Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe wondered whether Qian Renyue was connected to the woman in the mural in his bedchamber, while keeping his suspicion from the Worship Hall. His younger sister Xue Ke asked him to bring Qian Renyue to her, leaving him surprised that she knew her from the academy.

• Xue Qinghe asked She Long whether Qian Renyue's martial soul resembled the lotus flowers in the mural, and She Long agreed that both might depict nine-petal immortal lotuses.
• Xue Qinghe said secretly following Qian Renyue would be useless because the Worship Hall had sent Soul Douluos to protect her, and he wanted to keep the matter from his grandfather.
• Xue Qinghe recalled the woman who had inspired the mural and the tenderness he had felt from her when he was young.
• Xue Ke visited Xue Qinghe and noted that both he and their father still remembered the woman in the mural.
• Xue Ke asked Xue Qinghe to bring Qian Renyue to her, explaining that she knew her from Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Xue Ke asked Xue Qinghe to arrange a meeting with Qian Renyue, while he planned to obtain a treasured painting from the Forbidden Palace. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong’s attempt to watch Qian Renyue failed, and she secretly drained a captive in her transformed state.

• Xue Ke persuaded Xue Qinghe to arrange a meeting with Qian Renyue, and he forbade her from bringing Qian Renyue into the palace.
• After Xue Ke left, Xue Qinghe asked Snake Lance Douluo to help him obtain a painting from the Forbidden Palace and sent Porcupinefish Douluo to monitor Xue Ye.
• Bibi Dong’s watchers were beaten by Soul Masters from the Worship Hall, forcing her to abandon the surveillance for the time being.
• Bibi Dong dismissed Gui Mei and Yue Guan, transformed in a prison, and drained energy from a captive hanging in a spiderweb.

Before leaving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Qian Renyue received Chen Xin’s Nine Pity Sword, which recognized her as its master. She agreed to eat with the others before setting out for the Sunset Forest.

• Chen Xin gave Qian Renyue the Nine Pity Sword to help her with the God of Kindness’s First Trial.
• Qian Renyue grasped the sword, and its red light transformed the courtyard as the Nine Pity Sword recognized her as its master.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong arrived, and Gu Rong teased Chen Xin until the two began fighting.
• Qian Renyue told Chen Xin she was about to leave, and he invited her to stay for a meal.
• Guang Ling initially refused to join them, but he agreed after Qian Renyue asked him to eat before they left.

Qian Renyue gave Chen Xin a singular velvet sky chrysanthemum and learned more about the Nine Pity Sword’s origins before leaving with Guang Ling for the Star Dou Great Forest. In their cave for the night, she told Guang Ling about Chen Xin’s revelations and used her burning condition to draw him close, prompting Little Phoenix to complain about being single.

• Qian Renyue gave Chen Xin the singular velvet sky chrysanthemum, hoping it would help him break through rank ninety-six.
• Chen Xin explained that the Nine Pity Sword had belonged to a 190,000-year-old Soul Beast and asked Qian Renyue about her parents; she said she was an orphan.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and flew toward the Sunset Forest, stopping for the night in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Guang Ling asked what Qian Renyue and Chen Xin had discussed, and she told him about the sword and Chen Xin’s questions without mentioning the immortal treasure.
• Qian Renyue made herself burn with internal flames, and Guang Ling cooled her down; Little Phoenix emerged from her body and complained that she had remained single for tens of thousands of years.

Qian Renyue and Guang Ling reached Sunset Forest to find the fifty-thousand-year Netherworld Flower Emperor for her divine trial, and Qian Renyue began fighting it alone. The battle left her facing a powerful reddish-brown barrier after the flower beast revealed it was burning through its soul power to bring her down with it.

• Guang Ling froze the air around himself to make Little Phoenix retreat into Qian Renyue, then continued traveling with her.
• Tang San absorbed the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, survived the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and neutralized Dugu Bo's poison.
• Dugu Bo kept Qian Renyue's identity from Tang San and acknowledged that Tang San had won their wager.
• Guang Ling located the Netherworld Flower Emperor in Sunset Forest and warned Qian Renyue to put her safety first as he watched from nearby.
• Qian Renyue attacked the berserk Netherworld Flower Emperor with ice and fire, but it regenerated its tendrils and resisted her skills.
• After Little Phoenix warned that the beast was exhausting its soul power to take her down, Qian Renyue burned one of its tendrils, and the beast raised a reddish-brown barrier around them.

