Chapter Summaries

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu discovered two enormous Pureblood Dragon bones in a sinkhole beneath the Two Forms Spring Eye and suspected they were connected to its formation. They then found the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower, which revealed it had awakened after sensing Le Ling’s Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox Sacred Body and Crimson Fire Phoenix Luan spirit ring.

• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu entered a vast sinkhole and examined two enormous skeletons that Qian Daoliu identified as Pureblood Dragon bones.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu theorized that the bones and a mysterious force were connected to the Two Forms Spring Eye.
• Qian Daoliu asked Le Ling for a kiss as a reward, but a voice interrupted them before they could kiss.
• Le Ling and Qian Daoliu found a fiery flower that Le Ling recognized as the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower.
• The Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower said it had awakened after sensing Le Ling’s sacred body and spirit ring, then coiled a petal around her finger and sent a strange sensation through her body.

Le Ling learned that the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower was bound to her through their ancestors and had awakened on the Douluo Continent after being nourished by the remains of two Dragon Kings. The flower prepared to sacrifice itself as Le Ling’s Fifth Spirit Ring, which could raise her Soul Power to level fifty.

• The Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower explained that it had awakened on the Douluo Continent because the dragon aura of Fire Dragon Grandpa and Water Dragon Grandma had nourished it.
• The flower revealed that Fire Dragon Grandpa and Water Dragon Grandma were Nine Great Dragon Kings whose remains formed the valley’s Two Forms Spring Eye and surrounding terrain.
• The Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower recounted how its ancestor and the Spirit Empress became sworn sisters, creating a bond with future cultivators of the Ten-Tailed Celestial Fox Sacred Body.
• The flower said its sacrifice could become Le Ling’s Fifth Spirit Ring and raise her Soul Power from level forty-three to level fifty.
• After completing a marking ritual with Le Ling, the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower asked her to accept its sacrifice.

Le Ling fused the Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower’s eighty-thousand-year spirit ring, but evil qi triggered her Nightmare Affliction during the process. Her intense resentment destroyed the evil qi, completing her fusion and awakening a connection to the Fire Dragon King.

• The Ten-Tailed Phoenix Kite Flower willingly sacrificed itself to Le Ling, and Qian Daoliu guarded her as she began absorbing its cultivation.
• As Le Ling’s fifth spirit ring was about to form, evil qi entered her consciousness and plunged her into a painful nightmare.
• Qian Daoliu broke the flower-tail sphere and tried to wake Le Ling with the Six-winged Angel’s healing holy light.
• The Fire Dragon King revealed himself as a remnant among the Dragon Clan Bones, while Le Ling’s resentment destroyed the evil qi.
• Le Ling completed her fusion, rose from Soul Power Level forty-three to level fifty-one, and gained the Fire Phoenix Sword as her fifth soul skill.
• The Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit greeted the Fire Dragon King and introduced Le Ling as her mistress, Princess Bai Ling.

Le Ling learned that her Imperial Uncle’s interference had disrupted her soul-ring fusion and may have involved the Asura God, while the Fire Dragon King offered guidance about her Vengeful Qi. The Fire Dragon King also said Qian Daoliu could become a god if he found the right opportunity, leaving Qian Daoliu pressing Le Ling to admit she cared about him.

• Le Ling explained that her Imperial Uncle had planted evil qi in A'Mo, which emerged during her soul-ring fusion and pulled her into a nightmare.
• Le Ling and the Fire Dragon King suspected the Asura God might have brought Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit to Douluo Continent, and Le Ling resolved to find him.
• The Fire Dragon King warned Le Ling that her intense Vengeful Qi could be cultivated into power and offered to help her if she returned.
• The Fire Dragon King told Qian Daoliu that he might become a god if he found the right opportunity, and Le Ling excitedly embraced him and called him A Liu.
• Qian Daoliu asked Le Ling to admit she had forgiven him and cared about him, while she denied it and tried to pull away.

Le Ling rejected Qian Daoliu’s marriage proposal but allowed him to keep trying to make amends as they returned to the Two Forms Spring Eye. There, Dugu Bo mistook Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit for their child, and Qian Daoliu let the misunderstanding stand.

• Le Ling told Qian Daoliu that forgiving him would not erase the hurt he caused and refused to marry him, though she gave him a chance to make amends.
• Qian Daoliu carried Le Ling out of the sinkhole, and she explained that Bai Ling was her real name while Le Ling was an alias based on her mother’s surname.
• Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit caught up with them, and Le Ling recalled it into her martial soul before they returned to the Two Forms Spring Eye.
• Dugu Bo asked what Qian Daoliu and Le Ling had found beneath the Yang Spring, but Le Ling refused to tell him because he had once tried to take her spirit bone.
• Dugu Bo claimed the spring belonged to him, and Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit declared that it belonged to the Fire Dragon and Water Dragon.
• Dugu Bo mistook Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit for Qian Daoliu and Le Ling’s child, and Qian Daoliu stayed silent rather than correct him.

