Chapter Summaries

Ni Huang used Ye Qifeng’s Immortal Grade Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to break through to level 95, then kissed him as her reward. After teasing him, she asked to meet his girlfriend Huo Wu and offered to teach her about Fire Attribute cultivation; Ye Qifeng left after telling her about Huo Wu.

• Ni Huang’s breakthrough to level 95 was sensed by Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and Gui Mei, but none investigated it.
• Ni Huang thanked Ye Qifeng for helping her surpass her talent limit and increase her lifespan, then kissed his forehead with her first kiss.
• Ni Huang teased Ye Qifeng by offering more kisses, and he dodged her before she could kiss him again.
• Ni Huang asked Ye Qifeng to bring Huo Wu to meet her and offered to share her Fire Attribute expertise, but he explained that Huo Wu had to remain in Blazing City.
• After Ye Qifeng left, Ni Huang recalled the kiss and smiled to herself.

Ye Qifeng helped the Spirit Hall Academy students, then met Bibi Dong before visiting the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu and the six other consecrators questioned him about Immortal Grade Herbs. He revealed that the herbs were in Bibi Dong’s hands, leaving the proud consecrators reluctant to ask her for them.

• Ye Qifeng gave Xiao Mingyue a compatible Immortal Grade Herb and continued teaching her, Xiao Riven, and Bai Chenxiang.
• Bibi Dong visited Ye Qifeng’s room, and the two woke together the next morning before he cleansed her negative emotions and suppressed the Rakshasa Evil Thought.
• Ye Qifeng went to the Pan-Continent Trade Alliance, where Yue Guan—newly advanced to level 96—took charge of its affairs.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Ni Huang, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, learned Ye Qifeng had enabled their breakthroughs, and later summoned Ye Qifeng to the Worship Hall.
• Ye Qifeng told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue had already received her suitable herb and told the other six consecrators to ask Bibi Dong for any herbs they wanted.
• The six consecrators hesitated to approach Bibi Dong and left without requesting herbs, while Ye Qifeng stayed silent about his plan for them to obey her in the future.

Ye Qifeng persuaded Golden Crocodile Douluo to guard the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well by offering an Immortal Grade Herb for his granddaughter and promising her a place at Spirit Hall Academy. Golden Crocodile accepted, though he would remain in Spirit City until Jin Yue'er settled into the academy.

• Ye Qifeng explained the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s importance and asked Golden Crocodile to guard it, but Golden Crocodile initially refused because he needed to care for Jin Yue'er.
• Ye Qifeng revealed that an Immortal Grade Herb suited to Jin Yue'er’s Golden Crocodile Martial Soul could help her evolve, and offered to obtain it for her.
• Ye Qifeng said the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might help Golden Crocodile break through to rank 99, and Qian Daoliu urged him to accept the guarding duty.
• Ye Qifeng suggested enrolling Jin Yue'er at Spirit Hall Academy with Rui Wen, Mingyue, and Bai Chenxiang, and said Golden Crocodile could wait until she had adjusted before departing.
• Golden Crocodile decided Jin Yue'er needed to grow beyond his protection and accepted the task of guarding the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Jin Yue'er joined Spirit Hall Academy after her Golden Crocodile Martial Soul evolved, where she became rivals with Mingyue. A month later, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan returned from the Death Training Camp and reported to Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena suspected Ye Qifeng had returned to Spirit City.

• Ye Qifeng persuaded Jin E to forgive Yue Guan and give him responsibility for Spirit Hall's medicinal herbs and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Jin Yue'er consumed an Immortal Grade Herb, evolved her martial soul into the Golden Crocodile King, and enrolled at Spirit Hall Advanced Spirit Master Academy.
• Jin Yue'er tried to play tricks on Rui Wen, Mingyue, and Bai Chenxiang, but Mingyue fought back and became her rival.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan returned to Spirit City after training at the Death Training Camp and wondered whether Ye Qifeng had come back.
• The three reported their training results to Bibi Dong and found Gui Mei at the Pope Palace, leading Hu Liena to suspect Ye Qifeng had returned.

