Chapter Summaries

Xu Lanxing, Ye Qinghuan, Li Qingfeng, and Bai Ziyao reached the Celestial Master Mansion and faced Zhang Qingyang in a trial, where he defeated them without using his Martial Soul. After the four youths recovered, Zhang Qingyang led them toward the library, while Li Qingfeng noticed a strange shadow that looked like a diagram.

• Xu Lanxing, Ye Qinghuan, Li Qingfeng, and Bai Ziyao passed the mountain trials and entered the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Zhang Qingyang to test the four newcomers, and Zhang Qingyang challenged them to attack together.
• Xu Lanxing and Ye Qinghuan tried to concede because they believed Zhang Qingyang's Martial Soul had been damaged, but he insisted they fight.
• The four youths combined their Martial Souls and attacked Zhang Qingyang, who quickly defeated them with an ordinary wooden spear and no Martial Soul.
• A pillar of white light restored the four youths, and Zhang Qingyang offered to take them to meet his Master and visit the library.
• Li Qingfeng noticed a shadow on the ground that seemed to resemble a diagram as the group prepared to leave.

Zhang Qingxuan accepted Xu Lanxing, Ye Qinghuan, Li Qingfeng, and Bai Ziyao as registered disciples, assigning them cultivation arts or foundational study suited to their abilities. Yun Lingyue announced the end of the selection, and the Xu and Ye families concluded that their young ladies had been chosen.

• Xu Lanxing and Ye Qinghuan greeted Zhang Qingxuan as former students of his lectures in Spirit City.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Xu Lanxing the Stellar Art for her mutated Star Sword martial soul and Ye Qinghuan the dangerous Threefold Reverse Life art, whose risks Ye Qinghuan's Nine Star Begonia could counter.
• Zhang Qingxuan assigned Zhang Qingyang to teach Li Qingfeng and Bai Ziyao acupoints and Soul Power circulation before he chose cultivation arts for them.
• Zhang Qingxuan declared all four registered disciples, and they knelt to thank him.
• Yun Lingyue announced that disciple selection had concluded and dismissed the waiting crowd.
• The Xu and Ye families celebrated, believing their young ladies had been selected as Celestial Master's disciples.

Zhang Qingyang recovered his martial soul, joined the Martial Soul Hall Academy team after defeating its challengers, and revealed his renewed strength. At Dragon Tiger Mountain, Li Qingfeng chose the dangerous path of Qimen, and Zhang Qingxuan agreed to teach him.

• Qian Xunji discovered that Zhang Qingyang’s martial soul had recovered, and Zhang Qingyang said his master had healed him with an ancient secret method.
• Bibi Dong accepted Zhang Qingyang’s request to join the team, and he defeated the challengers to claim a spot.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Li Qingfeng and Bai Ziyao to choose their paths from the Library Pavilion’s collection.
• Li Qingfeng drew the Qimen Bagua Diagram he had glimpsed while sparring with Zhang Qingyang, and Zhang Qingxuan recognized it.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Li Qingfeng that Qimen could cause madness or death, but Li Qingfeng insisted on learning it.
• Zhang Qingxuan agreed to teach Li Qingfeng the path of Qimen.

After Spirit Hall Academy won the tournament, Yu Yuanzhen learned that Zhang Qingyang’s Martial Soul Origin had been restored by his master and decided to visit the Celestial Master Mansion for help with Yu Xiaogang. Qian Xunji then sent Bibi Dong with Zhang Qingyang so Zhang Qingxuan could examine the dangers of her Twin Martial Souls, while Qian Xunji addressed someone hiding in the Pope Palace.

• Yu Yuanzhen rushed to Zhang Qingyang after the tournament and offered a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone and a favor to learn how his Martial Soul Origin had been restored.
• Zhang Qingyang said his master, Zhang Qingxuan, had treated him but had not explained the method, so Yu Yuanzhen decided to visit the Celestial Master Mansion for Yu Xiaogang’s sake.
• Dugu Bo told Zhang Qingyang that Yu Xiaogang had awakened a pig Martial Soul, had only half a level of Innate Soul Power, and remained a Soul Master.
• Qian Xunji asked Zhang Qingyang to take Bibi Dong to the Celestial Master Mansion so Zhang Qingxuan could examine the dangers of her Twin Martial Souls.
• After Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong left, Qian Xunji addressed his hidden father and teased him for eavesdropping like Guang Ling.

