Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingxuan gave Lin Meng'er books on meridians and acupoints to help her develop her Golden Peak Needle into a healing martial soul. After healing Jin Ting, he let her borrow a book on Baji Fist, while Lu Xueqi began studying sword theory in the study.

• Lin Meng'er told Zhang Qingxuan she had inherited her grandfather's Golden Peak Needle and hoped to become a healing-type Soul Master.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Lin Meng'er a meridian-and-acupoint map and a book explaining their functions and the circulation of qi and blood.
• Lu Xueqi chose a book on basic sword techniques and began reading it in the study.
• Zhang Qingxuan completed Jin Ting's treatment, healing her old ailment, hidden injuries, and damaged organs.
• Jin Ting asked to borrow Baji Fist, and Zhang Qingxuan allowed her to take the book.

A year after recovering from a serious illness, Jin Ting proved the strength of her Iron Mountain Lean by defeating numerous students without summoning her Martial Soul. A report of her feat astonished the Worships, while Golden Crocodile Douluo proudly celebrated his daughter's progress.

• Jin Ting continued training Iron Mountain Lean, and Jin Feng recalled how she had once sent him flying with a single strike.
• Jin Feng challenged students who mocked Jin Ting to fight her or face him, and they reluctantly went to the plaza.
• Jin Ting knocked down the students who challenged her, prompting teachers and the principal to rush over and find her standing calmly among the injured.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo read the academy's report and praised Jin Ting's strength, while the other Worships reacted with disbelief.
• Qian Daoliu and the Worships read that Jin Ting had defeated several Soul Grandmasters using only her body, and Golden Crocodile Douluo proudly reclaimed the letter.

Qian Daoliu accepted Tang Chen’s challenge and insisted on fighting by his own strict code of chivalry. The duel at Sunset Valley began with Qian Xunji horrified to learn his father had given up every advantage and brought no divine weapon.

• Tang Li delivered Tang Chen’s challenge to Qian Xunji, including a wager that the loser would grant the winner one request.
• Qian Xunji urged Qian Daoliu to crush the Clear Sky Sect, but Qian Daoliu accepted the formal duel to protect Spirit Hall’s reputation.
• Two days later at Sunset Valley, Qian Daoliu refused to use Angel Divine Power or exploit his speed advantage.
• Qian Daoliu revealed he had not brought the Angel Holy Sword, leaving Qian Xunji despairing as his father prepared for an honorable duel with Tang Chen.

Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu fought fiercely above Sunset Valley, with Tang Chen’s Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and Ring Detonation pushing Qian Daoliu to evade. As Tang Chen taunted him, Qian Daoliu appeared ready to charge back into the attack, leaving Qian Xunji horrified.

• Tang Chen attacked Qian Daoliu, who defended himself with holy light and bound Tang Chen with Holy Imprisonment.
• Tang Chen activated Clear Sky True Body and used Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to break free and overwhelm Qian Daoliu with repeated strikes.
• Tang Li watched the battle and believed Tang Chen would win, while Qian Xunji worried that Qian Daoliu was foolishly meeting the hammer head-on.
• Tang Chen detonated his Soul Rings to amplify his power, and Qian Daoliu finally began dodging his attacks.
• Tang Chen destroyed seven Soul Rings and taunted Qian Daoliu for evading, while Qian Xunji reacted in alarm as Qian Daoliu seemed poised to charge back in.

Tang Chen defeated Qian Daoliu in their duel and secured an end to Spirit Hall’s targeting of the Clear Sky Sect and the return of Whale Rubber to its normal price. He failed to recruit Zhang Qingxuan as Vice Sect Master, and Zhang left Tang Chen fearing for the Clear Sky Sect’s future.

• Qian Daoliu unleashed Angel Descent, but Tang Chen detonated two Soul Rings and struck him with the Great Sumeru Hammer.
• Qian Daoliu admitted defeat and agreed to stop Spirit Hall from targeting the Clear Sky Sect and to lower Whale Rubber’s price.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Qian Xunji that Tang Chen’s power had not faded and that Tang Chen was still watching him.
• Tang Chen offered Zhang Qingxuan the position of Vice Sect Master, but Zhang declined because the Clear Sky Sect members rejected him.
• Zhang Qingxuan reminded Tang Chen that his strength lay in himself, then hinted at how the Li Family had joined Spirit Hall and departed with Lu Xueqi.
• Tang Chen watched Zhang Qingxuan leave and worried that he would overshadow Tang Li and threaten the Clear Sky Sect’s future.

After Zhang Qingxuan left, Tang Chen warned the Clear Sky Sect that provoking him or the Li Family could bring disaster, then suffered the backlash of Ring Detonation. Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji also left the duel, with Qian Xunji lamenting the lost Whale Rubber profits and Spirit Hall’s damaged reputation.

