Chapter Summaries

Zhongli gave Chiyu two rare herbs from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, which healed and transformed her as she refined them overnight. After waking and washing, Chiyu looked strikingly different, and Zhongli prepared to take her and Paimon to hunt soul beasts before returning to Heaven Dou City.

• Zhongli gave Chiyu Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and Narcissus Jade Muscle and Bone and explained how to consume them.
• Chiyu refined the Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma while Zhongli and Paimon watched over her, and she chose to keep her cat ears and tail.
• Chiyu began refining the Narcissus Jade Muscle and Bone, changing colors as Zhongli stood guard through the night.
• Chiyu woke covered in black grime, and Zhongli formed an amber-walled house so she could bathe and change.
• Paimon woke and barely recognized the transformed Chiyu, who agreed to hunt soul beasts before returning to Heaven Dou City for lunch.

Zhongli took Chiyu and Paimon into Sunset Forest to find Chiyu a Soul Ring, explaining that her Body Martial Soul and strengthened physique could let her absorb an unusually powerful first ring. He estimated she could withstand a three-thousand-year ring, leaving Paimon worried about the danger.

• Paimon chose to eat at the Seven Treasure Hotel, prompting Zhongli to remember Guoba and his old friend Makshus.
• Chiyu's gratitude toward Zhongli became an intense devotion, and she continued calling him Master despite his objections.
• Zhongli planned to use the Immortal Herbs to strengthen Chiyu and help awaken her Martial Soul further, while considering whether she should attend school after gaining a Soul Ring.
• Zhongli, Chiyu, and Paimon entered Sunset Forest, where Zhongli explained that Chiyu could follow an agility-attack path despite having a Body Martial Soul.
• Zhongli judged that Chiyu could likely withstand a three-thousand-year first Soul Ring, and Paimon worried that absorbing such a powerful ring might harm her.

Zhongli reassured Paimon that Chiyu could handle a three-thousand-year soul ring and led them to a suitable Hell Spirit Cat. He immobilized the beast and gave Chiyu a sword to deliver the required final blow, leaving her to discover that the weapon greatly amplified her power.

• Chiyu told Paimon that she trusted Zhongli and would listen to him in everything.
• Zhongli gained a tiny amount of Power of Faith from Chiyu and considered whether she might eventually want a God's Eye.
• Zhongli led Chiyu and Paimon to a Hell Spirit Cat just over three thousand years old, which he said was suitable as Chiyu's First Soul Ring.
• Zhongli immobilized the Hell Spirit Cat and handed Chiyu a longsword, explaining that she had to deliver the final blow herself.
• Chiyu felt the sword amplify her strength and pierced the Hell Spirit Cat, killing it.

Zhongli’s group hunted successive soul beasts as Chiyu’s Soul Power surged, and a Lightning Rabbit yielded a soul bone that she chose not to absorb. They left Sunset Forest with Chiyu at Level Forty-Eight, while Zhongli recognized that her lack of battle experience needed to be addressed.

• After Chiyu’s Soul Power reached Level Twenty and then Level Thirty while absorbing soul rings, Zhongli’s group continued hunting until she reached Level Forty and needed a third ring.
• Zhongli found a ten-thousand-year Lightning Rabbit, and Chiyu killed it to obtain a black soul ring and a left-leg soul bone.
• Zhongli protected Chiyu from the Lightning Rabbit’s soul attack, and the amber light in her sea of consciousness dispelled the beast’s soul and resentment as she absorbed its ring.
• Zhongli explained the soul bone’s benefits and drawbacks, but Chiyu refused to absorb it because its age was too low to justify using a soul bone slot.
• After wandering in Sunset Forest, Zhongli, Chiyu, and Paimon left the next day with Chiyu at Level Forty-Eight, and Zhongli noted that she had almost reached Soul King without ever fighting.

Zhongli decided Chiyu needed to build combat experience and agreed to teach her martial arts, while recommending that she study at an academy. After they returned to Heaven Dou City, Xue Qinghe was astonished by how much Chiyu had changed.

