Chapter Summaries

Wang Zhao awakened Luo Sanpao as his Beast Martial Soul and discovered he had Innate Half-Level Soul Power, leaving him stunned by how closely his life matched a character from Douluo Continent. After he postponed Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall, Uncle Li left abruptly, hinting that the awakening had drawn unusual attention.

• In a library, Wang Zhao wondered how a young Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan master with a mutated dragon Martial Soul and Innate Half-Level Soul Power should choose Soul Rings, then reflected on the Golden Iron Triangle.
• A year and three months earlier, Su Yuntao conducted Spirit Awakening in Spirit Scholar Village, where the last child, Wang Zhao, manifested a strange Beast Martial Soul that Su Yuntao recognized as a tangible creature.
• Wang Zhao identified the creature as Luo Sanpao and tested his Soul Power, revealing Innate Half-Level Soul Power.
• Wang Zhao recalled his previous life and worried whether this was the novel version of Douluo Continent, while recognizing that his memories of the story were his only advantage.
• Su Yuntao invited Wang Zhao to join Spirit Hall, but Wang Zhao said he needed to ask his grandfather before deciding.
• After leaving the village with Su Yuntao, Uncle Li told him to continue alone, then possessed his Iron Eagle Martial Soul and flew away.

Uncle Li reported to the Saintess that Wang Zhao had awakened the same unusual martial soul as Yu Xiaogang, while Wang Zhao considered his limited prospects and named his martial soul Golden Scale. The Saintess ordered Xiao Die to investigate Wang Zhao and bring him to Spirit City within three days, then murmured Yu Xiaogang’s name.

• Uncle Li sent the Saintess a letter about Wang Zhao, whom he had found in Spirit Scholar Village with a martial soul like Yu Xiaogang’s.
• Wang Zhao returned home with Old John, reflected on possible paths to power, and decided to name his martial soul Golden Scale.
• The Saintess received Uncle Li’s letter and ordered Xiao Die to investigate Wang Zhao and bring him to Spirit City within three days.
• The Saintess leaned weakly against a wall and murmured, “Xiaogang...”

Wang Zhao was abducted from Nuoding City and brought to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong arranged to become his teacher. After waking from a hypnotic illusion, he realized the woman calling herself Wang Dong'er was likely Bibi Dong.

• Old John took Wang Zhao around Nuoding City while two shadowy figures watched them and one left for Spirit Scholar Village.
• A shadow knocked Wang Zhao unconscious and carried him away to an unfamiliar residence.
• Bibi Dong instructed a Spirit Master to hypnotize Wang Zhao and declared that she would be his teacher.
• Wang Zhao recognized the hypnotic illusion as a dream and saw through the false image of Old John.
• Wang Zhao woke in Spirit City, where the masked woman introduced herself as Wang Dong'er and explained that she would teach him Martial Soul cultivation.
• After the woman left, Wang Zhao suspected that his new teacher was Bibi Dong.

Wang Zhao explored Spirit City, confirmed the timeline by hearing about the manhunt for Tang Hao, and began studying Soul Master basics. Bibi Dong visited him that evening, where he insisted on calling her Sister Dong'er and impressed her with his dedication to books.

• Wang Zhao asked Die whether Old John was safe, and she assured him that Bibi Dong had arranged for someone to look after him.
• Wang Zhao went out to familiarize himself with Spirit City while Die secretly followed him.
• Wang Zhao overheard tavern patrons discussing Qian Xunji's manhunt for Tang Hao and used the news to estimate how much time he had to prepare.
• Wang Zhao returned home and studied the Soul Master books Bibi Dong had provided, including a copy of Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong found Wang Zhao reading, objected to being called Dong'er, and heard him explain how much he valued books and cultivation.

Bibi Dong began training Wang Zhao in physical conditioning and Soul Master meditation while arranging for him to work as a part-time librarian at Spirit Academy. After a month of training, his Soul Power reached level 2, and he prepared to begin his library job.

• Bibi Dong tested Wang Zhao's physique and taught him the basic Soul Master Meditation Method.
• Wang Zhao summoned Golden Scale, and Bibi Dong said its martial spirit resembled Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao.
• Wang Zhao declared he would study hard and become a Titled Douluo, prompting Bibi Dong to promise him noble-family resources and access to Spirit City's Library.
• Bibi Dong arranged for Wang Zhao to work as a librarian at Spirit Academy rather than enter as a student.
• Over the next month, Bibi Dong and Die helped Wang Zhao train, and his Soul Power rose from 0.5 to level 2.
• Bibi Dong told Wang Zhao he would start working evenings in Spirit Academy's Library the next day.

