Chapter Summaries

Chen Yue decided to leave Spirit Hall despite Bibi Dong’s efforts to keep him, believing his poor cultivation talent had let her down. Bibi Dong asked him to wait until she gained control of Spirit Hall and promised he could always return.

• Chen Yue told Pope Bibi Dong he was leaving because he had only reached the rank of Soul Elder despite her support.
• Bibi Dong recalled how Chen Yue’s martial soul theories had transformed her cultivation and increased her soul-ring ages, earning him a place as the Pope's Palace Guard Captain.
• Bibi Dong remembered refusing to marry Chen Yue as a political bargain and how his rejection had inspired her to work toward controlling Spirit Hall.
• As Chen Yue reached the palace gates, Bibi Dong embraced him and asked him to wait until she had gained control of Spirit Hall.
• Chen Yue privately considered asking Bibi Dong to have a child with him but kept the thought to himself, wary of complicating his plans as a transmigrator.

Chen Yue left Spirit Hall after bidding farewell to Bibi Dong, intending to find a wife and earn rewards from his newly active Eugenics System. Qian Xunji and the elders watched him depart, relieved that he had left and recognizing his judgment and unusual Martial Souls.

• Chen Yue left the hall after Bibi Dong released him and accepted that Qian Xunji had stepped down as Pope while Bibi Dong took the position.
• The Eugenics System urged Chen Yue to marry and have children, promising rewards that included lifespan and potentially Soul Power, soul bones, Martial Souls, and other items.
• Chen Yue decided to leave Spirit Hall rather than pursue its powerful young women, and set out to find marriage prospects elsewhere.
• Qian Xunji, Qianjun Douluo, and Falling Devil Douluo watched Chen Yue's carriage leave Spirit City.
• Falling Devil Douluo criticized Chen Yue for hiding his abilities, while Qianjun Douluo defended him and recalled his loyalty and ability to see through Qian Xunji's tests.

Chen Yue left Spirit City, planning to return when he could marry a woman with high Innate Soul Power and earn additional System rewards. In the outer city, he discovered clans publicly recruiting soul masters as husbands or concubines to produce talented descendants.

• Chen Yue decided he would return to Spirit City later, since marrying an ordinary soul master would not earn him additional rewards.
• The coachman explained that Spirit Hall Intermediate Academy was opening recruitment to local residents and that Spirit Hall staff needed authorization to enter the outer city.
• Chen Yue entered the outer city with Bibi Dong’s travel authorization and Pope’s Decree.
• Chen Yue heard the Li Clan and Chu Clan advertise recruits and offer marriage arrangements and rewards for children with high talent.
• Chen Yue realized the clans were holding public son-in-law recruitment to produce descendants with desirable martial souls.

Chen Yue considered becoming a live-in son-in-law to gain a family’s support and have children, then asked a coachman which Soul Master families had good reputations. The coachman pointed him toward Heavenly Water Academy in Skywater City and mentioned Gu Qinghan and her niece Gu Qingbo.

• Chen Yue reconsidered his plans after learning that recruited Soul Masters’ children would take their mother’s surname.
• Chen Yue decided that marrying into a Soul Master family might give him a chance to have children and obtain system rewards.
• Chen Yue stopped the coachman and asked which families seeking live-in sons-in-law had good reputations.
• The coachman recommended Heavenly Water Academy in Skywater City as a possible destination for Chen Yue.
• The coachman said Gu Qinghan was Heavenly Water Academy’s vice principal and that her niece Gu Qingbo was on its team for this year’s All-Continent Soul Master Competition.

Chen Yue left Spirit City for Skywater City to become a live-in son-in-law at Heavenly Water Academy. Bibi Dong and the Worship Hall learned of his plan and reacted with alarm, while Bibi Dong resolved to strengthen Spirit Hall and help Chen Yue break through to Titled Douluo.

