Chapter Summaries

Li Xuan defeated Tang San’s hidden weapons with his swordsmanship, impressing Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo. He then demonstrated a powerful Soul Tool cannon, leaving the others terrified as the story ended.

• Li Xuan’s silver coins pierced a target and nearly passed through a tree, astonishing Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai.
• Tang San challenged Li Xuan to test his hidden weapons, and Li Xuan deflected every attack with his longsword.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo watched Li Xuan’s precise swordsmanship, and Sword Douluo considered taking him as a disciple.
• Tang San admitted defeat but insisted that his loss reflected his own weakness rather than the limits of hidden weapons.
• Li Xuan explained that hidden weapons took too long to make, then fired a Soul Tool cannon at a tree, frightening Ma Hongjun and Oscar.

Li Xuan demonstrated a crude Battle Armor imitation and explained that Soul Tools could threaten powerful spirit masters, while Tang San defended the strength of his hidden weapons. The chapter left Tang San facing Li Xuan’s question about adding Title Douluo-level poison to a Soul Guidance Cannon.

• Li Xuan explained that Soul Guidance Cannons could be mass-produced and described Battle Armor as a future Soul Tool capable of killing a Title Douluo.
• Li Xuan summoned a three-meter-tall Battle Armor imitation equipped with powerful cannons, a protective shield, and arrays that let low-level soul masters operate it.
• Dai Mubai asked whether the imitation could be mass-produced, and Li Xuan claimed that its special materials made another one take years to build.
• Tang San insisted that his hidden weapons could threaten Title Douluo, but admitted that no one else could make them and that they were extremely difficult to craft.
• Li Xuan asked Tang San what would happen if poison capable of poisoning a Title Douluo were loaded into a Soul Guidance Cannon.

Li Xuan’s Soul Guidance Cannons and poison left Tang San crushed by the realization that they could kill even Title Douluo, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo decided to assess Li Xuan before recruiting him. Li Xuan prepared a meal for Ning Rongrong’s father and Grandpa Sword, and they were astonished when she found them hiding nearby.

• Li Xuan warned Tang San and the others not to reveal that his weapons could be mass-produced to kill Title Douluo, then said he would take Tang San and another student to hunt Soul Beasts in two days.
• Tang San acknowledged that Soul Guidance Cannons and poison could exhaust and kill even Title Douluo, then left in despair as Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and the others hurried after him.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo investigated the explosion and agreed to observe Li Xuan’s character and speak with Dean Flender before deciding whether to bring him into the sect.
• Li Xuan cooked a meal with Ning Rongrong and told her their guests had arrived, directing her to call them out from the bushes.
• Ning Rongrong discovered that the hidden guests were Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, who were astonished that she had found them so quickly.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo learned that Li Xuan had tracked their movements and prepared food for them, then tasted his cooking and were impressed by his abilities. Ning Fengzhi offered Li Xuan a place in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, leaving his answer unresolved.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo that Li Xuan had noticed them long ago and prepared their meal.
• Sword Douluo questioned Li Xuan about men cooking, but changed his stance after tasting Li Xuan's dishes.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo devoured the food and praised its flavor.
• Li Xuan revealed that he had watched Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo from the moment they entered the academy.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Li Xuan to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a core disciple.

Li Xuan fought Sword Douluo in a swordsmanship match at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, impressing Ning Fengzhi by suppressing the Title Douluo without initially using Soul Power. After Sword Douluo raised his Soul Power to level eighty, Li Xuan faced the overwhelming pressure as Ning Fengzhi and Ning Rongrong watched.

• Li Xuan agreed to consider joining the sect and accepted Sword Douluo's challenge to a swordsmanship match.
• Li Xuan and Sword Douluo fought with swords alone, and Ning Fengzhi realized Li Xuan was suppressing Sword Douluo's technique.
• Ning Fengzhi reassured Ning Rongrong that Li Xuan had the upper hand, then marveled as Li Xuan withstood Sword Douluo's rising Soul Power without using his own.
• Sword Douluo increased his Soul Power to level seventy, prompting Li Xuan to raise his own to level fifty and regain the advantage.
• Sword Douluo raised his Soul Power to level eighty, and its pressure made Ning Rongrong stagger back while Sword Douluo believed he had won.

Li Xuan defeated Sword Douluo in swordsmanship, revealing a Space Ability that let him escape the elder’s strongest attack. Back at the villa, Sword Douluo failed to recruit Li Xuan as his disciple, and Ning Fengzhi again asked him to join the sect.

