Chapter Summaries

Hu Liena questioned Li Qinglian about his ranking of her beauty, then blushed when he said she was the woman he got along with best. Yan confronted them and challenged Li Qinglian to a duel, leaving Hu Liena focused on Li Qinglian as the fight was about to begin.

• Hu Liena asked Li Qinglian to rank her, and he placed her sixth among the women he knew before explaining that he got along with her best.
• Yan found Hu Liena with Li Qinglian, accused her of falling for him, and was hurt by her angry reaction.
• Yan challenged Li Qinglian to a duel, and Li Qinglian said Yan must stop pestering Hu Liena if he lost.
• Yan demanded that Hu Liena kiss him if he won, but Li Qinglian refused to treat her as a wager and mocked Yan's strength.
• Yan declared that he had grown stronger during his six years of training, while Hu Liena quietly studied Li Qinglian's appearance.

Li Qinglian faced Yan in a one-on-one battle and demonstrated how much stronger he had become after six years of seclusion. He defeated Yan with his Death Domain and Falling Death Star, leaving Yan injured and unable to fight.

• Yan activated Fire Flash Step and charged at Li Qinglian, explaining that he had chosen a speed-enhancing fourth Soul Ring to counter his old weakness.
• Li Qinglian revealed two black Soul Rings and used his third soul skill, Death Domain, suppressing Yan with its heavy, life-draining mist.
• Li Qinglian dispersed the domain and let Yan attack at full speed so he could defeat him directly.
• Li Qinglian formed and released Falling Death Star, shattering Yan's Flame Lord shield and blasting him into a stone pillar.
• Li Qinglian told Yan that he had used only twenty percent of Falling Death Star's power, while Yan knelt coughing blood and could not use his soul skills.

After Li Qinglian demonstrated his powerful Death Domain, Bibi Dong and her attendants discussed his strength and possible future with Hu Liena. Li Qinglian left Yan behind and told Hu Liena he planned to leave Spirit Hall for the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei marveled at Li Qinglian's domain and guessed that it could sustain itself by absorbing elemental energy and enemies' soul power.
• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei about Hu Liena's feelings for Li Qinglian and considered matching them, despite rumors that Qian Renxue might be paired with him.
• Li Qinglian told Yan to stop pursuing Hu Liena, and Yan accepted the defeat and left.
• Hu Liena admitted Li Qinglian's Death Domain frightened her, and Li Qinglian showed her the resentful ghosts within it, including Wang Peng.
• Li Qinglian told Hu Liena he planned to leave Spirit Hall and go to the Star Dou Great Forest to find Gu Yuena.

Li Qinglian warned Hu Liena that Spirit Hall’s stagnation in Martial Soul Theory threatened its future and proposed turning toward Soul Tool research. Hu Liena chose to become the first researcher in his planned institute, while Li Qinglian envisioned using Soul Tool development to gain humanity’s destiny and become a Human Emperor.

• Li Qinglian told Hu Liena that Spirit Hall risked decline because it had stopped advancing Martial Soul Theory.
• Li Qinglian proposed researching and manufacturing Soul Tools, and said he would call the researchers who created them Soul Engineers.
• Hu Liena asked whether she could become a Soul Engineer, and Li Qinglian told her that her spiritual abilities suited the work.
• Li Qinglian resolved to use Soul Tool development to advance human civilization and gain the destiny needed to become a Human Emperor.
• Hu Liena declared that she would be the first researcher in Li Qinglian’s planned institute, and he eagerly welcomed her.

Li Qinglian left Spirit Hall after establishing the Soul Guidance Research Institute, while Hu Liena confessed her attachment and was encouraged by Bibi Dong to pursue him. He returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Gu Yuena noticed his arrival.

• Li Qinglian left Hu Liena in charge of recruiting students and developing the new institute while he traveled away.
• Hu Liena embraced Li Qinglian before his departure, and he reassured her that he would return soon.
• Bibi Dong comforted Hu Liena and encouraged her to stand beside Li Qinglian if she liked him.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Li Qinglian ranked her sixth among the women he knew, with Bibi Dong fourth and Qian Renxue fifth.
• Li Qinglian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest, and Gu Yuena opened her eyes beneath Life Lake and remarked that he had taken too long to visit her.

