Chapter Summaries

Shen Nuonuo took Qian Renxue to exercise in the Back Garden, where she taught her Tai Chi and running techniques. She gave Qingluan Douluo a book on Tai Chi after the system assigned her the hidden mission of making him addicted to learning.

• Shen Nuonuo met Qingluan Douluo and agreed to let him join her and Qian Renxue on a trip to the Garden.
• After the system triggered a mission to make Qingluan Douluo addicted to learning, Shen Nuonuo taught Qian Renxue a set of Tai Chi movements while Qingluan Douluo watched.
• Shen Nuonuo gave Qingluan Douluo a book on 24-Style Tai Chi and invited him to watch them practice whenever he had questions.
• Shen Nuonuo corrected Qian Renxue's running posture and led her on a run before offering her a bottle of salty water.

Shen Nuonuo accompanied Qian Renxue to the Pope's Palace, where Qian Xunji invited her to attend Spirit Hall Academy. After hidden missions appeared, Shen Nuonuo chose to wait until Qian Renxue awakened her martial spirit so they could study together, and Qian Xunji agreed.

• Shen Nuonuo agreed to give Qian Renxue a simple salt-and-sugar drink after morning training, and the two went to visit Qian Xunji.
• Moon Guan greeted Shen Nuonuo and Qian Renxue at the Pope's Palace and admitted them to see Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji invited Shen Nuonuo to call him Father and asked about her plans, but she declined and said she wanted to cultivate with Qian Renxue.
• A system mission offered Shen Nuonuo 10,000 Points for attending Spirit Hall Academy and placing first in its Grand Competition, so she agreed to enroll.
• When Qian Xunji refused to let Qian Renxue attend school before awakening her martial spirit, another system mission prompted Shen Nuonuo to ask to wait and go with her.
• Qian Xunji agreed to arrange for Shen Nuonuo and Qian Renxue to attend Spirit Hall Academy together after Qian Renxue awakened her martial spirit.

Qian Renxue struggled with Bibi Dong’s rejection, and Shen Nuonuo comforted her before showing Qingluan Douluo plans for a refrigerator Soul Tool. Qingluan agreed to gather the materials, while Shen Nuonuo prepared to use the wait to study.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Xunji to see Bibi Dong, but he told her to wait because Bibi Dong was in a bad mood.
• Qian Renxue asked Shen Nuonuo why Bibi Dong disliked her, and Shen Nuonuo comforted her without revealing the painful truth.
• Qingluan Douluo arrived, and Shen Nuonuo triggered a hidden mission to make him interested in Soul Tools.
• Shen Nuonuo drew plans for a refrigerator Soul Tool and explained that it could keep food like Qian Renxue’s candied hawthorns fresh.
• Qingluan Douluo agreed to find the materials Shen Nuonuo needed and said he would return in half a month.
• Shen Nuonuo took five books from the system inventory and turned to Qian Renxue, intending to distract her with studying.

Shen Nuonuo took Qian Renxue to the Spirit Hall Library to study, where they discovered Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and compared it with earlier reference books. Qian Renxue wanted to report him for plagiarism, but Shen Nuonuo calmed her and urged her to focus on studying.

• Shen Nuonuo and Qian Renxue read books together before deciding to visit the Spirit Hall Library after lunch.
• Shen Nuonuo showed the library guards her Elder Token, and they admitted her and Qian Renxue respectfully.
• Qian Renxue found Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and read its ten claims.
• Shen Nuonuo explained that Yu Xiaogang had claimed earlier scholars’ knowledge as his own, and Qian Renxue confirmed his book was published over a hundred years after Spirit Encyclopedia.
• Qian Renxue said she would report Yu Xiaogang, but Shen Nuonuo urged her not to get involved and directed her back to studying.

