Chapter Summaries

Chen Xi met Azure Luan, who tested his strength and offered to take him to the Training Camp, where a place in the top ten would earn him Azure Luan as a master. Before Chen Xi left for Spirit City, Qian Renxue prepared supplies for him and promised to wait for the day he could help and protect her.

• Azure Luan tested Chen Xi with pressure and a Mental Power probe, then praised his potential despite his weak foundation.
• Azure Luan offered to accept Chen Xi as his disciple if he placed in the Training Camp’s top ten, and Chen Xi agreed to try.
• Qian Renxue explained the Training Camp and told Chen Xi she would arrange another teacher if he did not meet Azure Luan’s standard.
• Qian Renxue gave Chen Xi food, a hairpin, and a dagger, and Chen Xi promised to return to help and protect her.
• Qian Renxue asked Azure Luan to take Chen Xi back to Spirit City, and Azure Luan handed her a letter from the Grand Elder.

Azure Luan escorted Chen Xi from Qian Renxue’s residence to Spirit City, teaching her about Mental Power during the month-long journey. He brought her to the Training Camp and left her in Jiekaer’s care, saying he would return in a year to see her results.

• Qian Renxue accepted the letter Azure Luan gave her, and Chen Xi said goodbye to her before leaving with Azure Luan.
• Azure Luan gave Chen Xi a book about using Mental Power, and Chen Xi chose mental strikes as her main focus while studying its other methods too.
• Chen Xi told Azure Luan that being sensible only mattered if someone was willing to give out candy.
• After a month of travel, Chen Xi and Azure Luan arrived in Spirit City and passed the Papal Hall, where Chen Xi briefly felt watched by the Six-Winged Angel statue.
• Azure Luan brought Chen Xi to the Training Camp, told Jiekaer to treat her like the other trainees, and promised to assess her results in a year.

Jiekaer introduced Chen Xi to the Training Camp, its rules, schedule, and her dormitory before she prepared for her first day of training. The next morning, Chen Xi met Xing An, who complained about Jiekaer’s methods, then immediately praised him when he appeared; the trainees were sent to gather.

• Jiekaer explained that the camp had fifty-three trainees, twenty instructors, daily group and specialized training, and a final trial after one year.
• Jiekaer showed Chen Xi to her individual room, brought her bedding, and reminded her to rest before training began.
• Chen Xi spent the evening reading, then woke early the next morning and waited for the bell to signal training.
• Chen Xi met her next-door neighbor, Xing An, who warned her that Jiekaer was a harsh instructor.
• Jiekaer overheard Xing An’s complaints, prompting her to shower him with exaggerated praise before he sent her and Chen Xi to gather.

Chen Xi joined the Training Camp’s first morning warm-up, a five-lap run, and gauged the other students while hiding her true strength. After the exhausted students finished, an instructor led them to the cafeteria, where the instructors had arranged their breakfast.

• Jiekaer ordered the fifty-three students to run five laps without using Soul Power and warned that the last finisher would be punished with a whip.
• Chen Xi ran in the middle of the group and asked Xing An about the strongest students; Xing An identified Feng Xiao and said five students were Soul Grand Masters.
• Chen Xi calculated that she could compete for the top places while concealing that she was a Two-Ring Great Spirit Master.
• As the students tired near the end of the run, Chen Xi and Xing An sped up when they saw others sprinting from behind.
• An instructor noticed Chen Xi’s Soul Grandmaster-level strength, and Jiekaer revealed that the Third Elder had personally sent her.
• After the students rested, an instructor led them to the cafeteria.

At the Training Camp, Chen Xi learned about Xing An’s defensive path and the afternoon’s specialized instruction before being chosen to spar with an instructor during a basic combat test. He charged Instructor Liu with a punch, and Liu blocked it.

• Chen Xi arrived last at breakfast, received an instructor’s extra meal, and grew closer to Xing An as they talked.
• Xing An said she was a pure defense-type Spirit Master because she feared getting beaten up, while Chen Xi said his quill Martial Soul suited a path of pure mental attacks because he liked writing.
• Chief Instructor Jiekaer explained that students would fight basic matches without using their Martial Souls, and Chen Xi was left to spar with Instructor Liu.
• Chen Xi charged Instructor Liu with a punch, and Liu blocked the attack while recognizing Chen Xi’s outstanding strength for a Soul Grand Master.

