Chapter Summaries

A young boy fought a hungry wolf by a stream, killing it but collapsing from his injuries and blood loss. Qian Renxue ordered She Long to save him after recognizing his unusual courage and judgment.

• The boy noticed a hungry wolf stalking him and decided to stand his ground in the stream rather than flee.
• The wolf pounced, and the boy stabbed it while it bit his left arm; they grappled in the muddy water as he repeatedly attacked its abdomen and neck.
• The boy killed the wolf but lost consciousness from blood loss before he could leave the stream.
• Qian Renxue watched from a carriage and told She Long to examine the boy and save him.
• She Long found the boy gravely injured, used Soul Power to protect his heart meridian, and carried him back to the carriage.

After Qian Renxue rescued the badly injured Jun Xuehan, he recovered at her residence and reflected on his lonely past and rebirth. Qian Renxue arrived to awaken his Martial Soul, leaving him waiting in the courtyard as She Long prepared the necessary items.

• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to take the injured child to Heaven Dou City and bandaged him in the carriage.
• A Healing Soul Master treated the child but warned She Long that his severe injuries might prove fatal.
• Three months later, Jun Xuehan recalled how the villagers of Fengning Village had shunned him as an Ominous One and driven him away after a child drowned.
• Jun Xuehan remembered killing a hungry wolf before collapsing by the river, where Qian Renxue found and rescued him.
• Qian Renxue heard Jun Xuehan thinking about awakening his Martial Soul and decided to arrange it immediately.
• Qian Renxue told Jun Xuehan to wait while She Long prepared the awakening items, and Jun Xuehan silently guessed that her delay involved impersonating Xue Qinghe.

Jun Xuehan underwent Martial Soul Awakening and revealed two powerful Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power. Qian Renxue decided to keep him close and take him to Sunset Forest to obtain a soul ring.

• She Long awakened Jun Xuehan's Martial Souls, revealing the Silver Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon King.
• She Long tested Jun Xuehan's Soul Power and discovered he had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Jun Xuehan wondered about his connection to Gu Yuena and realized Qian Renxue was unlikely to let him leave.
• Qian Renxue invited Jun Xuehan to eat and said she would take him to Sunset Forest to obtain a soul ring.

Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue about his Martial Souls and received her advice on Soul Rings and cultivation. He chose to cultivate the Silver Dragon Spear first while concealing the Silver Dragon King, and traveled with Qian Renxue toward Sunset Forest to obtain his first Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue shared a meal with Jun Xuehan and asked him to explain the attributes of his two Martial Souls.
• Jun Xuehan described the Silver Dragon Spear and Silver Dragon King but kept the spear’s energy-devouring ability secret.
• Qian Renxue explained Twin Martial Soul cultivation, Soul Ring backlash, and recommended an offensive path for the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Jun Xuehan chose to cultivate the Silver Dragon Spear first and hide the Silver Dragon King Martial Soul.
• After eating, Qian Renxue took Jun Xuehan toward Sunset Forest and asked She Long to guide him with his spear Martial Soul.

Qian Renxue and She Long brought Jun Xuehan into Sunset Forest to find a first soul ring near five hundred years old. She Long selected a Blazing Fire Scale Python, and Jun Xuehan killed it with his Silver Dragon Spear, which absorbed its energy and healed his injuries.

• Qian Renxue explained that Jun Xuehan’s strong physique could withstand a first soul ring close to five hundred years old, and She Long dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s fixed age limit as unreliable.
• She Long searched Sunset Forest with his Mental Power and found a Blazing Fire Scale Python with a Cultivation Age near five hundred years.
• Qian Renxue approved the Blazing Fire Scale Python as Jun Xuehan’s first soul beast because it had Dragon Race Bloodline.
• She Long left Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue waiting, then returned with the wounded python after defeating it.
• Jun Xuehan released his Silver Dragon Spear and pierced the python’s head, absorbing its energy and healing his injuries.

Jun Xuehan absorbed the Blazing Fire Scale Python's soul ring, reached the thirteenth rank of Soul Master, and gained his first soul skill. Qian Renxue took him back to Heaven Dou City and brought him to a clothing shop, where they waited for the attendant to show him new outfits.

