Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu found an infant named Ye Xi at Qian Xunji’s grave after a blood-red moon appeared and raised her in Spirit Hall. Six years later, Ye Xi asked Qian Daoliu to take her to Chrysanthemum Elder for guidance about medicinal herbs, and Golden Crocodile prepared for her martial soul awakening.

• Qian Daoliu reflected on Qian Xunji’s death and said he could not avenge him because the real murderer was Xue Er’s biological mother.
• A blood-red moon appeared, and a beam of light brought an infant to Qian Xunji’s gravestone.
• Qian Daoliu named the infant Ye Xi and carried her to Spirit City.
• Six years later, Ye Xi finished a book and considered her upcoming martial soul awakening and a backup plan involving the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Ye Xi asked Qian Daoliu to accompany her to Chrysanthemum Elder for medicinal herb guidance, and he agreed.
• Qian Daoliu took Ye Xi toward the Papal Hall while Golden Crocodile prepared the martial soul awakening tools.

Ye Xi borrowed Yue Guan’s Immortal Herb Record before returning to the Worship Hall for her Martial Soul awakening. She awakened a black-winged Angel Martial Soul and displayed Innate Full Soul Power, leaving Qian Daoliu pleased with her talent.

• Qian Daoliu reassured Ye Xi about her upcoming Martial Soul awakening and took her to meet Yue Guan.
• Ye Xi asked Yue Guan to lend her the Immortal Herb Record, and he handed her the book.
• Ye Xi read the Immortal Herb Record as Qian Daoliu took her back to the Worship Hall, where Golden Crocodile was waiting with the awakening tools.
• Golden Crocodile awakened Ye Xi’s Martial Soul, revealing a black-winged Angel that gave off an aura of slaughter and despair.
• Qian Daoliu identified Ye Xi’s Martial Soul as a branch of the Angel Martial Soul and tested her Soul Power.
• Ye Xi showed Innate Full Soul Power, and Qian Daoliu praised her excellent talent.

Ye Xi awakened the Slaughtering Angel Martial Soul with absolute slaughter as its attribute, and Qian Daoliu advised her on its development before preparing to take her for a soul ring. The next morning, Qian Daoliu brought her to Papal Hall, where she returned the Immortal Herb Record to Yue Guan.

• Qian Daoliu praised Ye Xi's talent and advised her to focus her Slaughtering Angel's absolute slaughter attribute on assault-type development.
• Qian Daoliu said he would take Ye Xi to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day, and agreed with Golden Crocodile to notify Qian Renxue about her younger sister.
• Ye Xi memorized the Immortal Herb Record and cultivated through the night.
• The next morning, Ye Xi learned that Golden Crocodile was away for several days and ate breakfast with Qian Daoliu before heading to Papal Hall.
• Bibi Dong inferred that Qian Daoliu was taking Ye Xi to obtain a soul ring, and Ye Xi returned the Immortal Herb Record to Yue Guan.

Ye Xi and Qian Daoliu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find her first soul ring. After locating a Blood Mist Mantis, Ye Xi killed it and began absorbing its soul ring.

• Ye Xi gave Yue Guan the Immortal Herb Record and exchanged a cool greeting with Bibi Dong before leaving Spirit City with Qian Daoliu.
• During their four-day carriage journey, Ye Xi practiced Meditative Cultivation while Qian Daoliu rested.
• Qian Daoliu and Ye Xi searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Blood Mist Mantis, Death Soul Golden Eagle, or Man Faced Demon Spider.
• After a day of searching, Qian Daoliu sensed a roughly six-hundred-and-fifty-to-seven-hundred-year-old Blood Mist Mantis and struck it down.
• Ye Xi stabbed the weakened Blood Mist Mantis through the head, then began absorbing its yellow soul ring as Qian Daoliu kept watch.

Ye Xi absorbed the Blood Mist Mantis's Soul Ring, gained a powerful enhancement skill and the Bloodthirsty Bone Blade External Soul Bone, then traveled with Qian Daoliu to Suotuo City. There, Ma Hongjun harassed her, and Qian Daoliu told her to teach him a lesson for combat practice.