Li Qinglian entered the Star Dou Great Forest with Bi Ji to meet Gu Yuena and encountered Xiao Wu and Er Ming along the way. Xiao Wu recognized Li Qinglian as the great tree that had survived its tribulation and taken human form.

• Bi Ji welcomed Li Qinglian and escorted him toward Life Lake at Gu Yuena's request.
• Li Qinglian and Bi Ji spotted Xiao Wu speaking with Er Ming in the forest.
• Xiao Wu sensed their presence, ordered Er Ming to kill them, and Bi Ji stepped forward to shield Li Qinglian.
• Er Ming recognized Bi Ji and was shocked that she was protecting a human boy.
• Xiao Wu recognized Li Qinglian's aura and realized that the great tree had survived its tribulation and taken human form.

Li Qinglian returned to the Star Dou Great Forest after six years and revealed to Xiao Wu that he had become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. He offered to help her avenge her mother if she followed his lead, then reunited with Gu Yuena, who questioned his cultivation.

• Li Qinglian encountered Xiao Wu, Bi Ji, and Er Ming, and Xiao Wu admitted she had spent her six years in the human world indulging herself and losing hope of avenging her mother.
• Xiao Wu asked Li Qinglian to help her, and he offered assistance on the condition that she listen to him; she agreed.
• Li Qinglian told Xiao Wu his human name and went with Bi Ji toward the core region, while Xiao Wu caught up with Er Ming.
• At Life Lake, Gu Yuena embraced Li Qinglian and reproached him for being away for six years.
• Gu Yuena sensed an unusual aura from Li Qinglian and asked how his cultivation had progressed.

Li Qinglian revealed that the Goddess of Kindness had given him the Pure Heart Eyes, then showed Gu Yuena that his Death Divine Tree had also manifested the power of life. Gu Yuena realized he had comprehended life and death together, giving him the potential to reach beyond the limits of a Death God King.

• Gu Yuena sensed the Goddess of Kindness's aura in Li Qinglian's eyes, and Li Qinglian explained that she had given him the Pure Heart Eyes.
• Gu Yuena praised the eyes' ability to perceive the essence of things, while Li Qinglian tried to persuade her to give him a treasure.
• Gu Yuena told Li Qinglian that becoming a God King would not be enough to protect her and the Golden Dragon King from the God Realm.
• Li Qinglian released his Martial Soul and showed Gu Yuena green leaves of life growing among the Death Divine Tree's black branches.
• Gu Yuena recognized that Li Qinglian had comprehended the Great Dao of Life and Death and understood that his power had undergone a qualitative transformation.

Li Qinglian explained to Gu Yuena how his Death Divine Tree was evolving toward a Reincarnation Divine Tree, revealing a potential that could rival the strongest Dragon Clan beings. Gu Yuena gave him a ring forged from her dragon fang, and Li Qinglian’s sniffing it embarrassed her.

• Li Qinglian told Gu Yuena that his Death Divine Tree was developing life and moving toward the power of Reincarnation.
• Gu Yuena compared Li Qinglian’s potential with the Dragon God, the Silver Dragon King, and the Golden Dragon King, and said he was already on par with her and the Golden Dragon King.
• Gu Yuena encouraged Li Qinglian to believe he would master Reincarnation, and he brushed off her reassurance.
• Gu Yuena gave Li Qinglian the Dragon Abyss Ring, explaining that it had time-stasis, storage, and the ability to hold living beings.
• Li Qinglian examined and sniffed the ring, making Gu Yuena blush and insist that her teeth were clean.

Gu Yuena gave Li Qinglian a Dragon Abyss Ring containing her divine consciousness and protective gear, and he promised to help her become the Dragon God once he ruled the God Realm. After declaring confidence in his own future strength, Li Qinglian prepared to return, while Gu Yuena teased him.

• Gu Yuena gave Li Qinglian a silver-white Dragon Abyss Ring with her divine consciousness inside and placed a robe woven from her scale powder among its contents.
• Li Qinglian promised Gu Yuena that after becoming a god, he would release the Golden Dragon King so she could devour him and become the Dragon God.
• Gu Yuena asked whether Li Qinglian would trust her as the Dragon God, and he reassured her that she would not harm him.
• Li Qinglian declared that his path would make him strong enough not to fear Gu Yuena's future Dragon God self.
• Gu Yuena called Li Qinglian charming and leaned close, but he told her to stop teasing him and said he was ready to return.

