Arc 7The Rise of Heavenly Pursuit

Yang Podi led the Breaking and Defense Clans toward Mount Aermo, founded Heavenly Pursuit Academy, and strengthened his allies while preparing for Spirit Hall’s opposition. After reaching Soul Saint, he gained two hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings and settled the Blue Silver Grass Clan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

  • Yang Podi won the continental tournament with the Heaven Dou Second Team, then watched Tang Hao rescue Tang San and Xiao Wu from Spirit Hall.
  • Yang Podi distributed tournament Soul Bones and Immortal Herbs, arranged for the clans to relocate to Mount Aermo, and helped Ye Lingling evolve her Nine Heart Begonia.
  • Yang Wudi defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo with Niu Gao’s support, while Yang Podi prepared the clans to move and rejected alliance and marriage proposals.
  • Yang Podi established Heavenly Pursuit Academy, circulated cultivation manuals, and trained the younger generation in combat before sending them to hunt bandits and mercenaries.
  • Yang Podi reached level 70 and hunted the Titan Giant Python with Yang Zhentian, Yang Wushuang, and Dugu Bo, killing it and absorbing its hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
  • Yang Podi revealed his second Martial Soul was his own body and traveled with the others to the Blue Silver Forest, where he persuaded the Blue Silver King to evolve into a Blue Silver Emperor.
  • Yang Podi received the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and sacrifice, then planted its seed and settled the Blue Silver Grass Clan at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Yang Podi left for Heaven Dou City at rank seventy-six, with new Blue Silver Recovery and Blue Silver Control Soul Skills.
Chapters 151–175 Vol. 2 Read

Ch. 151Spirit City

Yang Podi and the teams arrived in Spirit City for the grand finals, where Yang Wudi and Niu Gao received Titled Douluo investitures and Pope Tokens that marked their clans as independent powers. Yang Podi vowed to win the championship, and after the first round, his team drew the newly combined Divine Wind Team, making him suspect Spirit Hall wanted to test him.

  • Yang Podi observed Spirit City's imposing defenses, Soul Master patrols, and sacred buildings before his group settled into a hotel.
  • Yang Wudi and Niu Gao returned from receiving their Titled Douluo investitures with Pope Tokens, which Yang Podi recognized as Bibi Dong's attempt to position their clans against the Upper Three Sects.
  • Li Xiang explained the grand finals' elimination format, and Yang Podi declared that he would compete from the team's first match and wanted the championship above all.
  • The first round eliminated half the teams, while the Heaven Dou region sent four teams onward and Godwind Academy and Blazing Fire Academy competed together as the New Divine Wind Team.
  • The Heaven Dou Second Team drew the New Divine Wind Team in the second round, and Yang Podi suspected Spirit Hall had arranged the matchup to test his strength.

Ch. 152Victory over New Godwind

Yang Podi led the Heaven Dou Second Team to a crushing victory over the New Divine Wind Team, revealing himself as a nineteen-year-old level-sixty-seven Soul Emperor with an unprecedented ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. His performance alarmed the watching powers, while Ning Fengzhi considered sending Ning Rongrong to study with the Breaking Clan and Qian Renxue realized Yang Podi had surpassed her.

  • Yang Podi revealed his level-sixty-seven Soul Emperor cultivation and six Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, shocking the arena.
  • Yang Podi defeated all seven members of the New Divine Wind Team in two minutes, knocking out Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang among the others.
  • Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo praised Yang Podi’s talent and strength, and Ning Fengzhi decided to send Ning Rongrong to study with the Breaking Clan.
  • Qian Renxue recognized that Yang Podi had surpassed her Soul Power and cursed him for concealing his true level.
  • A beautiful man in golden armor among Spirit Hall’s people reacted with shock after seeing Yang Podi compete.

Ch. 153Instantly Defeating the Hell White Tiger

Yang Podi led the Heaven Dou Second Team to a swift victory over Star Luo Royal Academy, defeating the Hell White Tiger with his sixth Soul Skill. After the match, Chrysanthemum Douluo approached him and asked to speak privately, while other teams worried that Yang Podi’s skill could counter their own trump cards.

