Chapter Summaries

Qian Ren Shang revealed his six-ring Soul Emperor strength and overwhelming soul-ring configuration before battling Qin Ming. He shattered Qin Ming’s defenses and knocked him down, while Qin Ming struggled to fight back.

• Qin Ming challenged Qian Ren Shang and demanded that he apologize to Shrek Academy and its students.
• Qin Ming revealed six soul rings, but Qian Ren Shang summoned the Golden Dragon King with five black rings and one red ring, shocking the crowd.
• Meng Shen Ji and the other education committee members praised Qian Ren Shang, while Qin Ming lost his confidence and froze in fear.
• Qian Ren Shang charged with his Golden Dragon Spear, activated Golden Dragon Body, and shattered Qin Ming’s Blazing Fire Shield.
• Qian Ren Shang pursued Qin Ming, struck him with Golden Dragon Roar, and sent him crashing to the ground as Qin Ming spat blood and unleashed Flame Storm.

Qian Ren Shang overwhelmingly defeated Qin Ming, cementing his reputation as a formidable Six-Ring Soul Emperor. After hearing of his strength, Gu Yuena offered to defeat him for Qian Ren Xue in exchange for help finding her friend, and they agreed to meet again at Qian Ren Xue’s ball in seven days.

• Qian Ren Shang defeated Qin Ming with his Golden Dragon Spear, and Shrek Academy left Heaven Dou Royal Academy carrying the unconscious Qin Ming.
• News spread that Qian Ren Shang was a Six-Ring Soul Emperor with five black soul rings and one red soul ring.
• Qian Ren Xue learned of Qian Ren Shang’s strength and admitted that he was beyond anyone she knew of her generation.
• Gu Yuena offered to defeat Qian Ren Shang if Qian Ren Xue helped her find her friend within ten days, threatening to kill Qian Ren Xue if she failed.
• Gu Yuena revealed that she also had six soul rings, five black and one red, and Qian Ren Xue invited her to crush Qian Ren Shang at a ball in seven days in exchange for the empire’s help.

Qian Ren Shang considered how to deal with Shrek Academy but decided not to risk a confrontation yet. When Dugu Yan invited him to the Heaven Dou Dance, he revealed that he planned to leave the Heaven Dou Empire, and Ye Lingling responded by asking to travel with him.

• Qian Ren Shang weighed the danger posed by Shrek Academy and its Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then decided to wait until he became stronger before confronting them.
• Dugu Yan invited Qian Ren Shang to the Heaven Dou Dance, but he declined and told her he planned to leave the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Dugu Yan left disappointed, and the System rewarded Qian Ren Shang with 500 years added to his Soul Ring lifespan.
• Ye Lingling came to invite Qian Ren Shang to the dance, but he declined and repeated that he intended to leave.
• Ye Lingling asked Qian Ren Shang if she could leave Heaven Dou Royal Academy and travel with him, while onlookers recognized her words as a confession.

Ye Lingling confessed to Qian Ren Shang, but he rejected her because he already liked someone else. Though she left in tears, Ye Lingling resolved to keep pursuing him and find out who he loved.

• Ye Lingling confessed her feelings to Qian Ren Shang while onlookers, including Yu Tianheng, watched jealously.
• Qian Ren Shang thought of Gu Yuena and told Ye Lingling he could not accept her confession because he liked someone else.
• Ye Lingling asked whether he liked Dugu Yan, and Qian Ren Shang clarified that he regarded both her and Dugu Yan as friends.
• Qian Ren Shang refused to reveal the name of the person he liked, and Ye Lingling ran away crying.
• Ye Lingling decided that his explanation might have been a polite excuse and vowed to keep pursuing him.

Qian Ren Xue prepared to use the Heaven Dou Dance to set Gu Yuena against Qian Ren Shang, but seeing Gu Yuena dressed for the ball left her unexpectedly captivated. The chapter ended with Qian Ren Xue realizing she had fallen for Gu Yuena, as the ball and its promised confrontation were about to begin.

• Qian Ren Xue planned to provoke Qian Ren Shang into fighting Gu Yuena at the Heaven Dou Dance, hoping Gu Yuena would defeat and cripple him.
• Qian Ren Xue went to check on Gu Yuena’s preparations and froze when she saw her in a white dress.
• Qian Ren Xue found herself unable to look away from Gu Yuena and realized she had fallen for a woman.

