Chapter Summaries

Xu Jie bought the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife, partially purified it, and absorbed its life force, cleansing his marrow and breaking through to Rank 63. The next morning, Wang San informed him that the Spirit Ascension Ceremony was ready and that the Chief Enshrined would preside after breakfast.

• Xu Jie showed Qing Ya his light-attributed Golden Dragon Spear and bought the Soul Devouring Engraving Knife for 50,000 Gold Soul Coins.
• Xu Jie sealed the knife’s vicious aura, then used the Dark Gold Spirit Staff and Purification Flames to cleanse most of its blade, though its evil thoughts and curses remained.
• Xu Jie placed the knife in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and absorbed its life force, which cleansed his marrow while the red sun burned away the curse whispers.
• Xu Jie removed the knife from his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness, stored it in Xue Tian’s blood-red necklace, and cultivated until his Soul Power reached Rank 63.
• The next morning, Wang San told Xu Jie that the Spirit Ascension Ceremony was ready and that the Chief Enshrined would preside after breakfast.

Xu Jie entered a deadly darkness that Long Xiaoyao had created to test him, and he fought it back with the Golden Dragon Spear and his Ultimate Light and Ultimate Fire powers. Long Xiaoyao revealed himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Chief Enshrined and welcomed Xu Jie as its Holy Son.

• Xu Jie noticed something unusual about the rear courtyard and entered it ahead of Wang San.
• An aged voice threatened Xu Jie, and dark blades attacked him in the darkness.
• Xu Jie used his Golden Dragon Spear to repel the blades and unleash Ultimate Light against the darkness.
• When the darkness persisted, Xu Jie added Ultimate Fire and purified it with an intensified burst of light.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared, transported Xu Jie to a spacious hall, and introduced himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s Chief Enshrined.
• Long Xiaoyao explained that the darkness had been his test, not Xu Jie’s Spirit Ascension Ceremony.

Long Xiaoyao tested Xu Jie by ordering him to kill Chen Pu, then accepted him as a disciple when Xu Jie refused and fought back. After learning about Xu Jie’s Ultimate Light Martial Soul, Long Xiaoyao took him toward the Body Sect to teach Du Busi a lesson.

• Long Xiaoyao ordered Xu Jie to kill Chen Pu, but Xu Jie refused and raised his spear to fight him.
• Long Xiaoyao struck Xu Jie, then abruptly accepted him as his disciple after deciding his character was good.
• Xu Jie showed Long Xiaoyao the Golden Dragon Spear and his sun Martial Soul, and Long Xiaoyao recognized the spear and confirmed that Xu Jie could release Ultimate Light.
• Long Xiaoyao sent Chen Pu back to the woman who had been with him and gave Xu Jie a Level 6 Flying Soul Guidance Device.
• Long Xiaoyao told Xu Jie they were heading to the Body Sect so he could teach Du Busi a lesson, and the two flew away from Star Luo City.

Xu Jie reached Heaven Dou City and reunited with Qian Ran, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan at the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association. Before leaving again to join the Holy Spirit Cult, he arranged for Huo Yuhao to collect Qian Ran and encouraged Ji Juechen to go to the Body Sect.

• Xu Jie entered Heaven Dou City and went straight to the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association to find Qian Ran and the others.
• Qian Ran recognized Xu Jie, clung to him, and asked to go with him, but Xu Jie promised that Huo Yuhao would collect him instead.
• Jing Ziyan fetched Ji Juechen, and Xu Jie answered his questions about swordsmanship.
• Xu Jie told Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to stay in the city until Huo Yuhao arrived and suggested Ji Juechen train with the Body Sect.
• Ji Juechen became interested in the Body Sect's combat techniques, while Jing Ziyan gave Xu Jie a resentful look.

Xu Jie left the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association after learning that Long Xiaoyao’s Flying Soul Guidance Device came from Mingde Hall, then waited for Long Xiaoyao in Heaven Dou City. Long Xiaoyao took him toward the Body Sect to meet Du Busi’s new disciple, while teaching him how to conceal the dragon aura of his martial soul.

• Xu Jie showed Jing Ziyan Long Xiaoyao’s Flying Soul Guidance Device, and she identified it as a high-grade product of Mingde Hall from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Xu Jie said goodbye to Qian Ran, Little Ji, and Jing Ziyan, then waited for Long Xiaoyao in Heaven Dou City.
• At the Body Sect, Du Busi urged Huo Yuhao to focus on awakening his martial soul before researching Soul Tools, and promised to help him establish a Soul Guidance Hall afterward.
• Xu Jie bought grilled fish, but Long Xiaoyao abruptly took him from the city to the woods before he could eat it, prompting Xu Jie to demand his eight Copper Soul Coins back.
• Long Xiaoyao explained that he was taking Xu Jie to meet Du Busi’s talented new disciple, then flew with him toward the Body Sect and taught him to conceal his dragon aura.