• Chen Yue learned from the coachman that Gu Qinghan was seeking a live-in son-in-law and set off for Skywater City with a map.
• Bibi Dong learned of Chen Yue's plan and believed he was giving up on cultivation to start a family, so she summoned Ghost Fan and Yue Guan.
• Bibi Dong decided to enter secluded cultivation and make Spirit Hall strong enough to bring Chen Yue back and help him reach Titled Douluo.
• Thousand Jun Falling Devil and Qian Xunji learned that Chen Yue was going to Skywater City and worried that becoming a live-in son-in-law would harm his health and cultivation.
• Qianjun Douluo praised Chen Yue's plan, saying it would leave the Great Enshrined with little to object to.

Qian Xunji decided to bring Chen Yue back to Worship Hall and keep his theories there, while Qianjun Douluo tried to refer the matter to Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu overheard Qian Xunji asking his uncle to hide the plan, and Qianjun Douluo left them alone.

• Qianjun Douluo reasoned that Worship Hall had no reason to target Chen Yue if he left Spirit Hall and did not take the Pope, the Saintess, or the women of Worship Hall with him.
• Qian Xunji worried that Chen Yue would reveal his theories at Heavenly Water Academy and said he wanted to bring him back under guard.
• Qianjun Douluo suggested asking Qian Daoliu, but Qian Xunji grabbed him and insisted they keep the plan from his father.
• Qian Daoliu overheard Qian Xunji asking Qianjun Douluo to help hide the plan, and Qianjun Douluo walked out of the side hall.

After a month of travel, Chen Yue reached Skywater City and applied to become a live-in son-in-law of the Gu Family's Third Family Head, Gu Qinghan. Gu Wuji initially dismissed him as too weak, but Chen Yue's soul rings stunned him.

• Chen Yue arrived in cold Skywater City after traveling from Spirit City for a month.
• Chen Yue gathered information about the Gu Family's live-in son-in-law selection and went to apply.
• Gu Wuji questioned Chen Yue about his background, martial soul, Soul Power, and bone age, then judged him unqualified.
• Chen Yue released his soul rings, and Gu Wuji gaped at their purple, purple, and black configuration.

Chen Yue shocked the Gu Family with his impossible purple, purple, and black soul rings, prompting the three Family Heads to summon him for questioning. After seeing his rings for themselves, Gu Qingxue and Gu Qinghan showed signs of astonishment, while Gu Qingmo asked him to demonstrate them again.

• Gu Wuji saw Chen Yue's thousand-year purple first soul ring and invited him inside to consult the three Family Heads.
• Chen Yue met Gu Qingxue, Gu Qingmo, and Gu Qinghan, the three women who jointly ruled the Gu Family.
• At Gu Qingmo's request, Chen Yue released his soul rings: purple, purple, and black.
• The three Family Heads were stunned by Chen Yue's soul-ring configuration, and Gu Qinghan's coldness toward him eased.

After Gu Qinghan declared that she wanted Chen Yue, the Gu Family welcomed him and showed him to his room. Chen Yue met the young Gu Qingbo and her six friends, whose ages made him suspect the story’s timeline differed from what he expected.

• Gu Qinghan announced that she wanted Chen Yue, and Gu Qingxue approved recruiting him into the Gu Family.
• Gu Qingmo welcomed Chen Yue, while Gu Qinghan gave him an icy look after he took Gu Qingmo’s hand.
• Gu Wuji showed Chen Yue his room, then left him with the little girl Gu Qingbo to look around.
• Chen Yue carried Gu Qingbo when she tired, and she told him that Gu Qinghan was her Third Aunt.
• Six other little girls joined Gu Qingbo, leading Chen Yue to wonder whether they were the future beauties of the Skywater Battle Team and whether Tang San was still at Nuoding Academy.

Chen Yue met Shui Bing'er and the other girls at the Gu Family and learned that the family’s women led it because they possessed its Inherited Martial Soul. The explanation remained incomplete as Gu Qingbo began describing the family’s succession.

• Shui Bing'er asked Chen Yue who he was, and Gu Qingbo announced that he was her Third Aunt's Husband.
• Shui Bing'er and the other girls reacted with disbelief and teased Chen Yue about marrying into the family.
• Gu Qingbo sent the girls off to play and apologized to Chen Yue for their remarks.
• Chen Yue asked Gu Qingbo how her Third Aunt and the others had become family heads.
• Gu Qingbo explained that her branch was the main branch, but the family heads were chosen from those who possessed the Gu Family's Inherited Martial Soul.

