Chapter Summaries

Wu Qi went to Spirit Hall alone to awaken his Martial Soul and revealed an Azure Luan with Innate Full Soul Power. Salas arranged for Wang Fang to house him while he decided where to send the gifted child, and Wu Qi left the matter to the Bishop’s arrangements.

• Wu Qi entered Spirit Hall alone, explained that he had no family to accompany him, and asked to awaken his Martial Soul.
• Wang Fang guided Wu Qi through the awakening, where he manifested an Azure Luan Martial Soul.
• Wu Qi touched the Soul Power crystal ball, and its brilliant light revealed his Innate Full Soul Power.
• Salas offered Wu Qi a place in Spirit Hall and ordered Wang Fang to find him lodging while he reported the discovery.
• Wang Fang offered Wu Qi a residence, but Wu Qi declined to accept it before Salas made his arrangements.

Xue Qinghe investigated Wu Qi’s background and advised him to choose a teacher whose Martial Soul suited his own. As Spirit Hall and Worship Hall moved to claim Wu Qi, Azure Phoenix Douluo forced Ghost Douluo to abandon his mission outside Heaven Dou City.

• Xue Qinghe ordered Salas to investigate Wu Qi’s claim and send news of his Qing Luan Martial Soul to the Great Offering.
• After Wu Qi saw that the Wu Family had not searched for him, Xue Qinghe visited him and urged him to choose a teacher based on Martial Soul compatibility.
• Bibi Dong sent Ghost Douluo to bring Wu Qi back to Spirit Hall, while Qian Daoliu dispatched Azure Phoenix Douluo to intervene.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo confronted Ghost Douluo outside Heaven Dou City and drove him away after challenging him to fight.

Wu Qi met Azure Phoenix Douluo in Heaven Dou City and accepted him as his master after revealing his Qing Luan Martial Soul. They entered Sunset Forest to seek Wu Qi’s First Soul Ring, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect discussed Spirit Hall’s interest in the child.

• Wu Qi gave Ning Rongrong candy, then Azure Phoenix Douluo arrived and took him from Wang Fang toward the city gates.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo revealed that he shared Wu Qi’s Qing Luan Martial Soul and offered to teach him, and Wu Qi bowed to become his disciple.
• Chen Xin reported Azure Phoenix Douluo’s visit to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, who worried that Spirit Hall had found a gifted child and might have other plans.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo taught Wu Qi Soul Master theory on the way to Sunset Forest and asked how he would choose his First Soul Ring.
• Wu Qi said he would wait for a suitable Flying Beast Type soul beast with a rare Wind Attribute bloodline rather than settle for a mediocre Soul Ring.

Wu Qi entered Sunset Forest with Azure Phoenix Douluo to obtain his First Soul Ring and endured the strain of absorbing a four-hundred-year Wind Cloud Crane ring. He gained the Wind Blade Soul Skill and hinted that it had another effect, leaving Azure Phoenix Douluo waiting to see what it was.

• Azure Phoenix Douluo protected Wu Qi from hostile Soul Masters and Soul Beasts while teaching him about the dangers of Soul Hunting.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo spotted a four-hundred-year Wind Cloud Crane and captured it as a suitable First Soul Ring for Wu Qi.
• Wu Qi killed the Wind Cloud Crane and began absorbing its Soul Ring while Azure Phoenix Douluo watched closely.
• After about two hours, Wu Qi completed the absorption and gained a yellow Soul Ring.
• Wu Qi demonstrated his First Soul Skill, Wind Blade, which sent azure Feather Blades through the trees, then told Azure Phoenix Douluo he was not finished.

Wu Qi demonstrated a powerful variation of his first soul skill, then manifested an external soul bone while recovering in the forest. Azure Phoenix Douluo brought him to Spirit City and introduced him to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the other offerings welcomed him.

• Wu Qi combined his feather blades into a cyan saber, exhausted his Soul Power, and meditated under Azure Phoenix Douluo’s guidance.
• Cyan wings emerged from Wu Qi’s back, revealing an external soul bone that enhanced his control over wind; he resolved to surpass Tang San.
• Bibi Dong learned that Ghost Douluo had failed to recruit Wu Qi and regretted losing the talented youth to the Worship Hall.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo carried Wu Qi to Spirit City over ten days and guided him into the Worship Hall by a rear path.
• Qian Daoliu welcomed Wu Qi, and Golden Crocodile Douluo, Guangling Douluo, and the other offerings showed him goodwill.

