Chapter Summaries

Xu Yuan and the two Archbishops returned toward Spirit City after he gained a Spirit Ring and Soul Bone, but Qian Renxue intercepted them near Tianxing City. After her Douluo bodyguards killed the Archbishops, Xu Yuan woke at her estate and challenged her claim that she had invited him.

• Xu Yuan buried the Tailless Beast and traveled with the two Archbishops toward Tianxing City.
• She Long and Chi Xue blocked the road, and Xue Qinghe emerged and ordered that no one else learn of their conversation.
• She Long and Chi Xue killed both Archbishops before Xu Yuan could intervene.
• Chi Xue knocked Xu Yuan unconscious and took him to a courtyard estate, where he later woke and found Xue Qinghe playing chess with She Long.
• Xue Qinghe greeted Xu Yuan and called his arrival an invitation, and Xu Yuan questioned that description.

Xue Qinghe proposed that Xu Yuan help her build wealth so she could pursue her vision of changing the continent, and Xu Yuan reluctantly stayed at her residence in Tianshu City. After three days, he decided her promise was not enough and barged into her room to demand better terms, where he saw a flash of white.

• Xue Qinghe told Xu Yuan she valued his business acumen and wanted his help changing the world.
• Xu Yuan agreed to consider cooperating with Xue Qinghe, but refused to give her money and asked what she needed.
• Xue Qinghe asked Xu Yuan for ways to make money and explained that her residence was in Tianshu City, not the Eastern Palace.
• Xu Yuan stayed at Xue Qinghe's residence for three days, then decided her future promise was inadequate and went to confront her.
• Xu Yuan knocked on Xue Qinghe's door, pushed it open, and saw a flash of white.

Xu Yuan negotiated with Qian Renxue to share the profits from a business plan that would fund her rebellion and future nation. They agreed to cooperate, and he began outlining an entertainment venture at Moonlight Pavilion Hall alongside other logistical plans.

• Qian Renxue returned to her female appearance, and Xu Yuan openly admired her beauty.
• Xu Yuan explained that he had a way to make money but demanded additional terms for helping Qian Renxue fund her ambitions.
• Qian Renxue mistakenly thought Xu Yuan wanted her, but he clarified that he wanted thirty percent of the profits and for her previous promise to stand.
• Qian Renxue accepted Xu Yuan's terms, and they shook hands on the deal.
• Xu Yuan proposed turning Moonlight Pavilion Hall into a commercial entertainment venue, using memorable songs and dances, and discussed other rebellion logistics with Qian Renxue until night.

Xu Yuan left Qian Renxue after learning that one of his guards had betrayed them, then returned to Spirit Hall and faced Bibi Dong’s reprimand. Worried that his grandfather was in danger, he asked Yue Guan to bring Old Jack from Holy Soul Village to Spirit City.

• Qian Renxue explained that one of Xu Yuan’s Archbishop guards had betrayed them and that she had poisoned the other to bring Xu Yuan back safely.
• Snake Lance Douluo escorted Xu Yuan toward Tianxing City, and Xu Yuan hurried away after realizing that Holy Soul Village might have been exposed and Old Jack could be at risk.
• Bibi Dong scolded Xu Yuan for staying away and losing two Archbishops, but she was pleased by his progress to the four-ring Soul Ancestor realm and dismissed him after checking his health.
• Xu Yuan met Yue Guan outside Bibi Dong’s study and received the address he had asked Yue Guan to arrange.
• Xu Yuan told Yue Guan that Xue Xing had blocked his path and asked him to bring Old Jack from Holy Soul Village to Spirit City.

Xu Yuan sought out Xue Li, a master craftsman, and promised that his inventions could give ordinary people power comparable to Soul Masters. Xue Li was captivated by the possibility, and Xu Yuan began by asking him to forge a set of tools.

• Yue Guan set out for Holy Soul Village at Xu Yuan's request, while Xu Yuan returned to Spirit Academy to reassure Hu Liena about his safety.
• Xu Yuan took Hu Liena to the workshop in Spirit City's eastern district, where he introduced himself to Xue Li as Yue Guan's referral.
• Xu Yuan told Xue Li that he wanted to create things that could change the continent's balance of power by giving ordinary people formidable strength.
• Xue Li, moved by the possibility that ordinary people could surpass their limits, asked Xu Yuan what he needed him to do.
• Xu Yuan produced a stack of blueprints and asked Xue Li to forge a set of tools.

Xu Yuan began preparing to make gunpowder, asking Xue Li to produce containers and gathering sulfur with help from Spirit Hall. After returning to Spirit City, he went to check whether Xue Li had finished the requested items.