After Hu Liena returned to Spirit City, she reunited with Ye Qifeng, who gave her a rare herb that could evolve her fox Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Hu Liena holding the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox Grass, ready to consume it.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena about Ye Qifeng and urged her to contend with the women around him, leaving Hu Liena distressed.
• After returning to Spirit City, Ye Qifeng focused on cultivation and teaching while waiting for Hu Liena to come back.
• Hu Liena visited Ye Qifeng at Holy Son Palace, and they reunited after more than two years apart.
• Ye Qifeng explained that he had waited to surprise Hu Liena and had planned to find her if she stayed away longer.
• Ye Qifeng gave Hu Liena the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox Grass and explained that it could evolve her Demon Fox Martial Soul.

With Ye Qifeng’s help, Hu Liena evolved her Martial Soul by absorbing the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox Grass, while Xie Yue and Yan also gained strength from Immortal Grade Herbs. Ye Qifeng secured the Spirit-Condensing Wisdom Skull for Hu Liena, and a year later she returned to death training as Bibi Dong drove Spirit Hall’s reforms forward.

• Hu Liena absorbed the Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox Grass, evolving her Demon Fox into a Nine-Tailed Immortal Fox and greatly strengthening her Spiritual Power.
• Ye Qifeng gave Immortal Grade Herbs to Xie Yue and Yan, then took Hu Liena out to spend time together; the siblings lost their Yao Mei Martial Soul Fusion Skill after her Martial Soul changed.
• Gui Mei led Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan to hunt their Fourth Spirit Rings, and Hu Liena absorbed a ring close to the Ten-Thousand-Year level.
• Ye Qifeng obtained the Spirit-Condensing Wisdom Skull from Spirit Hall and gave it to Hu Liena to absorb, keeping it out of Tang San’s hands.
• Over the following year, Ye Qifeng trained and helped Bibi Dong with Spirit Hall affairs, while Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan returned to the Death Training Camp.
• Bibi Dong continued political reforms and worked to eliminate corruption as Spirit Hall’s factions increasingly supported her decrees.

Spirit Hall expanded its economic and military power while Ye Qifeng established the Martial Soul Special Forces under his command. A year later, Ye Qifeng reached level 62 after absorbing a Sixth Spirit Ring from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, which he had hunted with Ni Huang’s help in the Star Dou Forest.

• The Martial Soul Hall Pan-Continent Trade Alliance gained control over much of Heaven Dou’s economy and expanded more cautiously in Star Luo despite imperial resistance.
• Bibi Dong formed the Martial Soul Special Forces and gave Ye Qifeng command of the unit, which he spent the latter half of the year organizing.
• Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang entered the Star Dou Forest to find a Sixth Spirit Ring, then withdrew from the Mixed Area to escape beast tides triggered by fighting in the Core Area.
• Ye Qifeng recognized that the Sky Azure Bull Python Daming and Titan Giant Ape Er'ming were fighting the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and decided to hunt the wounded tiger for his Sixth Spirit Ring.
• Ye Qifeng successfully absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Spirit Ring and became a level 62 Soul Emperor.

Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang hunted down the wounded Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Ye Qifeng absorbed its Spirit Ring and refined its black pearl. While they camped near Star Dou Forest’s border before traveling to Star Luo City, an injured Zhu Zhuqing collapsed near Ye Qifeng, and Zhu Zhuyun attacked him from a tree.

• Ni Huang agreed to help Ye Qifeng hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and they found it fleeing through the Mixed Area.
• Ni Huang evaded the tiger and battered it with ranged Spirit Skills while Ye Qifeng targeted its wounds with Dark Moon of the Black Blade.
• Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger; Ye Qifeng absorbed its Spirit Ring and captured its black pearl for the Yin-Yang Space.
• Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang camped near the Star Luo empire’s border, and Ni Huang left to investigate signs of Spirit Masters fighting nearby.
• A bloodied Zhu Zhuqing collapsed beside Ye Qifeng’s camp, and Zhu Zhuyun attacked him as he went to check on her.
• Ye Qifeng recognized Zhu Zhuyun and identified the injured girl as Zhu Zhuqing.