  • Yu Xiaogang and Tang San wondered how Yang Podi had absorbed a Ten Thousand Year fourth Soul Ring, and Tai Long said Yang Podi had trained his body relentlessly since childhood.
  • Yang Podi’s Heaven Dou Second Team drew Star Luo Royal Academy, whose lineup included Dai Weisi, Zhu Zhuyun, and their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
  • Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun formed the Hell White Tiger, but Yang Podi’s Golden Lion Heaven-Roaring Break stripped away its enhancements and left them gravely wounded and unconscious.
  • Yang Podi defeated Star Luo Royal Academy’s five remaining members in under a minute, securing the match for the Heaven Dou Second Team.
  • Sword Douluo warned Ning Fengzhi that Yang Podi’s skill could counter support effects and Martial Soul Fusion Skills, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue feared it could counter theirs.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo appeared, sniffed Yang Podi, and asked to speak with him privately; meanwhile, Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang about the Golden Lion King Soul Ring behind Yang Podi’s skill.

Ch. 154Pope Bibi Dong

Yang Podi discussed Immortal Herbs and the Breaking Clan’s survival with Chrysanthemum Douluo before returning to the tournament. As the final three teams gathered before the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong appeared, singled out Yang Podi and Tang San, and then ordered the crowd to rise.

  • Chrysanthemum Douluo invited Yang Podi to become his disciple, but they instead discussed Immortal Herbs, the Breaking Clan, and how it could preserve itself.
  • Yang Podi returned to the arena, where the Heaven Dou Second Team won the fourth round and advanced alongside Heaven Dou Team One and the Spirit Hall Team.
  • The three teams assembled before the Pope’s Palace for the fifth round, and Yang Podi noticed a veiled, golden-haired competitor among the Spirit Hall substitutes.
  • Bibi Dong emerged from the Pope’s Palace with Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Sword Douluo, Ning Fengzhi, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao.
  • Bibi Dong’s pressure fell upon Yang Podi and Tang San, but Yang Podi stood firm and Tang San resisted before Bibi Dong addressed them and told the kneeling crowd to rise.

Ch. 155The fifth round of the finals

At the finals, Heaven Dou Team One forfeited the morning match, then defeated Spirit Hall in the afternoon after Tang San used a Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill to unleash the Clear Sky Hammer's Tool Soul Avatar. The upset left Qian Renxue furious, as Yang Podi anticipated the championship match the next day.

  • Bibi Dong displayed the three Soul Bones offered as the championship prize and announced the morning individual elimination tournament.
  • Yang Podi entered the arena first, prompting Yu Xiaogang to forfeit the morning match for Heaven Dou Team One and Bibi Dong to have Spirit Hall concede as well.
  • Bibi Dong asked Yang Podi how he had absorbed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, and he credited a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum he had found in the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • In the afternoon match, Tang San and Heaven Dou Team One combined their Soul Power to unleash the Clear Sky Hammer's Tool Soul Avatar and defeat Spirit Hall's stronger lineup.
  • Yang Podi noticed Tang San's body was strained by the attack and saw Qian Renxue glare resentfully at Bibi Dong after Spirit Hall's defeat.

Ch. 156A complete victory

Yang Podi won the tournament final by avoiding Tang San’s Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill until its immense Soul Power cost left Heaven Dou Team One severely injured. Heaven Dou Second Team was declared champion, while Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation recognized that they could have used the same tactic against Tang San.

  • Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong argued over Spirit Hall’s defeat, and Bibi Dong later asked Chrysanthemum Douluo whether the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum could explain Yang Podi’s strength.
  • Heaven Dou Team One began the final by trapping Heaven Dou Second Team and preparing its Seven-in-One Martial Soul Fusion Skill again.
  • Yang Podi threatened to disrupt the skill, then sent his six teammates out of the arena rather than risk their involvement.
  • Tang San completed the fusion and wielded a Clear Sky Hammer Tool Soul Avatar, but Yang Podi revealed his silver wings and stayed beyond Tang San’s reach.
  • Tang San’s team weakened as the fusion consumed their Soul Power; his hammer throw missed Yang Podi, and Yu Xiaogang eventually called for a concession.
  • Tang San withdrew the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving all seven teammates collapsed and badly injured, and the referee named Heaven Dou Second Team the champion.

Ch. 157Tang Hao appeared

After the Heaven Dou Second Team won the tournament, Ning Fengzhi’s support exposed Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Bibi Dong ordered her capture. Tang Hao appeared to rescue Xiao Wu and Tang San, leaving Yang Podi and the others to watch Spirit Hall fail to stop him.

