Chapter Summaries

After Qian Daoliu tested Wu Ling and the Title Douluo learned what had happened, Bibi Dong questioned her disciple and discussed plans with Gui Mei and Yue Guan. Once he had recovered from his exhaustion, Wu Ling returned to Xingyue Village and reunited with Uncle Qie.

• Bibi Dong and the Title Douluo arrived after Qian Daoliu's Soul Power had been sensed, and Wu Ling explained that the old man had attacked him before disappearing.
• She Long, Ghost Leopard Douluo, Pufferfish Douluo, and Demon Bear Douluo offered to teach Wu Ling, impressed that he had made Qian Daoliu defend himself with Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong asked Wu Ling about the old man, and he identified him as Qian Daoliu, who had come after overhearing Wu Ling tell a story; Bibi Dong then kept Gui Mei and Yue Guan behind to discuss a plan.
• Wu Ling spent three days recovering from the strain of using Swallow Reversal, then set out with Gui Mei for his home village.
• Wu Ling reached Xingyue Village, hurried to his home, and greeted Uncle Qie with, “I'm home.”

Wu Ling left Xingyue Village for Spirit City after saying goodbye to Qie Si, then began his planned cultivation routine with his clones. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong received news that the target had been located and ordered the group to depart immediately.

• Wu Ling asked Qie Si to join him in Spirit City, but Qie Si refused and promised to contact him through the Martial Soul Branch Hall if he changed his mind.
• Wu Ling instructed the Martial Soul Branch Hall master in Nuoding City to pass on his message, then Gui Mei took him back to Spirit City before dawn.
• Wu Ling assigned Xiao Hong to body training and Xiao Lan to sword practice while he studied theory and cultivated Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong received word that her search party had located its target but had been discovered, so she summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei and ordered them to leave at once.

Wu Ling reflected on how Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong had accelerated his cultivation while waiting for news from Bibi Dong. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Bibi Dong’s ambush separated Xiao Wu’s mother from Da Ming and Er Ming, and she killed her before ordering a retreat.

• Wu Ling credited Hassan of the Hundred Faces and her Clones with improving his cultivation efficiency and expected to reach level thirty within two years.
• Bibi Dong’s group prepared an ambush for Xiao Wu’s mother, Da Ming, and Er Ming, planning to separate the two guardian beasts from their target.
• Da Ming and Er Ming tried to protect Xiao Wu’s mother, but Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo blocked them while Bibi Dong confronted her.
• Bibi Dong killed Xiao Wu’s mother and stored her corpse in her Storage Ring.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to withdraw, leaving Da Ming and Er Ming unable to catch them.

Wu Ling defeated three Soul Ancestors in the Spirit Hall Training Grounds using his clones and position-switching tactics. Yi Tai and the others suspected he was the Pope's disciple and warned each other not to provoke him.

• Yi Tai, Lu Fu, and Bu Ge attacked Wu Ling, but he used Xiao Lan to absorb Yi Tai's strike and escaped Lu Fu's restraint.
• Wu Ling sent Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan from his shadow, then knocked Bu Ge off the field.
• With the supporter's enhancement gone, Wu Ling and his clones defeated Lu Fu and Yi Tai without using his trump cards.
• Yi Tai and the others guessed Wu Ling was the Pope's disciple and discussed his remarkable strength despite his apparent young age.

After defeating three Soul Ancestors, Wu Ling discussed his third Spirit Ring requirements with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, seeking a multi-element Spirit Beast whose abilities could support his sword and Xiao Hong. He chose three possible targets on a Star Dou Great Forest map and set out with Gui Mei the following night.

• Wu Ling returned from battle, and Yue Guan praised his strength and composure while asking what Spirit Beast he wanted for his third Spirit Ring.
• Wu Ling explained that he sought a multi-element Spirit Beast with research and support abilities, including the power to enchant his sword and Xiao Hong.
• Gui Mei brought Wu Ling a map of the Star Dou Great Forest, and Wu Ling marked locations for a thousand-year Elemental Spirit Cat, Elemental Vine, and Silver Wolf.
• Wu Ling decided to enter the forest with Gui Mei the following night to search for one of the three targets.

Wu Ling searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Silver Wolf while the map’s reports of missing Spirit Beasts made him suspect a larger threat. He found a powerful Silver Moon Wolf King guarded by three Golden Wolf Kings, leaving him with a new potential Spirit Ring target.

