Chapter Summaries

During his first year in Martial Soul Hall, Gu Ziyi studied alongside Bibi Dong, helped her learn, and continued researching his abilities. After hearing about the Soul Master Competition, Bibi Dong hoped to enter the next one, but Gu Ziyi doubted Qian Xunji would allow her to compete.

• Gu Ziyi asked Yue Guan about plants that could evolve martial souls, and Yue Guan said Martial Soul Hall's records did not identify what caused such evolutions.
• Gu Ziyi spent a year as Bibi Dong's study companion, and her view of him changed as she recognized his intelligence and enjoyed studying with him.
• Gu Ziyi reached Soul Power Level sixteen at age fourteen after deliberately slowing his cultivation, while ten-year-old Bibi Dong reached level twenty-four.
• Bibi Dong told Gu Ziyi that the Star Luo Team had won the Soul Master Competition, and he realized its captain was Dai Mubai's father.
• Bibi Dong asked whether she could enter the next competition, and Gu Ziyi said Qian Xunji might refuse because Tang Hao would likely compete.
• Gu Ziyi returned to researching his Spirit Bone and Talismans, but Bibi Dong insisted on watching, so he threatened to put a Purifying Heart Mantra Talisman on her.

Gu Ziyi continued researching how to use a Spirit Bone to inscribe its skill onto a blank talisman, while Bibi Dong watched without a Purifying Heart Mantra talisman. His latest attempt failed in an explosion, and Bibi Dong took the Spirit Bone and talisman to try herself.

• Bibi Dong refused Gu Ziyi's Purifying Heart Mantra talisman and promised not to move around while watching him work.
• Gu Ziyi applied a Purifying Heart Mantra talisman to himself and used his Spirit Bone to create a Windwalk Talisman that boosted speed by 30%.
• Gu Ziyi explained that transferring a Spirit Bone skill onto a talisman was a limited and largely impractical result, and began copying the talisman's runes with the Spirit Bone.
• Gu Ziyi's blank talisman exploded just before he finished inscribing it, covering him in dust and grime.
• Bibi Dong snatched the Spirit Bone and a fresh blank talisman from Gu Ziyi and offered to try herself.

Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong successfully inscribed Windwalk Talismans using the Spirit Bone, though theirs had different effects. Gu Ziyi made several more before Bibi Dong returned with Qian Xunji.

• Bibi Dong insisted on helping Gu Ziyi inscribe a talisman, and he guided her by transferring his Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong completed a Windwalk Talisman, then Gu Ziyi successfully made one of his own.
• Gu Ziyi discovered his talisman increased speed by 15%, while Bibi Dong's increased it by only 5%.
• Bibi Dong left to tell Qian Xunji about her success, while Gu Ziyi continued making talismans and found their boosts ranged from 15% to 20%.
• Bibi Dong returned and announced that she had brought Qian Xunji.

Gu Ziyi succeeded in creating Windwalk and Invisibility Talismans, while Qian Xunji worried that his Innate Soul Power Level 1 would limit his cultivation. After years of preparation, Gu Ziyi finally reached Level 20 at sixteen and was ready to obtain his second soul ring.

• Qian Xunji praised Gu Ziyi for making Windwalk Talismans, and Bibi Dong claimed she had helped him succeed.
• Gu Ziyi told Qian Xunji about the strange vision he saw when his Talisman Martial Soul awakened, and Qian Xunji concluded that the Martial Soul's mutation might have left it flawed.
• Gu Ziyi decided to seek immortal herbs to overcome the limits of his Innate Soul Power Level 1 and planned to use an Invisibility Talisman to venture into Sunset Forest.
• Three months after completing the Windwalk Talisman, Gu Ziyi developed the Invisibility Talisman and practiced making both kinds while studying immortal herbs with Yue Guan.
• On his sixteenth birthday, Gu Ziyi broke through Level 20 and prepared to obtain his second soul ring.

Gu Ziyi created his Second Soul Ring and discovered that its Purification Spell healed hidden injuries and strengthened his five senses. After reaching level 20, he went to tell Qian Xunji about his Self-Created Soul Rings, with Bibi Dong present.

• Gu Ziyi condensed a yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring, roughly one hundred and fifty years old, after eight hours of cultivation.
• Gu Ziyi activated his Second Soul Skill, Purification Spell, and found that it cleaned and healed his body while strengthening his five senses.
• Gu Ziyi combined the Purification Spell with his First Soul Skill and found that the effects on his senses grew stronger.
• Gu Ziyi decided to tell Qian Xunji about his level breakthrough and his Self-Created Soul Rings.
• Gu Ziyi found Qian Xunji with Bibi Dong, and Qian Xunji sensed that Gu Ziyi had broken through.