• Sword Douluo unleashed his killing intent, but Li Xuan used a Space Ability to appear behind him, prompting Ning Fengzhi to recognize the power.
• Sword Douluo conceded defeat and praised Li Xuan’s swordsmanship, while Ning Rongrong admired him.
• At the villa, Sword Douluo asked Li Xuan to become his disciple, but Li Xuan refused and said his other combat skills matched or surpassed his swordsmanship.
• Li Xuan described his martial soul as related to Dark Space, and Sword Douluo remarked that Poison Douluo’s protection of him made sense.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Li Xuan to join the sect, while Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong waited for his answer.

Li Xuan refused to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and explained how his powers and forces could help him establish a nation. The discussion ended with the group agreeing on a future direction, while Ning Rongrong stayed dazed after Li Xuan secretly tickled her hand.

• Li Xuan rejected Ning Fengzhi’s invitation to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, saying he would instead form a cooperative relationship with it after establishing his own nation.
• Li Xuan demonstrated his Space Gate and spatial Protective Shield soul skills, convincing Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo that he had the power to conquer a nation.
• Li Xuan revealed that he had more than a thousand Thirty-Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts and could use them as an army’s vanguard.
• Li Xuan said he wanted to establish a nation to give his wives status and gain resources, but intended to leave governing to his family while he pursued godhood.
• Ning Fengzhi asked to accompany Li Xuan’s students when they went to obtain soul rings, and Li Xuan agreed.
• Li Xuan secretly tickled Ning Rongrong’s hand, leaving her silent and dazed through the rest of the gathering.

Li Xuan impressed Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo with his knowledge, then revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty could help the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect overcome its rank limit and evolve its Martial Soul. He drew the rare herb for them, and Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo were stunned when they saw the finished picture.

• Li Xuan answered Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo's questions about the world, administration, Soul Beasts, and Martial Souls, impressing them with his knowledge.
• Ning Fengzhi asked why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not break through rank eighty, and Li Xuan said the Aromatic Silk Beauty could repair the flaw and allow the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to evolve into a Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Fengzhi offered the sect's full support if Li Xuan ever wished to establish a nation, while Li Xuan said he was helping because he and Ning Rongrong were friends.
• Ning Rongrong asked Li Xuan to describe the Aromatic Silk Beauty, so he drew it for her and handed her the finished picture.
• Ning Rongrong passed the drawing to Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo, whose pupils contracted as they examined it.

Li Xuan traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest with Ning Rongrong while Tang San encouraged Oscar to keep pursuing her. Li Xuan used a Space Gate to reach Star Dou Town ahead of the others, then revealed a device that could store Soul Rings.

• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo noticed Ning Rongrong's admiration for Li Xuan and decided not to interfere with their relationship.
• Li Xuan and Ning Rongrong left Shrek Academy by carriage for the Star Dou Great Forest while Tang San, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun set off on foot.
• Tang San encouraged Oscar by telling him Li Xuan's many romantic relationships were a weakness, and Oscar regained confidence in pursuing Ning Rongrong.
• Oscar made sausages to replenish the group's Soul Power as they ran ahead of Li Xuan's carriage.
• Li Xuan rested his head on Ning Rongrong's lap and used a Space Gate to take them directly to Star Dou Town.
• Li Xuan showed Ning Rongrong a Spirit Ring Storage Device and explained that it could store Soul Rings for several days.

Li Xuan and Ning Rongrong settled into an inn while waiting for Tang San and the others, and Li Xuan told the staff to feed and bathe Little Red Horse. At the inn’s backyard, Little Red Horse frightened off a vicious dog, leaving the staff convinced that the horse was extraordinary.

• Ning Rongrong worried that the Spirit Ring Storage Device could transform the world, but Li Xuan assured her he would not release it and invited her to inspect it.
• Li Xuan and Ning Rongrong toured the town, booked an inn suite, and waited for Tang San and the others to arrive.
• Li Xuan instructed a waitress to feed Little Red Horse a roast pig and arrange a bath.
• The waitress and Sister Liu took Little Red Horse into the backyard, where a vicious dog broke its chain and charged at them.
• The vicious dog noticed Little Red Horse, fled to its kennel, and trembled as the staff led the horse past.
• The waitress bathed Little Red Horse, which closed its eyes and seemed to enjoy the wash.

Li Xuan treated Ning Rongrong as his girlfriend and told her to learn to care for him, leaving her flustered but happy. That evening, Tang San, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun reached an inn and clashed with members of Canghui Academy.

