Chapter Summaries

Luo Can refined Hundred Ginseng Pills and gave one to Bibi Dong, while Qian Renxue arranged to give the enhanced pill to Ju Zi. After Ye Qingyu compiled a list of Spirit Masters with evil martial souls, Luo Can and Qian Renxue chose Zhao Yan as their first target for testing the Seed of Desire.

• Luo Can refined two Hundred Ginseng Pills after ruining his first batch of ingredients, then gave one to Bibi Dong and advised her to use it for enlightenment.
• Qian Renxue returned at dawn, heard Luo Can's account of Wang Dong'er reaching Level 20 and Bibi Dong receiving a pill, and decided the other pill should go to Ju Zi.
• Qian Renxue told Luo Can that Ye Qingyu had gathered information on more than twenty Spirit Masters with evil martial souls from several regions.
• Luo Can and Qian Renxue reviewed the list, noting Zhao Yan, Sun Mei'niang, and Zhou Kui among the most dangerous candidates.
• Qian Renxue chose Zhao Yan as their first target because his cultivation was relatively low and his disappearance from an Underground Arena would draw little notice.

Qian Renxue assigned a five-star mission to capture the battle-hardened Soul Elder Zhao Yan so the Fate Defying Pavilion disciples could gain combat experience. Yang Qian, Yang Yongyan, and Momo accepted the mission and set out at night, with Yang Qian planning how they would fight him.

• Qian Renxue ordered Ye Qingyu to post a mission for three Soul Elders to capture Zhao Yan, refusing to send a stronger escort.
• The dangerous five-star mission appeared in the Mission Hall, but the disciples hesitated to accept it throughout the day.
• Yang Qian, Yang Yongyan, and Momo accepted the mission after nightfall, and Qian Renxue recognized them as talented Yang Clan disciples.
• As they traveled through the forest, Yang Qian warned Yang Yongyan against recklessness and told Momo to use her third Soul Skill to boost Yang Qian's attack.
• Yang Yongyan complained inwardly that Yang Qian never let him receive Momo's enhancement, while the three continued into the darkness.

Yang Qian, Yang Yongyan, and Momo tracked Zhao Yan to Nuoding City's Underground Arena and planned a cautious approach to capture him. Yang Qian and Momo entered the arena to gather more intelligence while Yang Yongyan waited outside to support them.

• Qian Renxue told Luo Can that Yang Qian's team had accepted the mission to capture Zhao Yan, and they judged the team capable of defeating him.
• Yang Qian, Yang Yongyan, and Momo reached Nuoding City's South District, where Yang Qian entered the Underground Arena alone to search for Zhao Yan.
• Yang Qian spotted Zhao Yan ordering a fighter to kill his defeated opponent and suspected Zhao Yan had controlled the fighter's mind with his Bloodthirsty Bat martial soul.
• Yang Qian returned to the inn and told Momo and Yang Yongyan what she had seen, then assigned Yang Yongyan to wait outside and call for reinforcements if they failed to return.
• Yang Qian and Momo entered the Underground Arena again to gather more information while Yang Yongyan waited at a nearby tavern.

Yang Qian, Yang Yongyan, and Momo ambushed Zhao Yan on his way home from the Underground Arena and captured him after overcoming his escape abilities. With the five-star mission complete, they returned to the Pavilion with Zhao Yan bound and treated so he would survive.

• Yang Qian told Yang Yongyan that Zhao Yan's speed and blood-based recovery made him dangerous, and the three planned to ambush him after midnight.
• Yang Qian struck Zhao Yan by surprise while Momo used her third spirit skill to transfer Yang Yongyan's attack power to her, and she pinned Zhao Yan with her spear.
• Yang Yongyan defeated Zhao Yan's two subordinates while Yang Qian restrained Zhao Yan, but Zhao Yan used a blood-red escape skill to break free.
• Yang Qian attacked Zhao Yan again, and Yang Yongyan interrupted his counterattack by piercing his chest and knocking him unconscious.
• Yang Qian bound Zhao Yan with the Soul-Binding Rope, sealed his Soul Power, treated his wounds, and left with Yang Yongyan and Momo for the Pavilion.

