Chapter Summaries

Jiang Qingyu punished Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He after they tried to force Yang Wudi back to Clear Sky Sect, then set out with Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and Guang Ling Douluo. After they rested in a small town, the Fire Dragon King sensed a faint aura drawing him toward Flame Valley.

• Jiang Qingyu ordered Titan, Niu Gao, and Bai He to roll out of Spirit Hall, and Guang Ling Douluo warned them not to invoke Tang Chen.
• Titan led Niu Gao and Bai He in an escape attempt, but the Platinum Bishop kicked them down and made them resume rolling toward the gates.
• Jiang Qingyu told Yang Wudi to seek an eighth soul ring and agreed to let Guang Ling Douluo accompany him and Bibi Dong and Ah Yin.
• Jiang Qingyu and his companions left Spirit Hall, met Titan's group on the road, and continued traveling after he explained what had happened.
• The Fire Dragon King appeared at their nighttime stop and told Jiang Qingyu that an aura in Flame Valley might lead to something he wanted.

Jiang Qingyu planned to visit Flame Valley in the Star Dou Great Forest to find a treasure that could improve his martial soul, while Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to travel there in search of a breakthrough for her. Liu Erlong set out to recruit powerful soul masters for their expedition.

• The Fire Dragon King told Jiang Qingyu about Flame Valley and listed the food she wanted him to cook there.
• Bibi Dong and Ah Yin visited Jiang Qingyu, learned they would travel to Flame Valley, and heard Bibi Dong describe a talking soul beast as a little kitty.
• After Bibi Dong and Ah Yin left, Jiang Qingyu meditated while Yu Xiaogang continued studying in Liu Erlong's residence.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that Flame Valley might hold treasures or soul bones suited to Liu Erlong's mutated fire dragon martial soul.
• Liu Erlong trusted Yu Xiaogang's theory and went to arrange Soul Sages and Soul Kings to accompany them.

Liu Erlong recruited Flender to join her and Yu Xiaogang on their trip to Flame Valley, while Jiang Qingyu’s group met the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and asked her to lead them there. The Three-Eyed Golden Lion agreed to guide them, and both groups set out toward the valley.

• Liu Erlong returned with Flender, a Soul King, and introduced him to Yu Xiaogang as a companion for their Flame Valley journey.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that Flame Valley might help Liu Erlong break through to Soul Emperor, and Flender agreed to join them.
• Jiang Qingyu’s group summoned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who appeared and was hugged and petted by Ah Yin.
• Jiang Qingyu told the Three-Eyed Golden Lion they were heading to Flame Valley, and she offered to guide them there.
• Jiang Qingyu stopped Guang Ling Douluo from arguing with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, who then pointed the group toward the valley.

Jiang Qingyu’s group entered Flame Valley to find a Flame Marrow Heart, while Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender arrived behind them. Their search awakened the hundred-thousand-year Emperor Flame Phoenix King, whom Fire Dragon King subdued before diving into the magma to retrieve the treasure.

• Fire Dragon King guided Jiang Qingyu, Ah Yin, Bibi Dong, Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Guang Ling Douluo toward a treasure in Flame Valley.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender entered the valley and decided to avoid clashing with the group ahead while looking for Soul Beasts.
• Jiang Qingyu’s group descended to an underground magma lake, where Fire Dragon King located the Flame Marrow Heart.
• The Emperor Flame Phoenix King emerged from the magma, but Fire Dragon King overwhelmed him and threw him onto the shore.
• The Emperor Flame Phoenix King recognized Three-Eyed Golden Lion as the Auspicious Beast and begged for forgiveness, while Fire Dragon King entered the magma to retrieve the Flame Marrow Heart.

Jiang Qingyu and his companions encountered the Emperor Flame Phoenix King in Flame Valley, where she mocked him for being a man before learning the truth and calling him Dad. Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender were caught spying; after Yu Xiaogang wet himself in fear, Jiang Qingyu let them leave, but Liu Erlong challenged his attitude by invoking her clan’s ties to Spirit Hall.

