Chapter Summaries

After Dugu Bo reached Level 92, Liu Xinghan asked him to help find a ten-thousand-year Death Scythe Mantis for his third spirit ring. Dugu Bo led Liu Xinghan and Ma Xiaotao into Sunset Forest’s core region, where they found the mantis, leaving Liu Xinghan poised to hunt it.

• Dugu Bo broke through to Level 92, and Liu Xinghan said he and Ma Xiaotao would seek his third spirit ring.
• Dugu Bo recognized the Death Scythe Mantis Liu Xinghan wanted and agreed to guide them to one in Sunset Forest.
• Liu Xinghan, Ma Xiaotao, and Dugu Bo entered the core region, leaving Dugu Yan and Liu Xiaofeng behind at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo released poisonous mist to flush out the mantis, and Liu Xinghan approved after Dugu Bo explained it would not kill the powerful soul beasts there.
• The group found a pale-black Death Scythe Mantis whose cultivation had only recently entered the ten-thousand-year range.

Liu Xinghan’s group defeated a Death Scythe Mantis, and Liu Xinghan absorbed its ten-thousand-year spirit ring as his third ring. He reached level thirty-seven and discovered that summoning the mantis drained his soul power rapidly.

• Dugu Bo fought the Death Scythe Mantis but could not land a hit, so Liu Xinghan asked Ma Xiaotao to take over.
• Ma Xiaotao slowed the mantis with her domain and defeated it with her Blazing Fire Phoenix Fist.
• Liu Xinghan killed the weakened mantis and absorbed its ten-thousand-year spirit ring, resisting its Soul Impact with his strengthened mental power.
• Liu Xinghan’s soul power rose to level thirty-seven, and he summoned the mantis to test his new third spirit ring.
• Liu Xinghan recalled the mantis after its summoning rapidly consumed his soul power.

After becoming a Soul Elder and harvesting the Immortal Herbs, Liu Xinghan arranged for Dugu Bo to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and planned to meet Xue Qinghe. Back at the Star Brilliance Restaurant, he visited Ma Xiaotao and was flustered by her appearance.

• Liu Xinghan completed his Main Quest, received two fragments, and unlocked a quest to obtain his fourth Soul Ring.
• Liu Xinghan used his Plant Growth Potion to ripen and harvest the Immortal Herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Liu Xinghan asked Dugu Bo to remain close to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family as a hidden ally, and promised to spare a branch of the family if Spirit Hall conquered the empire.
• Dugu Bo agreed to Liu Xinghan's plan, while Dugu Yan agreed to stay at Spirit Hall.
• Liu Xinghan arranged to attend Prince Xue Xing's birthday celebration with Dugu Bo so he could meet Xue Qinghe without raising suspicion.
• Liu Xinghan returned to the Star Brilliance Restaurant and visited Ma Xiaotao, becoming flustered when she opened the door in a bathrobe.

Liu Xinghan gave Ma Xiaotao a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, strengthening her Martial Soul into a Twin-Headed Fire Phoenix. The next day, he accompanied Dugu Yan to withdraw from Heaven Dou Royal Academy and stood up to Yu Tianheng when Dugu Yan announced she was leaving.

• Liu Xinghan gave Ma Xiaotao the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, and she absorbed it, gaining a second head on her Fire Phoenix Martial Soul without increasing her Soul Power level.
• Liu Xinghan accompanied Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Spirit Master Academy as she completed her withdrawal formalities.
• Dugu Yan asked Liu Xinghan about Bibi Dong and then requested time to say goodbye to her friends.
• Dugu Yan told the Imperial Dou Team she was leaving to travel and cultivate under a senior's guidance, and Yu Tianheng tried to dissuade her.
• Liu Xinghan mocked Yu Tianheng's abilities after Yu Tianheng criticized Dugu Yan's decision.

Liu Xinghan instantly defeated Yu Tianheng with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw, then attended Prince Xue Xing’s birthday banquet with Dugu Bo. At the banquet, a refined young man recognized Liu Xinghan and reacted with surprise and uncertainty.

• Yu Tianheng confronted Liu Xinghan, but Dugu Yan protected Liu Xinghan and called him her good friend.
• Liu Xinghan challenged Yu Tianheng to withstand one move without Liu Xinghan using his Martial Soul, and Yu Tianheng attacked with his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Liu Xinghan revealed his Dark Gold Dreadclaw Soul Bone and badly injured Yu Tianheng with one strike.
• Liu Xinghan left with Dugu Yan, then attended Prince Xue Xing’s birthday banquet with Dugu Bo the next day.
• A refined young man at the banquet spotted Liu Xinghan and reacted with surprise and uncertainty.

