Chapter Summaries

The Fate Defying Pavilion began its first sect grand competition, with the top hundred disciples assigned random single-elimination matches and Luo Can announcing the rules. The first match between Li Qing and Wang Meng started with both fighters trading attacks, and neither had yet revealed their fifth spirit skill.

• Ye Qingyu told Luo Can that the top hundred would compete in random one-on-one eliminations, and Luo Can said his six personal disciples would challenge the top ten afterward.
• Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Tang Ya, Xiao Xiao, Wu Sidu, and Wang Dong'er arrived and discussed the opponents and strategies they might face.
• The draw results were announced, and Ning Fengzhi, Ning Rongrong, and Gu Rong arrived to watch the competition.
• Luo Can declared the competition open, explained the victory conditions and ban on deliberate killing, and permitted Soul Tools and pills.
• Li Qing and Wang Meng began the first match, exchanging wind-based attacks and powerful strikes as they fought to overcome each other's speed and defense.

Li Qing defeated Wang Meng in the opening match of the Grand Competition, revealing the strength of his wind abilities and Soul Tools. As later battles showcased Fate Defying Pavilion’s skilled disciples and varied Soul Tools, Ning Fengzhi realized the pavilion’s Soul Tool technology was far more advanced than he had expected.

• Wang Meng used a Gravity Ring Soul Tool and his berserk fifth spirit skill to trap and attack Li Qing, but Li Qing evaded his blows with a teleportation skill.
• Li Qing blocked Wang Meng’s powerful punch and used his fifth spirit skill, Raging Wind Cloud Scroll, to pull him in and blast him off the stage.
• The referee declared Li Qing the winner, and the crowd reacted to his control-type wind skill and combat performance.
• Yang Fan, Yang Yuxuan, Ye Qingyu, Yang Ju, and other disciples won their matches, while several unexpected victories caused an uproar.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong recognized that the Soul Tools used by Fate Defying Pavilion’s disciples were high-quality and formed a mature system.
• Luo Can met Ning Fengzhi’s gaze and smiled as Ning Fengzhi looked toward the main platform.

Ning Rongrong wandered away from Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, met Xiao Xiao, and joined her group of young disciples. Kaido then defeated Ye Yulai in the tournament, earning Luo Can’s decision to place him on the key cultivation list as the second round began.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed the Fate Defying Pavilion’s strength and whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could learn from its methods.
• Ning Rongrong slipped away from the guest seats, bumped into Xiao Xiao, and introduced herself as a member of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xiao Xiao brought Ning Rongrong to meet Wang Dong'er and Tang Ya, and the girls surrounded Ning Rongrong with questions.
• Kaido endured Ye Yulai’s flaming arrows, used Quaking Quagmire to disrupt his footing, and pinned him down until he surrendered.
• Luo Can praised Kaido’s foundation and temperament, then added him to the key cultivation list and arranged special resources for him.
• The first round ended with twenty-five winners, and the second round began after an intermission.

The second-round matches showcased Fate Defying Pavilion disciples using Soul Tools and unconventional tactics to defeat stronger opponents. Twelve matches ended with twelve winners, and Yang Fan’s bye brought the total advancing to the third round to thirteen.

• Yang Fan received a bye, while Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed his strength and the potential of commoner Spirit Masters like Li Qing.
• Su Xiao used poisoned hidden weapons, wind blades, and a Soul Tool Crossbow to defeat Yang Pofeng despite his superior strength.
• Xiao Xiao explained to Ning Rongrong that the Pavilion trained disciples to use Soul Tools as core combat methods, and Ning Rongrong understood her father’s call to learn from them.
• Ye Qingyu used Soul Tool Light Beams to disrupt Niu Lie’s defenses, then shattered his Stone Armor with a focused sword strike.
• The remaining second-round matches concluded, and thirteen disciples advanced to the third round, including Yang Fan.

Ning Fengzhi weighed closer ties with the Fate Defying Pavilion against the risk of Ning Rongrong becoming more loyal to Luo Can than to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. As the Pavilion’s disciples prepared for the finals and Luo Can’s own disciples announced their challenge, Luo Can fished up a powerful Level 9 Soul Tool: the Illusion Tower.

