Chapter Summaries

Plot and key events

• Li Qingyue awakens in the body of a dead six-year-old in a moldy underground pit, surrounded by corpses. A black orb—the transmigration system—confirms that it has granted all nine of his requested abilities and then disappears.
• His gifts include the Reignbow Arbiter Martial Soul, immense Soul Power, life-related authority, the God of Abundance’s inheritance, eternal life, a Goddess Illustration System, and Gu Yuena as his bound Protector.
• Li Qingyue summons a jade-green branch. A green Soul Ring appears, and its healing power restores his corpse-like body.
• He discovers that he has a beautiful, feminine-looking face and can manifest four additional arms, which he can dismiss at will.
• Expecting the adult Gu Yuena, he summons his Protector. Instead, a little white-haired, purple-eyed girl crashes through the ceiling. Li realizes that Gu Yuena has arrived as a child, leaving him uncertain whether they can survive the dangerous place.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue is overwhelmed by receiving every requested power at once. Though he jokes about his looks and hoped-for romantic adventures, he is also disoriented and anxious: he has no memories of the body’s former owner and does not know where he is.
• The system delivers the abilities in a cheerful, matter-of-fact voice, then leaves immediately, offering no guidance.
• Gu Yuena appears as a six-year-old rather than the powerful adult Li expected. Their first encounter is abrupt and confusing; she is introduced through his summoning, not yet through conversation.

Significant themes

• Power versus helplessness: Li receives extraordinary, potentially world-shaping abilities, yet begins in a corpse-filled pit with no knowledge or practical support.
• Unexpected consequences: His choices do not arrive in the form he imagined—most notably, Gu Yuena is a child, and his own appearance and extra limbs surprise him.
• Rebirth and identity: Li must adapt to a new body, an unknown past, and a world where his gifts may define his future.

Plot points and events

• Six-year-old Na’er arrives in the underground lair where Li Qingyue is trapped. Though her arrival offers company, she has no fighting ability yet—and may have alerted the killer outside.
• Li Qingyue pulls her deeper into the cavern, hoping to escape. Behind them, the lair’s owner—a disfigured, lame-looking man with a strange elk-like martial spirit and five Soul Rings—enters among the corpses he has collected.
• The cavern opens onto a vast underground structure, but Li Qingyue and Na’er reach a chasm with no apparent way across. Their pursuer catches up.
• Desperate, Li Qingyue checks in with Na’er through his system and receives God-Tier Alchemy Notes. The reward could aid his future cultivation, but offers no help in the immediate danger.
• The man confronts them, reveals his predatory intentions, and singles out Li Qingyue. The chapter ends with the children cornered.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue is resourceful but painfully aware of his limits: his Abundance-related powers are supportive, not suited to combat. He tries to protect Na’er while searching for a way out, and his frustration grows when the system gives him a useful long-term reward rather than a means to survive.
• Na’er is confused and frightened, clinging to Li Qingyue’s hand. Her presence changes the situation, but she cannot yet defend either of them.
• The killer appears meek at first, but his delight in the corpse-filled lair and his threatening remarks expose his cruelty and lustful intent.
• Li Qingyue and Na’er move together in flight, with Li Qingyue taking responsibility for guiding and protecting her. Their vulnerability contrasts sharply with the man’s confidence.

Significant themes

• Powerlessness and survival: Li Qingyue’s extraordinary potential cannot compensate for his lack of combat strength in the present.
• Hope versus immediate need: The system’s valuable reward promises future progress but fails to solve the crisis at hand.
• Appearance and deception: The killer’s humble exterior conceals a monstrous nature, while Li Qingyue’s striking beauty draws unwanted attention.
• Protection and responsibility: Li Qingyue’s first response to Na’er’s arrival is to get her away from danger, even as he struggles to save himself.

Key plot points and events

• A mutilated middle-aged man approaches Li Qingyue, initially mistaking his feminine appearance for a woman. Li calmly clarifies that he is male.
• The man recognizes Li as a youth he killed about six months earlier in Eastsea City. He recalls killing Li’s parents too, despite their surrendering themselves to save their son.
• Li’s body reacts with anger as he realizes the man is telling the truth. The killer explains that an Evil Soul Master cursed him with a wasting illness; to avoid dying in agony, he must consume human blood and hearts.
• Rather than attack, Li reveals a strange branch glowing with green light. Its influence captivates the man, and Li offers him “Eternal Life”—but describes it as endless life paired with an ever-expanding body and a mind that steadily crumbles.

Character developments

• Li Qingyue shifts from stunned restraint to cold composure. He is furious at the man’s cruelty, but uses the power he has gained through Yaoshi, the God of Abundance, to control the encounter.
• The middle-aged man is shown to be a predatory killer, though his own monstrous condition stems from a curse. His greed and desperation make him immediately susceptible to Li’s promise.