Tang San entered the Netherworld Flower Emperor’s barrier and found Qian Renyue fighting the spirit, but she froze him to keep him out of the battle. Qian Renyue unleashed her Ice Lotus Soul Bone Skill against the weakening Netherworld Flower Emperor as Guang Ling sensed the skill’s aura from outside.

• Tang San slipped into the Netherworld Flower Emperor’s barrier while Guang Ling and Dugu Bo remained outside, unable to attack without risking Qian Renyue.
• Qian Renyue confronted Tang San at knifepoint, but the Netherworld Flower Emperor’s charm-based control left her helpless as its tendrils pierced her shoulders.
• Qian Renyue broke free with frost, froze the Netherworld Flower Emperor’s tendrils, and immobilized Tang San before Little Phoenix pushed him aside.
• Qian Renyue summoned her Ice Lotus Soul Bone and used Splendorous Age, filling the barrier with frost and petals that pierced the Netherworld Flower Emperor.
• Guang Ling sensed the disturbance and recognized the aura of the Soul Bone he had given Qian Renyue.

Qian Renyue defeated the Netherworld Flower Emperor and completed her first divine test, receiving healing and rewards from the God of Kindness. Afterward, she met Dugu Bo, whom she called a friend, leaving Guang Ling startled by their age difference.

• Qian Renyue used the Ice Lotus Soul Bone Skill to kill the Netherworld Flower Emperor.
• The God of Kindness healed Qian Renyue, opened her second test, and raised her nine-petal immortal lotus martial soul’s first Soul Ring to ten thousand years.
• Qian Renyue told Guang Ling that the God of Kindness had healed her, and he realized she had completed her first test.
• Qian Renyue collected the Netherworld Flower Emperor’s fifty-thousand-year Right Arm Soul Bone and noticed Dugu Bo watching nearby.
• Guang Ling blocked Dugu Bo, but Qian Renyue called him her friend, prompting Guang Ling to ask when she had made such an old friend.

Qian Renyue gave Dugu Bo the fifty-thousand-year Soul Bone, reassuring a jealous Guang Ling that she had something even better for him. As she and Guang Ling prepared to return to Spirit Hall, a giant vine snared her ankle and dragged her into the Sunset Forest.

• Qian Renyue told Guang Ling that she and Dugu Bo had become friends after helping each other, while Dugu Bo reluctantly played along.
• Qian Renyue explained that she had promised Dugu Bo the Soul Bone from the Fifty-Thousand-Year Netherworld Flower Emperor, making Guang Ling jealous.
• Qian Renyue whispered that she had a better gift for Guang Ling, then handed Dugu Bo the Fifty-Thousand-Year Right Arm Soul Bone.
• Dugu Bo accepted the Soul Bone and promised Qian Renyue access to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well whenever she wished.
• Qian Renyue and Guang Ling spread their wings to return, but a huge green vine shot from the Sunset Forest, wrapped around Qian Renyue's ankle, and yanked her away.

Guang Ling rescued Qian Renyue from an eighty-thousand-year Green Vine in Sunset Forest and drove it off with his soul skills. Afterward, he checked her ankles while Qian Renyue found herself flustered by his tender attention.

• The Green Vine mistook Qian Renyue for someone connected to its Master and dragged her toward the depths of Sunset Forest.
• Guang Ling freed Qian Renyue, cut through the Green Vine's tendrils, and attacked it with his Light Feather Divine Bow.
• The Green Vine fled from Guang Ling's assault, then turned back after realizing Qian Renyue carried its Master's aura.
• A black figure took the abandoned Tang San away while Guang Ling chose not to pursue the Green Vine into the forest's Core Area.
• Guang Ling set Qian Renyue on a rock and examined her ankles, leaving her flustered by his gentle concern.

Qian Renyue and Guang Ling encountered the Green Vine again, and Little Phoenix helped them learn that it had mistaken Qian Renyue for its former master, a nine-petal immortal lotus soul beast. The revelation left them wondering whether Qian Renyue was connected to that soul beast, and she realized the Green Vine might have been the presence that drew her deeper into the Sunset Forest before.

