Chapter Summaries

After using Ji Wushuang's Phantom Light Spirit Grass, Bibi Dong rewarded him with a Hundred Thousand Year Whale Pearl. She left him holding the rare treasure after a training bout in which she tested his sword skills.

• Bibi Dong emerged from seclusion, read Ji Wushuang's note, and used the Phantom Light Spirit Grass, which greatly increased her Spiritual Power.
• Bibi Dong interrupted Ji Wushuang and Ye Lingyuan's Combat Training and sent Ye Lingyuan away for half a year.
• Bibi Dong sparred with Ji Wushuang, drove him into the air, and caught him when his Soul Power ran out.
• Bibi Dong asked why Ji Wushuang had not used the Phantom Light Spirit Grass, and he explained that he thought she needed it more.
• Bibi Dong gave Ji Wushuang a Hundred Thousand Year Whale Pearl as compensation, and he gladly accepted it.

Ten-year-old Ji Wushuang swallowed a Hundred Thousand Year Whale Pearl and spent two years growing stronger until he reached the level-thirty bottleneck. Bibi Dong brought him to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a spirit ring, where he faced a 5,500-year Lightning Leopard with teleportation and prepared to fight it himself.

• Ji Wushuang swallowed the Hundred Thousand Year Whale Pearl, whose power strengthened his body and continued to refine within him over time.
• Two years later, Ji Wushuang had reached the level-thirty bottleneck, and Bibi Dong took him into the Star Dou Great Forest for his first hunt alongside her.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang to handle suitable Spirit Beasts and other encounters himself, intervening only if a Spirit Beast exceeded six thousand years.
• Ji Wushuang cut down a Thousand Year Black Mamba Snake with the Heavenly Slash Sword, impressing Bibi Dong with his quick response.
• Ji Wushuang attacked a 5,500-year Lightning Leopard with the Nation-Splitting Swordplay, but it teleported out of the sword qi's path, and he eagerly announced that he would engage it.

Ji Wushuang killed the Lightning Leopard and absorbed its Spirit Ring, gaining the Third Spirit Skill Instant Kill. Bibi Dong praised him but decided he needed more hardship and training, then prepared to return with him to Spirit City.

• Ji Wushuang used eight flying swords and two Spirit Skills to wear down the teleporting Lightning Leopard while Bibi Dong watched.
• Ji Wushuang struck the Lightning Leopard from eight directions and killed it with Absolute Shadow through its throat.
• Ji Wushuang absorbed the Lightning Leopard’s Spirit Ring and reached level thirty-two Soul Power.
• Ji Wushuang demonstrated Instant Kill, which let him teleport his sword or himself up to ten meters.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang he needed more tempering, teased him about hiding his Sword Formation, and ordered him to return to Spirit City with her.

Ji Wushuang revealed his new teleportation Spirit Skill and his status as Bibi Dong’s disciple to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan. The next day, Bibi Dong approved his request for three portions of Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly and gave him her token to collect them.

• Ji Wushuang demonstrated his Instant Kill teleportation Spirit Skill to Yan, then revealed that he had reached Level 32 and absorbed a five-thousand-five-hundred-year Spirit Ring.
• Hu Liena invited everyone to celebrate, and Ji Wushuang offered to pay for the meal before telling them he was Bibi Dong’s disciple.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena reacted with surprise to Ji Wushuang’s revelation and listened as he described Bibi Dong.
• Ji Wushuang asked Bibi Dong for three portions of Ten Thousand Year Whale Jelly for Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Bibi Dong approved the request and gave Ji Wushuang her token so he could claim the Whale Jelly from the Treasure Pavilion.

Bibi Dong gave Ji Wushuang the Pope's Token, tested his sword formation, and sent him to collect Whale Rubber. At the Martial Soul Hall Academy, Ji Wushuang gave whale jelly to Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue, who began refining it after discovering its foul taste and powerful effects.

• Bibi Dong warned Ji Wushuang to guard the Pope's Token and never give it to anyone else.
• Bibi Dong had Ji Wushuang use his eight-sword formation against her, then defeated it with a single strike and cautioned him not to grow arrogant.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang to collect the Whale Rubber and noted that his rapid growth made him seem older than ten.
• Ji Wushuang gave Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue pieces of whale jelly and explained that it could strengthen their bodies for absorbing older Spirit Rings.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue swallowed the foul-tasting whale jelly and sat down to refine it as their bodies began to heat up.

Ji Wushuang shared Whale Rubber with Yan and Xie Yue, then discussed their ambitions for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament. Two years later, Tang San became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, while Bibi Dong took Ji Wushuang into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a Spirit Beast for his next soul skill.

