Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong learned that Ning Rongrong had sent a guard to seize someone in Skywater City and planned to go herself. They agreed to recruit the person or force the issue, while Chen Feng’s final revelation left them stunned.

• Chen Feng reported that the guard assigned to protect Ning Rongrong had disappeared after telling her someone could increase soul ring age limits.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong learned that Ning Rongrong had sent the guard to seize that person in Skywater City and wanted to lead another attempt herself.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to offer one hundred thousand gold soul coins as an apology, but Chen Feng said Ning Rongrong refused to let the matter go.
• Chen Xin argued that the person should join the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Gu Rong’s lack of objection signaled agreement to force the issue if necessary.
• Chen Feng blurted out another revelation that stunned Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong.

Ning Fengzhi and the others learned that Chen Yue had once joined Spirit Hall and struggled to understand his mysterious background and strength. Chen Feng then revealed that Ning Rongrong had sent Chen Shan and his two guards to Skywater City to seize someone again.

• Chen Feng reported that the man they were investigating had joined Spirit Hall around twenty years earlier, but the Spirit Hall Holy Palace had little information about him.
• Chen Feng explained that the man had two purple soul rings and that access to the rest of his records was restricted.
• The chapter revealed that Chen Yue had awakened with low Innate Soul Power but gained two purple rings from the System, and that his sword-soul compatibility helped him kill three Soul Saints.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Feng to leave the matter alone for now, while Gu Rong gave up trying to make sense of Chen Yue's background.
• Chen Feng revealed that Ning Rongrong had sent Chen Shan and his two guards to Skywater City to seize someone again.

Chen Yue delayed starting the girls' training while conserving his lifespan and using the Spirit Light Technique in class. As Huo Wu and Shui Yuer massaged him, he overheard suspicious people outside Heavenly Water Academy and sent the girls away.

• Huo Wu and Shui Yuer asked Chen Yue when their training would begin while massaging him.
• Chen Yue decided there was no rush and continued conserving his lifespan while using the Spirit Light Technique during classes.
• Chen Yue considered learning another immortal technique that would require him to burn lifespan.
• Chen Yue overheard people outside discussing how to enter the academy and suspected they were up to no good.
• Chen Yue sent Huo Wu and the Shui sisters back to rest before they could press him about training.

Several Gu Family live-in sons-in-law visited Chen Yue, hoping to learn why he remained physically robust while they were exhausted. Chen Yue refused to reveal his secret and offered advice they could not easily use, leaving him stunned when the gaunt man made an unexpected request.

• Chen Yue recognized the hollow-eyed men below his wall as Soul Masters who had become sons-in-law of the Gu Family.
• The men asked Chen Yue whether his soul ring configuration explained his robust condition and said they feared returning to the Gu Family.
• Chen Yue kept the real cause secret: his system-granted immortal technique, Guaranteed Hit, Delay.
• Chen Yue advised the men to cultivate more Soul Power or obtain higher-age soul rings, then realized their limited potential made the advice impractical.
• The gaunt man raised his head and said something that nearly made Chen Yue fall off the wall.

Chen Yue was attacked by an assassin from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, who wanted to stop him from rising in the Eldest Young Lady’s favor. Chen Yue survived the ambush and fatally struck the assassin, leaving his fate uncertain as he pressed a ray of light against the man’s forehead.

• Two men asked Chen Yue to personally help them meet the Gu Family’s marriage quota.
• A cloaked assassin killed Chen Yue’s three companions with a sweeping sword strike, but Chen Yue dodged it.
• The assassin revealed his eight soul rings and attacked Chen Yue from behind with a black sword.
• Chen Yue’s domain plunged the surroundings into darkness, and he stabbed the assassin through the chest with his battle blade.
• Chen Yue dismissed the assassin’s question and pressed a ray of light against his forehead.

Chen Yue used the Soul Searching Technique to kill a cloaked assassin and extract his memories, then looted the man and collected the corpses of his dead colleagues. He returned toward the Gu Family, unsure how Second Sister would handle the assassin’s connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Yue used the Soul Searching Technique to extract the cloaked man's memories and killed him.
• Chen Yue took the cloaked man's valuables and stored the bodies of his dead colleagues, planning to report to Gu Qingmo and bury them if she did not ask about them.
• Chen Yue learned from the extracted memories that the cloaked man was connected to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Yue headed back to the Gu Family, leaving the scene's traces uncleared and wondering how Second Sister would respond.

Chen Yue discovered that Chen Shan had sent Chen Hei to kill him in revenge for the death of Chen Shan’s illegitimate son. As Chen Yue continued toward the Gu Family, Chen Shan confronted him and attacked.

• Chen Shan’s investigation traced the deaths of Ning Rongrong’s guards to Chen Yue, and he sent Chen Hei to take revenge for his illegitimate son.
• Chen Yue realized someone was following him and warned the pursuer that he knew no one else was nearby.
• Chen Shan emerged and slashed at Chen Yue with his heavy sword.
• Chen Yue blocked the strike with the Endless Blade but was forced back three meters, then recognized Chen Shan as an eighty-ninth-level assault-type Soul Douluo and Chen Xin’s cousin.