• Guang Ling released Qian Renyue's ankle, but the Green Vine soon returned and stopped without attacking.
• Little Phoenix communicated with the Green Vine, which recognized Qian Renyue's nine-petal immortal lotus martial soul.
• The Green Vine explained that its former master was a nine-petal immortal lotus soul beast over a hundred thousand years old who had left the Sunset Forest eighty or ninety years earlier.
• Guang Ling doubted that Qian Renyue herself was a soul beast and wondered whether she might be the daughter of one.
• Qian Renyue recalled feeling drawn deeper into the Sunset Forest when she had visited with Dugu Bo and suspected the Green Vine had been calling her.

Qian Renyue refused to enter the dangerous Core Area of Sunset Forest for now, but Green Vine gave her a Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus petal and brought her into an illusion. There, Qian Renyue learned the Core Area held secrets connected to the lotus and asked Green Vine whether they had met before.

• Guang Ling and Little Phoenix advised Qian Renyue not to follow Green Vine into the Core Area, and Qian Renyue agreed to wait until she was stronger.
• Green Vine offered Qian Renyue a Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus petal, and Qian Renyue touched her instead of taking it directly.
• Green Vine's runes released white light that repelled Guang Ling and joined Qian Renyue and Green Vine's soul power auras.
• Inside an illusion, Qian Renyue met Green Vine in human form and learned the Core Area contained something connected to the Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus.
• Qian Renyue asked Green Vine whether she had seen her before.

Tang Hao reunited with Tang San and explained that Tang Yue was the child of a soul beast and a Soul Master, revealing why her martial soul and soul power had changed. The chapter left Tang Hao alert to a presence nearby as he called out to Tang San.

• Tang San woke beside Tang Hao, embraced him, and blamed himself for losing Tang Yue.
• Tang Hao said he had not rescued Tang Yue and revealed that Spirit Hall had taken her in.
• Tang San asked why Tang Yue's martial soul and soul power had changed, and Tang Hao explained that her mother was a soul beast.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that Tang Yue was born from a soul beast and a Soul Master, stunning him.
• Tang Hao heard movement in the grass, his expression turned fierce, and he called out to Tang San.

Green Vine confirmed that Qian Renyue had guessed her mother was the Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus, though Qian Renyue wondered if the soul beast had died after failing a lightning tribulation. Green Vine transformed into a human girl and formally addressed Qian Renyue as her young Master.

• Green Vine told Qian Renyue she was clever, and Qian Renyue realized the Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus was likely her mother.
• Qian Renyue questioned why the Nine-Petal Immortal Lotus had abandoned her and considered whether she had died in a lightning tribulation.
• Green Vine touched Qian Renyue's little finger, and their soul power resonated as the space between them disappeared.
• Green Vine transformed into a human girl and introduced herself as Green Yaxin before kneeling to pay her respects to Qian Renyue.

Qian Renyue reunited with Guang Ling after reaching level forty and arranged to take Green Yaxin out of Sunset Forest inside Guang Ling’s soul tool. As they prepared to leave, Guang Ling sensed someone approaching.

• Qian Renyue emerged unharmed from the white light, and Guang Ling discovered that her soul power had risen to level forty.
• Qian Renyue and Green Yaxin discussed the possibility that Jiu Xian'er was still alive or that someone else carried her beast consciousness.
• Qian Renyue introduced Green Yaxin to Guang Ling and asked to borrow his soul tool because hers was full.
• Green Yaxin transformed into a small vine and entered Guang Ling’s soul tool.
• Guang Ling stopped Qian Renyue and warned that someone was coming.

Qian Renyue claimed Tang San was dead when the Golden Iron Triangle found her and Guang Ling, provoking them to attack. Guang Ling overwhelmed the trio and prepared to cripple Yu Xiaogang after Qian Renyue ordered him to.

• Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and Liu Erlong tracked Tang San’s presence to Qian Renyue and Guang Ling, and Yu Xiaogang demanded to know where Tang San was.
• Qian Renyue tossed Yu Xiaogang a piece of Tang San’s clothing and said Tang San was dead, prompting Flender and Liu Erlong to accuse her of killing her brother.
• Liu Erlong attacked Qian Renyue, but Guang Ling struck her repeatedly and left her gravely wounded.
• Flender rushed to help Liu Erlong, and Guang Ling’s ice arrow pierced his heart and left him unable to fight.
• Yu Xiaogang invoked Tang Hao’s name, but Guang Ling kicked him into a tree and agreed to cripple him at Qian Renyue’s request.

Yu Xiaogang tried to save himself by claiming he knew where Qian Renyue's parents were, but she chose to punish him rather than let him go. After torturing him in the forest, Qian Renyue and Guang Ling sent him flying toward the outskirts.

