Chapter Summaries

Le Ling reunited with Mo Yin at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and explained that she was staying away from Spirit City both out of anger at Qian Daoliu and to watch Tang San. She refused to see Xue Qinghe and threatened to marry Chen Xin if Qian Daoliu came to take her back, leaving Qian Renxue even more anxious.

• Mo Yin visited Le Ling in the rear courtyard, where she cried in his arms after he pledged his loyalty to her.
• Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi saw Le Ling and Mo Yin embracing, and Chen Xin left in anger.
• Le Ling told Mo Yin she would remain at the sect for now to avoid Qian Daoliu and keep watch on Tang San.
• Le Ling ordered Mo Yin to tell Xue Qinghe that she would marry Chen Xin if Qian Daoliu tried to take her back.
• Mo Yin relayed Le Ling's message to Qian Renxue, who grew even more nervous.

Xue Qinghe left Princess Grandma at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Mo Yin warned that pressuring her to return would only make her more stubborn. He planned to bring her back to Spirit City in half a year, when the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition might draw her there to watch Shrek.

• Xue Qinghe argued with Mo Yin about persuading Princess Grandma to return, and Mo Yin explained that she was angry about Seventh Offering’s attempt to take her back and had another reason connected to Shrek.
• Mo Yin agreed to stay with Princess Grandma and promised to persuade her to return once her Soul Power Level reached seventy; Xue Qinghe offered to obtain the First Prize Soul Beast for her.
• After Xue Qinghe left with Ling Yuan, Chen Xin asked Mo Yin about his relationship with Xiao Le, but Mo Yin refused to answer, prompting Ning Fengzhi to speculate and then flee Chen Xin’s glare.
• In the carriage, Xue Qinghe told Jiang Mo and Ling Yuan not to force Princess Grandma to leave the sect and promised Jiang Mo that a letter would protect him from punishment for his unfinished mission.
• Xue Qinghe explained that the competition in half a year could bring Princess Grandma to Spirit City, either with Shrek or alongside the delegation he would lead, and wondered whether his grandfather could wait that long.

Jiang Mo returned to Spirit City without bringing Le Ling back and asked Golden Crocodile to help him deliver the Young Master's letter to Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu struggled to contain his anger after learning Le Ling was at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and had threatened to marry Chen Xin if he came for her.

• Jiang Mo returned to the Worship Hall and summoned Golden Crocodile because he was afraid Qian Daoliu would blame him for failing to bring Le Ling back.
• Golden Crocodile read the Young Master's letter and agreed to accompany Jiang Mo to see Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu heard that Jiang Mo had returned and learned he had failed to persuade Le Ling to come back.
• Golden Crocodile gave Qian Daoliu the letter, which revealed that Le Ling was at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and would marry Chen Xin if Qian Daoliu came for her.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether Le Ling would really marry Chen Xin, and Golden Crocodile warned that she probably would.

Le Ling broke through the level-sixty-nine bottleneck and reached level seventy while cultivating at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. She asked Xue Qinghe to help her obtain the First Prize Soul Beast from the Royal Hunting Ground, while Xue Qinghe also learned that Ge Long coveted her and vowed to kill him.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to wait instead of going after Le Ling, and told Jiang Mo to train soldiers at the military department.
• Le Ling cultivated for ten days at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while Mo Yin kept Chen Xin from joining her walks.
• Le Ling’s Vengeful Qi surged during her breakthrough, but the Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit suppressed it with the Power of Pacification as Le Ling reached level seventy and grew a seventh tail.
• Mo Yin reminded Le Ling that Xue Qinghe had offered to help her obtain the First Prize Soul Beast, so she wrote Xue Qinghe a letter asking for it.
• Xue Qinghe read Le Ling’s request and said he would speak to the Heaven Dou Emperor, then learned from Ling Yuan that Ge Long coveted Le Ling and vowed to kill him.