Qian Ren Xue pursued Gu Yuena while preparing for a ball, and Gu Yuena recalled Qian Ren Shang when asked whether she liked anyone. The ball’s main guest, Gu Si Yue, refused to attend, and his name made Gu Yuena wonder whether he was the person she had been searching for.

• Qian Ren Xue agreed to help Gu Yuena find Qian Ren Shang after the ball and became determined to claim Gu Yuena for herself.
• Qian Ren Xue rode with Gu Yuena and asked whether she had someone she liked.
• Gu Yuena remembered Qian Ren Shang protecting her as a child, then told Qian Ren Xue that she probably did not like anyone.
• A knight told Qian Ren Xue that Gu Si Yue had refused her invitation because she had invited him.
• Gu Yuena noticed the resemblance between Gu Si Yue’s name and her own and wondered whether he could be Qian Ren Shang.

Qian Ren Shang reached level 68 and rejected the invitation to the Heaven Dou Dance, but he could not settle his agitation. After glimpsing a silver-haired woman in a passing carriage, he thought she was Gu Yuena and hurried after it.

• Qian Ren Xue insisted that the carriage continue to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with Gu Yuena aboard.
• Qian Ren Shang awoke from meditation and noted that his Soul Power had reached level 68.
• Qian Ren Shang tossed aside the Heaven Dou Dance invitation because he wanted no involvement with Qian Ren Xue.
• Qian Ren Shang went outside to paint the evening sky for Older Sister Na Na.
• Qian Ren Shang glimpsed a silver-haired profile in a passing carriage, thought it was Gu Yuena, and gave chase.

Qian Ren Shang chased a carriage because he thought Gu Yuena might be inside, then followed it to the Heaven Dou Dance venue. He was denied entry without an invitation and was left searching for the person he had glimpsed.

• Qian Ren Shang spotted a carriage and rushed after it, hoping to confirm whether Gu Yuena was inside.
• Qian Ren Shang learned that the grand hotel was hosting the Heaven Dou Dance and suspected the carriage had brought its passenger there.
• The guards stopped Qian Ren Shang at the entrance and demanded an invitation, which he did not have.
• Onlookers mocked Qian Ren Shang’s predicament and speculated that Xue Qinghe had excluded him because of their conflict.
• Qian Ren Shang searched for the carriage but found it empty, then saw Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling approaching.

Qian Ren Shang arrived at the ball hoping to find the woman he thought he had seen, and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan helped him get past the guard. He searched the hall without finding her, while Yu Tianheng watched the two girls gather around him with resentment.

• Qian Ren Shang asked the entrance knight to let him in, explaining that an important friend might be inside, but he had no invitation.
• Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan arrived and persuaded the knight to admit Qian Ren Shang as their friend.
• Qian Ren Shang entered the crowded ball and searched for the familiar woman he believed he had seen.
• Qian Ren Shang failed to find her and wondered whether he had mistaken someone else for Sister Na Na.
• Yu Tianheng saw Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan with Qian Ren Shang and resented how attached they seemed to Gu Si Yue.

At a ballroom, Qian Ren Shang brooded over a fleeting glimpse of someone and rejected Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling’s invitations to dance. After learning that Gu Si Yue had arrived, Qian Ren Xue excitedly prepared to confront him, while Gu Yuena agreed to go downstairs with her.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling invited Qian Ren Shang to dance, but he politely refused and went to eat alone.
• Qian Ren Xue learned that Gu Si Yue had appeared in the ballroom and told Gu Yuena she planned to make him lose face.
• Gu Yuena questioned Qian Ren Xue about her intense anger toward Gu Si Yue, then agreed to go downstairs with her.
• Qian Ren Xue spotted Qian Ren Shang eating in the ballroom and eagerly began putting her plan into action.

Qian Ren Shang confronted Qian Ren Xue’s attempt to provoke him at a ballroom gathering and swiftly defeated the Soul Emperor she sent against him. Qian Ren Xue then called in Gu Yuena, whose sudden arrival left Qian Ren Shang stunned as they met again after nineteen years.