• Tang Chen told Tang Li and the Clear Sky Sect that Zhang Qingxuan was too powerful to kill and that attacking him could give Spirit Hall cause to invade.
• Tang Chen ordered the Clear Sky Sect to stop provoking the Li Family and Zhang Qingxuan and declared their grievances settled.
• Tang Chen collapsed and vomited blood when the backlash of Ring Detonation struck.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that Tang Chen’s Ring Detonation had reached Quasi-God-level attack power and that Angel Divine Power had protected him during their clash.
• Qian Xunji complained that Qian Daoliu’s restraint had cost Spirit Hall its reputation and much of the Whale Rubber profits, but Qian Daoliu dismissed his concerns and flew back to Spirit Hall.

Zhang Qingxuan reached late Qi Refining into Spirit through the Qimen Arts, then met Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s worshippers at Orange Grove Courtyard. Impressed by Lu Xueqi’s rapid cultivation, Qian Daoliu invited Zhang to teach at Martial Soul Academy.

• Zhang Qingxuan used the Qimen Arts to reach late Qi Refining into Spirit while Lu Xueqi watched.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Lu Xueqi that her path lay in the sword, not the Qimen Arts.
• Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s worshippers arrived at Orange Grove Courtyard seeking Zhang Qingxuan’s help with Martial Soul Academy.
• Qian Daoliu sensed Lu Xueqi’s nineteenth-rank Soul Power and realized how quickly Zhang Qingxuan had helped her advance.
• Qian Daoliu bowed to Zhang Qingxuan and invited him to serve as a guest instructor at Martial Soul Academy.

Zhang Qingxuan agreed to teach at Martial Soul Academy temporarily, on the condition that no one reveal his appointment and that he would teach deeply only to a disciple he favored. After Light Feather Douluo suggested that Zhang Qingxuan’s attendant might know his classroom, the worships plotted to have their juniors follow her, while Qian Daoliu planned to preserve Zhang Qingxuan’s lessons for future generations.

• Zhang Qingxuan agreed to teach at Martial Soul Academy for a time but said he would not stay long or share everything unless he favored a disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan required everyone present to keep his teaching appointment secret and refused to offer special access to any family.
• Light Feather Douluo voiced support for keeping the lectures open to all academy students, persuading the other worships to agree.
• After the group left, the worships surrounded Light Feather Douluo, who suggested that Zhang Qingxuan’s attendant might know where he would teach.
• The worships decided to have their juniors follow the attendant, while Qian Daoliu planned to select promising relatives and have them record Zhang Qingxuan’s lessons for future generations.

Zhang Qingxuan transformed his appearance and introduced himself as Zhang Zhiwei before setting up a lecture on the Eight Extraordinary Meridians of Soul Masters. Li Yingxue, Lin Meng'er, and Jin Ting followed him to the classroom and decided to attend.

• Zhang Qingxuan appeared before Lu Xueqi in a burly new form and declared that he was now Zhang Zhiwei.
• Li Yingxue and Jin Ting discussed Jin Ting’s progress with Baji Fist, while Lin Meng'er praised her talent and character.
• Jin Ting spotted Lu Xueqi following an unfamiliar, imposing man, so she, Li Yingxue, and Lin Meng'er secretly followed them.
• Zhang Qingxuan chose an empty classroom, placed an hourglass on the desk, and had Lu Xueqi post a sign announcing his lecture on the Eight Extraordinary Meridians of Soul Masters.
• Li Yingxue, Lin Meng'er, and Jin Ting saw the sign and decided to enter the classroom.

Zhang Qingxuan taught a classroom full of students about the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, showing how opening them could improve cultivation and Soul Skills. He ended the lesson by warning that opening the meridians was dangerous and invited the crowd gathered outside to attend his next class in three days.

• Li Yingxue recognized Zhang Zhiwei's name, but Zhang Qingxuan threw chalk at her and warned the class to remain quiet.
• Students from the Great Worship families and Bibi Dong gathered in the classroom as Zhang Qingxuan introduced himself as Zhang Zhiwei and began his lecture.
• Zhang Qingxuan displayed a meridian diagram and explained how the Eight Extraordinary Meridians could improve cultivation, prompting students to test their Soul Power circulation and take careful notes.
• Zhang Qingxuan ended the lesson, cautioned the students that opening the meridians was difficult and dangerous, and said the next class would be in three days.
• Zhang Qingxuan found a crowd listening outside the classroom and invited them to attend next time as long as they kept quiet.

On the way back, Zhang Qingxuan revealed his ability to change his appearance and explained that Lu Xueqi could eventually reshape her body by cultivating the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding. Meanwhile, the Worships studied Zhang Zhiwei’s notes on the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, and Qian Daoliu smugly credited his opened meridians to a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.

