Chapter Summaries

Liu Xinghan advanced through a bye and faced Yuan Gang, an Elite Class student who expected to exploit his weakness. Liu Xinghan revealed his Rank 2 Soul Tool, the Sword of Blazing Fire, and defeated Yuan Gang, leaving the academy higher-ups wondering what the weapon was.

• Liu Xinghan received a bye in the round of twenty-five and advanced without fighting.
• Liu Xinghan faced Yuan Gang, who summoned his Lightning Leopard Martial Soul and attacked with his first spirit skill, Lightning Claw.
• Liu Xinghan produced his Rank 2 Soul Tool, the Sword of Blazing Fire, and split apart Yuan Gang's lightning attack.
• The crowd mistook the sword for a second Martial Soul, but the academy higher-ups sensed that it lacked Martial Soul fluctuations.
• Liu Xinghan attacked Yuan Gang with a Flame Slash, broke through his Thunder Bodyguard, and kicked him off the Battle Stage.

After Liu Xinghan defeated Yuan Gang with the Sword of Blazing Fire, the vice dean discovered that it was an attack Soul Tool and learned that Liu Xinghan could forge more. Ouyang Zhuo brought Liu Xinghan to the Papal Palace to seek an urgent audience with Bibi Dong.

• Liu Xinghan defeated Yuan Gang, and the referee declared him the winner.
• The vice dean questioned Liu Xinghan about the Sword of Blazing Fire, and Liu Xinghan explained that it was a Rank 2 attack Soul Tool.
• The vice dean damaged the sword by channeling his Soul Power into it, and Liu Xinghan reassured him that he could forge more.
• Liu Xinghan told the vice dean that he knew how to forge offensive Soul Tools, prompting Ouyang Zhuo to take him to see the Pope.
• Ouyang Zhuo and Liu Xinghan arrived at the Papal Palace, where Ouyang Zhuo asked a Golden Armored Guard to request an audience with Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong examined Liu Xinghan’s Attack-type Soul Tool and learned about his knowledge and future potential as a Soul Tool maker. Impressed, she immediately accepted him as her disciple and told him to cultivate by her side in the Papal Palace.

• Ouyang Zhuo explained to Bibi Dong how Liu Xinghan had made Attack-type Soul Tools, then left them alone in the hall.
• Bibi Dong tested Liu Xinghan’s Thunder Spirit Blade and praised its strength and precise craftsmanship.
• Liu Xinghan explained Soul Tool ranks and types, and said he could eventually make Rank 6 Soul Tools.
• Bibi Dong changed her plan, accepted Liu Xinghan as her disciple, and told him to call her Teacher and cultivate at the Papal Palace.
• Liu Xinghan happily bowed to Bibi Dong and addressed her as Teacher.

Liu Xinghan became Bibi Dong’s disciple, moved into her residence, and met his Senior Sister Hu Liena. He proposed creating a Soul Tool Hall and recruiting Lou Gao, but Bibi Dong warned that Lou Gao had previously rejected Spirit Hall and was connected to the Star Luo Empire.

• Bibi Dong brought Liu Xinghan to live at her residence and told him Hu Liena was his Senior Sister.
• Hu Liena welcomed Liu Xinghan, introduced herself, and took him to choose a room before they celebrated his arrival with a feast.
• Bibi Dong told Liu Xinghan he would cultivate at the Papal Palace instead of attending Spirit Academy and planned to establish a Soul Tool Hall.
• Liu Xinghan gave Bibi Dong suggestions for the Soul Tool Hall and recommended recruiting Lou Gao, the Blacksmith Association president in Gengxin City.
• Bibi Dong explained that Lou Gao had refused Spirit Hall’s previous recruitment attempt and had ties to the Star Luo Empire’s royal family.

Liu Xinghan persuaded Bibi Dong to recruit Lou Gao by offering him access to lost Soul Tool methods, then returned to Spirit Academy to complete the Mid-Year Assessment. He defeated Yu Jiang with several Soul Tools and advanced his bid for the championship.

• Liu Xinghan suggested that Spirit Hall recruit Lou Gao by promising him access to lost Soul Tool crafting methods, and Bibi Dong agreed to send someone to Gengxin City with the Thunder Spirit Blade.
• Liu Xinghan visited Hu Liena and asked her to guide him to Spirit Academy so he could complete the Mid-Year Assessment.
• Liu Xinghan told the vice dean he wanted to compete for the second-year championship, and the vice dean let him remain on the top-seven list.
• Liu Xinghan fought Yu Jiang on the Battle Stage, freezing his hands with the Ice Snake Spear before blocking his punch with the Crystal Guardian.
• Liu Xinghan used the Giant Strength Gauntlets to knock Yu Jiang out of fighting condition, winning the match as Hu Liena cheered.