• The Blazing Fire Scale Python's soul ring settled onto Jun Xuehan's Silver Dragon Spear, and he absorbed it despite the searing energy assaulting his body.
• Jun Xuehan reached the thirteenth rank of Soul Master and gained the first soul skill Blazing Fire Striding Cloud, which imbued his spear with scorching flames.
• Qian Renxue urged Jun Xuehan to cultivate diligently and decided to keep him close, while Jun Xuehan acknowledged the debt he owed her.
• Qian Renxue led Jun Xuehan and She Long out of Sunset Forest and ordered the carriage to take them to a clothing shop in Heaven Dou City.
• At the shop, Jun Xuehan hesitated over the expensive clothes, so Qian Renxue asked the attendant to bring out simple outfits made from fine fabrics.

Qian Renxue bought Jun Xuehan several outfits, then She Long began teaching him spear techniques and combat skills. Jun Xuehan rapidly copied most of She Long’s demonstration, impressing him with his exceptional ability to learn.

• Qian Renxue had Jun Xuehan try on several white and silver outfits, then bought all the garments that fit him.
• After the group returned to the residence and finished breakfast, She Long took Jun Xuehan to the garden to teach him combat techniques.
• Jun Xuehan attacked She Long with his Silver Dragon Spear, and She Long dodged his thrusts while explaining spear fundamentals and Martial Soul spirituality.
• She Long demonstrated techniques with his Snake Lance, and Jun Xuehan said he had remembered seventy percent of the movements.
• Jun Xuehan reproduced most of She Long’s techniques, prompting She Long to recognize his exceptional learning ability and briefly consider making him his inheritor.

Jun Xuehan practiced spear techniques through the night and began building his physique, while She Long asked Qian Renxue about taking him as an inheritor. Qian Renxue refused, insisting that she would handle Jun Xuehan’s future herself, and She Long joined him for a morning run around Heaven Dou City.

• After Jun Xuehan demonstrated the spear techniques, She Long corrected him and left him to practice alone.
• She Long told Qian Renxue that Jun Xuehan had exceptional talent and asked to take him as his inheritor, but Qian Renxue refused and said she would handle his affairs.
• Jun Xuehan practiced with the Silver Dragon Spear for more than ten hours, then meditated until dawn.
• Jun Xuehan set out to train his physique and told She Long he planned to run a lap around Heaven Dou City without using Soul Power.
• She Long joined Jun Xuehan and cautioned him to build his foundation gradually.

Jun Xuehan pushed himself to complete a full lap around Heaven Dou City without using Soul Power, earning She Long’s respect. Afterward, Qian Renxue told him to move to Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, leaving Jun Xuehan to realize she might be preparing to reveal her plan for the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Jun Xuehan ran around Heaven Dou City with She Long, who taught him basic Soul Master knowledge along the way.
• As his stamina ran out, Jun Xuehan refused to stop or use Soul Power, insisting that even a tiny shortfall could decide a battle.
• Jun Xuehan promised to finish the run in exchange for She Long sparring with him for a day, and She Long agreed.
• Jun Xuehan completed the full lap after more than forty minutes on the final stretch, then returned with She Long to the residence for breakfast.
• Qian Renxue gave Jun Xuehan a spatial Soul Tool and told him to move to Heaven Dou Imperial Palace the next day.
• Jun Xuehan wondered whether Qian Renxue intended to tell him about her scheme against the Heaven Dou Empire, while she decided to gradually disclose it to show her trust.

Qian Renxue decided that Jun Xuehan would accompany her to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, despite his silent reluctance. While sparring with She Long, Jun Xuehan experienced a sudden change that let him chain precise spear attacks into the beginnings of a Self-Created Soul Skill before it abruptly ended.

• Qian Renxue interpreted Jun Xuehan’s confused silence as agreement and announced that they would leave for the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace the next morning.
• Jun Xuehan practiced with his Silver Dragon Spear against She Long, who restrained his strength and defended without using Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue noticed Jun Xuehan’s combat skills improving rapidly as he adapted during the sparring.
• Jun Xuehan felt intense heat as his vision slowed, then used the wind element to repeatedly launch She Long into the air with precise spear strikes.
• Qian Renxue recognized Jun Xuehan’s attack sequence as a prototype Self-Created Soul Skill, but the glow and elemental halo vanished after his twelfth strike, leaving him intensely hungry.

Jun Xuehan’s spear practice produced the rudimentary form of a Self-Created Soul Skill, but left him intensely hungry. After eating an enormous amount, he read a book about Soul Masters and demonstrated an exceptional ability to remember its contents.