Xu Jie traveled with Long Xiaoyao to the Body Sect, where Long challenged Du Busi to a disciple’s duel over a past grievance. Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao recognized each other as their respective masters prepared them to fight, and both tried to arrange an excuse to lose.

• Xu Jie concealed the Golden Dragon aura on his spear using Long Xiaoyao’s method, then left Heaven Dou City with Long for the Body Sect.
• Long Xiaoyao confronted Du Busi at the Body Sect and proposed a duel between their disciples, with the loser’s master accepting the stakes.
• Long brought Xu Jie down to the training grounds, where Xu Jie searched the gathered Body Sect members for Huo Yuhao.
• Du Busi introduced Huo Yuhao as his disciple, and Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao recognized each other.
• Xu Jie offered to admit defeat unless Long paid him eight Copper Soul Coins, while Huo Yuhao asked Du Busi whether he could also concede.

Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao fought on the Body Sect arena after Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi threw them into the match. Xu Jie gained the upper hand in their physical fight, but Huo Yuhao ended the chapter by striking him with a soul skill that disrupted his mind.

• Long Xiaoyao gave Xu Jie a Gold Soul Coin and threatened him before kicking him onto the arena, while Du Busi tossed Huo Yuhao into the match.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie privately urged each other to surrender, then Xu Jie summoned his Golden Dragon Spear and revealed that he had become a Soul Emperor.
• Xu Jie beat Huo Yuhao back with powerful punches, while Huo Yuhao used Group Weakness and Mimicry to counter him.
• Xu Jie’s Solar Dragon Body Strengthening Transformation canceled Huo Yuhao’s debuff, and his golden flames exposed Huo Yuhao’s concealed position.
• Xu Jie overwhelmed Huo Yuhao in their close-range fight, but Huo Yuhao fired a silver beam that flooded Xu Jie’s mind with a chaotic, tearing sensation.

Huo Yuhao let Xu Jie repeatedly strike him with the Golden Dragon Spear to force his martial soul’s second awakening, and awakened to the Silver-tier. Xu Jie then shifted into a murderous stance and prepared to use his true killing move.

• Huo Yuhao suppressed Xu Jie with Spiritual Power, but Xu Jie used the Sun Imprint and Ultimate Fire to break free and wound him with the Golden Dragon Spear.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao that enduring Xu Jie’s attacks could trigger a second martial soul awakening, so Huo Yuhao stopped dodging and asked Xu Jie to strike him with mental pressure.
• Xu Jie relentlessly whipped Huo Yuhao while Du Busi and Long Xiaoyao watched and recognized that the fight was helping Huo Yuhao awaken.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power compressed and surged outward, completing a Silver-tier Awakening and raising his Soul Power by one rank.
• Huo Yuhao challenged Xu Jie to continue, and Xu Jie adopted a murderous stance and prepared his real killing move.

Xu Jie wounded Huo Yuhao during the spar, then gave him a Gold of Life carving knife as compensation before Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi fought. Xu Jie asked Huo Yuhao to look after Qian Ran and Ji Juechen in Heaven Dou City, then began asking whether Huo Yuhao knew about the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Xu Jie pierced Huo Yuhao's shoulder with his spear, and Du Busi conceded the spar to stop him from striking again.
• Xu Jie offered Huo Yuhao a Gold of Life carving knife as an apology, and Huo Yuhao accepted and stored it.
• Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi clashed in the sky while Huo Yuhao left to receive treatment.
• Xu Jie contacted Huo Yuhao and asked him to bring Qian Ran and Ji Juechen from Heaven Dou City to the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao asked Xu Jie what trouble he had encountered, and Xu Jie began asking whether he knew about the Holy Spirit Cult.

Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie discussed Xu Jie's place in the Holy Spirit Cult, Ju Zi, and their Soul Contract System plans. Long Xiaoyao then took Xu Jie away, while Xu Jie urged Huo Yuhao to find Qian Ran.

• Xu Jie warned Huo Yuhao that the Holy Spirit Cult might try to recruit him if it discovered his necromancy magic, and said he planned to stay in the sect and learn its intentions.
• Xu Jie speculated that Long Xiaoyao had joined the Holy Spirit Cult for a woman and suggested Huo Yuhao ask Du Busi about it.
• Xu Jie asked Huo Yuhao to look after Ju Zi if they met, and advised him to consider his feelings for her carefully.
• Xu Jie tasked Huo Yuhao with conducting experiments on their Soul Contract System, and Huo Yuhao agreed to use the Snow Empress's embryo.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived after his fight with Du Busi, took Xu Jie away, and Xu Jie told Huo Yuhao to take care and find Qian Ran.