• Guang Ling Douluo declared that the Emperor Flame Phoenix King’s soul ring should be saved for Jiang Qingyu, while Bibi Dong plucked one of the phoenix’s tail feathers.
• The Emperor Flame Phoenix King laughed at Jiang Qingyu for claiming to be a man, then recognized his flames and knelt to call him Dad after Three-Eyed Golden Lion threatened to find Scarlet King.
• The Emperor Flame Phoenix King spotted Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender spying on the group and knocked them off the cliff with feather blades.
• Yu Xiaogang wet himself in fear of the Emperor Flame Phoenix King, who mocked him as Jiang Qingyu and Bibi Dong watched.
• Liu Erlong asked Jiang Qingyu to let the trio leave, and he agreed, but she then objected to his cold treatment and cited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s dealings with Spirit Hall.

Jiang Qingyu drove Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender out of Flame Valley, then left for the Lake of Life with the Flame Marrow Heart. There, the group met Zi Ji, the Hell Demon Dragon King, who mistook Jiang Qingyu for a beautiful woman.

• Jiang Qingyu rebuked Liu Erlong for spying, and the Emperor Flame Phoenix King threw Liu Erlong, Yu Xiaogang, and Flender out of Flame Valley.
• The Fire Dragon King retrieved the Flame Marrow Heart from the magma and explained that absorbing it required an uninterrupted day and night of cultivation.
• Jiang Qingyu and his companions traveled to the Lake of Life with the Flame Marrow Heart.
• Bi Ji and Zi Ji welcomed the group, and Zi Ji excitedly greeted the Fire Dragon King before mistaking Jiang Qingyu for a woman.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion corrected Zi Ji, who stared at Jiang Qingyu in astonishment upon learning he was a man.

Jiang Qingyu absorbed the Flame Marrow Heart and was pulled into a consciousness space to fight its guardian phantom. After defeating it, he refined its energy and improved his control over flames.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion called on Scarlet King to punish Guang Ling Douluo, but Scarlet King refused because Guang Ling was an honored guest.
• Jiang Qingyu began absorbing the Flame Marrow Heart while considering a future trip to Slaughter City and wondering whether Tang Chen would still seek the Asura God's trial.
• The Flame Marrow Heart drew Jiang Qingyu into a consciousness space, where he fought a Blazing Giant Lizard phantom as the others learned he was undergoing its trial.
• Jiang Qingyu refined his flame control during the fight, precisely striking the phantom with his Soul Skills and then shattering it with an ice-and-fire sword thrust.
• Jiang Qingyu absorbed the phantom's fiery motes, and the Flame Marrow Heart transformed into red light and entered his palm.

Jiang Qingyu continued absorbing the Flame Marrow Heart while the others gathered at the Lake of Life, shared food and tea, and discussed the possibility of visiting the human world. The Fire Dragon King revealed that she had a plan involving the Silver Dragon King and something for Jiang Qingyu, leaving Di Tian wondering why she was so protective of him.

• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion approached Jiang Qingyu during his absorption, was pushed back by a wave of fire, and then examined Ah Yin's Blue Silver Emperor and Bibi Dong's twin martial souls.
• Bi Ji served Grass Leaf Cakes and Clear Dew Tea to the group, saving light refreshments for Jiang Qingyu to eat after he finished absorbing the Flame Marrow Heart.
• Di Tian arrived and discussed with the Fire Dragon King whether the soul beasts could visit Spirit Hall, but he worried that their movements might alert the God Realm's spies.
• The Fire Dragon King said they would wait for the Silver Dragon King to awaken and hinted that she planned to obtain something from her for Jiang Qingyu.
• Di Tian wondered why the Fire Dragon King seemed so protective of Jiang Qingyu.

After absorbing the Flame Marrow Heart, Jiang Qingyu purified his phoenix bloodline and gained stronger flames, improved soul skills, and two levels of Soul Power. He reunited with the others as Bi Ji finished preparing a meal.