• Zhongli told Chiyu that she needed to learn how to fight and offered to teach her a few martial arts techniques.
• Zhongli recommended that Chiyu attend an academy, and she eagerly agreed so she would not become a burden to him.
• Zhongli, Paimon, and Chiyu returned to Heaven Dou City and went to the Seven Treasure Hotel.
• The hotel owner was surprised by Chiyu's transformed appearance and powerful aura.
• Xue Qinghe hurried to the hotel and was shocked to find Chiyu nearly unrecognizable, while Chiyu sensed envy rather than romantic interest in Xue Qinghe's gaze.

Zhongli asked “Xue Qinghe” to arrange schooling for Chiyu, but she was stunned to learn Chiyu had reached Level Forty-Eight. After seeing Chiyu’s unusual soul rings, “Xue Qinghe” accepted that Zhongli was behind her extraordinary progress and said she knew how to arrange things.

• Zhongli asked “Xue Qinghe” to help send Chiyu to school, and she agreed to handle the minor matter.
• “Xue Qinghe” asked Chiyu’s Soul Power Level and froze when Chiyu said she was Level Forty-Eight.
• Paimon explained that Chiyu had rapidly gained Soul Power after absorbing her soul rings.
• Chiyu displayed her Martial Soul and four soul rings—two purple and two black—leaving “Xue Qinghe” dumbfounded.
• “Xue Qinghe” told Chiyu to put away her Martial Soul and said she knew how to arrange her schooling, while Paimon noticed her stunned mood.

Zhongli, Paimon, “Xue Qinghe,” and Chiyu went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where the Crown Prince arranged a grand welcome for the transfer student. Chiyu revealed her level and extraordinary Soul Rings, leaving students, teachers, and the education committee stunned.

• “Xue Qinghe” arranged for Heaven Dou Royal Academy to receive the transfer students with the highest standards.
• The three education committee members and academy students gathered at the gates, where Meng Shenji warned them not to disgrace the academy.
• Zhongli, Paimon, “Xue Qinghe,” and Chiyu arrived, and the education committee members and students greeted Zhongli and the Crown Prince with respect.
• “Xue Qinghe” introduced Chiyu as Zhongli’s maid and a level forty-eight agility-attack Soul Ancestor.
• Chiyu released her Martial Soul and Soul Rings, revealing thousand-year first and second Soul Rings and a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Chiyu stunned the assembled students and teachers by revealing her powerful Soul Rings. The three education committee members then competed to become her teacher, leaving Paimon wondering which one Chiyu would choose.

• Chiyu's fourth Soul Ring shocked the crowd, while Xue Beng admired her strength and beauty but dismissed the dangerous thought of pursuing her.
• Meng Shenji welcomed Chiyu and offered to teach her, lead her to hunt a Soul Beast, and seek a suitable ten-thousand-year Soul Bone for her.
• Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin each argued that their expertise made them better suited to teach Chiyu than Meng Shenji.
• Chiyu withdrew her Martial Soul and sensed that all three committee members sincerely wanted her as their disciple.
• Bai Baoshan and Zhi Lin challenged Meng Shenji, and Paimon asked Zhongli which one Chiyu would choose.

At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the three committee members tried to recruit Chiyu as their disciple, but Zhongli made clear that her choice was her own and warned them against pressuring her. After Chiyu enrolled, Zhongli asked to use the academy library, leaving the group poised to explore its collection.

• Xue Qinghe considered having Chiyu study under Qian Daoliu or Golden Crocodile, then realized that would make Chiyu her Martial Aunt.
• Meng Shenji and the other committee members tried to persuade Chiyu to become their disciple, but Zhongli said he would not interfere with her choice and warned that he would defend her if she refused.
• The committee members welcomed the group into Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Meng Shenji personally handled Chiyu's enrollment while promising to help her.
• Zhongli asked the three committee members for permission to use the academy library.

After Chiyu enrolled at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the education committee gave her an intensely demanding schedule while Zhongli borrowed the academy library. News of Chiyu’s strength spread across Heaven Dou City, leaving Prince Xue Xing consumed with regret and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect reconsidering the girl they had seen at auction.

• Meng Shenji and the other education committee members readily let Zhongli borrow the Heaven Dou Royal Academy library.
• Paimon learned that Chiyu would have only one day off a month while she made up lessons and trained, and felt sorry for her.
• Noble families heard that fifteen-and-a-half-year-old Chiyu was a level forty-eight Soul Ancestor with two purple and two black soul rings, and elders urged their heirs to treat her with respect.
• Prince Xue Xing realized Chiyu was the Cat Girl he had let go at auction, regretted losing a potential Titled Douluo, and remembered Dugu Bo's warning not to offend Zhongli.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Chiyu at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, reflecting on their earlier presence at her auction and the sect's need for talented successors.

Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect considered approaching Chiyu as a disciple and speculated that Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass concealed something unusual. At Shrek Academy, Xiao Wu found and swallowed Shapeshifting Grass, believing it would hide her identity, while Zhongli watched.

• Ning Fengzhi regretted passing up the chance to acquire Chiyu, and Gu Rong suggested they openly try to take her as a disciple.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong agreed to approach Chiyu and avoid making her an enemy of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi questioned Tang Hao’s choices and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass, and Chen Xin concluded that the martial soul was likely a disguise for something unusual.
• Liu Erlong handed Blue Tyrant Academy over to Flender, while Xiao Wu remained anxious that Zhongli and another Titled Douluo had recognized her identity.
• Xiao Wu found a Shapeshifting Grass in the academy’s back mountain and swallowed it, believing no one could now detect that she was a soul beast.
• In the God Realm, a voice warned that the Asura Sword Sheath must not be harmed, and Zhongli silently observed Xiao Wu after she ate the grass.

Zhongli and Paimon adjusted to Chiyu’s absence by going out for breakfast, while Yue Guan and the others arrived in Heaven Dou City to investigate Zhongli. The next afternoon, Zhongli listened to a poet perform and was asked for advice.

• Paimon woke Zhongli and suggested they find breakfast because Chiyu had gone to school.
• Zhongli and Paimon ate soup-filled buns at a shop where they were regular customers.
• Yue Guan, Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue arrived in Heaven Dou City after rushing from Spirit Hall; Yue Guan went to investigate while the others headed to the Martial Soul Saint Hall to rest.
• Yue Guan learned that Zhongli’s daily routine and whereabouts were common knowledge, then went to wait for the others.
• The next afternoon, Zhongli and Paimon listened to a poet at a teahouse, and the poet asked Zhongli whether his recitation could be improved.

Zhongli offered subtle advice to a poet who praised the nobility of the past, and the poet took his words as encouragement to seek new subjects. The gathering was interrupted when a Titled Douluo and three young men approached Zhongli.

• "Poet" asked Zhongli for guidance on his poetry, and Zhongli modestly claimed he knew only a little.
• The crowd praised Zhongli’s learning and humility, while Paimon silently questioned his claim to know so little.
• Zhongli noted that "Poet" praised nobles of the past but avoided praising those of the present, then advised him that the world held more than the hardships before his eyes.
• "Poet" interpreted Zhongli’s words as advice to travel and find new experiences to write about, and thanked him.
• A heavily made-up old Titled Douluo and three young men arrived, greeted Zhongli, and the old man sat across from him.

Yue Guan, the Chrysanthemum Douluo, met Zhongli and Paimon and was moved when Paimon accepted his appearance as his freedom. He vowed to fulfill any request she made, and the chapter ended with Paimon asking him for tasty food.

• Yue Guan arrived at Zhongli's teahouse with Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, and the three young people stood behind him.
• Paimon asked Yue Guan about his face, then said that his appearance was his freedom when he asked whether she was curious about him.
• Yue Guan introduced himself as Chrysanthemum Douluo and swore to do anything Paimon asked because she understood him.
• Paimon thanked Yue Guan and asked for something tasty to eat, so he promised to gather delicious food for her.

Yue Guan met Zhongli and Paimon at a teahouse and invited Zhongli to discuss an important matter. Paimon suggested continuing the conversation over dinner, and the group went to the Seven Treasure Hotel, where its owner watched them with concern.

• Yue Guan warmly befriended Paimon, prompting Hu Liena and Xie Yue to assume he had a hidden strategy while spies realized he had promised help to a powerful Titled Douluo.
• Yue Guan asked Zhongli to speak with him about an important matter, and Zhongli agreed.
• Paimon proposed that they discuss the matter over dinner, and Zhongli agreed, planning to put the bill on the Crown Prince's Mansion's tab.
• The group left the teahouse for the Seven Treasure Hotel, where the owner ushered them into a private room after seeing Zhongli with Spirit Hall's elders.
• Paimon asked why the owner seemed worried, and Yue Guan joked that his house was probably on fire before Zhongli invited Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to sit and eat.

