Chapter Summaries

After dying in Magic City, Qian Xunzong crossed into the Douluo Continent as the six-year-old younger brother of Qian Xunji. He activated a Sign-In System by slapping Qian Xunji, accepted its binding gift pack, and remained an unawakened Spirit Hall young master.

• Qian Xunzong complained about Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji before a falling chandelier killed him.
• Qian Xunzong awoke in Spirit Hall and slapped the young Qian Xunji, mistaking him for a ghost.
• Qian Xunzong absorbed the original body's memories and learned he was Qian Xunji's six-year-old younger brother and a descendant of the Qian Family.
• The Sign-In System awakened because Qian Xunzong had slapped Qian Xunji, but Qian Xunzong initially refused to bind with it.
• The system offered a binding gift pack, and Qian Xunzong agreed to bind with it.

After Qian Xunzong recovered from being knocked out by Qian Xunji, he reconciled with his brother and prepared for his martial soul awakening. The Awakening Ritual began in the hall, where the system offered him a chance to sign in.

• Qian Xunzong opened his binding gift pack and received automatic cultivation.
• Qian Daoliu scolded Qian Xunji for injuring Qian Xunzong, then went to check on him when he woke.
• Qian Xunji apologized, and Qian Xunzong admitted he had recklessly insisted on sparring.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunzong that his martial soul would awaken the next morning.
• Qian Xunji brought Qian Xunzong to the Awakening Hall, where Azure Luan began the ritual and the system prompted Qian Xunzong to sign in.

Qian Xunzong awakened two transcendent divine-level martial souls, astonishing Spirit Hall with a display of power that reached across Spirit City. He discovered his Judgment Deity and Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, along with innate rank-thirty soul power.

• Qian Xunzong signed in and received a martial-soul evolution and a second martial soul as rewards.
• His Six-Winged Angel appeared, then shattered as a stronger golden pillar of light erupted from him.
• A Judgment Deity manifested above Spirit City, and the Angel God Statue resonated with its presence.
• Qian Xichen arrived and learned that Qian Xunzong was awakening his martial soul.
• A Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation appeared, and Qian Xunzong ascended to it as the city’s people and Spirit Hall’s experts prostrated themselves.
• Qian Xunzong checked his status and discovered both transcendent divine-level martial souls and innate rank-thirty soul power.

Qian Zong'er astonished Spirit Hall by awakening twin martial souls and level-thirty innate soul power, then received the Angel God's blessing. Qian Xichen ordered his talent concealed and advised him to avoid cultivating both martial souls until Spirit Hall understood the risks.

• Qian Zong'er identified his twin martial souls as Judgment Deity and the Divine Throne of Eternity and Creation, while Qian Xichen worried that Spirit Hall lacked a safe way to cultivate them.
• Qian Zong'er touched the detection crystal ball and revealed level-thirty innate soul power, stunning the gathered elders and family.
• Qian Xichen instructed everyone to conceal Qian Zong'er's twin martial souls and true soul power, telling outsiders he had a mutated martial soul and level-twenty innate soul power.
• Qian Xichen brought Qian Zong'er, Qian Daoliu, and Qian Xunji to the Worship Hall, where the Angel God prevented Qian Zong'er from kneeling and bestowed a golden blessing upon him.
• Qian Xichen warned Qian Zong'er not to cultivate both martial souls at once, and Qian Zong'er agreed while keeping his knowledge of twin-martial-soul cultivation to himself.

Qian Xunzong set off with Qian Daoliu for the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his first Soul Rings, but objected to the conventional plan of two hundred-year rings and one thousand-year ring. He argued that his innate level thirty Soul Power and Soul Elder-level physique could withstand a thousand-year first ring, and Qian Daoliu began to warm to the idea.

