Chapter Summaries

Li Qing used the system’s incomplete information about the Abyss to realize that Zhang San’s head Spirit Bone and the red-robed pursuer were connected to Abyss forces. He continued to Gengxin City, where he began shopping for metals at the Blacksmith Association and discovered a mysterious piece of Ebony Profound Gold.

• After the red-robed man and the Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Hall riders left, Li Qing concluded that Zhang San’s Spirit Bone had attracted the red-robed man.
• Li Qing persuaded the system to reveal information about the Abyss and realized that Zhang San’s Spirit Bone and the red-robed man were linked to Abyss forces.
• Li Qing decided to continue to Gengxin City and entered the Blacksmith Association under the identity Qin Li.
• Liu Dabao showed Li Qing the first-floor metal displays, and Li Qing bought two pieces of each type before asking to see more.
• Ling Wu pointed out a strange unrefined metal, and Li Qing’s Replication Eye identified it as Ebony Profound Gold while barely progressing on a deeper analysis.
• Li Qing asked Liu Dabao to include the Ebony Profound Gold in his purchase.

After cleansing his body and examining his Blood Bat King head Spirit Bone, Li Qing worried that Han Jin could reveal the abilities he had used in battle. Unable to bring himself to kill the law enforcer, he tried using the Scythe of Judgment to breach Han Jin’s mental defenses and inspect his memories, while a mysterious woman arrived near Gengxin City seeking a Spirit Bone.

• Li Qing found that his Soul Power had expelled impurities, improved his meridians and body, and increased his absorption speed; he also learned that his head Spirit Bone granted the Berserk skill.
• Li Qing sensed no backlash from the Blood Bat King’s remnant soul, while an unseen presence destroyed the Blood Bat King’s phantom in a mysterious space.
• Li Qing found Han Jin unconscious in his Sea of Consciousness and feared the Spirit Hall enforcer could identify and report his exposed abilities.
• Li Qing stopped his Scythe of Judgment before killing Han Jin, deciding that harming the law enforcer would go against his principles and risk creating an Inner Demon.
• Li Qing used the Mental Amplification Necklace and the Scythe of Judgment to repeatedly strike Han Jin’s mental barrier in an attempt to reach his memories.
• A seductively dressed woman appeared in a forest near Gengxin City and announced that she had come for a Spirit Bone.

Ling Qing prepared catfish noodles by binding minced catfish and shredded squid with his Soul Power, then served them in Sea Bream and mantis shrimp broth. The judges praised the broth and began tasting the noodles, but the chapter ended as the central judge reacted with puzzlement.

• Ling Qing simmered Sea Bream for broth and used Soul Power to press minced catfish around strands of shredded squid, forming noodles without compromising their seafood flavor.
• Ling Qing added the noodles, seasonings, and mantis shrimp to the broth, then made fish meat rolls as toppings.
• Ling Qing spotted Huang Wenxin making soup and judged that he was likely to defeat his opponent.
• The bald uncle smelled Ling Qing's cooking, admitted he had lost the round, and still finished his own dish before both contestants presented their meals to the judges.
• The judges praised Ling Qing's Sea Bream and mantis shrimp broth, then the central judge lifted a noodle with his chopsticks and looked puzzled.

Li Qing explained the healing and defensive abilities of his Third Soul Skill to Wu Jian, then left the Star Dou Great Forest with him and traveled to Spirit City. As they arrived, Li Qing admired the city and imagined building a palace for the different eyes he acquired.

• Li Qing demonstrated that Meditation healed injuries and doubled his defense, and he explained how its Soul Power cost increased with the severity of the injury.
• Wu Jian advised Li Qing to hide most of his Soul Tools, then accepted two spatial rings from him as thanks for his protection.
• Li Qing and Wu Jian left the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled for several days to Spirit City.
• Li Qing saw Spirit City's enormous hexagonal walls and Spirit Hall architecture, then considered building a God Eye Palace with reliefs of the eyes he acquired.

Li Qing and Tang San captured eight men from the Brute Bear Mercenary Group and learned their captain, Pu Guochang, had ordered them to capture three boys. Li Qing suspected both the Brute Bear and Shadow Mercenary Groups were targeting them, and decided to wait for Ling Ren to finish absorbing his soul ring before acting.