• Zhang Qingxuan changed from his imposing transformed appearance back to his usual form, astonishing the four women.
• Li Yingxue asked to learn the transformation, but Zhang Qingxuan warned her and Lu Xueqi that it required exceptional comprehension and a stable state of mind.
• Zhang Qingxuan revealed to Li Yingxue that Lu Xueqi was cultivating the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding, and Lu Xueqi demonstrated its pure white qi.
• The Worships examined the notes brought back by the young talents and discovered that even powerful cultivators could have blocked sections of their Eight Extraordinary Meridians.
• Qian Daoliu said his meridians had opened when Soul Power from his early Soul Rings flowed through him, then boasted that his God-Bestowed Soul Ring had made the process easier.

After months of teaching at Martial Soul Academy, Zhang Qingxuan became renowned for his guidance. Su Chengfeng brought the newly awakened Yun Qingyang and Yun Lingyue to the academy, where he encouraged them with Zhang Qingxuan’s words about judging martial souls by their wielder’s heart; as the siblings waited, a long shadow fell over them.

• Zhang Qingxuan spent months teaching as Zhang Zhiwei and earned the students’ nickname “Walking Sacred Tome” for his effective guidance.
• Su Chengfeng took Yun Qingyang and Yun Lingyue, both gifted with innate Rank Nine Soul Power, toward Spirit City after villagers feared Yun Lingyue’s blood-patterned saber marked her as a Fallen Soul Master.
• Su Chengfeng reassured Yun Lingyue that Spirit Hall would accept her and quoted Zhang Qingxuan’s belief that a martial soul’s morality depended on the wielder’s heart.
• Su Chengfeng praised Zhang Qingxuan as a powerful young legend who had suppressed Title Douluo-level Fallen Soul Masters, inspiring the siblings with hope.
• At Martial Soul Academy, Su Chengfeng left the siblings in a corridor to find an old acquaintance, while Yun Qingyang wished to become strong enough to protect his sister.
• A long black shadow suddenly stretched behind Yun Qingyang and Yun Lingyue, blocking much of the sunlight.

Yun Qingyang met Zhang Qingxuan, who was disguised as Zhang Zhiwei, and immediately wanted to become his disciple. After Xiao Tian explained Zhang Zhiwei’s formidable reputation and history of rejecting students, Yun Qingyang remained determined to try.

• Zhang Qingxuan encountered Yun Changfeng and Yun Lingyue in the corridor, then left for class after telling them not to get lost.
• Yun Qingyang became convinced that Zhang Qingxuan was the master he wanted to follow.
• Su Chengfeng introduced Xiao Tian to the siblings, and Xiao Tian promised to handle their enrollment and help them at the academy.
• Yun Qingyang asked Xiao Tian to introduce him to the exceptionally tall gentleman he had just seen so he could become his disciple.
• Xiao Tian explained Zhang Zhiwei’s accomplishments and repeated rejections, but Yun Qingyang insisted that he would still try.

Yun Qingyang asked Zhang Qingxuan to accept him as a disciple and offered a treasured Jade Pendant as his gift. Zhang Qingxuan agreed to consider him as a registered disciple if he answered a question, then told a story about a master, his rebellious disciple, and a scholar, leaving Yun Qingyang to judge their actions.

• Xiao Tian brought Yun Qingyang and Yun Lingyue to Zhang Qingxuan, where Yun Qingyang asked to become his disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan criticized Yun Qingyang for arriving empty-handed, and Yun Qingyang offered his Jade Pendant, which appeared precious to him and Yun Lingyue.
• Zhang Qingxuan accepted the Jade Pendant and offered Yun Qingyang a chance to become his registered disciple if his answer pleased him.
• Zhang Qingxuan told a story about an expert who forbade his gifted disciple from seeing a scholar, rejected the scholar's work, and drove him away.
• The students argued over who was at fault, while Yun Qingyang remained silent as Zhang Qingxuan waited for his judgment.

Yun Qingyang won Zhang Qingxuan’s approval by judging a master, disciple, and scholar, then followed Zhang Qingxuan to discuss his martial soul and receive instruction and support. The chapter ended with Yun Qingyang formally thanking Zhang Qingxuan as his Master.

• Yun Qingyang criticized the master for failing to teach his disciple to judge people, the disciple for taking kindness for granted, and the scholar for stealing and claiming forbidden knowledge as his own.
• Zhang Qingxuan said Yun Qingyang barely passed and told him to come along, while Xiao Tian urged him to follow and offered to watch his sister.
• Zhang Qingxuan examined Yun Qingyang’s Canglan Spear martial soul and advised him to focus on cultivating his own foundation, comprehension, and will.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Yun Qingyang a breathing technique, a meridian diagram, three portions of hundred-year deep-sea Whale Rubber, jade slips on combat basics, and a Gold Soul Card for expenses.
• Yun Qingyang accepted Zhang Qingxuan as his Master and thanked him formally.