Qian Xunji’s political strategy impressed Qian Daoliu, while Sword Lord Chen Jianjun arrived at the Celestial Master Mansion and witnessed Lu Xueqi demonstrate a deadly sword technique. Chen Jianjun learned that her Heaven-Slaying sword-drawing technique had been taught by the young master.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that his political skill surpassed his own and praised his calculated decision to send Bibi Dong away with Zhang Qingyang.
• Qian Xunji reflected on how sending Bibi Dong to Dragon Tiger Mountain would secure a favor, test Zhang Qingxuan, strengthen Spirit Hall if her condition was cured, and deter rival factions.
• Chen Jianjun arrived at the Celestial Master Mansion, where Yun Lingyue said Zhang Qingxuan had foreseen his visit.
• Chen Jianjun watched Lu Xueqi repeatedly practice drawing and sheathing her sword, then saw her cut a wooden stake with a swift, precise strike.
• Chen Jianjun asked Lu Xueqi about her sword technique, and she said the young master had taught her Heaven-Slaying.

Chen Jianjun sought Zhang Qingxuan’s guidance to overcome his swordsmanship bottleneck after learning the name and meaning of Lu Xueqi’s Heaven-Sundering Draw Sword Technique. Zhang agreed to discuss the sword with him in the Orange Grove, where Chen explained why he believed Zhang could take his swordsmanship further.

• Lu Xueqi identified her sword technique as the Heaven-Sundering Draw Sword Technique, and Chen Jianjun recognized the resolve behind its power.
• Lu Xueqi called Zhang Qingxuan, who appeared unnoticed behind Chen and explained that he had concealed his presence with a minor trick.
• Chen Jianjun asked Zhang to guide him through his swordsmanship bottleneck, and Zhang agreed, inviting Lu Xueqi to bring Yue'er to the Orange Grove.
• Zhang and Chen sat in the Orange Grove, where Zhang said he planted orange trees in memory of an old friend who had saved his life.
• Chen told Zhang that he lived only for the sword and had come because he believed Zhang was one of the world's two strongest sword wielders, perhaps even surpassing Qian Daoliu.

Zhang Qingxuan and Chen Jianjun held a daylong sword debate using withered branches, and Zhang Qingxuan demonstrated his mastery of the power of heaven and earth. Chen Jianjun left with a branch containing a strand of sword qi and one year to study it.

• Zhang Qingxuan teased Chen Jianjun for arriving empty-handed, then proposed that they use withered branches as swords.
• Chen Jianjun and Zhang Qingxuan fought without Soul Power while Lu Xueqi and Yun Lingyue watched and learned from their swordsmanship.
• After the daylong debate, Chen Jianjun admitted defeat and asked Zhang Qingxuan about the power that had suppressed his attacks and movements.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained that the power came from heaven and earth, then demonstrated how it could suppress an opponent.
• Chen Jianjun asked to be taught the power, but Zhang Qingxuan said it had to be comprehended independently and gave him a branch containing sword qi to study for one year.

Zhang Qingxuan sensed the arrival of Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect and confronted them at the Celestial Master Mansion. Yu Xiaogang declared himself Zhang Qingxuan’s future disciple, leaving Yu Yuanzhen terrified that his son’s presumptuousness would get them killed.

• Zhang Qingxuan sensed that two people from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect had arrived and went to meet them with Chen Jianjun, Lu Xueqi, and the others.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned Yu Xiaogang to behave respectfully and explained how his weak Martial Soul and cruel behavior had made him a laughingstock in the sect.
• When the mansion gates opened, Yu Xiaogang rushed inside, believing Zhang Qingxuan had welcomed him, and Yu Yuanzhen hurried after him.
• Yu Xiaogang slid across the courtyard on his knees and loudly declared himself Zhang Qingxuan’s disciple, startling the others.
• Zhang Qingxuan rebuked Yu Yuanzhen for letting his son impersonate a disciple and overwhelmed him with heavenly pressure.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted that the opened gates proved Zhang Qingxuan had accepted him, while Yu Yuanzhen feared his son would get them killed.

