Chapter Summaries

Le Ling asked Qian Daoliu to help find information about the Asura God, whom she believed was connected to her father’s death. After leaving for the Sunset Forest to find another soul ring, Qian Daoliu arranged for Spirit Hall to investigate the god and ended the night holding the sleeping Le Ling.

• Le Ling told Qian Daoliu that she sought the Asura God’s help to avenge her father, and Qian Daoliu promised to search for traces of the god through Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu and Le Ling left the Star Dou Great Forest, collected Steward Yao, and traveled toward the Sunset Forest.
• After arriving in a nearby town at night, Qian Daoliu carried the sleeping Le Ling to their shared hotel room.
• Qian Daoliu told Steward Yao to have Spirit Hall branches report any information about the Asura God.
• Qian Daoliu tucked Le Ling in, took a cold shower, and then drew her into his arms as they slept.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu shared an awkward morning at the hotel before traveling to Sunset Forest to search for a suitable ten-thousand-year soul beast. After three days without finding one, Le Ling questioned why Qian Daoliu had brought them there instead of staying in Star Dou Great Forest.

• Le Ling woke to find Qian Daoliu beside her in bed and scolded him for not sharing a room with Steward Yao.
• Qian Daoliu teased Le Ling about calling him “A Liu” and about her dream, prompting her to flee into the bathing room.
• Steward Yao brought breakfast, and Le Ling and Qian Daoliu ate before setting out for Sunset Forest.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu searched Sunset Forest for three days but found only soul beasts with thousand-year cultivation.
• Le Ling complained that they should have stayed in Star Dou Great Forest, while Qian Daoliu worried she would blame him if they found no suitable soul beast.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu continued searching Sunset Forest for spirit beasts, but she fell asleep in his arms without finding any. A spirit beast’s illusion then made her mistake Qian Daoliu for her father’s killer, and he tried to reach her by recalling their shared memories.

• Le Ling blamed Qian Daoliu for their three fruitless days of searching, but they still found no ten-thousand-year spirit beast by nightfall.
• Qian Daoliu draped his cloak over Le Ling and held her as she fell asleep beside the campfire.
• Le Ling cried out about her parents in a nightmare, then woke under an illusion and clamped her hands around Qian Daoliu’s throat.
• Qian Daoliu realized a powerful spiritual attack had made Le Ling believe he had killed her father, but he feared using force would hurt her.
• Qian Daoliu recalled their six months together and urged Le Ling to remember their happy moments so she could resist the illusion.

Le Ling broke free of a Three-Eyed Demonic Fox’s illusions and killed the sixty-thousand-year-old beast after it showed her a vision of Qian Daoliu with his wife. Qian Daoliu realized the fox had used an unpleasant scene involving him to provoke Le Ling, while she remained cold toward him.

• Le Ling was trapped in a nightmare and nearly strangled Qian Daoliu before realizing she was under illusion-based mind control.
• The Three-Eyed Demonic Fox showed Le Ling Qian Daoliu with his wife, but Le Ling broke free and demanded that the attacker reveal itself.
• Seven Three-Eyed Demonic Foxes appeared, and Qian Daoliu warned Le Ling that the beast could create clones and wield powerful illusions.
• Le Ling used her Phantom skill to identify the real fox, then feinted with her Crimson Light Storm and struck its true body.
• Le Ling killed the fox with a ring of flame, and Qian Daoliu realized its vision had involved him.

Le Ling absorbed the Three-Eyed Demonic Fox's soul ring and gained a third tail and a clone skill, but she continued to reject Qian Daoliu after the fox's illusion exposed upsetting things. They returned to Spirit City, leaving their relationship strained and Le Ling unsure how to feel about him.

• The Three-Eyed Demonic Fox dropped a Spirit-Concentrated Bewitching Skull, which Le Ling stored before absorbing its soul ring.
• After an hour, Le Ling absorbed the ring, gained a third fox tail and the fox's clone skill, and decided to save the head soul bone for a safer place.
• Le Ling avoided Qian Daoliu's attempts to carry her and walked with him out of Sunset Forest, ignoring him along the way.
• At the nearby town, Le Ling refused to share food or water with Qian Daoliu, while he warned Steward Yao not to provoke her and arranged their return to Spirit City.
• Le Ling, Qian Daoliu, and Steward Yao left town by carriage after lunch, and Le Ling reflected that she both loved and hated Qian Daoliu.

