Chapter Summaries

Ye Tian attended Spirit City's Martial Soul awakening ceremony, where he awakened a Pill Martial Soul that drew attention from Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and the others. His Soul Power test revealed Innate Full Soul Power, leaving his potential clear but his next steps unknown.

• Ye Tian went to the Martial Soul Awakening Hall, reflecting on his past life and hoping to awaken a powerful Martial Soul.
• Qian Xunji ordered Sigma to begin the ceremony, and Spirit Hall descendants awakened a variety of Martial Souls and Soul Power levels.
• Ye Tian noticed Bibi Dong's killing intent and resentment toward Qian Xunji, then waited as children from his orphanage took their turns.
• Ye Tian awakened a transparent Pill Martial Soul surrounded by milky mist and a medicinal fragrance, drawing the attention of the observers.
• Sigma tested Ye Tian's Soul Power, and the crystal ball shone brilliantly as Sigma announced that Ye Tian had Innate Full Soul Power.

Ye Tian revealed Innate Full Soul Power despite having a Food System Martial Soul, drawing the attention of Spirit Hall’s leaders. Bibi Dong claimed him as her disciple, and Qian Xunji gave him a Storage Soul Tool as he prepared to join her.

• Ye Tian manifested his Pill Martial Soul and demonstrated Innate Full Soul Power, astonishing Sigma and the Spirit Hall officials.
• Qian Xunji praised Ye Tian’s talent, while Bibi Dong decided she would not let Qian Xunji have control over him.
• Bibi Dong asked Ye Tian to become her disciple, and Ye Tian agreed despite his unease.
• Bibi Dong postponed the apprenticeship ceremony until the next day and left the square.
• Qian Xunji warned Ye Tian to remember Spirit Hall’s support and gave him a golden Storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Tian thanked Sigma and ran from the square as Sigma continued testing the other children.

Ye Tian tried to comfort Qian Renxue after she complained that Bibi Dong did not love her, then seized the chance to ask for Whale Rubber. He told Qian Renxue to kowtow to Bibi Dong, leaving her confused about whether she had to kneel like her father’s subordinates.

• Ye Tian inspected the eight-cubic-meter Soul Tool ring and thought about his cultivation path and the challenge of finding a partner suited to the God of Food.
• Qian Renxue arrived crying over Bibi Dong’s rejection, and Ye Tian tried to console her by distinguishing liking from loving.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Tian how to prove that Bibi Dong loved her, and he promised he could show her.
• Ye Tian asked Qian Renxue for Whale Rubber in exchange for his advice, and she agreed to ask her grandfather and others to retrieve it.
• Ye Tian told Qian Renxue to kowtow to Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue wondered whether she had to kneel like her father’s subordinates.

Ye Tian advised Qian Renxue to provoke a reaction from Bibi Dong, but Qian Renxue returned without props and injured herself by ramming her head into a pillar. Bibi Dong caught her in alarm, and Qian Renxue left convinced that her mother cared; Guang Ling Douluo blamed Ye Tian for the dangerous plan.

• Ye Tian told Qian Renxue to use a scheme to test Bibi Dong’s feelings and leave as soon as she saw a reaction.
• Qian Renxue called Ye Tian her “Sand Sculpture Friend” and ran back without buying any props.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue that seeing her made her feel sick, so Qian Renxue charged headfirst into a pillar.
• Bibi Dong caught the bleeding Qian Renxue, who saw her mother’s alarm and struggled to leave despite her injury.
• Qian Renxue staggered out of the room, while Bibi Dong watched her anxiously and Guang Ling Douluo angrily blamed Ye Tian’s idea.

Qian Renxue returned to Ye Tian with a bleeding forehead, pleased that she had proved her mother cared about her, while Ye Tian panicked over her injury. They exchanged names and became friends, leaving Ye Tian to flee when Bibi Dong’s killing intent reached him.

• Qian Renxue returned to the orphanage grounds with a self-inflicted forehead wound, and Ye Tian was horrified to learn she had followed his advice by actually hurting herself.
• Ye Tian checked whether Qian Renxue was all right, and she explained that she had gathered Soul Power in her forehead to protect herself.
• Qian Renxue admitted she had ruined some of Ye Tian’s sand sculptures, and Ye Tian let the accusation go after noticing her loneliness.
• Ye Tian told Qian Renxue his name, and she introduced herself as Little Xue before they agreed to be friends.
• Qian Renxue hurried home to treat her wound, while Ye Tian ran toward the orphanage after sensing Bibi Dong’s killing intent.
• Bibi Dong watched Ye Tian flee, felt disgusted with him for influencing Qian Renxue, then left with her heart somewhat lighter.

