Chapter Summaries

Li Qing defeated Kong Weiyang in a Douluo match, though Kong Weiyang surrendered after fearing the power of Li Qing’s Scythe of Judgment. As Li Qing headed back to prepare for another match, he ran into Brand at Spirit City’s southern gate.

• Kong Weiyang surrendered after Li Qing’s attack frightened him, and Li Qing suspected he had not been given a fair victory.
• Li Qing reached nine wins and decided to fight again that night after recovering his Soul Power.
• While walking back through Spirit City, Li Qing spotted Brand, whom he had not seen for years.
• Brand greeted Li Qing with a painful slap on the shoulder, then asked his name and learned he attended Spirit Hall Academy.
• Brand sensed Li Qing’s growth and praised how much stronger he had become since they last met.

Ling Qing reached rank thirty and entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Wu Jian to hunt for his third Soul Ring. While scouting alone, he found a Moon Bear and a King Kong Wolf fighting over a badly wounded young Moon Bear, and the battle was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Ling Qing arrived in Heaven Dou City with Wu Jian, while Qian Renxue went with Xue Qinghe into the imperial palace.
• Qian Renxue took Wu Jian away for a day, after which she never appeared again, and Wu Jian led Ling Qing to wait near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Ling Qing reached rank thirty, entered the forest with Wu Jian, and began scouting with the Scythe of Judgment and Ling Wu's help.
• Ling Qing spotted a thousand-year Mandala Snake and avoided it because it was not his target.
• Ling Qing found a five-thousand-year Moon Bear fighting a six-thousand-year King Kong Wolf, with a wounded young Moon Bear behind them.
• The King Kong Wolf charged into the Moon Bear's fists, then clung to its arm and began climbing upward.

Qian Renxue left Li Qing in Wu Jian’s care and promised to take him to Star Dou Great Forest for a Spirit Beast once he reached level twenty-nine. Wu Jian began testing Li Qing’s combat skills, and Li Qing devised a plan to move the ground beneath him.

• Qian Renxue told Li Qing to call her Xiao Xue and urged him to break through to level twenty-nine before going to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Qian Renxue departed with Ailaso, another Titled Douluo assigned to protect her.
• Wu Jian ordered Li Qing to release his martial soul and attack him, while Li Qing realized he had mistakenly called Wu Jian “Brother.”
• Li Qing attacked Wu Jian with the Scythe of Judgment, but Wu Jian easily deflected him and knocked him to the ground.
• Li Qing decided to use his knowledge of relative motion to move the ground beneath Wu Jian’s feet.

Wu Jian took Li Qing away after killing Gu Xiang, and Li Qing discovered that the noblewoman who had sent for him was Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Liu Lin set off to tease Cai Guangtou after hearing that he had lost a cooking contest to a teenager.

• Xue Qinghe learned that Gu Xiang had been killed by a Titled Douluo and worried that his father's poison remained uncured.
• Wu Jian brought Li Qing to a hut on an unnamed hill and guarded him through the night.
• Li Qing coaxed Wu Jian into revealing that his master was a noble woman older than Li Qing.
• Li Qing guessed that the woman was his mother, but Wu Jian denied it, and Qian Renxue appeared at the hut.
• In Stone Forest Village, Liu Hu told Liu Lin that Cai Guangtou had lost to a teenager, and Liu Lin went to mock him.

Li Qing’s popcorn stall drew crowds across Kus City, and its fragrance attracted Xiao Xue, who came to buy some for Xue Qinghe. She recognized Li Qing from their previous encounter, but he refused to serve her despite her showing the eldest prince’s token, leaving their dispute unresolved as a customer urged him to sell her two portions.

• Li Qing sold hundreds of buckets of popcorn as its sweet fragrance spread through Kus City.
• Wan Tianlin and Xue Qinghe noticed the aroma, and Xue Qinghe sent Xiao Xue to find and buy the food.
• Xiao Xue found Li Qing’s stall and recognized him, while Li Qing stopped teasing her after hearing she acted for Xue Qinghe.
• Xiao Xue asked for two portions and showed an Eldest Prince token, but Li Qing questioned whether it was genuine and refused to sell to her.
• A man in the queue urged Li Qing to give Xiao Xue two portions so the line could keep moving.

Ling Qing questioned Liu Lin about the succubus and the Sealing Magic Array beneath the Tumbled Stone Forest, then learned that its Stone Pillars absorbed and conducted Soul Power. Just as Ling Qing asked to take some of the valuable pillars, a brilliant beam erupted from the central one.

