Chapter Summaries

Zhang Qingxuan returned to find his disciple Yun Qingyang gravely injured, with his Martial Soul Origin exhausted and his meridians shattered. After Yun Qingyang recounted the ambush, Zhang Qingxuan’s killing intent spread across Spirit City beneath a darkening sky.

• Elder Ye said Yun Lingyue would recover but could not promise the same for Yun Qingyang, and Lu Xueqi explained that his exhausted Martial Soul Origin could not simply be restored.
• Yun Lingyue awoke, learned her brother had been crippled, and blamed herself until Lu Xueqi slapped her to stop her guilt from overwhelming her.
• Yun Qingyang woke and comforted Yun Lingyue, saying he had willingly protected her.
• Zhang Qingxuan appeared with white hair and a chilling presence, then demanded that Yun Qingyang explain what had happened.
• Yun Qingyang described the Fallen Soul Masters’ ambush, how he burned his Martial Soul Origin to protect Yun Lingyue, and how Xiao Bai rescued them; Zhang Qingxuan’s killing intent spread through Spirit City as storm clouds gathered.

After Yun Qingyang’s meridians recovered, Zhang Qingxuan pushed him to keep cultivating and offered Yun Lingyue a chance to become his disciple if she improved during their upcoming journey. Zhang then confronted Qian Xunji over Spirit Hall’s failure to prevent Yun Qingyang’s crippling, leaving the Pope facing his anger.

• Qian Xunji ordered a clean list of families linked to Fallen Soul Masters sent to the Li Family, deciding not to protect them from Zhang Qingxuan.
• Yun Qingyang discovered that Zhang Qingxuan had healed his meridians, but despaired because his martial soul was ruined; Zhang ordered him to resume cultivating.
• Yun Lingyue asked Zhang Qingxuan to teach her, and he offered to consider accepting her as a disciple if she corrected her impatience and ignorance during their upcoming journey.
• Zhang Qingxuan met Qian Xunji in a teahouse and rejected the list as an inadequate response to Spirit Hall’s failure to keep the families under surveillance.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Qian Xunji he was in a very bad mood.

Zhang Qingxuan confronted Qian Xunji over the attack on him, then gathered his former students for a final practical combat lesson. He challenged several thousand students to attack him, and their combined assault began as he prepared to test their progress.

• Zhang Qingxuan threatened Spirit Hall and Spirit City unless Qian Xunji gave him a satisfactory answer, and Qian Xunji admitted fault and confirmed the attackers had been killed.
• Zhang Qingxuan visited Spirit Hall's treasury and chose to take a few items, excluding Soul Bones.
• Zhang Qingxuan returned to his former classroom and summoned everyone who had attended his lessons to the northern open ground for a practical combat lesson.
• Zhang Qingxuan enclosed the gathered students in a powerful white barrier and revealed his true appearance as he announced this would be his final lesson.
• Zhang Qingxuan told the students to attack him all at once, and after he urged them past their fear, they launched a combined assault.

Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived at the Li Family to visit Zhang Qingxuan, who had temporarily moved there to care for an injured disciple. After Yun Qingyang mistakenly called the women his master's mistresses, he worried that Zhang Qingxuan's other admirers would punish him.

• Zhang Qingxuan's combat lesson ended with the young prodigies exhausted but grateful for his guidance.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress reached the Li Family gates, and Snow Empress used Zhang Qingxuan's Jade Pendant to gain entry.
• A servant told the women that Zhang Qingxuan was staying at Li Mansion because one of his disciples had been seriously injured.
• Yun Qingyang received Zhang Qingxuan's instruction to bring the women to his room, then called them his master's mistresses.
• Ice Empress scolded Yun Qingyang and led Snow Empress toward Zhang Qingxuan's room, while Yun Qingyang feared his master's other admirers would beat him.

Zhang Qingxuan invited Snow Empress and Ice Empress to join the force he planned to establish, and Snow Empress agreed. Later, Yang Wanqing confronted him about Li Yingxue’s feelings, leaving him speechless and Yingxue heartbroken before threatening to marry her to someone else.

• Li Yingxue, Xiao Bai, and Lin Meng'er panicked after hearing that two beauties had entered Zhang Qingxuan’s courtyard and been called his wives.
• Zhang Qingxuan said he would retaliate against those who harmed his disciple and use the opportunity to establish his own force.
• Zhang Qingxuan invited Snow Empress and Ice Empress to join his force, and Snow Empress accepted despite Ice Empress’s suspicions.
• Yang Wanqing visited Zhang Qingxuan with Li Yingxue and asked who Snow Empress and Ice Empress were; Zhang Qingxuan explained they were his partners who had helped him obtain his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Yang Wanqing asked Zhang Qingxuan what he thought of Li Yingxue, and when he fell silent, she threatened to arrange for Yingxue to marry someone else.