• Xue Li and Hu Liena doubted that Xu Yuan's simple jar and bottle blueprints could help ordinary people rival Soul Masters, but Xu Yuan insisted they were preliminary preparations and urged Xue Li to meet the quality requirements.
• Xu Yuan left with Hu Liena and planned to make gunpowder, reasoning that he could obtain charcoal and sulfur but would need to devise a way to produce saltpeter.
• Xu Yuan asked Bibi Dong for permission to visit Slaughter Town, and she let him go with Gui Mei and a group of Spirit Hall bishops.
• Xu Yuan's group searched near a volcano for several days, gathered sulfur stones, and returned to Spirit City with their Storage Soul Tools full.
• Xu Yuan stored the sulfur in Xue Li's warehouse, thanked the bishops, then asked Xue Li whether he had finished making the requested items.

Xu Yuan moved his team to Xiaoqiu Village and spent more than two months developing a crude way to produce saltpeter. After many failed attempts, he successfully made nitric acid and proved his method could work on Douluo Continent.

• Xu Yuan collected tools from Xue Li and searched Spirit Academy's library and Yue Guan's intelligence network for information about saltpeter-bearing stones, but found no leads.
• Old Jack arrived in Spirit City, where Xu Yuan introduced him to Bibi Dong, showed him around, and let him hear Hu Liena recount his past exploits.
• Gui Mei found Xiaoqiu Village fifty li east of Spirit City, so Xu Yuan led Old Jack, Hu Liena, and Xue Li's group there.
• Xu Yuan explored downstream from Xiaoqiu Village while the villagers welcomed the newcomers with food and a bonfire gathering.
• Xu Yuan directed the construction of more than twenty wooden houses and five blast furnaces, then began experimenting with crude saltpeter production.
• After more than fifty failed batches, Xu Yuan successfully produced nitric acid and burned a clump of yellow-and-black fibers.

Xu Yuan demonstrated Gunpowder by using it to collapse a mountain, convincing Xue Li, Hu Liena, and the Xue Clan that ordinary people could wield a force capable of threatening Soul Masters. He returned to Spirit City after Yue Guan reported a lead on Saltpeter, where he learned that Yue Guan’s party was heading to the Star Luo Empire and that a possible Saltpeter deposit had appeared near Gengxin City.

• Xu Yuan sealed Gunpowder in an iron box, buried it in a mountain, and detonated it from a safe distance, causing the mountain to collapse.
• Xue Li and the others witnessed the destruction, while villagers from Xiaoqiu Village mistook the blast for a divine miracle.
• Xu Yuan inspected the devastation, decided the test had taken too long, and resolved to find Saltpeter as soon as possible.
• After Yue Guan sent word of a Saltpeter lead, Xu Yuan left for Spirit City with Hu Liena, assuring Xue Li and the Xue Clan that he would teach them later.
• At Spirit City’s gates, Xu Yuan found Yue Guan, the Origin Team, and dozens of Red-Clad Bishops preparing to help the Star Luo Empire defeat evil Soul Masters.
• Yue Guan told Xu Yuan that a substance resembling the stone he had described might have appeared near Gengxin City.

Xu Yuan traveled to Gengxin City with Hu Liena and Spirit Hall escorts to investigate the saltpeter discovered there. He arrived at the local Spirit Hall branch, where its master’s conspicuous welcome made him worry that the Star Luo Empire might learn of his interest.

• Xu Yuan recalled that Gengxin City housed the Blacksmith Association and decided to seek its ores instead of visiting the Pope.
• Xu Yuan, Hu Liena, and six Archbishops traveled for half a month to Gengxin City while Yue Guan and the others pursued Evil Soul Masters elsewhere.
• Xu Yuan and Hu Liena entered Gengxin City with their escorts, and he gave her warmed Milk Tea when she complained about the city’s lack of shops.
• Xu Yuan went to the Gengxin City Spirit Hall branch to find out more about the saltpeter and meet its discoverer.
• Miles, the branch master, publicly welcomed Xu Yuan’s party, prompting Xu Yuan to suspect the attention could alert the White Tiger Emperor to his plans.

Xu Yuan learned that the Blacksmith Association had discovered and nearly exhausted the saltpeter supply, then tried to buy what remained from Lou Gao. After the Association refused, Xu Yuan summoned Gui Mei, leaving the question of how to obtain the saltpeter unresolved.

• Xu Yuan ignored Miles’s dinner invitation and demanded the information Elder Yue had assigned him to gather.
• Miles explained that blacksmiths had discovered saltpeter and that the Spirit Hall branch had stored some after using it to make ice.
• Xu Yuan went to the branch warehouse, found a large stockpile, and learned that Lou Gao held nearly all the saltpeter and had exhausted the supply through overmining.
• Xu Yuan rejected Miles’s suggestion to seize the saltpeter and agreed to try buying it instead.
• Miles returned with news that the Blacksmith Association had refused Spirit Hall’s offer, so Xu Yuan summoned Gui Mei.