  • Yang Podi accepted the three championship Soul Bones and declined Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall, saying he planned to lead the Breaking Clan to Mount Aermo.
  • Ning Fengzhi’s support caused Silver Spirit Grass to fly from Xiao Wu, alerting the Titled Douluos to her identity as a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
  • Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized, but Tang San, Tai Long, Bai Xiaofei, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong stood between her and Spirit Hall’s forces.
  • Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo attacked, while Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong fused their Martial Souls into a golden dragon to defend the group.
  • Tang Hao arrived and battled Bibi Dong and the two Titled Douluos, then struck toward the Pope’s Palace as he prepared to escape with Tang San and Xiao Wu.
  • Tang Hao fled with Tang San and Xiao Wu while Yang Podi restrained Yang Wudi and Niu Gao from intervening, and Bibi Dong chose not to pursue.

Ch. 158Distributing the Immortal Herbs and Soul Bones

After returning to Heaven Dou City, Yang Podi received a marquis title and distributed Soul Bones and Immortal Herbs to his allies in the Breaking Clan. The four recipients began absorbing their treasures under the families’ protection, while Dugu Bo jokingly demanded that Yang Podi take responsibility for exposing Dugu Yan to him.

  • The Heaven Dou teams returned to the imperial palace, where Emperor Xue Ye awarded Yang Podi the title of Champion Marquis and granted him a vast fief, while the others received noble titles and residences.
  • Heaven Dou Second Team applied to Crown Prince Xue Qinghe for graduation, then the group gathered in the Breaking Clan’s secret chamber to distribute the tournament’s Soul Bones.
  • Yang Podi gave Soul Bones to Yang Ping'an, Niu Meng, Yang Tianyue, and Dugu Yan, including an External Soul Bone that Dugu Yan’s grandfather Dugu Bo worried was too valuable to give away.
  • Yang Podi revealed Immortal Herbs, which Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang distributed to Niu Meng, Yang Ping'an, Yang Tianyue, and Dugu Yan, warning that the herbs’ effects could attract dangerous attention.
  • The four absorbed their Soul Bones and Immortal Herbs over two days; when Dugu Yan’s External Soul Bone sprouted spider legs and tore her clothes, Dugu Bo covered her and accused Yang Podi of needing to take responsibility.

Ch. 159Dealing with the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record

After the four young Soul Masters grew stronger from absorbing Soul Bones and Immortal Herbs, Yang Podi argued that the clans should move to Mount Aermo and exploit Spirit Hall’s hidden plans. He proposed selling five secret manuals while framing the Clear Sky Sect, and the chapter ended with him predicting that Prince Xue Xing would soon call in Dugu Bo’s favor for Prince Xue Beng.

  • Yang Ping'an, Dugu Yan, Niu Meng, and Yang Tianyue improved their Soul Power and abilities after absorbing their treasures, with Yang Tianyue's spiritual power reaching the Soul Emperor level.
  • Yang Podi argued that Tang Hao could survive his injuries and that Spirit Hall had deliberately held back its strength, so the clans needed to move to Mount Aermo within a year.
  • Yang Podi proposed printing and secretly selling five secret manuals to raise money and leave clues framing a Clear Sky Sect traitor, hoping to intensify conflict between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
  • Yang Podi explained that greater chaos would give the clans time to develop, and Yang Wudi asked Dugu Bo whether he would move to Mount Aermo with them.
  • Dugu Bo said he could not leave until he repaid Prince Xue Xing, and Yang Podi predicted that Xue Xing would soon use the favor for Prince Xue Beng.

Ch. 160Xue Beng fell into the trap

Xue Qinghe’s rumors framed Xue Beng as an ambitious prince colluding with Spirit Hall, deepening the rift within the imperial family. Yang Podi and Yang Wudi planned the Breaking Clan’s preparations for a looming crisis, while Yang Podi told Ye Lingling that the clan would relocate to Mount Aermo after the duel.

  • Yang Beng defended his contact with Spirit Hall to Prince Xue Xing, while both wondered who had arranged the assassination attempts against him.
  • Xue Ye questioned the reports implicating Xue Beng, and Xue Qinghe smiled over the benefits he had gained by pushing his rival into the spotlight.
  • Yang Podi urged Yang Wudi to have Yang Zhentian absorb the clan’s Soul Bones, sell some levels of the Mysterious Heaven Skill, and strengthen promising elders.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Wudi agreed to prioritize preparations for Yang Wudi and Niu Gao’s duel against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo before relocating the clans to Mount Aermo.
  • Yang Podi told Ye Lingling the clans would move to Mount Aermo for safety and asked her to persuade her grandfather to consume the Ten-Thousand-Year Ginseng King.

