Chapter Summaries

Ning Fengzhi lamented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ruin and demanded updates on the searches for Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect. After learning that neither could be found and that Rongrong had Innate Level-Nine Soul Power, he considered a future marriage alliance with Spirit Hall before Chen Xin objected.

• Ning Fengzhi angrily demanded news of Tang Hao, but Chen Xin said he had vanished after escaping their encirclement.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Rongrong had Innate Level-Nine Soul Power, yet despaired that the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda could not advance beyond Soul Sage.
• Chen Xin reported that the Clear Sky Sect had disappeared into seclusion while the Four Single-Attribute Clans had recovered.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted the greed that had contributed to the sect’s decline and feared the Clear Sky Sect’s eventual return.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a future marriage alliance between Rongrong and Spirit Hall, but Chen Xin urged him not to discuss it yet.

Tang Xiao worried that Tang Hao had vanished and lamented the Clear Sky Sect’s weakness while fearing discovery by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In Spirit City, Qian Xunji finished his paperwork and headed to the Hidden Weapon Hall to see what Xiao Feng and the others were working on.

• A scout reported to Tang Xiao that he had failed to find Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao ordered him to keep the news from the clan elders.
• Tang Xiao reflected on Tang Hao’s relationship with a Soul Beast, his nephew, and the Clear Sky Sect’s vulnerability if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect found its refuge.
• Tang Xiao descended the mountain after once again receiving no news of his younger brother.
• Qian Xunji completed the Cabinet’s paperwork in the Papal Palace and decided to visit the Hidden Weapon Hall.
• Qian Xunji changed course from the rear garden and headed to the Hidden Weapon Hall, whose affairs Qian Renfeng usually oversaw.

Ah Rou came to Spirit Hall to ask Ah Yin and Qian Xunji to protect her transformed daughter, Xiao Wu. Qian Xunji agreed to take Xiao Wu in and let Ah Rou stay in Spirit City with her.

• A female Soul Master told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin that an old acquaintance was asking to see them, and they went to meet her.
• Ah Yin recognized Ah Rou, who explained that she had come from Star Dou Forest because she feared for Xiao Wu after the Death Spider Emperor incident.
• Ah Rou revealed that Xiao Wu had transformed and asked Ah Yin to let her daughter stay under her protection.
• Qian Xunji agreed to protect Xiao Wu, saying that transformed Soul Beasts were human and that Spirit Hall could conceal her aura.
• Ah Yin invited Ah Rou to stay in Spirit City with Xiao Wu, and Qian Xunji agreed to keep them safe.

Ah Rou and Xiao Wu joined Ah Yin and Qian Xunji in Spirit City, where Ah Yin gave Xiao Wu a flower to conceal her Transformed Soul Beast aura. Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng welcomed Xiao Wu and showed her around the city, impressing her with their extraordinary Soul Power.

• Ah Rou led Ah Yin and Qian Xunji to a hotel, where Xiao Wu was waiting, and introduced her to Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin gave Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to hide her Transformed Soul Beast aura, then invited Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to stay in Spirit City.
• Ah Yin introduced Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng in the Papal Palace's Back Garden, and Ah Rou learned that both siblings were sixteen-year-old Soul Emperors.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng took Xiao Wu sightseeing around Spirit City, where she learned they had Divine-Level Martial Souls and Innate Level-Twenty Soul Power.

Ah Yin suggested that Xiao Wu enroll in the Spirit Academy, and Ah Rou agreed after Xiao Wu enthusiastically accepted. Meanwhile, Qian Renfeng reflected on his life and cultivation, then wondered about the mysterious Eight-Armed Asura phantom calling to him.

• Ah Yin told Ah Rou that transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts had Innate Full Soul Power and suggested enrolling Xiao Wu in the Spirit Academy.
• Ah Rou asked Xiao Wu if she wanted to attend the Spirit Academy, and Xiao Wu agreed excitedly.
• Qian Renxue offered to introduce Xiao Wu to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena, while Qian Renfeng promised to show her around Spirit City.
• Qian Renfeng reflected on his past life and decided it was time to teach his parents the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Qian Renfeng noted that his Soul Power was level sixty-eight and wondered whether the growing Eight-Armed Asura phantom in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness was a divine inheritance.

