Chapter Summaries

After defeating Qi, Qin Ming learned how the Genius Ranking rewards worked and secured his monthly cultivation resources and a room at Villa 325. He moved in with Bai Heng, where the academy’s delivered supplies were waiting.

• Qin Ming’s victory over Qi raised him to 32nd place, and Cang Ao warned his followers to avoid provoking Qin Ming before leaving to approach him first.
• Hua Lian and Bai Heng congratulated Qin Ming, who asked where to collect his monthly cultivation resources.
• Ling Yuan told Qin Ming she would have his supplies delivered and assigned him to Villa 325 with Bai Heng.
• Ling Yuan explained the Genius Ranking’s monthly Exchange Point rewards, which increased with rank and could not be traded.
• Qin Ming arrived at Villa 325 and found Bai Heng cleaning; Bai Heng showed him the cultivation resources delivered for him.

After defeating Qi, Qin Ming settled into Spirit Hall Academy’s rigorous routine, rose to the top of the Genius Ranking, and earned the nickname Tyrant. He rejected rival factions’ recruitment offers and finished the month with a perfect theory exam, as the End of Month Team Battle approached.

• Bai Heng explained Qin Ming’s monthly cultivation supplies and demonstrated his Glazed Sky Crystal Martial Soul, whose abilities drained his Mental Power.
• Qin Ming resumed intensive classes, Soul Fighting, and cultivation, finding that Soul Nourishing Pills increased his cultivation speed while the Body Tempering Paste had little effect.
• Qin Ming challenged nearly every student in his class, took first place on the Genius Ranking, and became known as the Tyrant.
• Spirit Hall factions, including Cang Ao, tried to recruit Qin Ming, but he followed Ling Yuan’s advice and declined their offers to focus on cultivation.
• Qin Ming scored full marks on the month-end theory examination, and the End of Month Team Battle was next.

Qin Ming, Hua Lian, and Bai Heng won their opening End of Month Team Battle match and continued through an uninterrupted winning streak. In the final arena, Qin Ming saw that their opponent was Qi’s team.

• Hua Lian and Bai Heng joined Qin Ming for the team battle, and the three headed to the Soul Fighting Arena.
• Qin Ming’s team was matched against a team with one Support Type Soul Master and two Power Attack Type Soul Masters in No. 25 Soul Fighting Arena.
• Qin Ming used his speed to hold off the opposing attackers while Hua Lian boosted him and Bai Heng defeated their Support Type Soul Master.
• The referee declared Qin Ming’s team the winner, and Qin Ming checked how much Mental Power Bai Heng had spent.
• Qin Ming, Hua Lian, and Bai Heng continued winning until they reached the final arena, where Qin Ming saw Qi’s name among their opponents.

Qin Ming’s team faced Qi’s team in the final soul fight, where Qin Ming’s flames and Bai Heng’s crystal defenses gave them an early advantage. Qi’s Holy Light Silk then restrained the fighters, leaving the outcome dependent on Bai Heng’s newly revealed Second Soul Skill.

• Qi apologized to Qin Ming for his earlier provocation but vowed to fight for first place.
• The team battle began, and Bai Heng used crystal walls to block Qi’s charge and shield Qin Ming and Hua Lian from his sword-light attack.
• Hua Lian enhanced Qin Ming, who struck Shi Yuan through his rock armor and knocked the Defense Type Soul Master out of combat.
• Luo Xi sacrificed her Soul Power to Qi, allowing him to use Holy Light Silk and bind Qin Ming’s team while he and Qin Ming struggled against each other.
• Hua Lian gave Bai Heng full enhancement, and Bai Heng activated his previously unused Second Soul Skill.

Qin Ming’s team won the monthly team battle after Bai Heng reflected Qi’s attack and Qin Ming caught the opposing support master. After the rankings settled, Qin Ming examined the Exchange Shop and learned from Ling Yuan about a cultivation opportunity suited to his exceptional fire.

• Bai Heng used his Sky Crystal Matrix to reflect Qi’s Holy Light Silk into a beam that wounded Qi, and Qin Ming seized Luo Xi to secure his team’s victory.
• Bai Heng collapsed from overusing his Mental Power, and Hua Lian restored him while Qin Ming thanked her for her support.
• Qin Ming found that he had placed first again and browsed the Exchange Shop, deciding to save his points toward the Heart of the Angel Mental Power Cultivation Method.
• Ling Yuan asked Qin Ming to show her his Gray Wolf Fire, praised its quality, and recommended that he spend five Exchange Points on a month of cultivation in Blazing Sun Valley.