• The Fire Dragon King persuaded Di Tian that Jiang Qingyu had inherited the Dragon God's wisdom, while Guang Ling Douluo declared that Jiang Qingyu would surpass the Dragon God.
• After a day and night of absorption, Jiang Qingyu awakened amid intense heat and discovered golden Phoenix Flame in his Flame Phoenix Sword.
• The Fire Dragon King explained that the Flame Marrow Heart had purified Jiang Qingyu's bloodline, and Jiang Qingyu reported improved soul skills, flame resistance, and two additional Soul Power levels.
• The Ice Dragon King emerged, argued with the Fire Dragon King, and fell silent when Jiang Qingyu activated their contract and told them to stop.
• Jiang Qingyu joined the others at Bi Ji's house, where Bi Ji was preparing Fragrant Spirit Meat and roasted Sub-Dragon Meat.

Jiang Qingyu returned to Spirit City with Bibi Dong and Ah Yin after visiting Bi Ji, and learned that Tuo Xiqi and Tuoba Xi had come to see him. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang proposed that he, Liu Erlong, and Flender try to create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Bi Ji served Jiang Qingyu and the others roasted spirit meat, and the group decided to return to Spirit Hall while the Three-Eyed Golden Lion vowed to undergo human transformation and find Guang Ling Douluo.
• Jiang Qingyu and his companions reached Spirit City, where Guang Ling Douluo and Bibi Dong went to report and Ah Yin accompanied Jiang Qingyu to the Holy Son Palace.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that he, Liu Erlong, and Flender develop a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and they agreed to practice their coordination and test the idea.
• Yue Guan told Jiang Qingyu that Tuo Xiqi and Tuoba Xi had been waiting at Spirit Hall, and Jiang Qingyu invited them into the Holy Son Palace.
• Tuo Xiqi and Tuoba Xi greeted Jiang Qingyu, who sensed that Tuo Xiqi had reached the Title Douluo realm.

Tuo Xiqi and Tuoba Xi thanked Jiang Qingyu for helping them grow stronger, while Ah Yin absorbed an immortal herb under his care. After three days and three nights, Ah Yin finished absorbing it, allowing Jiang Qingyu and Bibi Dong to prepare to go to the Worship Hall with news for Qian Xunji and the other worshippers.

• Tuo Xiqi thanked Jiang Qingyu, offered him a Hundred-Thousand-Year left arm bone, and reported that his and Tuoba Xi's martial souls had evolved into White-armored Holy Dragons.
• Jiang Qingyu gave Ah Yin Blue Sea Blueheart Grass, and she began absorbing its overwhelming power to strengthen her Blue Silver Emperor origin.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji that she had a plan to secure Jiang Qingyu and promised he would hold his disciple's child.
• Bibi Dong joined Jiang Qingyu and waited while Ah Yin absorbed the herb for three days and three nights.
• Ah Yin finished absorbing the immortal herb at dawn, and Bibi Dong said they could finally head to the Worship Hall.

Jiang Qingyu introduced the Soul Core method to Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall elders, demonstrating how Soul Power could be compressed from gas into liquid and then a solid crystal. The elders agreed to test the method as Spirit Hall’s highest secret, while Jiang Qingyu warned that it required patience and careful practice.

• Ah Yin told Jiang Qingyu and Bibi Dong that her immortal herb had raised her to Soul Saint level and strengthened her plant-related abilities and human body.
• Jiang Qingyu arrived at the Worship Hall and told Qian Daoliu and the elders about his idea for condensing a Soul Core to replenish Soul Power.
• Jiang Qingyu instructed Qian Daoliu to compress his Soul Power, and Qian Daoliu transformed it into a liquid drop and then a solid crystal.
• Jiang Qingyu explained that a stable Soul Core could greatly increase Soul Power reserves and recovery, and warned that reckless compression could damage the meridians.
• Qian Daoliu declared the method Spirit Hall’s highest secret and said the Worship Hall elders would develop a reliable process before sharing it more widely.
• Jiang Qingyu told Qian Daoliu that a Soul Core might shock Tang Chen if they fought because Qian Daoliu’s Soul Power would seem never to run out.

