Chapter Summaries

Chi Xiu defeated the hundred-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil Armor Beast, then used his light attribute to remove the corruption after Xiao Wu revealed its gentle nature. Bibi Dong took Chi Xiu away, and Qian Renxue rushed after them, suspecting he was the person Bibi Dong had been searching for.

• The black-robed judges watched as Chi Xiu faced the Dark Demon Evil Armor Beast alone and used earth-element shields to trap it.
• Chi Xiu overcame the beast’s killing intent and sliced through its armor with the Asura God Sword, then overpowered it and severed one of its arms.
• Xiao Wu told Chi Xiu that the beast was really an Iron Armor Beast and was naturally gentle, so Chi Xiu used his light attribute to dispel the black aura corrupting it.
• Bibi Dong praised Chi Xiu, linked her arm through his, and led him away before he could collect his reward.
• Qian Renxue suspected Chi Xiu was the person Bibi Dong had been searching for and hurried after them, leaving her shoe behind.

As Bibi Dong led Chi Xiu toward her bedchamber, Qian Renxue followed and clung to his hand, sparking jealousy and conflict between the two women. After Chi Xiu tried to defend Qian Renxue, both women broke down crying, and a black-robed man arrived to summon them to the award ceremony.

• Qian Renxue caught up with Bibi Dong and Chi Xiu, insisted on going with them, and secretly took Chi Xiu's hand.
• Bibi Dong led Chi Xiu toward her bedchamber, then pulled Qian Renxue away from him when she saw them holding hands.
• Chi Xiu took Qian Renxue's hand again and defended her, prompting Bibi Dong to ask whether he was angry with her after their six-year separation.
• Chi Xiu tried to comfort Bibi Dong, but she began crying, and he discovered that Qian Renxue was crying too.
• A black-robed man found Bibi Dong and told her that she and first-place winner 0000 needed to attend the award ceremony.

Chi Xiu comforted Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, then revealed his face to them in Bibi Dong’s bedchamber. After Bibi Dong left him alone with Qian Renxue, she asked whether he would accept her body if she became a man tomorrow.

• A black-robed messenger arrived to summon Bibi Dong to an award ceremony, but Chi Xiu told him to leave while she was crying and to save Chi Xiu’s share.
• Chi Xiu hugged Bibi Dong, then moved to comfort Qian Renxue when she began wailing; Bibi Dong pulled him back and led him to her bedchamber.
• Chi Xiu removed both masks and revealed his face, delighting and astonishing Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong sealed the windows and door with spider silk, then left for the award ceremony and ordered Qian Renxue to stay with Chi Xiu.
• Qian Renxue told Chi Xiu she believed him and cherished her feelings for him, then asked whether he would accept her female body if she became a man tomorrow.

Chi Xiu accepted Qian Renxue’s confession and promised to recognize her when she took on a new identity, then left to prepare another mask. He realized his unmasked appearance was too distinctive and went to Gengxin City to ask Old Lou for a mask made of Meteorite Stone.

• Qian Renxue asked Chi Xiu to accept her, and he embraced her, agreed, and declared that she was his woman.
• Chi Xiu reassured Qian Renxue that he would recognize her under any future identity, even if she became a man.
• Chi Xiu told Qian Renxue to bring his prize to the Soto Fighting Spirit Arena in five days, then left after she turned away.
• Chi Xiu discarded the Golden Mask, put on the Black Mask, and decided he needed two identities because his unmasked appearance drew too much attention.
• Chi Xiu went to the Blacksmiths' Association in Gengxin City and asked Old Lou to forge him another mask from Meteorite Stone.

After spending five days helping Lou Gao make a golden mask, Chi Xiu returned to Heaven Dou City and discovered that rumors about his masked identity as 0000 had inspired countless imitators. He headed for the Great Spirit Arena after hearing that someone there looked like the real 0000.

• Chi Xiu ordered Lou Gao to make him a second mask and warned him to keep everything he knew about Chi Xiu secret.
• Five days later, Chi Xiu left the Blacksmiths' Association with a golden mask and found that young men across the city were wearing golden masks and matching outfits.
• In Heaven Dou City, an impostor wearing the number 0000 called Chi Xiu trash for wearing a black mask and explained that he was imitating the famous 0000.
• A teahouse owner told Chi Xiu that 0000 had controlled six elements, wielded a red sword, and vanished after the Masked Union, prompting sects and fans to search for him.
• Chi Xiu put on his golden mask and asked whether he looked like 0000, then left for the Great Spirit Arena after hearing that someone there resembled the real 0000.