• Li Qing ambushed four men, knocked them unconscious, took their belongings and Brute Bear tokens, and tied them up.
• Tang San returned with four more captured men and matching tokens, reporting that they had been searching for the group.
• Li Qing questioned Cai Xukuan, who revealed that Captain Pu Guochang had ordered the Brute Bear Mercenary Group to capture three boys around eight or nine years old.
• Cai Xukuan said the Brute Bear Mercenary Group competed with the Shadow Mercenary Group and that the Shadow group's leader had gone missing.
• Li Qing told Tang San that both groups seemed to pose a threat, and they agreed to wait for Ling Ren to finish absorbing his soul ring.

After the succubus’s attack destroyed the Tumbled Stone Forest, Liu Lin found a Golden Sacred Tree branch hidden inside a stone pillar fragment. The branch absorbed Liu Lin’s Soul Power until it fell into the soil, where it began drawing in the surrounding Soul Power and forming a vortex.

• Liu Lin found Ling Qing buried among the ruins and used Blazing Sun Armor to help him recover.
• Liu Lin searched the rubble and crushed a stone fragment to reveal a Golden Sacred Tree branch.
• Liu Lin explained the Golden Tree’s rarity and life energy, then began injecting Soul Power into the branch.
• After Liu Lin exhausted himself, the branch fell upright into the soil and erupted with light.
• Soul Power gathered around the branch and formed a massive vortex.

After recovering from his injuries, Li Qing began planning to make up for missed physical training and improve his mental power. He tested a mage-inspired method of condensing Soul Power around his body, then prepared to train with Ling Ren.

• Li Qing celebrated his recovery by cooking a feast with his companions, then started planning his training.
• Li Qing decided to rebuild his physical fitness and seek a more effective way to increase his mental power.
• Li Qing recalled the mage technique Magic Skin and experimented with condensing Soul Power into a protective layer around his body.
• Li Qing found that shaping the Spirit Power Outerwear required intense mental control, but it let him concentrate defense and manage his attacks more precisely.
• Ling Ren, who wanted to train alongside Li Qing and learn the secret of his strength, stayed in the toilet after overeating.

Li Qing absorbed the Diamond Wolf Spirit Ring and reached Soul Power Level 31, awakening the Unknowable Eye. Its concealment and Lie functions gave him a way to hide his other eye abilities, while its more mysterious functions remained unexplained.

• Li Qing compressed the Diamond Wolf Spirit Ring’s Soul Power into golden liquid energy as his Soul Core grew over five hours.
• The system announced that Li Qing had obtained his third spirit ring and awakened the Unknowable Eye, which could conceal his aura and disguise his other eye abilities.
• Li Qing discovered that the Unknowable Eye could also conceal his heavenly secrets from gods, but he could not determine what that meant.
• Li Qing checked his attributes and saw that his Soul Power had reached Level 31, while his mental power was nearing a breakthrough.
• Wu Jian asked Li Qing what soul skill he had gained and recalled how he had feared Li Qing might not survive absorbing the six-thousand-year Diamond Wolf Spirit Ring.

Xiao Xue chose not to have Li Qing killed, instead giving Wu Jian another plan, while a separate plot sent a powerful black-clad man to capture him. Li Qing escaped briefly but was caught, and Gu Xiang appeared to accuse him of colluding with outsiders.

• Wu Jian reported that more than half of Xue Ye's poison had been removed and urged Xiao Xue to kill Li Qing, but she devised another plan because she could not bring herself to kill him.
• A subordinate received orders to kill Li Qing as Li Qing finished unsealing his acupoints and recovered his Soul Power.
• A black-clad man arrived at night and killed the two guards at Li Qing's door; Li Qing used his second soul skill to flee, but the man caught him again.
• The black-clad man said someone had sent him to make Li Qing disappear, then restrained him and threw him to the ground.
• Gu Xiang appeared and accused Li Qing of colluding with outside enemies and trying to escape, leaving Li Qing caught between Gu Xiang and the black-clad Titled Douluo.

Ling Wu explained the advantages of Li Qing’s unusual Soul Core and asked him to help protect Ling Ren in the future. As Ling Wu’s remaining time dwindled, he offered Li Qing a great fortune, which Li Qing hesitated to accept.

• Ling Wu told Li Qing that his Soul Core boosted his Soul Power reserves and could help him become a Titled Douluo if he strengthened his body and mental power.
• Liu Lin grasped the principle of Soul Power conversion and broke through from level seventy-eight to level seventy-nine.
• Li Qing told Ling Wu about Ling Ren, leaving Ling Wu grateful that Ling Ren had such a friend.
• Ling Wu asked Li Qing to help Ling Ren if he encountered difficulties, and Li Qing promised he would.
• Ling Wu, nearly transparent and reflecting on his dwindling time, offered Li Qing a great fortune; Li Qing suggested Liu Lin instead, but Ling Wu insisted Li Qing was the most suitable.