Zhang Qingxuan rejected Yu Xiaogang as a disciple and forbade him from claiming association with his sect. When Yu Xiaogang blamed his failed potential on his mutated Martial Soul and Yu Yuanzhen offered Soul Bones to win Zhang Qingxuan over, Zhang Qingxuan challenged Yu Xiaogang’s self-deception.

• Yu Xiaogang treated Lu Xueqi and Yun Lingyue’s silence as approval, but Zhang Qingxuan silenced him and declared he would never become his disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan warned Yu Xiaogang not to claim his sect and gave Yu Yuanzhen a threatening look.
• Yu Xiaogang insisted his Martial Soul had once been the Golden Saint Dragon and blamed its mutation for his shortcomings.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered Zhang Qingxuan two Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones in exchange for restoring his son’s Martial Soul, but Zhang Qingxuan ignored the gifts.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Yu Xiaogang that his own inadequacy, not his Martial Soul, might be what held it back.

Zhang Qingxuan revealed that Luo Sanpao had sacrificed its power to save Yu Xiaogang’s frail life, and that it once had the potential to become a peerless martial soul. He said he could have restored it if Yu Xiaogang had sought help when it first awakened, but now it was too late.

• Yu Xiaogang rejected Zhang Qingxuan’s explanation and blamed his mutated martial soul for ruining his prospects, pleading to become Zhang Qingxuan’s disciple.
• Zhang Qingxuan explained that Luo Sanpao was an intelligent, detached martial soul that had sacrificed its origin to protect Yu Xiaogang when he was born frail with little Innate Soul Power.
• Zhang Qingxuan said Luo Sanpao could have become a Title Douluo-level martial soul, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the others stunned as Luo Sanpao affectionately rubbed against Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked whether Yu Xiaogang’s martial soul could be restored, and Zhang Qingxuan admitted he knew how to reforge its origin but said it was already too late.
• When Yu Xiaogang demanded to know why, Yu Yuanzhen ordered him to kneel, while Lu Xueqi and Yun Lingyue reacted with hostility.
• Zhang Qingxuan said he could have restored Luo Sanpao when it first awakened if Yu Xiaogang had approached him with humility and sincerity.

Zhang Qingxuan told Yu Xiaogang that his choices had permanently capped his cultivation, then returned Bibi Dong to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where a mysterious figure suddenly rushed down from the peak. The chapter left the newcomer unidentified as Zhang Qingxuan and Bibi Dong watched the blur approach.

• Zhang Qingxuan explained that Yu Xiaogang could once have awakened his Golden Saint Dragon bloodline, but that his soul path was now irreversibly capped at level thirty.
• Yu Xiaogang lost hope and fled, while Yu Yuanzhen collected the two soul bones Zhang Qingxuan returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Zhang Qingxuan used a secret art to bring Bibi Dong back to Dragon Tiger Mountain, and she marveled at its dense, pure Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong teased Zhang Qingyang for failing to learn Zhang Qingxuan's Daoist arts, and Zhang Qingyang recalled how his younger sister had mocked his failed attempts to study them.
• A black figure shot down from Dragon Tiger Mountain so quickly that Zhang Qingxuan and Bibi Dong could not identify it.

Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong met Yu Yuanzhen and Sword Douluo Chen Jianjun on Dragon Tiger Mountain before bringing oranges to Zhang Qingxuan. Zhang Qingxuan dismissed Zhang Qingyang and kept Bibi Dong in the hall to discuss something privately.

• Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong directed Yu Yuanzhen down the mountain after he asked whether they had seen someone fleeing.
• Bibi Dong showed Zhang Qingyang the oranges she had brought for Zhang Qingxuan, and Zhang Qingyang explained how much his master loved them.
• Chen Jianjun recognized Bibi Dong as a Saintess candidate and asked whether Zhang Qingyang had a sword Martial Soul; he lost interest when he learned Zhang Qingyang wielded a spear.
• Zhang Qingyang and Bibi Dong went to the Celestial Master Mansion and greeted Zhang Qingxuan, who interrupted Zhang Qingyang and told him to leave.
• Zhang Qingxuan asked Bibi Dong to stay and speak with him privately, while Zhang Qingyang wondered whether his master wanted the oranges.

Zhang Qingxuan examined Bibi Dong for outside interference, found no trace of it, and used his Yin-Yang true qi to suppress the conflict between her Twin Martial Souls. He gave her the Soul Core Condensation Method as a secret inheritance, then began to raise another matter.

• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Bibi Dong closer and put her to sleep with a tap between her brows.
• Zhang Qingxuan searched Bibi Dong's body and soul for outside interference but found nothing.
• Zhang Qingxuan placed a strand of Yin-Yang true qi in Bibi Dong's dantian to stabilize her Twin Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong woke, and Zhang Qingxuan claimed her weakness had made her faint before explaining the true qi's purpose.
• Zhang Qingxuan gave Bibi Dong the Soul Core Condensation Method and warned her never to reveal it.
• Zhang Qingxuan said there was one more matter.

Zhang Qingxuan gave Bibi Dong a talisman and warned her to come to Dragon Tiger Mountain if it heated up, while explaining to Lu Xueqi that he viewed Bibi Dong as a long-term investment. At an inn, Yu Yuanzhen found Yu Xiaogang drowning in despair and suggested he pursue theoretical research instead of the soul master path.

• Zhang Qingxuan gave Bibi Dong a talisman and instructed her to seek him out if it began heating up.
• Bibi Dong promised to travel to Dragon Tiger Mountain immediately if the talisman reacted.
• Lu Xueqi questioned Zhang Qingxuan about giving Bibi Dong the Soul Core Condensation Method, and he said she was worth a long-term investment.
• Yu Yuanzhen found Yu Xiaogang drunk and devastated in an inn after learning he could not break through level thirty.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang to pursue the path of theory, and Yu Xiaogang showed a trace of hope.

Yu Yuanzhen encouraged Yu Xiaogang to pursue theoretical research after his cultivation path was cut off. Two years later, Zhang Qingxuan sent Zhang Qingyang down the mountain, while Li Yingxue grew increasingly resentful over her brother’s long absence.

• Yu Yuanzhen urged Yu Xiaogang to study Martial Soul theory, and Yu Xiaogang decided to try starting from the basics.
• Zhang Qingxuan ordered Zhang Qingyang down the mountain and hurled him toward the gate when he resisted.
• Zhang Qingyang revealed he was delighted to leave and ran toward a nearby town, while Zhang Qingxuan and Yun Lingyue watched him go.
• Zhang Qingxuan left Yun Lingyue behind and decided to take Xueqi out after finding the others occupied.
• Li Yingxue thought angrily about her absent brother, accidentally pinched Xiao Bai, and apologized while her longing and resentment deepened.

Zhang Qingxuan reunited with Li Yingxue and Xiao Bai over osmanthus cakes before telling the Li Family he planned to travel across the continent to find three remaining innate five-element divine materials. He had already obtained the water and wood materials and possessed a treasure to help locate the metal, fire, and earth materials.

• Zhang Qingxuan visited Li Yingxue with osmanthus cakes, and she abandoned her diet to eat them.
• Zhang Qingxuan shared a cake with Xiao Bai, who privately resolved to wait for a chance to be with him.
• Yang Wanqing prepared a feast to celebrate Zhang Qingxuan's return, and the family ate together.
• Li Yuntian asked why Zhang Qingxuan had returned, and Zhang Qingxuan said he intended to travel across the continent.
• Zhang Qingxuan revealed that he was seeking five innate divine materials and had already found the water and wood ones.

