Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng completed the fusion of the Sea Heart Flame, named the new flame the Aurora Meteor Flame, and broke through to five-star Dou Wang. The next morning, sword practice deepened his Sword Intent and advanced his soul to the Spirit Realm, and Medusa returned that evening to find him changed.

• Xiao Heng absorbed the power released by the fused flames and stabilized at five-star Dou Wang.
• At Medusa's suggestion, Xiao Heng named his new Heavenly Flame the Aurora Meteor Flame, then gave Zi Yan and Bear Two pills before resting.
• Xiao Heng practiced sword forms on the lake and cleaved its surface with a slash.
• Little Grass told Xiao Heng that his Sword Intent had improved and his soul had reached the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Heng meditated on the lake but could not recapture the state he had entered during sword practice.
• Medusa returned to the temporary base with Bear Two and Zi Yan, stopped when she saw Xiao Heng, and drew his attention.

Xiao Heng prepared to refine the Ghost Soul Pill after consolidating his recent breakthroughs and obtaining medicinal materials from the group. He successfully combined the ingredients into a medicinal mass, but the pill’s long and delicate final stage remained.

• Medusa noticed Xiao Heng’s improved strength, and he explained that he had made a breakthrough in combat ability.
• Zi Yan gave Xiao Heng a Storage Ring of materials, asked him to make little pills and grilled meat, and the group spent another day hunting and eating together.
• After stabilizing his strength, Xiao Heng set up his crimson Medicine Cauldron and began refining the Ghost Soul Pill’s many ingredients.
• Xiao Heng extracted the medicinal liquids from the rare main ingredients and combined them with the liquids from dozens of supplementary herbs.
• Xiao Heng used his Soul Power to merge the medicinal liquids into a solid medicinal mass, completing about half of the refinement while Medusa watched his immense Soul Power.

Xiao Heng completed the Ghost Soul Pill, whose lightning tribulation Medusa blocked, then consumed it and greatly purified and expanded his Soul Power. He checked his Heavenly Dao Points and found Little Grass unusually busy in her space.

• Xiao Heng finished refining the Ghost Soul Pill, and Medusa shielded the Medicine Cauldron from its lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Heng sealed the escaping pill in a jade bottle while Medusa returned to the cabin and Zi Yan and Bear Two set off with her.
• Xiao Heng meditated to recover his Soul Power, then swallowed the Ghost Soul Pill that night.
• The pill purged impurities from Xiao Heng's Soul Power and expanded its lake by about one-third.
• Xiao Heng checked his system and saw 10 Heavenly Dao Points and 1000 Other Points, then visited Little Grass and found her busy forming hand seals.

Xiao Heng decided to travel with Little Grass through a spacetime rift to another world, hoping to grow stronger before returning. He planned to settle his affairs at the academy before they departed.

• Xiao Heng returned to the academy and reflected on the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and the possibility that the other young fellow was still alive.
• Su Qian spoke with Xiao Heng about the departed and noticed how much his strength had improved.
• Little Grass brought Xiao Heng to a spacetime rift and explained that it could take them to another world to gather origin power.
• Xiao Heng asked whether they could return, and Little Grass assured him they could come back to this higher-tier world.
• Xiao Heng agreed to go with Little Grass and planned to request leave from the academy and say goodbye to friends before they departed.

Xiao Heng prepared to leave the academy for an uncertain length of time and bid farewell to Medusa, Wu Hao, and Li Xuan. He left Pan Men in Wu Hao's care and reunited with Li Xuan in Black Seal City before departing.

• Xiao Heng told Medusa he was leaving and asked her to look after Bear Two and pass his gifts to Zi Yan and Bear Two.
• Xiao Heng gave Wu Hao a Storage Ring, entrusted Pan Men to him, and asked him to tell Hu Jia that he would return.
• Xiao Heng received leave from Su Qian and left the Inner Academy and Outer Academy.
• Xiao Heng returned to Black Seal City and used Li Xuan's highest-ranking token to enter the Thousand Medicine Workshop.
• Xiao Heng reunited with Li Xuan, and they spent time together before his departure.

Xiao Heng chose Little Grass's combined method for entering another world: he transferred his powers into a Life Fruit body while his original body began a year-long transformation. Little Grass concealed the powered body in a valley and carried his tree form through the rift to the blue planet.