After Yang Qian’s team completed their five-star mission and brought Zhao Yan to Fate Defying Pavilion, Qian Renxue used the Seed of Desire to purge the Bloodthirsty Bat’s evil nature and transform his martial soul. The successful experiment left Luo Can thinking the Seed of Desire might help Qian Renxue create a Self-Created Divine Position.

• Yang Qian, Yang Yongyan, and Liu Momo completed the five-star mission, split the Contribution Points, and gave Momo the High-Grade Marrow Cleansing Spirit Liquid.
• Cheng Gang delivered the unconscious Zhao Yan to Luo Can and Qian Renxue and reported how the team had captured him.
• Qian Renxue planted the Seed of Desire in Zhao Yan, causing his Bloodthirsty Bat martial soul to struggle as the Seed absorbed its evil nature.
• The Seed transformed Zhao Yan’s martial soul into a death-attribute form with higher quality, freeing him from his bloodthirsty urges.
• Zhao Yan thanked Qian Renxue, and Luo Can suggested that the Seed of Desire might let her create a Self-Created Divine Position.

Qian Renxue recruited Zhao Yan as her believer after removing the evil attribute from his Martial Soul, and resolved to gather faith in hopes of creating a divine position. Luo Can arranged for Ye Guyi to help Zhao Yan find other troubled Spirit Masters, and she listened in disbelief as he explained Qian Renxue’s power.

• Qian Renxue revealed her power to Zhao Yan, persuaded him to become her believer, and ordered him to find Spirit Masters struggling with evil attributes.
• Luo Can gave Zhao Yan a medicine that raised his Soul Power and a Crystal that formed a suitable Fourth Spirit Ring, which Zhao Yan began absorbing.
• Qian Renxue and Luo Can decided that the Pavilion would assign missions to capture dangerous Spirit Masters while Zhao Yan sought those who had not yet fallen to evil.
• Qian Renxue asked Luo Can to send Ye Guyi with Zhao Yan, since her Angel Martial Soul could sense evil auras.
• Luo Can found Ye Guyi playing with children in Dawnlight Town and explained how Qian Renxue had changed Zhao Yan’s Martial Soul, leaving Ye Guyi astonished.

Ye Guyi joined Zhao Yan to find Evil-Attribute Martial Soul Masters after Luo Can confirmed that the evil traits could be removed from their martial souls. At the Soul Tool Hall, Ju Zi achieved Second-Grade Thousand Forging, then heard about the successful experiment and playfully negotiated her place as Luo Can’s second wife.

• Ye Guyi asked to meet the transformed Zhao Yan, and Luo Can introduced them after Zhao Yan’s spirit power rose to level forty-three.
• Luo Can told Ye Qingyu to issue missions to capture Evil-Attribute Martial Soul Masters and divide the targets between pavilion disciples and Ye Guyi and Zhao Yan.
• Ju Zi used A-Cui’s help to forge blue nurturing copper to Second-Grade Thousand Forging.
• Luo Can visited Ju Zi and recounted Zhao Yan’s transformation and Qian Renxue’s plans to pursue a self-created divine position.
• Ju Zi accepted Luo Can’s proposal to become his second wife after he gave her a special Hundred Ginseng Pill.

Luo Can assigned missions to deal with Spirit Masters afflicted by evil nature and responded to intelligence about Star Luo troops and Tang Yuehua investigating Fate Defying Pavilion. After arranging a reunion for Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er, he met a mysterious woman who arrived to discuss cooperation.

• Ye Qingyu gave Luo Can lists of twelve dangerous Spirit Masters and nine who might still be saved, and he assigned teams to capture or kill the dangerous targets while Ye Guyi and Zhao Yan sought the others.
• Luo Can read Xue Qinghe's letter about Star Luo troop movements and Tang Yuehua's inquiries into Fate Defying Pavilion, then ordered Ye Qingyu to feed Tang Yuehua false information and investigate Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Renxue linked Star Luo's movements to blacksmiths and Thousand-Forged Tungsten Steel, and she and Luo Can agreed to surprise Tang Yuehua.
• Ye Guyi and Zhao Yan departed to find Spirit Masters afflicted by evil nature as the Mission Hall announced capture-or-kill missions for the twelve dangerous targets.
• Luo Can took Shui Bing'er to the Medicine Hall, where she reunited with Shui Yue'er and went with her to see the herb garden.
• Luo Can sensed a visitor at Fate Defying Pavilion, and an elegant woman arrived saying she wanted to discuss cooperation.