Significant themes

• Immortality’s cost: Li presents eternal life not as a blessing but as endless physical growth and mental collapse.
• Power and moral corruption: The man’s survival depends on consuming others, while Li’s newly inherited divine power gives him the chance to become a judge—or a tempter—himself.
• Revenge and transformation: Li confronts the person who killed him and his parents, but responds not with an immediate attack, rather with an unsettling offer.
• Faith and temptation: Li invokes the “Medicine King” as he tempts the man with the very thing he most desires.

Character interactions

• The man taunts Li with the story of his parents’ deaths and probes the mystery of Li’s apparent return.
• Li calmly diagnoses the man’s condition and condemns his descent into cruelty.
• The encounter reverses their earlier power dynamic: the man once treated Li as prey, but now Li holds his attention through the branch’s supernatural allure and makes him an offer.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingyue uses the God of Abundance’s power to mentally enthrall the injured Soul King, who kneels and repeats an unfamiliar devotional chant.
• The power heals the man’s wounds and restores his rotting elk Martial Soul. The man believes he has received eternal life—but then vines erupt from his body, consume him, and transform the surrounding wasteland into a lush thicket.
• Exhausted, Li Qingyue reflects that the man sought to take his life, so he returned the harm. He leads Na’er away, leaving grass and flowers growing along their path and over the other corpses; he silently pays respects to the dead.
• Li Qingyue calls the police and claims the scene was already there when he woke. The officers accept the children’s account and keep them at the station overnight.
• The next morning, police tell Li Qingyue that a woman claiming to be his aunt has arrived to collect them. Because she has an important background, the children are taken to a VIP lounge to meet her.

Character developments

• Li Qingyue demonstrates formidable but costly power, along with a controlled, pragmatic willingness to kill in self-defense. Despite the horror he causes, his farewell to the dead and the new growth surrounding them suggest compassion or remorse.
• Na’er remains without her memories and cannot speak, but watches Li Qingyue with curiosity rather than fear, showing a tentative response to his strange abilities.
• The Soul King is driven by illness and desperation to accept Li Qingyue’s promise of relief. His joy at being healed turns to horror as the “eternal life” becomes a monstrous transformation and death.

Significant themes

• The cost and ambiguity of immortality: The man’s apparent cure is actually a grotesque, fatal transformation.
• Power and vulnerability: Li Qingyue can wield divine force, but his ordinary body suffers greatly from using it.
• Death and renewal: The man’s body becomes the source of flowers and grass, linking destruction with new life.
• Deception and self-preservation: Li Qingyue hides what happened from the police, protecting himself and Na’er after acting in retaliation.

Character interactions

• Li Qingyue manipulates the Soul King’s desperation, heals him, and delivers the fatal transformation.
• Na’er observes Li Qingyue closely as they leave together; he takes her hand and guides her to safety.
• Li Qingyue cooperates with the police while concealing the truth. The officers then tell him that his supposed aunt is waiting, setting up their next encounter.

Plot points and events

• A policewoman escorts Li Qingyue and Na’er to a private lounge after revealing that members of the Leng Family are coming for him.
• After waiting more than three hours, Li Qingyue meets a composed, businesslike young woman from the family. She asks which girl is their blood descendant; Li Qingyue corrects her, explaining that he is a boy, has lost his memories after a serious injury, and chose the name Li Qingyue himself.
• The woman says his name is already correct because his father’s surname was Li, but offers no explanation. She tells him to come meet an elder and makes clear she does not care whether he agrees voluntarily.
• Li Qingyue insists Na’er must come too, arguing that she would be unsafe in an orphanage. The woman accepts, and the police do not challenge the decision.
• Outside, the children are met by an imposing convoy. Inside the limousine is a striking, red-haired woman in a red qipao, who calmly invites Li Qingyue to get in.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue remains detached about his connection to the Leng Family, but is resolute about protecting Na’er. His confusion deepens when the family representative confirms his name while withholding an explanation.
• Na’er remains close to Li Qingyue and is treated as his responsibility; he prioritizes her safety over his own uncertainty about the family.
• The Leng Family representative is efficient, emotionally restrained, and accustomed to having her way, though she agrees to bring Na’er along.
• The police defer to the powerful family, overlooking their normal responsibility to arrange care for Na’er.
• The red-haired elder’s striking appearance makes an immediate impression on Li Qingyue, though she behaves calmly and formally.