At Prince Xue Xing’s birthday banquet, Liu Xinghan reunited with Qian Renxue, who had been impersonating Xue Qinghe. After three years apart, they met privately and shared an emotional embrace.

• Dugu Bo introduced Liu Xinghan as his distant grandson at the banquet, and Xue Qinghe recognized him.
• Liu Xinghan and Xue Qinghe met privately in the back garden, where Xue Qinghe confirmed his identity and gave him a note with a meeting place.
• After the banquet, Liu Xinghan went to the hotel room named in the note and found Qian Renxue waiting in her true appearance.
• Qian Renxue embraced Liu Xinghan and reflected on how much she had missed his care during her three years impersonating Xue Qinghe.
• Liu Xinghan and Qian Renxue reunited warmly, and she admitted she liked how handsome he had become.

Liu Xinghan met Qian Renxue, learned that she was impersonating Xue Qinghe to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and told her about Dugu Bo becoming a Spirit Hall informant. They exchanged gifts, and Qian Renxue began refining the energy of an Immortal Herb meant to transform her Angel Spirit.

• Qian Renxue confessed to Liu Xinghan that she was carrying out a mission to impersonate Xue Qinghe and infiltrate the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Liu Xinghan told Qian Renxue that Dugu Bo had joined Spirit Hall and would remain undercover as an informant, and she agreed the arrangement would help her mission.
• Qian Renxue gave Liu Xinghan a thirty-thousand-year Blazing Sun Lion Right Arm Bone, which he accepted after learning she could not absorb Soul Bones without Qian Daoliu's permission.
• Liu Xinghan gave Qian Renxue a Flying Immortal Fruit, which he said would transform her Martial Soul and increase her soul power.
• Qian Renxue ate the fruit, was engulfed in light energy as her Angel Spirit possessed her, and sat down to refine the energy.

After Qian Renxue evolved her spirit and confessed her feelings for Liu Xinghan, they parted as he left Heaven Dou City with his companions for Spirit City. On the way, Liu Xiaofeng reached level thirty, and Liu Xinghan diverted to Nuoding City to seek out Tang San.

• Qian Renxue absorbed the Flying Immortal Fruit, gained three Soul Power levels, and evolved her Angel Spirit into an Eight-Winged Seraphim Spirit.
• Liu Xinghan and Qian Renxue spent the night talking, kissed before parting, and Liu Xinghan promised to help free her from her duties in Heaven Dou City.
• Liu Xinghan reunited with Ma Xiaotao and the others, and Dugu Bo led the group out of Heaven Dou City toward Spirit City.
• Liu Xiaofeng refined two Soul Ascension Pills and reached level thirty, so Ma Xiaotao took her toward a Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a third spirit ring.
• Liu Xinghan noticed Nuoding City on their route and decided to meet Tang San, then arrived there with Dugu Bo and found Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy.

Liu Xinghan entered Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy to find Tang San and challenge him, with Xiao Wu leading him to the training grounds. He arrived as Grandmaster addressed the students and interrupted the lecture by stepping forward.

• Liu Xinghan bribed the academy guards and entered Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy to look for Tang San.
• Liu Xinghan met Xiao Wu, learned she was close to Tang San, and asked her to take him to see him.
• Xiao Wu agreed to lead Liu Xinghan to the training grounds, where Tang San and Grandmaster Yu Xiaogang were gathered.
• Grandmaster told the students that Tang San's rapid cultivation came from diligence, prompting the students to become excited about training.
• Liu Xinghan laughed and stepped through the crowd, and Grandmaster demanded to know who had laughed.

Liu Xinghan publicly challenged Yu Xiaogang’s claim that there were no useless Martial Souls, exposing Yu Xiaogang’s level-twenty-nine Soul Power. Tang San stepped in to defend his teacher and began a spirit battle against Liu Xinghan.

• Liu Xinghan confronted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, mocking Yu Xiaogang’s theory and revealing that his Soul Power was only level twenty-nine.
• Liu Xinghan challenged Yu Xiaogang to a match, but Tang San volunteered to fight him first.
• Tang San introduced himself as a level-twenty-two Control System Battle Soul Master and activated his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with two yellow spirit rings.

Liu Xinghan fought Tang San without using his Martial Soul and overwhelmed him with his strength and mental perception. After knocking Tang San down and injuring him, Liu Xinghan mocked both him and Yu Xiaogang, while Xiao Wu rushed to Tang San’s side.

