Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing recovered from their battles, they investigated their recent growth while Xiao Yan tried to learn more about Spirit Hall Academy. The academy announced a selection for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament in one year, setting up a contest between Xiao Yan and Hu Liena's group.

• Zhu Zhuqing noticed that the Lovesick Heartbreak Red had changed her Nether Civet Martial Soul, giving it red-glowing eyes and improving her Soul Power recovery and physical strength.
• Xiao Yan recovered from his injuries, broke through in Soul Power Level, and suspected that the Golden Generation had targeted him on orders connected to the Pope's Palace.
• Xiao Yan tried to gather information about Spirit Hall Academy but attracted crowds and caught a fan who had entered his room, so he used Qian Renxue's token to arrange guards.
• Spirit Hall announced that academy students would compete in one year for seven places on its team for the All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament.
• Hu Liena revealed that she had proposed the selection to Bibi Dong so she could prove herself against Xiao Yan, and Bibi Dong allowed the contest because she believed Hu Liena would win.

Xiao Yan planned to strengthen his Twin Martial Souls and Dou Techniques so he could face Spirit Hall's holy maiden and her companions, then trained Eight Extremes Collapse under Yao Lao's guidance. After a year of intense cultivation, he had advanced from Dou Qi Third Stage to Ninth Stage and received approval to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he left the decision to Yao Lao and went to buy medicinal ingredients with Xun'er.

• Xiao Yan considered how to improve his strength before facing Hu Liena and the other Soul Kings, focusing on his Twin Martial Souls and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan tested Eight Extremes Collapse on a tree, and Yao Lao told him the technique was still at the basic level and could injure him if overused.
• Yao Lao praised Xiao Yan's year of perseverance and instructed him to buy more medicinal ingredients so he could refine medicinal liquid.
• Xiao Yan recalled that he had advanced from Dou Qi Third Stage to Ninth Stage and that Yun Leng had approved his recommendation to join the Misty Cloud Sect, but he chose to let Yao Lao decide whether he would go.
• Xiao Yan headed to the market for medicinal ingredients, and Xun'er joined him as they walked together.

During the month and a half of tournament preparations, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and transformed her Martial Soul, while Xiao Yan struggled to divide his Soul Division Martial Soul. Exhausted, he fell asleep and entered the starry realm, where a familiar vortex gate appeared for his meeting with Battle Through the Heavens Xiao Yan.

• Spirit Hall announced three Soul Bones for the tournament champions, driving Soul Masters across Spirit City into intense cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, transforming her Hell Spirit Cat into the Serene Moon Love Shadow Cat and gaining new combat effects.
• Xiao Yan practiced splitting his Soul Division Martial Soul into pieces, but controlling them strained his Mental Power and Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan exhausted himself, fell asleep, and entered the starry realm as a vortex gate appeared before him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo shared their recent experiences and discovered that the Soul Division Martial Soul could send them into the same world. Xiao Yan returned to the Douluo World while Xiao Huohuo remained in Wutan City, where Yao Lao sensed another soul in his disciple's body.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Huohuo about his teacher's betrayal in the Douluo World, and Xiao Huohuo described his training and plans to leave Wutan City after becoming a Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan proposed that they enter the same world, and Xiao Huohuo agreed despite the risk that Yao Lao might notice something unusual.
• Xiao Yan split the Soul Division Martial Soul and used it to cross into Xiao Huohuo's world, bringing both of them back to the Douluo World.
• Xiao Yan struggled to control his body and explained the situation to Zhu Zhuqing, then returned to his room and tried to manage his movements across both worlds.
• Yao Lao guarded Xiao Huohuo's lifeless body until dawn, then sensed life return and detected two soul presences within him.

Xiao Huohuo explained Xiao Yan’s arrival from a parallel world to Yao Lao, then broke through to Dou Zhe and asked for the Flame Mantra. Yao Lao warned that the evolving cultivation method required absorbing Heavenly Flames and had a very low chance of success, until Xiao Yan revealed he also possessed Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Xiao Huohuo stopped Yao Lao from attacking Xiao Yan and explained that he came from a parallel world where people cultivated Martial Souls.
• Yao Lao accepted the explanation after sensing that Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo shared the same Soul Origin, then returned to the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Huohuo formed a Dou Qi Vortex and advanced to Dou Zhe with Yao Lao’s help.
• Xiao Huohuo asked Yao Lao for the Flame Mantra, and Yao Lao warned that mastering it had no more than a twenty percent chance of success.
• Yao Lao explained that the Flame Mantra evolved by absorbing Heavenly Flames and described how he nearly died obtaining Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Xiao Yan interrupted Yao Lao and revealed a pale Bone Spirit Cold Flame in his palm.

