Chapter Summaries

Plot points and events

• In the Far North, the Snow Empress awakens from a long period of uncertainty and confirms that a plan made ten thousand years earlier worked: Li Qingxun’s clone went to the Divine Realm in Huo Yuhao’s place, while his true body remained hidden.
• The Snow Empress breaks apart the Ice Palace and opens the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Marrow coffin holding the boy. The seal fades, and Li Qingxun awakens.
• Li Qingxun reveals that his power resembles his clone’s but is stronger. He asks the Snow Empress to become his Second Martial Soul and help him rebuild his strength in the new era.
• The Snow Empress willingly becomes his Soul Spirit, pledging loyalty and companionship. Their bond triggers the manifestation of his Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, and the cavern begins to collapse.
• In the Divine Realm, Li Qingxun’s clone lives beside Wang Dong’er, who complains about Tang San’s pressure and says she wants to leave. The clone comforts her while privately anticipating his true body’s awakening and a chance to grow without interference from the Divine Realm.

Character development and interactions

• Snow Empress: Though saddened that her closest friend Bingbing went to the Divine Realm and may have vanished with it, she chooses to begin a new life with Li Qingxun. Her formal oath shows deep trust and unwavering commitment.
• Li Qingxun: Calm and purposeful after waking, he treats the Snow Empress as a partner in his future ambitions. His private thoughts reveal confidence, resentment toward Tang San, and a desire to surpass the forces that constrained him.
• Wang Dong’er and the clone: Dong’er seeks comfort and reassurance after Tang San claims her as his daughter and uses his authority against her. The clone responds affectionately, but his inner monologue suggests that his tenderness is entangled with his own plans.
• Tang San: Though absent from the scene, he is presented as an oppressive rival whose influence over the Divine Realm frustrates both Dong’er and Li Qingxun.

Significant themes

• Hidden identity and divided selves: The clone’s life in the Divine Realm contrasts with the true body’s awakening, setting up conflict between concealed and public plans.
• Loyalty, partnership, and sacrifice: The Snow Empress’s choice to become Li Qingxun’s Soul Spirit follows years of shared hardship and the sacrifice of their original plan.
• Power and freedom: Li Qingxun sees the Divine Realm’s departure as an opportunity to escape outside control and develop on his own terms.
• Grief and renewal: The Snow Empress mourns Bingbing’s fate but commits to a new beginning with Li Qingxun.

Plot points

• On the snowy ruins, Li Qingxun uses his unique power, Fantasy, to create a clone: Wu Liuqi. He fuses an illusory purple blade into Wu Liuqi, giving him four Soul Rings.
• Li sends Wu Liuqi to stay in the north, locate Tang Sect and Spirit Pagoda branches, and gather resources. Wu Liuqi would rather earn money as a barber, but agrees to go.
• After resting and recovering his strength, Li travels to Eastsea City. He uses a falsified identity and takes a taxi to Eastsea Academy.
• The academy’s dean, Long Hengxu, is surprised by Li’s age, northern household registration, and rare Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul. Li seeks the academy as a safe place, hoping that proximity to Tang Wulin and the powerful forces surrounding him will protect him.
• Long Hengxu calls someone in; a cold, handsome young man soon enters and notices Li and his Martial Soul.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun is calculating and cautious: despite his great age and unusual power, he recognizes that he is vulnerable to stronger Soul Masters and seeks protection. Using Fantasy also visibly exhausts him.
• Wu Liuqi is reluctant to rob others and prefers the honest option of cutting hair, but accepts Li’s orders. The presence of two souls in his body may allow his stronger form to emerge when he is in danger.
• Long Hengxu shifts from suspicion about Li traveling alone to excitement and awe at the boy’s exceptional Martial Soul, though he remains mindful of the unusual circumstances.
• Li and Wu Liuqi’s exchange establishes a practical but uneasy partnership; the white dragon’s intimidating gaze helps drive Wu Liuqi away. Long then takes steps to arrange Li’s entry into the academy.

Significant themes

• Survival through strategy: Li chooses concealment and proximity to powerful figures rather than relying solely on strength.
• Identity and altered reality: Fantasy lets Li rewrite memories, create a clone, and secure an identity in an unfamiliar era.
• Power and vulnerability: Li possesses extraordinary abilities but is still at risk, making resources, allies, and protection essential.
• Clashing values: Wu Liuqi’s preference for honest work contrasts with Li’s willingness to use robbery to fund cultivation.

Key plot points and events

• Wu Changkong questions why Li Qingxun has only one Soul Ring despite his powerful Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul.
• Li reveals his second Martial Soul: a White Dragon with extreme Mental Attribute power. Impressed, Wu immediately arranges for him to join Class Zero.
• Li explains that he has not added a Soul Ring to his second Martial Soul because he cannot afford a Soul Spirit; he plans to earn money and choose a suitable Hundred-Year Soul Spirit.
• After the principal approves the transfer, Li signs the paperwork. Wu takes him to Class Zero and introduces him to Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, Xie Xie, Zhang Yangzi, and Wang Jinxi.
• Wu assigns Li the empty seat beside Xie Xie. After the morning lesson, Wu keeps Li behind to arrange his dormitory.