Wu Qi began his cultivation under Azure Phoenix Douluo, received a valuable Wind Attribute Soul Tool, and enrolled at Spirit Hall Academy's Primary Soul Master Academy Branch. After a month spent studying and cultivating, he rejected Qiangu Changkong's demand for a spar, and Qiangu Changkong angrily accused him of hiding behind his elders.

• Azure Phoenix Douluo offered Wu Qi a choice between studying basic theory at the academy or learning in the library, and Wu Qi chose the academy.
• At his city estate, Azure Phoenix Douluo gave Wu Qi an azure Soul Tool as a gift and taught him a more comprehensive Meditation Cultivation Method.
• Guangling Douluo brought Wu Qi to Spirit Hall Academy, where the staff enrolled him in Class One.
• Wu Qi chose to live in the academy dormitory and asked his Teacher about a little deer with glowing antlers, but the Teacher could not identify it.
• After a month of studying and cultivating, Wu Qi refused Qiangu Changkong's demand to spar, and Qiangu Changkong blocked his way and insulted him.

Wu Qi defeated Qiangu Changkong by lifting him into the air, then discovered a rare soul beast while studying at the academy. Azure Phoenix Douluo told him about a dangerous Underground World filled with treasures and warned him not to enter.

• Wu Qi used his Qing Luan Wings to carry the frightened Qiangu Changkong into the air until he promised to stop causing trouble.
• Wu Qi studied soul beasts in the academy library and found information about the Venomous Shining Horn Deer, which Azure Phoenix Douluo had discovered.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo explained that he had found the Underground World after falling into a cave while fleeing his pursuers.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo said the Underground World held treasures, seemed to reject high-level Soul Masters, and had claimed the lives of many Spirit Hall explorers.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo warned Wu Qi not to risk entering the Underground World, despite the opportunities it offered.

After five years of training, Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong asked to enter the dangerous Land of Deadly Poisons, but Qian Daoliu sent them to Death Canyon first. Wu Qi planned to seek Hu Liena’s advice before the mission and, afterward, leave Spirit City to pursue the treasures at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.

• Wu Qi reached Level 31, mastered many combat techniques, and became close friends with Qiangu Changkong.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong asked the Worship Hall elders to let them train in the Land of Deadly Poisons, but Qian Daoliu directed them to Death Canyon first.
• Wu Qi considered asking Hu Liena and her companions about their previous Death Canyon missions and decided he would leave Spirit City afterward to seek the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Qiangu Changkong learned through his academy friends that Hu Liena and the other two had returned and were training in the Simulated Training Ground.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong asked Hu Liena about Death Canyon, and she warned them that its inhabitants hunted talented trainees for a chance to return to the continent. Yan grew jealous when he saw Hu Liena with Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong and rushed over to confront them.

• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong approached Hu Liena at the academy to ask about Death Canyon.
• Hu Liena left the training ground with Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong, while Yan followed after seeing them together.
• Wu Qi explained that they would soon enter Death Canyon for training, and Hu Liena learned they were connected to the Worship Hall.
• Hu Liena warned them that Death Canyon’s tribes targeted talented trainees, who must hide the purpose of their visit to avoid being hunted.
• Qiangu Changkong offered Hu Liena a gift, and Yan charged over, accusing the two of trying to steal her from him.

Wu Qi received information from Hu Liena about Death Canyon and discussed the dangers of the Land of Deadly Poisons with Azure Phoenix Douluo. The chapter ended with Azure Phoenix Douluo arranging for Wu Qi to take Little Deer on a mission before returning to Spirit Hall Academy and preparing for the Soul Master Tournament.

• Yan confronted Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong over Hu Liena, but Hu Liena accepted Wu Qi’s Blue Crystal gift and drove Yan away by threatening to tell Bibi Dong.
• Wu Qi told Qiangu Changkong that Hu Liena and Xie Yue’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill required complete understanding, then warned him not to spread gossip about her.
• Hu Liena sent Wu Qi a letter detailing what she had learned in Death Canyon and invited him to a welcome banquet after his training.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo questioned Wu Qi’s plan to visit the Land of Deadly Poisons, and Wu Qi suggested the place might favor people with the Qing Luan Martial Soul.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo gave Wu Qi Little Deer to help him detect poisons, told him not to harm it, and instructed him to draw a mission before returning to Spirit Hall Academy.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong drew their Training Missions and entered Death Canyon at night under Qian Jun Douluo’s escort. Wu Qi received an easy survival task, while Qiangu Changkong was assigned to collect one hundred White Badges, and they discovered that the canyon held a large population, including residents without badges.

• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong drew their mission types at Spirit Hall’s Mission Pavilion; Wu Qi got a Survival Mission, while Qiangu Changkong got a Collection Mission.
• Wu Qi drew a task to survive for one month anywhere in Death Canyon, while Qiangu Changkong was ordered to collect one hundred White Badges.
• Wu Qi reassured Qiangu Changkong that others could help him collect badges, and the two planned to prepare supplies before setting out.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong entered Death Canyon at night with Qian Jun Douluo escorting them.
• Wu Qi saw that Death Canyon had many residents, including descendants of criminals who had no badges, and realized that identifying valid targets would be difficult.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong entered Death Canyon in disguise, where they learned badges served as currency and survival depended on strength. After Wu Qi killed a man who tried to extort them, Han Ming offered to buy their badge and invited them to talk, leaving them to consider a deal with an influential local.

• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong disguised themselves and approached a building, where a burly man told them they needed badges to survive in Death Canyon.
• Wu Qi killed the burly man with his blade-like fingers and took his White Badge as a crowd gathered.
• A tavern waiter accused Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong of breaking the rules, but Qiangu Changkong argued that the killing had happened outside.
• Han Ming arrived, praised their argument, and offered three hundred Trading Coins for the White Badge.
• Wu Qi agreed to speak with Han Ming after he put off discussing the sale.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong learned that the tavern was an assassin gathering place, then waited near the Inner City for a mission target. They ambushed Hu Erhan and his henchmen in a storm, and the chapter ended as Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong prepared to fight them.

• Han Ming explained that the tavern hosted assassination missions, and Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong left after selling him a White Badge.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong decided to find more badges before entering the Inner City and hid near its route to sense passersby.
• As a storm broke at noon, Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong spotted Hu Erhan and his two henchmen searching for Trainees.
• Wu Qi attacked Hu Erhan's group with his Wind Blade, and Hu Erhan used one henchman to block the strike, killing him.
• Hu Erhan recognized Qiangu Changkong as a Trainee and ordered A Ming to help him seize the two Gold Badges.
• Wu Qi told Qiangu Changkong to fight A Ming while he faced Hu Erhan, and both prepared to battle.

Wu Qi defeated Hu Erhan in a fierce fight, while Qiangu Changkong killed A Ming. After the battle, Wu Qi reflected on Qiangu Changkong’s slow cultivation and urged him not to rush before they set out for the Inner City.

• Hu Erhan attacked Wu Qi, but Wu Qi used the Spiritual Luan Martial Void Technique to throw him to the ground.
• Hu Erhan activated Wild Instinct, but Wu Qi’s Lamenting Wind Howl broke the berserk state and paralyzed A Ming, whom Qiangu Changkong killed.
• Wu Qi used Wing Blade Slash to grievously wound Hu Erhan and cut off his legs to prevent his escape.
• About three minutes later, Hu Erhan died, and Qiangu Changkong praised Wu Qi for defeating a stronger enemy.
• Wu Qi considered Qiangu Changkong’s slow cultivation, told him not to rush, and said they should collect the badges and enter the Inner City before nightfall.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong entered Death Canyon and met a mother and her mute child begging for food. Wu Qi exposed the woman’s story as a trap, and she demanded their Gold Badges, forcing a confrontation.

• Qiangu Changkong asked Wu Qi what reward he wanted for defeating a high-level soul elder, but Wu Qi refused to claim credit.
• At a restaurant, Qiangu Changkong gave food to a begging mother and her mute child while Wu Qi suspected something was wrong with them.
• The mother offered to lead the two to an inn, and Qiangu Changkong agreed to follow her.
• Wu Qi stopped the group near the inn and accused the mother of staging a tale of hardship to lure victims.
• The woman dropped her act, demanded their Gold Badges, and guessed that they were Trainees.
• Wu Qi denied that they had badges and prepared for a fight.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong escaped Black Widow’s ambush in the Inner City and met Han Ming, who revealed that he was a Death Canyon inspector sent to assist them. Han Ming gave them information about a Low-level Soul Ancestor with a Purple Badge, and Wu Qi decided they would lie low outside the city while waiting for a chance to complete their mission.