Jiang Qingyu explained the Soul Core Method to Qian Daoliu and the others, who began trying to condense their first Soul Cores. After learning about the method, Qian Xunji decided to pursue the Angel God Test, but Bibi Dong mocked his ambitions and left him feeling insulted.

• Jiang Qingyu warned Qian Daoliu to use his aerial advantage against Tang Chen and explained how first and second Soul Cores worked.
• Qian Daoliu assigned Golden Crocodile, Azure Luan, and Guang Ling to stay behind while four others tried condensing their first Soul Cores.
• Jiang Qingyu, Ah Yin, and Bibi Dong went to the Papal Palace and told Qian Xunji about the Soul Core Method.
• Qian Xunji announced that he would condense two Soul Cores, then decided to begin the Angel God Test after Jiang Qingyu noted his current level was insufficient for a second Soul Core.
• Jiang Qingyu said Qian Xunji could start with six Angel God tests, but Bibi Dong mocked him for being unable to become the Angel God.
• Jiang Qingyu left with Bibi Dong and Ah Yin, while Qian Xunji sat in silence, stung by their criticism.

Jiang Qingyu shared a feast with Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, the Fire Dragon King, and the Ice Dragon King, then planned to enter seclusion and break through to Soul Douluo before going to Slaughter City. In the God Realm, the Fire God and Ice God watched him and considered him a candidate to inherit both of their Divine Positions.

• Jiang Qingyu cooked the dishes everyone requested, and the group gathered to eat together.
• Jiang Qingyu said he would enter seclusion to reach Soul Douluo before traveling to Slaughter City for combat experience.
• Bibi Dong and Ah Yin offered to help Jiang Qingyu, while the Ice Dragon King said she would protect him if he faced danger.
• The Fire God and Ice God watched Jiang Qingyu through a water mirror and recognized his pure ice-and-fire attributes as suited to inheriting their Divine Positions.

Destruction God King decided to join Fire God's plan to bestow Jiang Qingyu a Divine Trial, while Life Goddess dragged him away after catching his interest in Jiang Qingyu. At Spirit Hall, Jiang Qingyu prepared to refine pills, and Fire Dragon King questioned Ah Yin about hiding the truth from him.

• Destruction God King and Life Goddess saw Jiang Qingyu's image and were stunned by his beauty.
• Destruction God King decided that Jiang Qingyu should receive both his and Fire God's Divine Trials, and Fire God reluctantly agreed to wait.
• Life Goddess twisted Destruction God King's ear and dragged him away to explain his behavior.
• After the meal at Spirit Hall, Jiang Qingyu gave out pills, then left to refine more while Bibi Dong went to cultivate and Ah Yin stayed behind.
• Fire Dragon King asked Ah Yin whether she still planned to conceal the truth from Jiang Qingyu about being a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor.

Ah Yin considered whether to reveal her Soul Beast identity to Jiang Qingyu, while Tang Chen prepared to confront Spirit Hall over the three affiliated clan leaders. After refining a pill, Jiang Qingyu visited the Worship Hall, where he gave it to Qian Xunji ahead of his divine trial.

• The Fire Dragon King and Ice Dragon King advised Ah Yin to tell Jiang Qingyu that she was a Soul Beast, and Ah Yin decided to tell him after he left seclusion.
• Jiang Qingyu began refining a pill in the alchemy room while Yang Wudi stood guard outside.
• Tai Tan, Niu Gao, and Bai He reported their grievances to Tang Chen, who decided to visit Spirit Hall with Tang Wei in three days.
• Jiang Qingyu successfully refined the pill, learned that only Ah Yin had come by, and headed to the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu told Jiang Qingyu that seven elders had condensed their first Soul Cores, and Jiang Qingyu gave Qian Xunji a pill to take before his divine trial.
• Qian Xunji thanked Jiang Qingyu enthusiastically, while Qian Daoliu teased him about marriage and his lack of a sweetheart.

Qian Daoliu spared Qian Xunji after Jiang Qingyu intervened, then fought Tang Chen when he came to confront Spirit Hall over Yang Wudi and the four sects. Qian Daoliu’s Soul Core gave him a clear advantage, and Tang Chen was left injured and shocked by his opponent’s endurance.