• Tang San attacked Liu Xinghan with Blue Silver Entanglement, but Liu Xinghan tore free and proved immune to its poison.
• Liu Xinghan summoned his Thunderclap Spear, destroyed Tang San’s Parasitic Seed, and struck him despite his Purple Demon Eye and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
• Tang San fired Hidden Weapons at Liu Xinghan, but Liu Xinghan dodged them and kicked Tang San hard enough to knock out two front teeth.
• Yu Xiaogang and Xiao Wu hurried to the injured Tang San as Liu Xinghan called Tang San weak and derided Yu Xiaogang’s teaching.

Liu Xinghan defeated Tang San, refused to fight Xiao Wu, and revealed that he knew her identity as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He returned to Dugu Bo and warned him that Tang Hao might come seeking revenge.

• Liu Xinghan challenged Yu Xiaogang after defeating Tang San, but Yu Xiaogang stayed silent, so Liu Xinghan left the academy.
• Xiao Wu confronted Liu Xinghan over Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Xinghan declined to fight her and revealed that he knew she was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Liu Xinghan told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao knew her identity and planned to use her as Tang San's ninth spirit ring, citing Tang Hao's past with Tang San's mother.
• Liu Xinghan returned to the inn and warned Dugu Bo that Tang Hao might retaliate for Tang San's injuries.
• Dugu Bo admitted that Tang Hao's strength far surpassed his own, despite Dugu Bo being a rank 92 Titled Douluo.

After cultivating the Soul Scripture to minor mastery, Liu Xinghan gained the ability to use the Soul Seal, but Tang Hao arrived to punish him for injuring Tang San. Dugu Bo intervened and helped Liu Xinghan escape, leaving himself to hold Tang Hao off while Liu Xinghan fled toward Ma Xiaotao.

• Liu Xinghan completed his breakthrough to minor mastery in the Soul Scripture Cultivation Method and considered using the Soul Seal to tame a soul beast.
• Tang Hao appeared at Liu Xinghan’s room and confirmed he had come because Liu Xinghan injured Tang San.
• Liu Xinghan called for Dugu Bo, who burst into the room and confronted Tang Hao.
• Dugu Bo attacked Tang Hao with Jade Scale Serpent Emperor Poison, then grabbed Liu Xinghan and fled when the poison failed to stop him.
• Liu Xinghan directed Dugu Bo south toward Ma Xiaotao, who was returning after helping Liu Xiaofeng obtain a third soul ring.
• When Tang Hao caught up, Dugu Bo stayed behind to delay him while Liu Xinghan continued fleeing alone.

Dugu Bo fought Tang Hao to buy Liu Xinghan time to escape, but Tang Hao defeated him and caught up with Liu Xinghan. Tang Hao blocked Liu Xinghan's path as Liu Xinghan tried to think of a way to stall until Ma Xiaotao arrived.

• Dugu Bo confronted Tang Hao and transformed into his Jade Scale Serpent Emperor Martial Soul Avatar to stop him.
• Tang Hao used his Clear Sky Hammer to overpower Dugu Bo's attacks and then unleashed his seventh and eighth Spirit Skills.
• Dugu Bo's ninth Spirit Skill was shattered, and Tang Hao struck him into a mountainside before pursuing Liu Xinghan.
• Liu Xinghan used his Soul Tool shoes to flee several kilometers toward Ma Xiaotao, while Tang Hao caught up with him.
• Tang Hao blocked Liu Xinghan's path, and Liu Xinghan anxiously searched for a way to stall until Ma Xiaotao arrived.

Liu Xinghan stalled Tang Hao by revealing how Ah Yin could be revived and promising to lead him to a place that could accelerate her growth. Ma Xiaotao arrived before Liu Xinghan could give the location, and her Fire Phoenix attack forced Tang Hao back.

• Liu Xinghan told Tang Hao that Ah Yin had left behind a Blue Silver Grass seed and claimed he knew how to revive her.
• Liu Xinghan explained that a place beneficial to plant-type soul beasts could speed up the seed’s growth, but delayed naming it to buy time.
• Ma Xiaotao arrived in the form of a Fire Phoenix, allowing Liu Xinghan to retreat while Tang Hao turned to meet the attack.
• Tang Hao struck at Ma Xiaotao with Earth's Fist, but the clash staggered him and left him shocked that he had been overpowered.

Ma Xiaotao arrived to rescue Liu Xinghan and fought Tang Hao, whose strength was challenged by her own Super Douluo abilities and Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring. As their battle raged, Liu Xinghan left to search for Dugu Bo, fearing he had been badly hurt while helping him escape.