Yun Qingyang told Xiao Tian and Yun Lingyue that Zhang Zhiwei had taken him as a disciple, and Xiao Tian offered to help him find a spear master. At the academy cafeteria, Li Yingxue and Jin Ting came to meet him and learned that his Innate Soul Power was Level Nine.

• Yun Qingyang confirmed to Xiao Tian that Zhang Zhiwei had accepted him as a disciple and given him a breathing technique and cultivation resources.
• Xiao Tian offered to connect Yun Qingyang with a spear master, then took him and Yun Lingyue to the cafeteria for a meal.
• Students in the cafeteria stared at Yun Qingyang because news of Zhang Zhiwei taking a disciple had spread through the academy.
• Li Yingxue and Jin Ting approached Yun Qingyang to meet their new fellow student.
• Yun Qingyang told Li Yingxue that his Innate Soul Power was Level Nine, surprising her and earning Jin Ting's recognition.

After learning why the academy feared Li Yingxue and Jin Ting, Yun Qingyang became more determined to grow stronger. Three years later, he reached Level 21 and asked Zhang Qingxuan for permission to teach Yun Lingyue his breathing technique; Zhang Qingxuan approved and said Yun Qingyang had preliminarily passed his test.

• Xiao Tian told Yun Qingyang and Yun Lingyue that Li Yingxue and Jin Ting were powerful battle maniacs who forced students and teachers to spar.
• Yun Qingyang resolved to become strong enough to contend with high-level Soul Masters.
• Over the next three years, Lu Xueqi became a Level 42 Soul Ancestor at age ten, while Yun Qingyang reached Level 21 after absorbing a thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Yun Qingyang asked Zhang Qingxuan if he could teach Yun Lingyue the breathing technique Zhang had taught him.
• Zhang Qingxuan allowed Yun Qingyang to teach the basic technique and said he had preliminarily passed his test.

Zhang Qingxuan gave Yun Qingyang advanced cultivation manuals but told him he must master the Innate Skill before becoming a personal disciple. After sensing that Snow Empress had found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, Zhang Qingxuan rushed to the Far North, where Snow Empress and Ice Empress discovered a mysterious ice crevasse that swallowed spiritual power.

• Zhang Qingxuan gave Yun Qingyang cultivation manuals for himself and his sister, then said he could become a personal disciple only after mastering the Innate Skill and building a solid foundation.
• Yun Qingyang learned that Zhang Zhiwei was actually Zhang Qingxuan, a renowned powerhouse, and resolved to prove himself worthy.
• Zhang Qingxuan sensed that his talisman on Snow Empress had been torn, realized she had found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and hurried toward the Far North.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress searched the Far North for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and examined a concealed ice crevasse.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress that her spiritual power vanished inside the crevasse and that its strange properties sharply limited her senses.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress suspected a nearly million-year-old Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was hidden in an ice crevice, but sensed danger below and waited for Zhang Qingxuan to investigate. Zhang Qingxuan arrived at night, bringing treats for them, while the possible creature remained undiscovered.

• Snow Empress reasoned that a powerful Sky Dream Ice Silkworm could be blocking her spiritual probing, and Ice Empress eagerly prepared to descend into the crevice.
• Snow Empress sensed a dangerous aura below, stopped Ice Empress, and destroyed a Talisman Paper to summon Zhang Qingxuan.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress guarded the crevice until Zhang Qingxuan arrived at night with Victini, who complained about their high-speed journey.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Victini snacks and handed paper bags to Snow Empress and Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress tasted a Little Fruit Cookie and praised its flavor.

Zhang Qingxuan, the Snow Empress, and the Ice Empress followed a trail into a hidden ice sanctuary to find the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. They discovered it asleep in a chamber, and Zhang Qingxuan attacked with lightning and divine fire to wake it.

• The Snow Empress led Zhang Qingxuan to a strange ice crevice whose supernatural chill promised great fortune rather than danger.
• Zhang Qingxuan entered the crevice first, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress followed him into a vast ice sanctuary filled with Mystic Ice Marrow.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave the Snow Empress and Ice Empress talismans to conceal their auras as they sneaked deeper into the sanctuary.
• The three found the sleeping Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress moved to block its escape routes.
• Zhang Qingxuan activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed the Nine Profound Divine Thunder and Yin-Yang Creation Fire, jolting the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm awake.