Ch. 161Lovesick Heartbreak Red

Yang Podi gave Ye Lingling the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which fused with her Nine Heart Begonia and removed its flaw as she gained strength and a defensive skill. Meanwhile, Tang Hao remained gravely injured after his battle with Spirit Hall, and Tang San wondered whether the Breaking Clan could help, though Tang Hao believed their old grievances made that unlikely.

  • Yang Podi presented Ye Lingling with the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained how she had to pick it with sincere devotion.
  • Ye Lingling's heart's blood activated the flower, which bonded with her Nine Heart Begonia and transformed it.
  • Ye Lingling's Martial Soul evolved, its flaw disappeared, and she gained Soul Power and the defensive skill Nine Heart Divine Light Body Protection.
  • Xiao Wu left Tang Hao's group for the depths of Star Dou Great Forest, while Bai He took Tang Hao and Tang San to Heaven Dou City.
  • Ye Renxin treated Tang Hao but said his deep old injuries and Ring Detonation's effects could not be fully healed without a Titled Douluo-level healer or a heavenly treasure.
  • Tang San suggested seeking help from the Breaking Clan, but Tang Hao said their strained relationship and the clan's resentment made that impossible.

Ch. 162Level 95 Yang Zhentian

Yang Podi gave Ye Lingling a rare 100,000-year plant-attribute Soul Bone, then helped his companions obtain Soul Rings and prepared the Breaking Clan for its coming battle. After absorbing three exceptional Soul Bones, Yang Zhentian reached the peak of level 95.

  • Yang Podi gave Ye Lingling a 100,000-year Soul Bone, which she absorbed and used to gain powerful healing and flight abilities.
  • Yang Podi visited the Ye Clan with Ye Lingling, where Ye Renxin warned him about Tang Hao's severe injuries and possible search for heavenly treasures.
  • Yang Podi, Ye Lingling, and Niu Meng accompanied Yang Zhentian to Sunset Forest, where Niu Meng and Ye Lingling absorbed Soul Rings and rose to levels 52 and 58.
  • Yang Wudi and Niu Gao prepared for their decisive battle against two Spirit Hall opponents while the Breaking Clan members cultivated in seclusion.
  • Yang Zhentian absorbed three high-level Soul Bones and advanced from level 93 to the peak of level 95.

Ch. 163The decisive battle

Yang Podi prepared for the duel while studying and altering the Mysterious Heaven Treasure Record’s six manuals. At Rainfall Mountain, Yang Wudi and Niu Gao fought Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and Yang Wudi’s final attack pierced both opponents’ strongest techniques, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

  • Yang Podi divided and altered the six cultivation manuals, and he reached level 68 as the decisive battle approached.
  • Yang Podi’s family and clan traveled to Rainfall Mountain, where Yang Wudi and Niu Gao faced Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo before witnesses from the major powers.
  • Yang Wudi and Niu Gao exchanged attacks with the Spirit Hall Douluo, using their Martial Soul Avatars and coordinated offense and defense to gain a slight advantage.
  • Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo unleashed their ninth Soul Skills while Niu Gao activated Infinite Plate Armor to protect Yang Wudi.
  • Yang Wudi merged his first eight Soul Rings into his ninth and used Kill, piercing Chrysanthemum Douluo’s tornado, Ghost Douluo’s black hole, and both Martial Soul Avatars.

Ch. 164Defeating Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, leaving Spirit Hall’s two Titled Douluos badly injured and challenging Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo to a rematch in ten years. As the clansmen considered the future and their training, Yang Podi reflected on Niu Jinfeng’s evolved Martial Soul and her family’s hopes for another child.

  • Yang Wudi’s final strike broke through Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s defenses, and Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo intervened before the two Spirit Hall Douluos fell severely injured.
  • Qian Jun Douluo conceded the duel, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao challenged him and Demon Subduing Douluo to fight again in ten years before leaving Rainfall Mountain.
  • Ning Fengzhi discussed the injured Douluos and a possible marriage alliance with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, while Tang Hao decided to take Tang San into seclusion to train his Clear Sky Hammer techniques.
  • Yang Wudi and Niu Gao recovered in their carriage and told Yang Zhentian and Niu Jinfeng that they would be responsible for defeating Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo in ten years.
  • Yang Podi considered that Niu Jinfeng was the most gifted among the elders because her Martial Soul had evolved into a Primordial Dragon Rhinoceros, and recalled that his maternal grandfather hoped she would have another child.