• Ma Xiaotao arrived and confronted Tang Hao after seeing the marks on Liu Xinghan’s neck.
• Liu Xinghan taunted Tang Hao and retreated, leaving Ma Xiaotao to fight him.
• Ma Xiaotao and Tang Hao revealed their martial souls and spirit rings, and Ma Xiaotao attacked with Phoenix Burst Strike.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar as Tang Hao merged with his Clear Sky Hammer, and their battle shook the surrounding area.
• Liu Xinghan moved farther from the battle and contacted Ma Xiaotao, telling her to avoid getting hurt and to let Tang Hao go if necessary.
• Liu Xinghan returned along the route he had taken, worried that Tang Hao had killed Dugu Bo.

Liu Xinghan found the badly injured Dugu Bo after Tang Hao attacked, and Ma Xiaotao later returned after killing Tang Hao. The group recovered seven spirit bones from Tang Hao, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, while Dugu Bo and Ma Xiaotao treated their injuries.

• Liu Xinghan gave Dugu Bo a healing herb after finding him gravely wounded in the mountain ruins.
• Dugu Bo worried that Ma Xiaotao might not be able to defeat Tang Hao, while Liu Xinghan stood guard and reflected on his own weakness.
• Ma Xiaotao returned an hour later with minor injuries and told Liu Xinghan that she had killed Tang Hao.
• Ma Xiaotao gave Liu Xinghan seven spirit bones recovered from Tang Hao, including an unabsorbed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Liu Xinghan gave Ma Xiaotao a healing herb and returned with her to Dugu Bo, whose injuries remained severe.

Liu Xinghan returned to Spirit City after helping Dugu Bo recover and securing his agreement to join Spirit Hall. He told Bibi Dong about his powerful third Spirit Ring and Dugu Bo's recruitment, leaving her stunned and eager to hear how he had persuaded him.

• Liu Xinghan gave Dugu Bo a Ten Thousand Year Left Arm Bone to thank him for risking his life to save him.
• Liu Xinghan and Dugu Bo found Liu Xiaofeng, returned to Nuoding City, and rested for seven days while Dugu Bo recovered.
• Liu Xinghan arrived in Spirit City with Dugu Bo, Dugu Yan, and the others, then asked Dugu Bo to keep Ma Xiaotao's presence secret.
• Liu Xinghan returned alone to the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong welcomed him and scolded him for obtaining a Spirit Ring alone.
• Liu Xinghan showed Bibi Dong his two purple Spirit Rings and one black Spirit Ring, revealing that he had obtained a Ten Thousand Year Death Scythe Mantis Spirit Ring with Dugu Bo's help.
• Liu Xinghan told Bibi Dong that Dugu Bo had agreed to join Spirit Hall, and she asked how he had recruited him.

Liu Xinghan told Bibi Dong that Dugu Bo had pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall and gave her the immortal herb Eternal Night Star. After visiting Bibi Dong, Liu Xinghan reunited with Hu Liena on Lake Heart Island, where she embraced him after his long absence.

• Liu Xinghan told Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall’s attack-type Soul Tools had persuaded Dugu Bo to pledge allegiance, and said Dugu Bo would pay his respects the next day.
• Bibi Dong praised Liu Xinghan for gaining Dugu Bo and weakening the Heaven Dou Empire’s defenses.
• Liu Xinghan gave Bibi Dong an Eternal Night Star and demonstrated his level thirty-seven Soul Power and remarkably stable foundation.
• Bibi Dong accepted the herb, urged Liu Xinghan to treat Hu Liena well, and sent him to visit her.
• Liu Xinghan surprised Hu Liena while she watered flowers, and she embraced him and asked why he had been gone so long.

Liu Xinghan gave Hu Liena a Soul Bone and the Immortal Herb Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which she successfully claimed through her love for him. After consuming it, Hu Liena broke through to level fifty and her martial soul evolved into a Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox.

• Liu Xinghan gave Hu Liena the Seven-Colored Dreamy Spirit Head Bone, and she accepted it as a gift.
• Liu Xinghan explained Lovesick Heartbreak Red and its legend to Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena focused on her love for Liu Xinghan and made Lovesick Heartbreak Red fall, proving she had gained its recognition.
• Hu Liena consumed Lovesick Heartbreak Red while Liu Xinghan stood guard.
• Three hours later, Hu Liena broke through to level fifty and her martial soul evolved from a Three-tailed Heavenly Fox into a Nine-tailed Heavenly Fox.