Li Qing recorded what he learned about Golden Energy, postponed fusing it inside his body, and lent Lin Yang money for his father’s treatment. He took the Seven Dormitory students to Old Eight Tavern for a feast and proposed drinking as the penalty for losing at cards.

• Li Qing studied the fusion process, decided not to risk combining the energies inside his body, and put his Spiraling Sphere training plan on hold.
• Lin Yang told Han Xiaocheng that his father was seriously ill and his family needed money, so Li Qing gave him ten Gold Soul Coins.
• Li Qing invited the Seven Dormitory students to celebrate his recent fortune with a meal in Nuo Lan City.
• Li Qing led the students to Old Eight Tavern, ordered ten roasted lamb legs, and suggested that card-game losers drink alcohol.
• Xiao Wu agreed to the drinking stakes, while Tang San objected and stared in astonishment when Xiao Wu pointed out that Li Qing was younger than her but could drink.

Li Qing settled into the Seven Dormitory with Tang San and Xiao Wu, then showed Master his unusual second martial soul, a crystalline eye. After returning to the dormitory, Li Qing began telling Xiao Wu a twisted version of Sleeping Beauty and left the story at the princess’s grim ending.

• Li Qing told the dormitory students that he and Tang San would protect them, then urged Tang San to fight Xiao Wu, who defeated him and became the dormitory’s boss.
• Li Qing tricked Tang San into sharing his beds with Xiao Wu, then joined the others for lunch and waited with Tang San to meet Master.
• Master gave Li Qing and Tang San chicken legs and buns, saw Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and told him to keep it secret and not attach soul rings to it.
• Li Qing revealed his crystalline, colorless eye martial soul, which Master could not identify, and agreed to focus on cultivating his scythe martial soul.
• Back at the dormitory, Li Qing began telling Xiao Wu a happy-ending story about Sleeping Beauty, but ended by saying the prince found the princess ugly and left her asleep forever.

Li Qing roasted a suckling pig, and Wu Jian brought a portion to Qian Renxue in Kus City. After learning that Xue Ye had at most two days left, Qian Renxue ordered Fei Ze to watch him closely; by evening, Liu Lin arrived in Kus City.

• Li Qing finished roasting the suckling pig and shared it with Wu Jian, who saved a portion for Qian Renxue.
• Wu Jian brought Qian Renxue the roast meat, and she enjoyed it in her room.
• Fei Ze reported that Xue Ye's poison had spread to his internal organs and that he had at most two days left.
• Qian Renxue told Fei Ze to monitor Xue Ye and report any changes, while Wu Jian returned to Li Qing.
• Liu Lin arrived in Kus City and remarked that it had not changed in two years.

Li Qing, Tang San, and Ling Ren launched a final attack against the Praying Mantis Tiger, but the beast nearly killed them. When Li Qing's Scythe of Severance and Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer collided, a red light crippled the Tiger, and Li Qing killed it before collapsing from his injuries.

• Li Qing apologized to Tang San and Ling Ren, then restored his damaged Scythe of Severance and prepared to fight again.
• Tang San revealed his Clear Sky Hammer, and the three brothers charged the Praying Mantis Tiger together.
• The Praying Mantis Tiger attacked Ling Ren, leaving him unconscious despite Xiao Bai's attempt to shield him, then knocked Li Qing and Tang San down.
• As the Praying Mantis Tiger moved in to finish them, Li Qing's Scythe of Severance and Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer collided and unleashed a vivid red light that crippled the beast.
• Tang San passed out, and Li Qing crawled to the Praying Mantis Tiger and pierced its head with his scythe, killing it as a purple Soul Ring appeared.
• Badly wounded and nearly out of strength, Li Qing realized he might not survive if he lost consciousness.

Li Qing learned that his God Eye Martial Soul would awaken an eye type when he obtained a Soul Ring, and that his scythe could be upgraded under conditions the system would not reveal. He grew closer to Tang San through blacksmithing and prepared to leave for Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy.

• Su Yuntao told Old Jack that Tang San and Li Qing were both suitable for cultivation, and Old Jack asked them about attending school.
• Li Qing checked his status panel and learned the rules for his God Eye and upgradeable scythe Martial Souls.
• Li Qing visited Tang San at the blacksmith shop, struggled to lift a hammer, and demonstrated how to coordinate the body when forging.
• Tang Hao showed Li Qing and Tang San how to strike an iron block with a hammer, while Li Qing recognized Tang San's Crane Controlling Dragon Capturing technique.
• Li Qing visited Tang San to forge every day, and several dozen days later Old Jack told him to prepare for the trip to Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy.