• Yan and Xie Yue thanked Ji Wushuang for the Whale Rubber after their Spirit Power rose, and the friends shared a celebratory meal and drinks.
• Ji Wushuang, Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena imagined competing together in a future tournament and vowed to make Martial Soul Hall Academy proud.
• At Nuoding City Primary Soul Master Academy, Yu Xiaogang impressed Tang San with his research, and Tang San knelt to ask him to become his master.
• Ji Wushuang asked Bibi Dong what kind of Spirit Beast could grant him a defense-breaking soul skill as they searched the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong set a one-month limit for finding a Spirit Beast that could ignore defenses before they would choose another suitable beast.

Ji Wushuang and Bibi Dong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for his Fourth Spirit Ring before a Titan Giant Ape appeared at their camp. Bibi Dong crippled the beast and Ji Wushuang killed it, leaving him ready to absorb its Spirit Ring.

• Ji Wushuang and Bibi Dong traveled deeper into the forest, but found no Spirit Beast with an ability he wanted.
• At night, Ji Wushuang prepared an elaborate camp and shared pastries and tea with Bibi Dong, who criticized the strong smell of his lamb leg.
• A Titan Giant Ape emerged from the forest, and Bibi Dong suggested it as Ji Wushuang's Fourth Spirit Ring.
• Bibi Dong struck the Titan Giant Ape with her Spirit Bone Skill and suppressed it, allowing Ji Wushuang to pierce its heart with his eight flying swords.
• The Titan Giant Ape died and formed a black Spirit Ring, while streams of black light flowed toward its hands; Bibi Dong warned Ji Wushuang to beware of soul shock before he absorbed it.

Bibi Dong recovered a pair of External Soul Bones from the Titan Giant Ape and gave them to Ji Wushuang, who absorbed them after surviving the Spirit Ring. His new abilities and Soul Power growth impressed them, while Bibi Dong concealed the cost of helping him endure the absorption.

• Bibi Dong used her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor to strip the Titan Giant Ape's corpse and took its two dark red Palm Bones.
• Ji Wushuang absorbed the ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring after three hours and gained the Sky-Rending Sword Wave spirit skill.
• Bibi Dong gave Ji Wushuang both Palm Bones, and he absorbed them while she secretly poured her energy into him to ease his pain.
• Ji Wushuang learned that the bones granted Sky-Shattering Annihilation Kill and Titan Defense, and that his Soul Power had risen to level forty-four.
• Ji Wushuang gave Bibi Dong Dragon Ganoderma Leaves to restore her, then went to his tent while she meditated and recovered from the energy she had spent helping him.

Ji Wushuang asked Bibi Dong to let him train outside Spirit City, but she refused and arranged for him to join a mission against the Wolf Bandits as his first trial. On the eve of the mission, Bibi Dong visited him in the Bamboo Forest and challenged him to show how much he had improved.

• Bibi Dong forbade Ji Wushuang from leaving Spirit City alone and assigned him to accompany Ghostly Charm's squad on a Wolf Bandit extermination mission.
• Ghostly Charm planned to take ten Soul Emperors and a Soul Saint, and Bibi Dong ordered Ye Lingyuan to join them for added protection.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang to rest before the mission, then privately warned Ghostly Charm to keep him safe.
• Bibi Dong met Ji Wushuang, Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena in the Bamboo Forest and questioned Hu Liena about her cultivation.
• Ji Wushuang told Bibi Dong he was ready to face the mission, so she drew her sword and challenged him to demonstrate his progress.
• Ji Wushuang summoned the Peerless Sword Casket and four Spirit Rings, then attacked Bibi Dong with ten flying swords in a shifting sword array.

Ji Wushuang demonstrated his Fourth Spirit Skill to Bibi Dong, then set out with Ye Lingyuan and a Spirit Hall team to confront the Wolf Bandits. After seven days of travel, they rested in a valley while discussing the bandits’ origins and the unexplained nature of their offspring.

• Ji Wushuang used Sky-Rending Sword Wave to cut through bamboo, and Bibi Dong warned him to attack decisively and flee if he faced danger.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan emerged from hiding to praise Ji Wushuang’s chance to see Bibi Dong often and wished him safety on the mission.
• Ye Lingyuan joined Ji Wushuang and ten Soul Emperors, one Soul Saint, and revealed that he was Bibi Dong’s only disciple before leading the group toward the Wolf Bandits.
• After seven days of travel, the group rested in a mountain valley, where Ji Wushuang explained the Wolf Bandits’ origins and asked whether other human–Spirit Beast offspring could produce Spirit Rings.

Ji Wushuang joined Ye Lingyuan’s team to suppress the Wolf Bandits and prove himself worthy of leaving Spirit City. After rescuing the few surviving Heaven Dou Soldiers and entering the bandits’ lair, he faced the Wolf Bandit Leader and its hundred-strong pack.