Ch. 165Plans for Mount Aermo

Yang Podi and the clan elders planned to move the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan to Mount Aermo, where they would establish a city, academy, and outer sect. As the clans prepared to leave, major powers sought alliances and marriages, while Yang Wudi angrily rejected Tang Yuehua’s offer to reconcile with the Clear Sky Sect.

  • Yang Podi outlined plans to sell edited manuals, acquire precious metals, and move the clans quickly to Mount Aermo while Yang Wudi and his maternal grandfather recovered.
  • At the elders’ meeting, Yang Wudi announced the move, and Yang Podi described plans for a city, academy, and expanded sect that would absorb nearby small sects.
  • The elders agreed to relocate the clans, and both clans began gathering their people, resources, medicinal herbs, and supplies.
  • Major powers sent marriage and alliance proposals, which the clans declined, while Yang Podi went ahead to Mount Aermo to oversee preparations.
  • Ning Fengzhi arrived with Sword Douluo, Ning Rongrong, and Ning Heng seeking marriage ties and Self-Created Soul Skills, but left without securing either.
  • Tang Yuehua visited with Tai Tan and Bai He to propose reconciliation or an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect, but Yang Wudi rebuked them and drove them away.

Ch. 166An event that shocked the Douluo Continent

Yang Podi and the Breaking and Defense Clans settled at Mount Aermo, where Niu Gao planned a fortified sect and began expanding Monai City. Meanwhile, secret cultivation manuals stirred the Soul Master world, and Prince Xue Beng’s attempt to recruit the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny ended with Dugu Bo severing ties with Prince Xue Xing and Xue Beng losing political support.

  • Yang Podi and his companions reached Monai City, then traveled to Mount Aermo, where Niu Gao planned the clans’ academy, residences, cultivation areas, defenses, and escape routes.
  • Yang Podi and the other children began cultivating on the summit as clan members moved north; Niu Gao used his marquis appointment to take over Monai City and begin its expansion.
  • The Breaking Clan and Defense Clan’s move to Mount Aermo stunned the Soul Master world, while mysterious black-clad sellers circulated advanced cultivation manuals and weapon designs through black markets.
  • Dugu Bo fell out with Prince Xue Xing after Prince Xue Beng tried to force himself on Meng Yiran and Dugu Bo fought the Dragon Duke and Snake Granny.
  • Prince Xue Xing realized Xue Beng had been manipulated into using up Dugu Bo’s favor and incurring a debt to Spirit Hall, leaving Xue Beng with little hope of competing for the throne.

Ch. 167Secret manuals spread across the world

Prince Xue Beng was warned to keep a low profile while Spirit Hall and the continent’s major factions investigated and began using secret manuals sold across the world. The manuals’ spread damaged the Tang Sect’s business, while Tang San remained unaware that its techniques had become widely available.

  • Prince Xue Xing reassured Xue Beng that he still had a chance but warned him not to cause more trouble.
  • Bibi Dong heard that two elusive sellers had spread powerful manuals across the continent, including techniques linked to Tang San and the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall disciples to test the manuals and told her subordinates to monitor the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan at Mount Aermo.
  • Ning Fengzhi began training Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples with the manuals and ordered blacksmiths to produce Hidden Weapons from their blueprints.
  • The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Heaven Dou Empire stopped showing interest in Tang Sect purchases, leaving the Strength Clan and Speed Clan in financial trouble.
  • Tang Yuehua wondered where the manuals had come from, while Tang San continued training with Tang Hao, unaware that the Tang Sect’s methods had spread.

Ch. 168Heavenly Pursuit Academy

Yang Podi proposed uniting the four clans under Heavenly Pursuit Academy while allowing each clan to govern its own internal affairs. The clans accepted the plan, established rules and responsibilities, and began passing down the Mysterious Heaven Skill under strict safeguards.

