Chapter Summaries

Xia Tianling stopped a confrontation between Dai Mubai and Blue Sunshine Academy by revealing his powerful Spirit Rings and secretly identifying himself to Ye Zhi Qiu. The group reconciled over a meal, where Dai Mubai realized Zhu Zhuqing was his childhood betrothed and regretted how he had treated her.

• Dai Mubai and the students from Blue Sunshine Academy prepared to fight until Xia Tianling revealed his unusual Spirit Ring configuration and frightened them into backing down.
• Dai Mubai identified their academy as Shrek Academy, and Xia Tianling offered to spar with Ye Zhi Qiu and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xia Tianling showed Ye Zhi Qiu the Tokens of Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, then asked him to keep his identity secret and help Zhu Zhuqing test her weapon.
• Ye Zhi Qiu agreed, and the two groups reconciled over a meal after Xia Tianling arranged treatment for the injured student.
• Dai Mubai learned Zhu Zhuqing was his childhood betrothed, regretted his past behavior, and tried to explain himself, but she told him to get lost.

After Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai, Xia Tianling took her and Ye Zhi Qiu outside town to test their abilities. Xia Tianling began a one-on-one fight with Ye Zhi Qiu, using the first realm of his Nine Revolutions Heaven-Treading Steps to evade the Spirit King’s attacks.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Dai Mubai to stop following her, and he stayed behind, too proud to chase after her.
• Ning Rongrong mocked Dai Mubai and insulted his wasted talent, while he restrained himself from attacking her.
• Xia Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Zhi Qiu went to a forest outside town for a sparring session.
• Xia Tianling and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their Spirit Master levels, and Ye Zhi Qiu released his Level Fifty-Four Mysterious Turtle Martial Soul.
• Xia Tianling charged at Ye Zhi Qiu using the first realm of the Nine Revolutions Heaven-Treading Steps, while Ye Zhi Qiu activated his defensive and freezing soul skills.

Xia Tianling defeated Ye Zhi Qiu in a sparring match with his Storm Axe and then gave him a healing herb. Zhu Zhuqing tested her newly acquired Void Walking and Assassin's Claws, leaving Ye Zhi Qiu's defenses badly pierced and herself astonished by the power of her inheritance.

• Xia Tianling dodged Ye Zhi Qiu's icy attack and struck his turtle shell with the hammerhead of his Storm Axe, breaking his Martial Soul Possession and sending him flying.
• Xia Tianling gave the injured Ye Zhi Qiu a healing leaf, and Ye Zhi Qiu recovered enough to agree to spar with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Void Walking to vanish briefly and reappear in front of Ye Zhi Qiu.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Netherworld Hundred Claws pierced Ye Zhi Qiu's turtle shell, and she realized Hell Stab could seriously injure him.

Xia Tianling's group joined Shrek's party on the journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu rode with them and bonded over Xia Tianling's cooking. The group reached the forest, where Zhao Wuji warned them about its dangerous spirit beasts before they entered.

• Xia Tianling gave Ye Zhi Qiu medicinal herbs and returned to the hotel with Zhu Zhuqing after their fight.
• Tang San invited Xia Tianling's group to travel with Shrek, and Zhao Wuji agreed after Spirit Hall pressured him to take them along.
• Xia Tianling hired a carriage for Shrek, and Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu chose to ride with Spirit Hall's group instead of Dai Mubai.
• Ning Rongrong complained about Shrek and asked to study at Spirit Hall Academy, while Xiao Wu and Zhu Zhuqing praised Xia Tianling's cooking.
• Zhao Wuji stopped the group at the Star Dou Great Forest and warned them to stay close because dangerous spirit beasts lived there.

Xia Tianling prepared the group for their search through the Star Dou Great Forest, where his precautions and knowledge helped them avoid danger. After the group encountered a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, Ma Hongjun identified its age and revealed that Xia Tianling had made him study Soul Beast theory.

• Xia Tianling handed out insect-repellent sachets and had Oscar make recovery, detoxifying, and flight sausages, then explained Oscar's abilities to the group.
• Xia Tianling assigned the group positions for their trek through the forest, and the group traveled safely as his True Dragon Aura scared away Soul Beasts.
• The group stopped to rest, then rose into formation when a commotion came from the forest.
• Xia Tianling identified an approaching fifteen-hundred-year Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Zhu Zhuqing climbed a tree to observe it.
• Ma Hongjun estimated the serpent was around thirteen hundred to eighteen hundred years old and explained that Xia Tianling had made him memorize Soul Beast theory.

Oscar used his martial skills and Ning Rongrong’s buffs to subdue a Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, but the group’s plans for the spirit beast were interrupted by Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran. Xia Tianling recognized the newcomers and stepped forward to greet them.

