Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing, a transmigrator, secretly strengthened her body and meridians before awakening her martial soul, then concealed her potential and displayed ordinary talent to avoid the fate of the original story. She was spared the role of Dai Mubai’s fiancée, which went instead to a branch-family girl, and remained under ordinary cultivation duties in the Zhu Family.

• Zhu Zhuqing used her powerful Spiritual Power to sense and absorb Soul Power before her Martial Soul Awakening, gradually strengthening her body and meridians.
• She realized her meridians had grown stronger than her apparent aptitude suggested, but stopped developing openly as her sixth birthday and awakening approached.
• Zhu Zhuqing forced some Soul Power out of her meridians and concealed her true potential during the awakening ceremony, showing a Hell Spirit Cat martial soul and Level 5 Innate Soul Power.
• The Zhu Family treated Zhu Zhuqing as an ordinary young miss, while a talented branch-family girl with Level 7 Innate Soul Power replaced her as Dai Mubai’s fiancée.

Zhu Zhuqing had secretly accumulated Soul Power and strengthened her body while hiding her true cultivation, and she prepared to obtain her first Soul Ring. She planned to use the Soul Hunting Operation as her chance to flee the Star Luo Empire and develop her Twin Martial Souls elsewhere.

• Dai Mubai fled without taking anyone with him, and the news of his disappearance spread three days later.
• Zhu Zhuqing concealed her talent and cultivation, growing stronger through extended training while receiving fewer resources than the girl who replaced her in the imperial power struggle.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had awakened both the Hell Spirit Cat and White Tiger Martial Souls, and that her powerful body and Spiritual Power let her cultivate far longer than other Soul Masters.
• Zhu Zhuqing prepared to obtain her first Soul Ring, intending to run away from home during the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Zhu Zhuqing revealed Level 10 Soul Power as she headed to the dining hall, while continuing to conceal the full extent of her cultivation and control.

Zhu Zhuqing reached level ten and went with a Soul Hunting Team to Netherworld Gorge to obtain her first Soul Ring. After the team captured a five-hundred-year Hell Spirit Cat, she prepared to kill it herself.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Zhu Zhuyu that she had reached level ten, and Zhu Zhuyu arranged for her to hunt a Soul Ring the next day.
• Zhu Zhuyu sent Zhu Zhuqing to Netherworld Gorge with a group of guards led by a Soul King.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked the team to find a Hell Spirit Cat with a Soul Ring as close to five hundred years old as possible.
• The team leader spotted a target and ordered the guards to spread out while Xun Feng protected Zhu Zhuqing.
• The guards captured a severely injured five-hundred-year Hell Spirit Cat and brought it to Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing extended her claws and drove them into the Hell Spirit Cat's eye.

Zhu Zhuqing killed a Hell Spirit Cat and absorbed its five-hundred-year Soul Ring, revealing the strength of her physique and her mutated Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul. She gained a Hell Stab-like soul skill and reached level 19 before preparing to leave the Netherworld Grand Canyon.

• Zhu Zhuqing killed the wounded Hell Spirit Cat with her bare hand and waited for its yellow Soul Ring to condense.
• With the guards securing the area, Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Soul Ring while concealing how easily her powerful physique handled it.
• Zhu Zhuqing completed the absorption, and her mutated Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul appeared with purple-black eyes and a tail.
• Zhu Zhuqing discovered that the Soul Ring had raised her Soul Power to level 19 and granted her a Hell Stab-like skill that doubled her speed in shadowy places.
• Zhu Zhuqing looked back at the Netherworld Grand Canyon and prepared to return with the guards.

Eight-year-old Zhu Zhuqing fled Duke Nether's Mansion to escape being used as a political bargaining chip and to cultivate freely. After the manor failed to find her, she continued her journey beyond the Star Luo Empire's reach.

• Zhu Zhuqing prepared her belongings and savings, then used her stealth ability to slip out of Duke Nether's Mansion at night.
• Zhu Zhuqing sneaked out of Star Luo Imperial City and erased her trail by plunging into a river.
• The servants discovered Zhu Zhuqing missing, and Duke Nether ordered a secret search while dismissing the idea that she had gone after Dai Mubai.
• Zhu Zhuyu wondered whether she could escape too, but Duke Nether's Mansion tightened its search for Zhu Zhuqing.
• After three days without a trace, Duke Nether's Mansion reduced its search, leaving Zhu Zhuqing free to continue her escape.

Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest, practicing a self-created technique for running on water along the way. After a Black Water Crocodile injured her, she abandoned the river route and settled on a remote mountain to recover, train, and prepare to grow stronger.

• Zhu Zhuqing practiced her Self-Created Soul Skill, Technique of Running Anywhere, and learned to run across the river by adapting her Soul Power to the water.
• She followed the river south for half a month and mastered running and sparring on its surface.
• A century-old Black Water Crocodile ambushed and bit Zhu Zhuqing, so she killed it and cooked it for lunch.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided the river was too dangerous and entered the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest on foot.
• She chose a remote mountain as her home so she could recover, create Soul Skills, and raise her Soul Power in seclusion.

Zhu Zhuqing trained on a remote hill, developing the Shadow Rasengan and honing her body techniques as she grew stronger. She fused her twin Martial Souls into the Shadow Holy Tiger, revealing a powerful new form.

• Zhu Zhuqing subdued the young Soul Beasts on the hill and established a cultivation base in a cave.
• Zhu Zhuqing created the Shadow Rasengan after three days of practice and tested it on a boulder.
• Zhu Zhuqing trained for another month, renovating the valley and practicing on a Plum Blossom Array.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Tai Chi to unite her opposing Martial Souls and performed a Self Martial Soul Fusion Technique.
• Zhu Zhuqing transformed into the two-meter-tall, four-meter-long Shadow Holy Tiger.

Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul evolved into Ultimate light and Ultimate darkness, raising her Innate Soul Power to the world’s limit and her cultivation to Level 20. She realized the evolution might slow her cultivation after Level 30, then returned to her Simulated Cultivation Room to recover and prepare to hunt soul beasts.

• Zhu Zhuqing’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill brought light and darkness into balance, transforming her Martial Soul and completing her talent.
• The Shadow Holy Tiger roared, and Zhu Zhuqing emerged in battle armor with wings and Ultimate light and darkness, having reached Innate Full Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing worried that Ultimate Martial Souls would make cultivation extremely slow after Level 30.
• Her Soul Power rose to Level 20, but she could only sustain the Martial Soul Fusion Skill for about a minute at her current strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing recovered in her Simulated Cultivation Room and prepared to hunt soul beasts.

Zhu Zhuqing searched the Star Dou Great Forest’s mixed zone for a three-thousand-year Netherworld Mantis to obtain a powerful blade-based Soul Skill. After finding a 3,500-year-old mantis feeding on a Ghost Tiger, she abandoned her plan to catch it while it was full and prepared to attack it directly with Martial Soul Fusion.

• Zhu Zhuqing entered the mixed zone and used her improved concealment and Dark Attribute sense to search for a Netherworld Mantis.
• After more than a week, Zhu Zhuqing found a 3,500-year-old Netherworld Mantis devouring a thousand-year Ghost Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing waited for the mantis to finish eating, hoping that a full belly would slow it down.
• The Netherworld Mantis stopped eating before becoming bloated, so Zhu Zhuqing decided to fight it head-on.
• Zhu Zhuqing activated Martial Soul Fusion to confront the Netherworld Mantis.

Zhu Zhuqing used the Dark Radiance Goddess Martial Soul Fusion Skill to kill a Netherworld Mantis, then absorbed its purple Soul Ring and two External Soul Bones. After testing her new second soul skill, she discovered it could enhance her attacks and fire armor-piercing Blade Qi Slashes.

• Zhu Zhuqing trapped the Netherworld Mantis with the taiji diagram and crushed its head, killing it after thirty seconds.
• Zhu Zhuqing carried the corpse out of the Star Dou Great Forest and returned to her territory before absorbing its purple Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing absorbed the Soul Ring over three hours, strengthening her body as she converted its Soul Power.
• Zhu Zhuqing endured another three hours of intense pain while fusing two External Soul Bones into her palms.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested her Second Soul Skill, Netherworld Slash, and discovered it could create two Blade Qi Slashes with eighty percent Armor Break.

After gaining the Blade Edge External Soul Bone, Zhu Zhuqing planned ways to overcome the slow cultivation expected after Level 30 and spent nearly a year developing her Soul Power and abilities. She used her Tai Chi Great Formation to break through to Level 30 at age nine.

