Chapter Summaries

Qian Yuxi crossed the Spirit Beast Forest ahead of the other students, rescuing a girl and defeating a three-thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent. At the instructors’ camp, Jiang Xiruan discovered that Qian Yuxi was a level-thirty-six Soul Elder, stronger than the other returning students.

• Qian Yuxi let the other students enter the forest before flying ahead above the group.
• Qian Yuxi killed a Blood Leopard that was about to attack a short-haired girl, then flew on without waiting for her thanks.
• The short-haired girl reunited with the black-haired, golden-eyed boy, who apologized for stealing a wolf cub as they prepared to continue through the forest.
• A three-thousand-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent attacked Qian Yuxi, but he killed it with his bow and collected its crest and essence blood.
• Jiang Xiruan reviewed the students’ records at camp and learned that Qian Yuxi was a level-thirty-six Soul Elder, ahead of Luo En, Yu Longsan, and Bing Xinwu.

Qian Yuxi reached the camp, shared grilled spirit beast meat with the other children, and entered the gauntlet battles after the first trial eliminated thirteen candidates. He defeated Gou Tangsan without using his Martial Soul and faced Si Xiaowu as the next challenger.

• Qian Yuxi marked dangerous spots in the forest for the children behind him and arrived at camp as the thirtieth candidate.
• After thirteen candidates were eliminated, Qian Yuxi cooked Hundred-Year Blood Leopard meat and shared five skewers with the children who gathered around.
• Jiang Xiruan began the gauntlet battles, announcing rewards for the four Soul Elders who defeated opponents and White Soul Tickets for anyone who defeated one of them.
• Gou Tangsan challenged Qian Yuxi, who evaded his vines and pollen, severed a vine with his dagger, and knocked him down without using his Martial Soul.
• Si Xiaowu stepped forward with a silver longsword Martial Soul to challenge Qian Yuxi.

Qian Yuxi defeated Si Xiaowu without revealing his martial soul, then finally unveiled his golden bow and abnormal soul rings to fight Xie Yue. After a ranged duel, he brought Xie Yue down with a splitting arrow and declared victory.

• Qian Yuxi used his dagger to outlast Si Xiaowu, then wounded him with a venom-coated blade and treated the injury with a medicinal herb.
• Qian Yuxi won five consecutive matches, reached his limit without using his martial soul, and faced Xie Yue as his sixth opponent.
• Qian Yuxi summoned a golden longbow and revealed one yellow and two purple soul rings, stunning Xie Yue and the onlookers.
• Qian Yuxi fired arrows while retreating as Xie Yue dodged, deflected them, and threw a crescent blade that curved back toward him.
• Qian Yuxi split his arrow into five shots that wounded Xie Yue and cut his bangs, then told him he had lost.

Qian Yuxi entered Misty Trace Grand Canyon alone for a three-day survival exercise where the trainees were permitted to kill one another. After exploring and fending off a Spirit Beast, he heard two girls fleeing a troop of apes—and realized they were running straight toward him.

• Jiang Xiruan announced Qian Yuxi's undefeated battle record and awarded him three Yellow Soul Tickets and seven White Spirit Tickets.
• Jiang Xiruan sent the trainees into Misty Trace Grand Canyon for three days and declared that everyone except a trainee's teammates could be treated as an enemy.
• Qian Yuxi entered the canyon alone, declined Tuoba Yun's offer to join her group, and spent two hours surveying the outer region.
• Qian Yuxi hunted a black deer, then killed a giant python that attacked him near his temporary camp.
• Qian Yuxi spotted two girls being chased by more than a dozen Apes of Harmony, but as he tried to ignore them, they ran toward him.

Qian Yuxi hunted for a campsite in Misty Trace Grand Canyon, killed a Thousand-Year Mandala Snake, and settled into its cave. His dinner was interrupted when a man and a woman fled toward him while pursued by a Thousand-Year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear.

• Qian Yuxi used an arrow to kill the Apes of Harmony attacking two girls, then warned them to leave his territory.
• Qian Yuxi found a purple-mist swamp and suspected it was the territory of a Poisonous Miasma Fierce Python, but left without fighting it.
• Qian Yuxi discovered a cave occupied by a Thousand-Year Mandala Snake and killed it with arrows aimed at its mouth and eyes.
• Qian Yuxi found seven Snake Eggs in the cave, fried them for dinner, and considered using the cave as his campsite.
• A man and a woman fighting a Thousand-Year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear ran toward Qian Yuxi's cave, and he recognized the beast.