Qian Xunji reviewed a report about Oscar and considered recruiting him into Spirit Hall while reflecting on how much the timeline had changed. In Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao gave up teaching Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and warned him to hide his Clear Sky Hammer, while refusing Tang San’s suggestion to join Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunji read a report about Oscar’s innate full soul power and ordered that a Titled Douluo invite him to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji wondered whether Shrek Academy and Liu Erlong still existed, then finished his paperwork and went to find Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao tried to teach Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Tang San struggled and asked to stop learning it.
• Tang Hao told Tang San never to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and said they faced a blood-deep vendetta.
• Tang Hao planned to send Tang San to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Old Jack and rejected Tang San’s suggestion to join Spirit Hall.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei brought seven-year-old Oscar to Spirit Hall after inviting him to join, and Yue Guan asked Qian Xunji for permission to take him as a disciple. Oscar joined willingly, became Yue Guan’s disciple, and set off with him to learn about Spirit Academy.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei found Oscar at his academy and invited him to join Spirit Hall, with Yue Guan offering to take him as a disciple.
• Yue Guan proved he was a Titled Douluo by displaying his nine Soul Rings, and Oscar agreed to join Spirit Hall.
• Yue Guan settled Oscar’s departure from the academy, then brought him with Gui Mei to Papal Palace.
• Oscar told Qian Xunji he had joined voluntarily, and Qian Xunji allowed Yue Guan to take him as a disciple.
• Yue Guan accepted Oscar as his disciple and began explaining Spirit Academy as they left Papal Palace.

Qian Xunji enjoyed the quiet after the children returned to school, while Tang San began his journey to Notting City to attend the Junior Soul Master Academy. The chapter ended with Tang San, Tang Hao, and Old Jack entering the city.

• Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Oscar went to their respective Spirit Academies, leaving Qian Xunji and Ah Yin to enjoy the quiet Back Garden.
• Old Jack came to the Blacksmith Shop to take Tang San to Notting City, and he argued with Tang Hao about refusing Spirit Hall.
• Tang San told Old Jack not to blame Tang Hao and said he would attend the Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Tang Hao, Tang San, and Old Jack walked for more than half a day and reached Notting City.
• Tang San admired the city gates, while Old Jack and Tang Hao argued before the three of them entered Notting City.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and Old Jack arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where the gatekeeper rejected Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate and insulted them. Su Yuntao intervened, confirmed the certificate was genuine, and confronted the academy headmaster, leaving the gatekeeper in trouble.

• Tang Hao and Old Jack argued as they walked with Tang San through Notting City, then the three reached Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Old Jack presented Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate, but the gatekeeper called it fake and refused to let Tang San enroll.
• Tang Hao grabbed the gatekeeper when he shoved Old Jack, and the dispute drew Su Yuntao’s attention.
• Su Yuntao confirmed the certificate was genuine and threatened the gatekeeper for slandering Spirit Hall.
• The academy headmaster came out and greeted Su Yuntao, who rebuked Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Su Yuntao intervened when Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy’s doorman tried to bar Tang San’s entry, then helped Tang San enroll. After Tang San left with the headmaster, Old Jack confronted Tang Hao over blocking his son from joining Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao revealed that Spirit Hall had once taken his former lover.

• The headmaster beat the doorman for slandering Spirit Hall, and Su Yuntao took the doorman away while promising to help Tang San if he faced unfair treatment.
• Tang San thanked Su Yuntao, while Tang Hao said they could discuss joining Spirit Hall another time.
• The headmaster welcomed Tang San into Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy, and Tang San vowed to become a powerful soul master.
• After Tang San entered the academy, Old Jack struck Tang Hao with his walking stick and accused him of holding back Tang San’s future.
• Tang Hao insisted that Tang San could never join Spirit Hall and explained that its people had taken his former lover, who later had a daughter and a son.
• Old Jack condemned Tang Hao for letting that old grievance harm Tang San’s prospects, but Tang Hao remained unrepentant.