• Ling Qing asked Liu Lin about his rank and the succubus's strength, and Liu Lin said he was a level seventy-five Battle Soul Sage while she was comparable to a Soul King.
• Ling Qing asked how the Sealing Magic Array replenished its energy, and Liu Lin explained that its Stone Pillars absorbed Soul Power from their surroundings.
• Ling Qing explained Soul Tools and their connection to the seal, and Liu Lin admired his knowledge.
• Ling Qing realized the Stone Pillars could be used to make Soul Tools and asked Liu Lin where their ore came from, but Liu Lin did not know.
• Liu Lin said the pillars could not be removed because the array needed them, and a brilliant beam shot from the central Stone Pillar.

Li Qing and Tang San told Yu Xiaogang about their Soul Hunting Forest trip, including Li Qing’s purple second soul ring from a Praying Mantis Tiger. They demonstrated their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, revealing its tremendous power and its dangerous drain on their Soul Power.

• Li Qing bought fresh milk and tea leaves, then told Xiao Wu that his second soul skill was Instant Hell Shadowless Slash and named Tang San’s and Ling Ren’s new skills.
• Li Qing and Tang San visited Yu Xiaogang and recounted their trip, including Tang San’s thousand-year Ghost Vine General soul ring and Li Qing’s encounter with Zheng Shuo.
• Li Qing revealed that the fifteen-hundred-year Praying Mantis Tiger had become his second soul ring, and he and Tang San identified their combined attack as a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Li Qing and Tang San demonstrated the fusion skill for Yu Xiaogang, whose red blast smashed through more than a dozen trees before disappearing.

Li Qing, Tang San, and Ling Ren caught up with Zheng Shuo as he fought a nearly thousand-year-old Ghost Vine General. After Li Qing captured Zheng Shuo and killed the Spirit Beast, Ling Ren purified the resentment in its Spirit Ring, leaving Tang San ready to absorb it.

• Li Qing, Tang San, and Ling Ren found Zheng Shuo battling a Ghost Vine General, and Tang San recognized the Spirit Beast as a chance to obtain a Spirit Ring.
• The Ghost Vine General knocked Zheng Shuo down, allowing Tang San to bind him with Blue Silver Grass while Li Qing rushed in and pinned him to the ground with the Scythe of Severance.
• Li Qing sealed Zheng Shuo's Soul Power and hurled the Ghost Vine General against trees until it was near death.
• Tang San killed the Ghost Vine General, and its pale purple Spirit Ring appeared above the corpse.
• Ling Ren used his Book of the Dead to purify the Spirit Ring's undead resentment, then Tang San prepared to absorb it as the others stood guard.

After leaving Nuo Lan City, Li Qing headed west toward the coast while Xiao Wu and Ling Ren received his parting gifts and instructions. Meanwhile, a worried youth searched for his missing father and ran toward Tumbled Stone Forest, near where Li Qing was traveling.

• Xiao Wu found Li Qing's letter and two hundred Gold Soul Coins, while Tang San teased her about being a money grubber.
• Ling Ren received cultivation methods for the first seven gates of the Eight Inner Gates and a reminder from Li Qing to protect his body and care for his hair.
• Li Qing left Nuo Lan City, flipped a coin to choose west, and set off hoping to find seafood and sea Spirit Beasts.
• After walking for several hours, Li Qing rested beneath a tree near a small village.
• A youth questioning villagers learned that his missing father, Liu Lin, might have been seen near Tumbled Stone Peak and hurried toward Tumbled Stone Forest.

Liu Lin explained how the Abyss Plane had manipulated Heaven Dou and Star Luo into war over a thousand years ago to weaken Douluo Continent before invading. The allied forces defeated the invasion at enormous cost, though Liu Lin said the matter had not ended.

• Liu Lin sealed the cave entrance and warned Ling Qing that the woman underground could have endangered Stone Forest Village and the continent.
• Liu Lin recounted how the Abyss Plane provoked a war between Heaven Dou and Star Luo, beginning the Dark Age.
• Liu Lin explained that the two empires joined forces after uncovering the conspiracy and assembled a million-strong army.
• Liu Lin said his Titled Douluo ancestor joined the mission to stop the Abyss Plane's invasion in the Far North.
• Liu Lin revealed that the allied army nearly perished but ultimately won the battle against the Abyss Plane.

Li Qing learned that the Stone Pillars in Tumbled Stone Forest were ancient and too hard for villagers to damage, making them ideal for improving his first spirit skill and spirit ring. After eating at Liu Lin’s home, Li Qing prepared to leave for Kus City and planned to revisit the forest.