• Ye Lingyuan warned Ji Wushuang that the Pope would judge his performance as their group advanced into the forest.
• Ji Wushuang killed ten Wolf Bandits with his flying swords and learned that they had slaughtered nearly all ten thousand Heaven Dou Soldiers.
• Ye Lingyuan took command of the operation while Ji Wushuang followed the Wolf Bandits’ scent into their cavern and killed one lurking above him.
• Ji Wushuang fought off Wolf Bandits emerging from the cavern, then retreated to the surface when Ye Lingyuan warned him about the narrow terrain.
• The ten-thousand-year Wolf Bandit Leader knocked aside Ji Wushuang’s two attacking swords and ordered its hundred-strong pack to attack him.

Ji Wushuang and Ye Lingyuan exterminated the Wolf Bandits, but Ji Wushuang briefly lost himself in the killing, and Ye Lingyuan worried about the demonic sword inside his Peerless Sword Casket. After destroying the nest, they discussed whether Bibi Dong would let Ji Wushuang leave Spirit City for training.

• Ye Lingyuan summoned her Blazing Spirit Kite Martial Soul while Ji Wushuang used his flying swords to kill hundreds of wolf bandits and wound their leader.
• Ji Wushuang finished off the Wolf Bandit Leader with Sky-Rending Sword Wave, then briefly showed scarlet eyes before assuring Ye Lingyuan he was fine.
• Ye Lingyuan burned the wolf bandit corpses and found a Left Leg Spirit Bone, which Ji Wushuang accepted but decided to bring back for his Teacher to handle.
• Ji Wushuang killed the adult wolf bandits and cubs in another cavern, saying he hated leaving things half-done.
• Sax and the others cleared the remaining bandits, and Ye Lingyuan destroyed the Wolf Bandit Nest with a pillar of fire.
• Ye Lingyuan said Bibi Dong might allow Ji Wushuang to train outside Spirit City, but Ji Wushuang doubted it because he expected more tests from his Teacher.

Ye Lingyuan took Ji Wushuang to the City of Slaughter’s entrance for a second mission: kill the criminals in the village. After Ji Wushuang slaughtered its inhabitants, they destroyed the village and prepared to post a notice directing future visitors to the City of Slaughter.

• Ye Lingyuan sent Sax and the others back to Spirit City, then asked Ji Wushuang how killing the Wolf Bandits had felt.
• Ye Lingyuan revealed that Bibi Dong had arranged a second mission at the entrance to the City of Slaughter: Ji Wushuang was to kill everyone in the village, all of whom were fugitives.
• Ji Wushuang used his flying swords and Spirit Skills to kill the village’s Fallen Spirit Masters, including a waiter who begged for his life.
• Ye Lingyuan set the village ablaze while she and Ji Wushuang watched from above; Ji Wushuang said killing the villagers had felt exhilarating.
• After the village burned to ashes, Ye Lingyuan razed it completely and explained that they would post a notice directing people seeking the City of Slaughter to its entrance.

Ye Lingyuan and Ji Wushuang completed their mission and traveled back toward Spirit City, while Bibi Dong grew impatient over Ji Wushuang’s delayed return. Their journey paused when Blazing Rock Snakes attacked their campsite, and Ji Wushuang killed them all.

• Ye Lingyuan marked the entrance to the City of Slaughter, confirmed the mission was complete, and set off with Ji Wushuang for Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong demanded Ji Wushuang’s whereabouts after he had been away for twelve days, so Ghostly Charm went to search for him.
• Ghostly Charm met Sax and his companions, learned that Ye Lingyuan had taken Ji Wushuang elsewhere, and hurried back to report to Bibi Dong.
• Ye Lingyuan and Ji Wushuang camped on a plain, where she advised him to be more considerate when a girl offered to let him rest.
• Blazing Rock Snakes surrounded the campsite, and Ji Wushuang used Finger-Twisting Softness to kill them before asking Ye Lingyuan to roast them.

Ji Wushuang returned to Spirit City with Ghostly Charm after Bibi Dong grew anxious about his long absence. He reunited with Bibi Dong, who scolded him for taking eighteen days, then accepted the twenty-thousand-year Left Leg Spirit Bone he gave her as a gift.

• Ji Wushuang and Ye Lingyuan ate roasted Blazing Rock Snakes before Ghostly Charm arrived to bring Ji Wushuang back to Spirit City.
• Ghostly Charm told Ji Wushuang that Bibi Dong was worried about him, then carried him ahead while Ye Lingyuan followed.
• After two nights of travel, Ghostly Charm left Ji Wushuang to visit Bibi Dong, who welcomed him at her residence.
• Bibi Dong scolded Ji Wushuang for taking eighteen days to finish his mission, and he explained that most of the time had been spent traveling.
• Ji Wushuang gave Bibi Dong the twenty-thousand-year Left Leg Spirit Bone he had taken from the Wolf Bandit Leader, and she accepted it.

