Chapter Summaries

At the orphanage’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Ling Jing awakened an unknown Ferocious Beast martial soul and the Mirror Contract System, which let him copy contracted soul masters’ spirits and strength. The chapter ended with the Red-robed Bishop announcing Ling Jing had innate full soul power, as Ling Jing fixed his attention on Bibi Dong as his first contract.

• Bibi Dong arrived at the orphanage with Yu Xiaogang and Spirit Hall attendants to oversee the children’s awakening ceremony.
• The Red-robed Bishop awakened the children one by one, finding mostly ordinary martial souls and modest or absent innate soul power.
• Ling Jing stepped into the awakening array and manifested an unknown Ferocious Beast martial soul.
• The Mirror Contract System activated and revealed that Ling Jing could contract soul masters to copy their spirits and gain their strength and spirit traits.
• Ling Jing chose Bibi Dong as his ideal first contract, and the Red-robed Bishop declared that Ling Jing had innate full soul power.

At a Martial Soul Awakening ceremony, Ling Jing revealed that he had awakened the rare Mirror Beast martial soul and Innate Full Soul Power, while Yu Xiaogang was exposed for misidentifying it. Ling Jing secretly contracted Bibi Dong, then agreed to join Spirit Hall as she offered to ask the Pope to take him as a disciple.

• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang to identify Ling Jing's martial soul, and Yu Xiaogang claimed it was an Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast.
• Another Red-robed Bishop challenged Yu Xiaogang's identification, and Ling Jing told Bibi Dong that his martial soul was a Mirror Beast.
• The Red-robed Bishop explained the Mirror Beast's rarity and abilities, while Yu Xiaogang grew resentful as Bibi Dong did not defend him.
• Ling Jing secretly formed a Soul Contract with Bibi Dong and gained access to the traits of her two martial souls.
• Bibi Dong asked Ling Jing to join Spirit Hall and offered to ask the Pope to take him as a disciple, and Ling Jing accepted as her Junior Brother.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to regain Bibi Dong's attention by praising the Pope's guidance for Ling Jing.

Bibi Dong brought Ling Jing to Pope's Hall, where Qian Xunji recognized the boy's Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul and its ability to replicate other Martial Souls. Impressed by Ling Jing's power, Qian Xunji accepted him as his second disciple and led him to his new residence.

• Bibi Dong took Ling Jing into Pope's Hall after Yu Xiaogang's mistaken judgment had soured her attitude toward him.
• Bibi Dong introduced Ling Jing to Qian Xunji and asked him to accept the boy as a disciple.
• Ling Jing revealed his Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul and replicated Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Souls.
• Qian Xunji accepted Ling Jing as his second disciple, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei congratulated him.
• Qian Xunji led Ling Jing to a luxurious palace behind Pope's Hall, with Bibi Dong following them.

Qian Xunji brought his new disciple, Ling Jing, to live near Bibi Dong and sought Qian Daoliu’s advice about the Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul. After learning that Ling Jing could copy Martial Souls and skills, Qian Daoliu decided to investigate Ling Jing’s abilities himself.

• Qian Xunji arranged for Ling Jing to stay in the same palace as Bibi Dong and planned to take him to hunt for a Soul Ring after studying his Martial Soul.
• Qian Xunji visited the Worship Hall and told Qian Daoliu and the worship elders about Ling Jing’s Innate Full Soul Power and Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul.
• Qian Xunji explained that Ling Jing could copy Bibi Dong’s two Martial Souls and even use one of the Death Spider Emperor’s skills without a Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu questioned the limits and duration of Ling Jing’s copying ability, revealing that Qian Xunji had not asked about them.
• Qian Daoliu decided to visit Ling Jing himself to learn more before advising Qian Xunji about suitable Soul Rings.

Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo examined Ling Jing’s Mirror Beast Emperor Martial Soul and learned how its replication worked. After seeing it last an hour, Qian Daoliu began planning Soul Rings that could help Ling Jing use his growing collection of replicated Martial Souls.

• Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo visited Bibi Dong and Ling Jing to inspect Ling Jing’s Martial Soul.
• Ling Jing demonstrated his Mirror Beast Emperor, Death Spider Emperor, and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor forms, explaining that he could replicate Bibi Dong’s Martial Souls and might gain another replication at level twenty.
• Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo concluded that Ling Jing’s replication was unusually powerful, though limited by his Soul Power and the number of different Martial Souls he could copy.
• Ling Jing maintained the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor form for an hour before it faded, exceeding Qian Daoliu’s expectations.
• Qian Daoliu proposed hunting an Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast for a clone-creating Soul Ring, or a Mirror Beast to strengthen Ling Jing’s replication ability, and Ling Jing considered the plan feasible.