Character developments

• Li Qingxun comes across as composed, self-reliant, and honest about his poverty. His second Martial Soul reveals exceptional potential and helps secure his place in Class Zero.
• Wu Changkong, though normally aloof, recognizes Li’s talent quickly and acts decisively to recruit him.
• Long Hengxu is impressed by Wu’s urgency and supports Li’s admission.
• Xie Xie studies Li closely and briefly reacts oddly when comparing him with Gu Yue.

Significant themes

• Talent and opportunity: Li’s extraordinary abilities earn him a place in an elite class.
• Poverty and ambition: Despite his power, Li lacks the money for a Soul Spirit and plans to work toward one himself.
• Restraint and potential: Li has left his second Martial Soul undeveloped, preserving the possibility of choosing a strong Soul Ring later.

Character interactions

• Wu tests Li’s abilities, then recruits him after sensing the White Dragon’s mental power.
• Li answers Wu’s questions calmly and signs the admission form without hesitation.
• Wu introduces Li to the class and directs him to sit beside Xie Xie, who watches him with curiosity.
• Wu takes responsibility for settling Li into the school by arranging his dormitory.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingxun moves into a two-person dorm room at the academy, though he has no roommate and no luggage. He uses a ring left by his Clone to summon clothes and settles in.
• In his spiritual sea, he speaks with the Snow Empress, then studies a huge Alchemy Furnace created by his Clone. Its Four Symbols Power can enhance Pills.
• Li Qingxun reflects that he himself possesses the Fantasy Dragon and the Divine Kingdom of Miracle City, but its power has only begun to awaken.
• He connects mentally with his Clone Seven, who is in a northern town searching for a Tang Sect branch. Seven has made little progress and is distracted by the local food; Li Qingxun tells him to remain there and hints at another task.
• Li Qingxun takes out two bottles of Mystic Water Pills—ten Pills in total. He has them because, ten thousand years earlier, his Clone destroyed the Dark Nether Sect and killed Xu Sanshi and Jiang Nannan. He swallows all ten at once.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun is calm and self-sufficient, but he is frustrated by Seven’s lack of focus. He is also conscious that his extraordinary power remains only partially awakened.
• The Snow Empress is curious about ordinary school life, revealing her unfamiliarity with human routines.
• Seven is reluctant and poorly suited to investigation, preferring to eat rather than pursue the Tang Sect. Because he is Li Qingxun’s Clone, Li Qingxun can sense his thoughts.
• Li Qingxun’s exchanges with both the Snow Empress and Seven show his habit of keeping others informed while maintaining control over his plans.

Significant themes

• Power and incomplete awakening: Li Qingxun possesses immense potential, but much of it remains dormant.
• Resources inherited from the past: His ring, furnace, and Pills all come from earlier actions or gifts, linking present opportunities to his past.
• Control versus individuality: Seven is Li Qingxun’s Clone, yet his own temperament affects the mission.
• Alchemy and cultivation: Rare Pill-making and the enhancement of Soul Power and potential are central to the chapter’s focus.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingxun uses the power of his Fantasy Dragon Martial Soul to purge the pill poison from ten medicinal pills, then absorbs their power and breaks through from Soul Power level nineteen to the second ring.
• His Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul gains a second Yellow Soul Ring. The Fantasy Dragon also reaches the second ring and unlocks a new Authority, Reality Distortion, which lets Li make impossible events occur—he demonstrates it by creating, breaking, restoring, and erasing a cup.
• Li considers how difficult it will be to attach Soul Spirits to the exceptionally powerful Fantasy Dragon. He decides that unusual spirits—or one he creates himself—might work, then spends the afternoon cultivating.
• At dusk, Wang Jinxi tells Li that Teacher Wu has called them to Combat Training. Wang and Zhang Yangzi escort Li to the Athletic Field.
• Other students question why Li is with them. Zhang introduces him as Class Zero’s new member, provoking curious looks and some scorn. Just as Li is about to respond, an unseen speaker challenges whether anyone can enter Class Zero and asks why a new student was admitted.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun grows significantly stronger and gains a reality-bending ability. He remains controlled in social situations, though Zhang’s pointed remarks irritate him.
• Wang Jinxi is outwardly restrained but privately looks down on Li, assuming he entered through family connections. He also envies Li’s appearance and considers his own talent exceptional.
• Zhang Yangzi is similarly cool toward Li and introduces him in a way that draws attention to his newcomer status.
• Li can sense the general direction of people’s thoughts through the Fantasy Dragon, allowing him to recognize Wang’s contempt without confronting him.
• The chapter ends with an unidentified voice openly questioning Li’s place in Class Zero.