• Qian Ren Xue’s attendants mocked Qian Ren Shang as Gu Si Yue, prompting the ballroom guests to gossip about his reputation.
• Qian Ren Shang confronted Qian Ren Xue and challenged her to send anyone else she had against him.
• The Golden Armored Man released six spirit rings and challenged Qian Ren Shang, but Qian Ren Shang’s Golden Dragon Roar staggered him and a Golden Dragon Claw sent him flying.
• Qian Ren Xue signaled for Gu Yuena to come and fight Qian Ren Shang.
• Gu Yuena entered the ballroom, and Qian Ren Shang recognized her and was struck speechless.

Qian Ren Shang was stunned to find Gu Yuena among Qian Ren Xue's reinforcements, and the two greeted each other with surprise. Gu Yuena reassured him that she had recovered, while the others struggled to understand their close relationship.

• Qian Ren Xue boasted that Gu Yuena could match Gu Yuena's opponent in strength and soul rings, expecting her to win.
• Qian Ren Shang recognized Gu Yuena and froze, while Gu Yuena was equally shocked to see him.
• Qian Ren Shang and Gu Yuena asked each other why they were there, leaving the onlookers confused by their familiarity.
• Qian Ren Shang worried about Gu Yuena's health and asked why she had left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Gu Yuena said she had recovered and had simply wandered there, while Qian Ren Xue and the others reacted with surprise.

Qian Ren Xue tried to force Gu Yuena to deal with Qian Ren Shang, then offered them power and wealth when Gu Yuena refused. Gu Yuena declared their agreements void and tried to leave with Qian Ren Shang, but Qian Ren Xue's experts blocked their way.

• Qian Ren Xue ordered Gu Yuena to attack Qian Ren Shang, but Gu Yuena refused and revealed that he was the friend she had been seeking.
• Qian Ren Xue offered Gu Yuena and Qian Ren Shang power, wealth, and strength, then pleaded with Gu Yuena to stay and spare him.
• Gu Yuena rejected Xue Qinghe's offer, declared their contracts void, and took Qian Ren Shang's hand as they left.
• Qian Ren Xue shouted for them to be stopped, and a team of experts appeared and formed a wall in their path.

Qian Ren Xue tried to recruit Gu Yuena and Qian Ren Shang, but Qian Ren Shang rejected her and revealed that he was her long-lost brother. Qian Ren Xue recognized him in shock as the gathered nobles realized his true identity.

• Qian Ren Xue offered Gu Yuena and Qian Ren Shang a chance to join her, while Gu Yuena told Qian Ren Shang she would follow his choice.
• Qian Ren Shang refused to cooperate with Qian Ren Xue and reminded her of the child who had disappeared years ago.
• An old noble identified Gu Si Yue as Qian Ren Shang, the son of Qian Xun Ji whom Spirit Hall had searched for.
• Qian Ren Shang stepped closer to Qian Ren Xue and asked whether she still did not recognize him, then called her his sister.
• Qian Ren Xue recognized Qian Ren Shang and screamed in terror as the crowd erupted in surprise.

Qian Ren Shang revealed that Xue Qinghe was actually Qian Ren Xue, the daughter of Spirit Hall’s previous and current Popes. Qian Ren Xue exposed her disguise and ordered the fleeing nobles killed, leaving the hall terrified as she confronted her brother.

• The nobles realized Gu Si Yue was Qian Ren Shang and inferred that Xue Qinghe was connected to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Ren Xue revealed her identity and admitted she had killed the real Xue Qinghe years earlier.
• Qian Ren Xue changed from men’s clothes into a white gown and let down her golden hair, exposing her true appearance.
• Qian Ren Shang rejected Qian Ren Xue and accused her of repeatedly causing trouble for him.
• A Golden Armor Soul Emperor killed several nobles who tried to flee, while the survivors backed away in fear.
• Qian Ren Xue angrily denied that Qian Ren Shang was her younger brother, and the system rewarded him with two 100,000-year Dragon King arm bones.

Qian Ren Xue revealed her plan to kill the nobles after Qian Ren Shang exposed her identity, then ordered her forces to attack. Gu Yuena protected Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, leaving Qian Ren Xue to face resistance from the nobles and Qian Ren Shang.