• Ye Xi awakened with level fifteen Soul Power and gained Blood Soul Protection and the Bloodthirsty Bone Blade.
• Ye Xi explained her new abilities to Qian Daoliu, who promised the worshippers would teach her combat skills.
• Ye Xi and Qian Daoliu left the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled to Suotuo City to rest.
• Ye Xi bought a white dress, but Ma Hongjun stopped her and insisted she tell him her name.
• Qian Daoliu told Ye Xi to teach Ma Hongjun a lesson and gain combat experience.

Ye Xi defeated Ma Hongjun in her first battle, and Flender ended the confrontation before it escalated. After Qian Daoliu praised her, she settled in at a hotel and planned her training and search for immortal herbs.

• Ye Xi revealed her Slaughtering Angel martial soul and swiftly defeated Ma Hongjun with her first soul skill, Blood Soul Protection.
• Flender apologized for Ma Hongjun and called off the fight, then explained that Ye Xi likely came from a powerful family.
• Qian Daoliu praised Ye Xi's decisiveness as they rode to a hotel, where they planned to return to Spirit City the next day.
• Ye Xi resolved to train her combat skills and obtain the immortal herbs before Tang San, since she had already memorized the Immortal Herb Record.
• Ye Xi cultivated for four hours in her room, then went to sleep.

Ye Xi returned to Worship Hall with Qian Daoliu, where the offerings gave her a storage bracelet and arranged a rigorous training schedule. On her way back to her residence, she recognized Yang Wushuang and called out to him.

• Ye Xi and Qian Daoliu traveled back to Spirit City and went straight to Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu asked the six offerings to guide Ye Xi, and Azure Luan gave her a storage bracelet.
• Golden Crocodile offered to train Ye Xi's physique, while Azure Luan and four other offerings arranged lessons in strategy and combat skills.
• Ye Xi accepted the training plan, and Qian Daoliu told her to rest before training began the next day.
• Ye Xi recognized Yang Wushuang, a captured member of the Breaking Clan who had joined Spirit Hall, and called out to stop him.

Ye Xi questioned Yang Wushuang about the Single Attribute Four Sects and considered whether the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan might be open to cooperation. The next morning, she met Golden Crocodile’s granddaughter Tian Yao and began a weighted warm-up run with her.

• Yang Wushuang told Ye Xi about the four clans’ specialties, locations, and strained relations with Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yang Wushuang explained that the Strength Clan and Speed Clan would not join another force, while the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan might consider it but hated Spirit Hall.
• After Yang Wushuang left, Ye Xi privately considered the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan as possible prospects, but decided it was not the time to act.
• Ye Xi visited Golden Crocodile the next morning and met his granddaughter Tian Yao, an eight- or nine-year-old Soul Grandmaster.
• Golden Crocodile gave Ye Xi and Tian Yao weighted iron rings and started them running without martial souls or soul power.

Ye Xi and Tian Yao completed Golden Crocodile’s demanding morning training and ate breakfast with him, Qian Daoliu, and Azure Luan. Azure Luan then assigned the girls a roomful of books to study, leaving Tian Yao struggling to stay awake as he explained them.

• Golden Crocodile gradually increased the pace of the girls’ training until Ye Xi and Tian Yao struggled to keep up.
• After training, Golden Crocodile took Ye Xi and Tian Yao to breakfast, where Tian Yao ate thirteen large bowls of rice.
• Azure Luan led Ye Xi and Tian Yao to a room full of books and told them they needed to learn them all.
• Azure Luan began explaining the material, and while Ye Xi listened attentively, Tian Yao grew confused and sleepy.

Azure Luan taught Tian Yao and Ye Xi strategy, but Tian Yao failed to absorb the lesson while Ye Xi listened attentively. Afterward, Golden Crocodile accepted Tian Yao’s limitations, and Qian Daoliu took Ye Xi to afternoon combat training.

• Azure Luan ended the lesson, warned Tian Yao and Ye Xi about the danger of combining talent with strategy, and sent them to rest before combat training.
• Tian Yao told Golden Crocodile she had finished the book but admitted she remembered none of it, and he urged her to cultivate and follow his guidance.
• Qian Daoliu visited Ye Xi, heard that she felt confident about the morning’s training, and praised Azure Luan’s opinion of her.
• Qian Daoliu led Ye Xi to the place where combat training would be held.

Ye Xi and Tian Yao trained against the Offerings, with Ye Xi quickly improving her combat skills under Fourth Offering Lion’s guidance. After training, Ye Xi recovered in a medicinal bath and began meditating.