• Black Widow and her men confronted Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong, but Wu Qi used his Qing Luan Martial Soul to carry them out of the city.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong rested outside the city, where Han Ming approached them and identified himself as a Death Canyon inspector.
• Han Ming explained that he could offer information but could not directly help them complete their assessment.
• Han Ming told them about Iron Blade Wang Tong, a level forty-one Soul Ancestor who held a Purple Badge and lived in the city.
• Wu Qi decided to stay outside the city and wait for a Low-level Soul Ancestor to appear.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong ambushed a newly exiled Soul Ancestor to obtain his badge, and their fight revealed that he had deduced they were trainees. Wu Qi launched another attack, declaring that the clever man had to die.

• While they waited for targets, Wu Qi completed his Survival Mission but stayed with Qiangu Changkong, who still needed more badges.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong spotted a wary middle-aged man and attacked him to take his badge.
• The man revealed his Azure Wolf Martial Soul and four Soul Rings, identifying himself as a Soul Ancestor.
• Wu Qi used his flight and airflow-reading abilities to coordinate with Qiangu Changkong against the faster opponent.
• The man deduced that Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong were trainees on a Training Mission, and Wu Qi vowed to kill him.

Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong defeated a powerful criminal in Death Canyon and returned to Spirit Hall with the Purple Badge, completing their mission. Qian Jun Douluo arranged for them to enter Spirit Hall Academy, while the offerings warned Qiangu Changkong against treating Death Canyon lightly.

• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong combined their Soul Skills to trap a criminal, then defeated him with a poison-coated dagger and obtained his Purple Badge.
• The boys realized they did not know how to leave Death Canyon, then avoided nearby criminals fighting over spoils and returned to Qian Jun Douluo.
• Qian Jun Douluo praised Wu Qi's role in defeating a level forty-four Soul Ancestor and said the boys would enter Spirit Hall Academy for training.
• Back at the Worship Hall, Qiangu Changkong questioned whether Death Canyon training was truly difficult, and Qian Jun Douluo scolded him for lacking reverence.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo explained that Qian Jun Douluo had been angry because Qiangu Changkong lacked a heart of reverence.

Wu Qi explained why he wanted to avoid Spirit Hall Academy and revealed that he had deduced Qian Renxue's identity as the Heaven Dou Empire Crown Prince. Qian Daoliu accepted Wu Qi’s proposal to study at an academy in the Heaven Dou Empire and support Qian Renxue.

• Azure Phoenix Douluo warned Wu Qi not to mistake his easy Death Canyon missions for a lack of danger, then asked why he opposed attending Spirit Hall Academy.
• Wu Qi gave reasons for avoiding Spirit Hall Academy and hinted that he had discovered something in Heaven Dou City.
• Wu Qi asked whether the Heaven Dou Empire Crown Prince had joined Spirit Hall, and Azure Phoenix Douluo realized he had deduced Qian Renxue's identity.
• Azure Phoenix Douluo brought Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong to Worship Hall and informed the worshippers about Wu Qi's discovery.
• Wu Qi argued that he and Qiangu Changkong should study at an academy in the Heaven Dou Empire, gain tournament experience, and support Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu acknowledged Wu Qi's reasoning and agreed that the two were suited to stay near Qian Renxue.

Wu Qi secured partial Immortal Herb research from Chrysanthemum Douluo in exchange for promising Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seeds, then set out with Qiangu Changkong to gain experience and seek Immortal Herbs. As they traveled toward Heaven Dou City, Wu Qi prepared for a possible encounter with the Wu Family he had been born into.

• Qian Daoliu sent Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong out to gain experience, requiring them to raise their Soul Power by at least ten levels before the next Soul Master Tournament.
• Wu Qi warned Qiangu Changkong to take their journey seriously, then went to Pope Hall to seek Chrysanthemum Douluo’s knowledge of Immortal Herbs.
• Wu Qi offered to provide Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum seeds within three years, and Chrysanthemum Douluo exchanged some Immortal Herb information for the promise.
• Wu Qi and Qiangu Changkong left Spirit City for Heaven Dou City with Little Deer accompanying them.
• Wu Qi considered his origins in the Wu Family and resolved to avoid them if possible, though he was prepared to challenge them if necessary.