Chapter Summaries

Junting, a village-raised orphan, attended a Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony in Guyun City and awakened a powerful sword he suspected was the Seven Kills Sword. The crystal test revealed Innate Full Soul Power, leaving his prospects wide open.

• The villagers of Shanyang Village pooled ten Gold Soul Coins so Junting could attend the awakening ceremony at Song Manor.
• A Soul Ancestor guided Junting through the ceremony, and a crystal-blue sword appeared above his right hand amid intense killing intent.
• Junting recognized the sword as possibly the legendary Seven Kills Sword and imagined becoming a Level 97 Super Douluo.
• Junting touched the testing crystal ball, which blazed with light and revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.

Junting awakened the Seven Kills Sword with Innate Full Soul Power, rejected Lord Song’s offer to join Song Manor and marry his daughter, and left for his village. After learning his Martial Soul had resurfaced, the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect prepared to recruit him and pursue its long-held ambitions.

• Lord Song offered Junting a place in Song Manor and marriage to his daughter, but Junting declined to make a hasty commitment.
• Lord Song gave Junting the Martial Soul Awakening fee and let him leave, then told A'Hu that Junting’s Seven Kills Sword meant Song Manor must not interfere with his path.
• Lord Song learned that the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect had long sought the Seven Kills Sword and hurried to Six Treasures Pavilion to report Junting’s discovery.
• Uncle Ye told Ning Bo Wen that Junting had awakened the Seven Kills Sword with Innate Full Soul Power and offered to take him as a disciple.
• Ning Bo Wen approved giving Song Manor the promised Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and ordered Uncle Ye to show no mercy to anyone who tried to stop them.

After returning to Shanyang Village, Junting revealed his Seven Kills Sword and Innate Full Soul Power, then set out alone to find a suitable First Soul Ring. While camping near the mountain range, he faced a Soul Beast and watched an unknown attacker kill it, leaving him on guard.

• Junting returned to Shanyang Village, where the Village Chief mistook his bag of Gold Soul Coins for proof that he had failed to awaken a Martial Soul.
• Junting summoned the Seven Kills Sword and told the villagers that he had Innate Full Soul Power, exciting the village and prompting the Village Chief to give him ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Junting chose Sword Bamboo as his First Soul Ring and entered the nearby mountain range after the villagers helped him prepare supplies.
• Junting camped outside the mountain range, killed a rabbit that had emerged from the grass, and sensed that a more dangerous creature was still nearby.
• Junting wounded a small Leopard Cat Soul Beast as it pounced, but an unknown attacker killed it and left behind a White Soul Ring.

Junting met Ye Xuanji, a rank-97 Super Douluo of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, who accepted him as his disciple and planned to guide his Soul Ring choices. As they left Shanyang Village for the Star Dou Forest, Ye Xuanji agreed to Junting’s request to arrange annual free Martial Soul Awakening Ceremonies for the villagers.

• Ye Xuanji appeared before Junting, revealed his Star Saint Sword and nine Soul Rings, and accepted him as his disciple.
• Ye Xuanji identified himself as the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s chief Grand Elder and gave Junting a fifty-cubic-meter Storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Xuanji rejected Junting’s plan to obtain a Sword Bamboo Soul Ring and proposed following the configuration developed for Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Junting said farewell to the villagers of Shanyang Village, and Ye Xuanji carried him toward the Star Dou Forest on the Star Saint Sword.
• Junting asked Ye Xuanji to arrange a free Martial Soul Awakening Ceremony for Shanyang Village each year, and Ye Xuanji agreed.

Junting and Ye Xuanji searched the Star Dou Forest for a Claw Bear to provide Junting’s first Soul Ring while Ye Xuanji taught him about Soul Beasts and Sword Intent. After several days, Ye Xuanji spotted a beehive and prepared to use its honey to lure out a bear.

• Junting and Ye Xuanji entered the Star Dou Forest and headed toward the boundary between its Outer and Mixed zones in search of a hundred-year Claw Bear.
• A Wind Baboon attacked, and Ye Xuanji killed it with Sword Intent, then explained how the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect passed down its cultivation method.
• Junting cultivated beside their campfire, and Ye Xuanji continued teaching him about Soul Beasts as they traveled deeper into the forest.
• After several days of searching, Ye Xuanji recognized the scent of honey and took Junting to a towering tree with a large beehive.
• Junting realized Ye Xuanji planned to use the honey to draw out a Claw Bear.

Ye Xuanji lured a family of Dark Golden Claw Bears with Golden Jade Bee honey and captured a three-hundred-year-old one for Junting’s First Soul Ring. Junting absorbed it successfully, gained the Long Sword Unsheathed skill and an External Soul Bone, and left the Star Dou Forest with Ye Xuanji.