Significant themes

• Power and its cost: Li’s breakthrough comes with fatigue, while the Fantasy Dragon’s strength makes finding compatible Soul Spirits unusually difficult.
• Ambition and possibility: Reality Distortion turns the impossible into something tangible, and Li is willing to consider creating his own Soul Spirit.
• Prejudice and status: Li’s new classmates judge him before knowing him, reflecting suspicion toward newcomers and assumptions about how he earned his place.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingxun, newly admitted to Class Zero, is confronted by students from Class Two, who resent his arrival and question whether he deserves a place among the academy’s gifted students.
• Wei Xiaofeng blocks Li’s way and challenges him. Li answers sharply, suggesting Wei is bitter because he failed to enter Class Zero.
• Enraged, Wei attacks. Li freezes Wei’s emerald snake with his Ultimate Ice and knocks him down with a powerful punch, leaving him badly hurt.
• Zhang Yangzi rushes in, firing feather-like projectiles, while Wang Jinxi charges with a dragon claw. Li blocks the projectiles with an ice shield and counters with a powerful ice attack.
• Tang Wulin steps between the fighters, stopping Li’s blow with his Golden Dragon Claw, but is blasted backward and left with his arm painfully frozen.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi recognize Li’s strength. The chapter ends as they exchange a glance and embrace, apparently preparing to combine their abilities.

Character developments

• Li Qingxun shifts from calm to openly hostile when challenged. He demonstrates formidable control over Ultimate Ice and confidence in confronting several opponents.
• Wei Xiaofeng reveals resentment over being excluded from Class Zero. His frustration drives him to attack Li, but he is quickly defeated.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi begin with hostility toward Li, then become more cautious after seeing his power.
• Tang Wulin intervenes to protect the others despite the danger, showing his willingness to step into conflict.

Significant themes

• Resentment and exclusion: Wei’s anger reflects the bitterness of being denied a place in the elite class.
• Prejudice and group hostility: The Class Two students’ antagonism toward Li stems partly from his status as an outsider.
• Power and status: Li’s strength rapidly changes how the others view him, turning mockery into caution.
• Escalation and intervention: A verbal dispute becomes a dangerous fight, and Tang Wulin’s intervention prevents Li’s attack from landing on Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi.

Character interactions

• Li verbally clashes with Wei, whose insecurity and frustration lead him to attack.
• Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi join the fight on Wei’s side, but Li’s counterattack overwhelms them.
• Tang Wulin shields them from Li’s ice strike, sustaining a painful injury in the process.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi regroup at the end, setting up a likely coordinated attack.

Key plot points and events

• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi fuse into the Darkness Bone Dragon. Li Qingxun chooses not to interrupt, intending to end their repeated challenges decisively.
• Li forms an Ice and Snow Sword with his Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul and defeats the fused dragon with one throw. The blade pierces its arms and chest, pinning it to the ground; the fusion cannot be undone.
• Wei Xiaofeng is badly hurt, while Tang Wulin suffers a milder injury to his left hand after attempting a surprise attack. The gathered students are shocked by how easily Li overpowers the trio.
• Teacher Ye Yingluo arrives with her sister, Ye Yingrong. Ye orders help and asks her sister to summon Director Long and Teacher Wu Changkong, then confronts Li for injuring his classmates.
• Li remains silent and unmoved as Ye blocks his way. No one dares remove the sword, uncertain whether doing so—or forcibly ending the fusion—might further endanger Wang and Zhang.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun is shown as composed, formidable, and dismissive of authority when he believes he is justified. He sees the fight as a response to repeated provocations, not an act requiring explanation.
• Ye Yingluo reacts with concern for the injured students, then anger at Li’s apparent brutality. Though she is powerful enough to display four Soul Rings, she holds back and waits.
• Tang Wulin recognizes Li’s overwhelming strength firsthand and worries about the consequences for the more seriously injured students.
• Wang Jinxi and Zhang Yangzi remain trapped in their fused form and helpless beneath Li’s sword; Wei Xiaofeng is left bleeding and in pain.

Significant themes

• Power and dominance: Li’s single strike demonstrates an extreme gap between his strength and that of his opponents.
• Provocation and responsibility: Li regards his attack as justified retaliation, while Ye judges it by the severity of the injuries.
• Restraint and uncertainty: The adults hesitate to intervene physically because they do not know whether removing the sword or breaking the fusion would worsen the victims’ condition.

Plot and key events

• Wu Changkong arrives after the fight and finds Wei Xiaofeng and Zhang Yangzi badly wounded, with Tang Wulin also hurt. Their injuries are made worse by extreme cold left in their bodies.
• Li Qingxun removes the cold from Wei and Zhang, allowing them to recover somewhat, though all three boys are taken to the hospital.
• Ye Yingluo demands that Wu Changkong explain the fight. Witnesses confirm that Wei and Zhang provoked Li first and attacked him, and that Tang Wulin stepped in to block Li’s blow.
• Li confronts Tang, pointing out that he had witnessed the attack and intervened despite knowing Li had been outnumbered and wronged. Tang acknowledges this and apologizes. Li then removes the cold from Tang’s injured arm.
• Long Hengxu arrives and summons Ye, Wu, Li, and Tang to his office.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun remains cold and formidable, but shows some restraint by removing the lingering ice from the injured boys. He challenges Tang to confront the fairness of his intervention.
• Tang Wulin realizes his loyalty to his friends had clouded his judgment. He accepts responsibility and apologizes rather than defending himself.
• Ye Yingluo is angry and embarrassed by her students’ conduct, especially Wei’s provocation and failed sneak attack, but recognizes his character.
• Wu Changkong calmly gathers witness accounts instead of immediately blaming Li. He recognizes the enormous gap between Li and the other boys.
• Long Hengxu takes charge of the aftermath, postponing judgment until the group can explain themselves.