Tang Hao decided to give Tang San a hundred-thousand-year soul bone and worried that the academy might give him a ten-year first soul ring. He asked Old Jack to help hire a soul master, and they agreed to approach Su Yuntao for help securing a hundred-year soul ring.

• Tang Hao retrieved the Death Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone from a hidden cave and resolved to let Tang San absorb it when he returned for the break.
• Tang Hao worried that Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy might give Tang San a ten-year first soul ring and considered how to secure a hundred-year one instead.
• Tang Hao went to Old Jack's house and asked him to help Tang San obtain a hundred-year first soul ring.
• Old Jack agreed to have the village hire Su Yuntao from Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao accepted his proposal.

Qian Xunji granted Bibi Dong her freedom after learning that she had spent sixteen years crippled and begging in Spirit City. At Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, Qian Renfeng studied while Qian Renxue struggled with class and wanted to visit Xiao Wu.

• Qian Xunji approved a report recommending Bibi Dong be freed, saying she could live as she pleased but should no longer beg in Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that Bibi Dong had been crippled for sixteen years and that he had nearly forgotten about her.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed making Qian Renfeng Pope when he turned eighteen, with the Cabinet keeping his workload light.
• Qian Renfeng listened attentively in class while Qian Renxue struggled to understand the lecture and was reprimanded for disturbing him.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Renfeng to visit Xiao Wu, but he refused because academy rules barred senior students from entering the junior campus area.
• Qian Renfeng urged Qian Renxue to work harder at cultivation, and she covered her ears and walked away before they headed to find Yan Yan and the others.

After sixteen years of begging, Bibi Dong was freed by order of the Pope and struggled to imagine a life beyond the streets. Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed her release, her past with Yu Xiaogang, and the suffering she had endured, while Bibi Dong remained uncertain about her future.

• A Security Team member told Bibi Dong that Qian Xunji had freed her from begging and urged her to sell her gold bowl and start a business.
• Bibi Dong sold the cleaned bowl for Gold Soul Coins, bought clothes, washed at a hotel, and covered her scarred face with a veil.
• Bibi Dong sat by the hotel window and wondered what she could do now that she was free.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that Bibi Dong had sold the bowl and predicted she would feel lost after sixteen years as a beggar.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed Bibi Dong's fall from the Holy Maiden's position, her relationship with Yu Xiaogang, and his death at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's headquarters.

Old Jack persuaded Holy Soul Village to pool money to hire Soul Masters to help Tang San obtain his first Soul Ring. The villagers entrusted Old Jack with the fund, and Tang Hao recorded their contributions as they began collecting them.

• Old Jack gathered the villagers and proposed raising Gold Soul Coins to hire Soul Masters to help Tang San hunt a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Old Jack explained that Tang San’s Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power gave him the potential to become a Soul Sage, and the villagers agreed to help him.
• The villagers insisted that Tang Hao should not control the money, and Tang Hao acknowledged his past failures and thanked them on Tang San’s behalf.
• Old Jack offered to keep a record of each household’s contribution and hold the money until Tang San needed it.
• The villagers brought money to Old Jack’s house, where Old Jack counted the contributions and Tang Hao recorded them.

Xiao Wu beat up her classmates at the start of term to make them call her Sister Xiao Wu, so Ah Rou was summoned and spanked her. Xiao Wu returned to class embarrassed but still threatened her classmates, while Qian Renfeng explained that she could have earned their respect through healthy competition.

• Xiao Wu stood on a desk and demanded that her classmates call her Sister Xiao Wu after beating them into submission.
• The academy summoned Ah Rou, who apologized to the director and spanked Xiao Wu for fighting and causing trouble.
• Ah Rou warned Xiao Wu not to hit her classmates again, and Xiao Wu returned to class limping and threatened the students when they laughed at her.
• After the teacher addressed the incident, Xiao Wu felt embarrassed and finally settled down.
• Qian Renfeng told Qian Renxue that Xiao Wu could have earned her classmates' recognition by showing her strength during an assessment instead of beating them up.

