Chapter Summaries

Xiao Xiao and the other children of Holy Spirit Village underwent their Martial Soul awakenings, where Tang San revealed innate full Soul Power and Xiao Xiao’s talent proved far beyond the test’s limits. The chapter ended with Su Yuntao realizing Xiao Xiao had Innate Soul Power Level 90.

• Xiao Xiao left his home with Old Jack and the village children to attend their Martial Soul awakenings.
• Su Yuntao awakened the children’s Martial Souls, then tested Tang San and discovered he had innate full Soul Power.
• Tang San refused Su Yuntao’s invitation to join Spirit Hall and went to find Tang Hao.
• Xiao Xiao awakened his Evil Blood Ghost Vine Martial Soul and shattered the crystal ball when he touched it.
• Su Yuntao looked again and realized Xiao Xiao had Innate Soul Power Level 90.

After agreeing to join Spirit Hall, Xiao Xiao insisted on leaving for Spirit City at once with Su Yuntao. He threatened Su Yuntao to keep his innate Soul Power secret, then prepared to depart with him.

• Su Yuntao invited Xiao Xiao to join Spirit Hall, and Xiao Xiao accepted.
• Xiao Xiao decided to say goodbye to a few villagers before setting off with Su Yuntao rather than waiting for an escort from Spirit City.
• Xiao Xiao warned Su Yuntao that only Spirit Hall could know about his Innate Soul Power and threatened to kill him if he revealed it.
• Xiao Xiao summoned his second Martial Soul and revealed nine Soul Rings, including eight red rings and one dark gold ring, leaving Su Yuntao unable to speak.
• Xiao Xiao withdrew his pressure and told Su Yuntao to leave with him.

Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, and Tang Hao urged him to hide the hammer until he was strong enough. Xiao Xiao then said he was leaving to resolve a flaw in his martial soul, leaving Tang San and Tang Hao wondering where he was going.

• Tang Hao asked Tang San about Xiao Xiao’s awakening, then learned Tang San had awakened both Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Hao embraced Tang San and told him to use the hammer to protect the grass, while keeping the hammer hidden until he grew stronger.
• Xiao Xiao arrived, raised a soundproof barrier, and told Tang San he was leaving to resolve a flaw in his martial soul.
• Xiao Xiao left, and Tang San told Tang Hao he suspected Xiao Xiao might have joined Spirit Hall.

Tang Hao confronted Xiao Xiao after suspecting he had joined Spirit Hall, but Xiao Xiao defeated him by evading his attacks and exploiting his knowledge of Tang Hao’s old injuries. Xiao Xiao left with Su Yuntao, while Tang Hao returned to the blacksmith shop, humiliated by his loss.

• Tang Hao left Tang San and went after Xiao Xiao, intending to kill him if he had joined Spirit Hall or might threaten Tang San.
• Xiao Xiao knocked Su Yuntao unconscious as Tang Hao appeared and demanded that Xiao Xiao leave Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao and Xiao Xiao summoned their martial souls, and Tang Hao was stunned by Xiao Xiao’s eight red and one dark gold soul rings.
• Xiao Xiao evaded Tang Hao’s attacks and pierced Clear Sky Protection with Lightning Assault, while Tang Hao aggravated his injuries by using Explode Ring.
• Xiao Xiao warned Tang Hao about his old injuries, picked up Su Yuntao, and vanished; Tang Hao admitted defeat and returned to the blacksmith shop.

Bibi Dong and the Worships debated whether the report of a child with rank-ninety Innate Soul Power was true. When Xiao Xiao entered Spirit City carrying Su Yuntao, Qian Daoliu sent Golden Crocodile Douluo to bring him to the Worship Hall, even by force if necessary.

• Ju Hua Guan and Gui Mei questioned the report, but Bibi Dong said they would learn the truth when they met the child.
• Xiao Xiao decided to visit the Papal Palace before the Worship Hall.
• Demon Subduing Douluo asked whether the report was true, and Golden Crocodile Douluo doubted it.
• Qian Daoliu sensed an unfamiliar young Titled Douluo entering Spirit City and wondered whether he might have rank-ninety Innate Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to bring Xiao Xiao to the Worship Hall, and Golden Crocodile Douluo set out.