Gu Ziyi told Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong that he had reached Level 20 and revealed that he had created both of his Soul Rings himself. Qian Xunji, stunned by the discovery, took Gu Ziyi to the Worship Hall to report it to his father.

• Gu Ziyi announced that he had broken through to Level 20, and Bibi Dong was surprised.
• Qian Xunji praised Gu Ziyi's martial soul research and promised to arrange a suitable Soul Ring for him.
• Gu Ziyi summoned his martial soul and showed Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong a white Soul Ring and a yellow Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji questioned Gu Ziyi about the low-quality Second Soul Ring, and Gu Ziyi explained that he had condensed it himself.
• Gu Ziyi revealed that he had also created his First Soul Ring, leaving Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong astonished.
• Qian Xunji interrupted Gu Ziyi's explanation and took him to the Worship Hall to speak with his father.

Gu Ziyi met Qian Daoliu at the Worship Hall, where the Grand Elder examined his cultivation and learned that Gu Ziyi had created both of his Soul Rings himself. After Gu Ziyi explained how he had done it, Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong asked why he had pursued the method.

• Qian Xunji led Gu Ziyi and Bibi Dong to the Worship Hall to meet Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu praised Bibi Dong's cultivation and encouraged both young soul masters, while accepting Gu Ziyi's slower progress as a result of his talent.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that Gu Ziyi's Soul Rings were self-created, and Gu Ziyi summoned his Martial Soul to show them.
• Qian Daoliu examined Gu Ziyi's two Soul Rings but could not identify anything unusual by sight or with his Soul Power.
• Gu Ziyi explained how he had created his Soul Rings, and Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong asked why he had chosen to do so.

Gu Ziyi explained the advantages of Self-Created Soul Rings and demonstrated that cultivation with the Advanced Meditation Technique could improve their quality. After witnessing his First Soul Ring evolve into a Hundred-Year Soul Ring, Qian Daoliu asked him to explain Self-Created Soul Rings and advise Spirit Hall on how to respond.

• Gu Ziyi explained that Self-Created Soul Rings were easier to control, consumed less soul power, and could offer further benefits.
• Gu Ziyi cultivated before Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong, allowing his First Soul Ring to evolve from ten-year to Hundred-Year quality.
• Gu Ziyi revealed his Yellow Hundred-Year Soul Ring and said Self-Created Soul Rings could improve in quality through cultivation.
• Gu Ziyi explained that this evolution required the Advanced Meditation Technique, which had not existed when Self-Created Soul Rings were used in ancient times.
• Qian Daoliu asked Gu Ziyi to describe Self-Created Soul Rings in detail and explain what Spirit Hall should do about them.

Gu Ziyi explained the strengths, drawbacks, and possible uses of Self-Created Soul Rings to Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall. Qian Daoliu ordered secret experiments to test the uncertain details and asked Gu Ziyi about the Clear Sky Sect’s Self-Created Soul Skills.

• Gu Ziyi explained that Self-Created Soul Rings best suited soul masters with top-quality Martial Souls, but could also help weaker soul masters overcome cultivation bottlenecks.
• Qian Daoliu noted that Spirit Hall needed to test whether different Martial Souls could produce skills and whether soul beast Soul Rings affected the upgrading of Self-Created Soul Rings.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji to arrange secret experiments and keep the matter from the public.
• Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong not to try creating her own Soul Ring yet, and she agreed.
• Qian Daoliu asked Gu Ziyi whether he knew about the Clear Sky Sect’s Self-Created Soul Skills.

Gu Ziyi speculated that Tang Chen’s Ring Explosion may have destroyed his soul ring skills, prompting him to create new techniques. After revealing his Purification Spell, Gu Ziyi earned Qian Daoliu’s praise and Qian Xunji’s support, then prepared to seek a Self-Created Soul Ring in Sunset Forest.

• Gu Ziyi suggested to Qian Daoliu that Tang Chen may have created his techniques after Ring Explosion destroyed his soul ring skills, and Qian Daoliu agreed the theory was plausible.
• Qian Daoliu praised Gu Ziyi’s intelligence and asked about his Second Soul Skill, which Gu Ziyi revealed was the Purification Spell that purified the body and strengthened the five senses.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Qian Xunji to search for treasures that could improve Gu Ziyi’s talent, and Qian Xunji later had Gu Ziyi write a detailed report on Self-Created Soul Rings.
• After finishing the report, Gu Ziyi decided to head to Sunset Forest and search for a Self-Created Soul Ring.