Qin Ming agreed to cultivate in Blazing Sun Valley after Ling Yuan described its exceptional Fire Attribute environment. Hua Lian revealed that the valley was said to be the resting place of a fallen god and introduced Qin Ming to a possible connection with her grandfather, Yue Guan.

• Ling Yuan explained Blazing Sun Valley's legendary origins and arranged for Qin Ming to spend twenty-five days each month cultivating there.
• Qin Ming accepted Ling Yuan's offer and planned to leave for Blazing Sun Valley the next day.
• Hua Lian told Qin Ming and Bai Heng that Spirit Hall's records described the valley as the landing place of a god struck down by the Angel God.
• Hua Lian warned that Flame Tides could melt Spirit Bones near the valley's core, while guards and the declining force of the tides made the outskirts safer.
• Hua Lian revealed that her second grandfather was Chrysanthemum Douluo, Yue Guan, and offered to take Qin Ming and Bai Heng to see his garden during the holidays.

Qin Ming entered Blazing Sun Valley with Ling Yuan to begin cultivating in its powerful Fire Attribute environment. They witnessed a Flame Tide erupt from the valley’s Core Area, leaving Qin Ming face to face with the disaster he had heard about.

• Qin Ming prepared thirty days of supplies before Ling Yuan carried him by flight from Spirit City to Blazing Sun Valley.
• Ling Yuan introduced Qin Ming to Ghost Leopard Douluo, who gave him an entry token and a map marking dangerous areas.
• Qin Ming entered Blazing Sun Valley and felt its dense Fire Attribute Soul Power accelerate his cultivation.
• Ling Yuan warned Qin Ming to remain in the Outer Ring, then a Flame Tide erupted from the Core Area.

Ling Yuan showed Qin Ming the dangers of Blazing Sun Valley’s Outer Ring and explained why Spirit Hall had failed to kill the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blazing Sun Beast Emperor. After she left him to fend for himself, Qin Ming defeated a Millennium Blazing Sun Beast, found a cave to use as his base, and began cultivating and fighting in the valley.

• Ling Yuan flew Qin Ming around the Outer Ring, explained the Flame Tide and Blazing Sun Beasts, and told him Spirit Hall’s hunt for the Blazing Sun Beast Emperor had cost two Title Douluo.
• Ling Yuan left Qin Ming alone in the Outer Ring, where a Millennium Blazing Sun Beast immediately charged at him.
• Qin Ming activated Crimson Blood Body and Flame Armor, caught the fleeing beast, and killed it with Gray Wolf Fire.
• Qin Ming cleared the nearby Blazing Sun Beasts and chose a hidden cave surrounded by cliffs as his base.
• Qin Ming cultivated with the Angel Meditation Method and spent the following days fighting Blazing Sun Beasts, hiding from Flame Tides, and tempering himself.

After ten months of cultivation in Blazing Sun Valley, Qin Ming reached level twenty-nine and used the Heart of the Angel to finally condense a Spiritual Mark in his Sea of Consciousness. His Mental Power strengthened to the peak of the Spirit Connection Realm, giving him the ability to use Spiritual Attacks in battle.

• Qin Ming cultivated in Blazing Sun Valley for twenty-five days each month and maintained first place in Spirit Hall Academy's Soul Grand Master Genius Class.
• Qi broke through to level thirty and entered the Soul Elder Genius Class, leaving Qin Ming as the king of the Soul Grand Master Genius Class.
• Qin Ming used a Ten Thousand Year Clear Spirit Tree Soul Core and swallowed a Spirit Boosting Pill to support his attempt to condense the Six-Winged Angel Spiritual Mark.
• Qin Ming completed the Spiritual Mark, which gathered and strengthened his Mental Power and expanded the pool in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qin Ming discovered he could sense everything within several dozen meters and use Spiritual Attacks such as Spiritual Pierce.

Qin Ming returned to the Blazing Sun Beast stronghold to test his improved strength and search for Fire Marrow Liquid. After wiping out nearly a hundred beasts with his Mental Power and Gray Wolf Fire, he faced the enraged eight-thousand-year leader as it prepared to attack.

• Qin Ming reviewed his progress in the Heart of the Angel and decided to seek a Blazing Sun Beast stronghold marked on Ghost Leopard's map.
• Qin Ming entered the basin stronghold, where he spotted its enormous leader and the lava pool at the center.
• Qin Ming descended into the basin under a barrage of fireballs, which his Gray Wolf Fire shield easily repelled.
• Qin Ming killed an attacking Millennium Blazing Sun Beast with a single strike, prompting the leader to order a mass assault.
• Qin Ming used Mental Power Spikes and Gray Wolf Fire to defeat nearly a hundred Blazing Sun Beasts.
• The Blazing Sun Beast leader ignited darker flames and prepared to join the fight in fury.