• Ye Xuanji used stimulated Golden Jade Bee honey to lure Dark Golden Claw Bears, then discovered a family of four, including two ten-thousand-year-old bears and two younger ones.
• Ye Xuanji incapacitated one of the younger bears and escaped with it while fighting off the parents; he then brought Junting to a clearing and prepared the bear for absorption.
• Junting killed the weakened bear and absorbed its Soul Ring, enduring its heat and savage aura until the Seven Kills Sword’s killing intent subdued them.
• Ye Xuanji discovered an External Soul Bone, the Dark Gold Fear Claw, while cutting off the bear’s paws and gave it to Junting to store for later.
• Junting tested his First Soul Skill, Long Sword Unsheathed, which increased his attack power by fifty percent, and Ye Xuanji explained that it surpassed Sword Douluo Chen Xin’s version.
• Ye Xuanji carried Junting out of the Star Dou Forest by Sword Flight.

Junting arrived in Nine Treasures City with Ye Xuanji and saw the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s grand headquarters and memorial statues. He met Sect Master Ning Bo Wen and learned that the sect’s eight Grand Elders were all Titled Douluo.

• Ye Xuanji brought Junting into Nine Treasures City, where Junting marveled at its modern buildings, lights, and Soul Tool defenses.
• Ye Xuanji led Junting through the sect headquarters and explained that the statues honored Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong, who had died saving Sea God Tang San.
• Junting asked why the sect had no statues of Ning Rongrong and Oscar, and a voice from the Council Hall said the two ancestors had decided that themselves.
• Ning Bo Wen welcomed Junting and praised him, while Ye Xuanji and the other elders congratulated Ye Xuanji on gaining an excellent disciple.
• Junting learned the names, titles, and Soul Power levels of the sect’s eight Grand Elders, all of whom were Titled Douluo.

Junting took a Profound Water Pill that cleansed his meridians and raised him to the thirteenth level, then met Ning Tian over a lavish meal arranged by Ye Xuanji. He introduced himself as Chen Junting, and Ye Xuanji prepared to begin his training after he digested the food.

• Junting swallowed the Profound Water Pill, cleansed his meridians, and washed off the foul-smelling grime it expelled.
• Ye Xuanji checked Junting's cultivation and found that he had reached the thirteenth level.
• Ye Xuanji brought Junting to the cafeteria, where he introduced him to Ning Tian, the sect master's daughter and young master of the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Junting chose to introduce himself as Chen Junting, and Ning Tian began calling him Brother Junting.
• Ning Tian explained the costly Dragon Whale Stew and Honey-braised Bear Paw as Ye Xuanji served them with black buns.
• Junting and Ning Tian ate until they could manage no more, and Ye Xuanji told Junting to meditate before training.

Ye Xuanji taught Chen Junting about Sword Momentum and the stages of the Way of the Sword, then began his rigorous sword training. As Chen Junting grew closer to his master, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, he came to regard the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect as his home.

• Ye Xuanji showed Chen Junting the Sword Room, his exclusive Mimetic Cultivation Ground, and explained the Seven Kills Sword’s innate Sword Momentum.
• Ye Xuanji outlined the five realms of the Way of the Sword and told Chen Junting to master the basics before pursuing higher realms.
• Ye Xuanji trained Chen Junting in proper sword grip and breathing, then gradually advanced him to the Seven Kills Sword Art and the “Kill” Formula.
• Chen Junting followed a demanding daily routine of sword practice, medicinal baths, study, combat training, and meditation with the Seven Kills Sword.
• Chen Junting became acquainted with Wu Feng, and after Ning Tian mediated their conflict, Wu Feng’s relationship with him improved; he also helped her obtain her First Soul Ring.
• Chen Junting grew attached to his master and friends and accepted the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect as his home.

Chen Junting and Ning Tian hunted for Ning Tian’s Second Soul Ring in Star Dou Forest, where a surprise attack from a Dark Golden Claw Bear led to Ning Tian absorbing its Soul Ring instead. The chapter ended with Ning Tian gaining the 30% attack amplification skill she wanted.

• Chen Junting spared a Nether Spirit Weasel, then used its corpse as bait to lure out a six-hundred-year-old Wind-Ripping Tiger.
• Ning Tian and Chen Junting killed the Wind-Ripping Tiger, and Chen Junting found an External Soul Bone in its remains and gave it to Ning Tian.
• A Dark Golden Claw Bear attacked Chen Junting, but Zhang Ming knocked it unconscious before it could harm them.
• Chen Junting identified the bear as the sibling of the Dark Golden Claw Bear that had become his First Soul Ring, and Ning Tian absorbed the bear’s Soul Ring instead of the Wind-Ripping Tiger’s.
• Ning Tian completed the absorption and gained a Soul Skill that amplified attack by 30%.