• Gu Rong urged Ning Fengzhi to deepen cooperation with the Fate Defying Pavilion and consider making Ning Rongrong Luo Can’s disciple, but Ning Fengzhi decided to think it over.
• Luo Can announced that his six disciples would challenge the top ten after the finals, drawing skeptical reactions from the crowd.
• Xiao Xiao introduced Ning Rongrong to Luo Can, who let the girls spend the day together, then reassured Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong that his disciples could handle the challenge.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong discussed buying Soul Tools, while Ning Fengzhi worried that Rongrong might grow more attached to the Fate Defying Pavilion than to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Luo Can told Qian Renxue and Ju Zi that Ning Rongrong would need to pass a test before becoming his disciple.
• Luo Can fished up the Level 9 Illusion Tower, a Soul Tool that could simulate environments, temper the heart, and trap powerful enemies.

Luo Can arrived at the Grand Competition after fishing up rare Soul Tools and pills, and the tournament’s third round began. Li Qing, Yang Fan, and Niu Pan won their matches, leaving seven competitors in the winners’ bracket as the top ten were decided.

• Luo Can recognized a Level 9 spiritual-attribute Illusion Tower, promised Ju Zi she could study it after the competition, and stored a bottle of Qiankun Creation Pills.
• Luo Can, Qian Renxue, and Ju Zi flew to Baican Village, where Ye Qingyu presided over the draw and the matchups were announced.
• Li Qing defeated Huang Erhe by using Teleportation to evade his fifth spirit skill and then sweeping him off the stage with Raging Wind Cloud Scroll.
• Yang Fan beat Ye Qingyu after a prolonged duel, while Niu Pan’s opponent conceded after failing to break his Stone Armor.
• The third round left Li Qing, Kaido, Niu Pan, Yang Fan, Su Xiao, Ye Cheng, and Yang Yuxuan in the winners’ bracket, while Huang Erhe, Ye Qingyu, and Wang Meng took eighth through tenth place.

The seven finalists completed a round-robin tournament, with Li Qing taking first place, before Luo Can sent his six personal disciples to challenge the top ten. Ye Lingling chose Li Qing and shocked the crowd by forcing the champion back with a single palm strike.

• Ye Qingyu announced a seven-person round-robin final, and Li Qing, Yang Fan, Yang Yuxuan, Ye Cheng, Su Xiao, Kaido, and Niu Pan competed for points.
• Li Qing defeated Su Xiao, Yang Fan pierced Niu Pan's Stone Armor, and Yang Yuxuan narrowly beat Ye Cheng; Kaido impressed the crowd with his defense and revealed a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone skill.
• The tournament ended with Li Qing in first place, Yang Fan second, Yang Yuxuan third, and Kaido fourth, and Luo Can distributed the ranking rewards.
• Luo Can announced that his six personal disciples would challenge the top ten, and the young disciples entered the arena.
• Ye Lingling chose Li Qing and revealed three thousand-year Spirit Rings, then struck him with a Tiger King Mountain-Crushing Fist palm that forced him back three steps.

Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Xiao Xiao each defeated their opponents in the arena, revealing their formidable abilities to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong. Tang Ya then faced Su Xiao despite their wide Soul Power gap, leaving the next match about to begin.

• Ning Fengzhi decided Ning Rongrong should study under Ye Lingling’s master after seeing Ye Lingling’s strength and talent.
• Ye Lingling used her segmented tail and Tiger King Mountain-Crushing Fist to break Li Qing’s wind vortex, defeat him, and heal his injuries.
• Dugu Yan poisoned Kaido with her Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Martial Soul, then absorbed the poison from him after he conceded.
• Xiao Xiao used her cauldron’s control ability and repeated punches to defeat Yang Pofeng before he could fully fight back.
• Tang Ya stepped onto the arena to face Su Xiao, whose rank forty-one Soul Power far exceeded her rank seventeen.

Tang Ya and Wu Siduo won their tournament matches, revealing remarkable abilities that surprised the spectators. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong wondering where Pavilion Master Luo had found such gifted disciples.

