Chapter Summaries

Qian Renchuan, Qian Renxue, Huo Yuhao, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei reached the Star Dou Great Forest after a slow journey. At the forest’s edge, Qian Renxue insisted on hunting Soul Beasts far older than the elders considered safe for her Soul Rings, leaving Yue Guan and Gui Mei alarmed and unsure how to proceed.

• Qian Renchuan drew portraits of Qian Renxue and Huo Yuhao during their journey, and Huo Yuhao treasured his portrait.
• As the group neared the forest, Huo Yuhao resolved to leave Qian Renchuan so he could pursue his revenge and find Brother Sky Dream and Qiu'er, promising himself he would return to protect his brother.
• Qian Renchuan’s frequent sightseeing stops stretched the journey to the Star Dou Great Forest to a month and a half.
• Yue Guan advised Qian Renxue, Huo Yuhao, and Qian Renchuan to state what Soul Beasts they wanted before they searched the forest on foot.
• Qian Renxue requested a Light Butterfly over a thousand years old and a Golden-Feathered Vulture around two thousand years old for her first two Soul Rings.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei warned that the Soul Rings could kill Qian Renxue, but she said Qian Daoliu had approved her plan and ordered them to find the beasts and weaken them.

Qian Renxue, Qian Renchuan, and Huo Yuhao chose Soul Beasts for their First Soul Rings before Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Gui Mei led them into the Star Dou Great Forest. Huo Yuhao insisted on searching for an Ice Silkworm, while Qian Renchuan suspected he wanted the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and used his atlas to guide the group toward a Light Butterfly habitat.

• Qian Renchuan chose an earth- or metal-attribute Soul Beast to strengthen his Skin Martial Soul, naming several suitable possibilities.
• Huo Yuhao chose an Ice Silkworm for his Spirit Eyes and secretly intended to obtain the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Gui Mei accepted Huo Yuhao's choice and led the three children into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renxue wondered why Huo Yuhao wanted an ordinary Ice Silkworm, while Qian Renchuan suspected he planned to take the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm from Di Tian and the Ferocious Beasts.
• Qian Renchuan used the atlas to explain that Light Butterflies favored dry, sunny ground and directed the group east.

Qian Renxue claimed a thousand-year Light Butterfly Soul Ring and endured its violent power as she began absorbing it. While Yue Guan and Gui Mei stood ready to intervene, Qian Renchuan and Huo Yuhao relaxed nearby, seemingly unconcerned.

• The group found a Light Butterfly colony beside a lake after Gui Mei silently killed its sentry.
• Qian Renxue identified the thousand-year Light Butterfly she wanted, foiling Yue Guan and Gui Mei’s plan to offer her a weaker one.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei cleared away the ordinary Light Butterflies, and Gui Mei crippled the thousand-year butterfly.
• Qian Renxue killed the wounded butterfly and began absorbing the purple Soul Ring it left behind.
• Qian Renxue’s body shook and bled under the Soul Ring’s power, but her aura gradually stabilized as Yue Guan and Gui Mei watched.
• Yue Guan saw Qian Renchuan and Huo Yuhao comfortably relaxing and working nearby while Qian Renxue absorbed the ring.

Qian Renxue absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as her first ring, reaching Soul Power level twenty-two, and thanked Qian Renchuan for helping her survive the ordeal. Her success triggered a tenfold Soul Power return that brought Qian Renchuan’s accumulated power above nine thousand, while the group settled in to camp by the lake.

• Qian Renxue awakened with a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring after successfully absorbing it, and her Soul Power reached level twenty-two.
• Qian Renxue thanked Qian Renchuan, crediting the premium Whale Rubber he had given her with helping her withstand the ring’s impact.
• Qian Renxue’s breakthrough triggered the system’s tenfold return, giving Qian Renchuan a surge of Soul Power and raising his accumulated total to 9,345.
• Qian Renchuan decided the group should camp by the lake for the night, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei set up a defensive perimeter.
• Huo Yuhao asked Yue Guan to catch fish, then cleaned the fish and roasted them over the campfire.

Huo Yuhao took Qian Renchuan into the Star Dou Great Forest at night after asking him to walk, and revealed that he was leaving. Qian Renchuan had suspected Huo Yuhao planned to leave, while Gui Mei reluctantly allowed them to go a short distance from camp.