Lou Gao learned that the Blacksmith Association’s warehouse had been emptied of its Ice-Making Stones and, believing Spirit Hall was responsible, chose not to confront them. Si Long, Ren Lao, and Ren Yuan concealed the money left at the scene and planned to keep part of it for themselves.

• Lou Gao opened the door after Si Long, Ren Lao, and Ren Yuan reported that the association’s warehouse had been looted.
• Ren Lao told Lou Gao that the warehouse’s hundred thousand jin of Ice-Making Stones were missing, and Ren Yuan blamed Spirit Hall.
• Si Long stayed quiet about the Gold Soul Coins left at the scene, which the three men had already decided to conceal and divide.
• Lou Gao raged at Spirit Hall but gave up on seeking an explanation, saying the stolen goods were not valuable.
• Si Long offered to bring Lou Gao a courtesan queen from Yingxiang Pavilion, and Lou Gao shut the door on him.

Xu Yuan punished the corrupt Blacksmith Association by reporting its tax evasion and reassigned Miles to guard Slaughter Town, then returned to Spirit City and Xiaoqiu Village. Over the next three years, he expanded saltpeter and gunpowder production, recruited workers, and began forging alloys.

• Gui Mei reported the Blacksmith Association's corruption and handed Xu Yuan the saltpeter he had obtained.
• Xu Yuan chose not to attack the Blacksmith Association, instead having Miles report its tax evasion and transferring Miles to Slaughter Town for abusing his position.
• Xu Yuan returned to Spirit City with Hu Liena, visited Bibi Dong, and then went to Xiaoqiu Village to resume his work.
• Xu Yuan taught Xue Li and the others to produce gunpowder and propellant from saltpeter, sulfur, and charcoal, then expanded production by recruiting villagers.
• Xu Yuan began forging alloys into large steel plates using his elemental abilities, and three years passed.

At fifteen, Xu Yuan had reached the five-ring level as Moonlight Pavilion Hall and Spirit Hall grew influential across the continent. Bibi Dong sent Origin Team to Pope Mountain’s Holy Pool to temper their foundations, where Golden Crocodile Douluo brought them before a radiant statue of the Angel God.

• Xu Yuan had grown to over 1.8 meters tall, reached the five-ring level, and earned substantial profits from selling instant foods.
• Moonlight Pavilion Hall had expanded across the continent with its idol group, while Spirit Hall continued cracking down on evil Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong announced that Origin Team would represent Spirit Academy in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament and demanded that they win its five Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong told Origin Team about Spirit Hall’s Holy Pool and warned them to obey the rules at the summit and avoid provoking the old man there.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo stopped Yue Guan from accompanying the team and transported Origin Team to Pope Mountain’s summit.
• Origin Team saw a huge statue of the Angel God surrounded by golden motes dense with Soul Power.

Xu Yuan and the Origin Team cultivated in Spirit Hall’s Holy Pool for a month and a half, breaking through to higher soul ranks before preparing to seek new spirit rings. Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to escort them to the Star Dou Forest, while Qian Daoliu arranged secret protection from Qian Jun and Jiang Mo.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained the Holy Pool’s power and said the Great Elder had made an exception to let the Origin Team bathe and cultivate there.
• Xu Yuan and the other six entered the Holy Pool, where the holy water greatly increased their cultivation speed.
• After a month, Xu Yuan, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan reached the six-ring soul emperor realm, while Lin Yuwei, Yu Xian, and Xu Hu reached the five-ring soul king realm.
• The Origin Team spent another half month stabilizing their cultivation, then left the mountain to seek new spirit rings.
• Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to lead the team to the Star Dou Forest and arranged for Qian Jun and Jiang Mo to follow secretly as protection.

Xu Yuan and the Origin Team traveled to Star Dou Forest to obtain Spirit Rings, drawing attention from Spirit Hall’s enemies and prompting Bibi Dong to wait for them to take the bait. In the forest, the group encountered a dangerous Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose tail hook struck at Xu Yuan after Yue Guan’s attack.

• The Origin Team left Spirit City for Star Dou Forest with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo, and news of their journey spread across the continent.
• Bibi Dong learned that at least twelve spies were hidden in Spirit Hall and waited to see who would take the bait.
• Xie Yue, Yan, Xu Hu, and the others obtained suitable Spirit Rings while Xu Yuan and Hu Liena continued searching.
• Yue Guan sensed a soul beast domain, and the group was plunged into darkness before Xu Yuan used Element Deprivation to dispel it.
• The group saw a roughly fifty-thousand-year-old Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Yue Guan attacked it with his eighth Spirit Ring skill.
• The tiger’s tail hook shot through the smoke and stabbed toward Xu Yuan.