• Wu Ling roasted Soft Bone Rabbits with help from Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan while he and Gui Mei discussed the missing Spirit Beasts and the uncertain fate of the Silver Wolf.
• Wu Ling told Gui Mei they would head toward the territory of an eighty-thousand-year Eight-Source Eight-Headed Snake if they could not find a Silver Wolf, and Gui Mei agreed to protect him.
• Wu Ling and Gui Mei ate the rabbits, while Xiao Lan killed several wolf-type Spirit Beasts drawn to the camp by the smell.
• The next day, Wu Ling resumed his search and found a silver-white wolf guarded by three Golden Wolf Kings.
• Wu Ling identified the target as a Silver Moon Wolf King at least thirteen thousand years old.

Wu Ling chose to pursue the thirteen-thousand-year-old Silver Moon Wolf King as his third Spirit Ring despite Gui Mei warning that its age could kill him. After Gui Mei agreed to watch over the absorption, Wu Ling prepared to use poison, relying on one of his Clones.

• Wu Ling compared Medea and Paracelsus as candidates for his third Spirit Ring and decided that Medea was the one he wanted most.
• Wu Ling recognized the Silver Moon Wolf King as the Silver Wolf from earlier reports and learned it had surpassed thirteen thousand years and gained an unusual element.
• Gui Mei warned Wu Ling that the beast's Spirit Ring could cause lethal Soul Shockwave and exceeded his body's safe limit.
• Wu Ling insisted on taking the Silver Moon Wolf King for his third ring, claiming he had an absorption plan with an eighty percent chance of success.
• Gui Mei agreed but promised to interrupt the absorption if Wu Ling's life was in danger.
• Wu Ling said he would use poison against the Silver Moon Wolf King and activated his second Spirit Skill to summon a poison-using Clone.

Wu Ling lured the Silver Moon Wolf King and three Golden Wolf Kings into eating poisoned Clones, then watched as the poison killed the three Golden Wolf Kings. The weakened Silver Moon Wolf King revealed a strange ability that suppressed Soul Power, leaving Wu Ling helpless at close range.

• The Silver Moon Wolf King recalled how eating a strange blade of grass had rapidly increased its cultivation and granted it a new energy.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King and three Golden Wolf Kings sensed four black-clad intruders and each swallowed one of Wu Ling’s Clones.
• Wu Ling explained that the Clones carried One-Minute Down, a poison he had synthesized from poisonous herbs and Elder Pufferfish’s venom.
• The poison killed the three Golden Wolf Kings, but the Silver Moon Wolf King resisted its effects and charged Wu Ling.
• The Silver Moon Wolf King released a white hemisphere that suppressed all Soul Power within its range, leaving Wu Ling unable to use his sword as the wolf approached.

Wu Ling killed the poisoned Silver Moon Wolf King and absorbed its ten-thousand-year Soul Ring with the help of Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong. He emerged with a new character, Medea, a Witch, whose abilities seemed nearly perfect for him.

• Wu Ling used Xiao Lan to evade the Silver Moon Wolf King's final charge, then killed the weakened beast with his Swallow Reversal attacks.
• Gui Mei praised Wu Ling for defeating four ten-thousand-year Spirit Beasts and offered to guard him while he recovered.
• Wu Ling explained his theory that he and his two soul-copy clones could share the strain of absorbing a Soul Ring, then began absorbing the Silver Moon Wolf King's black Soul Ring with Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong.
• Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong merged into Wu Ling as the absorption succeeded, giving him a ten-thousand-year third Soul Ring.
• Wu Ling told Gui Mei that the new character was Medea, a Witch who nearly perfectly suited his wishes.

Wu Ling summoned Medea and gained Soul Breaker, a dagger that could sever Soul Power and disrupt Martial Souls. After seeing its effect on Gui Mei, Wu Ling became eager to study its potential before they returned to Spirit Hall to report to the Pope.

• Wu Ling summoned the phantom of Medea, whose vast knowledge overwhelmed him with a painful flood of information.
• Wu Ling drew Soul Breaker from his black Spirit Ring and cautiously stabbed Gui Mei.
• Soul Breaker emptied Gui Mei of his Martial Soul and Soul Power, leaving only a tiny wound on his arm.
• Wu Ling explained that Soul Breaker could sever Soul Power, disrupt Martial Soul abilities, and remove negative effects.
• Wu Ling began imagining research into Soul Power and divine power, but Gui Mei brought him back to his senses and they set off for Spirit Hall.

