Chapter Summaries

Jun Yan awoke in the body of a Spirit Hall prodigy who had died protecting Bibi Dong from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and began recovering from his fatal wound. After learning his memories and abilities, he headed east to avoid the tiger while Bibi Dong was rescued by a Titled Douluo.

• Jun Yan used Wood Spike to kill a Blood Crow, then his body healed as he rested through the night.
• Jun Yan realized the original soul had vanished and recalled that he had spent twenty-six years as a bystander in his own body.
• Jun Yan remembered that the original Jun Yan had Twin Martial Souls and had been killed while helping Bibi Dong escape the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Jun Yan restored his Soul Power, changed clothes, and headed east to avoid the tiger and find a Soul Ring.
• A Titled Douluo told Bibi Dong he had driven off the injured tiger, and she said Jun Yan had been pierced through the chest while covering her retreat.
• The elder lamented Jun Yan's likely death, while Bibi Dong wondered whether Xiao Gang would have risked his life for her.

Jun Yan tracked the gravely wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and trapped it with his Wood Release after it fought off three Azure Spirit Hounds. The tiger drew him into its Life and Death Arena, where both combatants were reduced to a weakened, child-sized state for a duel to the death.

• Jun Yan followed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s weak roars and found it fighting three Azure Spirit Hounds.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger killed two hounds and drove off the last one, then collapsed from its injuries.
• Jun Yan restrained the tiger with Thornwood Wild Dance and continued attacking from a distance until its roars stopped.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger feigned death, opened a black hole with its Evil God Hook, and pulled Jun Yan into another dimension.
• Jun Yan and the tiger arrived on the Life and Death Arena, where the tiger had been reduced to a small, weakened form and the duel began.

Jun Yan used his Rinnegan’s Limbo: Border Jail to kill the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Life and Death Arena. He turned its corpse into a Six Paths Puppet and made it his Animal Path.

• Jun Yan revealed his Rinnegan and used Limbo: Border Jail to pummel the juvenile Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with invisible shadows.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger unleashed its Dark Demon Evil Thunder, but Jun Yan emerged unharmed and sent all four shadows to attack.
• One of the shadows crushed the tiger’s skull, killing it and ending the arena trial.
• Jun Yan collected the tiger’s life-bound bead and used black rods to turn its corpse into a Six Paths Puppet with Rinnegan eyes.
• Jun Yan ordered the revived tiger to sit, then placed its life-bound bead into its skull and created Animal Path: Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.

Jun Yan found a forty-thousand-year Dragon Blood Tree and ordered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to weaken it for his Sixth Soul Ring. After the tiger overcame the tree’s healing ability and beat it to the brink of death, Jun Yan stepped forward and killed it.

• Jun Yan recognized the Dragon Blood Tree and decided it was suitable for his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Jun Yan ordered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to attack the tree, and the tiger began cutting through its branches and trunk.
• Jun Yan noticed the Dragon Blood Tree healing by absorbing the life force of nearby plants and told the tiger to finish the fight quickly.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger broke through the tree’s defenses and beat it to the brink of death.
• Jun Yan stepped forward and ended the Dragon Blood Tree’s life.

After Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City, Jun Kuang confronted her about his son, and she believed Jun Yan had died saving her. Jun Yan appeared alive, and after Qian Xunji sent him home with his father, he revealed that he had already obtained his Sixth Soul Ring.

• Jun Kuang stopped Bibi Dong outside Pope Hall and asked why she had returned from the Star Dou Great Forest without Jun Yan.
• Bibi Dong told Jun Kuang that Jun Yan had been killed by a Soul Beast, and Jun Kuang's grief sent his Soul Power out of control.
• Qian Xunji arrived and eased the pressure on Bibi Dong, while one of his guardian Douluo explained that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had killed Jun Yan before he could save the Saintess.
• Jun Yan appeared and contradicted the elder, saying he had been gravely injured but was still alive when Bibi Dong left.
• Qian Xunji sent Jun Kuang to take Jun Yan home and asked Bibi Dong to return to Pope Hall; Bibi Dong thanked Jun Yan for saving her.
• Jun Kuang offered to help Jun Yan obtain a Sixth Soul Ring after his recovery, but Jun Yan said he had already obtained one.

