Chapter Summaries

Lin Suchou arrived in the Spirit Road Secret Realm with no cultivation and learned that his Goddess Contract System required him to contract with a powerful, talented virgin. After gaining strength by collecting Spirit Beast Essence, he followed a girl and Mu Chen to a mountain, where Mu Chen defeated her and threw her into a stream.

• Lin Suchou learned the system's requirements and discovered that the Blood Token could convert Spirit Beast Essence into spiritual energy.
• He watched a girl chase a youth after catching him spying on her, then absorbed the essence from the rabbit she had killed.
• Lin Suchou followed the girl and collected several more Spirit Beast Essences from beasts she killed along the way.
• At the mountain, Lin Suchou recognized the youth as Mu Chen and learned the girl's name was Wu Yingying.
• Mu Chen subdued Wu Yingying in a fight and carried her into a nearby stream.

Lin Suchou strengthened his Spirit Body by absorbing Spirit Beast Essences as he crossed the Spirit Road alone. After emerging from the mountains onto a grassland, he heard a distressed girl call for help.

• Wu Yingying angrily slaughtered spirit beasts after Mu Chen humiliated her and left the valley.
• Lin Suchou absorbed more than twenty Spirit Beast Essences, unlocked a Level 1 Spirit Body, and kicked a massive tree in half.
• Lin Suchou killed a juvenile Blood Pig Tiger by luring it into a cliff, then continued across the Spirit Road.
• After several days of travel and hunting, Lin Suchou learned that low-grade Spirit Beast Essences no longer improved him much and climbed a peak to survey the endless mountains.
• Lin Suchou crossed the mountain range into a grassland, where a dust-covered girl in a torn red skirt called out to him for help.

Lin Suchou killed Momo after she tried to stab him, took her Spirit Storage Ring and map, and headed for the Fourth Guardian Land. On the way, he advanced to a Level 2 Spirit Body, then rescued Wen Qingxuan from a herd of Savage Bulls.

• Lin Suchou approached Momo for her Spirit Road map, caught her trying to stab him, and killed her in self-defense.
• Lin Suchou took Momo's Spirit Storage Ring, found four Blood Tokens and other supplies inside, changed into her spare clothes, and used the map to head toward the Fourth Guardian Land.
• During his journey, Lin Suchou defeated a late-stage Spirit Movement Realm spirit beast and broke through to a Level 2 Spirit Body.
• At dawn, Lin Suchou spotted Wen Qingxuan fleeing a herd led by a high-grade white Savage Bull and used his whip to pull her to safety.
• Wen Qingxuan introduced herself as a member of the Northern Region Wen Family, and Lin Suchou recognized her.

Lin Suchou saved Wen Qingxuan, then met Mu Chen and helped him defeat a Giant Bear before giving him directions to the Guardian Lands. The chapter ended with Mu Chen recognizing Lin Suchou as someone he had met before.

• Wen Qingxuan thanked Lin Suchou for saving her, offered him a favor, and left to seek revenge on the Savage Bulls.
• Lin Suchou headed toward the Fourth Guardian Land and found Mu Chen protecting three Golden Distilling Ape Monkeys from a Giant Bear.
• Lin Suchou joined Mu Chen in battle and killed the Giant Bear, then gave Mu Chen its Spirit Beast Essence.
• Mu Chen and Lin Suchou shared the monkeys' fruit wine and grilled bear meat while Lin Suchou asked which Guardian Land Mu Chen planned to visit.
• Lin Suchou explained the Life and Death Trial, showed Mu Chen a map, and advised him to go to the Fifth Guardian Land.
• Mu Chen accepted the map, looked closely at Lin Suchou, and exclaimed that he recognized him.

After parting from Mu Chen, Lin Suchou followed a trail of blood and found Luo Li surrounded by Ji Xuan’s men. He intervened and killed four attackers, leaving Zhao Tiandu stunned.

• Lin Suchou and Mu Chen discussed their earlier encounter, shared wine, and parted on friendly terms.
• Lin Suchou traveled north, found fresh human blood, and followed its trail through the trees.
• Lin Suchou recognized the silver-haired girl as Luo Li and confirmed through the system that she qualified as a Goddess.
• Zhao Tiandu and four other youths threatened Luo Li and demanded her Blood Token and Spirit Artifact.
• Lin Suchou refused Zhao Tiandu’s offer and attacked the five youths, killing the four Level 1 Spirit Bodies in one exchange.

Lin Suchou killed Zhao Tiandu, treated Luo Li’s poisoning, and successfully contracted her through the system. Although Luo Li recovered and agreed to travel with him to Guardian Land, she remained distant and insisted on applying the medicine herself.