Le Ling accepted responsibility for guarding the Two Forms Spring Eye, the burial ground of the Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King, and arranged for Spirit Hall to protect and catalogue its treasures. Dugu Bo negotiated to keep cultivating there, but Qian Daoliu made access conditional on joining Spirit Hall.

• Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit told Dugu Bo that the Two Forms Spring Eye belonged to the fallen Fire Dragon King and Water Dragon King, whose bones had created the blessed land.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that the dragon kings’ bones lay beneath the spring, and Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit declared that it would decide which humans could enter.
• Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit transferred responsibility for guarding the land to Le Ling, who asked Qian Daoliu to send Spirit Hall members to protect and catalogue it.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Dugu Bo to remove his poison formations, and Dugu Bo offered to do so in exchange for continued use of the spring.
• Qian Daoliu allowed Dugu Bo to cultivate there only if he joined Spirit Hall, leaving Dugu Bo questioning the condition.

Qian Daoliu and Le Ling pressured Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall by denying him access to the Two Forms Spring Eye, and Dugu Bo agreed after explaining that the spring helped control the poison harming him. Le Ling promised to seek a cure for Dugu Yan, while Qian Daoliu and Le Ling remained at the spring, where he teased and kissed her.

• Qian Daoliu told Dugu Bo that only Spirit Hall members could enter the Two Forms Spring Eye, and Le Ling offered him an honorary elder position with the condition that he not interfere with Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall and revealed that the spring suppressed the poison backlash caused by his Jade Scale Snake martial soul.
• Dugu Bo explained that Dugu Yan could suffer the same poison backlash as she grew stronger, and Le Ling said she would ask Steward Yao to find a way to help her.
• Dugu Bo promised to obey Spirit Hall if they cured Dugu Yan, then left to remove the poisonous mist formations around the hill.
• The Phoenix Kite Little Flower Spirit fell asleep in Le Ling's arms, and Qian Daoliu teased Le Ling about having a child with him before kissing her neck.

Qian Daoliu and Le Ling spent the night at an inn after leaving Sunset Forest, where he helped her through another Nightmare Affliction episode and persuaded her to share a new room with him in Spirit City. The next day, Qian Daoliu tricked Le Ling into traveling on one horse, and they set off for Spirit City together.

• At the inn, Le Ling became flustered by Qian Daoliu after noticing his bare torso, and he teased her before she pushed him away when he tried to kiss her.
• Qian Daoliu asked Le Ling to stop sleeping separately after they returned, and she agreed to share a newly prepared room rather than his old one.
• When Le Ling's nightmare returned, Qian Daoliu helped her escape it and used his Six-winged Angel's Healing Holy Light to treat her, believing her condition could be cured in about two years.
• The next morning, Qian Daoliu insisted on buying one horse instead of two, while Le Ling realized he had kept the Gold Soul Coins from her storage ring.
• Qian Daoliu mounted the horse with Le Ling and rode with her toward Spirit City.

Le Ling and Qian Daoliu slowly traveled back to Spirit City, where he tried to help her recover from painful memories and asked her to return to him after pursuing revenge. They arrived at Worship Hall, where the Six Offerings and Steward Yao were waiting for them.

• Qian Daoliu repeatedly kissed Le Ling during their journey and took her to towns where they had once lived, stretching the trip to ten days.
• At Spirit City’s gate, Qian Daoliu used his Great Offering token to pass through, then refused Le Ling’s request to see it because he knew she wanted to take it and escape.
• Qian Daoliu told Le Ling he would accompany her to seek out the Asura God and return to the Five Elements Continent, and asked her to come back afterward so they could live together as a family.
• Le Ling avoided answering and asked Qian Daoliu to hurry back to Worship Hall because she was hungry.
• Qian Daoliu and Le Ling reached Worship Hall, where the Six Offerings and Steward Yao were waiting to welcome them.

Qian Daoliu reunited with Le Ling and tried to make up for their past by having her addressed as Madam and preparing a bridal chamber for them. The chapter ended with him asking whether she would agree to live in the festively decorated room with him.

• Guang Ling and Jiang Mo complained about waiting for Qian Daoliu, then greeted him and Le Ling when they arrived.
• Qian Daoliu explained that calling Le Ling Madam was part of making amends, and she accepted the address without openly objecting.
• At lunch, the Seven Offerings reported on Spirit Hall affairs while Qian Daoliu served Le Ling food; she left early to rest.
• Qian Daoliu followed Le Ling to her new room, where she found it decorated like a bridal chamber.
• Qian Daoliu told Le Ling he wanted to make up for their lost wedding and asked whether they could live in the room together.