• Qian Xichen told Qian Daoliu to take Qian Xunzong to the Star Dou Great Forest for his first three Soul Rings and gave Qian Xunzong Cloud-Treading Villa.
• Qian Daoliu dragged the sleeping Qian Xunzong from bed the next morning and set off with him in a bumpy carriage.
• Qian Daoliu proposed hunting holy, light, and fire Soul Beasts for two hundred-year rings and one thousand-year ring.
• Qian Xunzong argued that his powerful physique and innate level thirty Soul Power justified attempting a thousand-year first Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunzong persuaded Qian Daoliu by appealing to the fame and prestige a successful thousand-year first ring would bring him, and Qian Daoliu started imagining becoming Grand Worshipper.

Qian Daoliu took Qian Xunzong into the Star Dou Great Forest to find his first Soul Ring. Qian Xunzong's Martial Soul rejected a thousand-year Soul Ring as too weak, so they set out to find one around three to five thousand years old.

• Qian Daoliu agreed to try to give Qian Xunzong a powerful starting Soul Ring and brought him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Daoliu flew too fast for Qian Xunzong, who nearly suffocated before his father slowed down and raised a Soul Power barrier.
• Qian Daoliu found a thousand-year Blazing Flame Light-Horned Tiger, and Qian Xunzong killed it to claim its Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunzong's Martial Soul rejected the Soul Ring because its age was too low, surprising Qian Daoliu and leaving the tiger's death pointless.
• Qian Xunzong suggested looking for a Soul Beast around three to five thousand years old, and Qian Daoliu agreed.

Qian Xunzong absorbed a five-thousand-year Radiant Sun Heavenly Fire Beast and gained a powerful boosting Soul Skill. When he sought a ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring, the system rewarded him with a Jade Balance Xiejing Beast that could protect him from spiritual interference, and it fell from the sky into his arms.

• Qian Daoliu found a Radiant Sun Heavenly Fire Beast, and Qian Xunzong killed it and absorbed its five-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunzong gained Heavenly Radiance Augmentation, which boosted his attributes, granted control immunity, and lasted for an hour.
• Qian Xunzong said he wanted a control-type second Soul Skill from a Soul Ring over ten thousand years old, but Qian Daoliu warned that its spiritual shock was too dangerous.
• Qian Xunzong signed in at the Star Dou Great Forest and received an ancient Jade Balance Xiejing Beast that could purify evil and ward off spiritual disturbances.
• The Jade Balance Xiejing Beast fell from the sky, and Qian Xunzong caught the small blue-and-gold creature in his arms.

Qian Xunzong obtained a Jade Balance Xiejing Beast and, with Qian Daoliu’s help, killed a Pure Sun Radiant Tiger to use as his second Soul Ring. He began absorbing it, and the beast’s domain dispersed the soul beast’s resentment in his sea of consciousness.

• Qian Daoliu questioned Qian Xunzong about the strange beast that had fallen from the sky, and Qian Xunzong claimed the Angel God had given it to him.
• A Scarlet Sun Demon Tiger pack surrounded Qian Xunzong and Qian Daoliu, led by a rare Pure Sun Radiant Tiger.
• Qian Daoliu’s Angelic Light Diffusion devastated the pack, and Qian Xunzong killed the badly wounded Pure Sun Radiant Tiger to obtain its Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunzong persuaded Qian Daoliu to let him absorb the Soul Ring by explaining the Jade Balance Xiejing Beast’s protection and his own resistance to spiritual shock.
• As Qian Xunzong absorbed the Soul Ring, the Jade Balance Xiejing Beast activated its domain and scattered the Pure Sun Radiant Tiger’s resentment before it could attack him.

After absorbing a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring and gaining the powerful Decree Seal skill, Qian Xunzong continued searching the Star Dou Great Forest with Qian Daoliu for a third ring. They found a thirty-two-thousand-year Blazing Sun Sword Dragon Beast, and Qian Xunzong began absorbing its Soul Ring.