Chen Yue learned from Gu Qingbo that the Gu Family’s Inherited Martial Soul was Ice and that it could grant at least Innate Level Eight Soul Power. After the two reached their destination, a Soul Master who was also a live-in son-in-law came over to speak with Chen Yue.

• Gu Qingbo revealed her mutated Azure Marlin Martial Soul and explained that her Innate Soul Power was Level Seven.
• Gu Qingbo said the Gu Family’s Inherited Martial Soul was Ice and its bearers had at least Innate Level Eight Soul Power.
• Chen Yue was stunned by the revelation as Gu Qingbo led him to their destination.
• Chen Yue accidentally bumped into Gu Qingbo, who blushed and walked away.
• A Soul Master who was also a live-in son-in-law approached Chen Yue to strike up a conversation.

Chen Yue married Gu Qinghan and received rewards that restored him, while Gu Qingxue and Gu Qingmo waited in vain for the Third Family Head to attend their meeting. Gu Qingxue went to Gu Qinghan’s residence and heard sounds from the bedroom that left her stunned.

• Chen Yue learned that his neighbors had married Gu Family women for political reasons and welcomed their attempts to befriend him.
• The Gu Family announced that Gu Qinghan had chosen Chen Yue as her husband, and they married three days later.
• Chen Yue entered the bridal chamber with Gu Qinghan, who told him to call her Third Family Head.
• Chen Yue lifted Gu Qinghan’s veil and received ten years of lifespan, ten units of Soul Power, a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring, and Golden Spear Unyielding, which fully restored him.
• Gu Qingxue and Gu Qingmo waited until noon for Gu Qinghan to arrive at their meeting, then Gu Qingxue went to her residence.
• Gu Qingxue heard sounds from Gu Qinghan’s bedroom and froze in shock.

Gu Qingxue and Gu Qingmo overheard indecent sounds inside the residence and fled without disturbing Gu Qinghan. Gu Qingmo ordered Gu Qingbo to stand guard outside, where she remained for three days and three nights.

• Gu Qingxue turned to leave after hearing indecent sounds but nearly collided with Gu Qingmo, then hurried away.
• Gu Qingmo reached the bedroom, realized what was happening, and left without interrupting Gu Qinghan.
• Gu Qingmo caught Gu Qingbo trying to investigate, scolded her, and ordered her to wait outside for Gu Qinghan or her husband to emerge.
• Gu Qingbo feared Gu Qingxue's disapproval and obediently guarded the door for three days and three nights.

After marrying Gu Qinghan and having four children, Chen Yue received System rewards that increased his lifespan and innate soul power. He left the bridal chamber and found Gu Qingbo waiting outside, then learned that Gu Qinghan’s sisters were looking for her.

• The System rewarded Chen Yue with lifespan for marrying Gu Qinghan and having four children, then increased his Innate Soul Power to Innate Level 1.
• Chen Yue left the residence and found Gu Qingbo dozing beside the door to the bridal chamber.
• Gu Qingbo clung to Chen Yue and tearfully told him that Eldest Aunt and Second Aunt had threatened to chop her to pieces if he did not come out soon.
• Chen Yue gave Gu Qingbo his snot-covered coat and told her to wash it.
• Gu Qingbo ran off to wash the coat and told Chen Yue that Second Aunt and the others were looking for Gu Qinghan.

Gu Qingmo worried that Gu Qinghan might be in danger after three days and nights with Chen Yue, prompting Gu Qingxue to rush toward her residence. Just as Gu Qingmo opened the gates to stop her, a powerful wave of Soul Power erupted from Gu Qinghan’s residence.

• Gu Qingmo urged Gu Qingxue to check on Gu Qinghan, warning that she might be in trouble before giving birth.
• Gu Qingxue vanished through the window and headed for Gu Qinghan’s residence.
• Gu Qingmo reflected that the Gu Family’s Inherited Martial Soul had grown scarce, threatening the family’s standing in Skywater City.
• Chen Yue arrived at the gates and asked Gu Qingmo and Gu Qingxue what they needed him for.
• Gu Qingmo opened the gates to stop Gu Qingxue, but a powerful wave of Soul Power erupted from Gu Qinghan’s residence and made her freeze mid-step.