Qian Yuxi rescued Tuoba Yun and Jin Yuetian by killing a Thousand-Year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear, then discovered an External Left Palm Bone in its corpse. As he waited with the injured pair in a cave, Xie Yue and another watcher discussed a plan involving a purple swamp.

• Jin Yuetian struck the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear with his Golden Crocodile King spirit but was knocked unconscious, while Tuoba Yun escaped toward Qian Yuxi.
• Qian Yuxi and Tuoba Yun fought the bear together, using her dragon support ability to strengthen his arrows.
• Qian Yuxi pierced the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear's heart, killing it, and Tuoba Yun fainted from Soul Power exhaustion.
• Qian Yuxi found an External Left Palm Bone in the bear's corpse and stored it in his Soul Tool bracelet.
• Qian Yuxi carried Tuoba Yun and Jin Yuetian into the cave and waited for them to wake as Xie Yue and another watcher discussed targeting them at a purple swamp.

Qian Yuxi rescued Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun, learned that their Martial Souls were developing a fusion skill, and parted ways with them the next morning. While searching for food, he encountered Hu Liena, who urgently asked him to save her brother and Yan.

• Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun woke in a cave, and Qian Yuxi explained that he had saved them from the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear.
• Jin Yuetian revealed that he was Golden Crocodile Douluo’s grandson, and he and Qian Yuxi introduced themselves and Tuoba Yun.
• Jin Yuetian told Qian Yuxi that his Golden Crocodile King and Tuoba Yun’s mutated White Armored Sacred Dragon had begun to resonate, allowing them to injure the bear with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Yuxi gave Jin Yuetian Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent essence blood for his injury and declined to team up, telling Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun to leave in the morning.
• Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun departed west, and Qian Yuxi later encountered Hu Liena, who begged him to save her brother and Yan.

Hu Liena recruited Qian Yuxi to save Xie Yue and Yan from a thousand-year Poisonous Miasma Fierce Python, agreeing to pay him ten Yellow Soul Tickets. After his arrows dissolved in the python’s venom, Qian Yuxi urged the three to work with him and target its tail so they could escape.

• Xie Yue and Yan woke a Poisonous Miasma Fierce Python by throwing magma into its swamp, then fled as it attacked them.
• Hu Liena found Qian Yuxi and offered their reward in exchange for his help; he agreed to ten Yellow Soul Tickets and followed her to the swamp.
• Qian Yuxi identified the five-meter python as a thousand-year spirit beast and joined Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in the fight.
• Hu Liena distracted the python, letting Xie Yue and Yan retreat, but its venom dissolved Qian Yuxi’s seven golden arrows.
• Qian Yuxi told the three to help him sever the python’s tail, and they unleashed their spirit skills together.

Qian Yuxi trapped and killed the Poisonous Miasma Fierce Python, but its venom badly poisoned Xie Yue and Hu Liena. He agreed to save them for a higher payment, though he realized the injuries would likely leave their faces disfigured.

• Qian Yuxi, Demonic Charm, and Yan attacked the Poisonous Miasma Fierce Python, and Qian Yuxi wounded its tail with a golden arrow.
• The injured python sprayed venom, poisoning Demonic Charm and Yan and leaving Xie Yue and Hu Liena unconscious.
• Qian Yuxi pursued the weakening python, trapped it with Aurora, and killed it with a powerful arrow.
• Qian Yuxi recovered the python's gallbladder while Yan treated his own wounds and pleaded for help saving Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Qian Yuxi agreed to save the siblings for increased payment, but recognized that their faces would probably be permanently scarred.

Qian Yuxi treated Xie Yue and Hu Liena, then secretly considered killing Hu Liena but ultimately chose to spare her. After a dream of a battle between divine women, he woke to find his cave alarm triggered.

• Qian Yuxi treated Xie Yue and Hu Liena with a mixture of serpent essence blood and gallbladder bile, then charged Yan twenty Yellow Soul Tickets.
• Qian Yuxi aimed his bow at Hu Liena after Yan carried the siblings away, but lowered it and decided to give her one chance.
• Qian Yuxi returned to his cave, struggled to settle his thoughts, and fell asleep beside the fire.
• Qian Yuxi dreamed of a Golden-Haired Goddess fighting a Purple-Haired Woman until a Sea God intervened.
• Qian Yuxi woke at dawn with little memory of the dream, then heard the bell on his wrist ring as something triggered his alarm.