• Qian Xunzong successfully absorbed the Pure Sun Radiant Tiger Soul Ring and gained the control skill Decree Seal, which could seal enemies’ Soul Power and Soul Skills.
• Qian Xunzong told Qian Daoliu that he wanted an offensive third Soul Skill and believed he could absorb a Soul Ring under thirty thousand years.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunzong searched deeper into the forest until they encountered a roughly thirty-two-thousand-year Blazing Sun Sword Dragon Beast.
• Qian Daoliu gravely wounded the beast, and Qian Xunzong killed it with a sword strike before beginning to absorb its Soul Ring.
• The Jade Balance Xiejing Beast dispersed the beast’s resentment as Qian Xunzong endured the pain of absorbing the Soul Ring.

Qian Xunzong obtained a powerful third Soul Ring and a left arm Soul Bone, then recruited Yue Guan and Gui Mei after they tried to bargain for the bone. He left the area with the two newly appointed subordinates and Qian Daoliu.

• Qian Xunzong absorbed the Thirty Thousand Year Soul Ring, gained the skill Radiant Light Judgment Slash, and reached level thirty-seven.
• The Radiant Light Sword Dragon Beast left behind a golden left arm Soul Bone, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei tried to stop Qian Xunzong from taking it.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei recognized Qian Daoliu's overwhelming strength and explained that they had wanted to trade their help hunting soul beasts for the Soul Bone.
• Qian Xunzong refused their offer and gave Yue Guan and Gui Mei the choice of dying or serving him; both chose to become his subordinates.
• Qian Xunzong called for Qian Daoliu, and the group prepared to leave together.

Qian Xunzong returned to Spirit City with Gui Mei and Yue Guan, who discovered he was the Pope’s son and nervously followed him into the Papal Palace. After discussing the Qian Family’s Sixteen-Character Maxim with Qian Daoliu, Qian Xunzong checked in at the Papal Palace and received three hundred Judgment Knights before heading to Cloud-Treading Villa with his two frightened companions.

• Qian Xunzong arrived at the Papal Palace with Gui Mei and Yue Guan, where guards addressed him as the Second Young Master and Qian Daoliu as His Holiness the Pope.
• Qian Xunzong made Gui Mei and Yue Guan climb the palace steps and join him inside despite their fear.
• Qian Daoliu explained the Qian Family’s Sixteen-Character Maxim and urged Qian Xunzong to punish evil and protect the people of the continent.
• Qian Xunzong joked about the maxim’s sixteen generations, then left for Cloud-Treading Villa after Qian Daoliu told him to visit the Worship Hall the next day.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at the Papal Palace and received three hundred Judgment Knights, all soul sages.
• Qian Xunzong teased Gui Mei and Yue Guan by making them carry his things, then set off with them for Cloud-Treading Villa.

Qian Xunzong inspected Cloud-Treading Villa after taking it over, learning about its lavish facilities and arranging a dark cultivation area for Gui Mei. The chapter ended as Zheng Yue brought the three hundred Soul Sage Judgment Knights into the villa to meet their master.

• Qian Xunzong arrived at Cloud-Treading Villa with Gui Mei and Yue Guan, and steward Zheng Yue showed them around its scenic and cultivation areas.
• Zheng Yue explained that a Hundred-Thousand-Year light-attributed Soul Beast’s remains powered East-Coming Pavilion, while the villa’s Dark River could support dark-attributed cultivation.
• Qian Xunzong approved building a simulated cultivation environment by the Dark River for Gui Mei and ordered Zheng Yue to recruit more servants.
• Qian Xunzong told Zheng Yue that his guards were already waiting outside and directed him to bring them to the parade ground.
• Zheng Yue discovered that the guard unit consisted of three hundred Soul Sage Judgment Knights and led them into the villa.

At Cloud-Treading Villa, Qian Xunzong learned that Manager Zheng Yue was a Titled Douluo called Ferocious Fang and promised to heal his injuries. The next day, Qian Xunzong showed his three powerful Soul Rings to the Pontiff Elders, who celebrated his talent and future prospects.