After completing their Soul Hunt, Chen Junting and Ning Tian detoured to Heaven Dou City so Ning Tian could explore the ancient capital and its auction. They enjoyed a day together and discovered that the Tang Sect’s former grounds now belonged to the Iron Blood Sect.

• Zhang Ming declared the trial over, captured two Jade Scale Horses, and drove Chen Junting and Ning Tian toward the Heaven Dou Empire in a Soul Tool Carriage.
• Ning Tian asked to visit Heaven Dou City, and Zhang Ming turned the carriage toward the capital.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian explored the city streets, sampled snacks, and bought a necklace for Ning Tian.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian found the Iron Blood Sect occupying the former Tang Sect grounds, and Chen Junting thought Tang Ya was likely at Shrek Academy.
• Chen Junting and Ning Tian continued their outing until night fell.

Chen Junting and Ning Tian attended the rare Nine Treasures Auction in Heaven Dou City, where Qing Lan welcomed them and brought them to a top-tier room. The auction began as the first item was revealed, but its identity was not yet shown.

• Chen Junting and Ning Tian entered the Nine Treasures Auction House and browsed its costly displays.
• Qing Lan, a Rank 92 Titled Douluo and the auction house's person in charge, greeted Ning Tian and Chen Junting.
• Qing Lan escorted them to a top-tier auction room on the ninth floor and treated them to rare fruit from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Qing Lan joked together until the Soul Guidance Screen signaled the auction's start.
• A maid brought out the first auction item, and the red cloth was lifted.

Chen Junting attended the Nine Treasures Auction, where a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone was sold for more than eighteen million Gold Soul Coins after Qing Lan deliberately promoted its connection to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion. He secured the dangerous Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife with Ning Tian's reluctant approval, then went with the others to the Nine Treasures Pavilion before their return to the sect the next morning.

• The auctioneer introduced a thirty-thousand-year Gale Demon Wolf King Right Leg Bone, and bidders drove its price above eighteen million Gold Soul Coins.
• Chen Junting realized Qing Lan had used the Soul Bone's connection to Dai Mubai to encourage the White Tiger Duke's Mansion to overbid.
• Chen Junting spotted the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife and insisted on obtaining it, despite Ning Tian's objections about its deadly history.
• Qing Lan agreed to oversee the knife's purification, and Ning Tian consented to Chen Junting bidding for it.
• Chen Junting and his companions obtained the Spirit Devouring Engraving Knife, left the auction, and headed to the Nine Treasures Pavilion to meet Zhang Ming before departing for the sect the next morning.

At the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, Chen Junting sparred with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, then learned from Ning Bo Wen why Shrek Academy’s Inner Academy could benefit their sect. He agreed to take Ning Tian and Wu Feng to Shrek as recruitment day approached.

• Chen Junting sparred with Ning Tian and Wu Feng, interrupting his attack when Ning Tian broke through to Soul Elder.
• Chen Junting congratulated Ning Tian and considered finding an Immortal Herb to evolve her Martial Soul.
• A Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect disciple summoned Chen Junting to meet Ning Bo Wen about Shrek Academy.
• Ning Bo Wen explained that Shrek’s Inner Academy offered true training and resources, and that several powers used the Outer Academy to recruit geniuses.
• Chen Junting understood the sect’s plan and agreed to take Ning Tian and Wu Feng to Shrek.

Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng entered the Star Dou Forest to find Ning Tian a Third Soul Ring, while Tang Ya and Beibei approached from another direction. They encountered Huo Yuhao by a stream and shared his grilled fish, as Chen Junting wondered whether their meeting had altered Huo Yuhao’s destined path.

• Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng left their carriage and continued toward the Star Dou Forest on foot.
• Tang Ya spotted the group’s high-end Soul Tool Carriage, and Beibei led her away to avoid a possible conflict.
• Chen Junting noticed two figures departing but could not identify them before he and the others headed deeper into the forest.
• Wu Feng followed the scent of grilled fish and found Huo Yuhao cooking beside a stream.
• Huo Yuhao offered grilled fish to Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, and Chen Junting accepted while asking if he could call him Yuhao.

Chen Junting recognized Huo Yuhao’s potential and pursued him through the Star Dou Forest, but a spiritual shock and Electrolux’s arrival interrupted the chase. Electrolux’s Gray Airflow suddenly entered Chen Junting’s mind.