Jun Yan revealed the Life Drain skill from his new forty-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Jun Kuang arranged for him to join the Spirit Hall Enforcement Corps to gain combat experience. The next morning, Jun Yan stayed calm when Jun Yi told him Bibi Dong was with Yu Xiaogang again, then headed to cultivate.

• Jun Yan showed Jun Kuang his sixth Soul Ring and explained that Life Drain absorbed life force and Soul Power from plants and could drain an opponent through his Wood Release.
• Jun Yan told Jun Kuang he had found and killed a gravely injured Dragon Blood Tree on his way back to Spirit City.
• Jun Kuang urged Jun Yan to gain real combat experience and arranged for him to join the Spirit Hall Enforcement Corps.
• Jun Kuang sent Jun Yan away, saying the Enforcement Corps would summon him soon.
• Jun Yi told Jun Yan that Bibi Dong was with Yu Xiaogang, but Jun Yan said he did not care and told Jun Yi to cultivate.

Jun Yan encountered Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang on his way to report to the Spirit City Law Enforcement Corps and questioned Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul Core Competitiveness Theory. He left while Yu Xiaogang dismissed his doubts and decided to refine the theory at Spirit Hall’s library.

• Jun Yan met Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang in the commercial avenue, and Bibi Dong introduced them after crediting Jun Yan with saving her in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong praised Yu Xiaogang’s expertise, and Yu Xiaogang described his Martial Soul Core Competitiveness Theory and its first principle.
• Jun Yan questioned how Yu Xiaogang’s theory could raise Soul Masters’ Soul Power, but Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong defended it.
• Jun Yan left to report to the Enforcement Corps, and Yu Xiaogang belittled him before realizing Jun Yan had reached Soul Emperor.
• Bibi Dong invited Yu Xiaogang to eat, but he chose to go to Spirit Hall’s library to refine his theory.

Jun Yan joined Gui Mei's mission to hunt an Evil Soul Master in Afaluo City, whose strength had rapidly increased to rank eighty-four. After Gui Mei's team entered Basi Valley and found no trace of him, they split up to search, leaving Jun Yan concerned that the enemy had a plan.

• Jun Yan reported to the Spirit Hall Enforcement Corps, where Gui Mei accepted him for training and took him on his first mission.
• Gui Mei assembled Jun Yan and eight Soul Saints and led them to Afaluo City to hunt an Evil Soul Master.
• Luse told Gui Mei that the Evil Soul Master had reached rank eighty-four and had wiped out a Soul Master squad in Basi Valley.
• Gui Mei rejected Luse's suggestion to wait for reinforcements and led his team to Basi Valley.
• After finding no sign of the enemy, Gui Mei split the team into squads of three and told them to signal him if they found anything.
• Jun Yan told the two Soul Saints searching with him that the Evil Soul Master had likely stayed in the valley because he had something planned.

Jun Yan and Gui Mei discovered that two Evil Soul Masters had killed six Enforcement Corps members, and Gui Mei confronted the pair. As Gui Mei fought the ghost Martial Soul user, Jun Yan and two Soul Saints faced the bat Martial Soul user, whose powerful transformation broke through their attacks.

• Jun Yan and Gui Mei found six shriveled corpses and determined that the missing squad had been killed without sending a signal.
• A bat Martial Soul Evil Soul Master appeared and revealed that his brother, another Soul Douluo, had helped kill the Enforcement Corps members.
• Gui Mei fought the ghost Martial Soul Evil Soul Master, trapping him with a ghostly hand while the bat user attacked Jun Yan and the two Soul Saints.
• Jun Yan used his Wood Clone and Wood Barrier to block the bat user's sound-wave attack, then joined the two Soul Saints in counterattacking.
• The bat Evil Soul Master used his Martial Soul Avatar to shatter Jun Yan's thorny vines and withstand the trio's attacks.

Jun Yan watched Gui Mei battle two Evil Soul Masters while keeping his own strength hidden and considering whether to turn Gui Mei into a Human Path puppet. When Gui Mei gained the upper hand, one Evil Soul Master sacrificed himself to curse Gui Mei, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The bat Evil Soul Master overwhelmed two Soul Saints until Jun Yan’s Wood Clone pulled them out of danger and tended their injuries.
• Gui Mei trapped the bat Evil Soul Master’s bats with his second Soul Skill, then struck him with his eighth Soul Skill.
• The ghost Martial Soul Evil Soul Master broke free and joined the fight against Gui Mei, while Jun Yan watched from behind a boulder with the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Gui Mei fought both Evil Soul Masters and seriously injured the one with the ghost Martial Soul.
• The bat Evil Soul Master told his Second Brother to go first, and the ghost Martial Soul Evil Soul Master sacrificed himself to curse Gui Mei’s soul.