Xiao Xiao fought Golden Crocodile Douluo in the forest after the elder sensed his half-Soul Beast nature and tried to recruit him for the Worship Hall. After Xiao Xiao badly injured Golden Crocodile Douluo and restored much of his strength, Gui Mei revealed himself and escorted Xiao Xiao to the Papal Palace.

• Xiao Xiao knocked Su Yuntao unconscious and admitted to Golden Crocodile Douluo that he was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, though he denied being the Soft Bone Rabbit Golden Crocodile Douluo had encountered.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took Xiao Xiao to a secluded forest to fight, where Xiao Xiao revealed his triple martial souls and extraordinary soul rings.
• Xiao Xiao used Instantaneous Movement and several soul skills against Golden Crocodile Douluo, then accidentally blasted him with a powerful Holy Lightning Strike.
• Xiao Xiao used Divine Restoration Electric Crown to restore about seventy percent of Golden Crocodile Douluo's strength and called Gui Mei out of hiding.
• Gui Mei told Xiao Xiao to come to the Papal Palace, and Xiao Xiao agreed before leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Gui Mei brought Xiao Xiao to meet Bibi Dong, who accepted him as her disciple and gave him three Soul Bones. Ju Hua Guan then introduced Xiao Xiao to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, leaving the Golden Generation acquainted with their new arrival.

• Gui Mei escorted Xiao Xiao into the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong praised his talent and composure.
• Bibi Dong asked Xiao Xiao to become her disciple, and he agreed.
• Bibi Dong gave Xiao Xiao three Soul Bones, including one nearly ninety thousand years old, and ordered Ju Hua Guan to introduce him to the others.
• Ju Hua Guan brought Xiao Xiao to meet Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan.
• Hu Liena blushed at Xiao Xiao and introduced Xie Yue as her brother while calling Yan ugly, leaving Yan stunned.

Xiao Xiao intimidated Yan when Yan tried to attack him, revealing his Soul King strength and twin Martial Souls. The chapter ended with Yan misunderstanding Xiao Xiao’s explanation, while Hu Liena and Xie Yue understood.

• Yan charged at Xiao Xiao after Ju Hua Guan left, and Hu Liena tried to stop him.
• Xiao Xiao revealed that he was a Level 59 Battle Soul King with five black Soul Rings, shocking Yan, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue.
• Yan called Xiao Xiao an evil Spirit Master, and Xiao Xiao explained that having an Evil Martial Soul did not necessarily make someone evil.
• Xiao Xiao revealed his twin Martial Souls, including the Extreme Evil Martial Soul Evil Blood Ghost Vine, and briefly unleashed its powerful evil aura.
• Xiao Xiao asked whether Yan would still be alive if Xiao Xiao were an evil Spirit Master, and Yan suddenly claimed he understood.

Xiao Xiao revealed his half-human, half-soul-beast bloodline to Bibi Dong while discussing how to obtain a spirit ring. Bibi Dong accepted him as her disciple unless he betrayed Spirit Hall, and Xiao Xiao planned to learn how to condense spirit rings from a soul beast before setting off the day after tomorrow.

• Gui Mei summoned Xiao Xiao to the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong proposed sending Gui Mei and Yue Guan to help him obtain his first spirit ring.
• Xiao Xiao told Bibi Dong to sense his aura, and she realized he was a soul beast.
• Xiao Xiao clarified that he had a half-human, half-soul-beast bloodline, and Bibi Dong promised not to harm him unless he betrayed Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Xiao Xiao could condense spirit rings, and he admitted he had not learned how despite his soul beast heritage.
• Xiao Xiao said he would ask a soul beast how to condense spirit rings, and Bibi Dong agreed that he would set off the day after tomorrow.