  • Yang Podi proposed that the clans handle external affairs through Heavenly Pursuit Academy, which would educate students and serve as their shared hub.
  • Yang Podi explained that the academy could preserve the clans beyond the limits of their Martial Soul legacies, and Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, and Dugu Bo agreed to support the plan.
  • Yang Podi outlined the academy's leadership and voting system, assigned responsibilities to each clan, and drafted academy rules.
  • The clans accepted the proposal after discussions, while Ye Lingling made the final decisions for the Nine Heart Begonia Clan.
  • Yang Podi taught the original Mysterious Heaven Skill to selected clan members and prepared a restricted five-level version for other disciples.
  • Yang Podi continued cultivating to increase his Soul Power.

Ch. 169Cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill

Yang Podi explained the Mysterious Heaven Skill’s cultivation benefits as Heavenly Pursuit Academy prepared to open, then challenged seven younger fighters to teach them the realities of lethal combat. He unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain and targeted Ye Lingling, while Yang Ping'an and Niu Meng countered with Soul Bone Skills.

  • Yang Podi described how the Mysterious Heaven Skill improved Soul Power and meridian circulation, and noted that Niu Meng cultivated it faster than the others.
  • Yang Podi reached the peak of level sixty-nine as Heavenly Pursuit Academy completed its construction and prepared to admit about four hundred students from the Mount Aermo region.
  • Yang Podi told Yang Ping'an, Yang Tianyue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Niu Meng, Yang Yuxuan, and Niu Kui that they lacked experience in lethal combat, then challenged them while suppressing his strength.
  • Yang Wudi declared the match unrestricted, and Yang Podi revealed Divine Slaughter’s Domain, weakening the group’s Soul Power circulation and Soul Skills.
  • Yang Ping'an attacked with White Tiger Destruction Kill, but Yang Podi deflected his strike and rushed toward Ye Lingling, forcing Niu Meng and the others to intervene.
  • Yang Podi repeatedly broke through the group’s attacks to target Ye Lingling with Spear Strikes Like a Dragon, while Yang Ping'an and Niu Meng activated their Soul Bone Skills.

Ch. 170Soul Explosion Pill

Yang Podi defeated the seven clan members in a training match, then assigned them a dangerous bandit-clearing mission to teach them how to fight under pressure. He revealed his Twin Martial Souls and gave Yang Wudi rare medicinal herbs to prepare Soul Explosion Pills for his plans to obtain powerful Soul Rings.

  • Yang Podi used feints to knock Yang Ping'an and Niu Meng out of the arena, then defeated the remaining fighters and explained their mistakes.
  • Yang Podi ordered the seven to rest and receive treatment before hunting bandits and mercenaries without protection or backup.
  • Yang Podi asked Yang Wudi to refine Soul Explosion Pills that could raise an old Soul Beast to the hundred-thousand-year level.
  • Yang Podi revealed that his second Martial Soul was his body and explained how he planned to avoid the dangers of Twin Martial Souls.
  • Yang Podi gave Yang Wudi a storage ring of medicinal herbs, and Yang Wudi agreed to make two pills first while investigating the formula further.

Ch. 171Soul Power Level 70

Yang Podi reached level 70 and sought Dugu Bo’s advice about hunting the hundred-thousand-year Titan Giant Python in Sunset Forest. After learning how the snake evaded hunters, Yang Podi planned to drive it mad with poison and borrowed Dugu Bo’s Poison Pill to study a way to develop a Soul Core cultivation method.

  • Yang Zhentian confronted Yang Podi about revealing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and losing his stored herbs, then gave him the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for the clan’s future development.
  • Yang Podi learned that Tianyue had absorbed the Earth Demon Bear’s External Soul Bone and felt reassured about his sister.
  • After several days of cultivation, Yang Podi broke through to level 70 and became a Soul Saint.
  • Yang Podi asked Dugu Bo about poisoning the Titan Giant Python, and Dugu Bo explained that the snake hid in tunnels under a vast mire and had escaped both his hunt and Spirit Hall’s pursuit.
  • Yang Podi decided to use the Breaking Clan’s Seven-Colored Splendor and Bloody Mary to drive the Titan Giant Python mad before poisoning it.
  • Yang Podi asked how Dugu Bo had refined his Poison Pill, examined the pill Dugu Bo lent him, and planned to use it with the Star Luo Spirit Pearl to develop a Soul Core cultivation method.

Ch. 172Hunting the Titan Giant Python

Yang Podi and Yang Zhentian joined Yang Wushuang and Dugu Bo to poison and hunt the Titan Giant Python in Sunset Forest. After a prolonged battle, Yang Podi delivered the final blow, and the Titan Giant Python’s red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared as he prepared to absorb it.