• Tang Ya used her Blue Silver Grass, Purple Demon Eye, and Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon to evade Su Xiao, while Gu Rong recognized that Tang Ya had formed an early domain.
• Tang Ya unleashed a barrage of Soul Tools she had made herself, forcing Su Xiao to concede.
• Wu Siduo challenged Yang Yuxuan and overwhelmed his Blood Dance Blade Frenzy with her Hell Spirit Cat martial soul.
• Wu Siduo revealed her White Tiger martial soul and shattered Yang Yuxuan's Nether Break, making him concede.
• The crowd realized Wu Siduo possessed twin martial souls, and Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong wondered where Pavilion Master Luo had found the two extraordinary disciples.

Wang Dong'er challenged Niu Pan but conceded after ten minutes when her strength ran low, despite keeping the Spirit King under pressure. Inspired by Luo Can’s disciples, Ning Rongrong asked to become his student and entered the Illusion Tower for a trial, leaving Ning Fengzhi anxiously waiting outside.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong recognized Wu Siduo’s Hell Spirit Cat and Evil Eye White Tiger as Twin Martial Souls and suspected she was descended from the Star Luo Imperial Family.
• Wang Dong'er used her Light Goddess Butterfly and Thunder state to attack Niu Pan, whose Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros defenses endured her blows.
• After ten minutes, Wang Dong'er conceded because her soul power was nearly exhausted, and the audience applauded the six disciples’ challenges.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she wanted to become powerful like Luo Can’s disciples, and Ning Fengzhi asked Luo Can to accept her as a student.
• Luo Can set a trial requiring Ning Rongrong to remain in the Illusion Tower for the time it took an incense stick to burn, and she entered while Ning Fengzhi watched anxiously.

Ning Rongrong endured the Illusion Tower’s trial and was accepted by Luo Can as a registered disciple rather than a personal disciple. After she joined Xiao Xiao and Ye Lingling, Luo Can and Ning Fengzhi began discussing Soul Tools for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Luo Can called in two disciples to demonstrate them.

• Ning Rongrong walked six hundred steps through the Illusion Tower despite exhaustion and injuries, but fell short of Luo Can’s standard for a personal disciple.
• Luo Can made Ning Rongrong a registered disciple, promised regular guidance and Inner Pavilion Core Disciple resources, and gave her a Body Refining Pill.
• Ye Lingling healed Ning Rongrong’s feet, and Xiao Xiao and Ye Lingling took her to explore the Inner Pavilion.
• Luo Can and Ning Fengzhi discussed the Sect’s need for Soul Tools that restored Soul Power, provided defense, and enabled counterattacks.
• Ye Qingyu brought Yu Xiu and Liu Quan to the discussion hall, where Luo Can ordered Yu Xiu to attack without Soul Tools while Liu Quan demonstrated the tools he carried.

Luo Can demonstrated Fate Defying Pavilion’s Soul Tools to Ning Fengzhi, first showing how Liu Quan defeated Yu Xiu and then revealing the devastating power of the Hybrid Plasma Cannon. Ning Fengzhi became determined to acquire the cannon for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Liu Quan used Soul Tools to defeat Yu Xiu, a battle Soul Ancestor, despite having an auxiliary Martial Soul and a lower level.
• Ning Fengzhi told Luo Can that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed Soul Tools with greater destructive power.
• Luo Can had Ju Zi bring out the level-six Hybrid Plasma Cannon, which she said could wipe out groups of Spirit Saint-level experts.
• Ju Zi charged and fired the cannon, blasting away nearly half of a mountain’s peak.
• Gu Rong assessed that the cannon could kill or severely injure Spirit Saints, and Ning Fengzhi resolved to obtain it.

Ning Fengzhi bought six Chaos Plasma Cannons and other Soul Tool supplies from Luo Can in a transaction worth more than ten million Gold Soul Coins, then left Ning Rongrong at the Fate Defying Pavilion to train. After returning to Heaven Dou City, Ning Fengzhi learned that sect elders were challenging his earlier trade with Luo Can and headed back to confront them.

