Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian gave Zhu Zhuqing two cultivation arts and suggested they try dual cultivation together at the waterfall, then began training in a gravity region. Meanwhile, Ah Yin struggled with her feelings for Xiao Tian and wondered whether she should finally act on them.

• Xiao Tian passed Zhu Zhuqing the Yin Yang Dual Cultivation art and the Nine Nether Profound Nether Art, explaining their benefits and lack of side effects.
• Xiao Tian suggested that he and Zhu Zhuqing try dual cultivation at the waterfall that night, embarrassing her before he left.
• Xiao Tian found a suitable gravity region and began cultivating.
• Ah Yin recalled hearing Xiao Tian’s intimate moments with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing, which stirred unfamiliar feelings in her.
• Ah Yin considered confessing her feelings but hesitated because she felt unworthy of Xiao Tian and worried about his other relationships.

After eight months of cultivation in the Spirit Time House, Xiao Tian reached Soul Power Level 70 and prepared to attempt his first Qi and Blood Soul Ring. Zhu Zhuqing had reached Level 60 and chose to wait for Xiao Tian’s experiment before forming her own Sixth Soul Ring; the chapter ended as Xiao Tian took out the pills needed for his attempt.

• Xiao Tian raised his Soul Power from Level 66 to Level 70 while Zhu Zhuqing advanced from Level 55 to Level 60.
• When Zhu Zhuqing reached Level 60, she refused to absorb a God-given Soul Ring and decided to wait until Xiao Tian’s experiment was complete before trying to condense her Sixth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian considered replacing his existing Soul Rings with Qi and Blood Soul Rings, since he thought some of his current Soul Skills did not suit his sword cultivation.
• Beside the waterfall, Zhu Zhuqing and Ah Yin watched nervously as Xiao Tian prepared to condense his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian took out specially refined Qi and Blood Pills and Soul Gathering Pills, intending to use the high-quality pills for his attempt.

Xiao Tian used Qi and Blood Pills and Soul Gathering Pills to condense his Seventh Soul Ring while Zhu Zhuqing and Ah Yin guarded him. He succeeded in creating a two-hundred-thousand-year Crimson-Gold Qi and Blood Soul Ring, while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong waited anxiously outside the Demon Suppressing Pagoda.

• Xiao Tian swallowed Qi and Blood Pills and Soul Gathering Pills, guiding their energy to form his Seventh Soul Ring as Zhu Zhuqing and Ah Yin watched over him.
• Xiao Wu sensed that Xiao Tian might be condensing his soul ring and woke; she and Ning Rongrong met and went to the Demon Suppressing Pagoda to keep watch.
• Xiao Tian’s Seventh Soul Ring formed as a Crimson-Gold ring with an age of two hundred thousand years.
• Xiao Tian gained a Seventh Soul Ring that granted only Martial Soul Avatar, providing the powerful amplification he had sought.

After successfully condensing a golden, two-hundred-thousand-year Blood Essence Soul Ring, Xiao Tian explained its powerful Martial Soul True Body skill to Zhu Zhuqing and Ah Yin. He then realized that sharing the method could let Soul Masters repeatedly raise their soul rings’ ages to potentially million-year levels, upsetting the balance between Soul Masters and soul beasts.

• Zhu Zhuqing helped Xiao Tian up after he finished condensing his Seventh Soul Ring and asked how he felt.
• Xiao Tian explained that the golden ring’s color reflected his sword martial soul and that Martial Soul True Body increased his sharpness, attack power, and Mental Power tenfold, made his attacks ignore defense, and halved Soul Power consumption.
• Xiao Tian told Zhu Zhuqing that he could pass on his method for condensing a Blood Essence Soul Ring, and she said she still wanted to try despite receiving no additional Soul Power from it.
• Xiao Tian realized that Blood Essence Soul Rings could grow stronger each time a Soul Master gained ten levels, making it dangerous to pass on the ordinary condensing method.
• Xiao Tian conjectured that replacing his existing rings could raise them to million-year ages and let him rival a Third-Class God or even a Second-Class God as a Soul Saint.