Luo Can and Ju Zi pretended to assess whether Fate Defying Pavilion could repair Bibi Dong’s Ancient Soul Tool while secretly coordinating with Yue Guan to undermine her. Yue Guan agreed to recruit Spirit Hall elders for Qian Renxue’s coming takeover, then left with Ghost, who asked what Soul Tools he had seen.

• Luo Can brought Yue Guan to meet Ju Zi, and they staged a skeptical discussion about whether she could repair Bibi Dong’s Ancient Soul Tool.
• Luo Can, Ju Zi, and Yue Guan entered a shielded secret chamber, where Luo Can revealed that Qian Renxue would return in under two years to depose Bibi Dong.
• Luo Can told Yue Guan to recruit Ghost, Ling Yuan, Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, and other elders to Qian Renxue’s side, and Yue Guan pledged to do so.
• Luo Can instructed Yue Guan to tell Bibi Dong that Fate Defying Pavilion needed the sword tip for research before judging whether it could be repaired.
• Yue Guan left Fate Defying Pavilion and met Ghost, who asked whether he had seen the Soul Tools there.

Yue Guan revealed Qian Renxue’s identity to Ghost and urged him not to support Bibi Dong when the Young Master returned in two years. After Ghost chose to wait and see, Qian Renxue discussed with Luo Can how to use Bibi Dong’s request to repair an Ancient Soul Tool to advance their plans against her.

• Yue Guan told Ghost that the real Young Master was at Fate Defying Pavilion and warned him not to take Bibi Dong’s side in two years.
• Ghost chose to keep the secret and wait to judge Qian Renxue’s strength, while Qian Renxue listened nearby and decided not to kill him.
• Yue Guan proposed bringing Spirit Hall’s elders over to Qian Renxue’s side, and Ghost realized they intended to isolate Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue met Luo Can at Lake Heart Island and told him that Yue Guan had revealed her identity to Ghost.
• Qian Renxue proposed demanding a Pope’s Decree and a ceremony naming Fate Defying Pavilion the head of the Upper Three Sects, with the eventual aim of taking Bibi Dong’s position.

Bibi Dong weighed whether to let Fate Defying Pavilion repair her blood-colored sword tip, fearing it would benefit the pavilion while seeking enough power to challenge Qian Daoliu. Meanwhile, Ye Qingyu organized the blacksmiths Si Yu brought to Fate Defying Pavilion, admitting qualified smiths and offering others a path to join later.

• Yue Guan reported that Fate Defying Pavilion could repair the sword tip after studying it, and Bibi Dong dismissed him and Ghost to consider the risks alone.
• Si Yu returned to Fate Defying Pavilion with a large group of experienced blacksmiths eager to meet Lou Gao and learn his techniques.
• Ye Qingyu told the blacksmiths that joining the Soul Tool Hall required master-level forging skills and Spirit King rank, while a Title Douluo silenced their complaints.
• Fifty-five qualified blacksmiths followed Si Long into the Soul Tool Hall, and nearly fifty others went with Si Yu to take an assessment.
• Ye Qingyu offered the remaining blacksmiths a year of guidance near Yaowang Town, after which those who met the standards could join the Soul Tool Hall.

Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen welcomed fifty-five new blacksmiths to the Soul Tool Hall, while Ju Zi continued improving her forging and settled into her new life. In Fate Defying Valley, Luo Can and Qian Renxue discussed Bibi Dong, the disciples’ training, and Bing’er before Ju Zi joined them; the next morning, the blacksmiths gathered outside a special metal building.

• Si Long and Si Yu delivered the list of blacksmiths who had settled in Baican Village, and Lou Gao counted fifty-five new recruits, including eight grandmasters.
• Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen planned to train the blacksmiths in carving Soul Guidance Arrays and circuits so they could later help with mass production and advanced forging.
• Ju Zi showed Lou Gao her First-Grade Thousand Forging metal, credited A-Cui with helping her progress, and agreed to ask A-Can for Soul Spirits for herself and Xuan Ziwen.
• Luo Can and Qian Renxue discussed whether Bibi Dong would send the Fake Sword Tip, the progress of Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao, and bringing Bing’er back the next day.
• Ju Zi returned to find Luo Can and Qian Renxue together, joined Qian Renxue in teasing him, and the three spent the night together.
• Before sunrise, the fifty-five new blacksmiths gathered outside a special metal building at the Soul Tool Hall.