Le Ling returned to Spirit City and chose to stay at the Papal Palace despite Qian Daoliu’s efforts to speak with her. After showing Hu Liena her three-tailed Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox Martial Soul and powerful new Spirit Rings, Le Ling agreed to attend Spirit Hall Academy while she continued cultivating and waiting for news of the Asura God.

• During the five-day journey, Le Ling ignored Qian Daoliu and cultivated through the nights instead of speaking to him.
• At the Papal Palace’s mountainside entrance, Le Ling rejected Qian Daoliu’s request to explain and went inside while he let her leave.
• Le Ling reunited with A Jian and learned that Hu Liena and the Pope had visited while she was away.
• Le Ling showed Hu Liena her three-tailed Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox Martial Soul and revealed that she had gained three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings, a Spirit Bone, and reached Soul Power Level thirty-nine.
• Hu Liena suggested that Le Ling enroll at Spirit Hall Academy, and Le Ling agreed so she could study and cultivate there.
• Hu Liena hurried off to arrange Le Ling’s enrollment with the academy dean.

Le Ling absorbed the Spirit Condensation Charm Spirit Bone, strengthening her Spiritual Power and Phantom, while Qian Daoliu told the Six Offerings about their trip and asked them how to win her forgiveness. The chapter ended with Le Ling preparing to attend Spirit Hall Academy and discovering that Phantom could now affect Soul Masters below the Titled Douluo level.

• Le Ling absorbed the Spirit Condensation Charm Spirit Bone in her room.
• Qian Daoliu recounted his trip with Le Ling to the Six Offerings, including her powerful Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox Sacred Body and her cold treatment of him after their encounter with a Three-Eyed Demonic Fox.
• The Six Offerings laughed at Qian Daoliu's complaints before advising him to coax Le Ling and pursue her again; Qian Daoliu warned Jiang Mo not to call her his sister-in-law in front of her.
• Steward Yao told Qian Daoliu that Le Ling planned to attend Spirit Hall Academy, and Qian Daoliu instructed the academy dean to take good care of her.
• Le Ling continued cultivating after absorbing the Spirit Bone and found that Phantom could now affect Soul Masters below the Titled Douluo level.

Le Ling dined with Hu Liena, then refused Bibi Dong’s proposal to become a bishop in Gengxin City, leaving her uncertain about her feelings for Qian Daoliu. When she heard that Qian Daoliu was drunk and calling for her, she refused to visit him and ordered that he be made to sober up with ice water.

• Hu Liena invited Le Ling to dinner and learned that Le Ling did not know what her relationship with Qian Daoliu was now.
• Hu Liena introduced Spirit Hall Academy to Le Ling, who planned to start studying there the next morning.
• Bibi Dong asked Le Ling to manage the Spirit Hall branch in Gengxin City, but Le Ling refused to be drawn into Bibi Dong’s conflict with the Qian Family.
• Le Ling returned to her room and pondered whether her feelings for Qian Daoliu had influenced her refusal.
• A Jian told Le Ling that Steward Yao had come because Qian Daoliu was drunk and calling her name, but Le Ling refused to go and told A Jian to have him soak in ice water.

Le Ling initially refused to visit Worship Hall, but Steward Yao and A Jian tricked her into going by claiming Qian Daoliu was drunk and calling for her. She confronted the Six Offerings and then found Qian Daoliu pretending to be drunk, leaving her furious as he leaned on her and asked her to care for him.

• A Jian told Steward Yao that Le Ling refused to visit Qian Daoliu and repeated her suggestion to use ice water on him.
• Le Ling rejected Steward Yao’s pleas until he and A Jian claimed that Qian Daoliu had driven out the maids and kept calling her name.
• Le Ling went to Worship Hall, where Guang Ling called her Little Le Ling and Azure Luan addressed her as sister-in-law.
• Le Ling told the Six Offerings she had nothing to do with Qian Daoliu and walked over to confront him.
• Qian Daoliu suddenly stood, pulled Le Ling close, and claimed he was drunk and needed her to care for him, prompting her to accuse him of pretending.

Qian Daoliu pretended to be tipsy so Le Ling would take him to his room, where he held her until she fell asleep. The next morning, Hu Liena waited for Le Ling outside the Worship Hall, surprised that she might have spent the night with Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Daoliu clung to Le Ling in the dining hall, and the Six Offerings left them alone together.
• Qian Daoliu kissed Le Ling's neck, then persuaded her to help him back to his room.
• Le Ling removed Qian Daoliu's shoes and outer robe, but he pulled her into his arms and pretended to fall asleep.
• Le Ling tried to free herself and fight back, but Qian Daoliu's Soul Power restrained her until she fell asleep in his arms.
• Qian Daoliu woke before Le Ling and continued holding her as they slept.
• Steward Yao told Qian Daoliu that Hu Liena was waiting outside the hall to go to the academy with Le Ling.