Shen Nuonuo received a system task to teach Qian Jun and Jiangmo Douluo the basics of brewing tea, with a Summoning Card as the reward. After Qingluan Douluo joined her and Qian Renxue for Tai Chi, she learned Guangling Douluo had gone to Gengxin City to buy metal and asked Qingluan Douluo to help her meet the Sixth and Seventh Enshrined.

• The system assigned Shen Nuonuo a task to teach Qian Jun and Jiangmo Douluo tea-brewing basics for points and a Summoning Card.
• Qingluan Douluo joined Shen Nuonuo and Qian Renxue for morning Tai Chi practice, following their movements as a beginner.
• Shen Nuonuo learned Guangling Douluo had traveled to Gengxin City, and Qingluan Douluo explained that he seemed to be there to buy metal for her.
• Shen Nuonuo asked Qingluan Douluo to help her meet the Sixth and Seventh Enshrined so she could demonstrate Tea Art, surprising him.

Shen Nuonuo visited Qianjun Douluo to demonstrate tea art, while her thoughts revealed future events that shocked him and Qingluan Douluo. The two Enshrined learned that Spirit Hall was destined to fall in the Battle of Jialing Pass, though Shen Nuonuo remained unaware that they could hear her thoughts.

• Shen Nuonuo, Qian Renxue, and Qingluan Douluo went to Qianjun Douluo’s room after learning the Seventh Enshrined was asleep.
• Qianjun Douluo welcomed Shen Nuonuo, and Qingluan Douluo explained that she wanted to demonstrate tea art for Qianjun Douluo and the Seventh Enshrined.
• Qianjun Douluo and Qingluan Douluo realized they could hear Shen Nuonuo’s unspoken thoughts as she recalled the Qian Gu Clan’s martial soul and Qianjun Douluo’s family history.
• Shen Nuonuo thought that Qian Daoliu would die for Qian Renxue and the other Spirit Hall members would die in the Battle of Jialing Pass, leaving Spirit Hall destroyed.
• Qingluan Douluo and Qianjun Douluo reacted with grief and disbelief as Shen Nuonuo wondered how Spirit Hall could fall despite its strength.

Shen Nuonuo began teaching Tea Art to Jiangmo Douluo and Qian Jun Douluo while the Spirit Hall members struggled with the revelation that Spirit Hall would be destroyed in the future. She prepared premium Biluochun tea and served the first cups, leaving everyone to take in the refined ritual.

• Qingluan Douluo reassured Qian Jun Douluo and Qian Renxue that the foretold destruction of Spirit Hall could still be prevented.
• Qian Jun Douluo woke Jiangmo Douluo and introduced Shen Nuonuo as Spirit Hall’s new Miss.
• Jiangmo Douluo learned of Shen Nuonuo’s thoughts about his Coiled Dragon Staff and eagerly agreed to learn Tea Art.
• Shen Nuonuo laid out her tea utensils, explained the care behind the process, and began preparing premium Biluochun.
• Shen Nuonuo brewed the tea and poured fragrant cups for the group.

Shen Nuonuo served tea to Qingluan Douluo, Qian Renxue, Jiangmo Douluo, and Qianjun Douluo, whose different reactions prompted her to reveal glimpses of their future. She agreed to teach the three Douluos tea-making, leaving them with books and a long path to master the art.

• Shen Nuonuo served tea, and Qingluan Douluo, Qian Renxue, Jiangmo Douluo, and Qianjun Douluo each experienced its flavor differently.
• Shen Nuonuo's thoughts about Ma Hongjun and the Clear Sky Sect angered Jiangmo Douluo, while her prediction that Qianjun and Jiangmo would fail to defeat a future opponent alarmed the brothers and Qingluan Douluo.
• Shen Nuonuo completed her mission and considered whether to use the system to summon an A-rank character, but decided to wait.
• Jiangmo Douluo asked Shen Nuonuo to teach him tea-making, and Qingluan Douluo and Qianjun Douluo joined him.
• Shen Nuonuo gave the three Douluos tea books and explained that mastering tea-making could take two or three years at the fastest, prompting Jiangmo Douluo to lament his age.