Yao Lao explained that the Flame Mantra evolved by devouring Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Huohuo chose to cultivate it despite the danger. As Xiao Huohuo began training, Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan not to threaten his disciple, and Xiao Yan explained that he had come from Douluo to cultivate and offer protection.

• Yao Lao recognized that Xiao Yan's Martial Soul resembled the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and explained that each evolution of the Flame Mantra required devouring a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Huohuo weighed the risks against his desire to avenge his clan, bring back his father, and gain enough strength to stand as Xun'er's equal, then chose the Flame Mantra.
• Yao Lao revealed that mastering the Flame Mantra might let several Heavenly Flames forge a body for his soul, and offered Xiao Huohuo a choice between the Flame Mantra and an Earth Tier cultivation method.
• Xiao Huohuo took the black scroll containing the Flame Mantra, absorbed its information, and began cultivating in the room.
• Yao Lao suppressed Xiao Yan with his soul force and warned him not to target Xiao Huohuo, threatening to destroy Xiao Yan's soul if he did.
• Xiao Yan apologized and said he had come from Douluo to cultivate through a bottleneck and could also protect Xiao Huohuo.

After breaking through to Dou Zhe, Xiao Huohuo prepared to leave Wutan City and begin training, despite Xun’er’s wish that he stay. Yao Lao chose the Tagor Desert as his first destination, where they would search for traces of a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Huohuo completed his breakthrough to Dou Zhe, and Yao Lao advised him to fight decisively because his cultivation method left him with limited Dou Qi and stamina.
• Xiao Huohuo told Yao Lao he was ready to leave Wutan City, and Yao Lao set their departure for three days later.
• Xiao Huohuo spent two days with Xun’er and bought her gifts before telling her he planned to travel and eventually attend Jia Nan Academy.
• Xun’er asked Xiao Huohuo to wait for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment next year, but he left her with a promise to meet her there.
• Xiao Huohuo informed the Xiao Clan’s elders of his departure and arranged to leave spiritual liquid and pills for the clan.
• Yao Lao chose the Tagor Desert as their first training destination because a Heavenly Flame had once been reported north of the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Huohuo and Xiao Yan continued their journey toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range while Yao Lao trained Xiao Yan and gave Xiao Huohuo a Heavy Xuan Ruler. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo bickering over which name each would use around outsiders.

• Xiao Yan struggled to master Eight Levels Collapse as Yao Lao trained him, while Xiao Huohuo cooked beside their campfire.
• Xiao Yan used his Martial Soul to freeze Xiao Huohuo and steal the roast hare’s legs, then asked about their approaching route through the Magical Beast Mountain Range toward the Tagor Desert.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Huohuo a Heavy Xuan Ruler forged from Flame Fallen Xuan Iron and explained that it was heavy and suppressed Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan decided to train with the ruler too, but Yao Lao told him to cover his pitch-black figure and let Xiao Huohuo adjust to the ruler’s weight first.
• Yao Lao pointed out that the two youths shared a name, so Xiao Yan proposed that he use the name Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo use Xiao Huohuo around outsiders.
• Xiao Yan pinned Xiao Huohuo beneath the Heavy Xuan Ruler and insisted on the name arrangement, while Yao Lao sensed that their bickering was easing Xiao Yan’s grief and recklessness.

Xiao Huohuo reached Qingshan Town after days of training under the Heavy Xuan Ruler and prepared to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range. After recovering and cultivating overnight, he and Xiao Yan visited the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to buy medicinal ingredients for their journey.

• Xiao Huohuo struggled along the road beneath the Heavy Xuan Ruler while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed his training.
• Xiao Huohuo reached Qingshan Town before nightfall, rented an inn room, and ate a filling meal with Xiao Yan.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Huohuo a pill that eased his fatigue and strengthened his body as he cultivated through the night.
• Xiao Huohuo and Xiao Yan set out the next morning to buy supplies and entered the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Huohuo browsed medicinal ingredients while Xiao Yan examined the shop and considered the alchemist profession.

Xiao Huohuo bought a batch of Yellow Lotus Essence after spotting one stalk that was actually valuable Blood Lotus Essence, an ingredient needed to cultivate the Flame Mantra. He and Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where three Dou Zhe ambushed them and demanded Xiao Huohuo’s ruler and Storage Ring.