Significant themes

• Chosen bonds and protection: Li Qingyue’s loyalty to Na’er outweighs his interest in his own origins.
• Identity and uncertainty: His lost memories and the unexplained confirmation of his name raise questions about his past.
• Power and privilege: The Leng Family’s status shapes how the police respond and gives its representatives control over the situation.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue receives a successful Goddess Codex check-in after meeting Leng Yaozhu. The reward is half of the Phoenix Origin, a powerful legacy; the other half requires meeting and checking in with her younger sister, Leng Yulai.
• Leng Yaozhu’s group takes Li Qingyue and Na’er from the outskirts to Shrek City in a jet-black Mecha.
• At the Leng Family headquarters, Leng Yaozhu explains that she brought Li Qingyue to awaken his Martial Soul. If he awakens a Fire Phoenix or similar Soul, the family will support him; otherwise, she will still help him because of his mother.
• Li Qingyue follows Leng Yaozhu into the family’s vast villa district, impressed by the Leng Family’s influence and resources.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue is surprised by Leng Yaozhu’s connection to the Phoenix legacy but remains cautious and quiet during the journey, aware that he is an orphan with little knowledge of his family. Once they arrive, he cheerfully asks her name and calls her “pretty big sister.”
• Leng Yaozhu initially behaves with distance and restraint, barely acknowledging Li Qingyue. She eventually explains their connection and offers conditional support, revealing a more personal sense of responsibility.
• Na’er accompanies Li Qingyue but remains silent and confused by his comment about their destination.
• Leng Yaozhu’s secretary treats her with great deference, while Leng Yaozhu gives her little attention.

Significant themes

• Inheritance and family ties: Li Qingyue’s uncertain origins connect him to a powerful clan and an ancient divine legacy.
• Compassion amid grief: Leng Yaozhu’s reserve is shaped by the death of Li Qingyue’s mother, once her close companion.
• Status and belonging: The chapter contrasts Li Qingyue’s vulnerable position as an orphan with the Leng Family’s immense power and standing.

Key plot points and events

• Leng Yaozhu supervises Li Qingyue’s Martial Soul Awakening in private, sparing him a trip to the Spirit Pagoda and keeping his powers from its scrutiny. Her attendant prepares the formation and clears the room.
• When Li Qingyue touches the Awakening Stone, the array channels a gentle light into him. His inherited Qi-Blood Martial Soul and the God of Abundance’s legacy already make his abilities unusual.
• The awakening stirs the Phoenix Origin he inherited. His Leng Family bloodline reverts toward its ancient roots, and a pale-red phantom of the pure, orthodox Phoenix appears amid blazing flames.
• A second, far more overwhelming power suppresses the Phoenix. The sky darkens, and a vast, ancient centaur-like figure—associated with a fearsome longbow—appears as an omen. Leng Yaozhu destroys the projection with her Super Douluo power; Li Qingyue himself is unharmed.
• Once the first omen vanishes, a concealed second one is revealed: countless birds bow to an enormous Phoenix flying overhead. Leng Yaozhu is left stunned by the scale and complexity of Li Qingyue’s awakening.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue moves from uncertainty about which Martial Soul will emerge to discovering that both his Phoenix inheritance and another, apparently greater power are involved. He senses the latter’s immense strength, which makes even the Phoenix power seem weak by comparison.
• Leng Yaozhu shifts from calm supervisor to alarmed observer. She intervenes to shatter the dangerous-looking projection, then studies Li Qingyue with conflicted concern, recognizing that he is far from ordinary.
• The attendant efficiently prepares the awakening and follows Leng Yaozhu’s silent instructions, while Na’er remains nearby as a witness.

Significant themes

• Hidden power and layered identity: Li Qingyue’s awakening reveals multiple inheritances and powers, some concealed beneath others.
• Ancestry and inheritance: His family bloodline regresses toward a primordial Phoenix form, connecting personal identity to ancient origins.
• Omens and destiny: The heavens respond dramatically to the awakening, suggesting that Li Qingyue’s powers may have significance beyond an ordinary Martial Soul.
• Protection and secrecy: The private ceremony reflects the need to shield Li Qingyue’s unusual nature from outside scrutiny.

Plot points and events

• The boy’s Martial Soul awakening creates an unprecedented celestial phenomenon over the Leng family estate. Leng Yaozhu realizes he has two exceptionally powerful Martial Souls, including an unknown Phoenix whose nature she cannot identify.
• The spectacle attracts attention from the Leng family, Spirit Pagoda, Tang Sect, and Shrek Academy. Leng Yaozhu rises into the air and releases her Level 98 Super Douluo aura, discouraging most approaching forces.
• Qiangu Dongfeng, Spirit Pagoda’s master and head of the Qiangu Family, approaches despite her warning. He claims concern for the family’s safety, but his questions reveal his suspicion and interest in the awakening.
• Leng Yaozhu blocks him with her fire-phoenix power. Qiangu eventually withdraws, though his gaze disgusts her.
• Once he is gone, Leng Yaozhu orders the woman who helped them to keep the boy’s existence—and especially his strange Centaur-type Martial Soul—secret, threatening her and her remaining relative if she talks.
• In the room, Leng Yaozhu, Li Qingyue, and Na’er observe the boy’s second Martial Soul: an immense, indistinct figure with horse-like legs, wheels, deep-blue flames, and a powerful longbow, seemingly set against a Starry River.