• Little Red Horse frightened a vicious dog, and the inn staff prepared roast pork for it.
• Li Xuan held Ning Rongrong’s hand and told her to call him as Zhuqing and the others did and to learn to care for him.
• Li Xuan declared that Ning Rongrong was already his girlfriend, and she remained dazed as he put an arm around her waist.
• Tang San, Oscar, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun arrived at the inn, talked about their training, and vowed to work hard to surpass Li Xuan.
• Dai Mubai mocked the Canghui Academy students, who stood up angrily, while Ma Hongjun leered at their female students.

Tang San and his companions fought Ye Zhiqiu after provoking Canghui Academy, but Li Xuan interrupted and forced Ye Zhiqiu to apologize to Ning Rongrong for disturbing her rest. The chapter left Tang San unsettled by Li Xuan’s hidden-weapon skills and mysterious abilities.

• Dai Mubai provoked Canghui Academy, and Tang San defeated its students before Ye Zhiqiu challenged the group with his Mystic Turtle martial soul.
• Ye Zhiqiu’s cold Mystic Water overwhelmed Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun, leaving them injured and struggling to fight back.
• Li Xuan appeared above the inn with Ning Rongrong in his arms and ordered Ye Zhiqiu to apologize.
• After learning Li Xuan was Poison Douluo’s grandson-in-law, Ye Zhiqiu began apologizing to Tang San’s group, but Li Xuan struck his hand with a silver needle and clarified that he owed Ning Rongrong an apology for disturbing her rest.
• Ye Zhiqiu apologized to Ning Rongrong and fled with his students, while Tang San realized Li Xuan had used a hidden weapon and worried that Li Xuan could rival his own skills.

Ning Fengzhi gave Li Xuan an ancient Soul Tool longbow, which Li Xuan quickly figured out could form arrows from Soul Power. The group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, where Tang San and Sword Douluo noticed something unusual about Li Xuan’s Little Red Horse.

• After seeing Ning Rongrong embrace Li Xuan, Oscar accepted that he had no chance with her, and he and Tang San spent the night unable to sleep.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Li Xuan an ancient Soul Tool longbow, and Li Xuan identified how it worked and agreed to demonstrate it in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Li Xuan praised Tang San’s talent but said the other students were unlikely to Achieve Godhood, leaving Ning Fengzhi quietly disheartened.
• A waitress told Li Xuan that Little Red Horse had been fed and washed, and he rewarded her generously, saying he had received an unexpected surprise.
• Li Xuan led Ning Rongrong and the others toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang San and Sword Douluo narrowed their eyes at Little Red Horse.

Tang San recognized that Little Red Horse was a powerful Exotic Beast whose aura drove Spirit Beasts away, while Li Xuan revealed it could kill a Thirty-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast. After the group left the horses behind and Spirit Beasts appeared, Dai Mubai and Oscar struggled to accept that they could not defeat Li Xuan’s horse.

• Tang San sensed Little Red Horse’s formidable aura, but Dai Mubai dismissed his warning that the horse was unusually strong.
• Li Xuan told Ning Rongrong that Little Red Horse had advanced and could nearly kill a Thirty-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• Tang San noticed the Star Dou Great Forest was empty of Spirit Beasts and explained that Little Red Horse’s aura had frightened them away.
• Li Xuan asked Ning Fengzhi to leave the horses behind, and Ning Rongrong explained Little Red Horse’s power to her father.
• After the group continued on foot, Spirit Beasts appeared, and Tang San told Dai Mubai he would not last a move against Little Red Horse.
• Oscar complained that he could accept losing to Li Xuan but could not bear being weaker than Li Xuan’s horse, and he became nearly tearful.

Dai Mubai and the others witnessed Little Red Horse terrify a Ten-Thousand-Year Great Earth Bull and bow fearfully to Li Xuan, deepening their awe of him. Li Xuan then fired a purple arrow into the forest and led the group south, leaving everyone puzzled.

• Dai Mubai asked whether Little Red Horse's abilities were limited to driving away spirit beasts, but a wounded Great Earth Bull burst from the grass and fled in terror.
• Tang San and Dai Mubai warned the group that a stronger spirit beast might be pursuing the Great Earth Bull, and everyone took fighting positions.
• Little Red Horse emerged carrying the Great Earth Bull's severed tail, then returned to its ordinary state, bowed to Li Xuan, and hurried away.
• Dai Mubai accepted how extraordinary Little Red Horse was, while Tang San suspected Li Xuan belonged to a powerful sect and Ma Hongjun resolved to provoke him less.
• Li Xuan considered changing Oscar's future spirit ring, tested his longbow by firing a purple arrow east, and led the group south.