Zhu Zhuyun attacked Ye Qifeng to reclaim her younger sister, Zhu Zhuqing, but could not break through his defenses. After learning Zhu Zhuqing was badly injured, Ye Qifeng evaded Zhu Zhuyun’s strongest attack and knocked her unconscious.

• Zhu Zhuyun watched Ye Qifeng tend to the injured Zhu Zhuqing and demanded that he hand her over.
• When Ye Qifeng checked Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries, Zhu Zhuyun accused him of groping her and launched repeated attacks.
• Ye Qifeng effortlessly blocked Zhu Zhuyun’s Hell Stab and Hell Hundred Claws while explaining that he was stopping Zhu Zhuqing’s bleeding.
• Zhu Zhuyun used Nether Slash after her other attacks failed, but Ye Qifeng evaded it and appeared behind her.
• Ye Qifeng struck the back of Zhu Zhuyun’s neck, knocking her unconscious.

Ye Qifeng treated the badly wounded Zhu Zhuqing and kept both sisters by the campfire while Ni Huang went to turn away the approaching Star Luo Zhu Family guards. Zhu Zhuyun woke, accused Ye Qifeng of being a lecher, and learned that he had treated her sister without harming either of them.

• Ye Qifeng placed the unconscious Zhu Zhuyun beside the campfire, treated Zhu Zhuqing’s wounds with a medicinal leaf, and covered both sisters with his robes.
• Ni Huang identified the sisters as Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing, teased Ye Qifeng about taking them home, and later went to drive away the two approaching groups at his request.
• Zhu Zhuyun woke and assumed a defensive stance, then checked herself and found that Ye Qifeng had not touched her.
• Ye Qifeng warned Zhu Zhuyun not to attack and pointed out that Zhu Zhuqing had recovered from her injuries.
• Zhu Zhuyun saw that Zhu Zhuqing was safe, breathed a quiet sigh of relief, and coldly asked who had wanted Ye Qifeng to treat her.

Ye Qifeng treated Zhu Zhuqing’s injuries and refused Zhu Zhuyun’s demand to take her away, learning that the sisters were trapped in a deadly heirship struggle. After Zhu Zhuyun left, Zhu Zhuqing woke and prepared to depart, but Ye Qifeng warned her that the Star Dou Forest was too dangerous for her to cross alone.

• Ye Qifeng pointed out that Zhu Zhuyun had injured Zhu Zhuqing without striking any vital spots and suspected she did not truly want her sister dead.
• Zhu Zhuyun demanded that Ye Qifeng hand over Zhu Zhuqing, but he refused to decide for her while she was unconscious.
• Zhu Zhuyun revealed her name to Ye Qifeng, threatened him, and left with his coat after deciding Zhu Zhuqing might be safer away from the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Zhuqing woke, summoned her Hell Spirit Cat, and found that her injuries had healed; Ye Qifeng told her he had saved her and that Zhu Zhuyun had left.
• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Qifeng and tried to leave, but he urged her to stay because the Star Dou Forest was dangerous, especially at night.

Ye Qifeng persuaded the injured Zhu Zhuqing to stay with him overnight in the Star Dou Forest, fed her, and learned why she had been hunted by her sister. Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Zhu Family’s succession rules forced her and Zhu Zhuyun into a fight to the death, leaving her future uncertain.

• Ye Qifeng reassured Zhu Zhuqing that Zhu Zhuyun could not harm him and persuaded her to remain with him until they could leave the Star Dou Forest together.
• Ye Qifeng gave Zhu Zhuqing his coat and shared roasted Soft Bone Rabbit and fruit juice with her beside the campfire.
• Zhu Zhuqing introduced herself, learned Ye Qifeng’s name, and agreed to call him Big Brother Ye.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Qifeng that she had fled toward the Heaven Dou Empire but Zhu Zhuyun had pursued her and tried to kill her.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the Zhu Family’s succession rules made her and Zhu Zhuyun rivals who had to fight for inheritance and survival.

Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Qifeng about her family’s succession struggle, her betrothal to Dai Mubai, and her failed escape toward the Heaven Dou Empire. Ye Qifeng urged her to reject the fate imposed on her and seek the strength to claim her freedom, leaving Zhu Zhuqing inspired by the possibility of changing her life.

• Zhu Zhuqing explained that she had been isolated by her family since becoming a succession candidate and described the deadly rivalry with her sister, Zhu Zhuyun.
• Zhu Zhuqing said her fiancé, Dai Mubai, had fled to the Heaven Dou Empire, leaving her to face Zhu Zhuyun and Dai Weisi alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ye Qifeng that she had planned to cross the Star Dou Forest to find Dai Mubai but had been caught by her sister and injured.
• Ye Qifeng advised Zhu Zhuqing to return to her family for now, since she was too weak to travel safely, and Zhu Zhuqing planned to cultivate before trying again.
• Ye Qifeng told Zhu Zhuqing that family rules and fate could be changed, and that great strength could let her gain the freedom she longed for.

Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, and Zhu Zhuqing left their camp and traveled toward the edge of the Star Dou Forest, where they encountered a young girl fighting a Saber-Toothed Tiger with a Fangtian Halberd. Ye Qifeng recognized the unusual weapon but could not recall why it seemed familiar.

• Zhu Zhuqing thanked Ye Qifeng for listening to her, and Ni Huang returned after secretly watching them from the shadows.
• Ni Huang teased Ye Qifeng about Zhu Zhuyun and shared roasted rabbit with him, leaving Zhu Zhuqing puzzled by their closeness.
• Ni Huang kept watch while Zhu Zhuqing slept safely, and the three set out for the forest's edge the next morning.
• Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, and Zhu Zhuqing followed the sounds of battle and found a young girl fighting a five-to-six-hundred-year-old Saber-Toothed Tiger.
• The girl used a black-red Fangtian Halberd and held her own against the tiger, prompting Ye Qifeng to wonder why the weapon seemed familiar.

Ye Qifeng recognized the girl wielding the Fangtian Halberd as Feng Xian, the feminized Lu Bu, after she and Zhu Zhuqing teamed up to kill a Saber-Toothed Tiger. He and Ni Huang decided to recruit the talented girl for Spirit Hall.

• Feng Xian fought the Saber-Toothed Tiger with her Fangtian Halberd while Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang watched from a tree and assessed her talent.
• Ye Qifeng sent Zhu Zhuqing to help Feng Xian, and Zhu Zhuqing injured the Saber-Toothed Tiger with Hell Stab.
• Feng Xian and Zhu Zhuqing worked together, with Feng Xian exposing the tiger's abdomen and Zhu Zhuqing killing it with Hell Hundred Claws.
• Feng Xian introduced herself to Zhu Zhuqing, and Ye Qifeng confirmed she was the girl from his memories, the feminized Lu Bu.

Feng Xian explained how her family’s fall from noble status left her and her sick mother struggling to survive, prompting her to enter the Star Dou Forest alone to gather medicinal herbs. Hearing her story made Zhu Zhuqing question the family rules that forced her to compete with Zhu Zhuyun, though she still resolved to try to defeat her sister.

• Feng Xian thanked Zhu Zhuqing for helping kill the Saber-Toothed Tiger and explained that she had entered the Star Dou Forest to gather herbs for her ill mother.
• Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang introduced themselves, and Ye Qifeng invited Feng Xian to leave the forest with them.
• Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, Zhu Zhuqing, and Feng Xian reached the forest’s edge safely and rented a carriage.
• Feng Xian told them that her family had fallen from nobility, leaving her and her mother poor, isolated, and struggling with her mother’s illness.
• Zhu Zhuqing compared Feng Xian’s family’s fate with her own rivalry with Zhu Zhuyun and began questioning whether she had to obey her family’s rules.

After helping Zhu Zhuqing return to the Nether Duke Mansion, Ye Qifeng gave her a Spirit Hall Holy Son Token and a Storage Spirit Tool Ring so she could seek protection or refuge if needed. He then continued with Ni Huang and Feng Xian toward Feng Xian’s home, carrying a supreme grade herb to treat her mother.