Character developments and interactions

• Leng Yaozhu is astonished by the boy’s abilities and fiercely protective of him. She confronts Qiangu despite their difference in rank, then reveals her vulnerability: his family’s political and martial power leaves her unable to retaliate against his disrespectful attention.
• Qiangu Dongfeng presents himself as concerned, but his motives are mixed with political calculation. He is interested in Leng Yaozhu partly because of her fire-phoenix lineage and fears that a new Leng-family prodigy could threaten the Qiangu Family’s dominance.
• The boy remains silent, but his awakening establishes him as a potentially extraordinary talent with two fearsome and mysterious Martial Souls.
• Leng Yaozhu’s interaction with the frightened woman is coercive: she prioritizes secrecy and the boy’s protection through threats.

Significant themes

• Power and political hierarchy: Even a formidable Super Douluo must yield to the greater influence of a family with two Limit Douluo.
• Protection through secrecy: The boy’s unusual abilities make him a target, prompting Leng Yaozhu to conceal his existence.
• Ambition beneath affection: Qiangu’s apparent tenderness toward Leng Yaozhu is entangled with family advantage and fear of rivals.
• The unknown and the extraordinary: The boy’s awakening signals powers beyond what even experienced experts can explain.

Summary

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingyue reveals that he has Twin Martial Souls: a phoenix-like power and a formidable centaur-like one. Their unusual celestial manifestations have made his abilities difficult to conceal.
• Leng Yaozhu realizes the Qiangu Family may target him if he remains with the Leng Family. To protect both him and her family, she decides to send him away until the attention around his bloodline fades.
• Li Qingyue chooses Eastsea City, partly because it is the only place he knows and partly because his ambition to become a support-type mage suits the healing and restorative powers he inherited.
• Leng Yaozhu agrees to arrange his placement at the Eastsea City Spirit Pagoda and offers to help select Soul Spirits for his two Martial Souls.
• She takes Li Qingyue and Na’er to a secure underground training ground, where all monitoring devices are turned off before he demonstrates his power.
• Li Qingyue summons the Reignbow Arbiter: a huge starry longbow, spectral figure, and dark-blue armor. His transformed lower body has horse-like front legs but glowing wheel-like hind legs, an unexpected and uncanny variation.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue remains calm about the political danger surrounding him and accepts Leng Yaozhu’s plan readily. He is curious—and somewhat amused—by his striking new form. Privately, he is troubled by possessing powers linked to the opposing forces of the Hunt and Abundance, though he keeps this from Leng Yaozhu.
• Leng Yaozhu shifts from astonishment at his abilities to protective resolve. She balances her concern for Li Qingyue against her duty to shield the Leng Family, choosing to hide him elsewhere while quietly arranging protection through her connections in Eastsea City.
• Na’er watches the adults’ discussion with quiet curiosity and takes Li Qingyue’s hand. He responds affectionately by stroking her head, reinforcing their trusting bond.

Significant themes

• Power and danger: Exceptional gifts attract political attention and can make a talented child vulnerable.
• Protection through separation: Leng Yaozhu’s decision to send Li Qingyue away is painful but intended to preserve both his safety and her family’s future.
• Conflicting inheritances: Li Qingyue’s powers come from forces that have opposed one another, raising the possibility of inner conflict or self-sabotage.
• Secrecy and trust: The family hides Li Qingyue’s abilities, while his tenderness toward Na’er offers a quieter contrast to the surrounding tension.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue manifests an unfamiliar, powerful Martial Soul: the Reignbow Arbiter. A strange dark-blue Soul Ring appears around him, and he learns its first skill, Starhunt Mark.
• The mark cannot be removed for seven days and lets Li track those it hits. He secretly marks both Leng Yaozhu and Na’er.
• Li tests the Reignbow Arbiter by firing arrows at Leng Yaozhu. She easily blocks them, but recognizes that his attacks are unusually potent: they curve toward marked targets, bypass defenses, and seem to hinder bodily recovery.
• Leng Yaozhu then asks him to reveal his other Martial Soul. Li dismisses the armor and manifests enormous wings of pale-red flame.
• Leng Yaozhu senses that this Fire Phoenix is stronger than her own Super Martial Soul and may possess Ultimate Fire.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue gains the first ability of his bow Martial Soul and quickly sees its practical value for tracking threats and escaping danger. Despite his excitement, repeated failure to challenge Leng Yaozhu leaves him discouraged.
• Leng Yaozhu shifts from curiosity to serious amazement as she assesses both of Li’s Martial Souls. She acts as a mentor and tester, inviting him to attack and then asking to inspect his Phoenix form.
• Na’er is silently marked by Li, though she does not otherwise participate in the events.

Significant themes

• Unusual power and uncertainty: Both of Li’s Martial Souls appear to surpass familiar standards, leaving even an experienced expert unsure how to classify them.
• Potential versus present strength: Li’s abilities have formidable properties, but Leng Yaozhu’s overwhelming strength makes clear how far he has to go.
• Caution and survival: Starhunt Mark offers Li a way to locate danger—or flee from it—rather than relying only on direct combat.