After Liu Xinghan gave Hu Liena a defensive Soul Tool, a Worship Hall Guardian brought him to meet Great Enshriner Qian Daoliu, where he recognized Qian Xue as Qian Renxue. Qian Daoliu asked Liu Xinghan to assess an ancient Soul Tool blueprint, but its complex core formations were beyond his understanding.

• Liu Xinghan gave Hu Liena a Second-level Defense Soul Tool bracelet after their match.
• A Worship Hall Guardian summoned Liu Xinghan to the Worship Hall on Qian Daoliu's order, despite Hu Liena's attempt to stop him.
• Liu Xinghan saw Qian Xue beside Qian Daoliu and realized she was likely Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu asked Liu Xinghan whether he knew how to craft Soul Tools and showed him a stack of blueprints.
• Liu Xinghan examined the intricate blueprint and could not understand its core formations, suspecting it was for an eighth- or ninth-grade Soul Tool.

Liu Xinghan left the Worship Hall with Bibi Dong after Qian Daoliu asked him to study a Rank 9 Soul Tool blueprint. He won first place in both Mid-Year Assessment tests, received new system quests, and later explained his apprenticeship to Qian Renxue.

• Liu Xinghan admitted he could not make the profound Soul Tool, and Qian Daoliu told him to keep its blueprint for the future.
• Golden Crocodile appeared when Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu, and she took Liu Xinghan away after warning the Worship Hall not to target him.
• Liu Xinghan told Bibi Dong that the Worship Hall had asked him to make a Soul Tool, which he believed was Rank 9.
• Liu Xinghan placed first in both the Combat Test and Written Test, becoming the Mid-Year Assessment's top scorer, and the system awarded him points and activated the Holy Son quest.
• Liu Xinghan explained to Qian Renxue how he had become Bibi Dong's disciple, and Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong was vicious.

Liu Xinghan gave Qian Renxue a Soul Tool necklace, then welcomed Lou Gao to Spirit City and recruited him into the Soul Tool Hall. The Hall began research under Liu Xinghan as Acting Hall Master and Lou Gao as Vice Hall Master.

• Liu Xinghan explained his Soul Tool skills to Qian Renxue and gave her his finest necklace, which he put on her.
• A month later, Liu Xinghan learned that Lou Gao had arrived in Spirit City and went with Hu Liena to meet him at the Papal Palace.
• Lou Gao recognized Liu Xinghan from Gengxin City and eagerly asked him to teach Soul Tool crafting.
• Liu Xinghan required Lou Gao to pledge lifelong loyalty to Spirit Hall and secrecy about its Soul Tool technology, and Lou Gao agreed.
• Bibi Dong appointed Liu Xinghan Acting Hall Master and Lou Gao Vice Hall Master of the Soul Tool Hall, where they began research with nine researchers.

After six months of Soul Tool Hall growth, Liu Xinghan crafted his first Rank 3 Soul Tool and became a Level 3 Soul Engineer. He claimed a flying Soul Tool and an Intermediate Soul Master Compendium as rewards, then invited Hu Liena to experience something fun.

• Liu Xinghan's Soul Power reached level eighteen, while Lou Gao became a Rank 2 Soul Tool Master and the Soul Tool Hall recruited fifty Intern Researchers under new regulations.
• Liu Xinghan completed his first Rank 3 Soul Tool after three months of work, earning congratulations from Lou Gao and the other researchers.
• Liu Xinghan completed his system quest and chose a Rank 4 Flying Soul Tool, along with the Intermediate Soul Master Compendium.
• Hu Liena brought Liu Xinghan food and asked why he worked so obsessively on soul tools; he explained that they compensated for his limited Soul Power.
• Liu Xinghan told Hu Liena that he would take her to experience something fun.

Liu Xinghan showed Hu Liena how a Flying Soul Tool worked, then said farewell to Qian Renxue when she left Spirit Hall on a secret mission. Half a year later, he reached level twenty, and Bibi Dong arranged for Yue Guan and Gui Mei to help him find an Ancient Demon Tree for his second spirit ring.

• Liu Xinghan took Hu Liena flying with a Rank 4 Flying Soul Tool, and she eagerly rode with him.
• Qian Renxue told Liu Xinghan she had to leave Spirit Hall on a classified mission, and he promised to wait for her return.
• After half a year of cultivation, Liu Xinghan used a Soul Ascension Pill to break through to level twenty.
• Liu Xinghan asked Bibi Dong to help him obtain a second spirit ring suited to his need for offense, defense, and control.
• Bibi Dong recommended the rare Ancient Demon Tree and said Yue Guan and Gui Mei would accompany Liu Xinghan to find one in two days.