• Qian Daoliu brought Ye Xi and Tian Yao to train against the Offerings, while he and Golden Crocodile watched.
• Ye Xi attacked Fourth Offering Lion and was knocked down, then adjusted her technique after he pointed out her weaknesses.
• Ye Xi improved through repeated exchanges with Lion, using her wings and Bloodthirsty Bone Blade as he praised her growing strength.
• As training ended at sunset, Qian Daoliu sent Ye Xi back to rest and asked Golden Crocodile to find a healing Soul Master for Tian Yao.
• Ye Xi soaked in a medicinal bath prepared in her room, then changed and began Meditative Cultivation.

After three years of rigorous training, nine-year-old Ye Xi reached level twenty-four and decided to travel the continent for experience. Qian Daoliu arranged for Elder Ling Yuan to protect Ye Xi and Tian Yao, while Ye Xi planned to recruit Yang Wushuang from the Papal Hall before leaving at noon.

• Over three years, Ye Xi trained with the Worship Hall offerings, reached level twenty-four, and gained the second soul skill Soul Devouring Gaze from a thousand-year-old Soul Devouring Golden Eagle.
• Ye Xi told Qian Daoliu she wanted to travel the continent, and he agreed to arrange an elder to accompany her.
• Ye Xi asked to bring Yang Wushuang from the Papal Hall, and Qian Daoliu gave her an Angel Token to summon him.
• Golden Crocodile suggested Tian Yao accompany Ye Xi, and Tian Yao agreed to join the journey.
• Qian Daoliu assigned level ninety-two Titled Douluo Elder Ling Yuan to protect Ye Xi and Tian Yao.
• Ye Xi said she would leave at noon, and Qian Daoliu told her to contact him if Ling Yuan could not handle any danger.

Ye Xi gathered Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, and Yang Wushuang to travel to Heaven Dou City, while asking Ling Yuan whether she could defeat Dugu Bo. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, reviewed intelligence and decided to wait before acting.

• Ye Xi used the Angel Token to ask Bibi Dong for Yang Wushuang, then had him prepare an unmarked carriage.
• Tian Yao packed her belongings, and she, Ye Xi, and Ling Yuan set out with Yang Wushuang for Heaven Dou City.
• Ye Xi asked whether Ling Yuan could defeat Dugu Bo, and Ling Yuan said she could beat him but might not stop him from fleeing.
• At the Crown Prince Residence, Qian Renxue read intelligence while She Long warned that the situation had become complicated.
• Qian Renxue told She Long and Ci Xue not to act yet and watched Prince Xue Xing's Mansion from the window.

Ye Xi arrived in Heaven Dou City and sent Yang Wushuang to gather local intelligence, including Dugu Bo’s whereabouts and available mansions. After learning that Ye Xi had come to the city, Qian Renxue decided to meet her younger sister that night.

• Ye Xi and her companions checked into a hotel, where she asked Yang Wushuang to visit Spirit Hall and gather information about Heaven Dou City, Dugu Bo, and mansions for sale.
• Yang Wushuang used Ye Xi’s Angel Token to meet Platinum Bishop Salas, who prepared the requested information.
• Salas reported Yang Wushuang’s visit to Qian Renxue by messenger eagle, and Qian Renxue learned that Ye Xi had arrived in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Renxue asked She Long to prepare gifts so she could meet Ye Xi that night.
• Yang Wushuang returned to the hotel, where Ling Yuan told him Ye Xi was asleep, so he took the information to his own room.

Ye Xi met her sister Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue revealed her identity and welcomed Ye Xi with a valuable hairpin. They discussed Ye Xi’s visit and Qian Renxue’s progress toward taking control of the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving Ye Xi deep in thought about the original story.

• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, surprised Ye Xi in her hotel room, and they exchanged attacks to test each other.
• Qian Renxue revealed her true identity as Ye Xi’s sister and gave her a Warm Jade hairpin brought in by She Long and Ling Yuan.
• Ye Xi said she had come to gain experience, handle a secret matter, and see whether she could help Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue explained that Xue Qinghe had become Crown Prince, the Second and Third Princes were dealt with, and Xue Beng was under Prince Xue Xing’s care.
• Qian Renxue estimated that her plan could take ten or twenty years, while Ye Xi recalled the original work and began to think.