Xiao Tian learned that Blood Essence Soul Rings produced extreme growth mainly for those with powerful bloodlines, easing his fear that they would destabilize the balance between Soul Masters and soul beasts. He agreed to help Zhu Zhuqing test the method while wondering whether he should pass it on more widely.

• Xiao Tian asked the system whether Blood Essence Soul Rings could let Soul Masters grow overwhelmingly powerful, and the system explained that bloodline quality determined the gains.
• Xiao Tian realized Lan Xuanyu’s Dragon God bloodline explained his extraordinary growth, while most Soul Masters would need rare medicines to strengthen their bloodlines.
• Xiao Tian concluded that restricting the prices of Qi and Blood Potions, Qi and Blood Pills, and Soul Gathering Pills could discourage indiscriminate soul-beast hunting.
• Ah Yin was reassured that Blood Essence Soul Rings would not make ordinary Soul Masters grow like Lan Xuanyu, though Xiao Tian still lacked experimental samples.
• Zhu Zhuqing volunteered to test the method, and Xiao Tian taught her how to condense a Blood Essence Soul Ring and promised to guard her as she formed her Sixth Soul Ring the next day.
• Xiao Tian questioned whether he should teach the growth-type method more broadly, since it could widen the strength gap between Soul Masters.

Zhu Zhuqing successfully condensed a sixty-thousand-year Sixth Soul Ring, which triggered her Hell Spirit Cat to evolve into the Netherworld Empress. She learned that the evolved Martial Soul was a Super Martial Soul and revealed her new Sixth Spirit Skill, Netherworld Transformation.

• With Xiao Tian guiding and protecting her, Zhu Zhuqing condensed a sixty-thousand-year Sixth Soul Ring.
• As Zhu Zhuqing's Martial Soul began to evolve, Xiao Tian told her to circulate the Nine Nether Profound Nether Art to ease the transformation.
• Zhu Zhuqing's Hell Spirit Cat transformed into a humanoid Martial Soul that she named the Netherworld Empress.
• Xiao Tian explained that the Netherworld Empress was a Super Martial Soul, between a top-tier Martial Soul and a God Level Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Xiao Tian that Netherworld Transformation amplified her speed, attack, and defense by two hundred percent and removed all control effects.

Zhu Zhuqing demonstrated the Profound Nether Domain, which let her weaken opponents and shift through darkness, while Xiao Tian identified how it worked. Zhu Zhuqing noticed Ah Yin’s feelings for Xiao Tian and left them alone, giving them a chance to speak privately.

• Zhu Zhuqing showed Xiao Tian and Ah Yin her Profound Nether Domain, which darkened the area, weakened their senses, and let her move through the darkness.
• Xiao Tian deduced that Zhu Zhuqing could shift to any place within her domain, then caught her before she could move away.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that shifting consumed Soul Power but could serve as a life-saving ability as long as her opponent could not break her domain.
• Ah Yin felt like an outsider after watching Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing, and Xiao Tian invited her closer.
• Zhu Zhuqing recognized Ah Yin’s feelings, stepped on Xiao Tian’s foot to get his attention, and left to cultivate so he and Ah Yin could be alone.

Xiao Tian confessed his feelings to Ah Yin and asked her to become his girlfriend, and she accepted before he could finish speaking. Ah Yin still worried he might reject her because of her past, while Xiao Tian felt only affection and heartache for her.

• Zhu Zhuqing left Xiao Tian and Ah Yin alone, and Ah Yin shyly avoided Xiao Tian's gaze.
• Xiao Tian took Ah Yin's hand, interlaced their fingers, and asked her to be his girlfriend.
• Ah Yin immediately accepted, then asked whether Xiao Tian truly did not mind her past.
• Ah Yin recalled how she had planned to remain Xiao Tian's Soul Spirit because she believed she was unworthy of him.
• Xiao Tian understood that Ah Yin feared his rejection and felt that he could accept her as she was.

Xiao Tian reassured Ah Yin that he accepted her past, and the two became closer after he kissed her and she kissed him back. After their final four months in the Spirit Time House, Zhu Zhuqing reached level sixty-four and Xiao Tian reached level seventy-one and a half, leaving him ready to test replacing his first six soul rings with Blood Essence Soul Rings.

