Chapter Summaries

Wu Qi went to the Martial Soul Hall alone to awaken his spirit and discovered that he possessed a top-tier Azure Luan spirit and Innate Full Soul Power. Salas took charge of the gifted child’s future placement, while Wu Qi left the Sacred Hall with Wang Fang and waited for orders from above.

• Wu Qi entered the Sacred Hall without his family and asked Wang Fang to help awaken his spirit.
• Wu Qi awakened a top-tier Azure Luan spirit, and Salas and Wang Fang were astonished.
• Wu Qi tested at Innate Full Soul Power, drawing the attention of the Sacred Hall’s staff.
• Salas asked Wu Qi to join Spirit Hall and decided to report his talent while keeping his future placement open.
• Wang Fang offered Wu Qi a residence, but he deferred to Salas’s arrangements.

Xue Qinghe investigated Wu Qi’s background and advised him to choose a master whose spirit suited him, while Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu each sent a powerful Spirit Master to claim him. The chapter ended with Azure Luan Douluo driving Ghost Douluo away outside Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Qinghe reprimanded Salas for failing to investigate Wu Qi’s claims, then ordered him to send news of Wu Qi’s Azure Luan Spirit to the Great Enshriner.
• After the Wu Family failed to seek him out, Wu Qi lost his remaining attachment to them and met Xue Qinghe, who urged him to choose a compatible master rather than one based on status.
• Bibi Dong sent Ghost Douluo to bring Wu Qi back and make him her disciple, while Qian Daoliu dispatched Azure Luan Douluo to claim him for Worship Hall.
• Azure Luan Douluo confronted Ghost Douluo outside Heaven Dou City and made him leave rather than risk a fight.

Azure Luan Douluo took Wu Qi from Heaven Dou City after discovering that they shared the Azure Luan Martial Soul, and Wu Qi accepted him as his master. As they entered Sunset Forest to seek Wu Qi’s First Spirit Ring, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect worried about Spirit Hall’s growing strength and unknown intentions.

• Wu Qi met Ning Rongrong and Chen Xin at a candy stall, then Azure Luan Douluo arrived and took him out of Heaven Dou City.
• Azure Luan Douluo revealed that he shared Wu Qi’s Azure Luan Martial Soul and offered to teach him, and Wu Qi accepted him as his master.
• Chen Xin reported Azure Luan Douluo’s arrival to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, who worried that Spirit Hall had discovered a gifted child and might have plans in Heaven Dou City.
• On the way to Sunset Forest, Azure Luan Douluo tested Wu Qi’s Spirit Master knowledge, and Wu Qi said he would seek a high-quality avian spirit ring rather than settle for an inferior one.

Wu Qi entered Sunset Forest with Azure Luan Douluo to obtain a First Spirit Ring, and absorbed a roughly four-hundred-year-old Wind Cloud Crane ring. After demonstrating his new soul skill, Wu Qi warned his master that he had more to show.

• Azure Luan Douluo protected Wu Qi from villains and soul beasts while teaching him about hunting in the forest.
• Azure Luan Douluo spotted a four-hundred-year-old Wind Cloud Crane and quickly captured it for Wu Qi.
• Wu Qi killed the Wind Cloud Crane and began absorbing its spirit ring, enduring the pressure for about two hours.
• Wu Qi successfully gained a yellow spirit ring and demonstrated his First Soul Skill, Wind Blade Flight, which sent Feather Blades sweeping through trees.
• Azure Luan Douluo praised the skill’s potential, and Wu Qi told him he was not finished yet.

Wu Qi tested the variations of his first soul skill, then awakened an External Soul Bone while recovering in the forest. Azure Luan Douluo brought him to Spirit City, where he entered Worship Hall and was welcomed by its enshrined elders.

• Wu Qi gathered his Feather Blades into a powerful azure blade, but using the skill twice left him exhausted.
• While meditating to recover his soul power, Wu Qi felt an itch in his back, and a pair of azure wings burst through his skin as an External Soul Bone.
• Azure Luan Douluo learned that the bone enhanced Wu Qi’s control over wind, then carried him back toward Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong learned Ghost Douluo’s mission had failed and worried about Wu Qi’s growth under the Worship Hall.
• After ten days of travel, Azure Luan Douluo brought Wu Qi through Spirit City and into Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Light Feather Douluo, and the other enshrined elders welcomed Wu Qi.

Wu Qi began his systematic Spirit Master education after Azure Luan Douluo gave him a valuable wind-attribute Soul Tool and enrolled him at Martial Soul Hall Academy. A month later, Qian Gu Changkong challenged him to a spar, but Wu Qi refused and walked away as Qian Gu Changkong angrily accused him of hiding behind his elders.