• Xiao Huohuo bought twenty-three stalks of Yellow Lotus Essence from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, including a misidentified stalk of Blood Lotus Essence.
• Xiao Huohuo explained the difference between Blood Lotus Essence and Yellow Lotus Essence, and Yao Lao said Blood Lotus Essence could help counter Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo left Qingshan Town and entered the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo discussed hunting Soul Beasts and Magical Beasts as they traveled into a less frequented part of the mountains.
• Xiao Yan revealed that three men had been following them, and their leader demanded Xiao Huohuo’s ruler and Storage Ring in exchange for their lives.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo fought three masked Dou Zhe who had targeted the Heavy Xuan Ruler. Xiao Huohuo used the ruler and his Black Tier Dou Techniques to wound the Five-Star Dou Zhe, but the greedy attacker charged him again.

• Xiao Yan sent the two Three-Star Dou Zhe after him so Xiao Huohuo would face the Five-Star Dou Zhe alone.
• Xiao Yan tricked the two attackers into grabbing magical beast droppings, then dodged their furious attacks.
• The Five-Star Dou Zhe attacked Xiao Huohuo, who used the Heavy Xuan Ruler to suppress his opponent’s Dou Qi before striking him with Suction Palm and Eight Extremes Collapse.
• The Five-Star Dou Zhe was driven back and injured, but greed for Xiao Huohuo’s Black Tier Dou Techniques made him charge again with his left hand aimed at Xiao Huohuo’s throat.

Xiao Huohuo learned to unleash the hidden force of Eight Extremes Collapse and wounded the Five-Star Dou Zhe, but the young man nearly killed him before Xiao Yan intervened. Xiao Yan saved his friend and revealed his Netherworld Lock, leaving Yao Lao wary of its resemblance to a soul-targeting method he remembered.

• Xiao Huohuo struggled against the Five-Star Dou Zhe and called for help, while Yao Lao advised him to focus on the hidden force of Eight Extremes Collapse.
• Xiao Huohuo realized how to unleash the hidden force, struck the young man, and caused him to spit blood and fall to one knee.
• The young man recovered and moved to kill the exhausted Xiao Huohuo, hoping to claim his two Black Tier Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yan arrived and restrained the young man with Cold Fire: Netherworld Lock after burning the two Three-Star Dou Zhe who had pursued him.
• Xiao Yan told the young man he was a Soul Ancestor, then froze him in white ice crystals and made him vanish in the flames.
• Yao Lao recognized a resemblance between Netherworld Lock and a soul-targeting method he remembered, then watched Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo smile at each other.

Xiao Huohuo recovered from his fight with a Five-Star Dou Zhe and broke through to Two-Star Dou Zhe, while Xiao Yan practiced Eight Extremes Collapse. After failing to find any Magical Beasts in the forest, they headed back to Qingshan Town to learn more about the mountain range.

• Xiao Yan broke an ancient tree with Eight Extremes Collapse as Xiao Huohuo finished cultivating after his breakthrough.
• Xiao Huohuo revealed that he had advanced to Two-Star Dou Zhe and teased Xiao Yan for not mastering the technique's hidden force.
• Xiao Yan recalled secretly watching Xiao Huohuo's fight and compared Dou Qi cultivation with the Martial Soul path.
• Xiao Huohuo asked Yao Lao to teach him an Earth Tier Dou Technique, but Yao Lao told him to wait until he reached Three-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Huohuo realized he needed to improve his Flame Mantra and search for Heavenly Flames before pursuing stronger techniques.
• After finding no Magical Beasts and encountering a wary group of mercenaries, Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo decided to return to Qingshan Town for information.

After returning to Qingshan Town, Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo bought a map and learned that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was recruiting guards to escort Xiao Yi Xian into the Magical Beast Mountain Range. They qualified for the expedition and received tokens, leaving the story as the group prepared to depart.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo returned to Qingshan Town after gaining new skills and a breakthrough in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan bought a map from the shopkeeper at the Prosperous Dwelling Pavilion, who advised them to join a reliable mercenary group and pointed them toward the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Xiao Huohuo suggested that following the Myriad Medicine Pavilion might help them find where the Blood Lotus Essence had been harvested, so the two headed there.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was recruiting guards to escort Xiao Yi Xian, a well-liked physician, into the mountain range.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo demonstrated that they met the Two-Star Dou Zhe requirement, and the clerk gave them tokens to join the group departing in half an hour.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo joined the Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s expedition into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they learned the party would seek medicinal ingredients and protect Xiao Yi Xian. Xiao Yi Xian appeared and promised the mercenaries fair payment, leaving them to decide whether to accept the journey’s risks.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo watched the Myriad Medicine Pavilion recruit mercenaries and joined the thirteen Dou Zhe selected for the expedition.
• Lang Ya explained that the party would protect Xiao Yi Xian and explore the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then offered recruits a chance to withdraw before departure.
• A plump Four-Star Dou Zhe asked how finds would be divided, and Lang Ya promised that gathered herbs would belong to their finders and hunted Magical Beasts would be shared by contribution.
• Xiao Yi Xian stepped out of the carriage, explained that she needed medicinal ingredients from the mountains, and confirmed Lang Ya’s payment terms.