• Ning Fengzhi negotiated with Luo Can and bought six Chaos Plasma Cannons for one million Gold Soul Coins each, along with fifteen hundred basic combat Soul Tool sets and medicinal supplies.
• Ning Fengzhi watched Ning Rongrong settle into training at the Fate Defying Pavilion, then returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Gu Rong.
• Luo Can discovered Ning Rongrong's Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda had evolved to nine stories after she drank Fate-Defying Lake Water and gave her the Flowing Soul Body Tempering Method.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted forgetting to ask Luo Can for more Marrow Cleansing Spirit Liquid while traveling back to Heaven Dou City with Gu Rong.
• A sect disciple gave Ning Fengzhi an urgent letter saying elders demanded accountability for the loss of profits caused by his earlier trade with Luo Can.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong headed to the sect to confront the elders.

Ning Fengzhi returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and explained why Ning Rongrong had stayed at the Fate Defying Pavilion. When Ning Tianyuan tried to use the sect’s declining profits to force Ning Fengzhi from power, Ning Fengzhi revealed his evolved Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and stripped Ning Tianyuan of his dividends, sending him and his branch to the Balak Kingdom.

• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong that Ning Rongrong had become a registered disciple of Pavilion Master Luo and described the Fate Defying Pavilion’s powerful disciples and teaching methods.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Ning Tianyuan was rallying elders against him over the transfer of the sect’s shops to the Fate Defying Pavilion.
• Ning Tianyuan confronted Ning Fengzhi in the council hall, accusing him of harming the sect’s interests, while several elders voiced concern.
• Ning Fengzhi revealed his Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and Soul Douluo cultivation, then told the elders that Ning Rongrong’s Martial Soul was also evolving toward Nine Treasure.
• Ning Fengzhi sent Ning Tianyuan and his branch to the Balak Kingdom and revoked his dividends, while Chen Xin and Gu Rong’s presence prevented him from objecting.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Ning Tianyuan would have to spend his hoarded wealth to establish himself in the chaotic Balak Kingdom.

Luo Can and Qian Renxue decided to spend two years strengthening young Bibi Dong before returning to Spirit Hall with her. Meanwhile, the Fate Defying Pavilion continued its steady growth and began investigating the Nan Clan in Dragon Town.

• Qian Renxue told Luo Can that young Bibi Dong had learned about her future and was furious after seeing evidence that Yu Xiaogang had used her.
• Qian Renxue agreed to delay their return to Spirit Hall for two years so Luo Can could help Bibi Dong reach the Title Douluo realm.
• Luo Can learned that Yang Gang had found the Nan Clan in Dragon Town, whose Earth Dragon Martial Soul and mostly female members matched his expectations.
• Luo Can told Ye Qingyu to have Yang Gang approach the Nan Clan about joining a major sect, saying he would send powerful people if they refused.
• Ning Rongrong adapted to Pavilion life and completed her first full cycle of the Flowing Soul Body Tempering Method, while Bibi Dong continued teaching and training.

After seeing how the present differed from the history she had been taught, Ye Guyi joined Fate Defying Pavilion as a Guest Elder. Luo Can obtained mature technologies for Artificial Spirit Rings and Artificial Soul Spirits and planned to master them before approaching Star Dou Forest.

• Ye Guyi told Luo Can that her travels had changed her view of Spirit Hall and the nobles, then chose to remain with Fate Defying Pavilion instead of rejoining the Angel Clan.
• Luo Can appointed Ye Guyi a Guest Elder, and she began cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eye after returning to Fate Defying Valley.
• Luo Can fished up two orange Crystal Cores containing mature Artificial Spirit Ring and Artificial Soul Spirit technologies.
• Luo Can decided to wait until he reached Demigod before negotiating with Di Tian and Gu Yuena in Star Dou Forest.
• Luo Can entered a secluded stone chamber to study the Artificial Spirit Ring technology and prepare to create one himself.