Ye Tian returned to the Spirit City Orphanage, where he shared a meal and said goodbye to Wang Ma, Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue. The next day, he left for the Pope’s Palace to join Bibi Dong, his new master.

• Ye Tian came back to the orphanage hungry, and Wang Ma scolded him before giving him a specially prepared lunchbox.
• Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue greeted Ye Tian, and Xie Yue gave him the meal they had saved.
• Hu Liena asked whether Ye Tian had become the Saintess’s disciple, then asked to share his chicken leg, which he gave her.
• Ye Tian shared the duck leg with Yan and Xie Yue, and Hu Liena remarked that he smelled good before he pushed her away from his clothes.
• The next day, Ye Tian stored his luggage in the ring Qian Xunji had given him, said farewell to the orphanage children and Wang Ma, and set off alone for the Pope’s Palace.

Ye Tian visited Bibi Dong at Wisteria Residence, where she gave him the Mimic Meditation Method to study. He claimed he had already mastered it, and his first cultivation produced a pill fragrance that eased Bibi Dong’s distress, leaving her astonished by how quickly he entered the method’s threshold.

• Sigma escorted Ye Tian to Wisteria Residence and left after Bibi Dong told him to go.
• Bibi Dong led Ye Tian into her residence, where he noticed her worsening pallor and sensed her killing intent.
• Bibi Dong gave Ye Tian the Mimic Meditation Method, and he read it for less than half an hour before saying he had learned it.
• Bibi Dong challenged Ye Tian to cultivate, and he sat cross-legged on her bed and activated his martial soul.
• Ye Tian produced a fragrant pill that eased Bibi Dong’s gloom, and she realized he might already have entered the method’s threshold.

Ye Tian rapidly mastered Bibi Dong’s Mimic Meditation Method, letting her cultivate without being disturbed by her killing intent. At the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu learned that Ye Tian was Bibi Dong’s new disciple and had given Qian Renxue advice about testing her mother.

• Ye Tian recreated an alchemy environment in his mind and reached great accomplishment in the Mimic Meditation Method within moments.
• Bibi Dong meditated in the pill fragrance around Ye Tian and found that it calmed her killing intent and fatigue.
• Qian Daoliu visited Qian Renxue and promised to take her soul hunting the next day.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu for Whale Rubber after Ye Tian had requested it, and Guang Ling Douluo revealed that he had investigated Ye Tian.
• Guang Ling Douluo explained that Ye Tian had awakened a Pill Martial Soul with unprecedented Innate Full Soul Power in the Support System and had become Bibi Dong’s disciple.
• Guang Ling Douluo told Qian Daoliu that Ye Tian had also advised Qian Renxue on how to test Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue secured dangerous Whale Rubber from Qian Daoliu to reward Ye Tian, while Ye Tian dealt with Bibi Dong’s demands at Wisteria Residence. After Bibi Dong sent him away, someone called out to him on the stone stairs.

• Guang Ling Douluo recounted the previous day’s events, and Qian Renxue defended Ye Tian to Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and warned her that it was dangerous to consume.
• Ye Tian woke hungry, asked Bibi Dong for money, and was ordered to throw away his Storage Soul Tool ring.
• Ye Tian claimed the ring was his apprenticeship gift, and Bibi Dong offered to prepare a replacement if he explained what had happened the previous day.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Ye Tian, and he left Wisteria Residence to find food.
• As Ye Tian started down the stone stairs, someone called his name.

Ye Tian received the melted Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber from Qian Renxue and told her a secret about his dangerous plan, which she doubted. He returned to Wisteria Residence at dusk to find Bibi Dong waiting, and her rumbling stomach reminded him that he had forgotten something important.

• Qian Renxue accused Ye Tian of trying to steal her mother, Bibi Dong, and Ye Tian explained that he was only Bibi Dong's disciple.
• Ye Tian told Qian Renxue that he had cultivated in Bibi Dong's room, prompting Qian Renxue to envy their closeness and suggest switching places with him.
• Qian Renxue gave Ye Tian the melted Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and warned him that eating it would kill him.
• Ye Tian secretly told Qian Renxue about his plan, and she feared it would bring him mortal danger, but he insisted she wait for the results of his Soul Hunting.
• Ye Tian returned to Wisteria Residence at dusk, where Bibi Dong waited for him, and he realized he had forgotten something important when he heard her stomach rumble.