Xue Qinghe persuaded Emperor Xue Ye to investigate corruption in the military department and to award Military Advisor Le the Light Attribute First Prize Soul Beast. Xue Ye abandoned his hopes of marrying her to the Crown Prince, and Xue Qinghe left with a writ to take her to the Royal Hunting Ground.

• Chief Steward Yu Kang told Xue Ye that Xue Qinghe was waiting, and the Crown Prince raised Military Advisor Le’s blocked entry into the military department.
• Xue Qinghe explained that Le no longer wanted to join because the department was too complicated, and Xue Ye ordered a secret investigation of its personnel, including the marshal.
• Xue Ye suggested marrying Le to Xue Qinghe, but Xue Qinghe said she loved someone else and described that man as surpassing Sword Douluo in overall ability.
• Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye that Le’s Soul Power Level had reached seventy and requested the Light Attribute First Prize Soul Beast as her additional hunting-event reward.
• Xue Ye granted the soul beast to Le and ordered Xue Qinghe to take her to the Royal Hunting Ground; Xue Qinghe left with the writ and headed for Seven Treasures City.

Xue Qinghe arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the First Prize Soul Beast for Le Ling, but Le Ling refused to meet her until later that night. Xue Qinghe finally caught up with Le Ling in the back garden and promised to take her side against her grandfather.

• Xue Qinghe arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, where Mo Yin told her that Le Ling would meet her at the Royal Hunting Ground the next day but would not receive her that evening.
• Mo Yin teased Xue Qinghe by asking her to keep him company in exchange for putting in a good word, then left without helping her.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Xue Qinghe to stay overnight and told her that Le Ling usually walked in the back garden after dinner.
• Xue Qinghe waited in the back garden, then caught Le Ling at the lotus pond pavilion and stopped her from leaving.
• Le Ling accused Xue Qinghe of helping her grandfather persuade her to return, and Xue Qinghe vowed to take Le Ling's side from then on.

Le Ling recounted her past with Qian Daoliu to Qian Renxue and Mo Yin, then urged Ning Fengzhi to consider aligning with Spirit Hall. She and the others reached the Royal Hunting Ground, where General Roksen reported trouble with the First Prize Soul Beast.

• Le Ling rejected Qian Renxue’s promises but let her persuade her to share memories of her time with Qian Daoliu.
• Mo Yin and Qian Renxue carried the exhausted Le Ling to her guest room after she fell asleep by the lotus pond.
• Le Ling told Ning Fengzhi that she would not oppose Qian Daoliu and urged him to weigh the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s choices carefully.
• Le Ling, Xue Qinghe, and Mo Yin left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for the Royal Hunting Ground.
• General Roksen greeted Xue Qinghe and reported that the First Prize Soul Beast from the previous hunting event had encountered a problem.

Le Ling learned that the First Prize Soul Beast, a Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk, was on the verge of advancing to one hundred thousand years of cultivation, making it too powerful for her to absorb its Soul Ring. When she tried to probe it with Time Rewind, the sparrowhawk became fascinated with Little Flower Spirit, and Le Ling accidentally insulted her companion.

• Luoxen told Xue Qinghe, Le Ling, and the others that the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk had stopped eating and become wrapped in a membrane-like substance.
• Soldier A Qiu reported that the sparrowhawk was about to advance, possibly reaching one hundred thousand years of cultivation.
• Le Ling reasoned that the sparrowhawk would be vulnerable during its evolution and went to examine it in the barracks.
• Le Ling used Time Rewind to probe the sparrowhawk, but it resisted until Little Flower Spirit drew its attention.
• Mo Yin suggested that the sparrowhawk had taken a liking to Little Flower Spirit, and A Qiu explained that brightly colored Soul Beasts were often male.
• Le Ling concluded that Little Flower Spirit was female and called her unattractive, causing Little Flower Spirit to bristle.

Le Ling tried to persuade Little Flower Spirit to help make the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk willingly sacrifice itself, but Little Flower Spirit hesitated because it felt sorry for the sparrowhawk. The sparrowhawk began a courtship dance around Little Flower Spirit, leaving the group to wait and see what the two soul beasts were saying.