Yang Wanqing cornered Zhang Qingxuan into confronting his feelings for Li Yingxue, and Li Yingxue confessed her love and became his lover. The next morning, they discussed when her feelings had begun.

• Yang Wanqing challenged Zhang Qingxuan after he angrily refused to let Li Yingxue marry someone else.
• Li Yingxue kissed Zhang Qingxuan, and he returned her kiss as Yang Wanqing quietly left them alone.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Li Yingxue not to mistake admiration for love, but she firmly confessed that she loved him.
• The next morning, Zhang Qingxuan asked Li Yingxue when she had fallen for him, and she said it began when he saved her from a dog at age seven.

After spending six nights with Li Yingxue, Zhang Qingxuan left Spirit City with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Yun Lingyue to avenge Yun Qingyang and purge those allied with Fallen Soul Masters. When several guilty factions tried to surround him, Zhang Qingxuan revealed that he had trapped them and began cutting them down with Cold Abyss.

• Zhang Qingxuan invited Li Yingxue to join his journey, but she chose to cultivate in seclusion so she could stand beside him as his support.
• Zhang Qingxuan set out from Spirit City with Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Yun Lingyue, who carried his sword case as his sword-bearing maid.
• News of Zhang Qingxuan's departure spread, and families and factions tied to Fallen Soul Masters panicked as he wiped out their forces and accepted intelligence against them.
• Several frightened families united to ambush Zhang Qingxuan, but he told them that he had surrounded them instead.
• Zhang Qingxuan summoned Cold Abyss from the sword case and began slaughtering the assembled experts.

Yun Lingyue followed Zhang Qingxuan’s orders to kill Fallen Soul Masters, but hesitated and struggled with the violence. At a stronghold, a boy tricked her into slaughtering his own family and companions, then revealed he was a Fallen Soul Master who had used her to make her an “evil person” like himself.

• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Yun Lingyue to execute a wounded healing Soul Master, and she killed him despite her hesitation.
• Zhang Qingxuan sent Yun Lingyue alone to clear a remaining Fallen Soul Master stronghold, where she found a group of elderly and disabled people and a boy who claimed they had destroyed his village and killed his family.
• Believing the boy’s story, Yun Lingyue killed everyone in the stronghold and burned it down.
• The boy begged Yun Lingyue to take him with her, then bit her calf when she refused.
• The boy revealed that the people Yun Lingyue had killed were his family and companions, and that he was a Fallen Soul Master who had deliberately deceived her.

Yun Lingyue was drugged and nearly captured after trusting a deceptive enemy, but the Snow Empress rescued her. Afterward, the Ice Empress rebuked Yun Lingyue for her naivety, while Zhang Qingxuan and the Snow Empress watched to see whether the ordeal would change her.

• Yun Lingyue discovered that the boy had poisoned her with neurotoxin and incapacitated her with a toxin on his blade, then learned he had used a Disguise soul skill to hide his strength.
• The teenager threatened to make Yun Lingyue his captive and reached for her as she lost consciousness, but a snowflake appeared and froze him.
• The Snow Empress shattered the ice and eliminated the teenager, then carried the unconscious Yun Lingyue away.
• Yun Lingyue woke beneath a tree and checked that she was unharmed before the Ice Empress scolded her for trusting the enemy and ignoring Zhang Qingxuan's warning.
• Yun Lingyue admitted she had been wrong, while Zhang Qingxuan told the Snow Empress that she would have to change or return to Qingyang.

Yun Lingyue wiped out the Fallen Soul Masters at the stronghold but feared her Blood Spirit Demon Blade’s murderous aura was consuming her reason. Zhang Qingxuan accepted her as his disciple and taught her two divine mantras to purify the aura, while Ice Empress ended the chapter charging at him after he refused to reveal the other mantras.

• Yun Lingyue killed the Fallen Soul Masters and absorbed the blood energy from their corpses, strengthening herself as the murderous aura clouded her mind.
• Snow Empress and Ice Empress warned Zhang Qingxuan that Yun Lingyue’s martial soul could corrupt her, and he said he had a solution.
• Yun Lingyue told Zhang Qingxuan she feared becoming a monster, and Snow Empress silently prompted her to ask him to become her master.
• Zhang Qingxuan accepted Yun Lingyue as his disciple and taught her the Heart Purification Mantra and Body Purification Mantra to refine the murderous aura.
• Yun Lingyue used the mantras to calm and purify her aura, while Ice Empress demanded to hear the other six divine mantras and charged at Zhang Qingxuan when he refused.

After realizing that ordinary people were excluded from cultivation, Zhang Qingxuan began creating a method to let them generate Soul Power, but Snow Empress warned that spreading it would devastate Soul Beasts. He abandoned the idea and considered alternatives, leaving the chapter determined to find a way to cultivate without hunting Soul Beasts.