Li Xuan’s arrow struck the fleeing Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent from far away, leaving Meng Yiran and the Dragon Duchess astonished by the shot’s range and precision. After Meng Yiran absorbed the serpent’s spirit ring, she and her grandmother traced the arrow’s path and discovered the archer had fired from six hundred meters away; they summoned Meng Yiran’s grandfather and set out to find the mysterious archer.

• Tang San used his Purple Demon Eyes to search east but could not see where Li Xuan’s arrow had gone.
• Meng Yiran and the Dragon Duchess found the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent pinned to a tree by a purple arrow.
• Meng Yiran waited for the archer to appear, then killed the serpent and absorbed its spirit ring when it was near death.
• The Dragon Duchess and Meng Yiran followed the arrow’s path west and found a matching hole in a second tree nearly five hundred meters away.
• Meng Yiran and the Dragon Duchess found signs of the archer’s position about six hundred meters from the serpent.
• The Dragon Duchess told Meng Yiran to summon her grandfather, and Meng Yiran released a signal.

Li Xuan’s test shot with his Soul Tool longbow had severely wounded Meng Yiran’s Spirit Beast from six hundred meters away, leading the Dragon-Snake Couple to mistake Sword Douluo for the archer. After Li Xuan demonstrated the bow’s full power, the Dragon-Snake Couple realized he had fired the arrow.

• Meng Yiran, Dragon Duke, and Dragon Duchess followed the arrow’s trail and found Li Xuan’s group.
• Li Xuan learned that changing Oscar’s Martial Soul soul ring had earned him a reward that could increase a soul ring’s age by 1,000 years.
• The Dragon-Snake Couple thanked Sword Douluo for supposedly shooting the arrow that had wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.
• Dragon Duke showed the purple arrow and described the six-hundred-meter shot, leaving Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Tang San, and the others stunned.
• Li Xuan demonstrated the longbow’s full power by firing a stronger arrow that he said could kill a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• The Dragon-Snake Couple recognized Li Xuan as the archer who had wounded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent.

Li Xuan impressed the Dragon-Snake Couple and Meng Yiran by killing the Man Faced Demon Spider with a single arrow from a great distance. Encouraged by her grandparents, Meng Yiran followed them to catch up with Li Xuan and get to know him.

• Li Xuan received a system reward for changing Tang San's martial soul ring, then led Ning Rongrong and the others west to hunt for Spirit Beasts.
• The Dragon-Snake Couple praised Li Xuan's archery while Meng Yiran wondered why he seemed familiar to her.
• The Dragon-Snake Couple found the Man Faced Demon Spider dead from Li Xuan's purple arrow and marveled at his skill.
• Dragon Duchess encouraged Meng Yiran to pursue Li Xuan, and Dragon Duke decided they should turn back to meet him.
• Though embarrassed, Meng Yiran followed her grandparents, resolving to learn more about Li Xuan.

Li Xuan helped Tang San and the others obtain spirit rings, then returned toward Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong. Nearly two years later, he rescued a girl named Mengmeng from three criminals in Sunset Town and absorbed the men after killing them.

• Li Xuan guided Tang San and the others to Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts, and they obtained their spirit rings.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo left for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Li Xuan teased Ning Rongrong and embraced her.
• Li Xuan and Ning Rongrong left the forest for Shrek Academy, while Meng Yiran waited in town and later decided she would watch Li Xuan compete in the Continental Spirit Master Tournament.
• Nearly two years later, Li Xuan confronted three bald men holding Mengmeng hostage in Sunset Town.
• Li Xuan killed the three men before they could harm Mengmeng, and she thanked him before running home.
• Li Xuan told Mengmeng to find her mother, then turned to the corpses and said, “Absorb them!”

Li Xuan absorbed weak Soul Imprints, reviewed his progress, and returned to the Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City. There, Ma Hongjun watched the cashier eagerly attend to Li Xuan and left in jealous frustration.

• Li Xuan absorbed Soul Imprints from three corpses, gained 0.03 Soul, and checked his status, noting that Super Defense had reached its maximum and his Silver Dragon King Martial Soul had improved to 10%.
• Li Xuan rode his unicorn toward Suotuo City while considering how to temporarily stop Tang San and the others from entering the All-Continent Spirit Master Competition.
• Li Xuan arrived at the Great Soul Arena, where the patrolling guards greeted him as Big Boss.
• Ma Hongjun tried to flirt with the cashier, but she crushed his rose and rejected him.
• The cashier warmly welcomed Li Xuan and served him attentively, leaving Ma Hongjun jealous enough to walk away.