Huo Yuhao visited Du Busi in the Body Sect’s seclusion chamber and learned that his apparent injuries were a pretense to avoid a destructive clash with Long Xiaoyao. Du Busi questioned him about Apollo, and Huo Yuhao admitted that he was Xu Jie, his childhood friend; afterward, Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong left the dormitory to enjoy a meal together.

• Huo Yuhao found Du Busi in seclusion and learned Long Xiaoyao had only pretended to break Du Busi’s arms while securing the Body Sect’s promise not to attack Mingde Hall for three years.
• Du Busi explained that he had restrained himself to spare the Body Sect from the destruction a fight with Long Xiaoyao could cause.
• Du Busi told Huo Yuhao that Long Xiaoyao had joined the Sun Moon Empire for Ye Xishui and contrasted him with Mu En.
• Du Busi pressed Huo Yuhao about Apollo, and Huo Yuhao revealed that he was Xu Jie, his childhood friend and Long Xiaoyao’s disciple.
• Wang Dong took Huo Yuhao out to eat, while the old man beneath the dormitory eaves watched them leave and recalled his past.

Xu Jie and Long Xiaoyao waited in Bright City for Long Xiaoyao’s contact, a silver-haired man who arrived with a veiled young woman. Xu Jie recognized the woman as Tang Ya and wondered why she was there.

• Xu Jie followed Long Xiaoyao through Bright City and marveled at the Sun Moon Empire’s advanced Soul Tool technology.
• Long Xiaoyao brought Xu Jie to Yi Lan Hall, where they waited across from the Qing Se Hotel while Xu Jie ate.
• A silver-haired middle-aged man left the Qing Se Hotel holding the hand of a veiled young woman, and Long Xiaoyao identified them as the people they were waiting for.
• The silver-haired man led the group to the Qing Se Hotel after Xu Jie finished eating.
• Xu Jie recognized the young woman as Tang Ya and wondered why she was there.

Xu Jie survived the Holy Spirit Cult’s test and rejected Zhongli Wu’s offer of Tang Ya as a wife, accepting an eighth-grade Soul Tool instead. He left with the gray crystal sphere and recognized that the cult’s interest in him came from his Purification power.

• Zhongli Wu introduced himself as the Holy Spirit Cult’s leader and Tang Ya as its Blue Silver Holy Maiden before taking Xu Jie and Long Xiaoyao to an underground hall.
• At Zhongli Wu’s instruction, Xu Jie touched the gray crystal sphere, which drew in his magical energy and sent a wisp of black energy toward him.
• Xu Jie purified the black energy, and Long Xiaoyao seized Zhongli Wu before releasing him after he denied setting a trap.
• Zhongli Wu offered Tang Ya to Xu Jie as a wife, but Xu Jie refused and accepted the Yinhan Sword instead.
• Xu Jie stored the gray crystal sphere and told Long Xiaoyao he understood that his Purification power had made him the Holy Spirit Cult’s Holy Son while preventing the cult from controlling him.

Xu Jie sparred with Ma Xiaotao near the Mingdou Mountain Range, revealing his powerful Sun God Spear and helping her contain the flames of her unstable martial soul. After watching the match, Xu Tianran proposed that Xu Jie marry his younger sister, seeking to make him an Imperial Son-in-Law.

• Xu Jie used the Golden Dragon Spear and Ultimate Light to pierce Ma Xiaotao's flaming phoenix and split the wave of fire.
• Ma Xiaotao absorbed the remaining flames, while Xu Jie considered how the Holy Spirit Cult's methods had left her mentally confused and at risk of becoming its puppet.
• Xu Tianran arrived with Zhongli Wu and praised Xu Jie and Ma Xiaotao after watching their sparring match.
• Xu Jie told Xu Tianran that his mutated martial soul was called the Sun God Spear.
• Xu Tianran asked whether Xu Jie was married and proposed a match with his younger sister.

Xu Tianran and Zhongli Wu arranged for Xu Jie to meet Princess Tianzhen, while Xu Jie privately plotted to solve Ma Xiaotao’s martial soul problem and blame Zhongli Wu for the princess’s abduction. When a message from Ju Zi requested support for a mission against Grand Duke Glorious’s heir, Xu Jie volunteered to take on the Soul Sage, and Xu Tianran approved.

• Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran arranged for Xu Jie and Princess Tianzhen to meet, leaving Xu Jie no chance to refuse.
• Xu Jie agreed outwardly and privately planned to cure Ma Xiaotao and frame Zhongli Wu for stealing the Crown Princess.
• A messenger reported that Ju Zi needed Soul Engineer support to attack Zhao Yang, Grand Duke Glorious’s Soul Sage heir.
• Xu Tianran ordered Jing Hongchen to send a Rank 8 Soul Engineer, but Xu Jie offered to handle Zhao Yang himself.
• Xu Tianran accepted Xu Jie’s offer and asked Zhongli Wu for permission to spare him; Zhongli Wu agreed with a false smile.