Significant themes

• Accountability and fairness: Loyalty to friends does not excuse defending them when they started a fight.
• Restraint and consequences: Li’s overwhelming strength could have caused worse harm, while the boys’ actions leave them seriously injured.
• Power and disparity: Li’s exceptional ability makes the confrontation profoundly unequal and prompts Wu to consider how dangerous it could have become.

Key plot points and events

• After reconstructing the earlier fight, Director Long Hengxu recognizes Li Qingxun’s extraordinary ability: despite being ambushed by three second-ring students, he defeated them—even overcoming their Martial Soul Fusion Skill with one sword strike.
• Because the attackers were badly injured and Li Qingxun had used excessive force, the school makes no formal ruling. Long’s admiration for Li’s talent inclines him to protect the boy, frustrating Ye Yingluo.
• At evening training, Wu Changkong, Tang Wulin, and Li Qingxun arrive late. Wu ignores Gu Yue and Xie Xie’s questions and challenges Li, asking to see the full strength behind his Ultimate Ice and Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul. Wu suppresses his Soul Power to the second ring.
• Before the duel, Gu Yue notices Tang Wulin protecting his injured left hand. He insists it is only a minor injury, but she senses the lingering chill and realizes Li caused it.
• Li and Wu exchange attacks. Li’s icy power quickly breaks Wu’s wooden staff. Wu then raises his strength to the third ring, and Li counters with a powerful ice-and-snow sword. Wu’s enlarged Frost Sword shatters Li’s attack but is badly notched in the process.
• Wu praises Li’s Soul Skill, acknowledging that the clash is effectively a draw despite Wu’s much greater cultivation. Li remains composed, but notices Gu Yue’s hostility and anticipates that conflict with her may be unavoidable.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun is established as a remarkable fighter whose power impresses even experienced Soul Masters. He stays calm under praise and watches Gu Yue cautiously, aware that he injured someone she wants to protect.
• Wu Changkong shifts from observer to challenger, testing Li directly. Though confident in his own skill, he is genuinely astonished by Li’s strength and openly concedes the near-draw.
• Gu Yue shows growing protectiveness toward Tang Wulin: she questions Wu’s lateness, notices Tang’s injury, and becomes quietly hostile toward Li once she identifies him as the cause.
• Tang Wulin downplays his injury rather than explaining it, while Xie Xie is confused by the delayed training session.
• Long Hengxu prioritizes Li’s exceptional potential when deciding how to handle the earlier violence; Ye Yingluo objects but cannot change his decision.

Significant themes

• Talent and power: Li’s ability challenges assumptions about the advantage of greater cultivation.
• Justice versus institutional favoritism: Li’s serious overreaction is left without formal judgment because his talent makes him valuable.
• Hidden motives and tensions: Gu Yue’s protectiveness, Li’s knowledge of her concealed identity, and the unexplained forces linking her to Tang Wulin suggest deeper conflicts ahead.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Yue interrupts Wu Changkong’s fight with Li Qingxun after learning Tang Wulin’s arm was badly injured by Li’s extreme cold.
• Li dismisses Gu Yue’s objection and challenges her to seek revenge. She accepts, angered by his provocation and his apparent disregard for Tang Wulin.
• Gu Yue attacks with powerful fire, while Li counters with extreme ice. He uses ice lotuses to chill the arena, then exploits the mist to close the distance.
• Gu Yue opens a pit beneath Li, but he crosses it on a platform of ice and presses his attack.
• Gu Yue unleashes Ice-Fire Windstorm, secretly elevating her ice, fire, and wind to Ultimate Attributes. Though she expects this combination to overwhelm Li, his reality-warping ability lets his ice pierce the storm.
• Li’s sword strikes Gu Yue in the shoulder. She falls to one knee, injured and bleeding.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Yue acts protectively toward Tang Wulin, then lets anger override caution. The fight reveals the breadth of her elemental power and that she can wield multiple Ultimate Attributes.
• Li Qingxun remains composed and provocative, deliberately escalating the conflict. His ability to overcome Gu Yue’s ultimate technique exposes a formidable, unusual power.
• Tang Wulin recognizes that he chose to block Li’s attack and tries to stop Gu Yue from blaming Li, but stays silent when she stands up for him.
• Wu Changkong withdraws from the match and watches Gu Yue take over.
• Xie Xie is astonished by the level of strength both combatants display.

Significant themes

• Protection and personal responsibility: Gu Yue defends Tang Wulin, while Tang Wulin sees the injury as the result of his own choice.
• Power and hidden limits: Both fighters reveal abilities beyond what their apparent level suggests; Gu Yue even conceals the true rank of her elements.
• Pride and provocation: Li’s taunts and Gu Yue’s anger turn a dispute into a dangerous duel.
• Uncertainty in combat: Gu Yue’s apparent advantage is overturned by Li’s reality-warping power.