• Chen Junting helped Huo Yuhao catch a large fish, and the three of them shared several grilled meals.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng questioned Huo Yuhao’s talent, but Chen Junting identified his eyes as a promising Body Martial Soul and urged the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect to recruit him.
• Ning Tian asked Chen Junting to follow Huo Yuhao into the forest, and he flew after him with his Third Soul Skill, Sword Wings Soaring.
• A spiritual wave halted Chen Junting’s flight as a sudden pressure darkened the sky and erased the wave near him.
• Chen Junting recognized Electrolux’s Gray Airflow, which changed direction and plunged into his mind.

Chen Junting treated Huo Yuhao after discovering how poor his physical condition was, while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm chose him as its host. Ning Tian resolved to invest in Huo Yuhao’s training as a Soul Master and Soul Engineer, and Huo Yuhao awakened from the Profound Water Pill’s effects with gratitude toward his new friends.

• Chen Junting found Huo Yuhao unconscious beside a ten-year Wind Baboon and examined his body and Martial Soul.
• Chen Junting gave Huo Yuhao a Profound Water Pill, then sealed him inside a barrier as the pill purged impurities from his body.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng arrived, and Chen Junting explained Huo Yuhao’s weak constitution, Spirit-type Martial Soul, and prospects as a Soul Engineer.
• Ning Tian decided the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect would fund Huo Yuhao’s development and help him overcome the limits of his ten-year Soul Ring.
• Inside Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Spirit, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm showed him images of Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao resolved to remember their kindness.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told Huo Yuhao the Profound Water Pill’s effects were nearly over, and Huo Yuhao was pulled into darkness.

After the Profound Water Pill cleansed Huo Yuhao’s marrow and boosted his Innate Soul Power, Chen Junting and Ning Tian invited him to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect. Huo Yuhao accepted and received welcome gifts, ending the chapter resolved to repay the sect.

• Chen Junting freed Huo Yuhao from the wooden cage and gave him water so he could wash off the grime from the pill’s Marrow Cleansing effect.
• Wu Feng explained the pill’s effects, and Chen Junting told Huo Yuhao it could raise his Soul Power by one level and grant a full level of Innate Soul Power.
• Huo Yuhao tried to kneel in gratitude for the costly pill, but Chen Junting stopped him.
• Ning Tian invited Huo Yuhao to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and he accepted.
• That night, Chen Junting, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng gave Huo Yuhao two Profound Water Pills, a Storage Soul Tool, Millennium Whale Rubber, and a spirit-type Meditation Method book.
• Huo Yuhao learned why the sect wanted to recruit him and vowed to work hard and repay them.

Chen Junting, Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Huo Yuhao entered the Outer Zone of Star Dou Forest, where Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Detection revealed Beibei and his companions fighting a Man Faced Demon Spider and a Two-Thousand-Year Mutated Scaled Beast. Chen Junting went to intervene, while Beibei was struck at from behind by the beast’s Crocodile Tail.

• Chen Junting led the group deeper into Star Dou Forest, and Ning Tian gave Huo Yuhao a long-range Soul Tool as Wu Feng guarded them.
• Huo Yuhao used his Spiritual Detection to reveal the battle ahead and shared a detailed view of the Man Faced Demon Spider, the Mutated Scaled Beast, and their opponents.
• Ning Tian chose the Mutated Scaled Beast as her target for a Soul Ring and asked Chen Junting to help the struggling Soul Masters, including a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master.
• The Man Faced Demon Spider broke free of the Blue Silver Grass and attacked Beibei while its web trapped and poisoned the girl with the Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Beibei used Dragon Transformation to block the spider’s strike, but the Mutated Scaled Beast swung its Crocodile Tail at him from behind.

Chen Junting and Ning Tian helped Beibei and Tang Ya defeat a Mutated Scaled Beast and a Man Faced Demon Spider in the Star Dou Forest. After Ning Tian and Tang Ya absorbed their Soul Rings, the six of them left the forest together before nightfall.

• Chen Junting pinned the Mutated Scaled Beast with his Seven Kills Sword, while Ning Tian boosted Beibei and helped him defeat the Man Faced Demon Spider alongside Tang Ya.
• Wu Feng rescued Tang Ya from the spiderwebs and gave her a Detoxification Pill, and Beibei thanked Wu Feng, Chen Junting, and Ning Tian for saving them.
• Ning Tian revealed that she was an eleven-year-old Support System Soul Elder and killed the dying Mutated Scaled Beast so she could obtain its Soul Ring.
• Beibei learned that Chen Junting's Martial Soul was the Seven Kills Sword and offered to repay the favor he and Tang Ya owed him.
• Tang Ya absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Soul Ring, while Ning Tian absorbed the Mutated Scaled Beast's Soul Ring.
• The six of them left the boundary between the Outer Zone and the Mixed Zone before dusk, avoiding the greater dangers of nightfall.