Ye Tian placated the angry Bibi Dong with wild vegetable dumplings and settled into his new room. With Bibi Dong nearby, he began absorbing a small portion of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber, leaving her curious about what it did.

• Bibi Dong confronted Ye Tian for taking too long with lunch, and Ye Tian explained that he had brought food and clothes to children at the Orphanage.
• Bibi Dong agreed to eat the wild vegetable dumplings Ye Tian had brought back, then told him to put his belongings away and return to cultivate.
• Ye Tian quickly settled into the next room, and Bibi Dong finished the dumplings before directing him to begin cultivation.
• After half an hour of preparation, Ye Tian opened a box of Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and swallowed about one-fifth of it.
• Bibi Dong watched Ye Tian begin absorbing the whale rubber and asked what it did.

Ye Tian absorbed ten-thousand-year Whale Rubber overnight, using Bibi Dong’s Pill Fragrance to endure its intense heat and strengthen his body. Afterward, he tried to get money from Bibi Dong, who refused and handed him a sandalwood box instead.

• Ye Tian swallowed Whale Rubber and endured its scorching effects until the Pill Fragrance cooled his body, while Bibi Dong prepared to intervene.
• Ye Tian survived the first absorption, then carefully absorbed the remaining Whale Rubber through the night.
• Ye Tian finished with a sturdier body, though much of the final dose had exceeded his physical limits, and he carried Bibi Dong’s bedding away to wash it.
• After washing and drying the bedding, Ye Tian held out his hand for money, but Bibi Dong told him to give orders without paying and threatened him when he asked to collect money.
• Bibi Dong handed Ye Tian a sandalwood box.

Ye Tian received Bibi Dong’s Green Pearl Bracer as an apprenticeship gift and left to fetch food. At the Worship Hall, Qian Renxue postponed her soul hunt because Ye Tian had told her whale rubber could help her absorb a millennium first ring, prompting Qian Xunji to suspect he meant to harm her.

• Bibi Dong gave Ye Tian the Green Pearl Bracer and ordered him not to bring the dirty item back into her residence.
• Ye Tian compared the bracer favorably with Qian Xunji’s storage ring, then ran down the mountain because he was hungry.
• Bibi Dong watched Ye Tian leave and wondered whether his distance and occasional looks of pity or disdain were real.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji that she wanted to delay soul hunting for a few days because of Ye Tian.
• Qian Renxue explained that Ye Tian had said whale rubber could strengthen her body enough to absorb a millennium first ring.
• Qian Xunji grew furious and asked whether Bibi Dong had sent Ye Tian to harm Qian Renxue.

Qian Daoliu confirmed that Whale Rubber strengthened the body, reassuring Qian Renxue that Ye Tian had told the truth. Qian Xunji planned to keep the discovery secret for Spirit Hall’s elite, while Ye Tian endured Bibi Dong’s terrifying mountain descent.

• Qian Renxue defended Ye Tian and Bibi Dong, then told Qian Daoliu that Ye Tian had advised her to wait until he absorbed a Millennium Spirit Ring.
• Qian Daoliu ate the Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber and confirmed that it strengthened the body, making Qian Renxue happy that Ye Tian had not lied.
• Qian Xunji proposed keeping Whale Rubber’s effects secret and reserving it for Spirit Hall’s geniuses, and Qian Daoliu warned him not to trouble Ye Tian.
• Qian Daoliu’s Whale Rubber reaction made him beat Qian Xunji in the Worship Hall before sending him away.
• Bibi Dong carried Ye Tian down the mountain in a series of frightening leaps and told him to open his eyes and adapt.

Bibi Dong took Ye Tian to the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt for a Spirit Beast and taught him how to judge Spirit Beast ages. As they traveled, Ye Tian studied her Spirit Beast Compendium and added insights that shocked her with their accuracy.

• Bibi Dong carried Ye Tian across Spirit City and ordered a carriage to take them to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Beast age could be judged by the color of its Soul Power, then gave Ye Tian her annotated Spirit Beast Compendium to study.
• Ye Tian read the Compendium during the journey, marked key points, and wrote down possible Spirit Skills based on his understanding of Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong saw Ye Tian's notes and realized he had correctly answered questions she had once solved only through practical experience.