After reaching Soul Power Level ten, Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack arranged for Spirit Hall to help him obtain a Hundred-Year Soul Ring. Su Yuntao agreed to lead the hunt, and Tang San and Old Jack returned to the village to await his team.

• Tang San reached Soul Power Level ten during his first six months at the Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Old Jack told Tang San that Holy Soul Village had pooled money to hire Soul Masters to help him hunt a Hundred-Year Soul Beast.
• Old Jack and Tang San went to the Spirit Hall Branch in Notting City to ask Su Yuntao for help.
• Su Yuntao agreed to lead a team to hunt a Hundred-Year Soul Beast for Tang San.
• Old Jack and Tang San left for Holy Soul Village while Su Yuntao prepared the team.

Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village with Old Jack and told Tang Hao that he had reached soul power level ten and would pursue a hundred-year first soul ring with Su Yuntao. Tang Hao discouraged him from joining Spirit Hall, and Tang San promised to obey him, leaving Tang Hao feeling guilty about denying his son Spirit Hall’s support.

• Old Jack brought Tang San back to the Blacksmith Shop and scolded Tang Hao for failing to pick him up.
• Tang San told Tang Hao that he had reached soul power level ten and that Su Yuntao had agreed to help him hunt a hundred-year soul beast.
• Old Jack urged Tang Hao to let Tang San join Spirit Hall after graduation, but Tang Hao said they would discuss it later.
• Tang Hao explained that Tang San could become powerful without joining Spirit Hall and asked him not to hate him for refusing.
• Tang San promised he would not join Spirit Hall because Tang Hao was his family, and Tang Hao privately regretted withholding its protection from him.

Tang Hao gave Tang San the hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone left behind by his mother and revealed part of their family’s past. Tang San began absorbing the bone, determined to grow strong and avenge his parents while keeping its abilities secret.

• Tang Hao gave Tang San a soul bone and told him it was a hundred-thousand-year treasure his mother had left behind.
• Tang Hao explained that his and Tang San’s mother had been attacked by a powerful faction, but said it was not the Spirit Hall and withheld the enemy’s identity.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his twin martial souls should have granted him innate full soul power, but his childhood congenital deficiency had left him with only innate seventh-level soul power.
• Tang San promised to avenge his parents, and Tang Hao urged him to focus on cultivation and warned him not to reveal the soul bone’s skills until he was strong enough.
• Tang San returned to his room and began absorbing the hundred-thousand-year soul bone.

Tang San absorbed a hundred-thousand-year right leg soul bone, gained two powerful skills, and questioned its connection to his Death Spider Emperor martial soul. Tang Hao refused to reveal the bone’s origin, warned him to keep it secret, and prepared him to travel with Su Yuntao to hunt a hundred-year soul beast.

• Tang San absorbed the hundred-thousand-year soul bone over a day and night, strengthening his body and easing his congenital weakness.
• Tang San discovered that the soul bone granted him two skills named after the Death Spider Emperor and wondered whether they were connected to his martial soul.
• Tang Hao confirmed Tang San had gained two skills, but refused to explain the connection and warned him that others would kill him to seize the soul bone.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Su Yuntao would take him to the Soul Beast Forest to hunt a hundred-year soul beast.
• After Tang San returned to his room, Tang Hao regretted his poor upbringing of his son and vowed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would face Tang San’s revenge once he became a Titled Douluo.

Tang San left Holy Soul Village with Su Yuntao and five other Spirit Hall Soul Masters to find a suitable First Soul Ring in the Soul Beast Forest. The group entered the forest and began searching while keeping Tang San protected.

• Old Jack brought Tang San to the village square, where Su Yuntao and five other Spirit Hall Soul Masters were waiting.
• Su Yuntao assured Tang San that the team could safely hunt a hundred-year Soul Beast and warned him to stay close.
• Tang San left Holy Soul Village with Su Yuntao's group and rode by carriage to the Soul Beast Forest.
• Su Yuntao showed his Spirit Hall token to the gate guard, and the group entered the forest.
• Su Yuntao ordered the team to protect Tang San, who startled at a ten-year squirrel before they continued deeper into the forest.