After half a year of training, Chen Xi reached the level-thirty bottleneck at six and a half years old and requested permission to obtain a soul ring. Bibi Dong and Hu Liena reviewed his remarkable progress, and Bibi Dong set out to meet him and examine his martial soul.

• Chen Xi trained with Instructor Liu, improving his combat skills and learning new ways to use Mental Power.
• Over six months at the Training Camp, Chen Xi raised his Soul Power from level twenty-seven to the level-thirty bottleneck.
• Chen Xi asked chief instructor Jiekaer for permission to obtain a soul ring, and Jiekaer said he needed approval from the Papal Hall.
• Bibi Dong showed Hu Liena Chen Xi's request, and Hu Liena was astonished that a six-and-a-half-year-old had reached the level-thirty bottleneck.
• Bibi Dong explained that Third Elder Qingluan had sent Chen Xi to the Training Camp and that someone else had already found him a teacher.
• Bibi Dong decided to visit Chen Xi and examine his martial soul, and Hu Liena followed her as a carriage left the Papal Hall.

Chen Xi met Pope Bibi Dong, who had come to take him to obtain a Soul Ring and examine his unknown martial soul. After Chen Xi revealed the Pen of Destiny and described its abilities, Bibi Dong asked him to put it away, and the carriage continued toward the nearest Soul Beast Forest.

• Chief Instructor Jiekaer told Chen Xi that Bibi Dong wanted to see him, and Chen Xi followed Jiekaer to the Training Camp gates.
• Bibi Dong invited Chen Xi into her carriage and said she would take him to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Chen Xi met Hu Liena in the carriage, then released his Pen of Destiny at Bibi Dong's request.
• Chen Xi explained that his martial soul could peer into destiny and write the future, and Bibi Dong showed curiosity before telling him to put it away.
• Bibi Dong closed her eyes in silence as the carriage headed for the nearest Soul Beast Forest.

Chen Xi traveled with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena to Emerald Forest to obtain a suitable Soul Ring. After Yue Guan assessed Chen Xi’s strength, Bibi Dong chose a roughly 2,800-year-old Flame Feather Fire Phoenix, and Yue Guan attacked it.

• Chen Xi privately thought about changing Bibi Dong’s romantic attachments and told Hu Liena that plants and cultivation had raised his Soul Power.
• Hu Liena and Chen Xi introduced themselves before their carriage reached Emerald Forest.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to assess Chen Xi, and Yue Guan identified signs of rare medicinal herbs and judged Chen Xi able to withstand a Soul Ring of about 2,500 to 3,000 years.
• Bibi Dong chose a Mental Power-focused Soul Beast for Chen Xi, and Yue Guan found a 2,800-year-old Flame Feather Fire Phoenix in Emerald Forest.
• Bibi Dong gave Yue Guan the signal, and he released his martial soul and sent blade-like petals toward the Flame Feather Fire Phoenix.

Chen Xi absorbed his third Spirit Ring, gained the External Soul Bone Fire Phoenix Wings, and returned to the Training Camp. Later, he rewrote a passage about Bibi Dong with his Pen of Destiny, causing an unexplained change as a scythe-like mark appeared on her forehead.

• Chen Xi defeated the Flame Feather Fire Phoenix, absorbed its Spirit Ring, and gained the External Soul Bone Fire Phoenix Wings.
• Chen Xi's new third Spirit skill, Blazing Feather Fall, let him create burning feathers that attacked minds and souls.
• Bibi Dong returned Chen Xi to the Training Camp but stopped herself from saying something before leaving with Yue Guan and Hu Liena.
• Chen Xi reconsidered a passage about Bibi Dong's past and rewrote it with his Pen of Destiny, after which the words flickered without consuming his Soul Power or Mental Power.
• A scythe-like marking appeared on Bibi Dong's forehead as she rested in the carriage, unseen by Hu Liena.

The Rakshasa God investigated Chen Xi after noticing an unseen force affecting her inheritor, Bibi Dong, and discovered the Seed of Life in Chen Xi’s Sea of Consciousness. When she tried to take it, a mysterious presence struck down her divine consciousness, while Chen Xi fell into a deep sleep.

• The Rakshasa God noticed an unseen force influencing her inheritor and went to investigate the Training Camp.
• The Rakshasa God found Chen Xi studying the flickering words and entered his Sea of Consciousness to examine his martial soul.
• The Rakshasa God discovered the Seed of Life, searched the surrounding area for other divine presences, and decided to take it.
• Purple-black lightning and a pair of purple eyes appeared behind the Seed of Life and destroyed the Rakshasa God’s phantom.
• Chen Xi’s Mental Power, Soul Power, and life force were drained, and he fell asleep.
• The Rakshasa God sent another wisp of divine consciousness to her inheritance site as the Destruction God King sensed the message returned from his divine consciousness.