• Huo Yuhao gave Qian Renchuan the largest grilled fish and left Qian Renxue touched by the memory of her brother saving her one before.
• Huo Yuhao woke Qian Renchuan after nightfall and asked him to take a walk.
• Gui Mei stopped the boys and warned them about the forest, but let them go nearby after Qian Renchuan promised they would stay within reach.
• Huo Yuhao took Qian Renchuan by the wrist and led him several kilometers into the forest.
• Huo Yuhao sat on a moss-covered boulder, let go of Qian Renchuan's hand, and told him he was leaving.

Huo Yuhao told Qian Renchuan he planned to leave Spirit Hall and gave him a Flying Soul Tool he had built. As Qian Renchuan learned to fly, Huo Yuhao resolved to protect him, while Gui Mei secretly watched them from a nearby tree.

• Huo Yuhao said he wanted to leave Spirit Hall, and Qian Renchuan objected because the world outside was dangerous.
• Huo Yuhao gave Qian Renchuan a Flying Soul Tool and demonstrated how it worked.
• Qian Renchuan tried the device, crashed into a thicket, and spent an hour learning to control it with Huo Yuhao's help.
• Qian Renchuan finally flew several meters above the ground, and Huo Yuhao decided he would protect his carefree older brother.
• Gui Mei secretly watched the two children from a tree more than a hundred meters away.

Qian Renchuan and Huo Yuhao said goodbye in the Star Dou Great Forest, where Huo Yuhao set off alone to find someone despite being only six and having no soul ring. Qian Renchuan accepted a Milk Bottle Soul Tool from him and worried that his little brother would not survive the dangers ahead.

• Gui Mei Douluo watched Qian Renchuan test-fly his Metal Folding Wings and was shocked to hear Huo Yuhao planned to leave Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao warned Qian Renchuan to stay close to Qian Renxue and be wary of Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renchuan gave Huo Yuhao the Flying Soul Tool for his journey, and Huo Yuhao gave him a Milk Bottle Soul Tool in return.
• Huo Yuhao said he would return after finding the person he was looking for, then vanished into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renchuan realized Huo Yuhao intended to seek the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and feared he would be killed by Di Tian and the other ferocious beasts.

Huo Yuhao tried to flee into the Star Dou Great Forest, but Gui Mei intercepted him and ordered him to return. Qian Renchuan intervened and agreed to take responsibility, allowing Huo Yuhao to continue on his way.

• Huo Yuhao raced toward the forest's core, hoping to find Brother Sky Dream and merge with him again.
• Gui Mei appeared, restrained Huo Yuhao with his Titled Douluo pressure, and ordered him to return to Spirit Hall.
• Huo Yuhao pressed a Carving Knife to his throat and threatened to die rather than go back.
• Qian Renchuan arrived and told Gui Mei to let Huo Yuhao leave, promising to explain the decision to Qian Xunji and take responsibility.
• Gui Mei relented and vanished into the darkness, leaving Huo Yuhao free to go.

Huo Yuhao left the Star Dou Great Forest after Qian Renchuan agreed to take responsibility for his disappearance. As the group continued searching for soul rings, Qian Renxue absorbed a two-thousand-year-old Golden-Feathered Vulture soul ring.

• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Qian Renchuan and hurried deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Renchuan returned to camp with Gui Mei and told Qian Renxue and Yue Guan that Huo Yuhao had left to clear his head.
• Qian Renchuan promised to take responsibility for letting Huo Yuhao go, and Qian Renxue decided they should accept his departure and report the truth.
• Over the next few days, Yue Guan and Gui Mei searched the forest with Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue, who remained alert for her target.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei subdued a two-thousand-year-old Golden-Feathered Vulture, and Qian Renxue killed it and began absorbing its purple soul ring.

Qian Renxue absorbed a two-thousand-year soul ring and reached rank 24, while Qian Renchuan’s massive soul-power return triggered a system upgrade that unlocked soul-ring enhancements and a shop. The group set out for the Star Dou Great Forest’s central region to find Qian Renchuan’s soul rings, with Qian Renxue insisting on joining them.

• Qian Renxue endured the energy of the Golden-Feathered Vulture’s two-thousand-year soul ring and absorbed it, reaching rank 24 with two purple rings.
• Qian Renxue promised Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo that she and Qian Renchuan would take responsibility for their youngest brother’s disappearance, but Ghost Douluo refused to let them bear the blame.
• Qian Renchuan saw that Qian Renxue’s breakthrough had raised his accumulated soul power above 100,000, triggering a system upgrade.
• The upgraded system let Qian Renchuan spend soul power to improve soul rings and other items, and unlocked a shop whose purchases could be used on his bond targets.
• Qian Renchuan chose a Scale Armor Beast and a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear for his soul rings, and the group headed toward the central region of the Star Dou Great Forest despite Qian Renxue’s low rank.