Ye Xi persuaded Qian Renxue that eliminating Xue Beng would make Xue Qinghe the Heaven Dou Empire’s sole heir, and the two discussed how to proceed. After Qian Renxue left for the palace, Ye Xi sent Ling Yuan to deliver a calling card to Dugu Bo’s residence.

• Ye Xi argued that Xue Beng’s death would leave Xue Ye and the court with no alternative to Xue Qinghe, and Qian Renxue agreed the plan was worth pursuing.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Xi discussed the plan through the night, then Qian Renxue departed for the Tiandou Imperial Palace with She Long and Yang Wushuang.
• Ye Xi asked Ling Yuan to bring Yang Wushuang’s belongings and intelligence, then wrote a calling card for Dugu Bo.
• Ling Yuan left for Dugu Bo’s secluded residence after Ye Xi promised to remain at the hotel with Tian Yao.
• Dugu Bo heard footsteps approaching his courtyard and turned toward the sound in surprise.

Ling Yuan delivered Dugu Bo an invitation from Ye Xi’s young lady, and Dugu Bo agreed to meet her the next day. Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ling Yuan then toured a mansion for sale, where its owner warned them that buying it could bring trouble.

• Ling Yuan visited Dugu Bo and delivered an invitation, revealing that she was also a Titled Douluo; Dugu Bo agreed to await the invitation’s owner the next day.
• Ye Xi told Tian Yao that Ling Yuan had gone to deliver her invitation and that Yang Wushuang had been sent to help her sister.
• Ling Yuan returned with breakfast, and she, Ye Xi, and Tian Yao ate before heading to inspect a mansion for sale.
• Yun Jin showed Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ling Yuan around the mansion, and Ye Xi decided she was satisfied with it.
• Yun Jin explained that he was selling the mansion because he had offended someone powerful in Heaven Dou City, and Ye Xi frowned at his warning.

Ye Xi bought Yun Jin’s mansion despite his warning that Xue Beng might cause trouble. After Xue Beng threatened her, Ling Yuan defeated him and brought him inside, while Ye Xi decided to use him to bargain with Xue Xing.

• Yun Jin warned Ye Xi that Xue Beng might come looking for trouble, but Ye Xi bought the mansion for 350,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Xue Beng arrived with two guards and threatened to send Ye Xi to the Tiandou Auction House.
• Ye Xi sent Ling Yuan to deal with Xue Beng, and Ling Yuan revealed herself as a Titled Douluo before overpowering him and his guards.
• Ling Yuan told a guard to summon Xue Xing, then carried Xue Beng into the mansion.
• Ye Xi told Tian Yao that she planned to use Xue Beng as a bargaining chip to obtain benefits from Xue Xing.

Ye Xi kept Xue Beng captive and demanded that Prince Xue Xing negotiate terms for his release. Prince Xue Xing arrived with Dugu Bo and gifts, but Ye Xi left the price to him and warned that even Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi could not force her to hand Xue Beng over.

• Ye Xi ordered Tian Yao to beat Xue Beng whenever he spoke, while sparing his life.
• A guard told Prince Xue Xing what had happened, and Xue Xing decided to apologize and bring gifts.
• Prince Xue Xing asked Dugu Bo to accompany him to Ye Xi’s mansion, and Dugu Bo agreed.
• Ling Yuan identified herself as a Titled Douluo and directed Prince Xue Xing to speak with Ye Xi.
• Ye Xi told Prince Xue Xing to state his terms first and warned that she would not release Xue Beng if she was unsatisfied, even if Xue Ye or Ning Fengzhi intervened.

Ye Xi rejected Prince Xue Xing’s compensation offer and demanded two million Gold Soul Coins and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud for Xue Beng’s release. After Xue Xing left to report to Xue Ye, Ye Xi offered Dugu Bo a deal involving his Sunset Forest medicine garden and ten years of service in exchange for detoxifying him and Dugu Yan.

• Prince Xue Xing offered Ye Xi five hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, but she demanded two million and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Prince Xue Xing agreed to the two million Gold Soul Coins but said he could not promise the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud without Xue Ye’s decision.
• Ye Xi refused the offer and told Prince Xue Xing to report her terms to Xue Ye, so he left for the Tiandou Imperial Palace.
• Ye Xi stopped Dugu Bo from leaving and asked to discuss his medicine garden in Sunset Forest.
• Ye Xi offered to detoxify Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan in exchange for the garden and ten years of Dugu Bo’s service, then warned that her terms might change if he waited.