Goddess of Life sent life force to the Angel God Temple, allowing Angel God’s divine sense to reach the continent and remove the Angel Holy Sword. In a dream, Bibi Dong confronted her idealized memories of Yu Xiaogang and her guilt toward Qian Renxue, then woke shaken and lost in thought.

• Goddess of Life released life force into the Angel God Temple before leaving the Forest of Life with Destruction God King.
• Angel God’s divine sense merged with the fading sense in the Angel God statue and made the Angel Holy Sword disappear.
• Bibi Dong dreamed of walking toward an abyss while an ethereal voice challenged her love for Yu Xiaogang and recalled his shortcomings.
• The voice brought up Qian Renxue’s past and the Qian Family’s efforts to make amends, and Bibi Dong’s shackles shattered.
• Bibi Dong awoke, looked out at the night sky, and clenched her bleeding hand while reflecting on the dream.

Bibi Dong reflected on the mistakes that had harmed her relationships and wondered whether compensation could heal old wounds. The next morning, Chen Xi looked ahead to the Training Camp’s final trial, where two important figures were expected to arrive.

• Bibi Dong questioned whether she had been wrong to oppose her teacher and whether she owed Qian Renxue for the harm she had caused.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether the Qian Family’s attempts to make amends could heal her scars and how she might repair her relationship with the person in Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xi hoped Bibi Dong would break free of her inner shackles and recognized that repairing her relationship with Qian Renxue would take effort.
• After half a year, Jiekaer told the fifty-three students that their final trial would begin the next day and warned them not to use lethal force.
• Xing An asked Chen Xi whether an elder would visit the Training Camp, and Chen Xi guessed that Azure Luan and someone from Worship Hall or Papal Hall would attend.

Chen Xi received a first-round bye in the Training Camp’s final trial, while Xing An won her match with her defensive martial spirit. As the trainees continued battling, Bibi Dong remarked that this year’s group seemed stronger than last year’s, and Azure Luan remained silent.

• Pope Bibi Dong and Third Elder Qingluan arrived at the Training Camp to watch the final trial, where Jiekaer explained the one-on-one tournament rules.
• Chen Xi drew a first-round bye and went to watch Xing An’s match.
• Xing An used her Frost Saint Shield and Reflective Damage to defeat her opponent and advance.
• Chen Xi told Xing An she was only a little stronger than her, and they went to watch the other matches.
• Bibi Dong said this year’s trainees seemed stronger than last year’s, while Azure Luan did not respond.

Chen Xi advanced through the early rounds of the tournament, revealing that his close combat skills and strength far exceeded what his three spirit rings suggested. As the seven-person final began, the other competitors appeared to target him, while Xing An stood beside him with her Frost Saint Shield.

• Chen Xi defeated his second-round opponent with a rapid close-combat attack after using his First Spirit Skill, Heavenly Blessing.
• Xing An was shocked by Chen Xi’s strength, and Azure Luan watched his performance with satisfaction.
• Chen Xi won his next match and noticed the other finalists gathering as if they intended to eliminate him first.
• Xing An assured Chen Xi that she was his friend and would stand with him.
• The finalists entered the competition area, where Chen Xi summoned the Pen of Destiny and Xing An stepped in front of him with her Frost Saint Shield.

Chen Xi won the Training Camp final trial and became Azure Luan’s disciple. At the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu received an order from the Angel God and took Chen Xi to Douluo Hall.

• Before the match, Azure Luan announced that he would choose one of the seven contestants as his disciple, and Chen Xi understood his meaningful glance as a promise to choose her.
• Chen Xi used her spirit skills and Mental Storm to defeat five opponents, while Xing An surrendered when they met eyes.
• Chen Xi took first place, with Xing An in second, and Azure Luan accepted Chen Xi as his disciple.
• Azure Luan brought Chen Xi to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu greeted her and said he would take her to Douluo Hall.
• After Azure Luan told Chen Xi to follow Qian Daoliu’s instructions, she went with him to Douluo Hall.

Chen Xi met the Angel God in Douluo Hall and received a jade pendant, while Qian Daoliu learned that a god had asked him to take special care of Chen Xi. Chen Xi returned to Worship Hall with Qian Daoliu and found Azure Luan with a burly old man seated above him.