Dugu Xin and his wife nearly killed a fifteen-hundred-year-old Scale Armor Beast, but Yue Guan intervened so Qian Renchuan could claim it. Qian Renchuan began absorbing its Soul Ring despite Dugu Xin and his wife's warning that it was too old.

• Dugu Xin and his wife weakened the Scale Armor Beast with poison and arrows, then subdued it despite their own weakness.
• Yue Guan emerged from hiding and revealed himself as Chrysanthemum Douluo, a Titled Douluo from Spirit Hall.
• Yue Guan struck the wounded beast with his fifth Soul Skill, leaving it near death.
• Qian Renchuan killed the beast with a dagger and began absorbing its fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring.
• Dugu Xin and his wife cried out that the Soul Ring was too old for Qian Renchuan.

Qian Renchuan endured the painful absorption of a fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring while Qian Renxue ordered Gui Mei to spare Dugu Xin and his wife. The couple remained shocked as Qian Renxue realized her brother’s strength exceeded her expectations.

• Qian Renchuan began absorbing a fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring as his First Soul Ring, leaving Dugu Xin and his wife stunned.
• Dugu Xin and his wife recognized Qian Renxue and Qian Renchuan as Spirit Hall’s young heirs and feared they had witnessed a plot against the Pope’s eldest son.
• Qian Renxue recognized Dugu Xin as Dugu Bo’s son and ordered Gui Mei to kill him and his wife.
• Qian Renxue stopped Gui Mei and spared the couple, saying Qian Renchuan would be upset if he learned they had been killed.
• Qian Renxue wondered how Qian Renchuan could withstand the Soul Ring without Whale Rubber as he continued enduring its pain.

Qian Renchuan successfully absorbed a fifteen-hundred-year Soul Ring and gained the Soul Skill Hundred-Scale Transformation. After demonstrating its power, he recognized Dugu Xin and his wife as members of Dugu Bo’s family.

• Qian Renchuan completed the painful absorption of the Scale Armor Beast’s Soul Ring, astonishing everyone present.
• Qian Renchuan discovered that his first Soul Skill, Hundred-Scale Transformation, let him reshape his scales into weapons and defenses.
• Qian Renchuan pierced the Scale Armor Beast’s tough hide with a blade formed from his hand, impressing the onlookers.
• Qian Renchuan approached Dugu Xin and his wife and identified their Martial Soul as the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor.
• Dugu Xin confirmed that he was Dugu Bo’s son, while Qian Renxue and the two Douluo wondered how Qian Renchuan recognized the Martial Soul.

Qian Renchuan spared Dugu Xin and his wife, giving them a jade pendant that promised his help if their daughter Dugu Yan ever needed it. Qian Renxue privately resolved to bear the burden of dealing with Dugu Bo herself, while the gathered Spirit Hall members praised Qian Renchuan’s remarkable first Soul Ring.

• Qian Renchuan let Dugu Xin and his wife leave and gave them a jade pendant as compensation for the Scale Armor Beast he had taken.
• Qian Renxue remembered Dugu Bo’s future threat and decided to handle him herself rather than burden Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Renxue praised Qian Renchuan for absorbing a fifteen-hundred-year First Soul Ring without harm.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei concluded that Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue’s talents would likely spare them punishment for Qian Yuhao’s departure.

Qian Renchuan strengthened his First Soul Ring with accumulated Soul Power and fell asleep by the campfire, while Huo Yuhao struggled through the Star Dou Great Forest. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao recognizing Tang Hao and Ah Yin camping near his hiding place.

• Qian Renchuan and his companions camped for the night, and Yue Guan roasted Scale Armor Beast meat for dinner.
• Qian Renchuan checked his system panel, saw that Huo Yuhao’s cultivation had increased his accumulated Soul Power, and used it to strengthen his First Soul Ring.
• The strengthening left Qian Renchuan exhausted, and he fell asleep beside the campfire.
• Huo Yuhao, worn out after a day of evading Soul Beasts, hid in a hollow tree to recover.
• Huo Yuhao heard three people set up camp nearby and recognized Ah Yin and Brother Hao as Tang Hao and Ah Yin.