• Zhao Wuji warned the group that the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent was approaching, and Oscar volunteered to fight it despite being a Food System Spirit Master.
• Oscar flew at the serpent with his Swift Flight Sprint Sausage, and Ning Rongrong strengthened him with her first two Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda abilities.
• Oscar struck the serpent’s crest and used Buddha’s Palm to suppress it, while Zhao Wuji weakened its struggles with Gravity Crush and knocked it unconscious.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Xiao Wu both declined to claim the serpent, so Zhao Wuji prepared to release it.
• Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang and Meng Yiran arrived and demanded the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and Xia Tianling recognized them and greeted them.

Xia Tianling revealed how he identified Snake Grandma Chao Tianxiang’s claim to the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent, and the group gave the serpent to her granddaughter, Meng Yiran. Before Zhao Wuji’s group left, Chao Tianxiang rewarded Oscar with a Token, which Oscar later gave to Xia Tianling.

• Xia Tianling identified Chao Tianxiang’s wounds on the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent and correctly deduced that she had tracked it there for Meng Yiran.
• Chao Tianxiang recognized Zhao Wuji as the Immovable Ming King, and Zhao Wuji explained that he had brought his students to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xia Tianling and Oscar offered the Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent to Chao Tianxiang for Meng Yiran, and Zhao Wuji agreed.
• Chao Tianxiang gave Oscar a Token as thanks, then praised Zhao Wuji’s two students as the group prepared to leave.
• Oscar handed the Token to Xia Tianling, saying that Xia Tianling’s help was worth more to him.

As the group searched the Star Dou Great Forest for Spirit Beasts, Xia Tianling explained how Soul Masters’ pursuit of Spirit Rings and Soul Bones was depleting them. He vowed to find a way for people to cultivate without Spirit Rings, winning support from several companions as Dai Mubai and Zhao Wuji questioned his ambition.

• After two days in the forest without finding suitable Spirit Beasts, the group grew more coordinated, and Ning Rongrong integrated into their teamwork while Dai Mubai remained isolated.
• At camp, Ma Hongjun complained about their bad luck, and Zhao Wuji remarked that the Star Dou Great Forest had far fewer Spirit Beasts than he remembered.
• Tang San and Xia Tianling explained that Soul Masters’ rapid growth and demand for Spirit Rings and Soul Bones were driving Spirit Beasts toward extinction.
• Ning Rongrong agreed that few Soul Masters considered the cost of their cultivation, and Xia Tianling vowed to develop a way to cultivate without Spirit Rings.
• Dai Mubai mocked Xia Tianling’s ambition, while Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, Ma Hongjun, and Tang San showed their belief in him.

The group discovered a Devil Bee colony, and Xia Tianling identified its Bee Queen as a suitable Soul Ring target for Zhu Zhuqing. They prepared to attack the hive, while Dai Mubai bristled after Zhu Zhuqing rejected his offer of protection.

• Ning Rongrong was bothered by bees, and Tang San caught one before Xia Tianling identified it as a Devil Bee.
• Xiao Wu explained the Devil Bee colony, and Xia Tianling proposed that Zhu Zhuqing obtain the Bee Queen's Soul Ring and Decisive Strike.
• The group found a roughly five-thousand-year-old Bee Queen, and Xia Tianling explained why its age was suitable for Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xia Tianling assigned Ma Hongjun, Oscar, Xiao Wu, Tang San, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing roles in the attack, while Dai Mubai was told to protect Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing rejected Dai Mubai's protection and moved into a tree, leaving him angry and resentful.

Xia Tianling led the group in a coordinated assault that killed the five-thousand-year Devil Bee Queen. Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing its Soul Ring as Teacher Liu praised the team and proposed taking three of them from Shrek.

• Xia Tianling directed the group to use Oscar's sausages, and Ma Hongjun set the Devil Bee hive ablaze with his enhanced Phoenix skills.
• Oscar and Xiao Wu disrupted the Bee Queen's flight while Tang San used Hidden Weapons to restrict its movement.
• Tang San bound the Bee Queen with Blue Silver Grass as Xia Tianling struck it with his lightning-charged hammer.
• Zhu Zhuqing pierced the Bee Queen's head with Hell Stab, killing it and forming a violet Soul Ring above its corpse.
• Teacher Liu and Zhao Wuji arrived, and Teacher Liu praised the team's coordination and suggested that three of them join him.
• Zhu Zhuqing began absorbing the Soul Ring while Dai Mubai watched resentfully from afar.

After Zhu Zhuqing absorbed a five-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained a powerful new skill, Xia Tianling sensed danger approaching their camp. The Titan Giant Ape appeared, and although Xia Tianling urged everyone not to attack, Zhao Wuji and the Spirit Douluo charged at it.

• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Devil Bee's Soul Ring, reached level thirty-three, and demonstrated her Third Soul Skill, Netherworld Sever.
• Xia Tianling and his companions harvested Royal Jelly and honey from the Devil Bee hive before making camp.
• Xia Tianling woke Tang San and the others, warning them that great danger was coming.
• The Titan Giant Ape emerged from the trees, and Xia Tianling told the group not to panic or attack.
• The Spirit Douluo and Zhao Wuji ignored Xia Tianling's warning and attacked the Titan Giant Ape.

The Titan Giant Ape abducted Xiao Wu, killed Teacher Liu, and badly injured Zhao Wuji after they ignored Xia Tianling’s warnings. Tang San pursued Xiao Wu while Xia Tianling set off alone to find the soul beast he wanted for his Fourth Soul Ring.

• The Titan Giant Ape defeated Zhao Wuji and Teacher Liu with its attacks, killing Teacher Liu and leaving Zhao Wuji near death.
• The Titan Giant Ape grabbed Xiao Wu and fled, while Tang San attacked it with hidden weapons and then chased after her.
• Xia Tianling reassured Zhu Zhuqing that Tang San and Xiao Wu would be safe, then helped the others find and treat Zhao Wuji.
• Zhao Wuji learned that Tang San had gone after Xiao Wu and wanted to follow, but Xia Tianling urged him to recover first and reminded him that his prophecies had been accurate.
• Xia Tianling left alone, secretly seeking the special soul beast that the system had identified as suitable for his Fourth Soul Ring.

Xia Tianling found a corrupted Golden Bi'an and learned that it was transforming into a Dark Bi'an, a mindless threat capable of destroying orderly worlds. After the Bi'an briefly recognized his True Dragon aura and begged him to kill it, Xia Tianling attacked while it was still weakened, leaving the battle underway.

• Xia Tianling followed the system's directions and discovered a giant Golden Bi'an giving off an aura of pure evil.
• The system explained that the Bi'an was contaminated and warned Xia Tianling to kill it before it became an Unordered Being.
• Xia Tianling summoned his Five-Clawed True Dragon Martial Soul and Dawnbreaker, and the Bi'an recognized his father's aura before begging him to act quickly.
• As the Bi'an began transforming, Xia Tianling activated both Martial Souls and charged into its dark domain.
• The Dark Bi'an attacked Xia Tianling with a beam from its corrupted Judgment ability, but he blocked it with Lightning Half Moon Slash.
• Xia Tianling used spells and heavenly lightning to close the distance, then launched a powerful Lightning Half Moon Slash at the Dark Bi'an.

Xia Tianling used lightning, rain, and an explosive fireball to defeat the fallen Bi'an, whose own Dark Domain magnified the blast. He approached the nearly dead creature after its dark aura was mostly purified, while Bi'an had regained its reason.

• Bi'an sent Xia Tianling a spiritual warning that its mouth was its weakness and that lightning and fire could suppress its darkness.
• Xia Tianling kept Dark Bi'an occupied while building a torrential rainstorm and concentrating water and lightning around it.
• Xia Tianling retreated beyond the Dark Domain and threw in an Explosive Fireball, causing the domain to compress the blast and intensify the explosion.
• Dark Bi'an lost control of its domain after the explosion and survived with severe injuries as its dark aura was nearly burned away.
• Xia Tianling entered the scorched, partly vitrified ground and approached the dying Bi'an, which had regained its reason.

The dying Golden Bi'an passed its remaining origin power and abilities to Xia Tianling, transforming his body and granting him a new soul ring. The delayed Golden Core and Nascent Soul Tribulations then struck, and after Xia Tianling completed his Nascent Soul, the storm clouds began gathering power for another trial.

• The Golden Bi'an told Xia Tianling it could not be saved and passed its inheritance to him through its Third Spirit Eye.
• The Golden Bi'an burned away, cleansing and remaking Xia Tianling's body as its remaining power formed a Crimson Gold soul ring around the Dawnbreaker Martial Soul.
• Xia Tianling's soul ring made him a Soul Ancestor, while the power within him surged and the delayed Golden Core Tribulation descended.
• Xia Tianling endured eight bolts of tribulation lightning until his Golden Core cracked and the Nascent Soul Tribulation began.
• The Golden Core shattered into a milky-white Nascent Soul, which grew through seventeen more lightning strikes as the tribulation clouds gathered for a stronger trial.

Xia Tianling completed the Divine Transformation Tribulation, opening his Sea of Consciousness and forming a Primordial Spirit. He discovered the Golden Bi'an’s inheritance, including the Emblem of Justice and the powerful Justice Judgment spirit skill.