Plot points and events

• When Tang Wulin tries to help the defeated Gu Yue, Li Qingxun suddenly sends a sword at his head. Wu Changkong destroys it before it can hit, leaving Tang Wulin shaken by how close he came to death.
• Li Qingxun kicks Gu Yue down and rebukes her and Tang Wulin, arguing that they provoked him and have no grounds to accuse him.
• Wu Changkong holds Tang Wulin and Gu Yue responsible: Tang Wulin must do an extra hour of training each day for a week, and Gu Yue must apologize for her lethal attack and also train extra.
• Li Qingxun reveals he can summon nine snowy swords, making the threat of his power unmistakable. Gu Yue reluctantly apologizes, and he leaves.
• Wu Changkong then orders Tang Wulin, Gu Yue, and Xie Xie to fight him together, limiting himself to the strength of a four-ring soul master as both training and a lesson.
• Back in his dorm, Li Qingxun privately decides Tang Wulin is an enemy because he is Tang San’s son and is helping carry out Tang San’s long-term plan. He considers either freeing Gu Yue from Tang Wulin’s influence or eliminating her Silver Dragon King identity.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang Wulin is humbled by the near-fatal attack and accepts responsibility for provoking Li Qingxun, though he had tried to defend Gu Yue.
• Gu Yue is badly defeated, angry, and reluctant to apologize, but submits after seeing Li Qingxun’s nine swords. Her connection to Tang Wulin is presented as a growing influence.
• Li Qingxun displays overwhelming skill and ruthless coldness, while concealing a strategic agenda: he sees Gu Yue as a potentially valuable future ally and guardian of Douluo Star, but regards Tang Wulin as an enemy.
• Wu Changkong acts as protector and disciplinarian, fairly assigning consequences while recognizing Li Qingxun’s exceptional talent.
• Xie Xie is surprised by how easily Gu Yue was defeated and understands Tang Wulin’s loss more readily.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Li Qingxun’s strength sharply exposes the gap between him and the others.
• Accountability and restraint: Wu Changkong distinguishes between provoking a fight and attempting a lethal attack.
• Hidden motives and political stakes: Li Qingxun’s personal decisions are tied to larger conflicts involving Tang San, the Dragon God, and the wider universe.
• Influence and control: Li Qingxun views Gu Yue’s bond with Tang Wulin as an obstacle—and considers manipulating or removing her identity to serve his plans.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingxun considers alternatives if Gu Yuena cannot become the Dragon God. Di Tian or Zi Ji might succeed if their bloodlines were purified and they absorbed the Golden and Silver Dragon Kings’ power, though the process would be harder.
• He checks on Seven through their consciousness link and finds him cutting a girl’s hair rather than gathering information. Concluding that Seven is unreliable for the current mission, Li Qingxun decides to make a new Clone instead of creating another version of Seven.
• Li Qingxun creates Toji Fushiguro, a physically powerful Clone whose strength should be less hindered by the world’s Martial Soul rules. He orders Toji to raid nearby Spirit Pagoda and Tang Sect locations around Eastsea City, choosing times when few people are present.
• Toji accepts the assignment and is transported outside the city. Li Qingxun expects his Clones to gather resources for him and considers how to get those resources back.
• He focuses on the white-and-blue Ring left by his God King Clone. Though he cannot contact that Clone directly, the Ring contains a way to reach him—and power so extraordinary that even Tang San might be shocked by it.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun weighs the limitations and personalities of his Clones. He accepts that their independent wills can make them reluctant or ineffective at certain tasks, and considers assigning Seven a future role as a teacher and bodyguard.
• Seven is shown to be powerful and destructive but poorly suited to the work Li Qingxun currently needs; his reluctance stems from his own judgment, not disloyalty.
• Toji Fushiguro appears calm, self-possessed, and respectful. He has independent consciousness but is guaranteed loyalty, and readily follows Li Qingxun’s command.
• Li Qingxun and Toji’s brief exchange establishes their working relationship: Li Qingxun assigns a direct mission, and Toji departs to carry it out.

Significant themes

• Power versus worldly constraints: Li Qingxun seeks a fighter whose physical abilities can function effectively despite the world’s rules tying power to Martial Souls.
• Loyalty and individuality: Clones obey their creator but retain their own judgment, which can shape—and sometimes hinder—their actions.
• Resource gathering and strategic growth: Li Qingxun creates specialized Clones to acquire resources and support his future strength.
• Contingency and ambition: He plans for setbacks, including Gu Yuena’s possible failure, and keeps powerful alternatives and hidden resources in reserve.