• Xiao Tian reflected on why he did not judge Ah Yin for her past and decided he would rather cooperate with Qian Renxue than Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Tian pulled Ah Yin close and kissed her, and Ah Yin eventually returned his kiss.
• Xiao Tian told Ah Yin that she was his, and she later rested in his embrace beside the waterfall as they thanked Zhuqing for bringing them together.
• Zhu Zhuqing secretly sensed Xiao Tian and Ah Yin together, felt relieved, and returned to cultivation.
• The final four months in the Spirit Time House passed, and Zhu Zhuqing reached level sixty-four while Xiao Tian reached level seventy-one and a half.
• After leaving the Spirit Time House, Xiao Tian prepared to replace his first six soul rings with Blood Essence Soul Rings.

Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing returned from seclusion after successfully condensing Blood Essence Soul Rings, and Xiao Tian explained the method’s drawbacks and his plans for restricting it. He intended to develop a fixed-ring version for general use while reserving the growth-type method for an approved successor.

• Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing revealed their newly condensed soul rings, and Xiao Tian confirmed that both had succeeded.
• Xiao Tian told the sect leaders that Blood Essence Soul Rings grew stronger as their users advanced, which could upset the balance between Soul Masters and soul beasts.
• Dugu Bo recognized that Xiao Tian’s golden Seventh Soul Ring exceeded two hundred thousand years and learned that Xiao Tian expected to surpass Half-God strength soon.
• Yang Wudi said he had gathered more blood from Tai Tan and Niu Tian to prepare Qi and Blood Pills and Soul Gathering Pills for Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian promised Da Ming and Er Ming Immortal Herbs to compensate them for donating blood.
• Xiao Tian agreed with Xiao Wu that he would create a fixed-ring condensation method for wider use and reserve the growth-type method for an approved future Sect Master.

Xiao Tian explained why the method for condensing growable Blood Essence Soul Rings had to remain restricted, then asked Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin about the Star Dou Great Forest Central Area. Da Ming and Er Ming revealed that the true core area held several Ferocious Beasts, leaving Xiao Tian to consider what threats lived there.

• Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi declined to learn the growable Blood Essence Soul Ring method, saying it should be reserved for the Vice Sect Masters and asking only for the ordinary condensation method.
• Xiao Tian explained that widespread use of the secret technique could create powerful Soul Masters who might upset the balance between humans and soul beasts, and the group understood the danger.
• After the meeting, Xiao Tian kept Da Ming, Er Ming, Xiao Wu, and Ah Yin behind and asked what they knew about the Star Dou Great Forest Central Area.
• Da Ming explained that he, Er Ming, and Xiao Wu had once guarded what humans called the core area, while the true central area contained rarer soul beasts and Ferocious Beasts.
• Da Ming and Er Ming recounted encountering several Ferocious Beasts near the Lake of Life and escaping because Da Ming had True Dragon Bloodline; Xiao Tian suspected the bear and three-headed beast were Bear Monarch and Scarlet King.

Xiao Tian planned his future visits to the Far North and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then condensed a Mental Soul Core with Da Ming, Er Ming, and Ah Yin guarding him. After his power increased, Er Ming asked whether soul beasts could condense soul cores too.

• Xiao Tian told Da Ming and Er Ming he would wait until he became a Titled Douluo before negotiating with the Soul Beast Sovereign, and asked them to help him condense a Mental Soul Core.
• Xiao Tian decided to visit the Far North first, then bury the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings and seek recognition from the dragons in Dragon Valley.
• Xiao Tian told Xiao Wu to prepare with Rongrong to use the Blood Essence Soul Ring method for Xiao Wu’s Sixth Soul Ring.
• Xiao Tian condensed a Mental Soul Core while Da Ming, Er Ming, and Ah Yin protected him, raising his Soul Power from rank seventy-one to rank seventy-four.
• Er Ming asked Xiao Tian whether the three Soul Spirits could condense soul cores as well.

Xiao Tian explained that Er Ming and the others would need far greater cultivation before they could attempt to condense Yin Yang Soul Cores. Meanwhile, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong teased Zhu Zhuqing about her relationship with Xiao Tian, learning that she had seduced him on their first day together inside the Spirit Time House.

