Vol. 2Fate-Defying Valley Rises

Luo Can strengthened Fate-Defying Valley, challenged Tang San’s path, and recruited allies while pursuing greater power. The volume ended with the two Qian Renxues merging their souls and turning to Xue Qinghe.

  • Luo Can reached Rank 98, strengthened his Golden Dragon Moth, and accepted Xiao Xiao as his disciple.
  • Luo Can traveled undercover with Qian Renxue and Tang Ya to Nuoding City, where Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarism.
  • Luo Can exposed Yu Xiaogang and fought Tang Hao and a god after Tang San stole his ginseng and awakened Blue Silver Grass.
  • Luo Can returned to Fate-Defying Valley, recruited Ji Juechen, formed a Soul Core, and taught Qian Renxue to form one.
  • Luo Can and Qian Renxue won Yue Guan’s loyalty and helped him replace Bibi Dong’s Blood-Colored Sword Tip with a fake.
  • Ji Juechen challenged Chen Xin to a duel outside Sunset Forest, drawing attention across the region as the outcome remained unknown.
  • Luo Can formed Water and Fire Soul Cores, reached level 99, and evolved his martial soul into the Golden Dragon Emperor.
  • The two Qian Renxues fused their souls, raising Qian Renxue to Level 99 with a twelve-winged Light and Dark Angel before turning to Xue Qinghe.
Chapters 101–200 Read from ch. 101

Arc 5The Lake and the Disguise

Luo Can strengthened himself and Fate-Defying Pavilion, tested the limits of his power, and took Xiao Xiao as a disciple. He then traveled undercover with Qian Renxue and Tang Ya to investigate Tang San and Yu Xiaogang, ending with Qian Renxue publicly challenging Yu Xiaogang over plagiarism.

  • Luo Can refined the Cinder Dragon's Ancient Dragon Core, reached Rank 98, and discovered that his Golden Dragon Moth had gained ultimate fire and new spirit skills.
  • Luo Can used Whale Rubber to open four extraordinary meridians, while Qian Renxue and Ju Zi advanced in cultivation and Xiong Da survived a heavenly tribulation with the lake's help.
  • Luo Can detonated all nine Spirit Rings to briefly gain god-level power, but the attempt left him badly injured and unable to ascend.
  • Ju Zi and Lou Gao completed a Silver Giant Armor that a Soul Ancestor could operate with Spirit Emperor-level combat power, and Luo Can funded further Soul Tool Mecha research.
  • Luo Can caught Xiao Xiao while fishing, learned she had twin martial souls and Innate Soul Power at level ten, and accepted her as his disciple.
  • Luo Can expanded Fate-Defying Lake around Life Gold, strengthening the valley and its beasts, while the awakened Immortal Herbs received names from Qian Renxue and Ju Zi.
  • Luo Can, Qian Renxue, and Tang Ya traveled undercover to Nuoding City, where Luo Can began working at Luo's Herb Shop and arranged to accompany Su Yuntao on a Spirit Awakening trip.
  • Qian Renxue confronted Yu Xiaogang at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and accused him of plagiarizing his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul from an older book.
Chapters 101–125 Summaries Read

Arc 6Soul Cores and New Allies

Luo Can exposed Yu Xiaogang, disrupted Tang San’s early path, and survived an attack by a god sent to protect him. Back in Fate-Defying Valley, he gathered allies, gained a Soul Core, and helped Qian Renxue condense one as well.

  • Qian Renxue challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories at Nuoding Academy and exposed his relationship with Liu Erlong, while Luo Can stopped him from attacking her.
  • Luo Can broke Yu Xiaogang’s rank-twenty-nine bottleneck and sent him to gain Spirit Rings, while Qian Renxue accompanied him to the Star Dou Forest.
  • At Holy Soul Village, Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass with Innate Full Soul Power, and Tang Ya recognized that he had concealed a second martial soul.
  • Tang San stole Luo Can’s Thousand-Year Ginseng, and Tang Ya decided to treat him as an enemy.
  • Luo Can and Qian Renxue took the Blue Silver Emperor and its right leg bone from the cave, then fought Tang Hao and a god who attacked to protect Tang San.
  • Luo Can survived his self-detonation and returned to Fate-Defying Valley, where Qian Renxue and Ju Zi reunited with him and he assigned Xiao Ya the Blue Silver Emperor bone.
  • Luo Can recruited Ji Juechen, learned how to condense a Soul Core, and formed one after drawing in Heaven and Earth Origin Power.
  • Luo Can taught Qian Renxue and Ju Zi to condense Soul Cores, and Qian Renxue succeeded before setting out Fishing with him.
Chapters 126–150 Summaries Read