Liu Xinghan joined Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Gu Qing on a journey into Jade Forest to find a three-thousand-year Ancient Demon Tree spirit ring. After seven days of searching, they had not yet found their target, and Hu Liena spent the night clinging to Liu Xinghan after a beast destroyed her tent.

• Hu Liena persuaded Liu Xinghan to let her accompany him, and the two joined Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Gu Qing for the journey to Jade Forest.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo assessed Liu Xinghan's physical strength and agreed he could absorb a three-thousand-year Ancient Demon Tree spirit ring.
• The group entered Jade Forest, where Gu Qing dealt with a Devil Vine and Chrysanthemum Douluo's martial soul aura kept weaker plant-type beasts at bay.
• After seven days, Hu Liena shared Liu Xinghan's tent because a ten-thousand-year Tiger-patterned Leopard Cat had destroyed hers.
• Hu Liena wrapped her arms around Liu Xinghan and slept while holding him, leaving him too embarrassed to move.

Liu Xinghan and his companions found the Ancient Demon Tree after rescuing Zhu Zhuqing and her family from Ghost Face Demon Butterflies. Zhu Zhuqing left for Star Luo City, while Liu Xinghan wondered whether Hu Liena had grown possessive because she liked him.

• Ghost Douluo sensed a battle, and Chrysanthemum Douluo rescued a young girl from a swarm of Ghost Face Demon Butterflies.
• The girl explained that the butterflies had attacked her family near a tree, and Chrysanthemum Douluo identified them as signs of an Ancient Demon Tree.
• The group followed the girl and found her family surrounded by thousands of butterflies beside the black Ancient Demon Tree.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo used Petal Storm to destroy the butterflies, then struck and severely injured the Ancient Demon Tree.
• The girl introduced herself as Zhu Zhuqing of the Zhu Family in Star Luo City and left with her family.
• Hu Liena questioned Liu Xinghan about staring after Zhu Zhuqing, and he privately wondered if Hu Liena had fallen for him.

Liu Xinghan absorbed a four-thousand-year Ancient Demon Tree Spirit Ring, reaching level twenty-two, while Gu Qing examined Liu Xinghan’s Flame Saber. After receiving system rewards for completing Main Quest 2, Liu Xinghan considered how he might obtain a second Martial Soul as he began Main Quest 3.

• Liu Xinghan chose to risk absorbing the Ancient Demon Tree’s Spirit Ring, and Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to protect him if it proved too powerful.
• Liu Xinghan killed the wounded Ancient Demon Tree with his Flame Saber and handed the Soul Tool to Gu Qing to examine.
• Liu Xinghan absorbed the Ancient Demon Tree’s Spirit Ring and succeeded, raising his cultivation to level twenty-two.
• Gu Qing returned the Flame Saber to Liu Xinghan and considered how Attack-type Soul Tools could strengthen Spirit Hall’s forces.
• That night, Liu Xinghan collected a Mysterious Spirit Fragment and a Divine Artifact Fragment for completing Main Quest 2, then began Main Quest 3 to reach level thirty and obtain a third Spirit Ring.

Liu Xinghan suspected that the Blue Silver Grass filling the Jade Forest’s core area was protected by a powerful Blue Silver King, which could become Gu Qing’s ninth spirit ring. The group found a gigantic Blue Silver Grass with no Soul Power fluctuations, but Liu Xinghan’s Flame Slash failed to damage it.

• After half a month without finding a suitable Plant-type Spirit Beast, Gu Qing suggested that the group search the Star Dou Great Forest instead.
• Hu Liena noticed that Blue Silver Grass grew unusually thickly in the Jade Forest’s core, leading Liu Xinghan to suspect that a powerful Blue Silver Grass was protecting it.
• Liu Xinghan guessed that the Blue Silver King might be nearby and told the group to search for clues without revealing his specific suspicion.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo discovered a gigantic Blue Silver Grass, and the group followed him to inspect it.
• Liu Xinghan struck the enormous Blue Silver Grass with a Flame Slash, but it emerged completely unharmed.

Liu Xinghan and the others discovered that the Blue Silver Grass was an exceptionally powerful Blue Silver King, estimated to be at least eighty thousand years old. Chrysanthemum Douluo began fighting it alone, escalating to his Martial Soul Avatar after his earlier attacks failed to stop its relentless growth.

• Ghost Douluo attacked the Blue Silver Grass, but it remained unharmed and sent leaves surging from the ground, forcing the group to retreat.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo identified the Blue Silver King as an eighty-thousand-year-or-older spirit beast, and Liu Xinghan pointed out that it could serve as Gu Qing's ninth spirit ring.
• Gu Qing agreed to hunt the Blue Silver King, which revealed its human-faced true body and warned the humans to leave.
• The Blue Silver King attacked, and Chrysanthemum Douluo confronted it alone, using Parasitic Flower and Deadly Poison Pollen to wither and poison its leaves.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo transformed through his Seventh Spirit Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, and the Blue Silver King showed fear.