• Le Ling teased Little Flower Spirit about seducing the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk into sacrificing itself, but Little Flower Spirit objected to being paired with it.
• Le Ling decided they would use force if the sparrowhawk refused to submit, while Xue Qinghe worried that Le Ling might not survive absorbing its Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Le Ling explained that Little Flower Spirit's Spirit Protection Power could help protect her, and Little Flower Spirit asked for more time to consider helping persuade the sparrowhawk.
• The Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk followed Little Flower Spirit into the air and performed a courtship dance, which an A Qiu soldier identified as a bird-type soul beast custom.
• Le Ling imagined Qian Daoliu dancing to make her laugh and burst out laughing, then the group watched the soul beasts communicate in a language they could not understand.

Little Flower Spirit and the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk agreed to become partners, and the sparrowhawk planned to sacrifice itself to Le Ling after reaching the Hundred-Thousand-Year stage. When its breakthrough began, Le Ling offered to share half its heavenly tribulation, and the sparrowhawk agreed to let her enter before the tribulation arrived.

• The Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk told Le Ling that Little Flower Spirit had agreed to become its mate and that it would sacrifice itself to her in three days.
• Le Ling left Little Flower Spirit with the sparrowhawk while she and the others stayed in barracks arranged by General Roksen.
• Three days later, the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk began its breakthrough toward the Hundred-Thousand-Year stage, drawing Le Ling and the others back to the Soul Beast barracks.
• Little Flower Spirit warned Le Ling that sharing the sparrowhawk's heavenly tribulation could endanger her, but Le Ling decided to take on half because she cared about Little Flower Spirit's feelings.
• The Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk agreed to Le Ling's offer, and Little Flower Spirit flew out to bring her in as the heavenly tribulation neared.

Le Ling and the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk faced a heavenly tribulation as the sparrowhawk sacrificed itself to her. They survived the lightning, and its sacrifice succeeded, leaving Le Ling with a new red soul ring and a mark between her brows.

• Xue Qinghe had General Roksen clear an area of the Royal Hunting Ground so Le Ling and the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk could undergo the sacrifice without interference.
• Le Ling asked the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk about the heavenly tribulation, and it explained that it had chosen to sacrifice itself to her after being captured and seeing no other path.
• Dark clouds gathered, and the Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk and Le Ling prepared as a lightning bolt formed and plunged toward them.
• The Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk released a magnetic field while Le Ling used Heavenly Fox Possession to shield them, but the lightning struck and Le Ling spat blood.
• The Brilliant Ling Sparrowhawk reached the Hundred Thousand Year Level and began its sacrifice, whose energy fused with the remaining tribulation force inside Le Ling.
• A red ring settled around Le Ling's seventh Great Fox Tail as the clouds cleared, and the Little Flower Spirit announced that the tribulation and sacrifice had succeeded.

Le Ling survived the heavenly tribulation and gained an evolved skill that could glimpse a person's next three months, along with seven Soul Power levels and Yao Ying's Spirit Bone. Back at the palace, Qian Renxue told her that Qian Daoliu wanted her to return to Spirit City, and Le Ling did not refuse outright.

• General Roksen dispersed the onlookers, and Yao Ying emerged from Le Ling's spirit ring in its majestic Yao Ying form.
• Yao Ying explained that its clan could choose between Yao Ying and Ling Sparrow forms, and that it had chosen the form Little Flower Spirit liked.
• Yao Ying told Le Ling that her Time Rewind skill had evolved during the tribulation and could now show events up to three months ahead, though the future could change.
• Le Ling revealed that her Soul Power had risen seven levels to level seventy-seven and that she had gained Ah Ying's Radiance Left Leg Spirit Bone.
• Xue Qinghe brought everyone back to the imperial palace, where Qian Renxue wrote to Qian Daoliu about the events at the Royal Hunting Ground.
• Qian Renxue offered to accompany Le Ling to Spirit City after the Elite Competition preliminaries, and Le Ling neither accepted nor refused.