Arc 7The Blood-Colored Sword Tip

Luo Can and Qian Renxue recruited Yue Guan, deceived Bibi Dong, and placed the Blood-Colored Sword Tip in Qian Daoliu’s hands. As Fate Defying Valley prepared its disciples and expanded its Soul Tool work, Ji Juechen’s duel with Chen Xin drew attention across the region, with its result still unknown.

  • Qian Renxue fused with Luo Can’s Dark Angel Battle Armor and tested its power, while Luo Can inspected Ju Zi’s first Soul Tool Mecha prototype and named it Fire Starter Mark I.
  • Tang San arrived in Nuoding City, became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, and began training while Spirit Hall investigated the battle site and the sinister Blood-Colored Sword Tip.
  • Luo Can and Qian Renxue trapped Yue Guan, revealed Qian Renxue’s identity and future knowledge, and won his loyalty by showing him Gui Mei’s and his own deaths at Tang San’s hands.
  • Yue Guan helped Ju Zi switch the real Blood-Colored Sword Tip for a convincing fake before Bibi Dong collected it, and Qian Renxue gave the genuine tip to Qian Daoliu.
  • Qian Daoliu agreed to seal the real tip, monitor Bibi Dong, and protect Yue Guan as Qian Renxue continued her plan to change the future while remaining hidden.
  • Luo Can stored the Ten-Thousand-Year Mysterious Ice Marrow in an ice cave built by the Ice Jade Scorpion, and he continued training his disciples and preparing Xiao Xiao’s first Spirit Ring.
  • Xue Ye chose to continue the joint investigation with Spirit Hall while secretly investigating with Dugu Bo and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ji Juechen challenged Chen Xin to a duel.
  • Luo Can expanded recruitment and cultivation at Fate Defying Valley as Ji Juechen and Chen Xin fought outside Sunset Forest, leaving the duel’s outcome unknown as its sword lights drew attention across the region.
Chapters 151–175 Summaries Read

Arc 8The Two Qian Renxues

Luo Can advanced to the Limit Douluo realm, expanded Fate Defying Valley, and made alliances while Qian Renxue prepared to confront her original self. The two Qian Renxues fused their souls, leaving Qian Renxue at Level 99 with an evolved twelve-winged Light and Dark Angel as they turned to Xue Qinghe.

  • Ju Zi’s Thunder-Attracting Disk helped the Ice Jade Scorpion survive its tribulation, while Luo Can rescued the dying Du Bisi and used Life Gold to heal him.
  • Luo Can upgraded his system, gained the Golden Dragon King Bloodline, brought the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Scarlet King to Fate Defying Valley, and persuaded Du Bisou to join the valley.
  • Luo Can formed opposing Water and Fire Soul Cores, stabilized their Fusion Soul Power, defeated Du Bisi in a spar, and broke through to level 99 as his martial soul evolved into the Golden Dragon Emperor.
  • Fate Defying Valley expanded its capture missions and exploration plans, while Luo Can directed Qian Renxue to assess promising disciples for the Inner Pavilion and recruit beyond the existing membership.
  • Ning Fengzhi negotiated with Luo Can for Marrow Cleansing Spirit Liquid, helping Ning Fengzhi evolve his martial soul and Ning Rongrong awaken the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
  • Luo Can and Qian Renxue traveled to Sunset Forest, where the younger Qian Renxue met her future self and received memories of Bibi Dong’s hatred, Spirit Hall’s destruction, and Qian Daoliu’s sacrifice.
  • The two Qian Renxues agreed to change the future and fused their souls, raising Qian Renxue to Level 99 and evolving her martial soul into the twelve-winged Light and Dark Angel before turning to Xue Qinghe.
Chapters 176–200 Summaries Read
Volume 2 of 5