Bibi Dong taught Ling Jing how to use the Death Spider Emperor’s poison-based Soul Skills, then brought him to dinner with Yu Xiaogang, who paid for an expensive meal. When Yu Xiaogang tried to advise them about Ling Jing’s upcoming Soul Ring, he revealed that he misunderstood the Mirror Beast Martial Soul’s abilities.

• Bibi Dong explained how Death Entanglement and Life-Eroding Spider Mark poisoned and weakened enemies, and Ling Jing repeated her lesson back to her.
• Bibi Dong agreed to take Ling Jing with her to meet Yu Xiaogang, who had waited outside Pope’s Hall and invited them to dinner.
• Ling Jing asked to eat at Spirit Tower, and Bibi Dong agreed; Yu Xiaogang reluctantly paid for the costly meal.
• Yu Xiaogang invited Bibi Dong to meet again the next day, but she said she would accompany Ling Jing to obtain a Soul Ring with Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu.
• Yu Xiaogang offered advice about Ling Jing’s Mirror Beast Martial Soul and described its possible development paths without recognizing that its core ability was replication.

Bibi Dong dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s shallow advice about Ling Jing’s Soul Ring and told him the Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast was more suitable. When Yu Xiaogang could not afford their expensive Spirit Tower meal, Bibi Dong covered the bill and left with Ling Jing, prompting rumors about the child’s identity.

• Bibi Dong lost confidence in Yu Xiaogang’s knowledge after he recommended ordinary combat paths for Ling Jing, and she explained that the Grand Consecrator favored an Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang and Ling Jing ate nearly all the food while Bibi Dong barely touched her meal.
• Yu Xiaogang was shocked when the Spirit Tower waiter presented an eight-hundred-Gold-Soul-Coin bill, including a costly signature dish Ling Jing had eaten.
• When Yu Xiaogang could not pay, Bibi Dong put the bill on her account and firmly insisted that the restaurant accept payment.
• Bibi Dong left holding Ling Jing’s hand, and the diners speculated that he was her younger brother or the Pope’s new disciple.

Ling Jing and Bibi Dong discovered that Whale Rubber could increase the limit of Soul Rings a Soul Master could endure, despite its reputation as an aphrodisiac. They brought the substance to Qian Xunji, who began investigating who had witnessed their purchase.

• Ling Jing and Bibi Dong wandered through Spirit City, where Bibi Dong offered to buy him something.
• Ling Jing noticed a shopkeeper secretly selling Whale Rubber to a Spirit Hall Soul Master.
• Bibi Dong recognized the Whale Rubber, and Ling Jing told her he had read that properly prepared Whale Rubber could raise a Soul Master's Soul Ring limit.
• Bibi Dong bought all the Whale Rubber and hurried with Ling Jing to Pope's Hall.
• Qian Xunji grasped the discovery's importance and asked Bibi Dong who had seen her buy the Whale Rubber.

Qian Xunji verified that Whale Rubber could improve Soul Masters’ physical constitutions and increase the age of the Soul Rings they could absorb, then gave pieces to Ling Jing and Bibi Dong. Ling Jing swallowed his piece, while Bibi Dong hesitated and asked to consume hers later.

• Qian Xunji ordered Gui Mei to deal with a Spirit Hall member who had seen Ling Jing’s secret and asked Yue Guan to test Whale Rubber on Soul Masters nearing their next Soul Rings.
• Gui Mei returned after killing the gossiping member, and Qian Xunji sent Ling Jing and Bibi Dong away while he arranged the experiments.
• Qian Xunji tested Whale Rubber repeatedly and found that it improved physical constitutions and Soul Ring age, while Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber could cause stagnant yang energy and a feverish, uncontrollable state.
• A week later, Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu gave Ling Jing Thousand-Year Whale Rubber and Bibi Dong Ten Thousand Year Whale Rubber as rewards for his discovery.
• Ling Jing swallowed his Whale Rubber, but Bibi Dong asked to keep hers and consume it at a more suitable time.

Ling Jing consumed Whale Rubber and prepared to hunt his first Soul Ring with Qian Daoliu, Azure Luan Douluo, and Qian Xunji. In the Icebound Forest, they found an Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast, but its age was too low, so the search continued.