• Yu Xiaogang threatened to reveal what he knew about Qian Renyue's parents, so she stopped Guang Ling from shooting him and demanded an explanation.
• Qian Renyue used her Extreme Shadow Bow to shoot a flaming arrow through Yu Xiaogang's calf as he fled.
• Qian Renyue questioned Yu Xiaogang and whipped him with the poisoned Soft Whip after rejecting his claim that she could not harm her former teacher.
• Guang Ling fired an icy arrow that blasted Yu Xiaogang a thousand meters away, while Qian Renyue dodged aside.

Tang San found Yu Xiaogang gravely injured after Qian Renyue had beaten him, and Tang Hao confronted her and Guang Ling. As Tang Hao gained the upper hand over Guang Ling, Qian Renyue summoned the Nine Pity Sword and drew Tang Hao's attack toward herself.

• Tang San rushed to Yu Xiaogang and learned that he believed he had failed to protect his student before losing consciousness.
• Tang Hao checked Yu Xiaogang and confirmed he was still alive, then shielded Tang San when Qian Renyue and Guang Ling appeared.
• Tang San realized his father was a Titled Douluo when Tang Hao revealed his nine Soul Rings, including a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Tang Hao and Guang Ling fought while Qian Renyue fired an arrow at Tang Hao, which he deflected before activating his Clear Sky True Body.
• Qian Renyue summoned the Nine Pity Sword and struck at Tang Hao, who redirected his attack toward her.

Qian Renyue and Guang Ling fought Tang Hao and Tang San, overwhelming the father and son. Qian Renyue left Yu Xiaogang alive but struck him in the crotch with a kitchen knife, while Tang San lay helpless nearby.

• Guang Ling shielded Qian Renyue from Tang Hao's attack, then agreed to fight Tang Hao while she confronted Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Tang Hao attacked Guang Ling but grew distracted by Qian Renyue fighting Tang San, allowing Guang Ling to kick him and freeze his chest.
• Tang San fought Qian Renyue with his blue silver grass, but her Nine Pity Sword exhausted his soul power and left him paralyzed after blasting him into a tree.
• Qian Renyue approached the unconscious Yu Xiaogang and said he should wait until his next life to be a man again.
• Qian Renyue dropped a kitchen knife onto Yu Xiaogang's crotch, waking him with an agonized scream and shocking both Tang Hao and Guang Ling.

Tang Hao attacked Qian Renyue and revealed that he carried the aura of Jiu Xian'er, her birth mother. As Qian Renyue resisted him, Tang Hao reflected on how he had adopted her and on the petal that had restored much of his strength, before her Ice Crystal Phoenix power broke through the barrier.

• Guang Ling struck Tang Hao, but Tang Hao recovered and charged at Qian Renyue as a red barrier appeared between them.
• Green Yaxin and Guang Ling sensed Jiu Xian'er's nine-petal immortal lotus aura on Tang Hao, and Qian Renyue recognized the same aura in his eyes.
• Tang Hao shattered the Nine Pity Sword's shield and injured Qian Renyue, who spread her Ice Phoenix Wings and refused to kneel.
• Tang Hao recalled meeting Jiu Xian'er and Ah Yin, finding infant Qian Renyue after Jiu Xian'er vanished, and adopting her at Ah Yin's request.
• Tang Hao remembered that Jiu Xian'er's petal had restored much of his strength, then Qian Renyue summoned the Ice Crystal Phoenix and shattered the barrier.

Qian Renyue wounded Tang Hao with the Nine Pity Sword, and Guang Ling chased Tang Hao and his companions away before rushing the unconscious Qian Renyue back to Spirit Hall for treatment. The chapter left her injuries needing a healing-type Soul Master.

• Qian Renyue pierced Tang Hao with the Nine Pity Sword, but the attack left her internally injured and exhausted.
• Guang Ling entrusted Qian Renyue to Green Yaxin and pursued Tang Hao as he fled with Tang San and Yu Xiaogang.
• Guang Ling battered Tang Hao and his companions during the chase, then struck them with his Eighth Soul Skill, Endless Stillness.
• Guang Ling returned to find Qian Renyue unconscious, and Green Yaxin said she could not heal her internal injuries.
• Guang Ling carried Qian Renyue back to Spirit Hall at full speed, covering her with a robe.