• Li Qingxun’s Clone and his plans: Li reflects on the difference between his ordinary Clones, who have independent consciousness but remain absolutely loyal to him, and his true Clone, who was effectively himself. Their connection broke when the Divine Realm disappeared. He suspects the Clone has reached God King level and, despite the sacrifices it made, hopes to find it—and eventually kill Tang San. He sets aside these thoughts and takes several pills.
• Class Zero and training: The next morning, Gu Yue sits alone, watching Li with hostility mixed with a more complicated emotion. Tang Wulin and Xie Xie assume she is upset because Li defeated her. Wu Changkong teaches the class advanced material on Martial Souls, then has the students run. Li is exempt because of the gap in strength between him and the others, which frustrates Tang Wulin and Xie Xie.
• The dispute with the injured students’ families: Wu Changkong tells Li that the parents of Wei Xiaofeng, Wang Jinxi, and Zhang Yang have arrived to discuss the incident. He believes Li was not the one who started the fight, but still needs to address the consequences. Before they enter Long Hengxu’s office, Wu warns Li not to provoke the parents, explains that the three students are badly injured but will recover, and makes clear he intends to protect him.
• Character interactions and themes: Gu Yue’s reaction suggests unresolved feelings toward Li, while Tang Wulin and Xie Xie remain unaware of her inner conflict. Wu acts as Li’s instructor and protector, showing concern through both his warning and his promise of support; Li responds with an unusually emotional look. The chapter also emphasizes the unequal status of Soul Masters: despite formal institutions and laws, powerful Soul Masters often escape meaningful accountability, leaving ordinary people vulnerable.

Key plot points and events

• Five parents confront the school’s director, Long Hengxu, over their sons’ injuries in a fight with Li Qingxun. One mother scratches Long Hengxu, who insists the boys provoked Li and that the school has footage to prove it.
• Wu Changkong brings Li into the office. A father accuses Li of seriously injuring his son and demands an apology and compensation from both Li and the school.
• Wu explains that Wei Xiaofeng attacked Li from behind, while Zhang Yangzi and Wang Jinxi sided with Wei and joined him in a lethal Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Li defeated all three alone.
• One father ignores Wu’s account and reaches for Li, apparently intending to cripple him. Wu instantly cuts off the man’s arm with his Frost Sword, freezes the wound, and knocks him down.
• Wu’s Soul Emperor pressure immobilizes the other parents. He orders them to leave and declares that all three boys will be expelled. Terrified by his strength and evident lethal experience, the parents retreat.
• Wu puts away his sword and leaves with Li, while Long Hengxu remains behind.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Changkong shifts from silent observer to forceful protector. He calmly lays out the facts, then responds decisively when Li is threatened. Though his killing intent is palpable, he restrains himself after the parents flee.
• Li Qingxun stays composed and silent despite the accusations and the father’s Martial Soul. He is ready to defend himself, but Wu intervenes first.
• Long Hengxu tries to handle the parents through evidence and explanation, but is overwhelmed by their aggression and scratched by one of the mothers.
• The parents begin the confrontation with anger and demands, but their confidence collapses once Wu demonstrates his power. The injured boys’ father escalates matters by attempting to seize Li.

Significant themes

• Power and authority: In this Soul Master world, strength—not bluster or social pressure—ultimately determines who can impose their will.
• Protection and loyalty: Wu stands between Li and the parents, defending his student against an unjust accusation and physical threat.
• Accountability and provocation: The parents focus on their sons’ injuries, while Wu emphasizes that the boys initiated the conflict and used potentially deadly force.

Plot points

• Wu Changkong quickly forces the students who had been harassing Li Qingxun to comply, then warns Li to report any further trouble.
• The group returns to class. Tang Wulin has already told Xie Xie and Gu Yue that Li defeated Wang Jinxi, Zhang Yangzi, and Wei Xiaofeng, leaving the others impressed by his strength.
• In his dorm, Li contacts Toji Fushiguro, who reports that the three boys and their parents have left Eastsea City but that he has located a Tang Sect branch.
• Li decides Toji should test the branch the following night and take its resources. He gives Toji a golden ring and accepts that the Tang Sect may retaliate, reasoning that Toji can be revived.
• Li reflects that his limited supply of cultivation resources cannot meet the needs of his powerful Fantasy Dragon inheritance, pushing him toward extreme methods.
• Gu Yue suddenly climbs through Li’s open window in a disturbed state. Her eyes are purple and slit-pupiled; torn between hostility and confusion, she strikes her own forehead and collapses.

Character developments and interactions

• Wu Changkong shows decisive protectiveness toward Li, while Li responds with unusual obedience.
• Li Qingxun remains calculating and resource-driven: he briefly considers killing the boys who wronged him, then turns to the Tang Sect as a source of supplies.
• Toji Fushiguro serves as Li’s scout and planned operative. He is confident in his combat strength but bothered by having no weapon; Li equips him with a ring before the mission.
• Tang Wulin, Xie Xie, and Gu Yue are struck by Li’s unexpectedly overwhelming power.
• Gu Yue’s sudden entrance reveals a frightening internal struggle, though its cause and meaning remain unclear.