• Zhu Zhuqing tested Blade Edge, which let her attacks break armor, and reviewed how the Netherworld Mantis had raised her Soul Power to level 25 and strengthened her body.
• Zhu Zhuqing considered ways to increase her cultivation speed after Level 30, settling on self Martial Soul Fusion cultivation and reclaiming time otherwise lost from cultivation.
• Zhu Zhuqing repeatedly failed to cultivate through Self Martial Soul Fusion and struggled to make Soul Power cultivation happen with every breath, while improving her Soul Power control and practicing with her blades.
• Nearly a year later, Zhu Zhuqing reached the peak of level 29 and prepared to break through using a Tai Chi Great Formation driven by Black Cat and White Tiger.
• Zhu Zhuqing drew vast Soul Power into her Dantian and broke through to Level 30, experiencing a change in her perception of the world.

After discovering that her two Extreme Martial Souls made cultivation far more demanding, Zhu Zhuqing decided to leave her valley and hunt a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast. In the Star Dou Great Forest, she ambushed a fifteen-thousand-year Ghost Tiger with her Eternal Darkness Form.

• Zhu Zhuqing found that her two rounds of Soul Power purification made her power exceptionally pure but greatly increased the effort needed to advance.
• Zhu Zhuqing resolved to leave the mountain valley and seek a Ten Thousand Year Soul Beast for her third Soul Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing traveled to the mixed region of the Star Dou Great Forest and searched for Dark Attribute Agility System Soul Beasts.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted a fifteen-thousand-year Ghost Tiger and judged that her Extreme Darkness could suppress its strength.
• Zhu Zhuqing approached within five meters unseen, activated Eternal Darkness Form, and drove a blade into the Ghost Tiger.

Zhu Zhuqing killed and absorbed a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger Soul Ring in the Star Dou Great Forest, reaching level 32 and gaining a new shadow-cloning soul skill. After testing the skill, she left the forest, thinking about how to better control her clones.

• Zhu Zhuqing ambushed and killed a ten-thousand-year Ghost Tiger with her Ultimate Attributes and Blade Edge knives.
• Zhu Zhuqing hid in a sealed cave and absorbed the Ghost Tiger's Soul Ring, raising her Soul Power to level 32.
• Zhu Zhuqing tested her third soul skill, Shadow Clone, and discovered she could create three clones and swap places with them within a hundred meters.
• Zhu Zhuqing decided she needed a multitasking technique to control her clones more effectively, then ran toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Zhu Zhuqing traveled to Star Luo City to seek medicinal knowledge from the Breaking Clan and secretly returned to see her eldest sister. She reunited with Zhu Zhuyun, who scolded her for disappearing before embracing her, and Zhu Zhuqing felt reassured that her sister still cared about her.

• Zhu Zhuqing crossed the Star Dou Great Forest and headed for the Star Luo Empire to seek the Breaking Clan’s knowledge of medicinal herbs.
• After reaching Star Luo City, Zhu Zhuqing concealed herself and explored the streets near Duke Nether’s Mansion.
• Zhu Zhuqing spotted Zhu Zhuyun and followed her into a deserted alley.
• Zhu Zhuyun mistook the cloaked Zhu Zhuqing for a threat until Zhu Zhuqing revealed herself.
• Zhu Zhuyun slapped Zhu Zhuqing on the head, then embraced her and said how worried she had been.
• Zhu Zhuqing hugged Zhu Zhuyun back and felt less alone in the world.

Zhu Zhuqing reunited with Zhu Zhuyun at an inn and explained why she had hidden her talent and stayed away from the Zhu Family. After revealing that she had reached Soul Elder at age nine, she asked Zhu Zhuyun for help.

• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing about her sudden appearance and demanded to know where she had been for the past year.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had concealed her Innate Full Soul Power and described some of her progress while keeping her Twin Martial Souls secret.
• Zhu Zhuqing refused to return to the Zhu Family, fearing the Star Luo Imperial Family would imprison her or force her into a political marriage.
• Zhu Zhuqing used Martial Soul Possession to reveal her Soul Power, and Zhu Zhuyun realized she had reached Soul Elder at age nine.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhu Zhuyun for help, and Zhu Zhuyun agreed despite teasing her about coming back with ulterior motives.

Zhu Zhuqing obtained Zhu Zhuyun’s Prince’s Token so she could negotiate with the Breaking Clan for herbal knowledge, then set out west. She discovered Wolf Bandits attacking a village within Star Luo Empire and moved to fight them.