• Li Qing asked Liu Hu about Tumbled Stone Forest and learned that it had existed for at least nine hundred years.
• Liu Hu told Li Qing that Blacksmith Song and others had failed to damage the Stone Pillars, prompting Li Qing to consider using them to train Severance and raise his first spirit ring’s age.
• Liu Lin served Li Qing a meal, and Li Qing waited for Liu Lin to taste the food before eating.
• After lunch, Liu Lin told Liu Hu to wash the dishes and asked Li Qing when he would continue toward Kus City.
• Li Qing said he would leave and might look around Tumbled Stone Forest, then decided he could visit it secretly since Liu Lin did not stop him.

Ling Qing planned his remaining vacation around physical training, Sharingan experiments, and meditation while helping Ling Ren work toward learning the Eight Inner Gates. After half a month, Ling Ren had met Ling Qing’s initial standards, and Ling Qing considered sparring with Tang San to test his improved Sharingan in combat.

• Ling Qing planned morning physical training, afternoon experiments and activities, and evening meditation on Spirit Shield Skin.
• Ling Qing decided to teach Ling Ren the Eight Inner Gates once Ling Ren met the required standards.
• After half a month of intense training, Ling Ren met Ling Qing’s standards, and Ling Qing explained the Eight Inner Gates and its precautions, though Ling Ren still had to wait before practicing.
• Ling Qing improved his control of the two-tomoe Sharingan but could not make gunpowder because he lacked saltpeter.
• Ling Qing considered asking Tang San for a spar while vacation still remained.

Ling Qing, Tang San, and Ling Ren encountered a fifteen-hundred-year Praying Mantis Tiger with the ability to shift through space and fought to survive its attacks. Ling Qing wounded it but lost the Scythe of Severance when the beast’s muscles trapped the weapon.

• Ling Qing identified the Praying Mantis Tiger and realized it was far older and stronger than the Spirit Beasts Master had advised them to face.
• The Praying Mantis Tiger ambushed the group, and Ling Qing blocked its strike while Tang San restrained its legs and Ling Ren attacked from its back.
• Ling Qing opened the Gate of Life and stunned the beast with Mental Shock, giving Tang San time to pull it off balance and let Ling Qing escape.
• The Praying Mantis Tiger attacked Ling Qing and Tang San at once, but Ling Qing dodged its tail and struck its back with Severance! Slash.
• The Praying Mantis Tiger trapped the Scythe of Severance in its muscles, forcing Ling Qing to abandon it and leap away as the beast’s fury grew.

Li Qing and Tang San joined Master in defeating a Mandala Snake, and Tang San absorbed it as his first spirit ring. Later, the group fought a Great Saber Mantis, and Li Qing prepared to deliver the final blow as his own spirit ring appeared.

• Li Qing, Tang San, and Master worked together to kill a four-hundred-year Mandala Snake, with Tang San striking it and Master’s Roaring Three Cannons and Tang San’s sleeve arrows helping finish it off.
• Tang San absorbed the Mandala Snake’s spirit ring and gained the Entwine skill, which gave his Blue Silver Grass greater toughness and a paralyzing effect.
• The group traveled on in search of a spirit ring for Li Qing, then camped for the night without finding a suitable Spirit Beast.
• Tang San and Master woke Li Qing when Roaring Three Cannons sensed a Great Saber Mantis nearby, and Master identified it as a three-hundred-year Spirit Beast.
• Tang San restrained the Great Saber Mantis with Blue Silver Grass while Master and the others attacked; Tang San’s sleeve arrows struck its abdomen and neck, and the beast eventually stopped moving.
• Master told Li Qing to deliver the final blow to the Great Saber Mantis.

Li Qing fought Gulu, a fast goblin guarding a formation that threatened to open a passage to the Abyss Plane. After narrowly avoiding Gulu’s attacks, Li Qing activated the first four Eight Inner Gates, leaving the battle poised to intensify.

• Li Qing learned from the system that Gulu was a Soul Elder-level goblin capable of controlling chains with the formation.
• Gulu activated the formation and sent chains at Li Qing, who dodged them with his Sharingan while advancing to stop the Abyss passage from opening.
• Li Qing used Instant Hell, Shadowless Slash, but Gulu blocked the scythe with his exceptionally hard claws.
• Li Qing strengthened his Severance attack and forced Gulu’s claws downward, but Gulu escaped beneath him and tried to claw his groin.
• Gulu spun through the air like a drill and charged Li Qing, who opened the first four Eight Inner Gates.

After cleansing his body with Soul Power, Li Qing examined his Blood Bat King Spirit Bone and discovered that its Berserk skill could greatly boost his abilities. Worried Han Jin would report what he had witnessed, Li Qing tried to reach into Han Jin’s memories with the Scythe of Judgment, while a scantily clad woman appeared near Gengxin City seeking a Spirit Bone.