Zhang Qingxuan took Lu Xueqi to Spirit City and explained why Spirit Hall might hold records of primordial divine artifacts. Meanwhile, the Divine Firmament Creation Willow transformed into a young girl and discovered that she retained level twenty-five cultivation.

• Zhang Qingxuan woke beside Li Yingxue, who complained that he had worn her out before falling back asleep.
• Zhang Qingxuan told Lu Xueqi that Spirit Hall was the likeliest place to find records of ancient artifacts because of the Qian Family's ties to the Angel God.
• Zhang Qingxuan recalled choosing the Primordial Divine Wood from Spirit Hall's treasury after Qian Xunji had offered him several treasures.
• The Divine Firmament Creation Willow released healing vitality through its grove and transformed into a barefoot young girl.
• The girl sensed that she had retained level twenty-five Soul Grandmaster cultivation and had integrated tribulation lightning into her first two soul rings.

Zhang Qingxuan discovered that the Heaven-Seeking Disk was reacting to a treasure inside Spirit Hall and entered a meeting with Qian Xunji. After Qian Xunji thanked him for resolving his disciple’s Twin Martial Souls problem, Zhang Qingxuan asked to choose an item from the treasury, leaving Qian Xunji indignant at his shamelessness.

• Zhang Qingxuan entered Spirit Hall, where the Heaven-Seeking Disk trembled in response to a hidden treasure, and he prepared spirit oranges as part of his plan to obtain it.
• Lu Xueqi urged Zhang Qingxuan to stop staring at the oranges and continue on.
• Qian Xunji welcomed Zhang Qingxuan and Lu Xueqi with tea, then teased Zhang Qingxuan about Lu Xueqi’s strict manners.
• Qian Xunji thanked Zhang Qingxuan for resolving his disciple’s Twin Martial Souls cultivation problem.
• Zhang Qingxuan asked Qian Xunji to let him choose an item from Spirit Hall’s treasury, and Qian Xunji accused him of shamelessly exploiting the opportunity.

Zhang Qingxuan negotiated with Qian Xunji for an item in exchange for a top-tier, supremely yang cultivation technique suited to the Angel Clan. He left with Qian Xunji’s foundational meditation technique and promised to deliver the cultivation method after retrieving the item.

• Zhang Qingxuan dismissed Qian Xunji’s complaints about his shameless bargaining and persuaded him to agree to an exchange.
• Qian Xunji rejected Zhang Qingxuan’s Spirit Oranges as insufficient payment, though he recognized their unusual spiritual properties.
• Qian Xunji asked for a cultivation technique like Li Yuntian’s, preferably one even better, and Zhang Qingxuan agreed.
• Qian Xunji gave Zhang Qingxuan a Qian Family foundational meditation technique to help him create a method suited to the Angel Clan.
• Zhang Qingxuan promised to retrieve the item and return with a cultivation method, leaving the Spirit Oranges as a deposit, and Qian Xunji accepted the deal.

Zhang Qingxuan received a Spirit Hall token from Qian Xunji and followed the Heaven-Seeking Disk toward a concealed destination. In a frontier town, Zhang Qingyang saw a father trying to sell his daughter and stepped forward to buy the girl, causing the merchant and townsfolk to recognize the Celestial Master Mansion robe.

• Qian Xunji tossed Zhang Qingxuan a token granting access to Spirit Hall's core areas, and Zhang Qingxuan followed the Heaven-Seeking Disk northeast without noticing it was not leading him to the treasury.
• Zhang Qingyang surveyed a frontier town's recovery and reflected that Spirit Hall treated common people better than the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires.
• A poor father tried to sell his six-year-old daughter after learning her martial soul and Innate Soul Power offered little hope of supporting the family.
• The girl asked the wealthy merchant to buy her so her family could survive, and Zhang Qingyang pitied her sacrifice.
• Zhang Qingyang changed into the Celestial Master Mansion robe, emerged from the shadows, and declared that he would buy the girl.
• The wealthy merchant fell to his knees in fear as the townsfolk recognized Zhang Qingyang's robe and gave him space.