Gu Ziyi tested whether his Invisibility Talisman could hide him from soul beasts and abandoned his plan to enter Sunset Forest alone when the test went badly. Meanwhile, Tang Hao brought Tang Yuehua into the Haotian Team, where she hoped he would not pressure her as much as the sect had.

• Gu Ziyi went to a nearby Soul Beast Forest to test his Invisibility Talisman before attempting to enter Sunset Forest.
• Gu Ziyi emerged bedraggled after learning the talisman could not evade every soul beast, and he decided that going to Sunset Forest alone was too dangerous.
• Tang Hao announced that Tang Yuehua would join the Haotian Team and said her Ruyi Ring martial soul would strengthen the team for the Soul Master Competition.
• Tang Yuehua, now a level 27 Soul Grandmaster, greeted her new teammates and regretted that Bai Lu could not join the team.
• Tang Yuehua reflected that the sect had begun valuing her only after she became useful and hoped Tang Hao would not be strict with her.

Gu Ziyi presented Qian Xunji with a fake ancient map and persuaded him to send Yue Guan and Ghost to escort him to Sunset Forest in search of immortal herbs. With Qian Xunji’s approval secured, the group prepared to leave, though Yue Guan still did not know why Gu Ziyi wanted to go.

• Gu Ziyi showed Qian Xunji a fabricated fragmented map and claimed it pointed to immortal herbs in Sunset Forest.
• Gu Ziyi argued that the setting sun on the map indicated Sunset Forest and insisted on searching in person.
• Qian Xunji agreed to let Yue Guan and Ghost accompany Gu Ziyi, despite warning him not to expect too much.
• Yue Guan and Ghost arrived at Pope's Hall, accepted the assignment, and left with Gu Ziyi.
• After they left Pope's Hall, Yue Guan asked Gu Ziyi what they were going to Sunset Forest to do.

Gu Ziyi, Yue Guan, and Ghost traveled to Sunset Forest to search for immortal-grade treasures using Gu Ziyi’s Fragmented Map. After days of searching, Ghost found the place they were looking for.

• Gu Ziyi showed Yue Guan a Fragmented Map marked with Lovesick Heartbreak Red and explained that he had deduced its location was Sunset Forest.
• Gu Ziyi told Yue Guan and Ghost that Qian Daoliu valued him and that he planned to seek a treasure to improve his talent himself.
• Yue Guan and Ghost agreed to help Gu Ziyi search, and the three set out for Sunset Forest.
• After traveling through the forest, Ghost searched in one direction while Gu Ziyi and Yue Guan searched in another; Yue Guan used caution to avoid reckless soul beasts.
• Gu Ziyi placed a Purification Spell talisman on Yue Guan, sharpening his senses, but their search continued for several days without success.
• Ghost suddenly reappeared and told Gu Ziyi and Yue Guan that he had found the place.

Ghost found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and brought Gu Ziyi and Yue Guan there. After discovering the many Immortal Herbs, Gu Ziyi decided to absorb the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass together, and Yue Guan agreed to help.

• Ghost confirmed he had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yue Guan urged him to lead the way.
• Ghost and Yue Guan took Gu Ziyi to the hidden well beneath a forested mountain.
• Yue Guan excitedly identified numerous Immortal Herbs and knelt before the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• Gu Ziyi found the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and said he wanted to absorb them together.
• Yue Guan warned Gu Ziyi about the herbs' toxicity, then agreed to help after trusting his martial soul's guidance.

Gu Ziyi consumed the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, enduring their extreme heat and cold as he refined their power. He emerged with his Martial Soul restored to its original form, a mysterious talisman marked with a Taiji Diagram.

• Yue Guan and Ghost picked the Infernal Delicate Apricot and Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and tossed them to Gu Ziyi.
• Gu Ziyi caught both herbs, brought them together to neutralize their extreme heat and cold, and swallowed them.
• Gu Ziyi used a Purifying Heart Mantra talisman and entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to refine the herbs’ energy.
• Gu Ziyi’s Martial Soul greedily absorbed the herbs’ power while his body was repeatedly destroyed and repaired, and Yue Guan reassured Ghost that he would survive.
• After half a day, Gu Ziyi emerged and summoned his Martial Soul, revealing that the herbs had restored it to its original form.