• Little Grass explained three ways to remove Xiao Heng's world aura and proposed combining them by storing his powers in a Life Fruit body.
• Xiao Heng cultivated the Heavenly Cicada Reincarnation Canon and began his first Cicada Molt as Little Grass transferred his Dou Qi, Heavenly Flames, Purple Cloud Wings, and bloodline into the fruit.
• Xiao Heng's original body was wrapped in a cocoon, and Little Grass added some of his own power to strengthen it.
• Little Grass controlled the soulless Life Fruit body to a valley, where he formed a protective illusion barrier and left it acting as though it were cultivating.
• Little Grass returned to his space, traveled through the black rift in the form of a small tree, and took root on the blue planet.

Xiao Heng emerged from a cocoon after crashing into a forest, only to find that he had become smaller and lost his Dou Qi. As he fled the investigators, Grandpa Jian and Rong Rong intercepted him, and the elder questioned him about his parents.

• A meteor-like object crashed into the forest, and the sect master sent guards to investigate while Grandpa Jian agreed to take Rong Rong to see the impact site.
• Xiao Heng broke out of the cocoon, found himself smaller and naked, dressed in oversized clothes, and fled the crater as the guards arrived.
• Little Grass told Xiao Heng they had reached another world and that the crash had not attracted the world's will.
• Grandpa Jian and Rong Rong stopped Xiao Heng in the forest, and Xiao Heng sensed the elder's formidable strength.
• Grandpa Jian asked Xiao Heng where his parents were, and Xiao Heng said he did not know because he had awakened there.

Xiao Heng was taken by the white-robed old man and Rong Rong to their sect, where the old man sensed Xiao Heng had a powerful Sword Martial Soul. After bringing Xiao Heng before a middle-aged man, the old man said he wanted to test his talent and possibly take him as his disciple.

• The white-robed old man invited Xiao Heng to leave the forest with him, and Xiao Heng accepted so he could learn about the world.
• The old man and Rong Rong inspected the giant cocoon at the meteorite crater, then carried Xiao Heng away on a Great Sword.
• They arrived at the sect, where Rong Rong asked to keep Xiao Heng company before a voice from the great hall ordered her to cultivate.
• The white-robed old man brought Xiao Heng to meet a middle-aged man and explained that Xiao Heng seemed to possess a high-ranked Sword Martial Soul.
• The old man said he wanted to take Xiao Heng as his disciple if his talent proved sufficient, and the middle-aged man also sensed Xiao Heng's unusual aura.

Xiao Heng discovered that he had arrived in Douluo World and awakened a powerful sword martial soul with innate level twenty Soul Power. Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo welcomed him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where he gained powerful allies and a new home.

• Xiao Heng recognized the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and learned that Sword Douluo was considering taking him as a disciple.
• Xiao Heng told Sword Douluo that he had never awakened a martial soul and asked him not to search for his parents.
• Sword Douluo used an Awakening Stone to awaken Xiao Heng's snow-white sword martial soul, which he judged no weaker than the Seven Kill Sword.
• Xiao Heng's Soul Power caused the testing crystal ball to explode, and Sword Douluo confirmed that he had innate level twenty Soul Power.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered those present to keep Xiao Heng's talent secret, then welcomed him into the sect and offered to have him a meal.

Xiao Heng was hosted by Ning Fengzhi and confronted with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s demand that he either become Sword Douluo’s disciple or remain confined for years. After Sword Douluo acknowledged the coercion and offered to let him leave, Xiao Heng accepted the apprenticeship, leaving Ning Fengzhi pleased with the outcome.

• Ning Fengzhi warmly hosted Xiao Heng for a meal and tried to learn more about him while persuading him to join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Sword Douluo asked Xiao Heng to become his only disciple, then admitted he would not be allowed to leave freely if he refused.
• Xiao Heng challenged Sword Douluo and Ning Fengzhi about the threat and asked whether they feared he would harbor resentment.
• Sword Douluo regretted the coercion and offered to escort Xiao Heng down the mountain, while Ning Fengzhi revealed that refusal would mean confinement until Xiao Heng turned thirty.
• Xiao Heng clarified that he was willing to become Sword Douluo’s disciple, joking that Sword Douluo had only just met his standards.
• Sword Douluo accepted Xiao Heng’s choice, and Ning Fengzhi congratulated him on taking an outstanding disciple.

After becoming Sword Douluo's disciple, Xiao Heng reflected on his transformation in the new world and began adapting his cultivation to its rules. He learned the Bei Ming Divine Skill, while Little Grass supplied resources and Xiao Heng discovered a Martial Soul resembling Little Grass's projection.