Wang Zhao continued his rapid cultivation and martial training while studying an Immortal Herb Catalog Bibi Dong had obtained for him. At the Spirit Academy Library, a blonde girl secretly approached him while he read, and his reflexive elbow strike began before he realized she was there.

• Wang Zhao reached soul power level 5 after six months of training and fought Die using close-combat techniques taught by Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong gave Wang Zhao an Immortal Herb Catalog, and he hurried to the Library after changing into his work uniform.
• Wang Zhao read in a quiet corner while a blonde girl and her grandfather watched him from the Library's central area.
• The grandfather left after receiving a secret message, and the blonde girl seized the chance to approach Wang Zhao.
• The blonde girl nudged Wang Zhao, who instinctively threw an elbow strike without looking up.

Wang Zhao tried to keep his distance from Qian Renxue, whose growing curiosity about him led him to pretend that their different talents placed them in separate worlds. His words left Qian Renxue questioning whether she was destined to be apart from everyone, and Qian Daoliu considered letting her experience more of life.

• Wang Zhao stopped his reflexive elbow strike when he saw Qian Renxue, then claimed he could not attend the Junior Soul Master Academy because his talent was poor.
• Qian Renxue left after Wang Zhao returned to his book, and he felt relieved that he had avoided getting involved with her.
• The following evening, Qian Renxue secretly used her ability to distort light and appearances to sit beside Wang Zhao in the Library.
• When Qian Renxue pressed him about why he ignored her, Wang Zhao pretended to feel inferior to her as a Soul Master and declared that they belonged to different worlds.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu whether she was destined to belong to a different world from everyone, and he wondered if allowing her more independence would help her experience life.

Qian Daoliu accepted that Qian Renxue needed to experience emotions for her Divine Nine Trials and told the Worship Hall elders not to interfere with her growing closeness to Wang Zhao. As Wang Zhao and Qian Renxue spent more time together, he sensed something after they closed the Library late one night and hurried away.

• Qian Daoliu blamed Wang Zhao for his granddaughter's unusual behavior but decided not to take his anger out on the boy.
• Wang Zhao tried to focus on becoming stronger, while Qian Renxue repeatedly sat beside him in the Library and embarrassed herself by holding her book upside down.
• Qian Daoliu explained to Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Worship Hall elders that Qian Renxue's ninth trial involved the seven emotions, and he ordered them to let her and Wang Zhao be.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that he had secretly investigated Wang Zhao and suspected the boy was not simple, then wondered whether to tell Ji'er.
• Wang Zhao spent his days training with Sister Dong'er and his nights with Qian Renxue, who kept him company in the Library.
• After Wang Zhao locked the Library late one night, he sensed something, said goodbye to Qian Renxue, and hurried away.

Wang Zhao fed Dragon Blood Grass to Golden Scale and reflected on how nurturing its dragon bloodline and training it could turn the Martial Soul into a powerful beast companion. Golden Scale continued to grow toward a young dragon as Wang Zhao planned to cultivate it alongside himself.

• Qian Renxue secretly followed Wang Zhao out of Spirit Academy, hiding her aura with Distorted Light.
• Wang Zhao summoned Golden Scale, which had grown larger and developed more dragonlike features over the past half year.
• Wang Zhao fed Golden Scale a piece of Dragon Blood Grass from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Wang Zhao recalled how Yu Xiaogang had fed Luo Sanpao ordinary white radishes instead of resources that might nourish its dragon bloodline.
• Wang Zhao described training Golden Scale alongside himself and concluded that independently manifested Beast Martial Souls could become powerful companions if properly nurtured.

Wang Zhao used half of Qian Renxue’s Sacred Radiance Leaf to help Golden Scale replenish its light-attribute power and break through to Soul Power Level 6. The next day, Qian Renxue gave him another leaf at the library, and Wang Zhao accepted it with sincere thanks.

• Qian Renxue teased Wang Zhao before sending him the Sacred Radiance Leaf, which Golden Scale promptly bit in half.
• Golden Scale consumed part of the leaf, and Wang Zhao’s Soul Power broke through to Level 6.
• Wang Zhao returned home and encountered Qian Xunji, whose presence and attitude toward him left Wang Zhao puzzled.
• Bibi Dong asked Wang Zhao about Qian Xunji, then dismissed him without explaining her thoughts.
• At the library, Qian Renxue gave Wang Zhao another Sacred Radiance Leaf as payment for seeing Golden Scale, and Wang Zhao thanked her.

A year and three months after awakening his martial soul, Wang Zhao reached Soul Power level 10 and set out with Bibi Dong and Die to hunt a rare Cloud-Traversing White Python for his First Soul Ring. As they left Spirit City, Qian Xunji and the Titled Douluo elders Ju and Ghost appeared above the Pope's Palace, prompting Wang Zhao to suspect a larger event was unfolding.