Luo Can studied Artificial Spirit Ring technology and began forging a custom ring using the Scarlet King's bloodline and Hell Domain ability. The ring reached nearly one hundred thousand years of power before its Crystal began cracking, so Luo Can reinforced it with a fragment of Life Gold.

• Luo Can learned the principles behind standardized and custom Artificial Spirit Rings and decided to make a custom ring.
• Luo Can obtained a drop of vital blood from the Scarlet King, promising him Life Gold and a Blessing to help him reach four hundred thousand years.
• Luo Can analyzed the Scarlet King's bloodline abilities and inscribed Hell Domain's rules into a Crystal blank.
• Luo Can combined the Crystal with bloodline power and life energy from the Life Gold, nurturing the ring to roughly ninety-five thousand years of power.
• When the Crystal cracked under the strain, Luo Can shaved off a fragment of Life Gold and merged it into the ring to reinforce it.

Luo Can completed a stable Hundred Thousand Year Artificial Spirit Ring and chose Qin Lang to test it as his eighth ring. Qin Lang agreed to the experiment and received pills Luo Can believed would give him a ninety percent chance of success, leaving the group poised to begin.

• Life Gold stabilized the crystal and raised its energy to the Hundred Thousand Years level, completing Luo Can’s first Artificial Spirit Ring.
• Luo Can chose Qin Lang, whose cultivation had reached level seventy-nine, as the test candidate, and gave Scarlet King another piece of Life Gold to absorb.
• Luo Can arrived at Qichen Academy and revealed the red crystal to Qin Lang, Bibi Dong, Fang Yue, Vina, and the other teachers.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that God-Given Spirit Rings could be formed artificially and could reach the Hundred Thousand Year level.
• Qin Lang volunteered to absorb the Artificial Spirit Ring, and Luo Can gave him a Red-Grade Body Refining Pill and part of a Qiankun Creation Pill to prepare for the experiment.

Luo Can helped Qin Lang break through to the eightieth rank and absorb an artificial Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring made from Scarlet King's essence blood. Qin Lang gained a powerful Hell Domain and regeneration ability, while Luo Can ordered everyone to keep the artificial ring secret.

• Qin Lang used part of a Qiankun Creation Pill to break through to the eightieth rank and strengthen his body.
• Qin Lang swallowed a Body Refining Pill, and Luo Can confirmed he was strong enough to absorb a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring.
• Qin Lang activated the blood crystal and endured the ring’s violent energy overnight as Scarlet King discovered the ring had been made from its essence blood.
• Qin Lang completed his absorption at the eighty-fourth rank and swore allegiance to Luo Can.
• Qin Lang tested his eighth spirit skill, Hell Domain, which suppressed enemies and let hellfire rapidly heal his wounds.
• Luo Can ordered Qin Lang, Bibi Dong, Vina, Fang Yue, Scarlet King, and Headmaster Ling Yuan to keep artificial spirit rings secret.

After Luo Can successfully created an artificial Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, he refined more rings and discovered how a soul beast’s vital essence affected their limits. He considered mass production and a future alliance between soul masters and soul beasts, while the Scarlet King agreed to help persuade Di Tian when Luo Can was strong enough to negotiate.

• Luo Can ended the experiment, and Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue discussed artificial spirit rings and the possibility of Bibi Dong contracting a soul spirit after reaching level seventy.
• Luo Can diluted a Qiankun Creation Pill and distributed it to Bibi Dong, Vina, Fang Yue, and three teachers, helping several of them break through their cultivation bottlenecks.
• Luo Can crafted artificial spirit rings from different soul beasts’ vital essence and found that bloodline affected each ring’s maximum age and stability.
• Luo Can gathered seven spirit ring crystals and then went fishing at Lake Heart Island, where the Scarlet King revealed that refining Life Gold had raised its cultivation to three hundred thirty thousand years.
• Luo Can explained his artificial spirit ring methods and considered mass-producing basic rings while reserving advanced custom rings for elite disciples.
• The Scarlet King suggested that artificial rings could ease conflict between soul masters and soul beasts, and Luo Can said he would seek Di Tian’s cooperation once he was strong enough; the Scarlet King agreed to act as a lobbyist.