• Xiao Heng accepted Sword Douluo as his master, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to hold a simple apprenticeship ceremony after they hunted a Soul Ring.
• Xiao Heng examined his younger body and improved talent, then discussed with Little Grass how his actions could alter the world's predetermined course.
• Little Grass gave Xiao Heng the Bei Ming Divine Skill, purified energy stones, and fruits to support his cultivation and future Soul Rings.
• Xiao Heng quickly learned the Bei Ming Divine Skill and successfully cultivated Soul Power.
• Xiao Heng summoned his sword, fire lotus, and a small tree resembling Little Grass's projection, then asked why he had a Martial Soul like it.

Xiao Heng traveled with Sword Douluo and Ning Rongrong to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Soul Beast Forest to obtain soul rings. He insisted that he could absorb a first soul ring over ten thousand years old, and the group began by seeking Ning Rongrong’s soul ring.

• Xiao Heng asked Little Grass about suitable soul-ring ages, and she said his body could handle anything below a hundred thousand years.
• Xiao Heng told Sword Douluo he wanted a first soul ring over ten thousand years old, alarming Ning Rongrong before Sword Douluo reluctantly agreed to help.
• Sword Douluo decided they would first find a soul ring for Ning Rongrong and take Xiao Heng to the Star Dou Great Forest if they could not find a suitable one.
• Sword Douluo led Xiao Heng and Ning Rongrong to a river where a wary herd of large deer gathered and a towering stag displayed its antlers.

Ning Rongrong absorbed a second spirit ring and demonstrated her Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda’s strength and speed boosts while Xiao Heng searched for a suitable spirit beast. Xiao Heng used a Beast Luring Pill to gather thousands of beasts, then chose a black tiger and a blue Blue Eagle for Sword Douluo to capture.

• Sword Douluo killed a deer, and Ning Rongrong absorbed its yellow spirit ring and tested her strength and speed boosts on Xiao Heng and Sword Douluo.
• Xiao Heng rejected a timid, metal-attributed Tiger Leopard Ox Horn Beast that had just passed ten thousand years, so the group continued searching.
• Xiao Heng gave Sword Douluo a Beast Luring Pill, which Sword Douluo crushed and scattered to attract spirit beasts.
• Xiao Heng asked Sword Douluo to spare the beasts that rushed toward them, and Sword Douluo subdued them while allowing more to gather.
• Xiao Heng chose a black tiger and a blue Blue Eagle from the gathered spirit beasts.

Xiao Heng absorbed two ten-thousand-year spirit rings with Sword Douluo’s help, advancing to Grand Spirit Master and revealing two powerful sword skills. As Sword Douluo flew him and Ning Rongrong back toward the sect, Xiao Heng said he had not seen his parents in a long time but remained sure he would see his mother again.

• Sword Douluo subdued a black tiger and a green eagle, and Xiao Heng killed the tiger and absorbed its ten-thousand-year spirit ring as his first ring.
• Xiao Heng killed the green eagle and absorbed its ten-thousand-year spirit ring, reaching Grand Spirit Master; Sword Douluo told Ning Rongrong to keep the events secret.
• Xiao Heng demonstrated Shadow Sword and Wind Speed Sword, impressing Ning Rongrong and Sword Douluo with their power and speed.
• Sword Douluo praised Xiao Heng, advised him not to grow arrogant, and offered to find hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts for him to absorb in the future.
• Sword Douluo flew Xiao Heng and Ning Rongrong toward the sect, and Xiao Heng told Ning Rongrong he had not seen his parents in a long time but believed he would see his mother again.

Xiao Heng settled into life in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Sword Douluo trained him and the sect benefited from his pills and cultivation methods. Two years later, he prepared to investigate Dugu Bo’s poisonous hidden place, with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo offering help.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed with Xiao Heng and Sword Douluo to hold a private apprenticeship ceremony, and Sword Douluo accepted Xiao Heng as his first disciple.
• Over the next two years, Xiao Heng advanced his swordsmanship under Sword Douluo and shared pills, martial techniques, and cultivation methods that became valuable to the sect.
• Sword Douluo told Xiao Heng that the sect had found many of his requested medicinal ingredients and leads on Dugu Bo’s secret place, though poisonous miasma made it difficult to enter.
• Bone Douluo appeared, argued with Sword Douluo, and again tried to persuade Xiao Heng to become his disciple.
• Xiao Heng declined Bone Douluo’s offer of help with Dugu Bo, while both elders warned him to seek their aid if he encountered trouble.

Ning Fengzhi sent Xiao Heng to find Ning Rongrong after she secretly left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while also hoping the trip would bring the two closer. Xiao Heng caught up to her and discovered several groups targeting her, but he told her hidden guards to stand down as he prepared to handle the danger himself.