Zhongli rejected Yue Guan’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, identifying himself as a Crown Prince’s Mansion Guest Official invited by Qian Renxue. Yue Guan recognized the significance of that name and agreed to report Zhongli’s words to the Pope.

• Zhongli invited Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to share a meal, and the three sat stiffly, treating him with great formality.
• Paimon prompted Yue Guan to explain his important business with Zhongli.
• Yue Guan invited Zhongli to join Spirit Hall and mentioned a solution for safely acquiring soul rings with a Second Martial Soul.
• Paimon redirected the conversation when Yue Guan raised the matter of Zhongli’s soul rings.
• Zhongli told Yue Guan to inform the Pope that he was a Crown Prince’s Mansion Guest Official invited by Qian Renxue.
• Yue Guan reacted with alarm at Qian Renxue’s name and promised to deliver Zhongli’s message.

Yue Guan proposed a sparring match with Zhongli to conceal the outcome of their talks and gauge his strength. They left Heaven Dou City for an open field, where several powerful observers—including Tang Hao, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo—watched them prepare to fight.

• Yue Guan invited Zhongli to spar, and Zhongli accepted, seeing a display of strength as useful.
• After the meal, Zhongli had the bill charged to the Crown Prince's Mansion, and Yue Guan led the group outside the city under a stern facade.
• Yue Guan and Zhongli reached a deserted field while Hu Liena and the others took Paimon a kilometer away.
• Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, and Tang Hao secretly observed the group, and Gu Rong judged Yue Guan no match for Zhongli.
• Tang Hao restrained his urge to attack Yue Guan, knowing he could not risk revealing himself without a chance to kill him immediately.

Yue Guan challenged Zhongli to a sparring match, while Paimon and the arriving Xue Qinghe's party watched. The confrontation left Hu Liena and Yan arguing with the Crown Prince's guards, who showed Paimon unusual respect as Zhongli's Martial Soul.

• Yue Guan revealed his nine soul rings and Chrysanthemum Martial Soul before asking Zhongli to spar with him.
• Xue Qinghe arrived with royal guards, claiming she feared Spirit Hall might harm Zhongli.
• Hu Liena defended Spirit Hall, and Xue Qinghe and the guards clashed with her and Yan.
• Paimon interrupted the argument and urged everyone to focus on Zhongli and Yue Guan's impending fight.
• The guards addressed Paimon as Lord Paimon and discussed the possibility of her gaining nine exceptionally powerful soul rings.

Zhongli revealed himself as a ninety-eighth-level Titled Douluo and prepared to spar with Yue Guan, shocking the gathered experts. Yue Guan launched his Fifth Soul Skill against Zhongli’s First Soul Skill, and the chapter ended before their attacks met.

• Zhongli claimed the title Martial God Douluo and displayed nine Soul Rings, including a red one.
• Tang Hao, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the others reacted with shock to Zhongli’s asserted strength.
• Yue Guan humbly accepted Zhongli’s invitation to spar, while Tang Hao reconsidered whether he could ever reclaim Ah Yin’s Soul Bone.
• Yue Guan used his Fifth Soul Skill, Gathering of Cold Primordia, sending sharp chrysanthemum petals toward Zhongli.
• Zhongli activated his First Soul Skill, All-encompassing, and formed an energy barrier as Yue Guan’s attack raced toward him.

Zhongli’s First Soul Skill effortlessly blocked Yue Guan’s attacks, while his Second Soul Skill’s spear left Yue Guan fearing instant death. As Yue Guan unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill, Shrek’s onlookers traded crude jokes, and Zhongli’s shield again withstood the attack with barely a ripple.

• Zhongli’s amber shield barely rippled when it blocked Yue Guan’s Fifth Soul Skill, stunning the onlookers.
• Zhongli warned Yue Guan to be careful, then summoned an amber spear with his Second Soul Skill, making Yue Guan sense mortal danger.
• Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai joked about looking at girls, while Flender scolded Dai Mubai and Hu Liena drew his attention.
• Yue Guan used his Martial Soul Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Rays of Light, to attack Zhongli.
• Zhongli calmly stepped into Yue Guan’s attack, and his shield again showed only a faint ripple before the light faded.