• Lin Suchou took the antidote from Zhao Tiandu, killed him, and looted his belongings, bringing his Blood Tokens to nine.
• After Luo Li fainted, Lin Suchou carried her to a cave and applied the external antidote to the poison on her chest.
• Luo Li woke and accused Lin Suchou of defiling her, but she accepted his roasted fish after he reassured her.
• Lin Suchou contracted Luo Li as his first Goddess, unlocking the Personal Panel function and learning their intimacy value was four.
• Luo Li said they would part ways the next day and asked for the antidote, then later insisted on applying the medicine herself.
• Lin Suchou noticed something was wrong with Luo Li and asked what had happened.

Lin Suchou used Zhao Tiandu’s oral antidote to cure Luo Li’s spreading purple marks, then took advantage of her concern the next morning to get her to massage ointment into his chest and back. Luo Li warned him to keep his distance, but she still helped him before he continued his watch on the Spirit Road.

• Lin Suchou found an oral antidote in Zhao Tiandu’s Storage Bag, and Luo Li’s purple marks disappeared after she drank some.
• Lin Suchou received one hundred Great Return Pills after his intimacy with Luo Li passed five, then kept watch while she rested.
• Luo Li took over the watch before dawn, and the next morning she threatened Lin Suchou with her sword and told him to stay away.
• Lin Suchou pretended to be poisoned and handed Luo Li Zhao Tiandu’s Storage Bag so she would search it for an antidote.
• Luo Li applied black ointment to Lin Suchou’s chest and back, and he admitted to himself that he had tricked her into giving him a massage.

After Lin Suchou confessed to Luo Li, she challenged him to survive her pursuit until they reached the Guardian Land, promising to temporarily team up if he made it. A month of running and fighting brought them to the city, where Luo Li demanded he withstand three strikes before entering.

• Luo Li healed from her injuries, and Lin Suchou confessed that he liked her; she admitted she could not spare time for a relationship because of her duty to restore the Luo Shen Clan.
• Luo Li told Lin Suchou she would hunt him and agree to temporarily team up if he survived to the Guardian Land, then began counting down as he fled the cave.
• Lin Suchou used a Spirit Tool Enhancement Card on his Fiery Red Longsword and dodged and blocked Luo Li's attacks, though he had to flee when she used a sword technique.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li chased each other toward the Fourth Guardian Land, and over the next month his swordsmanship improved under her pursuit.
• At the city near the Guardian Land, Lin Suchou claimed victory, but Luo Li blocked his way and challenged him to take three of her strikes.

Lin Suchou faced Luo Li’s final sword test and used what he had learned to disarm her, then confessed his love. Luo Li accepted his feelings, and they kissed beneath the morning glow.

• Lin Suchou prepared to face Luo Li’s three sword strikes and offered her the Shou Luo Sword if she killed him.
• Luo Li’s Goddess Luo’s Flying Flowers strike nearly hit Lin Suchou, but he blocked it with his sword.
• Lin Suchou evaded Goddess Luo’s Water Strike with Soaring Swan Treading Snow Steps, leaving a boulder split behind him.
• Luo Li charged with her unnamed third sword move, and Lin Suchou matched her strike, knocking the Luo Shen Sword from her hand.
• Lin Suchou returned the Luo Shen Sword to Luo Li, confessed his love, and she told him she loved him too.

Lin Suchou and Luo Li entered the Guardian Land, where they learned its rules and found that Qiu Beihai's group had monopolized most of the available missions. After settling into a protected house, Lin Suchou prepared to fuse the rewards he had gained from Luo Li.

• Lin Suchou received Spirit Arts, Seven Spirit Meridians, Spirit Array Master Talent, and a storage ring as rewards for reaching 40 intimacy with Luo Li, then entered the Guardian Land with her.
• A group of youths demanded an entry fee for Qiu Gang, and Lin Suchou cut off their leader's arm before they fled to report him to Qiu Beihai.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li registered their Blood Tokens and learned they had three days in the Guardian Land before losing points.
• A youth told Lin Suchou that Qiu Beihai's group had monopolized the missions, leaving mostly low-reward or difficult tasks in the Mission Hall.
• Lin Suchou found that the remaining Level 4 mission required killing a late-stage Spirit Wheel Realm Spirit Beast, so he decided to return the next morning.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li rented separate protected rooms, and Lin Suchou began fusing his rewards.

Lin Suchou fused with the Seven Spirit Meridians, strengthened his body, and acquired new power before confronting Qiu Beihai and his men. He defeated Qiu Beihai with the third sword of the Luo Shen Three Sword Style, while onlookers watched from the Guardian Land walls.

