Chapter Summaries

Xia Yuan returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with a new soul skill and acquired Plate Crystal Hair Gold in Suotuo City. At the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, he gave Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling immortal herbs intended to strengthen their martial souls and physiques.

• Xia Yuan gained the Blue Silver Tree World Wall soul skill from the Black-Armored Dragonblood Tree and returned to the meeting point with Dugu Bo.
• Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo parted ways with Skywater Academy and Blazing Fire Academy, then traveled to Suotuo City to obtain Plate Crystal Hair Gold from Flender.
• Dugu Bo brought Xia Yuan the Plate Crystal Hair Gold, which Xia Yuan kept for use as a weapon against enemies and spirit beasts.
• Xia Yuan told Dugu Bo he planned to give Dugu Yan an immortal herb and asked him to stand guard during its absorption.
• Xia Yuan brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the outskirts of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and gave Dugu Yan Dragon Jade Grass and Ye Lingling an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling absorbed the immortal herbs Xia Yuan gave them, and Dugu Yan’s Martial Soul evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon. After Ye Lingling reached level thirty, she asked to be alone with Xia Yuan.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling began absorbing the Dragon Jade Grass and Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid while Xia Yuan and Dugu Bo stood guard.
• Ye Lingling woke first, with her Soul Power raised from level twenty-eight to level thirty, and Dugu Yan later awakened with dragon horns and a tail.
• Dugu Bo realized Dugu Yan’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Soul had evolved into the Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon and its bloodline now suppressed his own.
• Dugu Yan learned that Xia Yuan had become a Soul Ancestor and suggested Dugu Bo take Ye Lingling to hunt her third Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling asked to be alone with Xia Yuan, and Dugu Yan left them together after teasing her.

Xia Yuan continued developing the Imperial Fighting Team while Qian Renxue learned that he had reached Soul Ancestor and devised a plan to approach him in her true identity. The chapter ended with her inviting him to visit Heaven Dou City's market in three days.

• Osler replaced Yu Tianheng on the Imperial Fighting Team, Ning Rongrong joined as a future substitute, and Dugu Yan became vice-captain.
• Zhi Lin questioned whether the team could build coordination in just one year, but Xia Yuan reassured him without explaining his plan.
• Ye Lingling returned to Heaven Dou Royal Academy with her father, Ye Chuixue, and her soul power had reached level thirty-four.
• Qian Renxue discovered that Xia Yuan was already a Soul Ancestor and worried that he might not help her if he learned the truth too late.
• Qian Renxue decided to approach Xia Yuan in her true form while a Spirit Hall death warrior impersonated Xue Qinghe, then invited Xia Yuan to the Heaven Dou City market.

Qian Renxue arranged to meet Xia Yuan by staging a damsel-in-distress encounter outside Heaven Dou City, while a maid impersonated Xue Qinghe. Xia Yuan recognized that the setup was suspicious but accepted Qian Renxue’s invitation to dine, leaving her plan to grow closer to him underway.

• Qian Renxue told Little Snow to imitate Xue Qinghe and arranged for her former false identity to be sent away unnoticed.
• Three days later, Xia Yuan noticed that the Xue Qinghe accompanying him was an impostor and wondered where the real Qian Renxue was.
• Outside Heaven Dou City, the fake Qian Renxue urged Xia Yuan to rescue a veiled woman from a group of soul master thugs.
• The thugs fled as soon as Xia Yuan approached, and the veiled Qian Renxue thanked him and invited him to a meal.
• Xia Yuan introduced himself to Qian Renxue and deliberately called the impostor Brother Xue, while Qian Renxue hoped her plan had brought her closer to him.

Xia Yuan confronted Qian Renxue after realizing she had deliberately approached him, and she tried to recruit him into Spirit Hall. The conversation left Qian Renxue flustered and unsure whether Xia Yuan had discovered that she was impersonating Xue Qinghe.

• Xia Yuan stole a Xue Qinghe skin mask from the real Qian Renxue, then sat with her and the fake Qian Renxue in a tavern.
• The fake Qian Renxue asked Xia Yuan to show Qian Renxue around Heaven Dou City before returning to the palace.
• After the fake Qian Renxue left, Xia Yuan asked Qian Renxue why she had deliberately approached him.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she came from Spirit Hall and wanted Xia Yuan to join her ranks.
• Xia Yuan refused to abandon Xue Qinghe without hearing from him directly, leaving Qian Renxue worried that he had seen through her disguise.