Chi Xiu returned to Soto Fighting Spirit Arena to retrieve his reward and found the public obsessed with Number 0000. He reunited with Qian Renxue, learned Bibi Dong had spread the Masked Union rumors to draw him out, and faced Qian Renxue’s suspicion that he had attended under another identity.

• Chi Xiu arrived at Soto Fighting Spirit Arena and found crowds of people dressed as Masked Union participants, especially Number 0000.
• Chi Xiu found Qian Renxue searching beneath a seat, and they embraced and kissed after five days apart.
• Qian Renxue told Chi Xiu that she had angered Bibi Dong until Bibi Dong cried, and said Bibi Dong had spread rumors about his performance to force him to appear.
• Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue heard applause from the main Fighting Spirit Arena and wondered whether someone there had abilities like his.
• Qian Renxue argued that every Masked Union outfit matched a known attendee and asked whether Chi Xiu had used another identity to attend.

Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue discussed a challenge match between Heaven Dou and Star Luo, which would send teams of seven to challenge academies and clans for ten million gold soul coins and a torso spirit bone. Chi Xiu became interested in facing the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Clear Sky Sect, then noticed a young man impersonating 0000 and went to meet him.

• Qian Renxue tried to coax Chi Xiu into revealing his identity and offered him a spot in the exchange challenge, but he refused to tell her.
• Qian Renxue explained that each nation's seven challengers would visit academies and clans in the other nation, with the winning team claiming the wager.
• Chi Xiu learned that the Clear Sky Sect was in the Star Luo Empire and grew eager to challenge it and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Chi Xiu realized Purple Star Academy still needed two more members for its seven-person squad and noticed a young man displaying apparent elemental powers in the arena.
• Chi Xiu identified the young man's elemental displays as illusions and decided to approach him as the real 0000.

Chi Xiu confronted a masked young man impersonating 0000 after Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian exposed his performance as a fake. The young man admitted to Chi Xiu that he had lied, and Chi Xiu asked him why he had done it.

• Chi Xiu watched the crowd gather around the young man performing as 0000 and heard him ask for an academy to recommend him.
• Huo Wu accused the young man of being a fraud and pointed out that his elemental creations lacked real power.
• Feng Xiaotian knocked the crowd and the young man down with a gust of wind, prompting the spectators to doubt the impersonator.
• Chi Xiu declared that the young man was 0000, helped him up, and asked the crowd to let them speak privately.
• The young man confessed to Chi Xiu that he had lied, and Chi Xiu asked him to explain his reason.

Chi Xiu helped a nervous young man pass himself off as 0000 and secretly supplied the fire that defeated Huo Wu. Feng Xiaotian challenged the young man to a contest of wind, leaving him looking to Chi Xiu for help.

• The young man told Chi Xiu that his village had sent him to Heaven Dou City, but academies rejected him because he was eighteen, weak, and had an illusion-based martial soul.
• Chi Xiu promised to recommend the young man to an academy and instructed him to keep claiming he was 0000.
• When Huo Wu demanded proof, Chi Xiu secretly conjured a fire dragon through the young man’s palms, sending Huo Wu crashing into a wall.
• The crowd cheered for 0000, while the young man realized Chi Xiu had created the fire dragon.
• Feng Xiaotian accused the young man of being a fraud and challenged him to compete in wind, prompting the young man to look to Chi Xiu for help.

Chi Xiu pushed a frightened impersonator of 0000 into facing Feng Xiaotian, then revealed his own power when a Wind Dragon overwhelmed Feng Xiaotian’s attack. The crowd realized Chi Xiu was the real 0000, and he ended by asking whether Feng Xiaotian was still going to roll out.

• Chi Xiu taunted Feng Xiaotian and urged the young man impersonating 0000 to confront him, while the young man admitted he was a fake.
• Feng Xiaotian unleashed Wind Blades at the young man and Chi Xiu, but Chi Xiu flicked away the blades aimed at him.
• When Feng Xiaotian sent his Gale Twin-Headed Wolf charging, Chi Xiu summoned a Wind Dragon that shattered it and blasted Feng Xiaotian, the impersonator, and the arena.
• Feng Xiaotian recognized that the unharmed Chi Xiu was the real 0000, and the young man confessed that his Martial Soul was Simulated Illusion.
• Chi Xiu asked Feng Xiaotian whether he still planned to roll out.

Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue fled a frenzied crowd in Heaven Dou City after his identity as 0000 was exposed. They shared a tender moment on a rooftop, where Gu Yuena appeared and asked why Chi Xiu had not come home in five days.