  • Yang Podi told Yang Zhentian he intended to make the Titan Giant Python his seventh Soul Ring, and Yang Zhentian agreed to hunt it with Yang Wushuang.
  • Yang Podi, Yang Zhentian, and Dugu Bo traveled to Sunset Forest, where they met Yang Wushuang and planned to poison the Titan Giant Python.
  • Yang Wushuang spread Seven-Colored Splendor, Bloody Mary, and Blood Swan Kiss through the mud pit during a torrential rain, weakening the concealed Titan Giant Python.
  • The Titan Giant Python emerged from the mud pit, and Yang Podi, Yang Zhentian, Yang Wushuang, and Dugu Bo attacked it until it was severely wounded and prevented from self-destructing.
  • Yang Podi pierced the Titan Giant Python’s head with Ten Thousand Blades Return to One, killing it and revealing its red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
  • Yang Podi gave medicinal herbs to the others and began recovering before attempting to absorb the Soul Ring.

Ch. 173The Seventh Soul Ring

Yang Podi endured a grueling two-day absorption and became the first person to obtain a hundred-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring, then revealed that his second Martial Soul was his silver body. He persuaded the others to travel to the Blue Silver Forest to seek an eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast for that Martial Soul.

  • Yang Podi successfully absorbed the Titan Giant Python’s hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring after enduring two days of pain and resistance.
  • Yang Podi explained that his Tool Soul Avatar increased his attack power five hundred percent, his strength had doubled, and his Soul Power had reached level seventy-three.
  • Yang Zhentian offered Yang Podi the Titan Giant Python’s hundred-thousand-year Right Arm Soul Bone, but Yang Podi chose to discuss absorbing it after they returned home.
  • Yang Podi revealed to Dugu Bo and Yang Wushuang that he had Twin Martial Souls, with his own silver body as the second Martial Soul.
  • Yang Podi explained that an eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver Grass Soul Beast could greatly improve his vitality and recovery, and the group agreed to travel to the Blue Silver Forest.

Ch. 174Bluffing the Blue Silver King

Yang Podi and the others found the Blue Silver Forest and confronted its eighty-five-thousand-year Blue Silver King. He offered the king a chance to become the Blue Silver Emperor in exchange for a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, leaving the suspicious king to consider the deal.

  • Yang Podi's group searched for over ten days before finding the Blue Silver Forest, where they sensed a powerful but hidden Soul Beast.
  • The group attacked the Blue Silver King, then Yang Podi stopped the fighting and revealed that the Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, had sacrificed herself for Tang Hao fifteen years earlier.
  • Yang Podi proposed helping the Blue Silver King become a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor and promised to relocate the Blue Silver Clan to a plant-friendly treasure land.
  • Yang Podi displayed the Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Treasure and threatened to burn the forest with ten thousand scarlet fire stones if the king refused.
  • Yang Podi offered a Soul Explosion Pill and swore on his Martial Soul to secure the king's cooperation, while Yang Wushuang and the others watched him bluff.

Ch. 175The Body Martial Soul's First Soul Ring

Yang Podi helped the Blue Silver King reach a hundred-thousand-year transformation, then received his sacrifice as the Body Martial Soul’s first Soul Ring. After relocating the Blue Silver Emperor’s seed and clan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, Yang Podi set out for Heaven Dou City with new healing and control abilities.

  • Yang Podi and the other three swore to protect the Blue Silver Grass Clan, and the Blue Silver King gathered his clan’s vitality to raise his age to about ninety-eight thousand years.
  • The Blue Silver King consumed the Soul Explosion Pill and transformed into a Blue Silver Emperor as a heavenly tribulation approached.
  • Yang Podi received the Blue Silver Emperor’s hundred-thousand-year sacrifice and Soul Ring, while the Blue Silver Emperor left behind a hundred-thousand-year right leg Soul Bone and a seed.
  • Yang Podi and Yang Wushuang transported the Blue Silver Emperor’s seed and the gathered Blue Silver Grass to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they planted the seed and settled the clan.
  • Yang Podi left for Heaven Dou City and reflected on his strength reaching rank seventy-six and his new Blue Silver Recovery and Blue Silver Control Soul Skills.
Arc 7 of 16
Arc 7 of 16