• Xiao Tian told Er Ming that a Yin Yang Soul Core would require at least six or seven hundred thousand years of cultivation, so Er Ming set aside his hopes of forming one for now.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong prepared clothes and dry rations for their upcoming cultivation, and Zhu Zhuqing told them about the waterfall and lake inside.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong cornered Zhu Zhuqing and asked whether she had bathed with Xiao Tian while they were alone.
• Zhu Zhuqing admitted that she had seduced Xiao Tian on their first day inside the Spirit Time House, first while bathing and then in a revealing nightdress.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong reacted with surprise and envy before Xiao Tian knocked on Zhu Zhuqing's door and the three girls hurried to straighten their clothes.

Xiao Tian set up a Two Forms Sword Formation to protect the sect, then entered seclusion with Ah Yin and began shattering and condensing his Soul Rings. He left off as his first Blood Essence Soul Ring began to form.

• Xiao Tian received the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo and realized Sword Fifteen, the embryo, and the Xuanyuan Sword Sheath could eventually combine into the Xuanyuan Sword.
• Xiao Tian arranged Formation Stones around the sect and placed the Xuanyuan Sword Embryo at the formation’s center as its Formation Eye.
• Xiao Tian, Da Ming, and Er Ming entered seclusion while the Medicine Hall worked in shifts to prepare more pills.
• Ah Yin stayed beside Xiao Tian as he shattered all his Soul Rings except his seventh, leaving him injured before his healing technique restored him.
• Xiao Tian swallowed Soul Gathering Pills and Qi and Blood Pills, and his first Blood Essence Soul Ring began to condense.

Xiao Tian condensed his First Soul Ring, raising it and his Seventh Soul Ring to three hundred thousand years and gaining a powerful Soul skill. Meanwhile, Da Ming and Er Ming evolved, survived their Two Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation, and returned to help supply pills for Xiao Tian, who remained in seclusion.

• Xiao Tian condensed his First Soul Ring to three hundred thousand years, and his Seventh Soul Ring rose to the same age.
• Xiao Tian gained the First Soul Skill Soul, which amplified his Soul Power tenfold or twelvefold in a crisis.
• Da Ming evolved into a Sky Azure Divine Dragon, while Er Ming became a Titan Divine Ape and gained greater control over gravity.
• Da Ming and Er Ming faced their simultaneous Two Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation and defeated it with their dragon and gravity powers.
• Da Ming and Er Ming asked Dugu Bo about Xiao Tian, then agreed to provide more blood for pills to support his cultivation.

Xiao Tian spent nearly a month in seclusion condensing his Blood Essence Soul Ring while the sect’s disciples trained and Da Ming and Er Ming supplied blood for pills. He emerged with overwhelming power, dispersed Ah Yin’s Two Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation with one Sword Qi strike, and thanked the Medicine Hall for its work.

• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Dugu Yan, and Bai Chenxiang left the Spirit Time House with greatly increased strength, and Bai Chenxiang also benefited from an Immortal Herb.
• Ah Yin ordered another round of Spirit Time House training for the girls, including Ye Lingling, whose Nine Heart Begonia martial soul was recognized as a powerful healing ability.
• The girls completed their further training, reaching levels 66 for Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong, 69 for Zhu Zhuqing, 65 for Dugu Yan, 57 for Ye Lingling, and 51 for Bai Chenxiang.
• Da Ming and Er Ming continued giving blood for Xiao Tian’s Qi and Blood Pills while Yang Wudi and Dugu Bo worked to prepare pills for the sect.
• Xiao Tian emerged from seclusion amid a burst of Sword Qi, and Ah Yin’s delayed Two Hundred Thousand Year Heavenly Tribulation appeared.
• Xiao Tian pierced the tribulation lightning and scattered its cloud with a single Sword Qi strike, then greeted the others and thanked Dugu Bo and Yang Wudi for the Medicine Hall’s work.

