Chapter Summaries

Qin Chao and Hu Liena used Yue Guan’s beast-repelling powder to keep netherworld wolves away from their camp, but the wolves attacked Grandmaster and Tang San instead. After Luo Sanpao killed six wolves and woke them, Qin Chao recognized the moment from the story and set out with Hu Liena to find Tang San and the approaching Mandala Snake.

• Hu Liena challenged Qin Chao to identify the ingredients in Yue Guan’s powder, and Qin Chao named them all correctly.
• Qin Chao scattered the powder around their tent and into the campfire, causing a pack of netherworld wolves to retreat from their camp.
• The wolves found Grandmaster and Tang San, and Luo Sanpao killed six of them with a thunderous blast.
• Qin Chao recognized that the Mandala Snake would soon appear and took masks for himself and Hu Liena before heading toward Grandmaster and Tang San.

Qin Chao and Hu Liena arrived as Tang San and Grandmaster faced a Mandala Snake, and Qin Chao tried to stop Tang San from claiming its Soul Ring. Tang San killed the snake despite Qin Chao's intervention, leaving Grandmaster astonished by Qin Chao's strength and questioning his own theories.

• Grandmaster and Tang San fled the Mandala Snake, and Tang San ran out of radishes while his Silent Sleeve Arrow remained unfinished.
• Hu Liena arrived with Qin Chao and wounded the Mandala Snake with Foxfire, giving Tang San a chance to attack.
• Qin Chao used the Heaven and Earth Tower to try to capture the Mandala Snake, but Tang San was caught in its suction too.
• Tang San stabbed the Mandala Snake through its tongue and killed it with his dagger, while Grandmaster carried Tang San to safety.
• Grandmaster thanked Qin Chao and Hu Liena, then recognized Qin Chao and was stunned by his Soul Rings and strength.

Qin Chao watched Tang San absorb the Mandala Snake's soul ring and realized ordinary soul rings carried a dangerous, destructive resentment unlike the system's growth-type rings. After treating Grandmaster's poisoning, Qin Chao concluded that even if he could not change events, he could influence people's choices.

• Tang San absorbed the Mandala Snake's soul ring while Qin Chao examined the dangers of natural soul rings.
• Qin Chao suspected a soul ring's resentment explained why its age affected the risk of absorption.
• Grandmaster collapsed from poison, and Qin Chao drained the poisoned blood, gave him herbs, and used aromatic silk beauty to treat him.
• Qin Chao decided to change people's thoughts and choices when he could not alter major events.

After waking in the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang San learned that Qin Chao had rescued him and seen the advantages Qin Chao enjoyed under his powerful teachers. Tang San left to care for Grandmaster, troubled by doubts about his teacher, while Qin Chao gained luck points for shaking his confidence.

• Tang San woke to find Qin Chao and Hu Liena asleep nearby, then learned Qin Chao had saved him with the Heaven and Earth Tower.
• Qin Chao showed Tang San the aromatic silk beauty his teacher had given him, and Tang San was stunned by its value.
• Qin Chao revealed his unusually powerful soul rings and said Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, both Titled Douluo, were his teachers.
• Tang San compared Qin Chao's support with his own situation and began doubting whether Grandmaster was the right teacher for him.
• Qin Chao received fifteen luck points after Tang San walked away to tend to Grandmaster, carrying doubts about their relationship.

After Qin Chao left Nuoding City’s outskirts with Hu Liena, Tang San struggled with his doubts about measuring up to him while caring for the recovering Grandmaster. Qin Chao received a reward for seizing protagonist halo, then went shopping with Hu Liena, who paid for him and asked him to repay her with himself.

• Tang San worried that Qin Chao’s strength had surpassed his despite Tang San’s Tang Sect techniques and twin martial souls.
• Grandmaster woke sooner than expected, and Tang San treated him with Mysterious Heaven Skill energy while taking credit for the venom remedy.
• Qin Chao received thirty points of luck value for seizing protagonist halo and nearly stumbled as he celebrated.
• Qin Chao told Hu Liena he was happy to return to the Spirit Hall because its members had made him feel like family.
• Hu Liena took Qin Chao shopping in Nuoding City and paid when he realized he had no money left.
• Hu Liena told Qin Chao not to reimburse her and asked him to repay her with himself instead.