Qian Yuxi defeated Yu Longsan, Luo En, and Bing Xinwu after they attacked him over his cave. He killed Yu Longsan and Luo En, but Tuoba Yun appeared and struck Bing Xinwu before Qian Yuxi could finish her.

• Luo En, Yu Longsan, and Bing Xinwu confronted Qian Yuxi outside his cave and attacked him together.
• Qian Yuxi used his bow and Aurora Domain to overpower the three attackers, knocking Bing Xinwu unconscious and wounding Yu Longsan and Luo En.
• Yu Longsan and Luo En pleaded for Bing Xinwu, but Qian Yuxi shot them through the heart and took their spoils.
• Qian Yuxi aimed an arrow at the unconscious Bing Xinwu, but Tuoba Yun rushed from the woods and seized her with a dagger.

After killing Bing Xinwu, Qian Yuxi learned that the dead group had targeted him because of his spirit bone, while Tuoba Yun explained why she had sought revenge on her former teammates. Jin Yuetian comforted Tuoba Yun and promised to protect her, and the three shared a meal together.

• Tuoba Yun thanked Qian Yuxi for killing Bing Xinwu, and Jin Yuetian explained that he had returned to warn Qian Yuxi about Yu Longsan and the others.
• Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun told Qian Yuxi that his spirit bone had likely motivated the group to attack him.
• Tuoba Yun revealed that Bing Xinwu had turned Yu Longsan and Luo En against her after three years as teammates, and said she had given up on them.
• Jin Yuetian comforted Tuoba Yun and promised to protect her after they escaped Death Camp.
• Qian Yuxi served grilled fish, and Tuoba Yun and Jin Yuetian shared a warm meal while he thought of Xue'er.

Qian Yuxi and Jin Yuetian discussed the canyon trial as Qian Xunji prepared to hunt a humanoid Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and manipulated Bibi Dong after her breakthrough. The chapter ended with Qian Xunji arranging for Yu Xiaogang to meet Bibi Dong.

• Qian Yuxi told Jin Yuetian how he defeated Bing Xinwu and the three Soul Elders, then Jin Yuetian left for the canyon exit.
• Ghost Douluo reported that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and possibly a Humanoid Soul Beast had appeared in the Star Dou Great Forest, so Qian Xunji ordered the elders to prepare to depart in three days.
• Moon Douluo told Qian Xunji that Bibi Dong's rank 90 bottleneck had loosened, and Bibi Dong soon broke through to become a quasi-Titled Douluo.
• Qian Xunji visited Bibi Dong with Ghost Douluo and Moon Douluo and promised to let her see Yu Xiaogang if she agreed not to betray Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong accepted Qian Xunji's offer, and he returned to the secret chamber to instruct Yu Xiaogang to meet her in an hour.

Qian Yuxi feigned a serious injury after leaving Misty Trace Grand Canyon, discovered Hu Liena’s grudge against him, and began considering finding companions. At Pope’s Palace, Qian Xunji brought Bibi Dong to meet Yu Xiaogang, leaving her overwhelmed at seeing him.

• Qian Yuxi stabbed his thigh to make his escape from Misty Trace Grand Canyon look convincing, then used his injury to hide his spiritual detection among the wounded trainees.
• Hu Liena blamed Qian Yuxi for her disfigurement and told Xie Yue that their debt was settled but she still had a personal grudge against him.
• Qian Yuxi sensed something suspicious from Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan, then told Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun that a venomous soul beast had injured him.
• After reflecting on the ambushes he had faced alone, Qian Yuxi decided he needed to find companions.
• Qian Xunji led Bibi Dong to Pope’s Palace and called for Yu Xiaogang, whose voice brought tears to Bibi Dong’s eyes.

Bibi Dong reunited with the Yu Xiaogang she believed was her lover and agreed to flee Spirit Hall with him. As they escaped through a hidden route, Qian Jun struck Bibi Dong unconscious and ordered Qian Jun to take her back.

• Bibi Dong embraced Yu Xiaogang and apologized, while he angrily demanded to know why she had rejected him.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Qian Xunji had humiliated him, and Bibi Dong agreed to leave Spirit Hall with him.
• Bibi Dong led Yu Xiaogang through a concealed exit and carried him away from the palace with her wings.
• Yu Xiaogang ran ahead in the forest, then accused Bibi Dong of never changing when she caught up.
• Someone struck Bibi Dong from behind, knocking her unconscious, and a voice ordered Qian Jun to take her back.