• Azure Luan Douluo offered Wu Qi a choice between studying at the academy and learning in the library, and Wu Qi chose the academy.
• Azure Luan Douluo gave Wu Qi an azure Soul Tool and taught him a more comprehensive meditation method at his estate.
• Light Feather Douluo enrolled Wu Qi in Junior Class One, where Wu Qi chose to board and focused on studying and cultivation.
• Wu Qi asked a teacher about the little deer with glowing antlers, but the teacher could not identify it and suggested discussing it in soul beast theory class.
• After a month, Qian Gu Changkong demanded that Wu Qi acknowledge him as his boss and challenged him to spar without spirit skills.
• Wu Qi refused to fight and tried to leave, but Qian Gu Changkong blocked and insulted him for supposedly relying on his elders' protection.

Wu Qi defeated Qian Gu Changkong by using his Azure Luan Spirit to lift him into the air, then researched the Venomous Flashhorn Deer in the academy library. Azure Luan Douluo revealed the dangerous Underground World where the deer lived, leaving Wu Qi intrigued despite his master's warning not to go.

• Wu Qi rejected Qian Gu Changkong's challenge, then used his Azure Luan Spirit to carry the frightened boy into the air until he promised to stop causing trouble.
• Wu Qi went to the library to study Soul Beasts and found information about the Venomous Flashhorn Deer, whose antlers warned of poison and whose blood could counteract it.
• Azure Luan Douluo found Wu Qi reading and explained that he had discovered the deer in an underground cave after escaping an ambush many years earlier.
• Azure Luan Douluo told Wu Qi that the Underground World seemed to be an ancient expert's burial place, rejected powerful Soul Masters, and had claimed many explorers.
• Azure Luan Douluo warned Wu Qi not to risk entering the Underground World, though its treasures and potential opportunities caught his interest.

After more than five years of training, Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong asked to enter the dangerous Poisonous Land, but Qian Daoliu ordered them to prove themselves in the Death Grand Canyon first. Wu Qi prepared for the mission and decided to seek advice from Hu Liena and her companions, while considering leaving Spirit City afterward to claim the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s treasures.

• Wu Qi advanced to rank thirty-one, mastered combat techniques under Azure Luan Douluo, and became close friends with Qian Gu Changkong.
• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong asked the Worship Hall elders to let them train in the Poisonous Land, but Qian Daoliu told them to attempt the Death Grand Canyon first.
• After leaving the Worship Hall, Qian Gu Changkong told Wu Qi that Hu Liena and her companions had returned from the Death Grand Canyon.
• Wu Qi planned to ask Hu Liena for advice and considered leaving Spirit City after the mission to seek the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Qian Gu Changkong learned that Hu Liena and the other two were training in the Simulated Training Field.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong sought Hu Liena’s advice before entering Death Grand Canyon, and she warned them that its tribes hunted talented trainees. Yan grew jealous when he saw Hu Liena with Wu Qi and charged over to confront them.

• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong approached Hu Liena in the academy’s Simulated Training Field to ask about Death Grand Canyon.
• Yan followed after seeing Hu Liena leave with Wu Qi and the others, while Xie Yue trailed him to prevent trouble.
• Wu Qi told Hu Liena that they were preparing to enter Death Grand Canyon and asked her to explain the place.
• Hu Liena revealed that tribes within the canyon hunted talented trainees because Spirit Hall pardoned anyone who killed one.
• Qian Gu Changkong gave Hu Liena a small box, and Yan stormed over, calling Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong Pretty Boys and challenging them.

Wu Qi learned more about Death Grand Canyon from Hu Liena and persuaded Azure Luan Douluo that the Poisonous Land might hold a great opportunity. Azure Luan Douluo gave him Little Deer and directed him to complete training before returning to Martial Soul Hall Academy.

• Yan confronted Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong over Hu Liena, but Hu Liena defended Wu Qi and left after warning Yan not to make her tell Bibi Dong.
• Qian Gu Changkong speculated about Hu Liena and Xie Yue's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Wu Qi told him not to spread gossip about her.
• Hu Liena sent Wu Qi a letter detailing what she had learned in Death Grand Canyon and invited him to a welcoming feast.
• Wu Qi told Azure Luan Douluo that the Poisonous Land might contain a great opportunity, but Azure Luan Douluo lectured him into giving up the idea for now.
• Azure Luan Douluo gave Wu Qi Little Deer to help him sense poison and told him to draw a mission, finish training, and report to Martial Soul Hall Academy.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong drew training missions for Death Grand Canyon: Wu Qi had to survive for a month, while Qian Gu Changkong had to collect one hundred White Badges. They entered the canyon at night and discovered it held far more people than Wu Qi had expected, including criminals’ descendants without badges.

• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong visited Spirit Hall’s Mission Pavilion to draw their training missions.
• Wu Qi drew a survival mission and was assigned to survive for one month anywhere in Death Grand Canyon.
• Qian Gu Changkong drew a collection mission requiring one hundred White Badges, and Wu Qi suggested they could help each other hunt Soul Elders.
• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong prepared supplies and entered Death Grand Canyon at night under Thousand Jun Douluo’s escort.
• Wu Qi saw that many criminals had married and raised families in the canyon, and realized that many residents had no badges to collect.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong entered Death Grand Canyon disguised as exiles and encountered its brutal badge-based economy. After Wu Qi killed a man who tried to exploit them, they met Han Ming, who offered to buy their badge and invited them to talk.

• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong approached a building, where a burly man demanded a badge in exchange for help surviving in Death Grand Canyon.
• Wu Qi killed the man with his martial soul and took his White Badge while Qian Gu Changkong reacted with shock.
• At the tavern, Qian Gu Changkong argued that they had not broken its rules because the killing happened outside.
• Han Ming arrived, offered three hundred Trade Coins for their White Badge, and invited them to talk.
• Wu Qi accepted Han Ming's invitation after considering the offer.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong learned that a tavern in Death Grand Canyon served as a meeting place for assassins, then hid near the route to the inner city in search of targets for their trial. They ambushed Hu'er Han and his two lackeys in a storm, and the chapter ended as Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong prepared to fight them for their Gold Badges.

• Han Ming explained that the tavern issued assassination missions, and Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong left after selling him a White Badge.
• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong decided they needed another White Badge and a Yellow Badge before entering the inner city, then hid to sense passersby.
• During a heavy storm, Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong spotted Hu'er Han searching for two trial-takers and realized their arrival had been noticed.
• Wu Qi attacked Hu'er Han's group with Wind Blade Flight, and Hu'er Han used one lackey to block the strike, killing him.
• Hu'er Han recognized Qian Gu Changkong as a trial-taker and ordered A Ming to help him take both men's Gold Badges.
• Wu Qi assigned Hu'er Han to himself and A Ming to Qian Gu Changkong as they faced their opponents.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong fought Hu'er Han and A Ming over the Gold Badge, and Wu Qi killed Hu'er Han after defeating him with his martial arts and wing blades. Afterward, Wu Qi encouraged Qian Gu Changkong to be patient about his slow cultivation as they prepared to enter the inner city.

• Hu'er Han attacked Wu Qi, but Wu Qi blocked his strikes and used the Spirit Luan Martial Void Art to throw him to the ground.
• Hu'er Han activated Wild Instinct, but Wu Qi's Wailing Wind restored his clarity, while Qian Gu Changkong killed A Ming with his second Soul Skill.
• Wu Qi used his Crane Cloud Wings and Wing Blade Slash to grievously wound Hu'er Han, then cut off his legs to stop him escaping.
• Hu'er Han died in the rain, and Qian Gu Changkong praised Wu Qi for defeating an enemy above his rank.
• Wu Qi reflected on Qian Gu Changkong's slow cultivation, urged him not to rush, and said they should collect the badges and enter the inner city before nightfall.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong encountered a mother and mute child begging in Death Grand Canyon, and Wu Qi suspected they were deceiving people. The woman revealed herself as a predator who targeted newcomers and demanded their Gold Badge, leaving Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong facing a fight.

• Wu Qi declined an extra reward for killing a high-ranking Soul Elder, while Qian Gu Changkong questioned where Death Grand Canyon got its food.
• Qian Gu Changkong gave food to a begging mother and her mute child, but Wu Qi noticed the child seemed afraid and suspected the pair were not what they seemed.
• The mother offered to guide Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong to an inn, leading them through unusually quiet alleys.
• Wu Qi confronted the mother, arguing that a genuine woman and child could not safely survive in Death Grand Canyon.
• The mother dropped her act and demanded their Gold Badge, while Wu Qi claimed they had been smuggled in and lacked one.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong escaped Black Widow’s ambush in the inner city and met Han Ming, who revealed he was a confidential Spirit Hall inspector. Han Ming shared a possible target for their collection mission, and the two decided to lie low in the outskirts while waiting for an opportunity.