Gu Qingmo called Chen Yue to ask him something, but Gu Qingxue interrupted and froze him with her chilling aura. Gu Qingmo stopped her, leaving Chen Yue to wonder what martial soul Gu Qingmo possessed.

• Gu Qingmo welcomed Chen Yue and said she had something to ask him.
• Chen Yue mistook Gu Qingmo's body fragrance for a sachet, then agreed to answer her question.
• Gu Qingxue kicked open the hall doors and fixed Chen Yue with a hostile stare, freezing his limbs numb.
• Gu Qingmo broke the ice on the floor and made Gu Qingxue stagger back.
• Chen Yue judged that Gu Qingmo was stronger than Gu Qingxue and wondered what her martial soul was.

Chen Yue left the Gu Family Old Residence after Gu Qingmo asked to speak privately with Gu Qingxue. Gu Qingmo discovered that Gu Qinghan was sleeping peacefully and realized Gu Qingxue had mistaken signs of intimacy for a life-threatening injury.

• Chen Yue left the residence after Gu Qingmo sent him to look around Skywater City.
• Gu Qingmo scolded Gu Qingxue for showing her killing intent and risking trouble for the Gu Family.
• Gu Qingxue told Gu Qingmo that Gu Qinghan had lost half her life, prompting Gu Qingmo to rush to her residence.
• Gu Qingmo found Gu Qinghan asleep in bed and questioned Gu Qingxue's claim after noticing the lingering life aura and traces on the wedding bed.
• Gu Qingmo called Chen Yue potent and said they would soon be holding a niece, leaving Gu Qingxue confused.

Gu Qingxue and Gu Qingmo waited for Gu Qinghan to recover and explain what had happened, while Chen Yue caught up with Gu Qingbo about his missing coat. He abruptly left after spotting a familiar figure, leaving Gu Qingbo baffled and Shui Bing’er asking what had happened.

• Gu Qingxue and Gu Qingmo were startled when Gu Qinghan woke and complained that it was too early to sleep.
• Gu Qingxue and Gu Qingmo stayed in Gu Qinghan’s bedroom so they could ask her what had happened after she recovered.
• Chen Yue found Gu Qingbo and demanded to know where his coat was.
• Gu Qingbo guiltily suggested that she and Chen Yue go shopping, and Chen Yue realized she had likely thrown his coat away.
• Chen Yue spotted a familiar figure and chased after it, leaving Gu Qingbo behind.
• Shui Bing’er asked Gu Qingbo what had happened after seeing someone pull her ear.

Chen Yue explained to Bibi Dong that he could not marry her while they were too weak and their relationship would put them in danger. Bibi Dong gave him ten years to grow stronger and promised to wait for him.

• Gu Qingbo urged the other girls to keep exploring before their families came to fetch them.
• Chen Yue approached Bibi Dong, who had returned to Skywater City wearing the golden dress he had given her.
• Bibi Dong asked Chen Yue why he would not marry her, and he said their weakness meant they would both be killed.
• Bibi Dong gave Chen Yue ten years to come find her, and he agreed.

After Bibi Dong left with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, the two debated how to explain her meeting with Chen Yue to the Judgment Elder. Chrysanthemum Douluo proposed a plan to ease tensions within Spirit Hall and protect Chen Yue, and Ghost Douluo reluctantly agreed.

• Bibi Dong threatened to bathe Skywater City in blood if Chen Yue did not find her within ten years, then left with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo asked Ghost Douluo how they would explain the meeting to the Judgment Elder, and Ghost Douluo admitted he did not know what had been said inside Bibi Dong's Golden Domain.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo whispered a plan to Ghost Douluo, suggesting they use Bibi Dong's cold expression to help secure temporary peace between the opposing sides.
• Ghost Douluo hesitated over the plan but ultimately nodded in agreement.