Key plot points

• Leng Yaozhu ends Li Qingyue’s test and offers to help him obtain the Leng Family’s inherited Fire Sparrow Soul Spirit, which is especially compatible with the Phoenix Martial Soul and can grow stronger over time.
• At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Qiangu Dongfeng offers Leng Yaozhu rare fire-aspected Spirit Grasses—resources she needs to pursue the Limit Douluo breakthrough—in exchange for handing over Li Qingyue.
• Leng Yaozhu refuses, unwilling to trade the child’s safety or future for her own advancement. She tells Qiangu Dongfeng he may act if he finds Li Qingyue himself, but she will not surrender him.
• Qiangu orders his subordinates to investigate every Leng Family member whose Martial Soul awakened that year. If they cannot identify the person responsible for the heavenly omen, they are to kill suspects one by one.
• Leng Yaozhu leaves knowing her refusal may bring conflict between the Leng and Qiangu families. She acknowledges her family is weaker, but remains undeterred.

Character developments and interactions

• Leng Yaozhu demonstrates loyalty and resolve: despite her stalled breakthrough and dependence on Qiangu for rare resources, she puts Li Qingyue’s welfare first. She also reflects on losses that have weakened her family, including her sister’s fallen Martial Soul and Yu Lai’s absence.
• Qiangu Dongfeng reveals both ambition and restraint. He wants to control the child behind the awakening omen, but also wants to keep Leng Yaozhu from becoming a Limit Douluo without driving her into outright opposition. After she refuses, he shifts to a ruthless search.
• Li Qingyue and Na’er quietly follow Leng Yaozhu; their trust and closeness are shown when Li takes Na’er by the hand.
• The exchange between Leng Yaozhu and Qiangu moves from a tempting bargain to a firm confrontation, establishing a looming struggle between their families.

Significant themes

• Loyalty versus personal ambition: Leng Yaozhu rejects a rare opportunity for advancement rather than sacrifice Li Qingyue.
• Power and control: Qiangu uses access to scarce resources as leverage, while the awakening omen makes Li Qingyue a target.
• Family legacy and vulnerability: The Leng Family’s inherited Soul Spirit tradition and marriage customs contrast with its weakened position and the political pressure it faces.

Plot points and events

• Leng Yaozhu decides to send her longtime secretary, Leng Xiaoyue, with Li Qingyue and Na’er to Eastsea City. Xiaoyue is to act as their assistant and nominal guardian, while being moved away from Leng Yaozhu’s inner circle.
• Leng Yaozhu’s decision is shaped by both trust and control: Xiaoyue has served her faithfully, but Leng Yaozhu has also made Xiaoyue’s younger brother dependent on her protection.
• Leng Yaozhu tells the children that transport is ready, their identification documents will be changed, and Na’er will henceforth be called Li Na’er. She promises regular funds and a way to obtain cultivation resources, while telling them they need not obey Xiaoyue’s arrangements.
• Leng Yaozhu leaves to complete her contingency plans and mobilize the Leng Family against Qiangu Dongfeng.
• Li Qingyue realizes that the phenomenon caused by his Martial Soul has tied him to the Leng Family, leaving him little room to change sides. He accepts that departure will begin a dangerous path with no way back.

Character developments and interactions

• Leng Yaozhu acts decisively and strategically, balancing her trust in Xiaoyue with suspicion and control. She takes responsibility for protecting Li Qingyue and Na’er, but prepares to confront the threat to her family.
• Leng Xiaoyue is visibly distressed by her reassignment but complies because her brother’s safety depends on Leng Yaozhu.
• Li Qingyue remains composed, though he reflects on his unusual appearance and the consequences of his Martial Soul. He reassures the anxious Na’er by holding her hand.
• Na’er is wary of Leng Yaozhu and stays close to Li Qingyue. She accepts her new name without protest.

Significant themes

• Protection entwined with coercion: Leng Yaozhu provides for Xiaoyue and the children, but her protection also relies on leverage and control.
• Loyalty and political entanglement: Li Qingyue’s power has made him part of the Leng Family’s conflict, limiting his freedom to choose sides.
• Uncertain beginnings: The departure marks a transition into danger, with the characters facing a future they cannot easily escape.

Key plot points and events

• Li Qingyue, Leng Xiaoyue, and Na’er travel secretly to Eastsea City, where Leng Yaozhu has arranged a spacious apartment for them.
• Li Qingyue is unconcerned about the risks of their situation, relying on his immortal body and expecting that he could simply hide if necessary. He looks forward to becoming a support-type Soul Master and dislikes fighting, despite possessing largely lethal abilities.
• In his room, Li Qingyue bonds with a hundred-year Fire Sparrow Soul Spirit. His Primordial Phoenix Martial Soul dramatically transforms it: its red feathers turn golden, its flames intensify, and it begins reverting toward a phoenix-like ancestral form. The Fire Sparrow becomes his first Soul Ring and perches affectionately on him.
• The next day, Li Qingyue and Na’er join their class at Eastsea City’s Junior Academy. Li Qingyue introduces himself—and clarifies that he is a boy—before taking a seat with Na’er at the back.