• Feng Xiaotian rallied the crowd to unmask 0000, forcing Chi Xiu to flee the arena after helping a young man find Chi Xiu at Purple Star Academy.
• Chi Xiu carried Qian Renxue out of the arena, and she kicked Feng Xiaotian into a wall as the crowd pursued them.
• Chi Xiu raised earthen shields and used the Asura Sword to scare off a Blazing Flame Sect vice leader before flying away with Qian Renxue.
• Chi Xiu and Qian Renxue hid on a rooftop, where she removed his mask and confessed her feelings for him.
• Gu Yuena watched them from a nearby rooftop and resentfully asked Chi Xiu why he had not come home in five days.

Chi Xiu returned to the academy after reuniting with Gu Yuena and set out to form a team, realizing he needed to help the girls improve their abilities. He asked Gu Yuena to write a letter, beginning his plan to strengthen them.

• Gu Yuena found Chi Xiu with Qian Renxue and angrily urged him to come home, then followed him as he left with Qian Renxue.
• Chi Xiu apologized to Gu Yuena for staying away, tried to make up with her, and accidentally approached a wall where a boy had relieved himself.
• Chi Xiu returned to the academy and learned that Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong had gone with Sun Dabao to see 0000 in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Chi Xiu she was focused on cultivating because 0000 had shown her how far she was from a true genius.
• Chi Xiu realized he needed to help the girls strengthen their abilities and asked Gu Yuena to write down what he said.

Chi Xiu raided the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well in Sunset Forest, ate and collected its immortal herbs, and left behind a forged letter meant to implicate Tang San and Yu Xiaogang. Dugu Bo arrived to find the herbs gone and discovered the letter.

• Gu Yuena wrote the letter Chi Xiu dictated, then warned him she would track down another woman if he did not return that night.
• Chi Xiu entered Sunset Forest, found the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and confirmed Dugu Bo was absent.
• Chi Xiu ate several immortal herbs, gained Ultimate Ice and Ultimate Fire, and collected more herbs while leaving some seeds and roots behind.
• Chi Xiu placed a forged letter near the well and left Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo returned to find the immortal herbs stripped from the area and read the letter signed in Yu Xiaogang's name, which directed Tang San to the well and described how to deceive and poison Dugu Bo.

Chi Xiu accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to lead Purple Star Academy’s team in an inter-empire challenge tournament, while continuing to conceal his strength and conspiring against Dugu Bo. The chapter ended with Chi Xiu meeting Liu Dezhi, a new control-type Soul Master who registered at the academy.

• Dugu Bo vowed to investigate Shrek Academy and test whether Tang San could identify his poison.
• Chi Xiu returned to Dorm 401 after framing Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, reflected on his gains from the immortal herbs, and reunited with Gu Yuena.
• The next morning, Chi Xiu rearranged the dormitory after Gu Yuena broke a hole in its wall during their night together.
• Xue Qinghe offered Chi Xiu’s team an imperial reward mission to compete in an inter-empire challenge tournament, and Chi Xiu accepted despite still needing a healing-type Soul Master.
• Chi Xiu plucked a golden feather from Xue Qinghe’s hair and watched it float away.
• Liu Dezhi registered at Purple Star Academy as an eighteen-year-old level 21 control-type Soul Master whose martial soul could take any shape.

Chi Xiu assembled his team at Purple Star Training Ground and began their preparations, while Dugu Bo arrived at Purple Star Academy seeking him. The chapter ended with Chi Xiu secretly preparing the Secluded Fragrance Qi Luo Immortal Grade as Dugu Bo demanded to see him.

• Ning Rongrong reunited with Chi Xiu, hurt her hand punching his hardened chest, and sulked nearby.
• Chi Xiu introduced Liu Dezhi to the team, and Sun Dabao, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Liu Dezhi revealed their admiration for 0000.
• Chi Xiu directed the team to train together and asked Sun Dabao to find a healing-type Soul Master before they took immortal herbs in a few days.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had beaten Tang San after Tang San admitted Dugu Bo was poisoned, then beaten Yu Xiaogang after mistaking him for the culprit behind a forged letter.
• Dugu Yan brought Dugu Bo to Purple Star Academy to confront Chi Xiu, and Chi Xiu prepared the Secluded Fragrance Qi Luo Immortal Grade.

Dugu Bo confronted Chi Xiu over the mission Chi Xiu had taken from Dugu Yan, then challenged him to prove his strength. Chi Xiu struck without releasing his martial soul and forced Dugu Bo to use Titled Douluo-level Soul Power, leaving Dugu Bo shocked and worried about poisoning him.