Xiao Xiao left the Papal Palace and entered the Star Dou Great Forest to seek a Lightning Rabbit pack as part of his search for a ring-condensation method. After killing one Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and driving off the others, he continued toward his destination.

• Bibi Dong asked whether Xiao Xiao wanted Yue Guan and Gui Mei to accompany him, but he declined and set out for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xiao Xiao reached the forest near midnight and used his spiritual power to locate a Lightning Rabbit pack about 1,300 meters away.
• Several Thousand-Year and Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts surrounded Xiao Xiao as he headed toward the pack.
• Xiao Xiao used his pressure to immobilize the Soul Beasts, crushing several Thousand-Year ones and frightening the Ten-Thousand-Year ones.
• Xiao Xiao killed one Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast with his bare hand, and the survivors fled as its black Soul Ring appeared.

Tang San arrived at Nuoding Academy, where Yu Xiaogang accepted him as a disciple after claiming to know he possessed Twin Martial Souls. Meanwhile, Xiao Xiao headed toward a loud commotion and found Yu Xiaogang and Tang San together, just as Yu Xiaogang was bitten by a Mandala Snake.

• Old Jack took Tang San to Nuoding Academy, where a guard mocked his Spirit Hall certificate until Yu Xiaogang intervened and confirmed it was genuine.
• Yu Xiaogang offered to teach Tang San and persuaded him to accept by claiming he knew Tang San had Twin Martial Souls.
• Xiao Xiao set out to find the Lightning Rabbit clan but diverted toward a nearby crash to see what had happened.
• Xiao Xiao found Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at the scene and realized Yu Xiaogang had been bitten by a Mandala Snake.

Xiao Xiao visited Tang San, then traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to find the clan’s strongest Lightning Rabbit and learn the Condensing Ring Method. He left the forest surprised by how simple the method was.

• Xiao Xiao revealed himself to Tang San after sensing him detoxifying Yu Xiaogang, then vanished without letting Tang San tell anyone he had been there.
• Xiao Xiao found a group of Lightning Rabbits and used the Lightning Rabbit Emperor’s bloodline to make them kneel and point him toward their strongest member.
• Xiao Xiao met the strongest Lightning Rabbit, explained that he wanted to cultivate without hunting soul beasts, and asked to learn the Condensing Ring Method.
• The Lightning Rabbit told Xiao Xiao the method, and Xiao Xiao prepared to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, astonished by its simplicity.

Xiao Xiao returned to the Papal Palace, reported to Bibi Dong that he had found a way to condense Soul Rings, and formed nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings. Back at his residence, he teased Hu Liena, leaving her flustered.

• Xiao Xiao returned to the Papal Palace, where the guards stopped him until he identified himself as Bibi Dong's disciple.
• Xiao Xiao told Bibi Dong that he had found a way to condense Soul Rings, and she sent him to replenish his rings.
• Xiao Xiao condensed nine Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, nearly exploding while absorbing the first one.
• Hu Liena visited Xiao Xiao and asked him to call her Liena.
• Xiao Xiao called Hu Liena cute and patted her head, leaving her blushing and unable to respond.

Hu Liena spent time with Xiao Xiao while Yan repeatedly interrupted them and tried to win her favor. Xiao Xiao clarified that he disliked Yan’s groveling, while Hu Liena’s shy confession left Yan ignored and frustrated.

• Xiao Xiao asked Hu Liena about her cultivation and joked about sparring with her.
• Yan interrupted Hu Liena and Xiao Xiao, then tried to appease Hu Liena when she rebuked him.
• Hu Liena went to Xiao Xiao and worried that Yan had lowered his opinion of her.
• Xiao Xiao explained that he had no bad impression of Yan, but disliked certain aspects of him.
• Hu Liena blushed after Xiao Xiao pretended not to hear her quiet confession, while Yan angrily complained about being ignored.
• Xiao Xiao told Yan that a little more intelligence would have helped him understand what to do.