Character developments

• Li Qingyue remains calm and pragmatic about danger, but shows enthusiasm for a peaceful, supportive role. His bond with the Fire Sparrow reveals the immense influence of his Primordial Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Na’er is affectionate and curious, delighted by Li Qingyue’s transformed Soul Spirit and introduced by him as his younger sister.
• Leng Xiaoyue demonstrates her competence by efficiently preparing the household and managing domestic tasks.

Significant themes

• Power and transformation: Li Qingyue’s Martial Soul greatly elevates the Fire Sparrow, illustrating the extraordinary potential of their bond.
• Acceptance and self-definition: Li Qingyue directly corrects assumptions about his gender rather than letting others define him by his appearance.
• Peace versus combat: Despite his formidable, destructive powers, Li Qingyue prefers learning and support work to battle.

Character interactions

• Li Qingyue shares a gentle, playful moment with Na’er as she admires his new Soul Spirit.
• At school, Li Qingyue confidently addresses his classmates and teacher, while the children react with curiosity—and some disappointment—to learning that the beautiful newcomer is a boy.
• A blond boy watches Li Qingyue with particular curiosity, hinting at a possible future connection.

Key plot points

• Li Qingyue and Na’er share a classroom with Xie Xie, who introduces himself and is curious about them. After class, he leaves with his family’s driver, while Li waits for Leng Xiaoyue to pick them up.
• More than a month passes. Leng Yaozhu provides Li with 200,000 Federation coins, ten century-old spirit grasses, and one thousand-year-old spirit grass. Li plans to use the grasses with his alchemy knowledge and check-in system.
• Li chooses forging as his second specialty, believing that crafting his own Battle Armor will help him grow stronger and protect himself.
• Leng Yaozhu supports the choice and arranges for Li to meet Mu Chen and study under him. She avoids seeking out Zhen Hua because the Qiangu Family is watching the Leng Family and might discover Li.

Character developments and interactions

• Xie Xie is impressed by Li’s appearance and greets him warmly; Li recognizes him but remains uninterested in pursuing a friendship.
• Leng Xiaoyue has become more accepting of her situation, though she still has reservations about the arrangement.
• Li is increasingly focused on developing his abilities. His Phoenix Martial Soul’s Ultimate Fire gives him a natural advantage in forging, strengthening his confidence in the choice.
• Leng Yaozhu acts as Li’s protector and mentor, balancing his ambitions against the danger posed by the Qiangu Family. She also finds a practical route for him to learn from Mu Chen.

Significant themes

• Self-determination and ambition: Li insists on forging despite Leng Xiaoyue’s objections.
• Preparation and self-protection: He views Battle Armor as essential to surviving and becoming stronger.
• Power and risk: Leng Yaozhu’s choice of Mu Chen over Zhen Hua reflects how political surveillance shapes even personal opportunities.
• Talent versus effort: Li has unusual advantages, but still needs sustained study and training to realize them.

Plot and key events

• After morning class, Li Qingyue and Na’er head home together. Li regards Na’er as a younger sister despite her formal role as his Protector and remains calm about the dangers surrounding him.
• Xie Xie approaches, eager to befriend Li. He boasts of his Twin Martial Souls, Innate Full Soul Power, and Light-Dark Dagger, but Li and Na’er show little interest.
• When Xie Xie asks about Li’s Martial Soul, Li reveals a jade-green vine resembling the God of Abundance’s Ambrosial Arbor, radiating powerful life energy. Xie assumes it is a support-type ability and offers to protect Li and Na’er; Li responds by bonking him on the head.
• At the school entrance, Xie Xie’s butler reports that his mother has collapsed and may have only days to live. His father, away on an important family business matter, cannot return.
• Xie Xie panics and rushes home. Li considers going along, not out of compassion, but because healing Xie’s mother could make her a powerful Believer and help him develop his divine power.

Character developments and interactions

• Li Qingyue remains composed about danger and focused on growing stronger. His interest in Xie’s mother is pragmatic: he sees the potential spiritual benefit of healing her.
• Na’er stays devoted to Li, holding his hand and ignoring Xie’s attempts to impress her.
• Xie Xie is unusually cheerful and eager for friendship, but the news of his mother’s condition abruptly exposes his vulnerability and fear.
• Xie Xie’s father is absent while his wife is gravely ill, a choice that foreshadows lasting resentment and Xie Xie’s later emotional change.
• Li treats Xie’s clingy friendliness with dry humor, while Xie persists in trying to connect with him.

Significant themes

• Power and vulnerability: Xie Xie’s extraordinary talent offers little comfort against the possibility of losing his mother.
• Devotion and belief: Li views healing as a way to gain Believers and strengthen his divine power, blending care with self-interest.
• Foreshadowing and loss: The father’s absence and the mother’s decline point toward grief that may reshape Xie Xie’s personality and family relationships.