Qian Renxue revealed to Xia Yuan that she had been posing as Xue Qinghe and asked him to join her, but he left after questioning her plans for the Heaven Dou Empire. Days later, Qian Renxue learned that Xia Yuan had three apparent romantic interests, including Ning Rongrong, and feared the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might win him over.

• Qian Renxue removed her mask, confessed that she was Xue Qinghe, and invited Xia Yuan to join her.
• Xia Yuan questioned Qian Renxue's plan to take over the Heaven Dou Empire and advised her to secure Spirit Hall before leaving.
• Qian Renxue returned to the East Palace, ordered Xiaotao to serve as a hidden guard, and told her to investigate Xia Yuan's relationships at Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Xiaotao reported that Xia Yuan seemed romantically involved with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and possibly Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renxue worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might lure Xia Yuan away from her.

Qian Renxue offered Xia Yuan a fifty-thousand-year Spirit-Gathering Wisdom Skull to prove her sincerity, and he agreed to cooperate with her. Xia Yuan planned to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger with help from Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Dugu Bo, while Qian Renxue suspected his secrets were connected to her.

• Qian Renxue decided to give Xia Yuan a valuable Soul Bone and sent Xiaotao to Spirit City to retrieve it.
• A month later, Qian Renxue summoned Xia Yuan to the East Palace, revealed her true appearance, and offered him the Spirit-Gathering Wisdom Skull.
• Qian Renxue told Xia Yuan she had secretly investigated Spirit Hall, and Xia Yuan accepted the Soul Bone and agreed to cooperate with her.
• Xia Yuan put away the Soul Bone and planned to recruit Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, along with Dugu Bo, to hunt the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• After Xia Yuan left, Qian Renxue sensed a familiar aura when their palms touched and suspected his secrets were connected to her.

In Suotuo City, Tang San and Xiao Wu clashed with Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng at the Rose Hotel, where Tang San was beaten and Xiao Wu’s Sleeve Arrow was blocked before Spirit Hall guards intervened. In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue asked why Xia Yuan had not hunted for a Soul Ring, and he said he still needed to prepare for his next visit to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Xiao Wu entered the Rose Hotel with Tang San, while Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng arrived with two pairs of twins and talked about their freedom at Shrek Academy.
• Dai Mubai and Yu Tianheng mocked Tang San after he objected to their lewd behavior and their interest in Xiao Wu.
• Dai Mubai struck Tang San, and Yu Tianheng blocked Xiao Wu before she dodged him and fired a Sleeve Arrow at Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai deflected Xiao Wu’s Sleeve Arrow with his White Tiger Protection Barrier, and Yu Tianheng landed two more punches on Tang San.
• Spirit Hall guards rushed into the hotel and stopped the fight, and Xiao Wu checked on Tang San.
• In Heaven Dou City, Qian Renxue asked Xia Yuan why he had not hunted a Soul Ring at rank fifty, and he said he needed to prepare before returning to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Xia Yuan consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to strengthen his Six-Winged Angel martial soul and prepare his body for absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring. He returned to Heaven Dou City, where Qian Renxue arranged a hunt with four Spirit Hall elders, and they left the imperial palace in disguise.

• Xia Yuan ate the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and directed its power toward his Six-Winged Angel martial soul.
• Xia Yuan found no major visible changes but gained confidence that his body could withstand absorbing the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s soul ring.
• Xia Yuan returned to Heaven Dou City and asked Qian Renxue whether Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo could help him hunt a soul beast.
• Qian Renxue revealed that she had brought two additional peak Douluo elders and agreed to begin the hunt with Xia Yuan.
• Qian Renxue had Xiaotao impersonate Xue Qinghe, disguised herself as a guard, and left the imperial palace with Xia Yuan before removing her disguise in a private restaurant room.

Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue traveled toward the Star Dou Great Forest with four Title Douluo accompanying them. At an inn, they watched Shrek Academy provoke Canghui Academy, and the next morning Tang San discovered the eastern purple qi had vanished.

• Qian Renxue summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Jiang Mo Douluo, then set out with Xia Yuan for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue stopped for the night at an inn near the forest and spotted Shrek Academy's group, including Tang San, Xiao Wu, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun.
• Canghui Academy arrived, and Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai insulted its members; Oscar explained Shrek Academy's motto about daring to cause trouble.
• Xia Yuan declined to intervene, and he and Qian Renxue went upstairs to rest as the two academies prepared to clash.
• The next morning, Tang San woke exhausted and discovered the eastern purple qi had disappeared, then demanded to know who had stolen it.