Lou Gao began training fifty-five reserve members of the Soul Tool Hall in Soul Tool arrays, demonstrating a First-Level Energy Gathering Array and setting their first assignment. Meanwhile, Luo Can agreed to provide Soul Spirits for Lou Gao and Xuan Ziwen, then left Fate Defying Valley to bring Shui Bing'er back.

• Lou Gao welcomed fifty-five blacksmiths as reserve Soul Tool Hall members and explained that they would study arrays and circuit inscriptions for three months.
• Lou Gao demonstrated how to engrave and activate a First-Level Energy Gathering Array, then assigned the blacksmiths to engrave one themselves.
• Ju Zi told Luo Can that Lou Gao and Teacher Xuan wanted Soul Spirits, and Luo Can agreed to prepare them.
• Luo Can escaped Qian Renxue's advances by saying he needed to leave and collect Bing'er.
• Luo Can departed Fate Defying Valley to bring Shui Bing'er back after her day with her younger sister.

Luo Can checked the Core Disciples’ progress, then brought Shui Bing’er back from the Medicine Hall and sent her to resume cultivation in the Ice Cave. While fishing, he learned Yu Qiu had reached Level 90 and agreed to give him a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring, as Qian Renxue teased him about her growing collection of powerful clones.

• Luo Can visited the thirty-one Core Disciples, found several close to their third Spirit Rings, and answered their cultivation questions.
• Shui Bing’er said goodbye to Shui Yue’er, and Luo Can approved teaching her the first three levels of the Mysterious Heaven Skill on her next visit.
• Luo Can returned Shui Bing’er to Fate Defying Valley, where the Ice Jade Scorpion took her to the Ice Cave.
• Qian Renxue told Luo Can that Yu Qiu had broken through Level 90, and Luo Can said he would give him the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Ring he had prepared.
• Qian Renxue teased Luo Can by threatening to create a third clone resembling Ma Xiaotao, while Luo Can resolved to upgrade his system permissions and grow stronger.

Luo Can gave Yu Qiu an Artificial Hundred Thousand Years Spirit Ring, and Yu Qiu endured its violent energy to become a Title Douluo. Luo Can then visited Ma Xiaotao at Qiming Academy, where she asked to stop teaching and become an elder.

• Luo Can finished Fishing, then gave Yu Qiu an Artificial Hundred Thousand Years Spirit Ring made from Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear essence blood.
• Yu Qiu absorbed the Spirit Ring through a night of painful cultivation, reached level ninety-three, and gained two powerful Ninth Soul Skills.
• Yu Qiu thanked Luo Can, who told him to stabilize his cultivation before joining the Fate Defying Pavilion as an elder.
• Luo Can and Qian Renxue visited Ma Xiaotao at Qiming Academy and saw that the Seed of Desire had transformed her appearance and aura.
• Ma Xiaotao rushed out of class and asked Luo Can to let her leave teaching and become an elder.

Ma Xiaotao asked to leave teaching and join missions, while Luo Can agreed to consider her for recruitment work. The next day, Luo Can appointed Yu Qiu as Guardian Elder, established a Law Enforcement Hall, and rewarded six senior members with Spirit Bones.

• Ma Xiaotao complained to Luo Can that teaching children did not suit her and asked to become a deacon or take on missions instead.
• Luo Can told Ma Xiaotao to finish her class and agreed that she could join Ye Guyi and Zhao Yan in recruiting Evil-Attribute Martial Soul Masters when they returned.
• Luo Can and Qian Renxue spent the night together, and the next morning Luo Can left Fate Defying Valley with Yu Qiu.
• Luo Can appointed Yu Qiu as Guardian Elder and named Cheng Gang the temporary master of the newly established Law Enforcement Hall, with Yu Qiu as deputy master.
• Luo Can awarded Spirit Bones to Ye Qingyu, Ye Shengxin, Yang Wudi, Niu Gao, Lou Gao, and Xuan Ziwen for their contributions to Fate Defying Pavilion.

Luo Can rewarded Ju Zi with a Spirit Bone, considered saving Points to upgrade his system permissions, and reassigned Ma Xiaotao from teaching to the Law Enforcement Team until Ye Guyi’s group returned. He also planned to have Qian Renxue check whether Ma Xiaotao remained attached to Shrek Academy before deciding how to train her.