Wu Ling returned to Spirit City and told Bibi Dong that his third Spirit Skill had shown him a future orphan with a food-type Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power, prompting her to plan an investigation in the Heaven Dou Empire. After leaving the Pope Palace, Wu Ling began preparing to turn his courtyard into a Workshop, summoning Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong as another pair of hands emerged from his shadow.

• Wu Ling detoured to Xingyue Village and Shrek Academy before returning to Spirit City with Gui Mei.
• Wu Ling told Gui Mei that his third Spirit Skill could reveal vague visions of the future and that he had seen someone connected to Shrek Academy.
• Wu Ling told Bibi Dong about an orphan with a food-type Martial Soul and Innate Full Soul Power who would appear in the Heaven Dou Empire within a year or two.
• Bibi Dong ordered Gui Mei to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire in a month and a half to look for the person.
• Wu Ling returned to his courtyard, considered building a Workshop, and summoned Xiao Lan and Xiao Hong as another pair of hands emerged from his shadow.

Wu Ling summoned a clever female clone, named her Xiao Fen, and gave her Medea’s abilities and a broad research agenda. Xiao Fen also raised concerns about Oscar and Bibi Dong, while Wu Ling left her to begin her work and wondered how long it would take him to reach level forty.

• Wu Ling helped his pink-haired female clone emerge, then named her Xiao Fen and gave her Medea’s Spirit Ring and abilities.
• Wu Ling assigned Xiao Fen research into Soul Power, magecraft, a Workshop, Reinforcement Magecraft, cultivation methods, potions, and Soul Power weapons.
• Xiao Fen said she also wanted to study Oscar’s food-type Martial Soul and prepare for the possibility that Bibi Dong would act against Spirit Hall.
• Wu Ling agreed that Xiao Fen should tell him before taking action and instructed his other clones to focus on refining Soul Power.
• Xiao Fen left to begin researching, and Wu Ling wondered how long it would take him to reach level forty.

Bibi Dong visited Wu Ling and invited him to compete in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament. The chapter ended with Wu Ling considering her question about whether he wanted to participate.

• Xiao Hong trained under Yue Guan while Wu Ling and Xiao Lan cultivated in the courtyard.
• Bibi Dong and Gui Mei arrived, and Wu Ling prepared a meal while Bibi Dong asked about Xiao Fen.
• Wu Ling found Xiao Fen studying Spirit Beast remains and making spiritual medicine for insect-type Martial Souls.
• Xiao Fen joined Bibi Dong at the meal, then returned to Wu Ling's shadow after they talked.
• Bibi Dong explained the tournament's history and competitors, then asked Wu Ling if he wanted to enter.

Wu Ling declined Bibi Dong’s offer to join Spirit Hall’s tournament team, choosing to stay hidden until he could compete as a fifteen-year-old Soul King. Bibi Dong then told him she had changed the Martial Soul Awakening schedule because of his premonition and invited him to investigate in person.

• Bibi Dong explained the tournament’s age rules and the strengths of Spirit Hall’s, Star Luo’s, and Heaven Dou’s teams.
• Wu Ling decided that competing would expose him to major powers without meaningfully changing Spirit Hall’s likely victory, so he refused.
• Bibi Dong accepted his decision and promised to take him to watch the tournament.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she had moved this year’s Martial Soul Awakening one day earlier and reserved that day for orphans because of Wu Ling’s premonition.
• Wu Ling asked whether the elders had opposed the change, and Bibi Dong said most had agreed once they learned he was behind it.

Wu Ling discussed his upcoming trip and cultivation with Bibi Dong before Xiao Fen showed him her new Soul Arts and gave him and his clones experimental potions and a cultivation technique. Xiao Fen’s inventions promised to speed their cultivation, and Wu Ling prepared to test them.

• Bibi Dong told Wu Ling that Elder Gui would accompany him on a trip in a week, then questioned him about cultivation and asked him to return before leaving.
• Wu Ling chatted with Gui Mei after lunch, then prepared to cultivate with Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Fen revealed that she had used Spirit Beast blood and engraved formations to create Soul Arts that protected her room from spying and detection.
• Xiao Fen explained that she had requested extra Spirit Beasts from Bibi Dong and made red, pale blue, and black potions for Xiao Hong, Xiao Lan, and Wu Ling.
• Wu Ling and his clones drank the potions, and Xiao Fen gave Wu Ling a cultivation technique she said could improve refining speed by about ten percent.