Qian Daoliu cherished Le Ling’s small admission that she liked their marital bedroom, helped her fall asleep, and then joined his brothers to discuss what he and Le Ling had discovered at the Two Forms Spring Eye. The brothers were stunned by the Dragon Clan Bone and the many Heavenly Treasures there.

• Le Ling admitted that she liked the marital bedroom a little, and Qian Daoliu carried her inside, changed her clothes, and soothed her to sleep with kisses and holy light.
• Qian Daoliu instructed Steward Yao to guard Le Ling and arrange for scholars to visit Sunset Forest with the Third Offering while keeping the matter secret from the Papal Palace.
• Jiang Mo teased Qian Daoliu, who challenged him to place his troops in the top three at military exercises; Qian Jun agreed to help and share any punishment.
• Qian Daoliu told his six brothers about what he and Le Ling had seen at the Two Forms Spring Eye, leaving them stunned by the Dragon Clan Bone and the Heavenly Treasures.

Qian Daoliu assigned Azure Luan to document and guard the treasures at the Two Forms Spring Eye, with Guang Ling accompanying him. Le Ling overheard servants gossiping about her relationship with Qian Daoliu, then went to the Papal Palace and found Bibi Dong waiting in her former room.

• Qian Daoliu ordered Azure Luan to take scholars and guards to the Two Forms Spring Eye, and allowed Guang Ling to go with him.
• Le Ling woke in the New House, asked where Qian Daoliu and A Jian were, and headed to the Papal Palace with Steward Yao and three servants.
• Le Ling overheard two maid gardeners gossiping that Qian Daoliu had prepared a bridal room for the woman he had long loved and that she was his true first wife.
• Le Ling asked Steward Yao why Qin Man had forbidden people from calling her Madam, then told him not to punish the gossiping maids and blamed him for poor management.
• Le Ling arrived at her former room in the Papal Palace and saw Bibi Dong sitting on the sofa with her eyes closed.

Le Ling moved from the Papal Palace to the Worship Hall and told Bibi Dong her Soul Power had reached level fifty-one. As Steward Yao’s use of “Madam” sparked rumors, the marriage gossip was suppressed, but news that Le Ling was Qian Daoliu’s wife spread across Spirit City and beyond.

• Bibi Dong visited Le Ling, learned she had reached Soul Power Level fifty-one, and ordered Yue Guan to investigate what happened during her trip to Sunset Forest.
• Le Ling told Hu Liena she would live at the Worship Hall and welcomed her to visit, reassuring her that Qian Daoliu would not object.
• Hu Liena told Le Ling that people were spreading rumors about her marriage to Qian Daoliu, and Le Ling asked Steward Yao to stop the gossip.
• Steward Yao suggested that Le Ling and Qian Daoliu marry, then hurried off to address the rumors after she rebuked him.
• Le Ling’s belongings were moved to the Worship Hall, and Hu Liena arranged for the morning carriage to pick her up on the way to the academy.
• Steward Yao suppressed the marriage rumors, but the claim that Le Ling was Qian Daoliu’s wife spread throughout Spirit City and beyond.

Bibi Dong ordered an investigation into Le Ling and arranged for Lu Yuan to test her strength at the academy, while Yue Guan and Ghost worried about offending Qian Daoliu. The next morning, Le Ling left for the academy after Qian Daoliu’s advances delayed her and left marks on her neck.

• Bibi Dong sent Ghost to investigate Sunset Forest and ordered Yue Guan to arrange a spar between Lu Yuan and Le Ling at the academy.
• Yue Guan worried that Le Ling might be injured, and Ghost suggested he watch the spar and intervene if needed.
• Ghost speculated that Bibi Dong might be testing Le Ling in preparation for sending her to assist the Young Master's Nation Usurpation Plan.
• Qian Daoliu kissed Le Ling and tried to persuade her to stay at the Worship Hall, but she explained that she wanted to study at the academy and learn about Immortal Grade Herbs.
• Le Ling scolded Qian Daoliu for leaving red marks on her neck, changed into a high-collared top, and left for the academy with breakfast from Steward Yao.

Le Ling returned to the academy after Qian Daoliu had her status as his wife announced within Martial Soul Hall. Teacher Lu arranged a combat test and asked Le Ling about her Soul Power Level, prompting her to suspect that someone had ordered him to test her strength.

• Hu Liena noticed Le Ling's high collar and teased her about the marks on her neck.
• Hu Liena told Le Ling that Qian Daoliu had announced her status as his wife to Martial Soul Hall, but Le Ling asked Xie Yue and Yan to keep calling her Sister Ling.
• Yue Guan told Lu Yuan that Le Ling was the Great Offering's wife and ordered him to test her strength without harming her.
• Lu Yuan greeted Le Ling unusually warmly when she arrived at the academy, leading Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to speculate about why his attitude had changed.
• Lu Yuan announced a combat test and asked Le Ling what her Soul Power Level was, and she suspected that someone had sent him to probe her strength.