Shen Nuonuo’s inner thoughts revealed that Spirit Hall would be destroyed and that Qian Renxue would infiltrate the Heaven Dou Imperial Family at age nine. The Enshrined Elders questioned Qian Daoliu, who confirmed he knew about Qian Renxue’s mission but had not known Spirit Hall’s fate.

• Shen Nuonuo wondered why the Enshrined Elders had not protected Qian Renxue during her dangerous undercover mission and criticized Spirit Hall’s support during the Heaven Dou Palace Change.
• Qian Renxue’s stomach growled, so Shen Nuonuo took her away to eat before the Elders could hear more.
• Qingluan Douluo told Qianjun Douluo and Jiangmo Douluo that several people could hear Shen Nuonuo’s inner thoughts, including Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue.
• Qingluan Douluo, Qianjun Douluo, and Jiangmo Douluo went to the Angel Sanctuary to ask Qian Daoliu about the future Shen Nuonuo had described.
• Qian Daoliu said he had not known Spirit Hall would be destroyed, but he already knew Qian Renxue would go undercover in Heaven Dou.

Qian Daoliu and the enshrined elders discussed Shen Nuonuo’s inner thoughts, Qian Renxue’s future, and the threat facing Spirit Hall, then resolved to protect Nuonuo. Later, Bibi Dong came to find Qian Renxue and heard Shen Nuonuo’s unspoken thoughts, leaving her puzzled by the unfamiliar voice.

• Qian Daoliu said he would not let Qian Renxue go undercover unless something exceptional happened, and accepted that he might sacrifice himself for her future as the God of Angels.
• Qianjun Douluo wondered whether Spirit Hall’s enemy could be divine, and the elders agreed to learn about the future from Shen Nuonuo without pressuring her.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that Ghostly Douluo and Moon Guan could hear Shen Nuonuo’s thoughts, while Qian Xunji and the attendants could not, and he urged everyone to protect her.
• Shen Nuonuo and Qian Renxue ate, visited the library, and headed back after dinner.
• Bibi Dong came to find Qian Renxue, heard Shen Nuonuo’s thought calling her Pope Bibi Dong, and wondered who had spoken.

Bibi Dong reunited emotionally with Qian Renxue and apologized, then questioned Shen Nuonuo about the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao. After Shen Nuonuo returned to the Worship Hall, Qingluan Douluo came back from Gengxin City to see her.

• Bibi Dong embraced Qian Renxue after she called her Mom and apologized for the past.
• Qian Renxue introduced Shen Nuonuo to Bibi Dong, and Ghostly Douluo arrived to escort Qian Renxue away under the Great Enshrined's orders.
• Bibi Dong asked Shen Nuonuo about the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao, then watched her leave with suspicion.
• Shen Nuonuo returned to her room in the Worship Hall, where Qingluan Douluo arrived after returning from Gengxin City.

Qingluan Douluo brought Shen Nuonuo the metals and materials she had requested, and she gave him a yo-yo as thanks for the gift. After demonstrating its tricks, she left him eager to learn more.

• Qingluan Douluo returned with five of each item Shen Nuonuo had requested and dumped the materials onto the floor.
• Shen Nuonuo told Qingluan Douluo they would make Soul Tools the next day and asked how much the materials had cost.
• Qingluan Douluo refused payment and called the materials a gift, so Shen Nuonuo promised to give him presents in return.
• Qingluan Douluo summoned guards to move the materials, and Shen Nuonuo gave him two yo-yos while keeping one for herself.
• Shen Nuonuo demonstrated yo-yo tricks, and Qingluan Douluo tried them before asking how to keep the yo-yo spinning longer.

Shen Nuonuo taught Qingluan Douluo yo-yo tricks, then spent the next morning training with Qian Renxue and preparing to make a Soul Tool. She began cutting materials in Qingluan Douluo’s workshop while he, Azure Luan Douluo, and Qian Renxue watched.