• Zhu Zhuqing persuaded Zhu Zhuyun to lend her Dai Weisi’s Prince’s Token, planning to trade its favor for the Breaking Clan’s herbal knowledge.
• Zhu Zhuyun gave Zhu Zhuqing the token and urged her not to cause trouble; Zhu Zhuqing promised to return and left after dinner.
• Zhu Zhuqing traveled west, stopping to cultivate along the way.
• Zhu Zhuqing heard a Soul Power-laden wolf howl and followed it to a village under attack by about fifty Wolf Bandits.
• Zhu Zhuqing drew Blade Edge and used One Shadow Transforms into Three Pure Ones to send four shadows toward the village.

Zhu Zhuqing and her three clones rescued the women in a mountain village by silently killing the wounded wolf bandits. After defeating the Wolf Bandit Leader and his remaining guards, Zhu Zhuqing collapsed from the horror and nausea of the slaughter.

• Zhu Zhuqing recognized that the wounded wolf bandits had fled to the village after losing most of their pack in another battle.
• Zhu Zhuqing and her three clones used stealth and quick blade strikes to kill the scattered wolf bandits and save the women they had cornered.
• The Wolf Bandit Leader sensed the growing smell of his subordinates' blood and gathered his remaining guards to prepare for an attack.
• Zhu Zhuqing's three clones fought the guards while Zhu Zhuqing ambushed the Wolf Bandit Leader and sliced off his lower body.
• Zhu Zhuqing and her clones killed the Wolf Bandit Leader before he could unleash his Wind Blade, and Zhu Zhuqing dropped to her knees, overwhelmed by nausea.

Zhu Zhuqing escaped the village after killing the wolf bandits and collecting three soul bones, then traveled to the Breaking Clan to offer it the First Prince’s support. Yang Wudi hesitated over joining the prince’s faction, and Zhu Zhuqing stopped him before he could refuse.

• Zhu Zhuqing vomited after killing the wolf bandits, then searched their bodies with her clones and collected three left leg soul bones.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the village unseen and cultivated in seclusion, concluding that the Fusion Method made it too difficult to cultivate near people.
• Ten days later, Zhu Zhuqing arrived at the Breaking Clan’s rundown territory and presented the First Prince’s Token to gain an audience with Yang Wudi.
• Zhu Zhuqing argued that the First Prince could protect the Breaking Clan and restore its prosperity, while Yang Wudi struggled between his clan’s needs and his pride.
• Yang Wudi began to refuse the offer, but Zhu Zhuqing interrupted him and urged him not to reject it yet.

Zhu Zhuqing traded the First Prince's Token to Yang Wudi for the Breaking Clan's medicinal herb records and pills. After she vanished using her shadow ability, Yang Wudi accepted the token and summoned the city's nobles to announce the Breaking Clan's resurgence.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the token did not require the Breaking Clan to publicly join the First Prince's faction.
• Zhu Zhuqing offered the token in exchange for the Breaking Clan's records on medicinal herbs, and Yang Wudi agreed to include higher-grade Detoxification Pills and Poison Evasion Pills.
• Yang Wudi gave Zhu Zhuqing the records and two bottles of pills, then warned her not to use the token to throw her weight around.
• Zhu Zhuqing gave Yang Wudi the First Prince's Token and disappeared into the shadows without leaving a detectable aura.
• Yang Wudi was frightened by Zhu Zhuqing's ability and ordered someone to invite every noble in the city so he could declare the Breaking Clan's rise.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to Star Luo City and secretly visited Duke Nether's Mansion before going to the First Prince's Mansion. After leaving Soul Bones for her sisters and Dai Weisi's fiancée, she arrived with a valuable Soul Bone to repay Zhu Zhuyun for giving her the Prince's Token.

• Zhu Zhuyun told Dai Weisi that Zhu Zhuqing had returned and taken his Prince's Token, and Dai Weisi agreed not to mind.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered Duke Nether's Mansion in disguise and saw that her Second Sister was idle while the girl replacing her trained diligently.
• Zhu Zhuqing left a three-thousand-year Soul Bone in the girl's room and a five-thousand-year Soul Bone in Zhu Zhuyu's room.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to the First Prince's Mansion carrying a nine-thousand-year Gale Wolf Bandit Left Leg Bone for Zhu Zhuyun.