After the special training, Qian Yuxi sensed someone was targeting him and killed two attackers with his hidden Annihilation Sky Halberd, revealing his second martial soul. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong faced accusations of betraying Spirit Hall and then exposed Qian Xunji’s abuse, leaving Qian Renxue shaken.

• Jiang Xiruan reported that sixty-six trainees remained and confirmed that all three Soul Elder trainees except Qian Yuxi had died.
• Qian Yuxi asked Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun to help him return to his residence because he suspected someone was watching him.
• Qian Yuxi ambushed the attackers who came to kill him, killing two with the Annihilation Sky Halberd while the third escaped.
• Qian Yuxi identified the dead attackers as Xie Yue and Yan, then erased their bodies and concealed his second martial soul.
• Qian Xunji accused Bibi Dong of betraying Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong retorted that he had separated her from Little Gang and defiled her.
• Qian Renxue heard Bibi Dong’s accusation and began to doubt her father.

Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Divine Sense awakened when Qian Xunji attacked her, and Rakshasa God fought Qian Daoliu and the Spirit Hall elders. In Death City, Hu Liena challenged Qian Yuxi to a duel in one year while he began writing a letter home.

• Qian Xunji accused Bibi Dong of betraying Spirit Hall and stabbed her with a golden sword, triggering her Rakshasa power.
• Rakshasa God possessed Bibi Dong and threatened to destroy the Angel Clan and Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu summoned the Angel holy sword and led the elders in attacking Rakshasa God, who split his Angel’s Great Judgment and slowed the attackers with her divine power.
• In Death City, Hu Liena told Jiang Xiruan that Xie Yue and Yan were missing, then asked to meet Jiang Xiruan alone that night.
• Hu Liena challenged Qian Yuxi to a life-and-death duel in one year, and he dismissed her challenge as he continued writing a letter home.

Qian Yuxi sent a love-filled letter to Qian Renxue, then met Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun over dinner and agreed to join their team. The three made a pact to face the training together, with Qian Yuxi as captain.

• Qian Yuxi finished and sent a letter to Sister Xue in Spirit City.
• Qian Yuxi went to a restaurant and invited Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun to share his meal.
• Jin Yuetian explained that the Ultimate Assessment required enduring a full-strength Soul King for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Qian Yuxi agreed to join Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun's team and insisted on being captain.
• Qian Yuxi, Jin Yuetian, and Tuoba Yun raised their cups and promised to face hardship together.

After the Rakshasa God fled, Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue the truth about her birth and his assault on Bibi Dong. Qian Renxue was devastated but could not bring herself to kill her father, and Qian Daoliu affirmed her place as Spirit Hall’s heir.

• The Rakshasa God escaped after the battle, leaving Bibi Dong’s left arm bone behind, and Qian Daoliu ordered Spirit City sealed and Qian Renxue appointed Saintess.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue to the Worship Hall, where Qian Xunji revealed that he had forced Bibi Dong to give birth to her.
• Qian Renxue recoiled from her father and asked to be left alone while she struggled to accept the truth.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu he would take responsibility for his actions, while Qian Renxue questioned why she had been born.
• Qian Renxue drew her light sword on Qian Xunji but stopped before striking, saying she could not hate him despite what he had done.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji comforted Qian Renxue and declared her Spirit Hall’s rightful heir and pride.

Qian Renxue punished Qian Xunji for violating Spirit Hall law and ordered a wanted notice for Bibi Dong. In Death City, Jiang Xiruan proposed a wager with Qian Yuxi over their soul bones, and he told his teammates the contest would test whether all three could withstand her during the final assessment.

• Qian Renxue ordered Bibi Dong stripped of her Saintess position and wanted, then sentenced Qian Xunji to nine years in the Dungeon and had the Grand Elder assume the Pope’s duties.
• Three days later, Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun broke through to level 23 and level 19 while Qian Yuxi stood guard.
• An instructor led Qian Yuxi to Jiang Xiruan, who asked about his strength-type soul bone and proposed wagering her thirty-thousand-year White Armored Sacred Dragon left leg bone against it.
• Qian Yuxi told Jin Yuetian and Tuoba Yun that the wager would require all three of them to endure Jiang Xiruan’s personal attack for the time it took an incense stick to burn during the final assessment.