• After a month of purges, Zhang Qingxuan observed Yun Lingyue's growth and reflected on how few people could awaken Soul Power.
• Zhang Qingxuan began using his knowledge and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram to deduce a cultivation method for ordinary people.
• Snow Empress warned Zhang Qingxuan that mass cultivation would lead to widespread Soul Beast hunting and threaten both Soul Beasts and human Soul Master civilization.
• Zhang Qingxuan rejected the idea of relying on a Spirit Pagoda, believing human greed would turn it into another means of exploiting Soul Beasts.
• Zhang Qingxuan considered equal contracts that would let Soul Beasts willingly become Soul Spirits, or creating a new path to obtain Soul Rings without hunting them.

Zhang Qingxuan left the surviving Fallen Soul Masters sealed inside the City of Slaughter to avoid drawing the gods’ attention and preserve them as useful pawns. Meanwhile, Victini forced Yun Qingyang to resume training despite his despair over being unable to advance without a martial soul.

• Zhang Qingxuan stopped outside the City of Slaughter after sensing the Rakshasa God and Asura God inheritance sites, then chose not to enter because he wanted to avoid attracting the God Realm’s attention.
• Ice Empress urged Zhang Qingxuan to wipe out the Fallen Soul Masters, but he explained that driving them into desperation could backfire and that they still had uses as hidden weapons and scapegoats.
• Snow Empress understood Zhang Qingxuan’s plan, while Ice Empress defended their intelligence after he appeared surprised that Snow Empress had seen through it.
• Yun Qingyang finished cultivating the Innate Skill and celebrated its benefits before lamenting that his lack of a martial soul kept his Soul Power capped at the Soul Grandmaster realm.
• Victini struck Yun Qingyang with an orange and ordered him to train, so he obediently resumed cultivation under the Victory Sprite’s watch.

Zhang Qingxuan established Dragon Tiger Mountain as a cultivation sanctuary and founded the Celestial Master Mansion, leaving Spirit Hall to form his own faction. Reports of his move prompted mixed reactions from leaders across the continent.

• Zhang Qingxuan used a Spirit-Gathering Formation to transform a mountain into a blessed grotto-heaven, which he named Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Zhang Qingxuan founded the Celestial Master Mansion, and news of his new faction spread across the continent.
• Qian Xunji read reports of Zhang Qingxuan's actions and accepted that he had left Spirit Hall.
• Tang Chen welcomed Zhang Qingxuan's departure from Spirit Hall, while Tang Li warned that the Li Family remained within Spirit Hall.
• Ning Tianguang felt relieved that Zhang Qingxuan and Qian Daoliu had separated, while Chen Jianjun resolved to challenge Zhang Qingxuan.
• Yu Jingtian took comfort in Zhang Qingxuan founding his own faction and hoped to keep the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect intact until his son could lead it.

Zhang Qingxuan visited the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, gave the White Dragon a map to a great opportunity, and promised the two immortal herbs future fortunes. At the Lake of Life, Bi Ji could not remove the power in Di Tian’s wounds, and a majestic voice called his name.

• Zhang Qingxuan caught the White Dragon sleeping and explained that his appearance was a manifestation of his Yang Spirit.
• Zhang Qingxuan sent a mysterious map into the White Dragon and told it to follow the map to a great opportunity.
• Zhang Qingxuan reassured the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot that he would remember them if suitable fortunes arose.
• Bi Ji healed Di Tian’s superficial wounds but could not dispel the higher-level power lingering in them.
• Di Tian feared his injuries and the Tribulation Lightning Aura would make his next Heavenly Tribulation fatal.
• A majestic voice resounded through the Star Dou Great Forest and called out to Di Tian.

Di Tian reported his defeat by Zhang Qingxuan to the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yuena, who healed him and questioned how a mortal could wield such power. At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Zhang Qingxuan enfeoffed the Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger as guardian sacred beasts, and the Heavenly Dao answered his rite.

• Di Tian brought the Ferocious Beasts before Gu Yuena and described his battle with Zhang Qingxuan, including the human's extraordinary abilities.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Zhang Qingxuan carried a Deity's aura, and Di Tian insisted that he did not.
• Gu Yuena discovered her protective scale on Di Tian, removed the lingering powers from his body, and sent the Ferocious Beasts away.
• Several days later, Zhang Qingxuan performed an enfeoffment rite at Dragon Tiger Mountain, naming the Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger its Guardian Sacred Beasts.
• The Heavenly Dao sent golden light into both beasts, granting them divine ranks, protection from Heavenly Tribulation, and faster cultivation.

After the Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger received a heavenly bestowal and transformed, Zhang Qingxuan named them Long Shuyu and Hu Xiaobing. That night, an ancient voice pulled Zhang Qingxuan into a consciousness space and welcomed him as a guest from another world.