• Feng Xian invited Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, and Zhu Zhuqing to visit her home, but Zhu Zhuqing declined to avoid drawing Feng Xian and her mother into the Zhu Family’s conflict.
• Ye Qifeng showed Feng Xian a supreme grade herb and promised it could cure her mother’s physical illness, and Feng Xian agreed to take him to her home.
• Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, and Feng Xian escorted Zhu Zhuqing to the Nether Duke Mansion, where Ye Qifeng gave her his Holy Son Token and a Storage Spirit Tool Ring.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the token despite the danger of being suspected of treason, and she returned to the Nether Duke Mansion after saying goodbye to Ye Qifeng.
• As they continued toward Feng Xian’s home, Ni Huang asked Ye Qifeng for a ring, and Ye Qifeng gave one to her and another to Feng Xian.

Zhu Zhuqing returned to the Nether Duke Mansion and clashed with Zhu Zhuyun, while Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang saved Feng Xian’s mother, recruited Feng Xian, and set out with her family. Their journey ended at Gengxin City, where they intended to bring the Metal Capital under Spirit Hall’s control.

• Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing, who rejected her questions and walked away, while Zhu Zhuyun recognized Ye Qifeng’s coat on her sister and cursed him for returning Zhu Zhuqing to the family.
• Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang visited Feng Xian’s home, healed Qin Lan with Supreme Grade Herbs, and invited Feng Xian to join Spirit Hall and travel to Spirit City with her mother.
• Feng Xian agreed to go after Ye Qifeng promised to take Qin Lan along, and he arranged for Qin Lan to care for the plants in Yue Guan’s courtyard.
• Ye Qifeng gave Feng Xian an Immortal Grade Herb, evolving her Fangtian Halberd Martial Soul into a Super Martial Soul and awakening her Demon God Power.
• Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, Feng Xian, and Qin Lan left Star Luo City after Feng Xian obtained her Second Spirit Ring, heading for Gengxin City instead of Spirit City.

Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang arrived in Gengxin City with Qin Lan and Feng Xian, then met with the city’s Spirit Hall bishop and headed to the Blacksmith Association Headquarters to meet Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao. Ye Qifeng planned to draw Lou Gao out with items he had prepared, aiming to gain the blacksmith’s support and access to the association’s metal resources.

• Ye Qifeng guided Feng Xian’s cultivation and taught her combat and Martial Soul skills during the month-long journey to Gengxin City.
• Ye Qifeng, Ni Huang, Qin Lan, and Feng Xian entered Gengxin City and traveled through its metalworking districts to the Main Martial Soul Hall.
• The group met Bishop Chris, who had replaced the corrupt former bishop Miles after Spirit Hall’s purge, and Ye Qifeng obtained information and arranged lodging for Qin Lan and Feng Xian.
• Chris accompanied Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang to the Blacksmith Association Headquarters and explained its floors and Lou Gao’s reclusive habits.
• Ye Qifeng said he had a way to make Lou Gao meet him, intending to win over the Divine Blacksmith and gain influence over the association’s blacksmiths and metal resources.

Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang visited the Blacksmith Association to meet Divine Blacksmith Lou Gao. Ye Qifeng showed Lou Gao a blueprint for a Soul Sleeve Arrow, leaving the blacksmith stunned and eager to examine the lost Soul Tool design.

• Chris led Ye Qifeng and Ni Huang through the Blacksmith Association to meet Lou Gao, with Si Long guiding them upstairs.
• Si Long and Si Yu learned that the visitors were Spirit Hall's Holy Son and a Title Douluo Elder, then allowed them into the association's upper floors.
• Si Long interrupted Lou Gao's work to announce the visitors, and Lou Gao emerged from his forging room to meet them.
• Ye Qifeng presented his Holy Son Token, which Lou Gao inspected and praised for its exceptional forging.
• Ye Qifeng handed Lou Gao a detailed blueprint for a Soul Sleeve Arrow, and Lou Gao reacted with shock and excitement at seeing the lost Soul Tool design.