• Dugu Bo arrived with Dugu Yan and demanded that Chi Xiu answer for taking her mission.
• Chi Xiu accepted Dugu Bo’s challenge to fight without soul skills, with Dugu Bo suppressing his Soul Power to Soul Ancestor level.
• Chi Xiu dodged Dugu Bo’s palm, seized his arms, and slammed him into the ground.
• Chi Xiu punched Dugu Bo without releasing his martial soul, and Dugu Bo blocked the blow with Titled Douluo-level Soul Power.
• Dugu Bo emerged from the green mist in shock and called Chi Xiu over so he could detoxify him.

Chi Xiu proved immune to Dugu Bo’s poison and strong enough to injure him, while Sun Dabao spread a rumor that Chi Xiu had punched the Titled Douluo into vomiting blood. As the team prepared for the academy challenge matches, they recruited a powerful healing-type Soul Master whose true identity was Bi Ji, searching for her Lord and the Dragon God.

• Dugu Bo tried to detoxify Chi Xiu, but discovered the boy was unharmed by his poison and had left bruises on his arm with his grip.
• Dugu Yan revealed that Chi Xiu had been able to punch with ten tons of force since he was six, and Dugu Bo spat blood from anger and claimed it was not caused by Chi Xiu.
• Sun Dabao mistakenly announced that Chi Xiu had punched Dugu Bo until he vomited blood, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu discussed how Chi Xiu compared with 0000.
• Chi Xiu trained the six-member team for the upcoming academy challenge matches after Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan left.
• Sun Dabao brought Xiao Bi to the team, and Chi Xiu enrolled her after learning she was a level 32 healing-type Soul Master with the Emerald Swan Martial Soul.
• That night, Xiao Bi revealed herself to be Bi Ji, a hundred-thousand-year-old being searching the academy for her Lord and the Dragon God.

Fifteen days after the Two-Empire Challenge Match was announced, Chi Xiu led Purple Star Academy’s Heaven Dou team to Spirit City, where they were mocked as unknowns despite Bibi Dong’s confidence in him. Their first challenge was set against Star Luo Royal Academy that afternoon, and Chi Xiu comforted Zhu Zhuqing after she faced her sister Zhu Zhuyun.

• The Heaven Dou Empire sent Chi Xiu and six Purple Star Academy students instead of Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and citizens mocked Chi Xiu because his Martial Soul and Soul Power were unknown.
• Xue Qinghe told Bai Niao that Chi Xiu would soon become famous, while Bibi Dong said people’s opinions of him would change when he challenged the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo teams arrived in Spirit City for the handover, and Davis taunted Chi Xiu about the upcoming challenge against Star Luo Royal Academy.
• Chi Xiu held Zhu Zhuqing’s hand when she became distressed at seeing Zhu Zhuyun, then reassured her that she had changed.
• Bai Niao announced that Chi Xiu’s team would challenge Star Luo Royal Academy that afternoon.

Chi Xiu’s Heaven Dou Representative Team ignored Bai Niao’s attempts to make them prepare for their match against Star Luo Royal Academy, leaving her convinced they would lose. At the arena, Chi Xiu announced that he would face all seven opponents alone, just before the fight began.

• Bai Niao introduced the Star Luo Royal Academy team’s information, but Chi Xiu’s teammates played cards or meditated while Song Ming slept.
• Chi Xiu dismissed Bai Niao’s concerns and said their opponents were not worth taking seriously.
• The Heaven Dou team arrived at Star Luo Royal Academy amid a hostile crowd that mocked them as trash.
• The audience loudly welcomed Star Luo Royal Academy’s team but remained silent for Heaven Dou’s arrival.
• Chi Xiu told his teammates that he would defeat the opposing team alone.

Chi Xiu single-handedly defeated Star Luo Royal Academy's second team in a five-second battle, astonishing the arena and White Bird. The next day, Heaven Dou City learned of his victory from the posted results.

• Chi Xiu stepped forward alone to face Dai Xiaoen and Star Luo Royal Academy's second team.
• Chi Xiu moved so quickly that he knocked down Dai Xiaoen's six teammates before anyone could follow what happened.
• Dai Xiaoen charged Chi Xiu with White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Chi Xiu crushed his White Tiger Light Wave and slammed him into the arena floor.
• The host declared Heaven Dou's victory, and Chi Xiu told White Bird to report the battle truthfully to Heaven Dou.
• The next day, a passerby read the notice announcing that Chi Xiu had defeated seven opponents in five seconds while his six teammates watched.