• Li Qing washed away the impurities expelled by his Soul Power and found that his meridians, body, and Soul Power absorption had improved.
• Li Qing sensed no backlash from the Blood Bat King’s remnant soul and learned that his head Spirit Bone granted Berserk, a three-minute, 30% boost to his overall strength.
• Li Qing found Han Jin unconscious and worried that the Spirit Hall law enforcer could identify him from the battle with the Red Robe Man.
• Li Qing nearly killed Han Jin but stopped because he could not bring himself to kill a law enforcer who was pursuing an evil criminal.
• Li Qing pressed his forehead to Han Jin’s and used the Scythe of Judgment to wear down Han Jin’s mental barrier so he could inspect his memories.
• A scantily clad woman appeared in a forest near Gengxin City and said she had come for a Spirit Bone.

Li Qing checked on Ren Yuan’s progress forging his mecha and helped resolve problems in the blueprints, extending the work by three days. As the mecha neared completion, a seductive woman with a Silver Slime tail appeared outside Gengxin City, and another young woman headed there from Huanhai City.

• Brand returned to Spirit City with the Law Enforcement Hall and the Red Robe Man’s corpse, while Li Qing worried the incident was not truly over.
• A seductive woman with a pitch-black tail emerged outside Gengxin City after Brand and the others left, then vanished.
• Li Qing visited Ren Yuan at the Blacksmith Association and saw the partly forged Silver White Mecha.
• Ren Yuan and Li Qing discussed the blueprints and uncovered flaws and risks that added three days to the forging schedule.
• A young woman left Huanhai City for Gengxin City, and Li Qing stayed at the Blacksmith Association through the final day of the mecha’s forging.

Li Qing checked on Ren Yuan’s progress forging the mecha and stayed at the Blacksmith Association to help resolve flaws in its design. As the mecha neared completion, an alluring woman and then a young woman in black headed toward Gengxin City.

• Brand returned to Spirit City with the Red Robe Man’s corpse, while Li Qing felt uneasy and resolved to leave once his mecha was finished.
• A voluptuous woman with a pitch-black tail appeared outside Gengxin City after the Law Enforcement Hall left, then vanished.
• Ren Yuan showed Li Qing the partly forged Silver White Mecha, and Li Qing admired it.
• A young woman in a black outfit left Huanhai City and hurried toward Gengxin City.
• Li Qing stayed at the Blacksmith Association for seven days, helping Ren Yuan address design issues that extended the forging schedule by three days.
• On the final day before the mecha took shape, Li Qing remained at the association as Ren Yuan continued forging.

After the Red Robe Man’s death, Li Qing hoped to leave Gengxin City once his mecha was complete, though a new woman appeared nearby. Li Qing stayed at the Blacksmith Association to help Ren Yuan refine the mecha design, and its completion reached the final day.

• Brand returned to Spirit City with the Red Robe Man’s corpse, while Li Qing felt relieved that his memory-erasure plan seemed to have worked but remained uneasy.
• A seductive woman with a black tail emerged outside Gengxin City after Brand’s group left and vanished shortly afterward.
• Three days later, Li Qing visited Ren Yuan at the Blacksmith Association and inspected the partly forged silver-white mecha.
• A young woman in tight black clothing left Huanhai City and headed toward Gengxin City.
• Li Qing stayed at the Blacksmith Association for seven days, helping Ren Yuan resolve design problems that extended the mecha’s completion by three days.
• On the final day of forging, Li Qing waited for the mecha to be completed.

Li Qing checked Ren Yuan’s progress on the Mecha and stayed at the Blacksmith Association to help resolve design problems, delaying its completion. As construction reached its final day, a mysterious seductress appeared near Gengxin City, and a young woman from Huanhai City hurried toward it.

• Brand returned to Spirit City with the Red Robe Man’s corpse, while Li Qing remained uneasy about the incident and planned to leave once the Mecha was complete.
• A voluptuous woman with a black tail appeared outside Gengxin City after Brand’s group departed, then vanished.
• Three days later, Li Qing visited Ren Yuan at the Blacksmith Association and saw the partially forged Silver White Mecha.
• Ren Yuan praised the Mecha’s design without knowing Li Qing had designed it, and Li Qing examined the armor.
• A young woman in black left Huanhai City and hurried toward Gengxin City.
• Li Qing stayed at the Blacksmith Association for seven days, helping Ren Yuan correct design flaws and extending construction by three days; the Mecha’s final day of forging arrived.