• Xia Tianling endured the Divine Transformation Tribulation as his Spiritual Power broke through the Niwan Palace and became Spiritual Sense.
• Xia Tianling fused his Three Souls and Seven Spirits with his Nascent Soul, completing his Primordial Spirit and gaining a second life circulation system.
• Xia Tianling discovered that the Crimson Gold Emblem on his forehead was the Golden Bi'an’s Third Spirit Eye, which he named the Emblem of Justice.
• The system explained that the Bi'an’s crimson gold ring was an innate ability inheritance tied to the rules of the Douluo World, not a true spirit ring.
• Xia Tianling examined his Fourth Spirit Skill, Justice Judgment, and learned that it could weaken enemies and strengthen allies across a large area.

Xia Tianling returned to Tang San’s group with a blackened fourth spirit ring and revealed he had reached level forty-four. He predicted Tang San would gain an evolving External Soul Bone, then stayed on watch as Tang San’s transformation continued and Xiao Wu worried beside him.

• Xia Tianling used the Fate Modification System to change his golden fourth spirit ring to black and found Tang San’s group after killing a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast.
• Xia Tianling told the group he was twelve, level forty-four, and had defeated the beast himself, then described his victory while concealing the Golden Bi'an’s identity.
• Xia Tianling predicted Tang San would gain an evolving, poisonous External Soul Bone resembling eight spider legs and warned the others not to touch it.
• Tang San’s body convulsed as eight dark-purple spider legs emerged and formed a cocoon around him, confirming Xia Tianling’s prediction.
• Xia Tianling told the group Tang San would need about twelve hours to finish fusing, and everyone rested while Xiao Wu stayed beside him and Xia Tianling kept watch.

Tang San emerged from his cocoon after absorbing a new soul ring, and Xia Tianling explained the benefits of exceeding ordinary soul-ring limits. As the group left the Star Dou Great Forest, Spirit Hall’s hidden-weapon plans and its growing cooperation with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect were revealed.

• Tang San emerged naked from his cocoon, reunited tearfully with Xiao Wu, and learned from Xia Tianling how his soul-ring absorption had strengthened him.
• Zhao Wuji led the group out of the Star Dou Great Forest after they completed their mission, while Dai Mubai felt excluded and vowed to defeat Xia Tianling and Dai Weisi.
• Tang San demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and described how he had used it to defeat the Man Faced Demon Spider.
• Xia Tianling explained that Spirit Hall was producing hidden weapons on a large scale and had sold weaker versions to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The chapter ended with an author’s request not to stockpile chapters and acknowledgments for donations and a monthly pass.

After returning to Spirit Hall Academy, Xia Tianling taught Zhu Zhuqing a method for cultivating Spiritual Power. Hu Liena then brought them to see the completed Gravity Chamber, whose soul-bone-powered gravity system Xia Tianling still wanted explained.

• Xia Tianling and the survivors parted ways in Forward Town, and the Spirit Hall group returned to the academy the next day.
• The academy's dean condemned the Spirit Douluo who had been killed by the Titan Giant Ape, and Xia Tianling gave Zhu Zhuqing a Jade Slip containing the Spirit Refining Art.
• Hu Liena summoned Xia Tianling, Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar, and Ma Hongjun to a newly built facility and was shocked to hear Xia Tianling had reached level forty-four.
• Hu Liena revealed that Spirit Hall had completed the Gravity Chamber Xia Tianling had proposed.
• Hu Liena explained that Bibi Dong and the Great Enshrined had modified a near-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavy Tortoise spine bone so it could activate its Gravity Domain from the chamber's dome.
• Xia Tianling asked how the chamber controlled the gravity and supplied the soul bone with Soul Power without a Spirit Guiding Array.

Xia Tianling learned how Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu had repurposed a Spirit Guiding Lamp array to power an experimental Gravity Domain, then tested its training effects with the others. He also learned that Yan and Xie Yue had gone to Gengxin City to retrieve an item he designed, leaving him eager to see it.

• Hu Liena explained that Bibi Dong had dismantled a Spirit Guiding Lamp array and connected it to the soul bone with Refined Mithril to control the Gravity Domain.
• Hu Liena warned the four trainees to use the experimental chamber only with a teacher present and gave each of them a Token containing Titled Douluo-level protection.
• Xia Tianling tested the Gravity Domain, cultivated in its strongest area, and encouraged the others to train in zones suited to their endurance.
• Xia Tianling asked where Yan and Xie Yue were, and Hu Liena said they had gone to Gengxin City to collect his completed design from Lou Gao.
• Xia Tianling and Hu Liena discussed how to persuade stubborn people by finding what they needed most.