• Lin Suchou fused with the Seven Spirit Meridians, used his Spirit Array Master Talent, and bound the God-tier Low-grade Spirit Storage Ring.
• Lin Suchou absorbed around thirty Spirit Beast Essences and reached the peak of the Level 2 Spirit Body.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li went to the Mission Hall, where Qiu Beihai insulted Luo Li and threatened Lin Suchou before leaving the city with his men.
• Lin Suchou followed Qiu Beihai's group onto the plains and killed nearly ten men with Goddess Luo's Flying Flowers and Goddess Luo's Water Strike.
• Lin Suchou fought Qiu Beihai, countered his Cang Lang Sword Art with the Goddess Luo's World-Shaking Strike, and pierced his heart.

After killing Qiu Beihai, Lin Suchou and Luo Li completed their missions while discussing Ji Xuan’s possible retaliation. Ji Xuan ordered men to capture Luo Li and Song Yuqing, and Lin Suchou began breaking through to Level 3 Spirit Body as Luo Li kept watch.

• Lin Suchou collected Qiu Beihai’s Spirit Artifacts and Blood Tokens, then set out with Luo Li to complete their thirty missions.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li discussed Ji Xuan’s threat and the Spirit Road’s rule that the dead could revive outside if their willpower was strong enough.
• Ge Hai told Ji Xuan that Lin Suchou had killed Qiu Beihai, and Ji Xuan ordered the Shi Family Brothers and Yang Hong to capture Luo Li and Song Yuqing.
• Two days later, Lin Suchou and Luo Li finished their missions after killing a Spirit Wheel Realm Lion-Body Snake-Dance Beast.
• Lin Suchou entered a cave to break through to Level 3 Spirit Body, while Luo Li guarded him against possible attackers.

Lin Suchou endured a painful cultivation breakthrough and reached Level 3 Spirit Body before returning to the Fourth Guardian Land with Luo Li. There, he defeated the group waiting to ambush him and killed Yang Hong, leaving the battle site behind.

• Lin Suchou endured the spiritual energy remolding his body, awakened his Seven Spirit Meridians, and broke through to Level 3 Spirit Body.
• Lin Suchou thanked Luo Li for guarding him, then carried her toward the Fourth Guardian Land as evening approached.
• Yang Hong and the Shi Family Brothers waited with a group at the Fourth Guardian Land gates, intending to attack Lin Suchou on Ji Xuan's behalf.
• Lin Suchou killed Shi Hao, then cut down the surrounding fighters and Shi Jingtian as Yang Hong struggled to keep up.
• Yang Hong begged Lin Suchou to let him leave, but Lin Suchou stabbed him through the heart and asked, "Painful enough?"

After killing Yang Hong, Lin Suchou earned points with Luo Li and helped her reach the Level 3 Spirit Body stage. Zhao Long announced a deadly trial where only the top thirty could advance, and Lin Suchou entered the Life and Death Land only to find Luo Li missing after teleportation.

• Lin Suchou killed Yang Hong, collected Blood Tokens, and exchanged missions for points with Luo Li.
• Lin Suchou stayed in the Guardian Land with Luo Li, raising their intimacy and helping her reach the Level 3 Spirit Body stage.
• Zhao Long announced that a half-month Life and Death Trial would decide which thirty youths could advance to the Final Spirit Road.
• Three days later, Lin Suchou and the other youths entered the teleportation array to travel to the Life and Death Land.
• Lin Suchou arrived in a desolate place and discovered that Luo Li was nowhere beside him.

Lin Suchou found and strengthened a Luo Ling Heavenly Horse, then searched the Life and Death Trial grounds for Luo Li. He reunited with her at a lake, and the two spent the evening together before Lin Suchou recalled that Mu Chen had found a page of the Immortal Record in the Spirit Road.

• Lin Suchou fed the Luo Ling Heavenly Horse a Thunder Swallowing Crane essence, raising her cultivation to the late Spirit Wheel Realm and allowing her to speak to him.
• Zhao Long announced that the students would remain in the Life and Death Trial grounds for fifteen days, with the poisoned boundary preventing escape.
• Lin Suchou rode out to search for Luo Li, passed several battles, and eventually found her bathing at a lake.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li reunited, shared a warm exchange, and ate grilled fish beside the lake.
• Luo Li noticed a familiar aura from the Luo Ling Heavenly Horse, while Lin Suchou explained how he had found and contracted her.
• Lin Suchou thought of Mu Chen finding a page of the Immortal Record in the Spirit Road.

Lin Suchou and Luo Li traveled through the Trial Land, where Lin Suchou learned how points were earned, then entered a gloomy valley and fought a powerful Three-Eyed Demonic Toad. He defeated it with the help of the Luo Shen Robe and continued onward with Luo Li.