Significant themes

• Power and coercion: Wu resolves conflict through force, while Li plans a robbery rather than relying on ordinary channels.
• Resource scarcity and ambition: Li’s extraordinary cultivation needs drive increasingly ruthless choices.
• Identity, consequence, and detachment: Li separates himself from the consequences Toji may face, relying on Toji’s ability to return.
• Inner conflict: Gu Yue’s abrupt shift from murderous intent to confusion suggests a struggle within her.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Yue unexpectedly collapses in front of Li Qingxun. Unsure why she came, he binds her with an Ice Chain and leaves her unconscious rather than killing her.
• Toji Fushiguro reports that several powerful Tang Sect fighters have left their branch. He recommends attacking while it is lightly defended, and Li Qingxun approves, providing Fantasy Power as an emergency escape resource.
• Toji infiltrates the branch without being detected because its defenses rely on sensing Soul Power. He smashes through the entrance, kills the guards, and advances toward the sect’s stored treasures, bypassing the less valuable manufacturing area.
• The deeper defenses include reinforced alloy gates and other security measures, but Toji’s physical strength and lack of detectable Soul Power let him overcome them. He asks Li Qingxun to make him a weapon later, noting that fighting unarmed limits him somewhat.

Character developments

• Li Qingxun remains pragmatic and focused on acquiring resources rather than pursuing the Tang Sect’s fighters. He recognizes and trusts Toji’s independent judgment.
• Toji Fushiguro demonstrates initiative, tactical awareness, and calm brutality. His unusual lack of Soul Power makes conventional detection systems ineffective, though he acknowledges the disadvantage of having no weapon.
• Gu Yue becomes an unexplained complication: her sudden arrival and collapse leave her motives unknown.

Significant themes

• Pragmatism and ambition: Li Qingxun prioritizes resources as a means of becoming stronger over revenge or combat for its own sake.
• Unconventional strength: The Tang Sect’s sophisticated defenses fail against an opponent whose abilities fall outside their assumptions.
• Loyalty with autonomy: Toji is loyal to Li Qingxun but is also capable of evaluating a situation and proposing action himself.

Character interactions

• Li Qingxun responds to Gu Yue’s collapse cautiously, restraining rather than harming her.
• Toji reports his opportunity to Li Qingxun and leaves the decision to him; Li Qingxun backs the raid and offers protection if it goes wrong.
• During the assault, Toji communicates his need for a weapon to Li Qingxun while continuing deeper into the branch.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingxun completes the final barriers protecting the Tang Sect treasury, and Toji Fushiguro opens the vault.
• The treasury contains Spirit Herbs, several low-level Soul Bones, cash, and bank cards. Li Qingxun uses a golden Ring to take everything at once, leaving the vault completely empty.
• Back in the real world, he counts the haul: about thirty ten-year herbs, ten hundred-year herbs, and two thousand-year herbs, plus millions in cash. He considers the take valuable but disappointing for a major Tang Sect branch.
• Hoping for greater rewards, Li Qingxun recalls that he may still have a way into the Spirit Pagoda. His thoughts turn to events ten thousand years earlier: his role in Huo Yuhao’s fate, his theft of the God of Emotion’s divine seat, and the hidden contingency plan he left in the Spirit Pagoda to target Huo Yuhao and undermine Tang San.
• Gu Yue awakens, breaks free of her ice restraints with a surge of silver energy, and confronts Li Qingxun.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun remains calculating and opportunistic. He treats the treasury as a resource to exploit and reflects on his past schemes, including the elaborate deception that secured his divine power. His thoughts suggest he is considering using an old plan again.
• Toji Fushiguro efficiently opens the vault and assists with the theft; even he reacts with disbelief at how thoroughly the treasury is stripped.
• Gu Yue shifts from restrained and unconscious to active and defiant, ending the chapter as a direct threat to Li Qingxun.

Significant themes

• Power and resource accumulation: Spirit Herbs, Soul Bones, and money are valuable tools for cultivation and influence.
• Long-term schemes and hidden consequences: Li Qingxun’s past manipulations continue to shape present possibilities, especially through his plans involving Huo Yuhao and Tang San.
• Reckoning and confrontation: Gu Yue’s sudden escape interrupts Li Qingxun’s plans and sets up an immediate conflict.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Yue’s killing intent surges out of control, but Li Qingxun uses Reality Distortion to redirect it and stop her from attacking him. She apologizes, explaining that something powerful is affecting her.
• Meanwhile, Toji Fushiguro breaks through the Tang Sect branch’s defenses. Even its powerful Soul Cannons cannot harm him, highlighting how formidable he is—and how dangerous a major Tang Sect branch could be under different circumstances.
• Suspecting Gu Yue’s condition requires stronger intervention, Li Qingxun spends considerable Fantasy Power to simulate a Sequence 7 ability and draw her consciousness into a dream.
• In the dream, Gu Yue explains that Tang San or Tang Hao left a trace of power inside her. It has influenced her consciousness, erased or disrupted her memories, created Na’er as a separate personality, and prevents her from harming Tang Wulin.
• She also believes the influence has fostered an instinctive affection for Tang Wulin, reinforced by the bond between their Golden and Silver Dragon King bloodlines.
• Li Qingxun refuses to help out of sympathy or curiosity. He asks what Gu Yue can offer him in return.