• Black Widow and her men attacked Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong, but Wu Qi used his Azure Luan Spirit to fly them out of the inner city.
• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong rested in the outskirts and discussed how difficult their mission had become with Black Widow targeting them.
• Han Ming approached them and proved he was a confidential inspector by showing his token.
• Han Ming explained that their collection mission required killing someone and named Tie Dao Wang Tong, a level forty-one Soul Ancestor with a Purple Badge, as a possible target.
• Wu Qi decided that he and Qian Gu Changkong would stay hidden in the outskirts and wait for a low-level Soul Ancestor to appear.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong continued hunting Spirit Hall exiles in Death Grand Canyon after Wu Qi completed his survival mission. They finally ambushed a lone Soul Ancestor, but he deduced they were trainees and recognized Wu Qi’s unusual flying abilities.

• Wu Qi rejected Qian Gu Changkong’s plan to enter the city and assassinate Wang Tong, choosing to keep waiting for targets instead.
• After completing his survival mission, Wu Qi stayed with Qian Gu Changkong, and the two spotted a lone exile who carried a Purple Badge.
• Qian Gu Changkong attacked the newcomer, who evaded the strike and revealed himself as a Soul Ancestor with an Azure Wolf Spirit.
• Wu Qi used his wings and air-current perception to help Qian Gu Changkong fight the Soul Ancestor, whose speed and claws forced them into a coordinated battle.
• The Soul Ancestor deduced that Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong were trainees and identified Wu Qi’s Spirit as unusual, prompting Wu Qi to declare that smart people had to die.

Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong defeated a powerful criminal in Death Grand Canyon and returned with the Purple Badge, completing their trial. Back at the Worship Hall, Qian Gu Changkong questioned the trial’s difficulty and was rebuked for lacking reverence.

• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong combined their skills to trap a criminal in a fire tornado, then used a poisoned dagger to defeat him and claim the Purple Badge.
• As other criminals converged on the battlefield, Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong escaped through the air and returned to the canyon entrance, where Thousand Jun Douluo awaited them.
• Thousand Jun Douluo praised Wu Qi for helping defeat a level forty-four Soul Ancestor and said the two would enter Spirit City Academy for further cultivation.
• After returning to the Worship Hall, Qian Gu Changkong questioned whether the trial had truly been difficult, and Thousand Jun Douluo scolded him for failing to respect its dangers.
• Azure Luan Douluo explained that Thousand Jun Douluo had been angry because Qian Gu Changkong lacked a heart of reverence.

Wu Qi explained why he did not want to attend Martial Soul Hall Academy and revealed that he had figured out Qian Renxue’s identity as the Crown Prince of the Heaven Dou Empire. Qian Daoliu approved Wu Qi’s plan to attend an academy in the Heaven Dou Empire and support Qian Renxue.

• Azure Luan Douluo warned Wu Qi that his easy missions did not mean training in Death Grand Canyon was safe, then asked why he opposed attending Martial Soul Hall Academy.
• Wu Qi gave reasons for avoiding the academy and hinted that he had discovered something in Heaven Dou City.
• Wu Qi asked whether the Heaven Dou Crown Prince had joined Martial Soul Hall, prompting Azure Luan Douluo to take him and Qian Gu Changkong to Worship Hall.
• Azure Luan Douluo informed Qian Daoliu and the other enshriners that Wu Qi had guessed Qian Renxue’s identity.
• Wu Qi proposed attending a Heaven Dou Empire academy so he and Qian Gu Changkong could gain competition experience and later assist Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu agreed that Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong could be suitable companions for Qian Renxue.

Qian Gu Changkong and Wu Qi received permission to leave Spirit City and gain experience, with a three-year deadline to raise their Soul Power by ten levels. Wu Qi obtained part of Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Immortal Herb research in exchange for promising to provide Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seeds, then set out with Qian Gu Changkong for Heaven Dou City, where he anticipated a possible clash with the Wu Family.

• Qian Daoliu allowed Qian Gu Changkong and Wu Qi to travel until the next Spirit Master Competition, requiring them to gain at least ten Soul Power levels in three years.
• Wu Qi visited Chrysanthemum Douluo and offered Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seeds in exchange for Immortal Herb research; Yue Guan agreed and shared some of his findings.
• Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong signed an agreement before Wu Qi left Yue Guan’s garden with the information.
• Three days later, Wu Qi and Qian Gu Changkong departed for Heaven Dou City under the consecrated elders’ watch, with Azure Luan Douluo lending Wu Qi Little Deer for protection.
• Wu Qi reflected on his changed appearance and the powerful Wu Family in Heaven Dou City, and resolved to confront them if they disturbed his plans.