Le Ling left Qian Daoliu after discovering he had pretended to be drunk to cling to her, and she angrily hid the kiss mark he left on her neck. She then traveled with Hu Liena to Martial Soul Hall Academy, where they met Xie Yue and Yan.

• Le Ling told Qian Daoliu she would not let him fool her again and left the Worship Hall before he could explain himself.
• Hu Liena noticed the red mark on Le Ling's neck, and Le Ling realized Qian Daoliu had left it with a kiss.
• Le Ling confronted A Jian about keeping quiet about Qian Daoliu's act, then washed, changed, and covered the mark with her hair.
• Le Ling and Hu Liena rode a carriage to Martial Soul Hall Academy on the outskirts of Spirit City.
• Hu Liena introduced Le Ling to her brother Xie Yue and their friend Yan, and the four entered the academy together.

Le Ling enrolled at Martial Soul Hall Academy and joined the Great Deacon Class, where her level thirty-nine Soul Power made her its strongest student. On her first day, Teacher Lu Yuan sent her to open the class’s simulated soul beast combat assessment, and she chose to fight alone.

• Hu Liena showed Le Ling around the academy and accompanied her with Xie Yue and Yan to register for the Great Deacon Class.
• Le Ling introduced herself as a level thirty-nine Attack Type Battle Soul Venerable with a Heavenly Fox martial soul, but did not confirm Lu Yuan’s claim that it was the Ten-tailed Heavenly Fox.
• Lu Yuan led the class to the Simulated Cultivation Environment and explained how its soul beast habitats and combat assessments worked.
• Lu Yuan chose Le Ling to open the practical combat class, and she decided to enter alone.

Le Ling entered the Simulated Cultivation Environment alone and revealed that she had three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings. She faced a fifty-thousand-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear, leaving the fight still underway as she evaded its attacks.

• Le Ling insisted on taking the one-on-one challenge despite Teacher Lu Yuan warning her about the danger.
• Le Ling entered a randomly selected tropical rainforest and summoned her Heavenly Fox Martial Soul, displaying three Ten Thousand Year Spirit Rings.
• Teacher Lu Yuan identified the simulated opponent as a fifty-thousand-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear and explained its strength to Hu Liena and the others.
• Le Ling climbed into a tree and used her speed and three tails to dodge the bear's powerful claw strikes.

Le Ling defeated a simulated fifty-thousand-year Blood Demon Berserk Bear and earned 145 points in her first soul beast practical combat class. Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan entered the Simulated Cultivation Environment together for the next challenge, while Qian Daoliu ordered Guang Ling to apologize to Le Ling.

• Le Ling used Flame Cut to distract the Blood Demon Berserk Bear, but it broke free of her Phantom bewitchment.
• Le Ling summoned six Heavenly Fox Clones, stunned the bear with Crimson Light Storm, and hurled it into trees until it disappeared.
• Lu Yuan awarded Le Ling 145 points, and the students were impressed and fully convinced by her performance.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan volunteered to challenge as a group and entered the Simulated Cultivation Environment.
• Qian Daoliu told Guang Ling to apologize to Le Ling for how he had addressed her, and Azure Luan dragged Guang Ling away.
• After seeing Le Ling's solo battle, the remaining students entered the Simulated Cultivation Environment in groups rather than alone.

After Le Ling rejected joining the future Elite Competition team, she explained that she only wanted to grow stronger and return to the Five Elements Continent to take revenge. On her way back to Spirit Hall with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, Third Offering and Fifth Offering stopped the carriage and asked her to speak with them.

• Lu Yuan announced the practical combat rankings and told the class that the seven students with the highest combined combat and theory scores would be selected for the Elite Competition team.
• Le Ling asked Lu Yuan to exclude her practical scores from the team assessment and insisted that she would not compete even if selected.
• Le Ling told Lu Yuan and Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that she wanted only to cultivate and become strong enough to return to the Five Elements Continent and take revenge.
• Hu Liena took Le Ling to lunch, then she, Xie Yue, and Yan rode with Le Ling back toward Spirit Hall to rest before afternoon classes.
• Third Offering and Fifth Offering blocked the carriage near the Papal Palace, and Third Offering called Le Ling his sister-in-law and asked her to talk.