• Qian Xunzong inspected the Judgment Knight Corps, and Zheng Yue praised its strength.
• Zheng Yue revealed that he was a retired Titled Douluo titled Ferocious Fang, and Qian Xunzong promised to heal his injuries.
• Qian Xunzong rested at Cloud-Treading Villa, then went to Worship Hall with Xiaojing, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan.
• Qian Xichen welcomed Qian Xunzong while Qian Daoliu teased him about sleeping late, and Qian Xichen scolded Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Xunzong summoned his Martial Soul and displayed one purple and two black Soul Rings, astonishing the Pontiff Elders.
• Qian Xichen and the Pontiff Elders praised Qian Xunzong and predicted that he would help raise Spirit Hall's strength.

Qian Xunzong visited Qian Xichen at the Worship Hall, received an Angel Token and money, then checked in and obtained Mo Hengchuan, a Rank 99 Limit Douluo. He welcomed Mo to Cloud-Treading Villa, where Mo offered to heal Zheng Yue’s old injury and expressed his wish to teach.

• Qian Xunzong told Qian Xichen that Cloud-Treading Villa suited him, accepted the Angel Token and gold card, and promised to buy treats for the worshippers.
• After leaving the Worship Hall, Qian Xunzong checked in and received a Limit Douluo as his reward.
• Qian Xunzong summoned Mo Hengchuan at Cloud-Treading Villa and learned that he was a Rank 99 Limit Douluo with a Myriad Books martial soul.
• Qian Xunzong assigned Mo Hengchuan a courtyard and a status second only to his own at the villa.
• Mo Hengchuan diagnosed Zheng Yue’s lingering injury and offered to heal him with Righteous Confucian Qi.
• Mo Hengchuan said he wished to teach and educate others, and Qian Xunzong agreed to give him an opportunity to do so.

Qian Xunzong learned he could bestow two subsidiary Divine Seal Thrones and considered building a force of his own. A check-in at Cloud-Treading Villa rewarded him with five thousand Embroidered Uniform Guards, whom he deployed to gather intelligence across the realm.

• Qian Xunzong discovered that he could assign the Throne of Guardian and Mercy and the Throne of Doom and Slaughter, and decided the Guardian throne would be best placed in a city.
• Qian Xunzong went to sleep with Xiaojing and checked in at Cloud-Treading Villa the next morning.
• The check-in summoned Embroidered Uniform Guard commander Shen Ye and deputy commanders Duan Jinghan and Lu Chengying, all powerful and absolutely loyal.
• Qian Xunzong ordered Duan Jinghan and Lu Chengying to leave three hundred guards at Cloud-Treading Villa and infiltrate major factions with the rest.
• Qian Xunzong appointed Shen Ye as his personal guard and intelligence coordinator, then learned that first-time check-ins gave more generous rewards.

Qian Xunzong took Xiaojing and his attendants Gui Mei and Yue Guan to Silver River Waterfall for a fishing outing, where they met Mo Hengchuan and learned he was a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo. The chapter ended with Gui Mei and Yue Guan fawning over Mo Hengchuan while Qian Xunzong enjoyed the fish and wondered about making fish soup.

• Qian Xunzong set out for Silver River Waterfall with Xiaojing, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan, who had prepared fishing gear and bait.
• Qian Xunzong relaxed by the lake while Gui Mei and Yue Guan fished, and Yue Guan caught a Star-Pattern Flow Fish that Gui Mei grilled.
• Mo Hengchuan arrived, joined Qian Xunzong for grilled fish, and praised Gui Mei's cooking.
• Qian Xunzong introduced Mo Hengchuan as the Confucian Immortal and a level ninety-nine Limit Douluo, prompting Gui Mei and Yue Guan to eagerly serve him.
• Mo Hengchuan praised Gui Mei and Yue Guan's talent, while the two offered increasingly impractical fish dishes and Qian Xunzong watched in exasperation.