After a month in seclusion, Xiao Tian revealed that his seven Soul Rings had all reached the eight-hundred-thousand-year limit and explained the hierarchy of gods and the Dragon God's divided halves. He learned of major political changes and the Clear Sky Sect's return, then prepared to help the relocated Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Xiao Tian showed his seven brilliant-gold Soul Rings and said he could defeat a Second-Class God, or kill an ordinary First-Class God with his secret technique.
• Xiao Tian told the group that the Dragon God's surviving half was recovering in the Star Dou Great Forest's Central Area and that Di Tian temporarily served as Soul Beast Sovereign.
• Bai He reported that Xue Qinghe had died in a spirit beast riot, Xue Beng had become crown prince, and Xue Ye had fallen into a coma after learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had relocated near Shushan.
• Xiao Tian asked Niu Gao to oversee the construction of the new Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect site.
• Bai He reported that the Clear Sky Sect had emerged, named Tang San its Young Sect Master, and reached an agreement to support the Star Luo Empire.

Xiao Tian dismissed concerns about the coming war and prepared to leave the sect, while Xiao Wu suggested using the Spirit Time House to speed up Lou Gao’s Battle Armor work. That night, Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong hid in Xiao Tian’s wardrobe as Zhu Zhuqing arrived, leaving all three women watching Xiao Tian and Zhu Zhuqing together.

• Bai He warned Xiao Tian that Spirit Hall had founded an empire and that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires were preparing for war, but Xiao Tian told the sect to focus on its strength and outlined how they would resist a siege.
• Xiao Tian told Dugu Bo and the others to use poison and long-range attacks against any army that surrounded the sect.
• Xiao Wu asked to leave with Xiao Tian, but he told her to stay behind and suggested she and Ning Rongrong help protect the sect until Lou Gao finished their Battle Armor.
• Xiao Wu proposed that Lou Gao forge the Battle Armor inside the Spirit Time House, then hid in Xiao Tian’s wardrobe when Ning Rongrong came to see him.
• Ning Rongrong asked to go with Xiao Tian, but after he refused, she kissed him and hid in the wardrobe, where she discovered Xiao Wu.
• Zhu Zhuqing arrived and teased Xiao Tian about being too tired after seclusion; he carried her to the bed while Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong watched from the wardrobe.

Xiao Tian arranged a night with Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong, then helped Lou Gao prepare to use the Spirit Time House to forge Battle Armor. Bo Saixi arrived with the Sea God's offer of an apology and a divine inheritance, and the chapter ended as the Sea God appeared through her.

• Xiao Tian persuaded Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and Ning Rongrong to spend the night with him, and the four left his room close to noon.
• Xiao Tian told Lou Gao about the Spirit Time House and placed a golden sword mark on him so he could enter repeatedly and finish forging Battle Armor.
• Xiao Tian sensed powerful Mental Power and discovered that Bo Saixi had come to see him.
• Bo Saixi told Xiao Tian that the Sea God and Asura God had given up on Tang San and offered Xiao Tian the Asura inheritance without requiring him to pass Hell Road.
• Xiao Tian questioned the Sea God's sincerity and asked him to speak directly, prompting the Sea God's divine consciousness to appear behind Bo Saixi.

Xiao Tian negotiated with the Sea God over Qian Renxue’s trial and the future Asura inheritance, then questioned Bo Saixi about Tang Chen. Bo Saixi rejected the idea of reuniting with Tang Chen, and Xiao Tian let her leave while warning her not to threaten his sect.

• Xiao Tian learned that Tang Chen had become the Slaughter King after the Nine-Headed Blood Bat parasitized him and that the Sea God had helped the Asura God abandon Tang San as an heir.
• Xiao Tian showed the Sea God his seven self-condensed golden soul rings and agreed to reconcile if the Sea God helped Qian Renxue open the planar gate and told the Asura God to reserve his position for an heir Xiao Tian would choose.
• The Sea God agreed to help Qian Renxue and said he would relay Xiao Tian’s request to the Asura God, then left his phantom behind.
• Bo Saixi said she would not reunite with Tang Chen, and Xiao Tian questioned her feelings before concluding that she was rational rather than devoted blindly to love.
• Xiao Tian offered Bo Saixi the option to leave or stay, warned her against using anyone to force him to spare Tang Chen, and let her decide what to do.