard that a bamboo-spear-wielding Soul Ancestor called Black Bamboo had defeated two opponents and wondered if he was the person Meng Yiran had described.
• Dai Mubai agreed to watch Black Bamboo’s afternoon match before the Shrek group registered for their own fights.
• Xiao Xuan arrived at the seventh arena and learned that he would face level-forty-six Scything Shadow, with a second match against Rock-Shattering Mad Rhino if he won.
• Scything Shadow used his speed and Fourth Soul Skill to surround Xiao Xuan with illusory figures and a storm of claw attacks.
• Xiao Xuan used his divine sense and spear intent to locate Scything Shadow, shatter the claw lights, and strike him with Illusion Breaking until he surrendered.
• Tang San watched Xiao Xuan win and stood speechless, his confidence shaken by Black Bamboo’s ability to counter an attack he could barely track with the Purple Demon Eye.