• Ling Jing consumed the Whale Rubber and felt his constitution gradually strengthen.
• Qian Daoliu told Ling Jing to rest before they hunted his first Soul Ring the next morning.
• Qian Daoliu explained that they would seek an Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast or Mirror Beast in the Icebound Forest, with a Shattered-Light Mirror Lizard as a backup.
• Qian Xunji taught Ling Jing martial soul theory during the journey, while Ling Jing compared his lessons to Yu Xiaogang's published theories.
• Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo found a hundred-year Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast, but Qian Xunji explained that its Soul Ring was too young for Ling Jing.

Azure Luan Douluo showed Ling Jing an Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast and explained how its clones worked. After Ling Jing destroyed its clone, the group continued deeper into the Icebound Forest to seek a stronger beast for his first Soul Ring.

• Azure Luan Douluo captured a young Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast and explained how its ice pattern reflected its age.
• Ling Jing wondered whether he could contract soul Ferocious Beasts such as the Ice Empress, Snow Empress, or Gu Yuena, but he had no contract slots available.
• The Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast created a clone and sent it fleeing while its true body charged Ling Jing, but Qian Xunji clarified which was which.
• Ling Jing copied Bibi Dong's Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and used its first Soul Ring to destroy the clone with poisonous spider silk.
• Qian Xunji explained that Soul Masters should avoid killing unsuitable soul Ferocious Beasts, and the group headed deeper into the forest to find a beast suitable for Ling Jing's first Soul Ring of at least seven hundred years.

Ling Jing found and absorbed a seven-hundred-and-eighty-year Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast’s Soul Ring, gaining a skill that created a powerful clone. The group celebrated his success and wondered whether the clone could also copy Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul.

• Bibi Dong wrapped her scarf around Ling Jing as the group traveled deeper into the Icebound Forest.
• Azure Luan Douluo found and restrained a seven-hundred-and-eighty-year Ice-Pattern Mirror Beast, and Qian Daoliu confirmed Ling Jing could absorb its Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji gave Ling Jing a dagger and told him to kill the beast himself by striking the ice pattern on its back.
• Ling Jing absorbed the beast’s Soul Ring without difficulty and awakened the skill Mirror Image Proliferation.
• Ling Jing explained that his skill created a clone with seventy percent of his strength, and Qian Daoliu and the others considered whether it could copy Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul.

Ling Jing demonstrated that his clone could copy the Death Spider Emperor but needed his direct control, prompting Qian Daoliu to send Qian Xunji to obtain the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control Method. Back in Spirit City, Bibi Dong confronted a maid who admitted Yu Xiaogang had bribed her to carry his messages and praise him.

• Ling Jing showed Qian Daoliu and Azure Luan Douluo that his clone could take the form of the Death Spider Emperor, though it had no independent consciousness.
• Qian Daoliu rejected Azure Luan Douluo’s offer to negotiate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and assigned the task to Qian Xunji.
• After returning to Spirit City, Ling Jing reached level thirteen, and Bibi Dong continued teaching him while Qian Xunji pursued the control method.
• A maid told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was waiting outside Pope's Hall with a gift, and Ling Jing questioned how she knew about his plans.
• Bibi Dong confronted the maid, who confessed that Yu Xiaogang had secretly paid her to relay messages and speak well of him.

Bibi Dong banished Xiaoming for conspiring with Yu Xiaogang, then went with Ling Jing to meet him at Pope's Hall. Yu Xiaogang tried to win Bibi Dong back with a rare Storage Soul Tool, which Ling Jing recognized as the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.

• Bibi Dong dismissed Xiaoming from her service, and Xiaoming begged in vain for forgiveness.
• Bibi Dong took Ling Jing to the entrance of Pope's Hall to send Yu Xiaogang away.
• Yu Xiaogang waited outside Pope's Hall with a Storage Soul Tool he hoped would improve Bibi Dong's opinion of him.
• Bibi Dong arrived with Ling Jing, kept him close, and responded coldly to Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang presented the belt as a gift, and Ling Jing recognized it as the Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night.

Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s Storage Soul Tool and ended their intimacy, telling him to treat her only as an ordinary friend. Yu Xiaogang blamed Ling Jing and tried to attack him, leaving Bibi Dong to defend her disciple.

• Yu Xiaogang offered Bibi Dong the Storage Soul Tool Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night, but she refused to accept it.
• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang not to call her Dong'er, to stop visiting Pope's Hall so often, and to take back the gift.
• Yu Xiaogang became stunned and blamed Ling Jing for changing Bibi Dong’s feelings toward him.
• Yu Xiaogang tried to pounce on Ling Jing, and Bibi Dong pulled Ling Jing into her arms and ordered Yu Xiaogang to stop.