Xu Jie joined Xuan Ziwen on a mission to support Ju Zi and Keke in the north, hoping to win over the talented Soul Engineer for Huo Yuhao’s plans. They left Bright City together, and Xu Jie looked for a chance to speak with his new teacher.

• After returning to Bright City, Xu Jie stayed with the Holy Spirit Cult and reflected on how its generous resources had raised his cultivation to Rank 65.
• Xu Tianran met with Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen, who agreed to depart for the northern mission supporting Ju Zi and Keke.
• Xu Jie revealed his unusual six-ring soul configuration, surprising Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen.
• Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen left the imperial city and flew north, while Xu Jie tried to find a way to talk with him about his Soul Tool research.

Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen reached the Sun Moon Empire’s military camp near the northern pole and verified their identities. They reunited with Keke and Ju Zi, then followed them toward the command tent.

• Xu Jie and Xuan Ziwen approached the mountain camp and descended after its sentries ordered them to submit to inspection.
• Xuan Ziwen and Xu Jie presented their black tokens, and the soldiers confirmed their identities and escorted them into the camp.
• Keke greeted Xuan Ziwen and learned that Xu Jie was there as the main force, though he was not a Soul Engineer.
• Ju Zi welcomed Xuan Ziwen and led him toward the command tent while Xu Jie followed and examined her.
• Keke warned Xu Jie that Ju Zi was already taken, and Xu Jie said that he knew.

Xu Jie joined Ju Zi’s military operation and proved his strength to her and Keke before Ju Zi secured the generals’ approval for her plan to lure Zhao Yang’s forces into an encirclement. As Ju Zi organized the operation, Xu Jie recognized Xuan Ziwen’s Colt and agreed to answer questions about it.

• Xu Jie told Ju Zi he was a six-ringed Soul Emperor, then revealed his unusual soul-ring configuration and Golden Dragon Spear, silencing Keke’s doubts about his ability to face Zhao Yang.
• Ju Zi entered the command tent and told General Luo Wenjie and Staff Officer Yu Du that the operation could proceed, but they initially refused to risk her life.
• Ju Zi presented Xuan Ziwen’s eighth-ranked Soul Engineer Badge and said the Crown Prince had approved her plan, persuading Luo Wenjie and Yu Du to let her direct the operation.
• Ju Zi outlined a plan to act as bait while the army encircled Zhao Yang’s forces, and Xu Jie sat nearby as Xuan Ziwen studied a Soul Tool.
• Xu Jie recognized Xuan Ziwen’s Soul Tool as a Colt, discussed its Soul Guidance Bullets, and accepted Xuan Ziwen’s offer to test his knowledge.

Xuan Ziwen considered Xu Jie's idea for upgrading a Soul Tool and offered to teach him, but Xu Jie declined. Ju Zi learned that the Class 2 Soul Tool could arm civilians without Soul Power and struggled with the prospect of using it in war, while Xu Jie reflected on why she hated Duke White Tiger Dai Hao.

• Xu Jie proposed enlarging a Soul Guidance Bullet and placing a Milk Bottle inside it, and Xuan Ziwen realized the design could work.
• Xuan Ziwen offered to teach Xu Jie Soul Guidance Knowledge or secure him a place at Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, but Xu Jie refused because he followed the traditional Soul Master path.
• Ju Zi ended the meeting and led Keke, Xuan Ziwen, and Xu Jie out of the tent.
• Xuan Ziwen explained that Huo Yuhao had developed a Class 2 Soul Tool that civilians could use without Soul Power, and that he had promised not to give it to the authorities.
• Ju Zi considered how the Soul Tool could help the Sun Moon Empire defeat Duke White Tiger, but hesitated because it could draw countless civilians into war.
• Xu Jie recalled that Dai Hao had launched the war that led to Ju Zi's father being drafted and killed after the Star Luo Empire learned of turmoil in the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu Jie prepared Meridian-Cleansing Pills as a gift for Ju Zi, impressing her with their effects and prompting her to ask for the recipe. He refused to sell it, but reconsidered when Ju Zi offered to satisfy whatever he wanted.

• Xu Jie decided to make Meridian-Cleansing Pills for Ju Zi and asked Xiao Meng to bring charcoal to his tent.
• Ju Zi and Keke visited Xu Jie, where they watched him refine the pills and learned that he intended them as a gift for Ju Zi.
• Ju Zi recognized the pills' potential benefits for the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineers, while Keke reached for the finished pills and Xu Jie slapped her hand away.
• Ju Zi asked Xu Jie to sell her the pill-making method, but he refused and offered to make more pills for her instead.
• Ju Zi offered to satisfy whatever Xu Jie wanted, and he looked her over and asked if she was sure.