• The Five-Clawed White Dragon and Ice Soul White Tiger underwent dramatic transformations as the continent's powers and the beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest sensed the bestowal.
• Zhang Qingxuan named the transformed dragon Long Shuyu and the tiger Hu Xiaobing, who gained reforged bones, freedom from tribulation shackles, earth-vein power, and ancestral bloodlines.
• Zhang Qingxuan wondered whether the will that had helped him had fallen asleep again, then asked Snow Empress to arrange a celebration at the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Zhang Qingxuan cultivated the Sutra of Innate Qi and Mortal Shedding, and his hair returned to its natural silver-white color.
• An ancient voice addressed Zhang Qingxuan as a friend from another world and pulled his consciousness into a boundless white space, where it welcomed him.

Zhang Qingxuan met the Heavenly Dao of Douluo Planet, which asked him to refine the violent cosmic energy streams so it could awaken completely. He agreed in exchange for access to its laws and a Heaven-Seeking Disk, then returned to his body with his cultivation bottleneck slightly loosened.

• The Heavenly Dao revealed that Zhang Qingxuan's arrival had awakened it and that it needed his help to fully awaken.
• The Heavenly Dao asked Zhang Qingxuan to refine the violent energy streams outside Douluo Planet, and he considered using a grand formation that required rare treasures.
• The Heavenly Dao offered him access to its laws and promised guidance in supreme cosmic laws if he helped it awaken.
• Zhang Qingxuan agreed on the condition that he receive a treasure to locate Innate Spiritual Objects, and the Heavenly Dao gave him the Heaven-Seeking Disk.
• After returning to his body, Zhang Qingxuan found that comprehending Heavenly Dao laws had loosened his cultivation bottleneck by about half a step.

After three years of cultivation, Zhang Qingxuan gave Yun Qingyang the Zhang surname and the Golden Light Incantation, hinting that he would become Dragon Tiger Mountain’s next-generation Celestial Master. Yun Qingyang realized the role would bring a difficult burden, especially because his water-and-metal Soul Power made mastering the Thunder Method unlikely.

• Zhang Qingxuan asked Yun Qingyang to take the surname Zhang, and Yun Lingyue forced her brother to kowtow in thanks.
• Zhang Qingxuan bestowed the Golden Light Incantation on Yun Qingyang, who eagerly accepted the cultivation manual.
• After leaving the instruction hall, Yun Lingyue told Yun Qingyang that the surname ceremony suggested Zhang Qingxuan was preparing him to become the next-generation Celestial Master.
• Yun Lingyue explained that she and Lu Xueqi were unsuitable to succeed Zhang Qingxuan, leaving Yun Qingyang as the only candidate.
• Yun Qingyang learned that his water-and-metal Soul Power made mastering the Thunder Method extremely difficult, but he continued to hold tightly to the Golden Light Incantation.

Yun Lingyue suspected Zhang Qingyang had secretly entered the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, while Zhang Qingxuan discussed his plans for Qingyang and tried to persuade Lu Xueqi to ease up on her relentless cultivation. The chapter ended with Xueqi declaring she aimed to match Zhang Qingxuan’s youthful cultivation achievements, leaving him unable to dissuade her.

• Yun Lingyue questioned Zhang Qingyang about secretly entering the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, but he denied it and hurried away.
• Yun Lingyue decided to return and refine the immortal pill her Master had given her.
• Lu Xueqi explained that Zhang Qingxuan had healed Zhang Qingyang with an immortal pill and planned to use the tournament to build his reputation before he inherited the position of Heavenly Master.
• Zhang Qingxuan urged Lu Xueqi to rest more, but she insisted that she needed to make the most of her prime cultivation years.
• Lu Xueqi said she hoped to reach the Soul Douluo realm before eighteen, like Zhang Qingxuan had, and he silently worried that she was pushing herself too hard.

Zhang Qingxuan opened Dragon Tiger Mountain’s gates to children under ten, requiring them to climb to the Celestial Master Mansion without help. The severe trials tested their strength and character, and only a few candidates remained as the selection continued.

• News spread that Zhang Qingxuan would accept children under ten who could reach the Celestial Master Mansion on their own, drawing candidates from across the continent.
• Yun Lingyue began the ascent and stopped powerful escorts from helping the children, ordering those under ten to climb alone.
• A hidden restriction automatically eliminated children judged too weak, while the remaining candidates entered mist that tested their courage, perseverance, and character.
• Zhang Qingyang questioned whether the trials were too harsh, but Lu Xueqi argued that they were needed to prevent people of vile character from gaining power.
• Zhang Qingxuan said the children’s success depended on their own fate and steadfast Dao hearts as only a few continued toward the summit.