• Shen Nuonuo demonstrated several yo-yo tricks to Qingluan Douluo and encouraged him to practice.
• After Qingluan Douluo left, Shen Nuonuo asked the system whether Points could raise her Soul Power Level, and it said cultivation could not be rushed.
• Qian Renxue visited Shen Nuonuo the next morning, and Shen Nuonuo set aside her worries about falling behind to go eat with her.
• Shen Nuonuo, Qian Renxue, Azure Luan Douluo, and Qingluan Douluo met on the way to training, and Qingluan Douluo offered a workshop for Shen Nuonuo to make a Soul Tool.
• After leading Qian Renxue and Azure Luan Douluo through Tai Chi, Shen Nuonuo went to the workshop and began cutting materials with an Engraving Knife.

Shen Nuonuo built and tested her first Soul Tool Refrigerator, impressing the Douluo and Qian Renxue. She learned that her A-Class Summoning Card could call spirit tool researchers and considered summoning one to increase productivity.

• Shen Nuonuo finished assembling a small Soul Tool Refrigerator after nearly an hour and a half of work, then collapsed from exhaustion as Qian Renxue and the Douluo praised her.
• Light Plume Douluo charged the refrigerator with Soul Power and tested its refrigeration and freezer compartments while Shen Nuonuo explained how to use them.
• Qingluan Douluo asked whether the refrigerator could be mass-produced, and Shen Nuonuo explained that blacksmiths could make its parts while Soul Engineers handled its core and array.
• Shen Nuonuo asked her system whether an A-Class Summoning Card could summon spirit tool development talent and reviewed five candidates, including two Soul Tool Researchers.
• Shen Nuonuo concluded that a researcher might improve productivity and considered how Spirit Hall could protect them.

Shen Nuonuo summoned Ya Wen, a beautiful Soul Emperor with the Wishing Angel martial soul, and struggled to explain her sudden arrival at Spirit Hall. Ya Wen pledged to serve Shen Nuonuo, while the others welcomed her as a member of the Angel Family.

• Shen Nuonuo asked the system about Ya Wen and her connection to Ya Li, then agreed to summon her.
• Ya Wen appeared at the open doorway and introduced herself to Shen Nuonuo and the others.
• Ya Wen said she was an ordinary Soul Emperor from a branch of the Angel Family and had the Wishing Angel martial soul.
• The system told Shen Nuonuo privately that Ya Wen had died once, been saved by the higher-ups, and chosen to help her until the mission ended.
• Qian Renxue greeted Ya Wen and asked whether she would stay at Spirit Hall, and Ya Wen said she would go wherever Shen Nuonuo went.
• When Qingluan Douluo questioned Ya Wen's origins, Guangling Douluo said she was one of them and welcomed her as a guest.

Ya Wen met Qian Daoliu again and revealed that she was Xiao Ya’s daughter, whom he had met about twenty years earlier. Qian Daoliu recognized her, while Shen Nuonuo and the elders watched their tense reunion.

• Ya Wen recalled meeting Azure Luan Douluo as a child, and Qian Renxue remarked that Ya Wen was older than her mother.
• Shen Nuonuo left Qian Renxue behind with a yo-yo and joined Ya Wen, Azure Luan Douluo, and Qingluan Douluo.
• Qingluan Douluo asked Azure Luan Douluo where Qian Daoliu was, and the group went to the Elder Hall.
• Qingluan Douluo teased Qian Daoliu before introducing Ya Wen, who greeted him with a pointed remark.
• Ya Wen told Qian Daoliu that her mother had brought her to see him about twenty years earlier, and he recognized her as Xiao Ya’s daughter.

Shen Nuonuo and Ya Wen reunited with Qian Daoliu, and Ya Wen revealed that Qian Daojun had betrayed her mother, Ya Qing. Qian Daoliu was left furious and asked what had happened as Ya Wen began recounting how her mother was driven from the Qian Family.