Qin Ming defeated the Blazing Sun Beast leader and gathered Fire Marrow Liquid from the lava pool. After cultivating for a month, he broke through to Level Thirty and became a Quasi-Soul Elder.

• Qin Ming used his Mental Power and Gray Wolf Fire to kill more than twenty Millennium Blazing Sun Beasts and their eight-thousand-year leader, driving the remaining beasts from the basin.
• Qin Ming searched the lava pool and collected nearly half a bottle of Fire Marrow Liquid, though his Martial Soul continued to sense something beneath a large crystal.
• Qin Ming chose to investigate the unexplained pull later and cultivated beside the lava pool after taking a small drop of Fire Marrow Liquid.
• Qin Ming cultivated for a month and broke through from Level Twenty-Nine to Level Thirty, becoming a Quasi-Soul Elder.

Qin Ming uncovered an enormous underground cavern and discovered that a powerful Fire Demon Spirit had been sealed beneath the Magma Pool. After he awakened it and barely escaped its attack, he fled toward Blazing Sun Valley’s Inner Ring, hoping other Spirit Masters could help him survive.

• Qin Ming dug through the Fire Crystal beneath the Magma Pool and found a cavern filled with dense Fire Attribute Soul Power.
• Qin Ming discovered that a millstone-sized Fireball contained a living Fire Demon Spirit, whose presence had drawn his Martial Soul.
• Qin Ming’s Mental Power awakened the Fire Demon Spirit, which attacked him with a hundred-meter Flame Giant.
• Qin Ming escaped the Magma Pool but was injured by the Flame Giant’s attack.
• Qin Ming activated Crimson Blood Body and fled toward the Inner Ring as the Fire Demon Spirit transformed into a Flame Giant Bird and pursued him.

Qin Ming was cornered by a Fire Demon Spirit in Blazing Sun Valley’s Inner Ring and then caught in a dangerous Flame Tide. Xiong Shi, the Worship Hall’s Fourth Elder, rescued Qin Ming and captured the beast, leaving Qin Ming to learn his savior’s identity.

• The Fire Demon Spirit used Elemental Control to trap Qin Ming, wounded him, and battered him into a stone pillar.
• A Flame Tide swept through the Inner Ring, while the Angel Mark stabilized Qin Ming’s shaking Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiong Shi appeared, suppressed the Flame Tide around Qin Ming, and broke the Fire Demon Spirit’s flaming axe before capturing it.
• Qin Ming told Xiong Shi that he was from Spirit Hall Academy and had entered the Inner Ring while fleeing the beast.
• Xiong Shi identified himself as the Worship Hall’s Fourth Elder.

After Fourth Elder Xiong Shi rescued Qin Ming from a Fire Demon Spirit, he learned of Qin Ming's extraordinary age and cultivation and offered to take him as a disciple. Xiong Shi set Qin Ming a two-month test in his self-created Blazing Lion Fist, though he already intended to accept him.

• Xiong Shi asked Qin Ming how he had found the Fire Demon Spirit, and Qin Ming described discovering an Underground Cave Hall beneath a Blazing Sun Beast stronghold.
• Xiong Shi gave Qin Ming a Golden Token that would let him summon help in Blazing Sun Valley and explained that Ling Yuan was his martial niece and Azure Luan's disciple.
• Xiong Shi discovered that Qin Ming was only eight years old and had reached Quasi-Soul Elder, then decided to take him as his disciple.
• Qin Ming agreed to study under Xiong Shi, who gave him the Blazing Lion Fist booklet and challenged him to reach its first level within two months.

Qin Ming accepted Xiong Shi’s self-created soul skill and agreed to absorb a Fire Demon Spirit Soul Ring for his third ring. After recovering overnight, he endured the ring’s violent Soul Power and remnant-soul attack and successfully absorbed it.

• Qin Ming thanked Xiong Shi for teaching him the self-created soul skill and decisively agreed to absorb the Fire Demon Spirit’s Soul Ring.
• Xiong Shi brought the injured Qin Ming to Ghost Leopard’s fortress, where a Healing Soul Master treated him and Ghost Leopard arranged a room for him to rest.
• Xiong Shi told Ghost Leopard that he intended to take Qin Ming as his disciple, then instructed Qin Ming to recover his Mental Power before absorbing the ring.
• The next day, Qin Ming destroyed the Fire Demon Spirit’s crystal core and drew its Deep Purple Soul Ring above his head.
• Qin Ming endured the ring’s rampaging Soul Power and fought off the Fire Demon Spirit’s remnant soul with help from the Six-Winged Angel Mark.
• After half an hour, Qin Ming’s aura surged, and Xiong Shi realized he had successfully absorbed the Soul Ring.