Jun Yan and Yue Guan brought the gravely injured Gui Mei to Afaluo City, where they sought help from the Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master Ye Tianxing. Ye Tianxing began examining Gui Mei, but the curse draining his vitality and Soul Power made his recovery uncertain.

• Jun Yan sent the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to claim the medicinal-herb valley in Sunset Forest before Yue Guan arrived and found Gui Mei barely alive.
• Jun Yan used Nature Absorption to sustain Gui Mei and told Yue Guan that two Evil Soul Masters had killed six Soul Saints, cursed Gui Mei, and injured him with a self-destruction.
• Yue Guan brought Gui Mei and Jun Yan to Afaluo City, where Luse told him that Ye Tianxing, a Nine Heart Begonia Soul Master, lived there.
• Ye Tianxing examined Gui Mei and warned that the curse was draining his vitality and Soul Power before he tried using his Soul Skill.

Ye Tianxing advised Yue Guan to seek Qian Xunji’s holy power to remove Gui Mei’s curse, with Jun Yan supplying life energy to keep him alive. Yue Guan brought Gui Mei and Jun Yan to Pope Hall, where Qian Xunji began the treatment.

• Ye Tianxing healed Gui Mei’s injuries but said he could not remove the curse, and advised Yue Guan to ask Qian Xunji for help.
• Ye Tianxing warned that the Six-Winged Angel’s holy light could harm Gui Mei and said Jun Yan should supply life energy during the treatment.
• Yue Guan carried Gui Mei and brought Jun Yan to Spirit City, then went with them to Pope Hall after learning Qian Xunji was there.
• Qian Xunji agreed to follow Ye Tianxing’s instructions and unleashed his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Xunji touched Gui Mei’s forehead with golden flames as Jun Yan pressed a hand to his back and supplied life energy.

After a year of rapid cultivation, Jun Yan reached Level 70 and prepared to seek his Seventh Soul Ring. Jun Kuang finally agreed to let him travel alone to the Sunset Forest.

• Jun Yan healed Gui Mei with his life energy, and Gui Mei thanked Qian Xunji and learned that Jun Yan had helped save him.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan thanked Jun Yan and promised him mission credit and support within Spirit Hall.
• Over the next year, Jun Yan advanced to Level 70 while Yue Guan and Gui Mei neared the Titled Douluo realm.
• Jun Yan refused Jun Kuang's offer to accompany him to the Star Dou Great Forest and proposed going alone to the Sunset Forest instead.
• Jun Kuang agreed to let Jun Yan travel alone to the Sunset Forest.

Jun Yan reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and consumed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot before plunging into the springs to absorb their power. He lost consciousness beneath the water as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger stood watch, while the surrounding herbs slowly began to wither.

• Jun Yan rode the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after learning that the tiger had found suitable Soul Beasts.
• Jun Yan examined the rare plants around the springs and identified the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Jun Yan cut down both immortal herbs and ate them while their extreme cold and heat canceled each other out.
• Jun Yan activated his sixth Soul Skill and plunged into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where the herbs' power made him lose consciousness.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lay beside the springs to watch over Jun Yan as nearby herbs began to wither slowly.

After absorbing the energies of the Immortal Herbs and a seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring, Jun Yan let the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger go recruit Soul Beast subordinates and encountered Dugu Bo fighting a Medusa in the Sunset Forest. Jun Yan used Wood Release to block the Medusa’s attack and arrived atop a Wood Dragon to offer Dugu Bo help.

• Jun Yan emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, explaining that his sixth Soul Skill had absorbed life energy from nearby plants to repair the damage caused by the Immortal Herbs.
• Jun Yan rode the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger west and absorbed a seventy-thousand-year plant-type Soul Beast’s Soul Ring.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger asked Jun Yan to let it find Soul Beasts to become Summoning Beasts, and Jun Yan agreed.
• Jun Yan heard fighting and found a Medusa battling a Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor, which he suspected was Dugu Bo’s Martial Soul Avatar.
• Jun Yan blocked the Medusa’s Petrification Ray with a tree, formed a Wood Dragon, and asked Dugu Bo if he needed help.