Le Ling confronted Guang Ling about how he addressed her, but Qian Daoliu interrupted and teased her about their intimacy. Qian Daoliu arranged to have the nearby road closed so Le Ling’s carriage would pass the Worship Hall, and she realized he had done it to see her.

• Azure Luan urged Guang Ling to apologize to Le Ling, and Guang Ling reluctantly apologized before calling her Sister-in-law.
• Le Ling insisted she had no relationship with Qian Daoliu, but Qian Daoliu teased her about sharing a hotel bed and the mark he had left on her neck.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Steward Yao to close the road near the Papal Palace to carriages, prompting Azure Luan and Steward Yao to infer he wanted Le Ling’s carriage to pass through the Worship Hall grounds.
• Guang Ling called Le Ling Xiao Le Ling again, and Azure Luan carried him away after Steward Yao explained why the others used Sister-in-law.
• When Le Ling’s carriage took the longer route that afternoon, she saw Qian Daoliu waiting outside the Worship Hall and realized he had closed the other road to see her.

Le Ling avoided Qian Daoliu after he tricked her by pretending to be drunk, while he tried to arrange more chances to see her. That night, Qian Daoliu secretly entered her room and held her as she suffered another nightmare.

• Le Ling told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that Qian Daoliu had tricked her, then fell silent when Hu Liena asked whether she could bear to give him up.
• Le Ling told the carriage driver to avoid the road past the Worship Hall, and Qian Daoliu learned she had taken the back mountain route to avoid him.
• Steward Yao suggested blocking the back mountain road too, and Qian Daoliu praised his cunning before sending him to handle it.
• Le Ling wished she had rice wine to drink in the bath, and Qian Daoliu, who had been listening outside her window, laughed and nearly gave himself away.
• Qian Daoliu entered Le Ling's room through the window after she fell asleep, climbed into bed beside her, and comforted her as she fell into a nightmare.

After learning how severe Le Ling’s nightmares were, Qian Daoliu resolved to treat her nightly and used his Angel Martial Soul to ease her sleep. The next day, Le Ling went to cultivate at the academy during lunch, and Xie Yue informed Qian Daoliu of her changed routine.

• Qian Daoliu learned that Le Ling’s Nightmare Affliction required long-term care and decided to help her, beginning with a nightly visit and the purification power of his Six-winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Le Ling woke feeling refreshed, noticed the red mark on her neck, and went to breakfast with Hu Liena before leaving for the academy.
• Le Ling told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that she would spend her lunch break cultivating in the Simulated Cultivation Environment to break through her level-thirty-nine bottleneck.
• When the carriage returned to the Worship Hall at noon, Xie Yue told Qian Daoliu that Le Ling would no longer come back to rest, and Qian Daoliu acknowledged the news.

Qian Daoliu arranged for Steward Yao to invite Le Ling to dinner at the Worship Hall after she stopped returning at noon. When Le Ling refused to ride inside, Steward Yao threatened to take the Papal Palace cooks, and she entered the hall while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan escaped by carriage.

• Qian Daoliu learned that Le Ling would stay at the academy to cultivate, and the Six Offerings suggested inviting her to dinner in the evening.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Steward Yao to stop Le Ling's carriage each evening and invite her to dine at the Worship Hall.
• Steward Yao stopped Le Ling's carriage that evening, but she refused his invitation and started walking away.
• Steward Yao threatened to seize the Papal Palace cooks, and Le Ling turned around and walked into the Worship Hall.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan used the distraction to leave in the carriage.

Le Ling reluctantly joined Qian Daoliu for dinner, and they agreed to share dinner at the Worship Hall each evening after he reopened the carriage roads. She still refused to forgive him or move in, while Qian Daoliu planned to keep treating her Nightmare Affliction at night; the next morning, Le Ling told Hu Liena she could eat dinner alone.

• Qian Daoliu apologized for pretending to be drunk and tried to make peace with Le Ling over dinner, teasing her until she began responding to him.
• After dinner, Qian Daoliu asked Le Ling to stay at the Worship Hall and then bargained for nightly dinners together; she agreed on condition that he reopen the roads for carriages.
• Qian Daoliu escorted Le Ling to her room, but she refused to let him inside because she had not forgiven him; he later waited outside and planned to treat her Nightmare Affliction after she fell asleep.
• The next morning, Le Ling learned that Qian Daoliu had reopened the carriage roads and told the guard to use the route by the Worship Hall on their evening return.
• Le Ling teased Hu Liena that she would have to eat dinner alone, while Xie Yue and Yan laughed.