After absorbing the Fire Demon Spirit’s Soul Ring, Qin Ming gained an External Soul Bone and a powerful third Soul Skill. He planned to return to Spirit Hall Academy, then learn the basics of Xiong Shi’s Blazing Lion Fist.

• Qin Ming endured a painful change in his forehead while Xiong Shi stood guard, and a scarlet crystal emerged as his External Soul Bone.
• Qin Ming thanked Xiong Shi as his Teacher and explained that his External Soul Bone granted the Blazing Flame Domain, which converted energy in its area to Fire Attribute energy and increased enemies’ Fire Attribute damage taken.
• Qin Ming revealed that his third Soul Skill, Elemental Control, let him control nearby and internal Fire Attribute Soul Power and bypass half of an enemy’s physical and energy defenses.
• Xiong Shi urged Qin Ming to develop his new abilities in battle, then agreed that Qin Ming should return to Spirit Hall Academy and later come to Blazing Sun Valley to learn Blazing Lion Fist.

Qin Ming fully fused his Fire Demon Spirit External Soul Bone under Xiong Shi’s Soul Pressure, then returned to Spirit Hall Academy and told Ling Yuan about his recent gains. Ling Yuan traded a promise to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for his spare Fire Demon Spirit crystal core.

• Qin Ming asked Xiong Shi to apply Soul Pressure so he could fully fuse his Fire Demon Spirit External Soul Bone, and endured pressure beyond his rank until it fused.
• Qin Ming thanked Xiong Shi, left the Blazing Sun Valley base, and returned to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Ling Yuan sensed Qin Ming’s breakthrough to level 33 Soul Elder, and he told her about the Fire Demon Spirit and Xiong Shi.
• Ling Yuan asked Qin Ming for the spare Fire Demon Spirit crystal core and promised to help him hunt a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in the future.
• Qin Ming gave Ling Yuan the crystal core, and she stored it with hopes of soon reaching level 89.

After breaking through to Soul Elder, Qin Ming arranged his transfer to the Soul Elder Genius Class and announced that he would challenge its top three. The chapter ended as the three ranked geniuses appeared in the arena to face him.

• Qin Ming gave Ling Yuan the Fire Demon Spirit Crystal Core and asked her to transfer him to the Soul Elder Genius Class.
• At a meal with Qi, Bai Heng, and Hua Lian, Qin Ming revealed his breakthrough to level 33 and that Fourth Elder wanted him as a disciple.
• Qin Ming asked Qi to announce that he would challenge the top three on the Soul Elder Genius Ranking the next afternoon.
• Qin Ming entered the packed Soul Fighting Arena, where students discussed his age, strength, and challenge.
• The current top three Soul Elder geniuses—two men and one woman—appeared before Qin Ming, silencing the crowd.

Qin Ming challenged the top three Soul Elders at Spirit Hall Academy to fight him together, and Ling Yuan allowed the match to proceed. He countered their coordinated attacks with his fire control and unveiled Crimson Flame Silk, leaving the battle poised for his next move.

• Qin Ming asked Lei Lie, Yun Shu, and Shi Po to attack him together, and Ling Yuan authorized the three-on-one match.
• Lei Lie, Yun Shu, and Shi Po revealed their Martial Souls and launched a coordinated assault on Qin Ming.
• Qin Ming used a fire spear to hook Yun Shu's whip and fling her toward Lei Lie, then reshaped the spear into a whip to break Shi Po's axe lights.
• Qin Ming activated the Blazing Flame Domain, suppressing the three opponents' Soul Power and slowing their movements.
• Qin Ming used Elemental Control within the domain to bind the three with crimson-gold threads he called Crimson Flame Silk.

Qin Ming overwhelmed Lei Lie, Yun Shu, and Shi Po with his Blazing Flame Domain and Crimson Flame Silk during their Soul Fight. Yun Shu surrendered, and referee Ling Yuan declared Qin Ming the winner, leaving the academy students to remember him as the Tyrant.

• Bai Heng, Hua Lian, and Qi realized that Qin Ming’s crimson-gold barrier was a domain, which Hua Lian compared to the Polarity Prohibition Domain.
• Qin Ming’s Blazing Flame Domain converted the arena’s Soul Power to fire and slowed his opponents, while Lei Lie, Yun Shu, and Shi Po launched their strongest attacks.
• Qin Ming used a Gray Wolf Fire arrow to defeat Lei Lie and break through the trio’s combined assault.
• Qin Ming sent fire blades toward Yun Shu and Shi Po, but Yun Shu surrendered before they could strike.
• Ling Yuan blocked the fire blades, declared Qin Ming the winner, and the audience witnessed him defeat the top three of the Soul Elder Genius Ranking.