Jun Yan helped Dugu Bo subdue a powerful Medusa, and Dugu Bo absorbed its Soul Ring. After discovering the Medusa had produced a precious Head Soul Bone, Dugu Bo offered it to Jun Yan.

• Jun Yan used the Wood Dragon and Wood Release to bind Medusa, but Medusa escaped after using Time Freezing on him and Dugu Bo.
• Jun Yan quickly recaptured Medusa and wounded it, while Dugu Bo recovered from the Time Freezing.
• Dugu Bo learned Jun Yan was a twenty-seven-year-old Soul Saint from Spirit Hall and asked about Bibi Dong's talent.
• Dugu Bo killed the weakened Medusa, absorbed its Soul Ring, and found a Head Soul Bone in its skull.
• Dugu Bo gave the Head Soul Bone to Jun Yan because Jun Yan had done more to defeat Medusa.

Jun Yan received a Soul Bone from Dugu Bo, then returned to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to make Summoning Contracts with three powerful Soul Beasts. He found a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower that he intended to give Jun Kuang to help him become a Titled Douluo.

• Dugu Bo gave Jun Yan a Soul Bone before leaving Sunset Forest for Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Yan met the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with the Azure Baleful Eagle, Three-Headed Hellhound, and Titan Giant Ape, which the tiger had selected for him.
• Jun Yan learned that the Three-Headed Hellhound was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's younger brother and watched both beasts demonstrate their ability to shrink.
• Jun Yan established Summoning Contracts with the Three-Headed Hellhound, Azure Baleful Eagle, and Titan Giant Ape.
• Jun Yan entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and found a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower for Jun Kuang, hoping it would help him break through to Titled Douluo.

Jun Yan returned from the Sunset Forest after improving his Rinnegan with Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew and gave Jun Kuang the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower. Jun Kuang absorbed the herb and broke through to Level 90 Soul Power, leaving him one Soul Ring away from becoming a Titled Douluo.

• Jun Yan absorbed Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, which strengthened his vision and improved his Rinnegan.
• Jun Yan summoned the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and Azure Baleful Eagle, then left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and flew toward Spirit City.
• Jun Yan returned to Spirit City and gave Jun Kuang the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, claiming he had bought it at an auction house.
• Jun Kuang absorbed the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in a cultivation room while Jun Yan stood guard.
• Jun Kuang broke through to Level 90 Soul Power and came within one Soul Ring of becoming a Titled Douluo.

Jun Yan learned that Spirit Hall planned to use the Elite Selection Tournament to recruit Sea God Island’s Sea Soul Masters by force, and he agreed to join the operation. After Yue Guan returned, Jun Yan asked him to teach him about medicinal plants and revealed that Jun Kuang had advanced to Level 90 after consuming a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.

• Jun Kuang told Jun Yan that the tournament would reward merit earned in an operation against Sea God Island, with two thousand Soul Masters and six Titled Douluo taking part.
• Jun Yan agreed to join the operation after learning that Yue Guan and Gui Mei would participate, despite believing Spirit Hall would lose.
• Jun Yan spent several days practicing Wood Release and exploring new ways to use it.
• After Yue Guan returned to Spirit City, Jun Yan visited him to ask for lessons about flowers, plants, and medicinal herbs.
• Jun Yan described the herb that had helped Jun Kuang break through, and Yue Guan identified it as a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, an immortal-grade herb.

Yue Guan taught Jun Yan about Immortal Herbs and gave him a Hundred Flowers Bag before explaining Spirit Hall’s plan to attack Sea God Island. Jun Yan learned that the expedition would include six Titled Douluo and realized Yue Guan expected Spirit Hall to win, though Jun Yan knew it would lose.

• Yue Guan explained Immortal Herbs and showed Jun Yan his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul.
• Yue Guan taught Jun Yan about Immortal Herbs and rare plants, then gave him an empty Hundred Flowers Bag.
• Yue Guan warned Jun Yan that Sea God Island was protected by a powerful Sea God Douluo and said he and Old Ghost would protect him during the expedition.
• Yue Guan confided that Pope Qian Xunji wanted to eclipse the Great Enshrined, while the Great Enshrined planned to hold off the Sea God Douluo until Spirit Hall could win.
• Jun Yan asked who would join the expedition, and Yue Guan named Qian Jun, Jiang Mo, Ye Feng, and Lang Ming alongside himself and Gui Mei.