Key plot points

• Li Qingyue sees Xie Xie racing to reach his gravely ill mother and privately hopes the boy can retain his sense of self, despite a possible future transformation into an Abomination of Abundance.
• He tells Xie Xie he has a healing-type Martial Soul and may be able to help. Desperate to save his mother, Xie Xie lets Li Qingyue and Na’er accompany him to the Xie Estate.
• Xie Xie’s mother is dying from an incurable illness. She has endured it to remain with her son, but believes only a legendary, top-tier Life-System Soul Master could save her.
• Xie Xie rushes to her bedside and begs her not to die, overwhelmed by the thought of being left alone. His mother weeps but cannot find words to comfort him.
• Li Qingyue arrives with Na’er, calm and confident that the illness may be within his power to address.

Character developments

• Xie Xie shifts from a cheerful child to one consumed by fear and grief, revealing how deeply he depends on his mother.
• Xie Xie’s mother faces death with resignation, yet her love for her son and regret at leaving him remain strong.
• Li Qingyue shows compassion and quiet confidence, while his thoughts of his own parents expose a personal sadness beneath his composure.
• Na’er responds with concern for Xie Xie and his mother, trusting Li Qingyue’s reassurance.

Significant themes

• The helplessness of a child confronting loss and an uncertain future.
• Parental love, regret, and the pain of an interrupted family life.
• Hope against seemingly incurable illness—and the contrast between ordinary limits and Li Qingyue’s extraordinary powers.
• The possibility of losing one’s identity, foreshadowed by Li Qingyue’s concern about Xie Xie becoming an Abomination of Abundance.

Character interactions

• Li Qingyue offers Xie Xie help, and Xie Xie accepts immediately out of desperation.
• Na’er voices sympathy for Xie Xie; Li Qingyue comforts her and promises his mother should be all right for now.
• At the bedside, Xie Xie clings to his mother and pleads with her to stay, while she silently shares his grief.
• Li Qingyue enters with Na’er, poised to intervene.

Plot points and events

• Six-year-old Xie Xie is distraught because his mother is dying. Li Qingyue arrives, and Xie Xie clings to his mother while crying.
• Xie’s Mother welcomes Li Qingyue and invites him to dinner, mistaking him at first for a girl. Li corrects her, explaining that he is a boy and Xie Xie’s friend.
• Li abruptly pulls Xie Xie aside and asks whether he wants his mother saved, telling him to kneel if he does.
• Desperate, Xie Xie kneels and begs Li to save her, pledging to do anything—even die. Li’s words enter his mind, and Xie Xie recites a prayer to the Compassionate Medicine King, offering himself as a believer.
• Li manifests a divine figure associated with the Ambrosial Arbor. Green light flows into Xie’s Mother, causing her to expel dark, foul blood and the illness that was killing her.
• Her strength and healthy appearance return, and she sits up, stunned by her recovery.

Character developments

• Xie Xie sets aside his pride and gives himself wholly to pleading for his mother’s life. His grief and desperation turn into fervent devotion.
• Li Qingyue shifts from courteous, gentle reserve to commanding authority. He presents himself as a divine power and acts decisively to heal Xie’s Mother.
• Xie’s Mother remains warm and considerate despite her illness, but her disbelief gives way to astonishment as she witnesses the healing.
• Na’er briefly shows her childlike excitement when she hears that dinner includes cola chicken wings.

Significant themes

• Faith born from desperation: Xie Xie’s prayer comes from love and fear rather than prior conviction.
• Divinity, belief, and power: Li’s supernatural presence transforms a personal plea into an act of worship.
• Sacrifice and devotion: Xie offers everything he has in exchange for his mother’s life.
• Hope and renewal: The miraculous healing reverses what seemed to be an inevitable death.

Character interactions

• Xie Xie clings to his mother, while she tries to comfort him and preserve his dignity in front of Li.
• Xie’s Mother and Li exchange a polite greeting, though her mistaken impression of his gender briefly creates an awkward moment.
• Li physically brings Xie before him and demands a kneeling pledge; Xie responds with complete submission and a prayer.
• Li’s divine manifestation heals Xie’s Mother, leaving both mother and son witnessing the transformation.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue’s intervention miraculously cures Xie Xie’s mother, whose terminal illness had left her close to death. She regains her strength and senses that her lifespan has been extended.
• Xie Xie embraces his mother and breaks down in relief and joy after watching her recover.
• His mother kneels to thank Li Qingyue. He credits the healing to the God of Abundance, Yaoshi, and explains that Xie Xie’s earlier recitation was a prayer. She promises to worship the god.
• Li Qingyue leaves mother and son alone. When they emerge that evening, the household staff are astonished and begin speculating about the visitors’ role in the recovery.
• Li Qingyue notices that some people may harbor ulterior motives, but remains confident that he can defend himself if anyone tries to exploit or attack him.