Yu Xiaogang accused Ling Jing of ruining his relationship with Bibi Dong, but Ling Jing exposed his weakness and lack of merit, and Bibi Dong cut ties with him. After Yu Xiaogang left, Ling Jing warned that he might misuse Bibi Dong’s name, prompting her to ban him from acting under her name in Spirit City.

• Yu Xiaogang admitted he had bribed a maid to speak well of him to Bibi Dong, and Bibi Dong warned him to stop calling her Dong'er.
• Ling Jing criticized Yu Xiaogang’s strength, status, and martial soul theories, while Bibi Dong refused to defend him and told him not to seek her out again.
• Yu Xiaogang left after realizing Bibi Dong had chosen Ling Jing over him.
• Ling Jing warned Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang might use her name to swindle people, and she ordered him forbidden from acting under her name in Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong and Ling Jing returned to their residence, where Xiaoming had been replaced by an unfamiliar maid.

Yu Xiaogang swindled young Soul Masters in Spirit City by claiming to be an old acquaintance of Bibi Dong, but a Spirit Hall deacon exposed him with her official order. After the crowd turned against him, Yu Xiaogang was forced to leave Spirit City.

• Yu Xiaogang ran short of money and began using his supposed ties to Bibi Dong to obtain free meals, drinks, and payments for advice.
• Yu Xiaogang boasted to young Soul Masters that Bibi Dong had praised his theories and kept him as a guest.
• A Spirit Hall deacon arrived with Bibi Dong's order declaring that Yu Xiaogang had no connection to her and was a fraud.
• The young Soul Masters realized Yu Xiaogang had deceived them, demanded their money back, and shouted for him to leave Spirit City.
• The deacon ordered Yu Xiaogang expelled, and a young woman threw tea over him as he agreed to leave.

Yu Xiaogang was driven from Spirit City, lost his belongings to settle debts, and swore revenge on Bibi Dong and Ling Jing before meeting Flender. Back at Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong gave Ling Jing his recovered belt, and Qian Xunji handed him the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Heart Separation Control Method to study.

• A Spirit Hall deacon defeated Yu Xiaogang, expelled him from Spirit City, and barred him from returning.
• Young soul masters demanded repayment from Yu Xiaogang, who surrendered Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night and blamed Bibi Dong and Ling Jing.
• Flender approached Yu Xiaogang after he had been thrown out of Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong gave the recovered Twenty-Four Bridges Bright Moon Night belt to Ling Jing and helped him put it on.
• Qian Xunji gave Ling Jing the Heart Separation Control Method and explained that he needed to practice sensing subtle changes until controlling multiple Martial Souls became instinctive.

Ling Jing continued his training while Qian Daoliu pressured Qian Xunji to marry so Ling Jing could contract a female descendant with the Seraphim Martial Soul. After Qian Renxue was born, Ling Jing contracted her and copied the Seraphim, gaining its Angel Domain and Angel Sacred Sword as well as five levels of Soul Power.

• Ling Jing trained under Bibi Dong while Qian Daoliu pushed Qian Xunji to marry and have a child.
• Qian Xunji married a loyal female Soul Master of Spirit Hall, who gave birth to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu asked Ling Jing to copy infant Qian Renxue's Seraphim Martial Soul, and Ling Jing successfully contracted her.
• Ling Jing manifested the Seraphim's Angel Domain and Angel Sacred Sword, confirming Qian Renxue would awaken the Seraphim Martial Soul.
• Ling Jing gained five levels of Soul Power from the Seraphim's Divine Gift trait.

Ling Jing received Qian Daoliu’s promise of personal instruction and discovered that baby Qian Renxue felt instinctively close to him. The group traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to seek Ling Jing’s second Soul Ring, where Qian Daoliu set a minimum age of twelve hundred years and Ling Jing began considering a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ferocious Beast.

• Qian Daoliu said he would personally teach Ling Jing to master the Seraphim Martial Soul and the Angel Sacred Sword.
• Qian Renxue began crying in Qian Xunji’s arms but stopped and smiled when Ling Jing approached, then stayed cheerful as Ling Jing held her.
• Ling Jing, Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Golden Crocodile Douluo traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, leaving Qian Xunji behind to care for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu led the group into the Mixed Area and required Ling Jing’s second Soul Ring to be at least twelve hundred years old.
• Ling Jing named suitable Soul Ferocious Beasts, and Qian Daoliu praised his knowledge before explaining the value of Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Ling Jing considered whether the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft-Boned Charming Rabbit would be a good target.