Li Qinglian left Gu Yuena and promised Xiao Wu he might help her reunite with her mother, then encountered Tang San’s group in the forest. Tang San won Meng Yiran’s bet and received her kiss, leaving Xiao Wu devastated when she reunited with him.

• Li Qinglian left the Star Dou Great Forest as Gu Yuena wondered whether he could become her equal and a suitable partner.
• Li Qinglian told Xiao Wu he might arrange for her mother to enter Reincarnation and briefly considered whether he could revive A Yin.
• Tang San defeated Meng Yiran’s flying daggers and won their bet over the soul beast.
• Meng Yiran kissed Tang San’s cheek after Ma Hongjun reminded her of the bet.
• Xiao Wu saw Meng Yiran kiss Tang San and lost her joy at reuniting with him, while Tang San greeted her in embarrassment.

Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy and discovered that Tang San had agreed to a bet involving Meng Yiran while Xiao Wu’s fate was unknown. Meng Yiran slapped Tang San, the Unrivaled Dragon and Snake demanded an explanation, and Xiao Wu was left wondering whether the Shrek Academy group truly wanted her back.

• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing welcomed Xiao Wu’s return but worried about the bet Oscar had encouraged.
• Oscar pointed out that Tang San had not refused the bet, and Meng Yiran realized Tang San already loved someone and slapped him.
• Dragon Duke Meng Shu demanded that Zhao Wuji explain Tang San and the Shrek students’ actions.
• Li Qinglian watched the confrontation and questioned whether Tang San was devoted to Xiao Wu or simply unpredictable.
• Xiao Wu looked at the Shrek Academy group with disappointment and said they seemed not to want her back.

Xiao Wu returned safely, only to find Tang San kissing Meng Yiran, and felt betrayed by him. Li Qinglian mocked Tang San and suggested his anger at him came from resentment that Xiao Wu had been rescued.

• Xiao Wu came back after absorbing her spirit ring and found Tang San and Meng Yiran together, leaving her heartbroken.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing comforted Xiao Wu, while Zhu Zhuqing reconsidered whether Shrek Academy was a good place for her.
• Li Qinglian reflected that Xiao Wu's loss of trust in Tang San could help him control Tang San and advance soul-tool development.
• Tang San blamed Li Qinglian for bringing Xiao Wu back at the wrong moment and angrily confronted him.
• Li Qinglian taunted Tang San, asking whether he resented him for rescuing Xiao Wu.

Li Qinglian exposed Tang San’s sour reaction to Xiao Wu’s safe return, deepening the rift between them. The Shrek group then learned that their rescuer was Li Qinglian, Spirit Hall’s legendary Holy Son.

• Li Qinglian called out Tang San’s hostility, and Meng Yiran condemned Tang San for seeming unhappy that Xiao Wu had returned safely.
• Ma Hongjun stepped in to defend Tang San by describing his displeasure with Li Qinglian as personal, while Dai Mubai recognized Tang San was losing ground with Xiao Wu.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing admired Li Qinglian’s appearance, and Xiao Wu denied having any relationship with him.
• Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing recognized Li Qinglian as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, shocking Ma Hongjun, Dai Mubai, and the others.
• Zhao Wuji concluded that a Titled Douluo must have protected Li Qinglian and enabled him to rescue Xiao Wu.

Li Qinglian claimed the Man Faced Demon Spider’s eight legs and accepted Tang San’s challenge to spar. As they prepared to fight, the others recalled Li Qinglian’s extraordinary past and wondered how Tang San would fare against him.

• Li Qinglian asked for the Man Faced Demon Spider, and Zhao Wuji and Meng Shu agreed to give it to him.
• Tang San offered the Soul Beast as thanks for Li Qinglian saving Xiao Wu, while privately suspecting that Spirit Hall would become his enemy.
• Tang San challenged Li Qinglian to exchange pointers, and Li Qinglian accepted after collecting the spider’s eight legs.
• Li Qinglian and Tang San took positions across the clearing as Ning Rongrong and the others watched.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Mubai revealed that Li Qinglian had defeated a level thirty-one Soul Elder at age six, frightening Ma Hongjun and Oscar.