After an investigation uncovered Prince Xue Xing’s extensive placements in the Heaven Dou Military Department, Xue Ye ordered the Crown Prince to investigate and arrest him, along with implicated officials and noble families. Qian Renxue left Ge Long untouched for now, and seven days later the Heaven Dou preliminary division of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition opened.

• Le Ling’s Soul Power Level rose to seventy-nine after she absorbed her spirit bone and digested the energy of her Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Xue Ye learned that more than three hundred people of unclear backgrounds had entered the Military Department as officers, including over a hundred placed there by Xue Xing, and ordered a full investigation.
• The Crown Prince and the Political Supervision Department found that Xue Xing’s placements were connected to noble family branches, and Xue Ye treated the conspiracy as an attempt to rebel.
• Xue Qinghe led guards to arrest Xue Xing and confiscate his residence, then ordered that Xue Xing’s tongue be cut out after interrogation for insulting Military Advisor Le.
• Qian Renxue spared Ge Long until after the upcoming Elite Competition, while Xue Beng acted increasingly tyrannical to appear incompetent and avoid the Crown Prince’s attention.
• Seven days later, the Heaven Dou Empire preliminary division of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Competition opened in Heaven Dou City.

Le Ling attended the Elite Tournament opening ceremony at the Heaven Dou Great Douluo Arena and intervened when Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy argued. After noticing an illusion-type Soul Master among Canghui Academy, she drew Tang San’s attention, and he confronted her over their past encounter.

• Le Ling arrived at the arena with Ling Yuan and Mo Yin, where Manager Yao escorted them inside through a special passage.
• Le Ling heard Shrek Academy and Canghui Academy arguing, so she asked Manager Yao whether teams could fight before the matches.
• Flender and Ye Zhi Qiu blamed each other for the dispute, and Manager Yao warned both academies that another incident would get them disqualified.
• Le Ling identified an elderly man in white from Canghui Academy as an illusion-type Soul Master.
• Tang San recognized Le Ling and angrily approached her to settle the score over her previous soul skill.

Le Ling used Ling Yuan and Spirit Stone to suppress Tang San, then used her Eye of Heaven to see his next three months, finding no clue to the Asura God. After Le Ling left, Flender warned Tang San not to provoke her again, while Ling Yuan revealed that a girl near Shrek Academy was a soul beast in human form.

• Ling Yuan forced Tang San to his knees with her Soul Power, and Le Ling’s Great Fox Tail dragged him before her.
• Liu Erlong rushed to intervene, but Spirit Stone’s gust of wind drove her and Yu Xiaogang back; Manager Yao asked Le Ling to spare Tang San.
• Le Ling used the glowing mark on her brow and her Eye of Heaven to inspect Tang San’s next three months, but saw nothing about the Asura God’s whereabouts.
• Le Ling flung Tang San toward Zhao Wuji and left with Ling Yuan, Mo Yin, and the Crown Prince’s Personal Guard Captain; Manager Yao warned Shrek Academy that further trouble could cost them their tournament qualifications.
• Flender told Tang San to stay away from Le Ling, and Xiao Wu comforted him as the Shrek group went to its seating area.
• In the honored guest section, Ling Yuan told Le Ling that she had spotted a girl near Shrek Academy who was a soul beast in human form.

Le Ling learned that Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast and ordered her people to monitor her and Tang San, while mocking Yu Xiaogang’s weak cultivation. Shrek then defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team instantly, and Le Ling left the arena calling them trash.

• Le Ling learned Xiao Wu was a hundred-thousand-year soul beast in human form and ordered the Personal Guard Captain to keep watch over her and Tang San.
• The Personal Guard Captain revealed Yu Xiaogang was stuck at Level Twenty-Nine because of a malignant Martial Soul mutation, and Le Ling and Ling Yuan ridiculed him.
• The tournament opening ceremony began, and Salas drew the first-round matchups, pairing Shrek Academy against Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team.
• Spectators accused the tournament committee of rigging the draw to help Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Le Ling said the teams’ performance would reveal the truth.
• Shrek Academy instantly defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s second team, and Le Ling left the arena calling them trash.