The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger dragged Xu Yuan and Origin Team into its Life and Death Arena, where their bodies and Soul Power reverted to childhood. As the tiger charged, Xu Yuan revealed a Desert Eagle and fired.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger struck at Xu Yuan, but Qianjun Douluo blocked its attack and wounded it with his Coiling Dragon Staff.
• The tiger opened a black vortex that sucked in itself and all seven members of Origin Team before vanishing from the Title Douluos’ sight.
• Xu Yuan and the others found themselves as children in the Life and Death Arena, unable to summon their Martial Souls or Spirit Rings.
• The arena announced that the fight would end only when one side was completely annihilated, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger charged at the team.
• Xu Yuan drew a Desert Eagle made by Xue Li, aimed at the charging tiger, and fired.

Xu Yuan killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with his firearms and began absorbing its Spirit Ring. In a strange starry palace, he received the first of the Nine Trials of Creation.

• Xu Yuan fired repeatedly at the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger until the beast died and the group returned to the Star Dou Forest.
• Xu Yuan took the glowing bead from the tiger's corpse, then began absorbing its Spirit Ring into the Elemental Canon.
• Xu Yuan endured the Spirit Ring's evil aura and found himself in a palace amid a starry sky.
• An aged voice told Xu Yuan to sit on the throne, where twelve lights gathered on his forehead and revealed the first Creation trial.
• The trial required Xu Yuan to absorb at least six Soul Bones and complete Soul Bone Armoring.

Xu Yuan discovered that the Asura God had accidentally brought him to the Douluo Continent along with Tang San, while the God of Creation had granted him a Nine Trials of Creation and a flower-shaped mark. After his companions recognized the mark as a sign of Divine Favor, Xu Yuan led them onward to find Hu Liena a Spirit Ring, using his new command over the elements to locate what they needed.

• Xu Yuan recalled that the Asura God had summoned Tang San and accidentally pulled him into the Douluo Continent, then received the Nine Trials of Creation from the God of Creation.
• Xu Yuan awoke beside Hu Liena with a flower-shaped mark on his forehead and six Spirit Rings, leaving Yue Guan and the others astonished by his changed presence.
• Qian Jun and Jiang Mo recognized Xu Yuan's aura as Divine Favor, a sign of being Chosen by a god.
• Xu Yuan postponed showing his sixth Spirit skill until Hu Liena obtained a Spirit Ring, and the group teased the two before setting off again.
• Xu Yuan used the mark to perceive the elements throughout the world and gather information about suitable spirit beasts.

Xu Yuan used the power of his inheritance mark to locate soul beasts for Hu Liena’s sixth Spirit Ring, then tested his strength against a fifty-thousand-year Rending Claw Bear with his new skill, Elemental Execution Ground. He emerged with the bear badly wounded, leaving the Origin Team amazed by his power.

• Xu Yuan led the Origin Team to a forty-five-thousand-year Snow Sable Fox, but Hu Liena rejected it as unsuitable for her sixth Spirit Ring.
• Xu Yuan found a fifty-thousand-year Rending Claw Bear, and Hu Liena chose it as her Spirit Ring target.
• Xu Yuan stopped his teammates from attacking so he could test his strength, then revealed that his Elemental Canon had evolved and displayed twelve Elemental Flowers.
• Xu Yuan activated his sixth Spirit Ring skill, Elemental Execution Ground, and trapped the Rending Claw Bear in a separate space.
• Xu Yuan attacked the bound bear with all twelve elemental attributes before the execution ground shattered, leaving the bear wounded and his teammates astonished.

Xu Yuan and the Spirit Hall group completed their Spirit Ring hunt and started back to Spirit City, but their return was ambushed by Tang Hao. The chapter ended as Tang Hao brought his enormous hammer down toward Xu Yuan, Xie Yue, and the others.

• Xu Yuan displayed the power of his new sixth Spirit Skill, then Hu Liena absorbed the Rending Claw Bear's Spirit Ring in less than two hours.
• Yue Guan warned Xie Yue, Yan, and the others not to underestimate the dangers awaiting them after graduation.
• The group left the forest and headed toward Spirit City, but an explosion forced Yue Guan to dodge and revealed an enemy ahead.
• Xu Yuan moved Hu Liena back and shielded the group as a second attacker, Tang Hao, emerged from the brush with his ninth Spirit Ring glowing.
• Tang Hao recognized Yue Guan and swung his enlarged hammer toward Xu Yuan, Xie Yue, and the others despite Yue Guan's plea to stop.