• Bone Douluo and Sword Douluo noticed Ning Rongrong was missing, and a disciple summoned Xiao Heng to meet Ning Fengzhi.
• Ning Fengzhi told Xiao Heng that Ning Rongrong had left and asked him to catch up with her; Xiao Heng agreed and departed after collecting his supplies.
• Ning Fengzhi privately hoped the journey would deepen Xiao Heng and Ning Rongrong’s connection, while Xiao Heng looked forward to leaving the sect and meeting the world’s protagonists.
• Xiao Heng caught up with Ning Rongrong by evening and noticed a middle-aged man secretly following her as she shopped and ate along the street.
• After dark, two groups prepared to rob Ning Rongrong in an alley, but Xiao Heng stopped one of her hidden guards from intervening and said he would handle them himself.

Xiao Heng rescued Ning Rongrong from two men who cornered her in an alley, then made her kill them herself. Shaken by the experience, Ning Rongrong asked Xiao Heng to take her away, and he carried her from the alley.

• Xiao Heng told a hidden man to stay out of sight while he let Ning Rongrong experience the outside world.
• Two burly men trapped Ning Rongrong in an alley and threatened her as she called for help.
• Xiao Heng appeared, incapacitated both men, and drained their Soul Power.
• Xiao Heng gave Ning Rongrong a dagger and forced her hand to kill both men; she then vomited in shock.
• Xiao Heng comforted Ning Rongrong, gave her water, and carried her away while others arrived to clean up the alley.

After Ning Rongrong killed two men, Xiao Heng comforted her and traveled with her toward Suoto City, while Ning Fengzhi ordered the men responsible to be eliminated. The pair reached the city, where Ning Rongrong was eager to visit Shrek Academy, and Xiao Heng noticed a girl in black as they entered.

• Xiao Heng carried the shaken Ning Rongrong to a hotel, stayed nearby while she slept, and cultivated to absorb the Soul Power he had taken.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether they would return to the sect, but Xiao Heng agreed to accompany her toward her chosen destination; she decided to keep going with him.
• A young man reported the previous day's events to Ning Fengzhi, who ordered an investigation into the two men's backgrounds and their complete elimination.
• Ning Fengzhi heard that Ning Rongrong and Xiao Heng had shared a hotel room, but dismissed the report and reflected on how Xiao Heng might leave the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• After five days of travel, Xiao Heng and Ning Rongrong arrived at Suoto City, where Ning Rongrong said she wanted to see Shrek Academy.
• As they entered the city, Xiao Heng noticed a young girl dressed in black fitted clothing walking past them.

Xiao Heng and Ning Rongrong explored the city, where Xiao Heng bought a mysterious crystal from Flender after refusing to pay the shopkeeper’s increased price. Later, they dined at a hotel and spotted Tang San and a rabbit-eared girl, whom Xiao Heng recognized as a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast but decided not to harm.

• Xiao Heng noticed a green-haired girl who reminded him of someone from his past, then reassured Ning Rongrong when she grew jealous.
• Ning Rongrong shopped lavishly around the city while Xiao Heng followed and carried her purchases.
• Xiao Heng bought a black-speckled crystal from Flender for one hundred Golden Soul Coins, then stood his ground when Flender demanded twice the price.
• Xiao Heng and Ning Rongrong left Flender’s shop and checked into a hotel after the confrontation spoiled their shopping mood.
• At dinner, Xiao Heng saw Tang San with a rabbit-eared girl and recognized her as a hundred-thousand-year Spirit Beast, but chose to leave her alone.

Xiao Heng watched Tang San and Dai Mubai fight at a hotel, then left with Ning Rongrong after Dai Mubai agreed to pay for the damage. That night, Xiao Heng secretly hunted street thugs to absorb their Soul Power, leaving the young man they had attacked behind.

• Xiao Heng asked Little Grass whether killing the fortunate youth in blue would earn him Heavenly Dao Points, and Little Grass warned him against doing so before they were ready to leave.
• Dai Mubai and Tang San fought in the hotel, damaging Xiao Heng’s food; Dai Mubai agreed to pay for the losses, then challenged Xiao Heng to face him later if he was qualified.
• Xiao Heng left with Ning Rongrong, while Tang San told Xiao Wu that Xiao Heng seemed dangerous.
• After returning to his room, Xiao Heng went out at night and ambushed several thugs who were attacking a young man in an alley.
• Xiao Heng defeated the thugs, drained their Soul Power, and left before the young man could thank him.