Huo Yuhao recognized Tang Hao and Ah Yin in the Star Dou Great Forest and recalled how Tang San had used him to steal the Douluo Continent's fortune. When Ah Yin located him hiding in a hollow tree, Huo Yuhao fired his Soul Cannon at Tang Hao.

• Huo Yuhao recognized Tang Hao and Ah Yin and remembered that Tang San had used him as a vessel to drain the continent's fortune for the Tang Family.
• Huo Yuhao restrained his urge to attack, but his killing intent escaped from the hollow tree.
• Tang Hao sensed the killing intent, and Ah Yin used her Blue Silver Emperor abilities to locate Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao readied his Class 1 Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon as Tang Hao approached the hollow tree.
• Tang Hao pulled aside the vines, and Huo Yuhao fired a Soul Cannon Shell at him.

Huo Yuhao attacked Tang Hao with a Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon but was overpowered and spared after Ah Yin intervened. The next morning, Tang Hao and the others had left, and Huo Yuhao took Ah Yin’s food before resuming his cultivation.

• Huo Yuhao fired a level-one Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon at Tang Hao, but the shot missed and destroyed a tree.
• Tang Hao pulled Huo Yuhao from the hollow and nearly killed him, but Ah Yin stopped him and helped the injured boy.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself and refused Ah Yin’s offer to help him find a Soul Ring, then ate the food she gave him and promised to repay her.
• Huo Yuhao returned to the hollow, vowing to kill Tang Hao with a Fixed-Installed Soul Cannon one day.
• The next morning, Huo Yuhao found Tang Hao and the others gone, took the food Ah Yin had left, and resumed practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill and Purple Demon Eyes.

Qian Renchuan discovered that his First Soul Ring had been strengthened to 2,300 years, then continued with Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to search for a Second Soul Ring. Back at Spirit Academy, Huyan Ye returned with his brother Huyan Feng and challenged Qian Renchuan after learning his seat had been reassigned.

• Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei found Qian Renchuan asleep beside the campfire and could not wake him until he came around on his own.
• Qian Renchuan checked his system panel and saw that his First Soul Ring had reached 2,300 years after consuming about 30,000 accumulated Soul Power.
• Qian Renchuan set out with Qian Renxue, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei to find a Darkgolden Terrorclaw Bear for his Second Soul Ring.
• Huyan Ye returned to Spirit Academy with his seventeen-year-old brother Huyan Feng, a level thirty-one Soul Elder.
• Zhang Meng told Huyan Ye that Qian Renchuan had given his old seat to Li Yan so Li Yan could tend the flowers there.
• Huyan Ye gritted his teeth and shouted for Qian Renchuan to come out.

Huyan Ye and Huyan Feng returned to the class, where Huyan Feng attacked Li Yan and destroyed Qian Renchuan’s flowers while Qian Renchuan was away. In the Pope’s Palace, Bibi Dong’s hatred of Qian Xunji and the Angel Family surged until mysterious black mist appeared inside her sealed chamber.

• Huyan Ye learned that Qian Renchuan had been away for over a month and regained his confidence.
• Huyan Feng threw Li Yan aside, smashed the flowerpots, and threatened the class after Zhang Meng challenged him.
• Huyan Feng released his Soul Power and pressured Zhang Meng and the other students while Huyan Ye insulted Qian Renchuan.
• Bibi Dong reached level eighty-seven, then recalled how Qian Xunji had violated and imprisoned her and condemned him and the Angel Family.
• Black mist seeped through the walls of Bibi Dong’s sealed Quiet Chamber, and she reacted in shock.

Bibi Dong accepted the Rakshasa God's inheritance and its trial to kill Qian Xunji within five years and devour everything he had. She hid her hatred when Qian Xunji visited her after her seclusion and began telling her about the three children.

• The Rakshasa God appeared to Bibi Dong, revealed that her hatred made her a suitable successor, and offered her the godhood inheritance.
• Bibi Dong accepted the trial to kill her teacher, Qian Xunji, within five years and devour everything he had.
• The Rakshasa God entered Bibi Dong and left a scythe mark on her forehead before the secret chamber returned to normal.
• Bibi Dong resolved to wait for an opportunity to kill Qian Xunji, then composed herself and left the quiet room.
• Qian Xunji visited Bibi Dong after she emerged from seclusion, praised her Level 87 breakthrough, and spoke about the three children, including young Chuan.