• Luo Can instructed Ye Qingyu to gather this year’s White Silkworm Martial Soul children from Baican Village for the Core Disciple assessment beneath the Cliff of Desperate Fate.
• Ju Zi asked for a reward, and Luo Can gave her a left Leg Spirit Bone with healing and Spatial Teleportation skills.
• Luo Can decided to save five million Points to upgrade his system permissions rather than upgrade the Fishing Spot.
• Luo Can recalled that Qian Renxue had defeated him using four Limit Douluo bodies, including her new clone resembling Ma Xiaotao.
• Ma Xiaotao asked to join Ye Guyi’s mission, and Luo Can arranged for her to gain experience with the Law Enforcement Team while she waited.
• Luo Can planned to have Qian Renxue use the Seed of Desire to determine whether Ma Xiaotao still felt attached to Shrek Academy and her ancestor.

Luo Can reviewed his disciples’ cultivation and learned that Bibi Dong had agreed to let Fate Defying Pavilion repair the Fake Sword Tip under Spirit Hall supervision. Yue Guan delivered the relic and a deposit, while Luo Can proposed political conditions that he would report back to Bibi Dong.

• Luo Can helped Tang Ya break through to level twenty with a Mystic Water Pill, while he assessed Dugu Yan, Wu Siduo, Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong'er, and Ye Lingling’s progress.
• After several peaceful days, Luo Can visited Fate Defying Pavilion and heard from Ye Qingyu about the blacksmith training and the formation of a Law Enforcement Team.
• Yue Guan arrived with Bibi Dong’s decision to allow the Fake Sword Tip’s repair, provided a Spirit Hall elder periodically supervised the work.
• Luo Can demanded a Pope’s Decree, Fate Defying Pavilion’s appointment as head of the Upper Three Sects, and a Spirit City investiture ceremony; Yue Guan agreed to report the conditions to Bibi Dong.
• Yue Guan gave Luo Can a letter containing two Spirit Emperor-level Evil-Attribute Martial Soul Masters and a copied Soul Tool blueprint, then departed for Spirit Hall.
• Luo Can and Qian Renxue inspected the sealed box and suspected that Bibi Dong would send Gui Mei to supervise and spy on the repair.

Luo Can and Qian Renxue prepared to manipulate Gui Mei’s investigation of Fate Defying Pavilion while Bibi Dong ordered him to assess the pavilion and accepted its demands. When Gui Mei arrived, he recognized signs that Qian Renxue was the true Young Master and began reconsidering his loyalty.

• Luo Can and Qian Renxue planned to show Gui Mei the pavilion’s outer facilities and feed him a mixture of genuine and false Ancient Soul Tool blueprints.
• Bibi Dong accepted Fate Defying Pavilion’s conditions and sent Gui Mei to investigate its strength, Soul Tool Technology, and hidden resources.
• Gui Mei arrived at Fate Defying Pavilion, where Luo Can and Qian Renxue greeted him at the mountain gate.
• Gui Mei sensed the power of two Peerless Douluo and became increasingly convinced that Qian Renxue was the Young Master.
• As Luo Can showed Gui Mei the pavilion’s visible facilities, Gui Mei reconsidered his allegiance, and Luo Can and Qian Renxue realized their plan was working.

Gui Mei realized Fate Defying Pavilion’s strength surpassed Spirit Hall’s and resolved to support Qian Renxue’s rightful Qian Clan lineage. Qian Renxue tested the Seed of Desire on two evil Spirit Emperors: one died, while the other was purified and agreed to atone.

• Gui Mei weighed whether to remain loyal to Bibi Dong or return to the Qian Clan, then chose to stand with Qian Renxue.
• Luo Can and Qian Renxue brought two captured evil Spirit Emperors to an underground chamber to test the Seed of Desire.
• Qian Renxue used the Seed of Desire to draw the evil nature from both prisoners, but the Blood Fiend Blade Spirit Master died during the process.
• The Corrosive Heart Demon Serpent Spirit Master survived, lost his murderous urges, and gained a purer dark-attribute aura.
• Qian Renxue asked the survivor if he wanted to atone, and he pledged his life to doing so.