• Qian Ren Xue admitted that Qian Ren Shang’s exposure had ruined her plan to take the Heaven Dou throne and declared that everyone present had to die.
• Qian Ren Xue used an Eight-Ring Mental-Type Soul Douluo’s skill to conceal the gathering and blamed Qian Ren Shang for the nobles’ impending deaths.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling denounced Qian Ren Xue and warned that she would kill them even if she became emperor.
• Qian Ren Xue ordered a Golden Armor Six-Ring Soul Emperor to attack Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, but Gu Yuena blocked him with a Soul Power barrier and forced him back.
• Gu Yuena told Qian Ren Xue that she had saved the two girls because they were Qian Ren Shang’s friends, and Qian Ren Xue ordered her forces to take Gu Yuena down.

Qian Ren Xue challenged Qian Ren Shang, and he refused to yield, revealing his Golden Dragon Spirit and vowing to protect Gu Yuena. Their conflict turned into a fierce battle as Gu Yuena confronted Qian Ren Xue’s forces.

• Qian Ren Xue confronted Qian Ren Shang and insisted she would not accept him going easy on her.
• Gu Yuena tried to shield Qian Ren Shang, but he stepped forward and told her he could protect himself and her.
• Qian Ren Shang summoned his Golden Dragon Spear and reminded Gu Yuena of his promise to protect her.
• Qian Ren Xue revealed her Angel Spirit and powerful Soul Rings, while Qian Ren Shang revealed his Golden Dragon Spirit and Soul Rings.
• Qian Ren Xue and Qian Ren Shang charged at each other and began a fierce battle as Gu Yuena attacked the Soul Emperors and Soul Saints sent by Qian Ren Xue.

Qian Ren Shang calmly fought Qian Ren Xue, enduring her taunts and powerful Angel Spirit attacks while revealing that he had found people who needed him. As Qian Ren Xue failed to gain an advantage, Qian Ren Shang announced that he would show her the true gap between them, despite not yet using a Soul Skill.

• Qian Ren Xue shouted that Qian Ren Shang was unnecessary, but he said Na Na, big sister, and Uncle Di Tian had become his family and needed him.
• Qian Ren Shang and Qian Ren Xue clashed in the hall, trading taunts as their attacks damaged the walls, floor, and furnishings.
• Qian Ren Xue unleashed Angel Spirit abilities including Angel Assault, Angel Judgment, Angel's Feather, and Angel Descent, but Qian Ren Shang evaded or blocked them with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• The spectators recognized Qian Ren Shang's strength as Qian Ren Xue struggled to gain an advantage despite enhancing her attributes.
• Qian Ren Shang said he had played enough and would show Qian Ren Xue the true gap between them, though he had not yet used a Soul Skill.

Qian Ren Shang used his Golden Dragon Body to overwhelm and defeat Qian Ren Xue, blaming her lack of combat experience for the gap between them. He then turned to Gu Yuena, whose battle against three Soul Emperors and a Soul Sage had reached its climax.

• Qian Ren Shang activated Golden Dragon Body and powered through Qian Ren Xue’s Angel Holy Light.
• Qian Ren Shang battered Qian Ren Xue with successive Golden Dragon attacks until she collapsed, defeated.
• Qian Ren Xue asked how Qian Ren Shang was so much stronger, and he told her that she lacked combat experience.
• Qian Ren Shang looked toward Gu Yuena as her fight against three Soul Emperors and a Soul Sage intensified.
• The Soul Sage told his companions they could no longer hold back, while Gu Yuena calmly called them trash.

Gu Yuena effortlessly defeated three Soul Emperors and a Soul Sage, then praised Qian Ren Shang’s improvement. Qian Ren Xue challenged the apparent victory, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Gu Yuena blocked the Soul Emperors’ elemental attacks and countered them with her own powers.
• Gu Yuena defeated the attackers, striking down the Soul Emperors and overpowering the Soul Sage’s Flame Lion form.
• Gu Yuena imprisoned the last fleeing Soul Emperor and won the battle, stunning the ballroom’s guests.
• Gu Yuena reunited with Qian Ren Shang, praised his growth, and advised him to improve the transitions between his Spear Technique and soul skills.
• Qian Ren Xue raised her head and asked whether they thought they had won.