Qian Xunzong went to Spirit City’s Holy Cloud Auction Hall to escape his boredom and attend an auction featuring high-quality Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones. After Shen Ye cleared a path into the crowded hall, Gui Mei and Yue Guan finally joined him in private room six as the auction began.

• Qian Xunzong heard from Shen Ye that an auction was drawing representatives from the continent’s major powers and decided to attend with Xiaojing, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan.
• Qian Xunzong and his companions found the auction entrance packed, and Gui Mei and Yue Guan were unable to push their way inside.
• Shen Ye used Soul Power to fake an earthquake, scattering the crowd and escorting Qian Xunzong and Xiaojing into the hall.
• Gui Mei and Yue Guan were pushed out of the crowd again, then eventually made it to Qian Xunzong’s private room and accepted his offer to bid on something they liked as compensation.
• The auction hall’s lights dimmed, and the host began welcoming the guests.

Qian Xunzong attended the Holy Light Auction, bought a large submersible Soul Tool boat, and encouraged Gui Mei to bid on a valuable Soul Bone. When the Star Luo Empire’s Zhu Family tried to claim the Soul Bone, Qian Xunzong refused to back down and raised the bid to one million Gold Soul Coins.

• Yun Meng opened the auction, where a Storage Soul Tool and an Ice Jade Marrow Bed sold for high prices.
• Qian Xunzong had Shen Ye buy the Sea-Covering Wandering Dragon Boat for three hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The private room next to Qian Xunzong’s won a Ten Thousand Year Right Arm Soul Bone for six hundred and forty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Gui Mei wanted the Ten Thousand Year Left Leg Soul Bone, so Qian Xunzong had Shen Ye bid eight hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• The head of the Star Luo Empire’s Zhu Family claimed the Soul Bone and drove other bidders away, but Qian Xunzong rejected his appeal to authority.
• Qian Xunzong had Shen Ye raise the bid to one million Gold Soul Coins.

Qian Xunzong punished Zhu Mingtian for threatening the auction winner, rewarded Gui Mei and Yue Guan with Soul Bones, and summoned Shen Wansan to build a business empire. Shen Wansan accepted five million Gold Soul Coins and covert support from the Embroidered Uniform Guard to begin his task.

• Shen Ye bid one million Gold Soul Coins for the thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone, angering Zhu Mingtian, who ordered his men to investigate the winning bidder.
• Qian Xunzong ordered the Embroidered Uniform Guard to break Zhu Mingtian’s legs, cripple his Soul Power, strip him, and throw him out of Spirit City.
• Duan Jinghan and the Embroidered Uniform Guard ambushed Zhu Mingtian’s party; Duan Jinghan defeated the eight-ring Zhu Mingtian, and the guards carried out Qian Xunzong’s punishment.
• Qian Xunzong gave Gui Mei the auctioned Soul Bone and gave Yue Guan a thirty-thousand-year light-attribute Soul Bone.
• Qian Xunzong summoned Shen Wansan and tasked him with building a business empire within five years, providing five million Gold Soul Coins and secret Embroidered Uniform Guard support.

Two months later at Cloud-Treading Villa, Qian Xunzong discussed building a city and expanding his power before checking in and receiving the Cloudstep Light-Carriage. He ended the chapter thrilled by his new Rank 9 tri-mode soul-tool vehicle.

• Mo Hengchuan lectured Gui Mei and Yue Guan, who fell asleep until he mentioned a possible pay raise.
• Qian Xunzong and Shen Ye discussed opening a Soul Master Academy and heard that He Shen and Shen Wansan were earning large profits through their businesses.
• Qian Xunzong decided to build a city as his headquarters and ordered Shen Ye to send the Embroidered Uniform Guard to find a suitable site.
• Qian Xunzong checked in at Cloud-Treading Villa and received the Cloudstep Light-Carriage, a fast, flying Rank 9 soul-tool vehicle that could shrink into a ring.
• Qian Xunzong admired the carriage's luxurious design and celebrated it as his dream car.