Ye Tian accompanied Bibi Dong into the forest near the Star Dou Great Forest, where she began training him in the dangers of Soul Hunting. The chapter ended as a creature sprang from a tree toward Ye Tian.

• Bibi Dong caught herself leaning over Ye Tian’s answer sheet and told him to continue studying after he questioned her behavior.
• Bibi Dong and Ye Tian reached the forest outskirts near Spirit City, and she carried him into the woods after dismissing the carriage.
• Bibi Dong set Ye Tian down, gave him a dagger, and told him to follow while warning that she would not intervene if she judged a danger manageable.
• Ye Tian stayed alert as Bibi Dong concealed her aura, and a shadow with a pungent odor pounced at him from a nearby tree.

Ye Tian killed a Red Fox and learned how Soul Rings were absorbed, then insisted he wanted a Millennium Soul Ring. Bibi Dong challenged his ambition with the accepted limit for a First Spirit Ring, but Ye Tian asked her to state the Red Fox’s exact age, leaving her unable to answer.

• Ye Tian threw his dagger and killed a Red Fox, which produced a white Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong explained that only the person who killed a Spirit Beast could absorb its Soul Ring and that it would disappear after an hour.
• Ye Tian refused to absorb the white ring and joked that it did not suit a disciple of the Saintess of Spirit Hall.
• When Bibi Dong asked what Spirit Beast he wanted to hunt, Ye Tian said he wanted a Millennium Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong cited Master’s theory that a First Spirit Ring should be no older than four hundred and twenty-three years, but she could not determine the Red Fox’s exact age when Ye Tian challenged her.

Ye Tian persuaded Bibi Dong that Spirit Ring limits could be improved through physical conditioning and proved his body could handle a ring close to fifteen hundred years old. He then requested a Spirit Beast with several traits for his first Soul Skill, leaving Bibi Dong exasperated as he clarified that he wanted to improve his talent, not merely heal injuries.

• Ye Tian challenged the idea that Spirit Ring limits were fixed and explained that Whale Rubber could strengthen a Spirit Master's body.
• Bibi Dong examined Ye Tian and judged that he could withstand a Spirit Ring close to fifteen hundred years old.
• Bibi Dong suggested that Ye Tian could choose either a Plant or an animal Spirit Beast, but Ye Tian dismissed the theory as obvious common knowledge.
• Ye Tian asked Bibi Dong to find a Spirit Beast with traits for repairing flaws, strengthening the body, providing energy, and restoring Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong objected to Ye Tian's many requested effects, and Ye Tian clarified that repairing flaws meant improving his talent rather than healing injuries.

Ye Tian explained why he wanted a Gluttonous Snake for his first Soul Ring, arguing that its transformations could preserve its extraordinary growth speed. Bibi Dong warned him against prioritizing early cultivation, and Ye Tian had not yet revealed whether he would reconsider.

• Bibi Dong rejected Ye Tian’s plan to seek a medicinal Herb-type Spirit Beast because such creatures were too rare and unlikely to survive long enough.
• Ye Tian proposed the Gluttonous Snake as an alternative, and Bibi Dong objected because it grew quickly but died from accumulated toxins and impurities.
• Ye Tian explained that the Gluttonous Snake’s transformations maintained its peak growth speed, which made it useful for his cultivation.
• Bibi Dong warned Ye Tian that pursuing rapid early cultivation could harm his development and urged him to consider more practical Food System Spirit Skills.

Ye Tian rejected Bibi Dong’s advice and insisted on absorbing a Gluttonous Snake’s Soul Ring, believing its transformation ability would suit his Pill Martial Soul. Bibi Dong found a nearly sixteen-hundred-year-old Gluttonous Snake, and Ye Tian prepared to absorb its ring under her guard.

• Bibi Dong warned Ye Tian that choosing the Gluttonous Snake was unwise, but Ye Tian thanked her and stood by his decision.
• Bibi Dong led Ye Tian deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, where he refused her suggestions to choose other Spirit Beasts.
• Near the Mixed Zone, Bibi Dong spotted a Gluttonous Snake and carried Ye Tian toward it when he could not keep up.
• Bibi Dong trapped the Gluttonous Snake with her Death Spider Web Bind and asked Ye Tian if he still wanted the nearly sixteen-hundred-year-old beast.
• Ye Tian confirmed his choice, and Bibi Dong dropped him beside the immobilized snake so he could prepare to absorb its Soul Ring.