• Wang Zhao studied martial souls in the Library and learned through Die's Secret Sound Thread that the group had found a Cloud-Traversing White Python.
• Wang Zhao returned to the residence, where he found Bibi Dong waiting with Die, and the three left Spirit City by carriage.
• Qian Xunji rose into the sky from the Pope's Palace with Ju and Ghost, and Wang Zhao wondered whether their departure was connected to an impending storm.
• Bibi Dong asked Wang Zhao why he had chosen the weak Cloud-Traversing White Python, and he explained its White Dragon Bloodline and its connections to other soul beasts.

Wang Zhao and his companions reached the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Cloud-Traversing White Python Soul Ring, while Bibi Dong used the journey to teach him practical combat by making him fight weaker Soul Beasts. They arrived at the python’s habitat, where Wang Zhao recognized that the creature was hidden in the clouds above.

• After a woman gave birth, Tang Hao confronted Qian Xunji, who challenged his plans to obtain a Soul Ring and threatened his Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast wife.
• Wang Zhao, Die, and a Purple-robed Bishop entered the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled toward a Cloud-Traversing White Python habitat.
• Bibi Dong killed a Soft Bone Rabbit to demonstrate the danger of the wilderness, but Wang Zhao pretended to be frightened and clung to Die.
• Bibi Dong made Wang Zhao and his Golden Scale battle several weak Soul Beasts, helping him absorb her lethal combat techniques.
• The group reached a silent grove before noon, and Wang Zhao realized the Cloud-Traversing White Python was concealed in the clouds overhead.

Wang Zhao killed an eight-hundred-year Cloud-Traversing White Python and prepared to absorb its Soul Ring, challenging Bibi Dong’s trust in Yu Xiaogang’s theories about Soul Rings. The chapter ended as Wang Zhao began absorbing the ring, promising to explain his preparations afterward.

• Die revealed her power, knocked the Cloud-Traversing White Python from the sky, and Bibi Dong restrained it.
• Wang Zhao had Golden Scale kill the python, then tried to absorb its eight-hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong stopped Wang Zhao and warned that the Soul Ring was far too old for him.
• Wang Zhao argued that Yu Xiaogang’s theory about Plant-type Soul Masters absorbing animal Soul Rings overlooked the danger to their physiques, leaving Bibi Dong uncertain.
• Die reminded Wang Zhao that the Soul Ring would soon disperse, and he assured Bibi Dong that he had prepared carefully before beginning to absorb it.

Wang Zhao absorbed an eight-hundred-year soul ring by sharing its energy with Golden Scale, awakening the Martial Soul’s light attribute and raising his Soul Power to Level 14. Bibi Dong witnessed his success and could no longer defend Xiao Gang’s theory.

• Wang Zhao used his energy-conduction method to absorb the Cloud-Traversing White Python’s soul ring together with Golden Scale.
• Golden Scale’s dormant light attribute awakened, and Wang Zhao refined the soul-ring energy through their symbiotic connection.
• Wang Zhao absorbed the eight-hundred-year soul ring, grew stronger, and reached Soul Power Level 14.
• Wang Zhao released Golden Scale and saw its body transformed with golden flecks and a dim radiance on the bulge atop its head.
• Bibi Dong and Die approached Wang Zhao, and Bibi Dong acknowledged that Xiao Gang’s theory was wrong.

Wang Zhao explained his record-breaking First Soul Ring to Bibi Dong, then revealed his First Soul Skill, Sacred Radiance Auspicious Cloud. It granted him and Golden Scale levitation, while its full effects remained concealed within the Silver Light Cloud.

• Wang Zhao credited Golden Scale for helping him absorb an 800-year First Soul Ring and argued that a Soul Master's physique affected the strength of Soul Rings they could absorb.
• Bibi Dong reflected on Wang Zhao's comments about physique and Yu Xiaogang, but kept her thoughts to herself.
• Wang Zhao activated Sacred Radiance Auspicious Cloud, causing Golden Scale to float amid clouds and silver light.
• Wang Zhao discovered that he could also levitate and flew onto Golden Scale's back, while Bibi Dong advised him to examine his Soul Power use and the skill's effects.
• Wang Zhao recognized that the skill did more than grant flight: within the Silver Light Cloud, concealment increased and Golden Scale's physical qualities and Light Attribute rose by 50%.

Wang Zhao investigated his newly awakened light-attribute soul skill before he, Bibi Dong, and Die witnessed Ah Yin sacrifice herself for Tang Hao. After Tang Hao gained a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and confronted Qian Xunji, an evil voice revealed that Tang Hao had passed the first Rakshasa God trial.