• Jun Xuehan used repeated Upward Slashes with his Silver Dragon Spear to launch an opponent, and She Long recognized the technique as the rudimentary form of a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Jun Xuehan said he had simply judged where his opponent would land and thrust again, while wondering about a powerful sensation that seemed to come from his Bloodline.
• Qian Renxue took Jun Xuehan to eat, and She Long watched him finish enough food for eight people before Qian Renxue ordered another table of delicacies.
• Qian Renxue gave Jun Xuehan a book on the basics of Soul Masters, and he read it in about half an hour.
• Jun Xuehan said he remembered about ninety percent of the book and correctly answered Qian Renxue’s questions about its contents.

Qian Renxue sent She Long to investigate Jun Xuehan’s past, then sparred with him to build his combat experience. Jun Xuehan struggled against her attacks but gradually improved, and the chapter ended with Qian Renxue insisting he learn to take hits as an Assault System Battle Soul Master.

• Qian Renxue realized Jun Xuehan learned best through combat and decided to investigate his past.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to visit Fengning Village and learn why Jun Xuehan was so cold.
• After She Long left, Qian Renxue offered to spar with Jun Xuehan, and he agreed.
• Qian Renxue fought Jun Xuehan while suppressing her strength, knocking away his spear and repeatedly striking him as he tried to reclaim it.
• Jun Xuehan’s combat skills gradually improved, but Qian Renxue stopped him from reaching his spear and told him an Assault System Battle Soul Master had to withstand attacks.

Jun Xuehan sparred with Qian Renxue, recovered with the medicine she gave him, and reflected on his chances against Tang San before practicing spear techniques beneath the moon. She Long returned with information about Jun Xuehan’s past in Fengning Village, which Qian Renxue read as she listened.

• Jun Xuehan copied Qian Renxue’s close-combat style during their sparring, and she recognized the value of his Photographic Memory.
• After they ate dinner, Qian Renxue gave Jun Xuehan medicine for his injuries and told him they would go to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace the next morning.
• Jun Xuehan applied the medicine, considered how he compared with Tang San, and decided he would not have joined Tang San even if someone else had rescued him.
• Jun Xuehan went outside and practiced with the Silver Dragon Spear beneath the moon, gradually becoming more fluent with it.
• She Long returned with documents and told Qian Renxue that Jun Xuehan had been adopted in Fengning Village six years earlier and grew distant after villagers shunned him as a Heaven Forsaken One and an Ominous One.

Qian Renxue brought Jun Xuehan into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace through a hidden passage and arranged for the palace elders to guide his cultivation. Jun Xuehan’s private knowledge unsettled her, and his suspicion that Xue Beng was pretending to be a wastrel led her to consider investigating him.

• Qian Renxue dismissed She Long’s report about a Heaven Forsaken One, and Jun Xuehan left early the next morning for training outside Heaven Dou City.
• After breakfast, Qian Renxue led Jun Xuehan and She Long through a hidden passage into the palace, where Ci Xue greeted her.
• Jun Xuehan recognized Ci Xue and knew his abilities countered Poison Douluo, prompting Qian Renxue to wonder how much else he knew.
• Ci Xue reported that Xue Beng seemed like a wastrel, and Qian Renxue transformed into Xue Qinghe before ordering a room and cultivation guidance for Jun Xuehan.
• Jun Xuehan privately thought Xue Beng’s wastrel act was a pretense, and Qian Renxue decided to have him watched as the group entered the Crown Prince’s Palace, staffed by Spirit Hall members.

Qian Renxue devised a plan to use a contest at Heaven Dou Royal Academy to undermine Prince Xue Xing and take control of the academy. She chose Jun Xuehan to compete after three months of special training, and he agreed to try despite doubting he could win.

• Jun Xuehan sat down without permission, and he rebuked Ci Xue for overstepping when Ci Xue scolded him.
• Ci Xue reported that their people had influence at Heaven Dou Royal Academy but that Prince Xue Xing controlled it.
• Jun Xuehan silently thought of a plan involving Fourth Prince Xue Beng and a genius challenging the academy, and Qian Renxue heard his thoughts.
• Qian Renxue considered Jun Xuehan for the challenge, while Ci Xue and She Long questioned whether he had enough strength.
• Jun Xuehan cited his level-thirteen Soul Power and limited combat experience as reasons he could not win.
• Qian Renxue urged Jun Xuehan to accept three months of training and compete, and he agreed to give it a try.