Li Qinglian watched Tang San attack with Blue Silver Grass and reflected that the Martial Soul could follow the Life Attribute rather than the control path. When Tang San’s vines withered into ash near Li Qinglian’s Death Domain, the clearing’s witnesses were left stunned and afraid.

• Tang San attacked Li Qinglian with a surge of Blue Silver Grass vines.
• Li Qinglian considered how Tang San’s Martial Soul could have drawn on the Life Attribute, but Tang San had instead focused on control.
• Tang San rebuked Li Qinglian for being distracted and summoned more Blue Silver Grass.
• Li Qinglian released his black-tree Martial Soul, and the approaching vines lost their life force and crumbled into ash.
• Tang San and the others reacted with shock and fear, while Xiao Wu watched without surprise.

Li Qinglian explained that his Death Divine Tree belonged to a higher dimension, which let it overwhelm Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass beyond the usual cycle of Soul Master counters. Tang San asked what dimensions meant, but Li Qinglian demanded Tang San’s Hidden Weapons techniques in exchange, and Tang San refused.

• Li Qinglian explained that Tang San’s resilient Blue Silver Grass could control ordinary opponents but could not affect him because he was in a higher dimension.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, Meng Shu, and the other Soul Masters considered how Li Qinglian’s power seemed to transcend the usual types and counters of Martial Souls.
• Tang San asked Li Qinglian to explain what a dimension was, determined to understand the gap between them.
• Li Qinglian offered to explain dimensions if Tang San shared his throwing-knife technique and methods for making Hidden Weapons.
• Tang San refused, saying he could not give up the Tang Sect’s most important techniques.

Li Qinglian told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass might have the potential to transcend Martial Soul limits, prompting Tang San to question his past cultivation. In a cave, Li Qinglian absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's Eight Spider Lances and discovered they could draw in both life and death energy.

• Li Qinglian told Tang San that his Blue Silver Grass was close to becoming a higher-dimensional power, and Tang San realized he might have misunderstood his Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Oscar discussed Li Qinglian's strength and the possibility that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass held hidden potential.
• Tang San considered trading Li Qinglian part of his Hidden Weapons Encyclopedia to learn more about his Martial Soul before his Soul Rings locked in its limits.
• Li Qinglian absorbed the eight spider legs from the Man Faced Demon Spider, forming the Eight Spider Lances as an External Soul Bone.
• Li Qinglian used the Eight Spider Lances to absorb energy from the earth and found that they could contain both life and death, though death energy made up most of their power.

Li Qinglian arrived in Heaven Dou City and enjoyed its lively atmosphere before meeting Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe. Qian Renxue flirted with him in public and suggested that rumors of Xue Qinghe preferring men could help conceal her identity, while Li Qinglian resisted the idea of becoming her male consort.

• Li Qinglian reached Heaven Dou City after a month of travel and admired its bustle and prosperity.
• Li Qinglian entered a restaurant, ordered its signature dishes and wine, and declined the waiter's offer to find him women for company.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, sat with Li Qinglian and teased him for taking so long to reach the city.
• Qian Renxue sat beside Li Qinglian, held his hand, and drew the restaurant's attention.
• Qian Renxue said rumors that Xue Qinghe preferred men could serve as cover, while Li Qinglian made clear he did not want to become her male consort.

Li Qinglian warned Qian Renxue that unresolved resentment toward Bibi Dong could become an emotional tribulation blocking her path to godhood. Qian Renxue could not bring herself to kill or forgive Bibi Dong, and the chapter ended with her teasing Li Qinglian about his thoughts on their beauty.

• Qian Renxue questioned Li Qinglian after learning he ranked her fifth among the women he had met and placed Bibi Dong fourth.
• Li Qinglian explained that Qian Renxue’s feelings about Bibi Dong were an emotional tribulation she needed to overcome to inherit godhood successfully.
• Li Qinglian offered Qian Renxue two ways to resolve her inner demon: abandon her attachment entirely, even by killing Bibi Dong, or forgive Bibi Dong and let go of the past.
• Qian Renxue admitted she could not kill Bibi Dong, and Li Qinglian told her she would have to find her own way to calm her heart.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Li Qinglian had come to speak for Bibi Dong and then pressed him on why he found Bibi Dong more beautiful.
• Li Qinglian said Qian Renxue was prettier in appearance but praised Bibi Dong’s noble temperament and figure, prompting Qian Renxue to blush and pinch him.