Character developments

• Gu Yue regains clarity and recognizes that her feelings and behavior toward Tang Wulin may not be entirely her own. She is furious and frightened by the loss of control, but determined to reclaim her independence and pursue her power.
• Li Qingxun remains pragmatic and guarded. Though he chooses to help Gu Yue investigate, he treats the situation as a potential bargain and keeps ready to escape if she turns against him.
• Toji Fushiguro demonstrates overwhelming physical effectiveness by escaping a heavily armed Tang Sect force without displaying Soul Power.

Significant themes

• Control and manipulation: Gu Yue’s judgment, emotions, and actions have been secretly shaped by an outside power.
• Identity and memory: Her missing memories and Na’er’s separate personality leave her uncertain about what is truly her own.
• Power versus attachment: Gu Yue sees her affection for Tang Wulin as a threat to her ambitions of becoming the Dragon God and restoring the Soul Beast Clan.
• Self-interest and transactional help: Li Qingxun is willing to assist, but only on terms that benefit him.

Character interactions

• Li Qingxun restrains Gu Yue’s hostility, then uses his ability to create a safe mental space for questioning her.
• Gu Yue apologizes for her attack and reveals her suspicions about Tang San and Tang Hao, asking Li Qingxun—implicitly—to help her regain control.
• Li Qingxun responds bluntly, demanding to know what he will gain rather than offering reassurance.
• Toji’s escape prompts Li Qingxun to reflect on the Tang Sect’s strength and the danger posed by its major branches.

Key plot points

• Li Qingxun realizes that a hidden power—likely the Love God’s influence, left in Gu Yue as part of Tang San’s plan—is suppressing her will and preventing her from taking Tang Wulin’s Golden Dragon King Bloodline.
• During their earlier clash, Li used Reality Distortion to turn Gu Yue’s Ice-Fire Windstorm against her. The effect briefly restored some of her consciousness.
• Gu Yue asks Li to suppress the influence so she can act freely. He uses his Hypnotist ability to make her forget it for five or six days, buying her a short window.
• Back in reality, Gu Yue thanks him and admits that without his intervention she might have been forced to attack Tang Wulin—or remain under the influence.
• Li offers further help in exchange for at least ten Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs and more than twenty Thousand-Year Spirit Herbs. Gu Yue accepts and says she plans to take Tang Wulin’s bloodline within two days.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingxun shows both strategic insight and pragmatism: he identifies Tang San’s contingency, intervenes to disrupt it, and immediately sets a price for continued help. His power impresses Gu Yue, though his ability to read her thoughts unsettles her.
• Gu Yue shifts from desperate vulnerability to determined action. She is shaken by how thoroughly Tang San prepared against her, but chooses to rely on Li despite her unease.
• Their exchange establishes a wary alliance: Gu Yue needs Li’s strength, while Li expects payment and intends to frustrate Tang San’s plans.

Significant themes

• Manipulation and control: Tang San’s hidden influence threatens to turn Gu Yue into a pawn.
• Power and contingency: Even powerful figures can be trapped by carefully planted safeguards.
• Trust as transaction: Gu Yue’s cooperation with Li is driven by necessity, and their alliance begins with explicit terms.
• Agency under pressure: Li’s intervention restores Gu Yue’s ability to choose—but only temporarily, leaving her a narrow window to act.

Key plot points and events

• Gu Yue discusses obtaining spirit herbs with Li Qingxun, who promises to handle any other difficulties. She considers climbing out of his third-floor window, but decides to leave through the door.
• She runs into Tang Wulin and Xie Xie outside. Her calm, dismissive passage past them—especially her failure to acknowledge Tang Wulin—shocks both.
• Tang Wulin is hurt and unsettled to see her leaving Li Qingxun’s room, but hides his feelings and suggests she had business with Li. Xie Xie is left wondering why Gu Yue ignored him.
• Li Qingxun sleeps, then wakes the next morning to find Tang Sect Enforcement Corps officers breaking into his room. They aim Soul Tool Guns at him and order him not to move, threatening to kill him if he resists.

Character developments and interactions

• Gu Yue acts on instinct and appears emotionally distant from Tang Wulin, a striking change from her former attentiveness toward him.
• Tang Wulin feels jealousy and rejection but restrains himself, maintaining his composure and principles.
• Xie Xie notices Tang Wulin’s distress and questions Gu Yue’s behavior.
• Li Qingxun remains confident and unbothered by Tang Wulin’s reaction, but turns cold and wary when the enforcers arrive. He suspects their visit may relate to his role in the previous day’s attack on the Tang Sect.
• The chapter ends in a tense standoff: Li faces armed enforcers whose reason for targeting him is not yet revealed.

Significant themes

• Changing relationships: Gu Yue’s sudden indifference unsettles Tang Wulin and signals a shift in their dynamic.
• Restraint and jealousy: Tang Wulin struggles with painful emotions but chooses not to act on them.
• Power and authority: The Tang Sect’s armed intrusion introduces the threat of institutional force and sets up a confrontation.