• Wang Zhao explained that Golden Scale had awakened a light attribute and credited Great Master Yu Xiaogang's words for encouraging him to develop it.
• A powerful red light erupted nearby, and Wang Zhao persuaded Bibi Dong and Die to investigate while remaining hidden.
• Wang Zhao, Bibi Dong, and Die arrived to find Spirit Hall personnel immobilized by the red light as Ah Yin sacrificed herself and left Tang Hao their infant son.
• Tang Hao gained a red hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring, reached level ninety-two, and faced Qian Xunji with his Clear Sky Hammer and killing intent.
• A voice declared Tang Hao had passed the first Rakshasa God trial and increased his Rakshasa God Affinity to five percent.

Tang Hao accepted Rakshasa’s God Position, believing it would let him protect Ah Yin and their future family, but the first trial demanded that he deceive Ah Yin and make her sacrifice herself. Rakshasa’s promise that he could revive her kept him from refusing, leaving him tormented as Ah Yin slept beside him.

• Tang Hao was overwhelmed by guilt and resentment on the battlefield as Ah Yin’s accusing voice echoed in his mind.
• Tang Hao recalled meeting Rakshasa in a secret realm and agreeing to inherit her God Position, after which a Scythe Mark appeared on his forehead.
• Asura confronted Rakshasa about Tang Hao’s inheritance, but Rakshasa insisted Tang Hao had accepted it willingly and taunted Asura about his chosen inheritor.
• Tang Hao learned that the Rakshasa First Trial required him to deceive the Blue Silver Emperor into bearing his child and then sacrifice herself as his Soul Ring.
• Rakshasa promised Tang Hao he could revive Ah Yin after ascending to the God Realm, and Tang Hao remained torn and sleepless beside her.

Tang Hao recovered from his strange lapse and fought Qian Xunji by exploding his Soul Rings, while Wang Zhao watched in disbelief. After Tang Hao unleashed every ring and broke Ju and Ghost Douluo’s domain, the battle dragged on until he struck one final blow and immediately regretted it.

• Qian Xunji used Angel’s Roar to injure Tang Hao and bring him back to his senses.
• Tang Hao exploded his Soul Rings in succession, boosting his strength, while Qian Xunji called Ju and Ghost Douluo to trap him with Polarity Stillness Domain.
• Qian Xunji attacked Tang Hao with the Angel Holy Sword, but Tang Hao exploded every Soul Ring and shattered the domain, injuring Ju and Ghost Douluo through the backlash.
• Wang Zhao watched with Bibi Dong and Die as Tang Hao battled Qian Xunji and endured the prolonged fight while holding the infant.
• The infant cried out, Tang Hao silenced him, and after striking Qian Xunji with one final hammer blow, Tang Hao realized he had used the Hammer of Death.

Tang Hao killed Qian Xunji with his Clear Sky Hammer and fled, while Spirit Hall carried the Pope’s corpse back to Spirit City. Elsewhere, several infants’ futures began to take shape, and Bibi Dong’s grief over her teacher’s death left Wang Zhao suspecting that the world’s story was veering into chaos.

• Tang Hao struck Qian Xunji with his Clear Sky Hammer, then escaped while worrying that his attack might bring the Qian Family’s wrath upon the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo found Qian Xunji dead and carried his corpse toward Spirit City.
• A couple in Nuoding City adopted an abandoned infant, while a Star Luo madam ordered a sleeping infant’s eye gouged out to shape the princes’ future rivalry.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and his pregnant wife felt their unborn child move as the baby impatiently longed to practice swordsmanship.
• Bibi Dong mourned Qian Xunji, and Wang Zhao wondered whether the world’s plot was collapsing into chaos.

Wang Zhao tested Bibi Dong’s identity and warned her that becoming Acting Pope would leave her vulnerable after Qian Xunji’s death. Her reaction suggested the story’s familiar events had changed, leading Wang Zhao to suspect that gods were manipulating people and destinies, including his own transmigration.

• Wang Zhao reasoned that Bibi Dong was likely Spirit Hall’s Saintess, then claimed she could not be because the Pope’s death would soon make the Saintess Acting Pope.
• Bibi Dong realized she might have no support in Spirit Hall and feared she could not safely hold the position of Acting Pope.
• Wang Zhao recognized that his words had been a test and concluded that Qian Xunji’s early death might have changed Bibi Dong’s fate and the story’s events.
• Wang Zhao recalled theories that the Rakshasa God manipulated Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, then wondered whether the Asura God’s plans had also caused his own transmigration.
• Wang Zhao’s expression changed as he considered that the gods might be playing a larger game involving him.