Xue Qinghe began his tightly scheduled day in the Heaven Dou palace and learned that Ghost Douluo had brought the Pope’s disciple, Wu Ling, to the nation’s Spirit Main Hall. He arranged to meet Wu Ling, while Wu Ling ate breakfast at a roadside noodle stall.

• Xue Qinghe woke, dressed, and heard his housekeeper list his packed schedule for the day.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Spirit Hall had moved this year’s Martial Soul Awakening forward by one day, with the extra day reserved for orphans.
• Xue Qinghe heard that Ghost Douluo had arrived at the Spirit Main Hall with the Pope’s rumored disciple, Wu Ling.
• Xue Qinghe shortened his afternoon lessons and cultivation to make time to meet Wu Ling, and ordered an invitation sent.
• Xue Qinghe joined Emperor Xue Ye for breakfast, while Wu Ling ordered noodles and other food at a roadside stall.

Wu Ling explored the Heaven Dou Empire’s capital, then returned to his temporary residence and spent time with Xiao Fen while Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan trained. Xiao Fen told him he had received an invitation from Xue Qinghe.

• Wu Ling paid for breakfast with a Silver Soul Coin and left the vendor the change as a tip.
• Wu Ling strolled through the capital, comparing its ordinary residents and markets with Spirit City’s Soul Master-centered trade.
• Wu Ling returned to his residence and found Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan cultivating while Xiao Fen rested from her research.
• Wu Ling offered to spend the day playing with Xiao Fen, and Xiao Hong and Xiao Lan quietly debated their relationship.
• Xiao Fen told Wu Ling about an invitation from Xue Qinghe.

Wu Ling met Xue Qinghe at the Hundred Flower Garden, where they sized each other up over tea. Xue Qinghe broke their silence by inviting Wu Ling to call him Brother Xue.

• Wu Ling arrived alone at the Hundred Flower Garden with Xiao Fen’s invitation to meet Xue Qinghe.
• A maid verified the invitation and led Wu Ling to a private room filled with plants.
• Wu Ling entered and recognized Xue Qinghe as Qian Renxue, while Xue Qinghe greeted him and offered him a seat.
• The maids served tea and snacks, then left Wu Ling and Xue Qinghe alone.
• After drinking in silence, Xue Qinghe set down his cup and told Wu Ling to call him Brother Xue.

Wu Ling and Xue Qinghe exchanged polite remarks and spent their meeting discussing a wide range of subjects, while Xue Qinghe tried to assess Wu Ling. The conversation ended with Xue Qinghe revealing his Martial Soul and Soul Power Level and asking Wu Ling to reveal his own.

• Wu Ling accepted Xue Qinghe’s invitation to address him as Brother Xue, leaving Xue Qinghe feeling that words could not unsettle Wu Ling’s bearing.
• Wu Ling and Xue Qinghe chatted about cultivation, culture, geography, and politics, and Qian Renxue became impressed by Wu Ling’s knowledge.
• After their tea and snacks ran out, Xue Qinghe rang for the maidservants, who replaced the refreshments.
• Xue Qinghe offered to give Wu Ling the twin maidservants, but Wu Ling declined and explained that seeing twins reminded him of childhood friends on Blue Star.
• Xue Qinghe revealed that his Martial Soul was the Swan Martial Spirit and that his Soul Power Level was rank 31, then asked Wu Ling about his own.

Wu Ling described his mutated plate Martial Soul to Xue Qinghe, who mistakenly concluded that Spirit Hall’s search for food-type Soul Masters was meant to support him. That evening, Xue Qinghe reported their meeting to Xue Ye, who instructed him to cultivate Wu Ling’s friendship and seek Spirit Hall’s records about powerful Soul Masters.

• Wu Ling told Xue Qinghe that his auxiliary Martial Soul enhanced physical qualities and worked especially well alongside food-type Martial Souls.
• Xue Qinghe concluded that Spirit Hall had been searching for food-type Soul Masters to strengthen Wu Ling’s support ability and spent the rest of their meeting chatting with him.
• Xue Qinghe ended the meeting when his attendant signaled that their reserved time was over.
• At dinner, Xue Qinghe told Xue Ye and his brothers about Wu Ling’s knowledge, talent, and mutated auxiliary Martial Soul.
• Xue Qinghe judged Wu Ling’s overall threat to Heaven Dou Empire as limited, and Xue Ye advised him to pursue intelligence about Spirit Hall’s high-level Soul Masters.