Qian Renxue arranged three months of training for Jun Xuehan and told him to stay hidden in the Crown Prince's Palace. After She Long took him to his room, he corrected Jun Xuehan's spear technique, and Jun Xuehan began adapting the advice to suit his own style.

• Qian Renxue encouraged Jun Xuehan to attempt the challenge and offered him cultivation resources and guidance; he agreed to do his best.
• Qian Renxue told Jun Xuehan to remain in the Crown Prince's Palace and drafted a training plan involving morning exercise, studying and fighting at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, spear practice, and meditation.
• Jun Xuehan accepted the plan, and She Long led him to his room.
• Qian Renxue rebuked Ci Xue for questioning her decision to entrust Jun Xuehan with the matter.
• Jun Xuehan demonstrated his spear technique to She Long, who advised him to rely less on brute force and develop more skillful, fluid movements.
• Jun Xuehan thanked She Long and continued practicing, adapting the advice to forge a style of his own.

Jun Xuehan watched Spirit Arena Matches at the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena to study other fighters, then registered to compete under the codename White Dragon. His first opponent was announced as Tyrant Dragon, a member of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Jun Xuehan entered the match confident that its outcome was not decided.

• She Long watched Jun Xuehan practice spear techniques, offered him a few pointers, and left as Jun Xuehan continued training.
• She Long took Jun Xuehan to the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and explained that he could watch matches and choose whether to fight opponents at least as strong as Soul Grand Masters.
• Jun Xuehan used his Photographic Memory to study seven Spirit Arena Matches and imagine how he would counter the fighters' attacks.
• Jun Xuehan decided to enter a Spirit Arena Match and registered under the codename White Dragon despite a staff member warning him that he was too young.
• The host announced Jun Xuehan's opponent as Tyrant Dragon, and She Long warned him that the fighter might belong to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Jun Xuehan told She Long he would consider surrendering only if he could not defeat his opponent, confident in his Silver Dragon King Martial Soul.

Jun Xuehan fought Yu Tianheng in the Soul Arena, using patient defense to counter his stronger opponent. After blocking Yu Tianheng’s second Soul Skill, Jun Xuehan launched a fire-and-wind-enhanced attack, and Yu Tianheng charged to meet him.

• Yu Tianheng introduced himself as a Level 25 Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Soul Master, while Jun Xuehan charged without announcing his Martial Soul.
• Jun Xuehan defended against Yu Tianheng’s attacks and studied his fighting style as Yu Tianheng spent his Soul Power and stamina.
• Jun Xuehan deliberately exposed an opening, prompting Yu Tianheng to attack with his second Soul Skill, Myriad Thunder.
• Jun Xuehan blocked Myriad Thunder, then used Blazing Fire Striding Cloud to charge at Yu Tianheng.
• Yu Tianheng realized Jun Xuehan had baited him but advanced to meet Jun Xuehan’s attack.

Jun Xuehan defeated Yu Tianheng in the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena, then returned to the Crown Prince’s Palace with She Long. The chapter left Jun Xuehan dining with Xue Qinghe as She Long reported the match.

• Jun Xuehan read Yu Tianheng’s attacks and overwhelmed him with the Silver Dragon Spear, severely injuring him before the referee declared White Dragon the winner.
• Yu Tianheng went to a VIP room, where the middle-aged man and Yu Luomian discussed his loss; the man refused to intervene and told Yu Tianheng to win back his defeat himself.
• She Long praised Jun Xuehan’s honorable victory, while Jun Xuehan reflected on how he could improve his combat techniques.
• She Long told Jun Xuehan that he could fight only once that day, so they left the Heaven Dou Great Spirit Arena and returned to the Crown Prince’s Palace.
• Xue Qinghe welcomed Jun Xuehan at dinner, and She Long began recounting the events of the match.

Qian Renxue helped Jun Xuehan tie up his hair and was startled when his thoughts revealed that he knew about gods and her Angel God inheritance. Later, Jun Xuehan created a powerful spear technique, Dragon Spear Wind and Rain.

• Xue Qinghe praised Jun Xuehan for defeating Yu Tianheng, then revealed herself as Qian Renxue and offered him a hairpin.
• Qian Renxue realized Jun Xuehan could not tie his hair and arranged it for him while She Long watched.
• Qian Renxue overheard Jun Xuehan’s thoughts about the gods and her inheritance, and resolved to uncover how he knew.
• Jun Xuehan practiced with the Silver Dragon Spear and used Water Element and Wind Element to devise Ninety-Nine Return to One, Dragon Spear Wind and Rain.