Ling Qing cultivated Soul Power and accompanied Tang San and Master to the Soul Hunting Forest, where they fought Nether Wolves and collected their bodies. The chapter left them camping in the forest as Roaring Three Cannons sounded an urgent warning, heralding the arrival of a Mandala Snake.

• Ling Qing learned how to cultivate Soul Power and practiced meditation in the dormitory.
• Master gave Tang San the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night, and the group traveled to the Soul Hunting Forest to seek soul rings.
• Master taught Ling Qing and Tang San about Spirit Beasts as they searched the forest and made camp at night.
• Master used Roaring Three Cannons to blast away a pack of Nether Wolves, and Ling Qing finished off two of them.
• Ling Qing and Tang San stored the wolves in the Twenty-Four Bridges Moonlit Night, then Roaring Three Cannons cried out urgently and Ling Qing recognized that a Mandala Snake had arrived.

Li Qing completed his mecha with Ren Yuan and learned that a serial killer had drained seven young men in Gengxin City. After hearing about the other recent deaths, he feared the man in red had accomplices, while a seductive woman emerged from a house in the south of the city.

• Li Qing collected the finished mecha from Ren Yuan, who thanked him for the forging experience and hoped to advance as a blacksmith.
• Li Qing stopped at a restaurant for roast duck and overheard diners discuss seven young men who had been killed over seven days, their essence drained.
• The diners also mentioned a massacre in Xiao Li Village, a dead Spirit Hall deacon, and a fight between two Spirit Saints.
• Li Qing connected the Spirit Saint fight and the deacon's death to his own encounter with the man in red, and suspected the man might have accomplices.
• A seductive woman emerged from a dimly lit house in the south of Gengxin City.

Li Qing searched Kus City for jade to decorate his Soul Tool materials, then joined a food-stall queue. Meanwhile, Xue Qinghe sent his maidservant Xiao Xue to buy a snack, and Li Qing froze after turning to see the beautiful woman everyone was admiring.

• Li Qing watched the procession carrying Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe pass before following an enticing scent to a stall.
• Wan Tianlin welcomed Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe to the Chef's Association, where Imperial Guards secured the building.
• Li Qing spent two hours finding a jade shop and bought materials to replace Storage Rings Liu Lin had taken from him.
• Xue Qinghe asked Xiao Xue to quietly buy food from a crowded roadside stall, and cold light flashed in her eyes as she left.
• Li Qing joined the iron plate squid queue and read a history book until nearby people began praising a beautiful girl behind him.
• Li Qing turned around and froze when he saw the woman.

Li Qing used the Scythe of Judgment to chip away at the Ebony Profound Gold, hoping to reveal the treasure inside, before discovering that Brand’s group was searching the inn for the red-robed man. The red-robed man secretly marked the searchers and found them, while Li Qing resolved to keep a low profile.

• Li Qing tested the Scythe of Judgment on the Ebony Profound Gold and carved a half-centimeter-deep mark, estimating he would need about ten days to uncover what was inside.
• An inn attendant delivered Li Qing’s dinner, and a shadow slipped into his room while he accepted it.
• Ling Wu detected Soul Power fluctuations matching the group from the forest, and Li Qing realized they were likely tracking the red-robed man in Gengxin City.
• Li Qing searched his room with his Sharingan and concluded the intruders were looking for the red-robed man, then decided to keep a low profile.
• A Spirit Hall Law Enforcement Hall man and his two companions left for another location, unaware of the faint red glow on their buttons.
• The red-robed man watched from an unknown corner and declared that he had found them.

Ling Qing collected his auction winnings, arranged to examine Hu Liena’s shield, and received the Shadow Cloak from Lin Qianxin. He left the academy office in high spirits, unaware that trouble was approaching.

• Ling Qing, Hu Liena, and Yan paid for their auction purchases and collected their items.
• Ling Qing examined Hu Liena’s shield, detected an Evil Soul Master’s aura, and offered to remove it if she lent him the shield for a day or two.
• Ling Qing went to Lin Qianxin’s office, where she gave him the Shadow Cloak and warned him not to use it to break academy rules.
• Ling Qing left delighted with his auction prizes, the cloak, and the chance to study the shield’s core formation, while an unspecified problem drew near.