• Lin Suchou rode with Luo Li toward the rising sun and explained that killing Spirit Beasts earned Spirit Essence and points, while killing students earned five points each.
• Lin Suchou and Luo Li entered a gloomy valley after suspecting a powerful Spirit Beast was inside.
• A Three-Eyed Demonic Toad attacked them, and Luo Li wounded its tongue with the Luo Shen Sword before Lin Suchou rescued her from its venom.
• Lin Suchou returned to fight the toad, blocked its venom with the Luo Shen Robe, and split it in two with the Shou Luo Sword.
• Lin Suchou took the toad's green Spirit Essence, and he and Luo Li continued onward on the little mare.

After surviving the Life and Death Land, Lin Suchou and Luo Li passed Zhao Long’s trial and entered the Final Spirit Road. At the Fifth Guardian Land, Mu Chen learned that Lin Suchou had broken the scoring record and looked forward to meeting him again.

• Lin Suchou and Luo Li rode to Zhao Long’s gathering point as the fifteen-day trial ended, with both reaching the peak of Level 3 Spirit Body and their horse becoming a Spirit Soul Realm beast.
• Zhao Long gathered the twenty-three survivors, checked their Blood Tokens, and awarded Lin Suchou 109 points and Luo Li 86 points, along with Spirit Beast Essence rewards.
• Zhao Long opened the gate to the Final Spirit Road, and Lin Suchou rode through with Luo Li.
• At the Fifth Guardian Land, an instructor announced that its fifteen-day Life and Death Trial would begin in three days and killed a youth who refused to enter.
• Mu Chen learned that Lin Suchou had taken first place in the Fourth Guardian Land with a record score, then told Song Yuqing he hoped to meet his friend again.

Lin Suchou and Luo Li entered the Final Spirit Road, where he trained until he reached Level 4 Spirit Body and then set out to confront Ji Xuan. Mu Chen lured Ji Xuan and his large following toward the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast’s territory as the Five Great Academies’ deans watched and argued over the pursuit.

• Lin Suchou and Luo Li decided to hunt Spirit Beasts in the Final Spirit Road so they could strengthen themselves before continuing south.
• After half a month of fighting, Lin Suchou broke through to Level 4 Spirit Body, while Luo Li still lacked several high-level Spirit Essences.
• Lin Suchou heard that Mu Chen was drawing Ji Xuan away to cover Yu Qing and Zhan Xiong’s escape, then rode toward the mountains to confront Ji Xuan.
• Mu Chen taunted Ji Xuan and led him and more than eighty followers toward the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast’s territory.
• The Five Great Academies’ deans watched Mu Chen’s plan through a water curtain and argued over Ji Xuan, Mu Chen, and the danger ahead.

Mu Chen lured Ji Xuan and the other youths into the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast’s territory, then Lin Suchou killed Ji Xuan and the survivors. The Five Great Academies moved to revoke Mu Chen’s and Lin Suchou’s qualifications, but Luo Li and Wen Qingxuan challenged Dean Tian Sheng.

• Mu Chen splashed the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast cub’s blood over Ji Xuan and the pursuing youths, then fled as the enraged beast attacked them.
• Ji Xuan escaped the beast’s territory, but Lin Suchou arrived and killed him and the remaining youths, including Ge Hai.
• The deans appeared, and Mu Chen rejoined Lin Suchou alongside Zhan Xiong and Song Yuqing; Lin Suchou then killed the Golden Armored Dragon Tiger Beast when it attacked Wu Yingying.
• Dean Tian Sheng announced that Mu Chen’s Spirit Road qualification and Lin Suchou’s Spirit Road Empowerment qualification would be revoked.
• Luo Li threatened Tian Sheng with the Luo Shen Clan’s backing, and Wen Qingxuan arrived to add the Northern Region Wen Family’s support.

Tian Sheng withdrew Lin Suchou’s punishment after Wen Qingxuan and Wu Yingying intervened, but Mu Chen was still forced to leave the Spirit Road. Lin Suchou continued toward the finish line with Luo Li and newly contracted Wen Qingxuan, while the little mare pulled Wen Qingxuan’s sedan chair for medicinal pills.

• Wen Qingxuan revealed her standing as the Wen Family heir, and Wu Yingying’s grandfather joined her in pressuring Tian Sheng to withdraw Lin Suchou’s punishment.
• Tian Sheng lifted Lin Suchou’s punishment but kept Mu Chen’s, so Mu Chen left the Spirit Road with Song Yuqing and vowed to return stronger.
• Dean Taicang offered Mu Chen admission to Northern Cang Spirit Academy and encouraged Lin Suchou to attend, while Lin Suchou thanked Wen Qingxuan and Wu Yingying for helping him.
• Lin Suchou collected the Spirit Storage Artifacts and Blood Tokens from the eighty-three youths, contracted Wen Qingxuan, and continued toward the finish line with Luo Li.
• Wen Qingxuan made the little mare pull her sedan chair by tempting it with a medicinal pill, and Lin Suchou rode between the two women as they sped onward.