Chen Shan attacked Chen Yue to avenge his illegitimate son, but Chen Yue revealed a domain and a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. Chen Shan’s defense shattered under Chen Yue’s combined Soul Skills, leaving him questioning the intelligence about Chen Yue’s strength.

• Chen Shan revealed his eight Soul Rings and launched a heavy-sword attack against Chen Yue.
• Chen Yue activated Endless Domain: Battle to strengthen himself against Chen Shan’s assault.
• Chen Shan felt the domain’s suppression but pressed his attack and activated another Soul Skill.
• Chen Yue activated all five Soul Skills, revealing a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and channeling their power into the Endless Blade.
• Chen Shan’s attempt to switch to defense failed as the light from his sword shattered under Chen Yue’s attack.

Chen Yue wounded Chen Shan with the Heavenly Soul Technique, but exhausted his Soul Power in the process. As Chen Shan’s two Soul Douluo guards closed in, Chen Yue weighed the value of his techniques against the danger.

• Chen Yue’s attack badly injured Chen Shan, who survived thanks to his heavy sword martial soul and Soul Douluo rank.
• Chen Shan recognized Chen Yue’s technique as a powerful fusion of his soul-ring energy and taunted him for exhausting his Soul Power.
• Chen Shan ordered his two Soul Douluo guards to attack Chen Yue, and they advanced with their black swords.
• Chen Yue remained calm despite his exhaustion and considered how useful his Spirit Light, Spirit Exaltation, One Soul, Soul Searching, and Heavenly Soul techniques were.

Chen Yue was about to use another immortal art when a mysterious woman appeared and killed the two Soul Douluo attacking him. She then killed Chen Shan, leaving Chen Yue to thank her without learning who she was.

• Chen Yue considered abandoning the Spirit Light Technique and using another immortal art, despite the lifespan cost.
• A mysterious woman appeared and split open the two Soul Douluo with a sword strike.
• Chen Shan recognized the woman as a Titled Douluo and pleaded for his life by invoking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• The woman killed Chen Shan with an unseen sword strike.
• Chen Yue cupped his hands and thanked the woman for saving him.

Chen Yue met a mysterious woman who reacted strangely when he said he was going to the Gu Family, then vanished. After Gu Qingmo found him, the Gu Family treated his Soul Power exhaustion and arranged for him to stay at her residence overnight, where she asked what had happened.

• Chen Yue told the mysterious woman he was going to the Gu Family, and she remarked that it was a place worth remembering before disappearing.
• Gu Qingmo arrived and ordered the Gu Family guards to take the blood-covered Chen Yue for treatment.
• A healing-type Soul Douluo determined that Chen Yue had only used too much Soul Power and had no external injuries.
• Gu Qingmo arranged for Chen Yue to sleep in her bedroom while she took the sofa, then asked him what had happened.

Chen Yue told Gu Qingmo that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had sent two groups of assassins after him, and she promised to make the sect answer for it. After Gu Qingmo left him to rest, Chen Yue grew weak and heard an unfamiliar voice threaten her over her sister’s husband.

• Chen Yue explained to Gu Qingmo how assassins had attacked him and showed her the remains of the two groups.
• Gu Qingmo promised to take over the matter and make the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect give an explanation.
• Gu Qingmo told Chen Yue to rest and left the room.
• Chen Yue felt his body weaken and his consciousness fade as an unfamiliar voice threatened Gu Qingmo about her sister’s husband.

Chen Yue lost consciousness after glimpsing a familiar figure, while Dugu Bo visited Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, to ask her to arrange a meeting with the Martial Soul Grandmaster. Dugu Bo feared returning to Skywater City but sought help for his granddaughter, Dugu Yan.

• Chen Yue's consciousness faded after he saw a tall pair of legs approaching and a familiar figure collapsed on the floor.
• Dugu Bo asked Xue Qinghe to arrange a meeting with the Martial Soul Grandmaster and offered her a favor in return.
• Qian Renxue agreed to arrange the meeting and began writing a letter, while keeping her suspicions hidden.
• Dugu Bo recalled how a killing intent from the temple above the Frozen Forest had driven him away, and how Yang Wudi had nearly killed him in Skywater City.

Dugu Bo agreed to deliver Qian Renxue’s letter to Huo Lie so he could pass news to Chen Yue without another trip to Skywater City. Chen Yue woke in Gu Qingmo’s residence feeling refreshed and realized his pajamas no longer carried Gu Qinghan’s scent, while Gu Qingmo rushed in crying with relief.

• Dugu Bo recalled how Skywater City’s powerful Soul Douluo could have trapped him with combined techniques despite his poison.
• Qian Renxue gave Dugu Bo a letter for Huo Lie, asking him to arrange for it to reach Chen Yue through Huo Wu.
• Dugu Bo accepted the task and thanked Qian Renxue.
• Chen Yue woke in Gu Qingmo’s residence and noticed that his body felt unusually refreshed.
• Chen Yue realized his pajamas had been changed and no longer smelled of Gu Qinghan.
• Gu Qingmo cried out in relief when she saw that Chen Yue had finally woken up.