• Qian Daoliu threatened Qian Xunji for speaking disrespectfully, but relented after Jiang Qingyu asked him to calm down.
• Qian Xunji said he would take the pill, begin his Divine Trial, and enter seclusion.
• Tang Chen confronted Qian Daoliu over the four sects and accused Jiang Qingyu of persuading Yang Wudi to betray Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen fought in the sky as Bibi Dong, Ah Yin, and the others watched.
• Tang Chen unleashed the Clear Sky Hammer’s Sky-Piercing Strike, but Qian Daoliu met it with a giant holy sword and remained nearly unharmed.

Qian Daoliu defeated Tang Chen, whose fury nearly drove him to use Ring Explosion before Tang Wei stopped him. After Tang Chen left, Jiang Qingyu prepared to enter seclusion to break through to Soul Douluo, with Qian Daoliu and the others offering support.

• Ah Yin and Bibi Dong watched the duel while eating, and Qian Daoliu continued fighting Tang Chen with the endurance advantage of his Soul Core.
• Qian Daoliu shattered Tang Chen's attacks with Angel's Descent and Angel God's Light, sending him crashing into a pit.
• Ah Yin mocked Tang Chen for losing, and Qian Daoliu taunted him until he nearly triggered Ring Explosion.
• Tang Wei restrained Tang Chen and reminded him that using Ring Explosion could damage his cultivation and leave the Clear Sky Sect unprotected.
• Qian Daoliu let Tang Chen leave, and Jiang Qingyu announced that he would enter seclusion to break through to Soul Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu promised to provide resources and guards, while Bibi Dong returned to cultivate and Ah Yin offered to watch the courtyard.

Qian Xunji advanced to level ninety-three with Jiang Qingyu’s pill and received the Angel Sixth Trial, while Tang Chen planned to take Tang Hao to Slaughter City and secure the Clear Sky Sect’s succession. In Heaven Dou City, Ye Wanrou proposed that Ye Qingxian join Spirit Hall to help establish its Pill Hall.

• Qian Xunji refined Jiang Qingyu’s pill over three days, advanced to level ninety-three, and marveled at his renewed strength.
• Qian Daoliu began Qian Xunji’s Angel God Test, which granted him the Angel Sixth Trial, then explained the first trial’s requirements.
• Tang Chen brooded over his defeats by Qian Daoliu and planned to take Tang Hao to Slaughter City to seek Divine Slaughter’s Domain and a Divine Position.
• Tang Chen decided to arrange a marriage for Tang Hao before their journey so the Clear Sky Sect would have descendants to succeed them.
• Ye Wanrou told Ye Qingxian that Yang Wudi had invited the Ye Family to help Spirit Hall’s Holy Son establish a Pill Hall, and she recommended considering the offer.

After five months in seclusion, Jiang Qingyu broke through to Soul Douluo, while Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji also completed breakthroughs. The group prepared to travel to Flame Valley for soul rings, then visit Heaven Dou City to finalize the Ye Family’s alliance with Spirit Hall and establish the Pill Hall.

• Qian Xunji completed his first trial and reached Rank 94, then learned that Bibi Dong had broken through and Jiang Qingyu had reached Soul Douluo.
• Guang Ling Douluo rushed to greet Jiang Qingyu, but the Fire Dragon King slowed him down before Qian Daoliu congratulated Jiang Qingyu.
• Jiang Qingyu agreed to travel with the Fire Dragon King and Guang Ling Douluo to Flame Valley to hunt his eighth soul ring.
• Bibi Dong and Ah Yin joined the trip, and Jiang Qingyu invited Bibi Dong to hunt her seventh soul ring as well.
• Yang Wudi told Jiang Qingyu that the Ye Family had agreed to join Spirit Hall and establish the Pill Hall, but wanted to finalize the details in person.
• Jiang Qingyu decided to go to Flame Valley first and then visit the Ye Family in Heaven Dou City.