Le Ling revealed that her Soul Power Level had reached fifty-one after absorbing her Fourth Spirit Ring, astonishing the class. Lu Yuan arranged to test her himself, and Le Ling agreed, realizing that Bibi Dong had sent him to assess her strength.

• Lu Yuan asked Le Ling to disclose her Soul Power Level, and she said it was fifty-one.
• The students were shocked by Le Ling’s rapid rise, but she refused to explain how it had happened.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue objected when Lu Yuan proposed sparring with Le Ling, but he argued that he was the only suitable opponent.
• Le Ling agreed to fight Lu Yuan and suggested they begin the combat test first.
• As the class headed to the combat platform, Le Ling told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that Lu Yuan was assessing her for Bibi Dong.
• Le Ling decided to visit the Papal Palace that night and ask Bibi Dong why she wanted her strength tested.

Lu Yuan and Le Ling began a test match at Spirit Hall Academy, drawing a crowd when Le Ling revealed her level and unusual soul rings. The Dean and Vice Dean allowed the match to proceed after Le Ling agreed, and it began with them watching anxiously.

• Lu Yuan led the Great Deacon Class to the battle arena and explained the testing match rules and pairings.
• Lu Yuan and Le Ling took the arena, and Lu Yuan said he would not use his sixth or seventh soul skills against her.
• Hu Liena announced that Le Ling was a level-fifty-one Soul King with a Heavenly Fox martial soul, astonishing the assembled teachers and students.
• The Dean and Vice Dean arrived and objected to Lu Yuan fighting a student, but Lu Yuan explained Le Ling's strength and said she had consented.
• Le Ling assured the Dean and Vice Dean that the match would be fine, and Hu Liena started the test match.

Le Ling and Lu Yuan fought in the academy’s first combat test, where Lu Yuan conceded after using a forbidden spirit skill. The chapter ended with the Dean and Lu Yuan asking about Le Ling’s unusual weapon spirit skill, while she kept its origin secret.

• Le Ling struck first, but Lu Yuan’s Ice Barrier blocked her attack and his Fourth Spirit Skill reflected half its damage back at her.
• Le Ling created six clones that disoriented Lu Yuan, then approached with her true body to use Phantom.
• Lu Yuan used his Sixth Spirit Skill, Ice Spear, and froze Le Ling, dispelling her clones.
• Le Ling unleashed crimson flames on herself to melt the ice, and the Dean declared Lu Yuan had lost for breaking the rule against using his Sixth or Seventh Spirit Skill.
• Lu Yuan conceded and asked whether Le Ling’s flame-shaped sword came from her Fifth Spirit Skill, while she concealed the soul beast behind it.

Le Ling finished her test battle with the highest score and chose to remain in the Great Deacon Class with Hu Liena and the others. After the morning’s battles ended, Lu Yuan privately asked her why absorbing her fourth soul ring had raised her Soul Power Level so dramatically.

• Le Ling earned ninety-five points in her test battle, and Lu Yuan announced her score to the class.
• The dean and Vice Dean confirmed that Le Ling could skip the tournament selection and choose whether to advance to the Main Bishop Class; she chose to stay with Hu Liena and the others.
• Le Ling watched the remaining students’ battles, and Lu Yuan later announced that she ranked first, with Xie Yue and Hu Liena tied for second and Yan in third.
• After the students left, Lu Yuan stopped Le Ling and asked why her fourth soul ring had helped her break through the level-fifty bottleneck.

Bibi Dong tried to learn how Le Ling had risen more than ten Soul Power levels, but Le Ling refused to reveal her secret. After Bibi Dong assigned Lu Yuan to keep watching her, Le Ling went to the Papal Palace to meet Bibi Dong, who realized she had guessed the reason for the questioning.

• Bibi Dong ordered Lu Yuan to ask Le Ling how she had suddenly advanced to Soul King.
• Le Ling refused to tell Lu Yuan about her breakthrough or any opportunity she had found, and Lu Yuan stopped pressing her.
• Yue Guan offered Lu Yuan a Red-Clad Bishop position at the Papal Palace and instructed him to keep monitoring Le Ling.
• Le Ling studied and cultivated at the academy, then told her carriage driver to take her to the Papal Palace to see Bibi Dong.
• The guards recognized Le Ling as the Great Offering's wife and brought her into the main hall to wait.
• Bibi Dong learned that Le Ling had arrived, guessed she understood the reason for the questioning, and went to meet her.