Tang San brooded over his setbacks and blamed an unknown cultivator for stealing his purple qi, while Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue entered the Star Dou Great Forest to track the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger. Xia Yuan learned it had recently ventured into the forest’s depths, and he chose not to pursue it there directly.

• Tang San recalled his low Soul Power, his difficult admission to Shrek Academy, and his defeat by Yu Tianheng and Dai Mubai.
• Tang San noticed that the eastern purple qi had disappeared and decided that whoever had taken it deserved to die.
• Xia Yuan used his Blue Silver Domain to search the Star Dou Great Forest for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Qian Renxue recognized the tiger from Spirit Hall records and explained that it devoured Soul Power and was attacked by other soul beasts.
• Xia Yuan learned through the Blue Silver Grass that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had gone into the forest’s depths a few days earlier, but he decided not to head there directly.

Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue lured the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger to a soul beast clan by using Xia Yuan’s aura as bait. The tiger arrived, and Xia Yuan concealed his unusually powerful Soul Rings as the ambush began.

• Xia Yuan used the Blue Silver Grass network to search for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, but found no trace of it during the first day.
• Xia Yuan realized the tiger would be drawn to valuable prey and proposed hiding near a soul beast clan while he released his aura.
• Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue found a suitable clan, and Xia Yuan concealed himself with the Blue Silver Domain while broadcasting his aura.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger arrived, and Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo revealed themselves as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo prepared their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qian Renxue released her Six-Winged Angel martial soul, while Xia Yuan showed four deceptively ordinary Soul Rings and attracted the tiger’s attention.

Xia Yuan, Qian Renxue, and the Title Douluos fought the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, trapping it and weakening it with a coordinated assault. As Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo unleashed their combined attack, Xia Yuan prepared a charged Blue Silver Tyrant Spear.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger advanced on Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue, while Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo drew its attention and fought it together.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo feigned weakness, but the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger abruptly lunged toward Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue before the elders forced it back.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo appeared and used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Two-Level Static Domain, to freeze the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in midair.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger activated Evil God Protection, but Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo broke through its barrier and struck it down.
• Xia Yuan bound the tiger with Blue Silver Emperor vines, enclosed it with Blue Silver Tree World Wall, and charged a Blue Silver Tyrant Spear with his clone.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Jiang Mo Douluo unleashed Dragon Roar Shatters Mountains as the enraged Dark Demon Evil God Tiger lamented that it had not used its strongest skill.

Xia Yuan and the four Douluo defeated the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, and Xia Yuan persuaded Qian Renxue to let him absorb its unusually powerful soul ring. The ring appeared only when Xia Yuan reached for the corpse, and as he began absorbing it, a sacred aura in his body resonated with Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain.

• Xia Yuan, Qian Jun Douluo, and Jiang Mo Douluo killed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger before it could use the Life and Death Arena, but its pearl did not appear.
• The group realized the tiger had over fifty thousand years of cultivation, and Qian Renxue warned Xia Yuan that its soul ring was too dangerous for his fifth ring.
• Xia Yuan revealed that his domain could disguise his soul ring colors and persuaded Qian Renxue to let him absorb the tiger’s ring.
• The corpse produced no ring until Xia Yuan extended his Blue Silver Emperor martial soul, whereupon gray air formed a black ring and entered his body.
• As the tiger’s cold aura and resentment assaulted Xia Yuan, Qian Renxue activated her Angel Domain and sensed a sacred aura in him that seemed to share her own origin.

As Xia Yuan absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's soul ring, Qian Renxue discovered that he possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and helped him destroy the tiger's remaining soul power. Afterward, Xia Yuan admitted that he had another Martial Soul, leaving Qian Renxue confused about his origins.

• Qian Renxue sensed Xia Yuan's Angel Domain and realized he possessed the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul as the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's power fought back.
• Qian Renxue entered Xia Yuan's sea of consciousness and joined him in attacking the tiger's residual soul power with their sacred light.
• Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue combined their power in an angel avatar and destroyed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's remnant with two Fists of Heaven and Xia Yuan's Purple Demon Eye.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Xia Yuan had another Martial Soul, and he admitted that he did.
• Qian Renxue wondered how Xia Yuan could share her father's bloodline while having Blue Silver Grass as his first Martial Soul, and she remained confused.

Xia Yuan absorbed the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s fifty-thousand-year soul ring, gaining a powerful fifth soul skill and an External Soul Bone. His Soul Power surged close to the Soul Emperor realm, while Qian Renxue was stunned by his black fifth ring.