Chrysanthemum Douluo and Gu Qing killed the Blue Silver King so Gu Qing could claim its Spirit Ring. After absorbing it, Gu Qing reached level 92, and the group discovered a Soul Bone in the corpse.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo unleashed his ninth spirit skill and severely wounded the Blue Silver King.
• Gu Qing used his eighth spirit skill to kill the Blue Silver King, and its black Spirit Ring appeared.
• Gu Qing absorbed the eighty-five-thousand-year Spirit Ring while Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others stood guard.
• After a day of absorption, Gu Qing reached level 92 Soul Power.
• Gu Qing split open the Blue Silver King's corpse and revealed a glowing blue-crystal Soul Bone.

After Gu Qing obtained an eighty-five-thousand-year Soul Bone, Liu Xinghan began studying Immortal Herbs with Chrysanthemum Douluo to prepare to claim the herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well before Tang San. Two and a half years later, Liu Xinghan was ten years old, had reached rank thirty, and stood far ahead of Tang San at the same age.

• Gu Qing obtained an eighty-five-thousand-year Left Arm Bone after defeating the Blue Silver King and returned to Spirit Hall with the others.
• Liu Xinghan asked Hu Liena to take him to Chrysanthemum Douluo so he could learn about medicinal herbs and Immortal Herbs.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to teach Liu Xinghan, who began studying Immortal Herb knowledge with him for an hour each day.
• Two and a half years passed, during which Liu Xinghan grew taller, reached rank twenty-nine, and became closer to Hu Liena.
• Liu Xinghan consumed a Soul Ascension Pill, broke through to rank thirty at age ten, and surpassed Tang San’s cultivation at the same age.

Liu Xinghan revealed that he had reached rank thirty and invited Hu Liena to visit his parents before leaving to obtain his third soul ring. Hu Liena mistook the invitation as a sign that he wanted her to meet his family because he loved her.

• Liu Xinghan slept in after exhausting himself crafting his first Rank 4 Soul Tool, and Hu Liena woke him and chose his clothes for their trip to the Battle Arena.
• Liu Xinghan told Hu Liena that he had reached rank thirty in Soul Power, astonishing her because he was only ten years old.
• Liu Xinghan and Hu Liena competed in the Soul Ancestor division as the Star Fox Team and continued their strong record in the arena.
• After their spirit battle, Liu Xinghan invited Hu Liena to visit his parents, intending to say goodbye before traveling to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Hu Liena accepted the invitation and blushed, believing Liu Xinghan was taking her to meet his parents because he wanted her as his girlfriend.

Liu Xinghan visited his parents with Hu Liena, then prepared to leave Spirit City for the Sunset Forest to obtain his Third Spirit Ring. After Hu Liena kissed him goodbye, he told Bibi Dong that he planned to hunt either a Hell Envoy or a Death Scythe Mantis.

• Liu Xinghan brought Hu Liena to meet Li Xinyue and Liu Xuanfeng, who learned that he had reached level thirty Soul Power.
• Liu Xuanfeng and Li Xinyue warmly welcomed Hu Liena, and she left believing they approved of her relationship with Liu Xinghan.
• Liu Xinghan refused Hu Liena's request to accompany him to the distant Sunset Forest and promised to bring her a gift.
• Hu Liena kissed Liu Xinghan goodbye, and he kissed her back before she hurried to her room, calling him bad.
• Bibi Dong congratulated Liu Xinghan on reaching level thirty, and he chose between the Hell Envoy and the Death Scythe Mantis for his Third Spirit Ring.

Liu Xinghan traveled with Ghost Douluo Hun Yue toward Sunset Forest to obtain his third soul ring, but they discovered a village massacred by Evil Spirit Masters. They entered the village to investigate, realizing that the cultists hunted by Spirit Hall had appeared nearby.

• Bibi Dong approved Liu Xinghan's plan to seek a Death Scythe Mantis in Sunset Forest and assigned an Elder to accompany him.
• Liu Xinghan left Soul Fighting City with Ninth Elder Hun Yue, whose title was Ghost Douluo.
• After a day of travel, Hun Yue sensed ghosts and the smell of blood coming from a village ahead.
• Liu Xinghan and Hun Yue found the village filled with mutilated and drained corpses.
• Hun Yue identified the likely killers as Evil Spirit Masters, and Liu Xinghan recalled Spirit Hall's long history of hunting them.