After leaving the Great Soul Arena, Le Ling and her companions overheard Dai Mubai pressuring Zhu Zhuqing and stepped in when she refused to go with him. Dai Mubai left in anger, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Mo Yin for helping her.

• Le Ling decided that she, Ling Yuan, and Mo Yin would eat and explore Heaven Dou City while Xue Qinghe finished at the arena.
• Near their carriage, the group overheard Dai Mubai pleading with Zhu Zhuqing to forgive him and insisting she was his fiancée.
• Le Ling approached Zhu Zhuqing and asked if she needed help, while Zhu Zhuqing denied being Dai Mubai's fiancée and tried to leave.
• Mo Yin struck Dai Mubai's reaching hand with his folding fan, and Le Ling and Mo Yin told him to stop forcing Zhu Zhuqing to go with him.
• Dai Mubai left after Zhu Zhuqing stayed silent, and Zhu Zhuqing thanked Mo Yin for intervening.

Le Ling offered to help Zhu Zhuqing escape her arranged marriage and the Star Luo succession struggle, and Zhu Zhuqing accepted and joined her carriage. While they walked through the city, Le Ling revealed that she knew Zhu Zhuqing came from Star Luo and explained her ability to see the past and near future.

• Le Ling defended helping Zhu Zhuqing and learned that she had a marriage contract with Dai Mubai arranged by their families.
• Le Ling asked whether Zhu Zhuqing wanted to escape her fate, and Zhu Zhuqing admitted she could not fight the marriage alliance and succession struggle alone.
• Le Ling offered her help, and Zhu Zhuqing decided to trust her and boarded the Crown Prince's carriage.
• As they strolled through the city, Zhu Zhuqing described her family's marriage alliances and conflicts without naming Star Luo or Dai Mubai.
• Le Ling deduced that Zhu Zhuqing was from Star Luo, then revealed that her innate skill let her see people's pasts and events up to three months in the future.

Le Ling met She Long at Yipin Mingfang Teahouse and received a letter and birthday earrings from the Great Offering, but she returned the gift and left. She Long was left to explain his failure to the Great Offering.

• Le Ling told Zhu Zhuqing that she could see a person's past and limited glimpses of the future, then sent her companions ahead to meet He and Ning Fengzhi.
• She Long gave Le Ling a letter from the Great Offering for the Young Master to pass along because Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin were nearby.
• She Long presented Le Ling with earrings shaped like the tails of her Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox martial soul as an early birthday gift from the Great Offering.
• Le Ling initially admired the earrings but then closed the box, refused the gift, and left when She Long asked when she would return to Spirit City.
• The Great Offering called to She Long, who began explaining that Le Ling had seemed pleased before abruptly rejecting the gift.

Qian Daoliu came to Heaven Dou City to give Le Ling a birthday gift, but she refused to see him and told She Long to return it to Spirit City. The chapter left Qian Daoliu brooding over Le Ling’s rejection while Chen Xin sat beside her at dinner.

• Qian Daoliu emerged from the inner room and told She Long to find a way to bring Le Ling back to see him.
• Le Ling joined Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Ning Rongrong, Ling Yuan, and Zhu Zhuqing for dinner, and Ning Rongrong teased her about becoming close to Zhu Zhuqing.
• The Personal Guard Captain asked Le Ling to meet She Long, but she refused and told him to send the birthday gift back to Spirit City.
• Le Ling privately told Qian Renxue that she had seen She Long and rejected the gift, then reminded Qian Renxue of a promise she had made half a year earlier.
• The Personal Guard Captain told Qian Daoliu that Le Ling had refused to come and that Chen Xin was sitting beside her; Qian Daoliu asked whether Chen Xin was there.