• Chen Xi followed Qian Daoliu into Douluo Hall and bowed to the Angel God.
• The Angel God gave Chen Xi a feather that became a jade pendant and warned him not to give it to anyone else.
• After Chen Xi left, the Angel God told Qian Daoliu to take extra care of him because it owed someone a favor.
• Chen Xi wondered whether a god had chosen him as an inheritor and connected the possibility to the seed in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Daoliu brought Chen Xi back to Worship Hall, where Chen Xi saw Azure Luan and a burly old man seated above him.

Chen Xi settled into the Worship Hall, received gifts from its Elders, and was given a vast collection of books to study by Azure Luan. In her new room, she used her martial soul to check Tang San’s destiny and saw that he had resolved to follow his teacher’s soul-ring theory.

• The Second Worship gifted Chen Xi a book on body refinement, and Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile discussed her talent and the possibility of introducing her to Golden Crocodile’s granddaughter.
• Azure Luan led Chen Xi to meet the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Elders, who each gave her a generous first-meeting gift.
• Azure Luan gave Chen Xi a table of contents for the Worship Hall’s library, explaining that learning all the books had taken him about thirty years.
• Azure Luan showed Chen Xi to her furnished room and told her to rest before her formal lessons began.
• Chen Xi used her martial soul to check Tang San’s destiny and saw that he planned to learn from his first soul-ring attempt and follow his teacher’s theory in the future.

Chen Xi used the Pen of Destiny to make Tang San enjoy eating Soft Bone Rabbit, then meditated through the night with the Angel God’s pendant preventing sleep. In the morning, Xiao Wu attacked Tang San after learning he had eaten roasted Soft Bone Rabbit, while Azure Luan gave Chen Xi advice and promised to support him.

• Chen Xi rewrote Tang San’s circumstances so he enjoyed roasted Soft Bone Rabbit, then meditated after the Angel God’s pendant kept him from feeling sleepy.
• Xiao Wu asked Tang San what he was eating and learned that his breakfast was roasted Soft Bone Rabbit given to him by his teacher.
• Xiao Wu angrily kicked Tang San into a table, declared that her martial soul was a Soft Bone Rabbit, and left the cafeteria.
• Tang San concluded that Xiao Wu disliked eating rabbit because her martial soul was a rabbit, and decided not to eat it in front of her again.
• Azure Luan brought Chen Xi breakfast and said he would take him to have clothes made.
• Azure Luan told Chen Xi to seek his help if older people treated him unfairly and warned him to kill a talentless, boastful man who affected his emotions.

Chen Xi offered Azure Luan the Aromatic Silk Beauty, but she initially insisted he keep it before agreeing to hold it for him. After breakfast, Chen Xi visited Yue Guan to learn from his knowledge of Mystic Herbs and medicinal plants.

• Chen Xi asked Azure Luan about her Soul Power and offered her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, explaining its effects.
• Azure Luan said she could reach level ninety-eight through cultivation but doubted she could break through to level ninety-nine, and she praised Chen Xi for his thoughtfulness.
• Chen Xi urged Azure Luan to accept the herb, and she put it away for him to retrieve if he needed it.
• Azure Luan took Chen Xi to have white Cloud Brocade clothes made with gold and silver threads.
• Chen Xi asked Azure Luan where Yue Guan lived, then went to the Elder Hall and introduced himself at Yue Guan's flower-filled courtyard.
• Yue Guan welcomed Chen Xi inside and asked whether he found the flowers and herbs beautiful.

Chen Xi visited Yue Guan to learn how Dugu Bo could cure his poison and to ask about the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum. Yue Guan realized Chen Xi was testing whether he might ally with Qian Renxue, and he weighed the herb’s value against his loyalty to Bibi Dong and his bonds in Spirit Hall.

• Chen Xi praised Yue Guan’s rare plants, then asked how Dugu Bo could detoxify himself, and Yue Guan explained the method.
• Chen Xi asked whether Yue Guan knew the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Yue Guan questioned how Chen Xi had heard of it.
• Chen Xi mentioned that Qian Renxue had once considered giving Yue Guan the herb, prompting Yue Guan to infer that she was testing his attitude.
• Yue Guan weighed the herb’s potential to strengthen him against his loyalty to Bibi Dong, his partnership with Ghost Douluo, and his care for Hu Liena.
• Chen Xi watched Yue Guan think and reflected on Yue Guan’s past loyalty and affection for Hu Liena.