Character developments and interactions

• Xie Xie shifts from bewilderment to overwhelming relief, then expresses gratitude to Li Qingyue.
• Xie’s Mother moves from disbelief at her recovery to sincere devotion and gratitude, accepting Li Qingyue’s explanation of the miracle.
• Li Qingyue remains composed and detached during the family reunion. He presents the healing as Yaoshi’s blessing, while privately recognizing that granting “Eternal Life” may also bring calamity. He is unconcerned by the servants’ suspicions and hints at formidable power.
• The reunion between mother and son is the chapter’s emotional center; Li Qingyue deliberately gives them privacy.

Significant themes

• Miracles, faith, and gratitude: A miraculous cure inspires Xie’s Mother to become a believer.
• The cost of immortality: Li Qingyue warns inwardly that Eternal Life may be a calamity as well as a gift.
• Suspicion and power: The sudden recovery sparks rumors, while Li Qingyue’s calm confidence suggests that hidden danger may emerge—and that he is prepared to meet it.

Plot points and events

• Li Qingyue and Na’er return from lunch at the Xie family’s home. Na’er has eaten an enormous meal, while the family’s gratitude toward Li Qingyue leads Xie’s Mother to invite them back.
• Leng Xiaoyue takes them to meet Mu Chen at the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association, hurrying because their appointment is at three.
• On the drive, Leng Xiaoyue warns that the Qiangu Family may investigate the local Spirit Pagoda branch. She urges Li Qingyue to avoid revealing two of his abilities—especially his Phoenix Martial Soul.
• They arrive at the Association, a large, modern institution led by Mu Chen, one of the continent’s rare Level 8 Blacksmiths.
• Mu Chen’s disciple, Yang Wenhao, greets them and confidently identifies Li Qingyue as the visitor Mu Chen is expecting, apparently recognizing him from his exceptional beauty.

Character developments and interactions

• Leng Xiaoyue remains guarded and practical. Though she is nominally Li Qingyue’s guardian, she knows he is more formidable and calculating than he appears. Her warning is also personal: protecting him is essential to her and her brother’s survival.
• Li Qingyue stays calm and says little, privately reasoning that his new Support Soul Master identity should help conceal his Phoenix Martial Soul.
• Na’er is relaxed and content after her extraordinary lunch, offering a light contrast to the concerns about investigation and secrecy.
• Yang Wenhao is eager and confident when meeting the group; his certainty surprises Leng Xiaoyue, who wonders how Mu Chen could have identified Li Qingyue without a portrait.

Significant themes

• Secrecy and survival: Li Qingyue’s concealed abilities and the threat of outside scrutiny shape the group’s choices.
• Power and appearances: Leng Xiaoyue recognizes that outward displays of wealth or gentleness reveal little about someone’s true strength; Li Qingyue’s beauty, meanwhile, makes him unusually easy to recognize.
• Loyalty and dependence: Leng Xiaoyue’s concern for Li Qingyue is tied to her own family’s fate, creating a bond based on both genuine care and necessity.

Key plot points and events

• Mu Chen waits for Li Qingyue, agreeing to meet him mainly because the powerful Leng Yaozhu recommended him. He doubts whether the boy has real forging talent.
• Yang Wenhao brings Li Qingyue, Leng Xiaoyue, and Na’er to Mu Chen’s office. Mu Chen initially mistakes Li Qingyue for a girl because of his delicate appearance.
• Li Qingyue introduces himself and clarifies that he is a boy. Mu Chen recovers from the awkwardness and takes him to his private forging room for a simple test: strike a piece of metal however he likes.
• Before Li Qingyue can begin, Mu Xi bursts in despite Zheng Tianren’s attempt to stop her. She notices Li Qingyue and is momentarily captivated by his looks.
• Li Qingyue’s Goddess Illustration System announces a successful check-in for Mu Xi, rewarding him with God-Level Forging Potential.

Character developments

• Mu Chen begins indifferent and skeptical, but gives Li Qingyue a chance out of respect for Leng Yaozhu. His first impression is complicated by Li’s appearance, though he quickly regains his composure.
• Li Qingyue presents himself calmly and confidently, correcting Mu Chen’s mistaken assumption without hostility. His new reward gives him extraordinary potential in forging.
• Mu Xi enters assertively and disdainfully, but her attitude softens when she sees Li Qingyue.
• Zheng Tianren acts as a weary intermediary, trying unsuccessfully to keep Mu Xi from disrupting the test.

Character interactions

• Mu Chen and Li Qingyue exchange a slightly awkward first greeting, then move toward a practical forging assessment.
• Zheng Tianren tries to restrain Mu Xi, but she ignores him and enters the room.
• Li Qingyue and Mu Xi meet eyes, leaving them both caught in an unexpected, awkward moment.

Significant themes

• Talent and opportunity: Mu Chen reflects that forging depends on both innate advantages and learned knowledge, while Li Qingyue’s reward promises exceptional ability.
• First impressions: Li Qingyue’s appearance leads Mu Chen to misidentify him and immediately affects Mu Xi’s response.
• Chance and disruption: Just as Li Qingyue is about to be tested, Mu Xi’s arrival changes the mood and interrupts the assessment.