• Xia Yuan cleared the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s lingering soul power, allowing him to absorb its soul ring without soul tremors.
• After a day, Xia Yuan stabilized and gained the fifth soul skill Dark Demon Evil God Thunder, which empowered his Blue Silver Emperor with evil, darkness, and lightning.
• Xia Yuan discovered that the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger had also given him the fifty-thousand-year External Soul Bone Dark Demon Evil God Hook and its Evil God Thorn skill.
• The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Xia Yuan’s accumulated Soul Power pushed him close to the Soul Emperor realm.
• Qian Renxue saw Xia Yuan’s ink-black fifth soul ring and was stunned by how young he was to become a Soul King.

Xia Yuan agreed to return with Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall, while Shrek Academy was thrown into chaos when the Titan Giant Ape abducted Xiao Wu. Tang San pursued them through the forest, and the chapter left him approaching a faint red glow that he thought might lead to Xiao Wu.

• Xia Yuan considered his plans for the Soul Master Tournament and Slaughter City, then agreed to go with Qian Renxue to Spirit Hall.
• The Titan Giant Ape seized Xiao Wu and carried her away from Zhao Wuji and the Shrek students without seriously harming them.
• Tang San woke Oscar and forced him to make Flying Mushroom Sausages so he could pursue Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu scolded Er Ming for interfering, then began condensing her third soul ring while Er Ming drove away nearby soul beasts.
• Tang San followed the fleeing soul beasts, used his final Flying Mushroom Sausage, and cautiously approached a faint red glow.

Tang San secretly watched Xiao Wu cultivate with the Titan Giant Ape, whom she called Er Ming, and grew jealous as he misunderstood their closeness. After Er Ming struck him with a thrown tree, Xiao Wu treated Tang San’s injuries and sent Er Ming away, while Tang San lost consciousness with his suspicions confused.

• Tang San followed Xiao Wu and watched her finish condensing her third spirit ring while Er Ming protected her.
• Xiao Wu affectionately thanked Er Ming and told him she had to return to the human world and seek revenge.
• Tang San became enraged when Er Ming rubbed against Xiao Wu, but Er Ming sensed him hiding and threw a tree toward him.
• Xiao Wu rushed to Tang San, helped him up, and signaled for Er Ming to leave.
• Xiao Wu treated Tang San’s head wound with herbs and vines Er Ming fetched before telling Er Ming to go, while Tang San fainted after mishearing her words.

Xia Yuan arrived in Spirit City with Qian Renxue and followed her into Douluo Hall to meet her grandfather, Qian Daoliu. After gaining ten percent Angel God's Affinity from him with Empty Handed, Xia Yuan wondered what the power meant for his future and Qian Renxue's trials.

• Xia Yuan traveled to Spirit City with Qian Renxue and considered saving his Empty Handed attempts for Bibi Dong or Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Jun Douluo led Qian Renxue and Xia Yuan past Pope Hall and up to Douluo Hall, while he and Jiang Mo Douluo stayed behind.
• Qian Renxue and Xia Yuan entered Douluo Hall and saw its angel statue and the plaques honoring Title Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu rose before the angel statue, and Xia Yuan used Empty Handed on him, triggering a lucky critical hit and gaining ten percent Angel God's Affinity.
• Qian Renxue introduced Xia Yuan to Qian Daoliu and said that he also possessed the Six-Winged Angel martial soul.

Qian Daoliu investigated Xia Yuan’s Angel bloodline and discovered that, although Xia Yuan was not a close blood relative, he possessed a Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and extraordinary abilities. He agreed to bring Xia Yuan back to Spirit Hall while allowing Qian Renxue to continue her mission in the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Qian Renxue asked whether her father had fathered children with other women, and Qian Daoliu insisted he had never been intimate with anyone else.
• Qian Daoliu tested Xia Yuan and Qian Renxue’s blood, found no relation within three generations, and theorized that Xia Yuan inherited Angel blood from a distant ancestor.
• Qian Daoliu sensed that Xia Yuan was around the Soul King realm, then saw his five soul rings and learned that his fifth came from a fifty-thousand-year Dark Demon Evil God Tiger.
• Qian Daoliu noticed Xia Yuan’s Blue Silver Domain and wondered whether Xia Yuan might be the person the Angel God had awaited.
• Qian Daoliu agreed that Xia Yuan could return to Spirit Hall and told Qian Renxue to continue her Heaven Dou Empire mission without neglecting her own strength.