Xiao Xiao went to meet Bibi Dong, who told him to absorb the three Soul Bones she had given him. After he finished, she ordered him to train at her Spirit Dueling Arena.

• Xiao Xiao brushed off Yan, asked Hu Liena where Xie Yue was, and left when summoned by Bibi Dong.
• Yan learned from Hu Liena that Xiao Xiao was Bibi Dong’s disciple and had reached Soul King rank, then followed Hu Liena away.
• Bibi Dong asked Xiao Xiao whether he had absorbed the Soul Bones, and he said he had not.
• Bibi Dong told Xiao Xiao to absorb the three Soul Bones in the Papal Palace, and he began with the most dangerous skull bone.
• After Xiao Xiao finished absorbing all three Soul Bones, Bibi Dong told him to temper himself at her Spirit Dueling Arena.

Xiao Xiao went to the Soto Great Soul Arena to enter spirit duels and stunned the attendant by revealing his strength and Spirit Hall status. The attendant accepted his registration after learning he was a four-ring Soul Ancestor with four black soul rings.

• Bibi Dong gave Xiao Xiao a black card containing 150,000 Gold Soul Coins for his expenses.
• Xiao Xiao traveled to the Soto Great Soul Arena in Suotuo City to participate in spirit duels.
• At the counter, Xiao Xiao told the attendant he wanted to fight, but she doubted him because of his age.
• Xiao Xiao revealed his martial soul and four black soul rings, proving he was a Soul Ancestor.
• The attendant saw that Xiao Xiao's black card belonged to Spirit Hall and began his registration.

Xiao Xiao registered for a deathmatch under the codename Evil Brilliance and was paired against Dongfang Linyue. On Arena Fourteen, he concealed his strength by suppressing his Soul Power to Level 31 before revealing his martial soul.

• Xiao Xiao registered as Evil Brilliance for a deathmatch, then had to ask the attendant where the waiting area was.
• Xiao Xiao and Dongfang Linyue were summoned to Spirit Dueling Arena Fourteen, where spectators mocked him for being so young.
• Dongfang Linyue studied Xiao Xiao and released her Crimson Flame Wolf, identifying herself as a Level 34 assault-type Battle Soul Elder.
• Xiao Xiao suppressed his Soul Power to Level 31, released his Evil Blood Ghost Vine, and introduced himself as a support-type Weapon Soul Master.

Xiao Xiao faced Dongfang Linyue in a Soul Battle and stunned the audience with his level and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings. He overwhelmed her attacks with his third soul skill, leaving the match unresolved after her second soul skill cracked his barrier.

• Xiao Xiao revealed his level thirty-one Soul Power and three Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking Dongfang Linyue and the audience.
• The host started the Soul Battle, and Xiao Xiao waited while Dongfang Linyue regained her composure.
• Dongfang Linyue charged with her third soul skill, Flame Burst, and Xiao Xiao used Evil God's Guard to blast her backward with her own attack.
• Xiao Xiao urged Dongfang Linyue to concede, but she refused and attacked with her second soul skill, Crimson Fire Surge.
• Xiao Xiao's barrier blocked Dongfang Linyue's attack, though the barrier cracked.

Xiao Xiao defeated Dongfang Linyue in the Spirit Dueling Arena but spared her and asked her to surrender. Afterward, he revealed his name and explained that Evil Brilliance was his title, leaving Dongfang Linyue surprised and questioning his strength.

• Xiao Xiao used his first soul skill, Ghost Vine World Annihilation, to overwhelm Dongfang Linyue in their death match.
• Xiao Xiao stopped his attack and told Dongfang Linyue to admit defeat rather than kill her.
• Dongfang Linyue surrendered, and the host declared Evil Brilliance the winner as the audience questioned whether he was truly an auxiliary-type Spirit Master.
• Xiao Xiao sent Dongfang Linyue a voice transmission, asking her to speak with him after they left the Spirit Dueling Arena.
• Dongfang Linyue asked about his codename, and Xiao Xiao revealed that his name was Xiao Xiao and Evil Brilliance was his title.