Gu Ziyi awakened his Martial Soul and the Taiji Domain after consuming two Immortal Herbs, then shared the remaining herbs with Yue Guan and Ghost. He harvested nearly all the other Immortal Herbs and tried the Lovesick Heartbreak Red, whose test stirred memories and images of Tang Yuehua, Bai Lu, and Bibi Dong.

• Gu Ziyi discovered that his Martial Soul had evolved and that he had awakened the Taiji Domain, though his Soul Power remained at level 20.
• Gu Ziyi offered Yue Guan and Ghost an Immortal Herb each and accepted Yue Guan’s living-storage Soul Tool.
• Yue Guan chose the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum for himself and selected the Underworld Shore Flower for Ghost.
• Ghost fed the Underworld Shore Flower his blood, picked it, and began refining it while Yue Guan stood guard.
• Gu Ziyi harvested and stored the other Immortal Herbs, leaving the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red unpicked.
• Gu Ziyi tried the Lovesick Heartbreak Red’s test, and images of Tang Yuehua, Bai Lu, and Bibi Dong appeared in his mind.

Gu Ziyi failed to pluck an Immortal Herb, while Ghost and Yue Guan absorbed theirs and grew stronger. Back at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Xiaogang learned the latest Soul Power Levels of Bibi Dong and Gu Ziyi and resolved to surpass Gu Ziyi and break through Level 30.

• Gu Ziyi failed to pluck the herb rooted in the Dark Obsidian Stone and took it away with the stone for its destined owner.
• Ghost absorbed an Immortal Herb, raised his Soul Power Level to 89, and gained a slight martial soul evolution.
• Yue Guan absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, reached Soul Power Level 89, and felt his martial soul had advanced.
• Gu Ziyi and the others left the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well for Spirit Hall after Gu Ziyi collected some of its water.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Bibi Dong was Level 33 and Gu Ziyi was Level 20, then vowed to catch up to Gu Ziyi and break the Level 30 barrier.

Gu Ziyi returned to Spirit Hall with Yue Guan and Ghost after finding the treasure, and revealed that his martial soul had fully awakened and granted him an Innate Domain. After hearing their account, Qian Xunji learned they had found many Immortal Herbs and asked whether Gu Ziyi had one suitable for Bibi Dong.

• On the way back to Spirit City, Yue Guan and Ghost wondered why the plants at the treasure site were not soul beasts, and Gu Ziyi suggested the place was special.
• Yue Guan reported to Qian Xunji that the mission had succeeded, and Qian Xunji noticed that Yue Guan and Ghost's cultivation had increased.
• Gu Ziyi showed Qian Xunji his transformed Talisman martial soul and revealed his Taiji Domain, impressing Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Ghost.
• Gu Ziyi recounted the journey, explaining that Yue Guan and Ghost had each absorbed an Immortal Herb and that they had found many more herbs.
• Qian Xunji asked Gu Ziyi whether he still had Immortal Herbs and whether one would suit Bibi Dong.

Gu Ziyi presented Bibi Dong with two immortal herbs, explaining that one could dangerously amplify the poison in her martial souls while the other could strengthen her body. Bibi Dong chose and began eating the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone after Gu Ziyi revealed that his martial soul had fully awakened as a Top Martial Soul.

• Gu Ziyi revealed the Snow Color Swan Kiss and warned that it might make Bibi Dong's martial-soul poison impossible to control.
• Gu Ziyi introduced the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone as an herb that could strengthen Bibi Dong's body and make her more beautiful.
• Bibi Dong eagerly took the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, then paused to ask whether Gu Ziyi had solved his martial-soul problem.
• Gu Ziyi summoned his fully awakened Top Martial Soul, and Bibi Dong celebrated his success.
• Bibi Dong followed Gu Ziyi's instructions and began eating the herb's petals while Qian Xunji watched without intervening.

After Bibi Dong consumed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, she gained six Soul Power levels and reached level 39. Gu Ziyi handed most of the remaining Immortal Herbs to Qian Xunji, who ordered their uses recorded and Bibi Dong and Gu Ziyi’s circumstances kept confidential.

• Bibi Dong finished absorbing the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone and discovered she had advanced six levels to level 39.
• Qian Xunji examined Bibi Dong, confirmed she was unharmed, and praised the Immortal Herb’s effects.
• Gu Ziyi said his Immortal Herb had not raised his level and gave Qian Xunji the remaining herbs, keeping the Eight Petal Immortal Orchid and Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew.
• Qian Xunji told Yue Guan to record the herbs’ properties and his knowledge of plants for Spirit Hall’s library.
• Qian Xunji ordered Yue Guan and Ghost to keep Bibi Dong’s level and Gu Ziyi’s situation confidential.