After waking from another period of unconsciousness, Chen Yue was dragged by Gu Qingbo to meet three visitors at the Gu Family pavilion. There, Yu Tianheng mocked Chen Yue as a supposed titan of martial soul research.

• Chen Yue asked Gu Qingbo how long he had been unconscious, and she said she had spent the past two days at the academy.
• Gu Qingbo said Gu Qingxue had gone to the ancestral grounds to nurture her baby, but Gu Qingxue appeared behind her and frightened her into silence.
• Gu Qingbo grabbed Chen Yue and hurried him to meet three unfamiliar visitors at the Gu Family pavilion.
• Gu Qingbo began introducing Princess Xue Ke, Dugu Yan, and Yu Tianheng, but Yu Tianheng interrupted to mock Chen Yue's reputation in martial soul research.

Chen Yue confronted Yu Tianheng after Yu Tianheng mocked his Spirit Master theory and accused him of copying Spirit Hall. Chen Yue revealed that Yu Tianheng’s second uncle had stolen knowledge from Spirit Hall, then cut off Yu Tianheng’s pointing hand when he raised it at him again.

• Yu Tianheng insulted Chen Yue’s theory and turned to leave, but Chen Yue slapped him.
• Chen Yue admitted that part of his theory came from Spirit Hall materials, and Yu Tianheng called him a thief.
• Chen Yue accused Yu Tianheng’s second uncle of seducing Spirit Hall library cleaners to steal and claim its knowledge.
• Yu Tianheng pointed at Chen Yue and shouted, so Chen Yue severed his hand.

Chen Yue confronted Yu Tianheng after Yu Tianheng insulted the Gu Family, severing part of his forelimb. Dugu Yan stopped the confrontation and took Yu Tianheng away, while Gu Qingbo and Xue Ke watched; Chen Yue remained unapologetic.

• Chen Yue threatened Yu Tianheng and mocked him by suggesting he was Yu Xiaogang's son.
• Dugu Yan stepped between them, apologized for Yu Tianheng, and told him to stop provoking the Gu Family.
• Yu Tianheng picked up his severed limb and left in anger after Dugu Yan rebuked him.
• Gu Qingbo and Xue Ke ate melon as they watched, and Chen Yue told Dugu Yan he would have cut Yu Tianheng in half if the circumstances had been different.

Chen Yue left after confronting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Huo Wu arrived with a letter from His Highness the Crown Prince. As Chen Yue returned to the academy with Huo Wu, Dugu Yan learned that her grandfather had delivered the letter to Blazing Fire City, while Gu Qingbo’s plans were thwarted.

• Chen Yue decided to leave the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan gathering and return to the academy.
• Gu Qingbo chased after Chen Yue but collided with Huo Wu, who had hurried over to deliver a letter from His Highness the Crown Prince.
• Huo Wu said Poison Douluo had delivered the letter to her father, prompting Dugu Yan to ask whether her grandfather had taken it to Blazing Fire City.
• Huo Wu linked arms with Chen Yue and left for the academy, and Gu Qingbo hurried after them.

After Chen Yue and the others left, Gu Qingmo lent Gu Qingbo her Mimicry Training Room and spoke privately with Gu Qingxue about the group’s departure and the Kunlun Divine Cult’s secret arts. Gu Qingmo and Gu Qingxue decided to stay behind to oversee the Gu Family.

• Dugu Yan and Xue Ke hurried after Chen Yue and the others, leaving Gu Qingbo behind to wonder whether her mission was complete.
• Gu Qingmo agreed to lend Gu Qingbo her Mimicry Training Room, and Gu Qingbo happily rushed off to train.
• Gu Qingmo watched the others leave and sighed that their situation might be karma.
• Gu Qingxue arrived behind Gu Qingmo, and Gu Qingmo said they were even before nearly revealing something that embarrassed her sister.
• Gu Qingxue asked whether everyone had left, and Gu Qingmo explained that the female devil had come down the mountain and that they had both fallen victim to the Kunlun Divine Cult’s secret arts.
• Gu Qingmo and Gu Qingxue decided to remain and oversee the Gu Family in case anything happened.

Chen Yue woke after nearly two months unconscious and learned that several of his young students had become Soul Elders. He explained the Spirit Light Technique’s effects and asked where Xue Wu was.

• Gu Qingxue suggested the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as their next target, and Gu Qingmo agreed before saying they should rest.
• Chen Yue woke at Heavenly Water Academy after sleeping for nearly two months, and Huo Wu told him the students had gone home for break.
• Shui Yuer showed Chen Yue the academy’s statistics, which revealed that several students under ten had become Soul Elders with three purple Soul Rings.
• Chen Yue explained that the Spirit Light Technique could lead to later insights and changes in Soul Power, Martial Souls, or Soul Rings without costing more lifespan.
• Chen Yue returned to the Courtyard House, noticed Xue Wu was absent, and asked where she was.