Lang Ya led the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and recruited mercenaries into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to attack the Wind Wolves' den, claiming the weakened Tier 2 wolf would be manageable. Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo suspected the pavilion had another motive as the group approached the den, while one mercenary obtained a Tier 1 Magic Core.

• Xiao Yi Xian persuaded the mercenaries to join the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's expedition.
• Lang Ya revealed that the expedition would target the Wind Wolves' den and promised payment and market-price purchases of their spoils.
• The mercenaries worried about the Tier 2 Wind Wolf, but Lang Ya said it had recently given birth and was severely weakened, then introduced two strong pavilion members.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo suspected the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had another purpose for attacking the den and decided to observe what happened.
• Lang Ya led the group into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where the fat Dou Zhe killed a Tier 1 Magical Beast and retrieved its Magic Core.

Xiao Yan reflected on Xiao Yi Xian’s kindness while traveling with the mercenaries, then returned his attention to Zhu Zhuqing in Spirit City and learned about the academy’s recent changes. In Holy Soul Village, Old Jack received gold coins and a letter from Xiao Yan, delivered through Spirit Hall.

• Lang Ya halted the group for the night and told the hired mercenaries to stay near the camp.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent soup to Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo while she treated injured mercenaries, prompting Xiao Yan to wonder whether power would change her.
• Xiao Yan checked on Zhu Zhuqing, who told him that Spirit Hall Academy was caught up in a cultivation frenzy and that Yan had been training after his defeat.
• Zhu Zhuqing said she had sent Xiao Yan’s stipend to Old Jack in Holy Soul Village through Spirit Hall’s channels.
• Yun Jing delivered Old Jack dozens of Gold Soul Coins and a letter from Xiao Yan, and offered to help him at the Nuoding City Spirit Hall Branch.

Qian Renxue investigated the erased Martial Soul Awakening records in Nuoding City and suspected Tang San might be connected to a dangerous figure. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xiao Yan and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's party were discovered by the Wind Wolves, and Lang Ya led an attack on their injured wolf king.

• Qian Renxue questioned the tampered records for Xiao Yan's Twin Martial Souls and asked Ci Xue about Tang San and Xiao Wu, then began to suspect Tang San's identity.
• Xiao Yi Xian distributed scent-masking medicinal powder as Lang Ya guided the party toward the Wind Wolves' den.
• A howl from the wolf king exposed the party, and the wolves surrounded them as the mercenaries charged toward the den.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Huohuo fought through the ordinary wolves while the first-rank Wind Wolves joined the battle.
• Lang Ya and the two high-level Dou Zhe, Old Qian and Old Wan, leaped toward the injured white wolf king.

Lang Ya and the Myriad Medicine Pavilion unleashed powder that drove the Wind Wolves into a frenzy, while Xiao Yan noticed Xiao Yi Xian and a young man slipping toward the wolf's den. He reached the cave before them and followed its medicinal fragrance deeper inside.

• Lang Ya and his companions used powder from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion to make the Wind Wolves attack one another, plunging the battlefield into chaos.
• The white wolf king charged at Lang Ya and his two companions, while Xiao Yan judged that the injured beast was still near the peak of Tier 2.
• Xiao Yan spotted Xiao Yi Xian and a young man heading toward the mountainside cave and realized the cave was likely the Myriad Medicine Pavilion's objective.
• Xiao Yan slipped away from the battle and reached the cave before Xiao Yi Xian and the young man.
• Xiao Yan entered the wolf's den, noticed wind-attribute ore and a medicinal fragrance, then followed the scent deeper into the cave.

Xiao Yan found a Netherworld Ghost Vine in the wolf den and stopped Xiao Yi Xian from collecting it before they agreed to split it. Xiao Yi Xian harvested the vine correctly, and the two left the cave with half each.

• Xiao Yan discovered a Netherworld Ghost Vine growing around a blue pool and realized he did not know how to harvest it.
• Xiao Yan sensed someone approaching, hid, and watched Xiao Yi Xian enter the cave looking for the vine.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself and offered to share the Netherworld Ghost Vine with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian used powder to reveal the true vine, cut it free with a water-dipped dagger, and gave half to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left the cave without disturbing the place where the vine had grown.