Ji Wushuang returned to Spirit City and recounted his journey to Bibi Dong, then tried to prove he could safely travel alone. Bibi Dong knocked him unconscious and decided he would train beside her until he reached Titled Douluo.

• Bibi Dong invited Ji Wushuang to dine with her and asked him to describe his journey in detail.
• Ji Wushuang recounted rescuing Heaven Dou Empire soldiers, destroying the Wolf Bandit Nest, visiting the City of Slaughter, and meeting Ghostly Charm and Ye Lingyuan on the way back.
• Bibi Dong warned Ji Wushuang against arrogance and said she would not send anyone to protect him if he left Spirit City.
• Ji Wushuang tried to persuade Bibi Dong that he was strong enough to travel alone, summoning his Peerless Sword Casket and Spirit Rings to show off his abilities.
• Bibi Dong appeared behind Ji Wushuang, struck him unconscious, and carried him toward her bedroom, deciding he should stay with her until he became a Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong decided Ji Wushuang would move into the West Courtyard beside her, keeping him close after his mission. Ji Wushuang returned to the academy and sparred with Yan while Bibi Dong secretly watched, pleased that he remained within her reach.

• Ye Lingyuan told Bibi Dong that Ji Wushuang had handled his first killings decisively and without distress, easing Bibi Dong's concerns.
• Bibi Dong summoned Ji Wushuang to her private chamber and ordered him to move into the West Courtyard beside her; he reluctantly agreed.
• Ji Wushuang returned to the academy, met Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, and joked with them about his mission and Yan's losing streak.
• Ji Wushuang fought Yan using flying swords, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue watched and commented on the spar.
• Bibi Dong secretly watched the spar and resolved to keep Ji Wushuang from leaving her side.

Ji Wushuang completed a year of training under Bibi Dong and attended Ye Lingyuan’s Titled Douluo conferment, where she became Spirit Kite Douluo and joined the Elder Hall. Bibi Dong introduced Ji Wushuang to Spirit Hall’s upper ranks as her only disciple, but he greeted them modestly without showing his Spirit Rings.

• After Ji Wushuang ended his Hundred Consecutive Wins, he told Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan that he had moved to a secret new residence, prompting them to speculate that he lived with Bibi Dong.
• A year later, Bibi Dong advised Ji Wushuang that his swordsmanship was too aggressive and told him to attend Ye Lingyuan’s enfeoffment ceremony the next day.
• At Douluo Hall, Qian Daoliu conferred the title Spirit Kite Douluo on Ye Lingyuan and created her statue on the wall.
• At the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong presented Ye Lingyuan with a Pope’s Token, inducting her into the Elder Hall.
• Bibi Dong introduced Ji Wushuang to Spirit Hall’s gathered upper ranks as her only disciple, and he greeted them without displaying his Spirit Rings.

After Ye Lingyuan's Title Conferment Ceremony, Ji Wushuang discussed his future with Bibi Dong and asked to train in Misty Trail Grand Canyon. Bibi Dong refused, and Ji Wushuang placated her with flattery before leaving the Pope's Palace.

• Ji Wushuang congratulated Bibi Dong on gaining Ye Lingyuan as a Titled Douluo and credited his fast cultivation to the Hundred Thousand Year Whale Pearl.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Ji Wushuang would compete in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, and he chose to wait until the tournament after next.
• Ji Wushuang asked to train in Misty Trail Grand Canyon for two years, but Bibi Dong forbade him from going.
• Bibi Dong told Ji Wushuang that a Soul Master needed to endure loneliness, and he protested that he was only thirteen.
• Ji Wushuang showered Bibi Dong with compliments until she released his ears and allowed him to leave.

After a year of training under Bibi Dong, Ji Wushuang reached level fifty and prepared to travel with her to the Star Dou Great Forest for his fifth Spirit Ring. He chose a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Bibi Dong agreed to help him hunt one.

• Ji Wushuang and Bibi Dong finished their sword training, then shared a meal together.
• A year later, Ji Wushuang broke through to level fifty, and Bibi Dong visited him after he missed Combat Training.
• Bibi Dong offered to take Ji Wushuang to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his fifth Spirit Ring.
• Ji Wushuang urged Bibi Dong to keep watch over Spirit Hall's branch and main halls, and she praised his growing maturity.
• Ji Wushuang asked for a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Spirit Ring, and Bibi Dong agreed to help him find a suitable one.