• Qian Daoliu recognized Ya Wen and invited her and Shen Nuonuo upstairs to speak privately.
• Shen Nuonuo asked Ya Wen to call her Nuonuo, and Ya Wen explained her distant kinship with the Qian Family.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether Ya Wen and her mother had been well, and Ya Wen told him that Ya Qing was dead.
• Ya Wen accused Qian Daojun of deceiving Qian Daoliu and revealed that he had expelled Ya Qing from the family after severely injuring her.
• Ya Wen said Qian Daojun confiscated Ya Qing's property, leaving her to work while caring for Ya Wen with her injuries.

Ya Wen told Qian Daoliu how Qian Daojun’s persecution drove her and Ya Qing into hardship and ultimately led to Ya Qing’s death. After Qian Daoliu promised to make amends, Ya Wen joined Shen Nuonuo in establishing a Soul Tool Research Institute at Spirit Hall.

• Ya Wen explained that Qian Daojun had threatened factions into refusing to shelter her and Ya Qing, and that Ya Qing later died protecting her from an Evil Spirit Master.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Ya Qing had not sought help because he was consumed by grief over Lin Jing and Ya Wen believed Qian Xunji would not have helped them.
• Qian Daoliu apologized for the Qian Family’s wrongdoing and promised Ya Wen an explanation, while Qingluan Douluo and Azure Luan Douluo sympathized with her.
• Ya Wen said she had come to help Shen Nuonuo, and Qian Daoliu agreed to let her stay in the Worship Hall.
• Shen Nuonuo and Ya Wen proposed establishing a Soul Tool Research Institute, and Qian Daoliu ordered Qingluan Douluo to make arrangements.
• Ya Wen explained that the institute would research offensive, defensive, and other Soul Tools, whose crafting methods had been lost on Douluo Continent.

Ya Wen demonstrated the destructive power of her fixed-installation Soul Tool and gave Qingluan Douluo her Ice Extreme Cold Bow to test. After he fired an arrow that split the clouds, Shen Nuonuo remembered that he would later fail to kill Yu Xiaogang with one arrow at Jialing Pass.

• Shen Nuonuo asked whether ordinary civilians could use Soul Tools, and Ya Wen said that replacing Soul Power as an energy source might be possible in the future.
• Qian Daoliu suggested testing Ya Wen’s offensive and defensive Soul Tools at Spirit Hall’s back mountain.
• Ya Wen fired a Level Seven fixed-installation Soul Tool, and its blasts shook the mountain and sent rocks tumbling down.
• Ya Wen introduced the Ice Extreme Cold Bow and handed it to Qingluan Douluo to try.
• Qingluan Douluo fired the bow, sending a blue arrow through the clouds as Shen Nuonuo recalled his future failure to kill Yu Xiaogang with one arrow at Jialing Pass.

Ya Wen and Qian Daoliu discussed how Spirit Hall could develop Soul Tools, while Shen Nuonuo’s inner thoughts revealed future events involving Qingluan Douluo and Dugu Bo. After returning to Worship Hall, Shen Nuonuo and Ya Wen found Qian Renxue crying, and Shen Nuonuo asked what had happened.

• Ya Wen realized that Qian Daoliu and Qingluan Douluo could hear Shen Nuonuo’s thoughts about Qingluan defeating Dugu Bo.
• Ya Wen proposed training Soul Tool makers, and Qian Daoliu offered to add Soul Tool studies to Spirit Hall Academy and asked her to teach there later.
• Qingluan Douluo asked Ya Wen to make him a larger Icebox, and she agreed once he supplied the materials.
• Qian Daoliu promised Ya Wen he would deal with Qian Daojun, then flew away.
• Shen Nuonuo and Ya Wen returned to Worship Hall, where Qian Renxue rushed to embrace Shen Nuonuo, who noticed her tear-streaked face and asked what was wrong.