After returning to Spirit Hall, Qin Chao comforted Bibi Dong over her painful history with Yu Xiaogang and urged her to focus on the future. Bibi Dong reconsidered her years of grief and resolved to move forward, hinting that she was ready to make changes.

• Hu Liena had mauled Qin Chao's hair, and a guard directed him to meet Bibi Dong as soon as he returned to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Qin Chao warmly, and he thanked her for Spirit Hall's work helping ordinary people awaken their Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong asked Qin Chao about Yu Xiaogang, and Qin Chao described how the Grandmaster had found purpose through his disciple, Tang San.
• Bibi Dong admitted that she hated Yu Xiaogang, and Qin Chao comforted her while urging her not to let the past imprison her.
• Bibi Dong accepted that she could not reclaim the past and chose to look toward the future, deciding it was time to stir things up.

Bibi Dong announced that the Golden Generation Plan would select Spirit Hall’s next Pope, openly challenging the Elder Hall’s influence. After Snake Lance Douluo questioned her authority, she ordered him to leave the Pope Hall, but the Seventh Consecrated Elder arrived and interrupted.

• Bibi Dong revealed that the Golden Generation Plan was intended to choose Spirit Hall’s next Pope, prompting whispers among the gathered leaders.
• Snake Lance Douluo urged Bibi Dong to consult the Elder Hall, and Bibi Dong challenged his right to speak for it.
• Porcupinefish Douluo advised Snake Lance Douluo to retreat and wait for the Elder Hall’s response, so Snake Lance Douluo apologized.
• Bibi Dong rejected Snake Lance Douluo’s apology and ordered Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to escort him out of the Pope Hall.
• A golden-armored man entered and was greeted by the assembled Spirit Hall members as the Seventh Consecrated Elder.

Demon Subduing Douluo delivered Qian Daoliu’s proposal to restructure the Golden Generation and require new candidates to pass an assessment, pressuring Bibi Dong’s authority. Qin Chao defended her and challenged Jiang Mo, while Bibi Dong asked for time to speak with the children, leaving the dispute unresolved.

• Demon Subduing Douluo arrived at the Pope’s Palace and conveyed Qian Daoliu’s proposal to add candidates recommended by branch halls to the Golden Generation through an assessment.
• Bibi Dong worried that the assessment could threaten her faction and disadvantage the young Qin Chao.
• Qin Chao challenged Demon Subduing Douluo’s authority to interfere in the Pope’s Palace’s affairs, then accused him of restructuring the Golden Generation arbitrarily.
• Bibi Dong pretended to reprimand Qin Chao and excused his insults as a child’s bluntness, while Jiang Mo insisted the Elder Hall could veto her decisions.
• Bibi Dong asked to speak with the Golden Generation before deciding, and a sharp glint appeared in her eyes.

Qin Chao persuaded Bibi Dong and the Golden Generation to accept the Elder Hall’s assessment under conditions that would give them time to prepare and expose rival faction members. Bibi Dong secured agreement from Demon Subduing Douluo, leaving Qin Chao determined to rise amid Spirit Hall’s internal turmoil.

• Bibi Dong grew furious over the Elder Hall’s challenge, but Qin Chao reassured her and convinced the Golden Generation to accept it.
• Qin Chao demanded six months of preparation and set candidate requirements of being under fifteen with soul power above rank twenty-five.
• Qin Chao explained that the assessment could reveal the Elder Hall’s pawns and that the Golden Generation needed to win decisively to deter rivals and earn respect.
• Bibi Dong praised Qin Chao’s resolve, then presented his conditions to Demon Subduing Douluo, who agreed to them and left with Snake Lance Douluo.
• After seeing Spirit Hall’s internal divisions, Qin Chao considered that he might become a hero in the coming turmoil.

Qin Chao proposed individualized training plans for the Golden Generation, and Bibi Dong agreed to test them. The chapter ended with Qin Chao outlining his own needs and planning to discuss ways to improve his soul power with Teacher Yue.

• Qin Chao recommended physical combat training for Xie Yue because his rapid growth had affected his movements.
• Qin Chao advised Yan to study his Flame Lord martial soul in a simulated environment, and Bibi Dong directed him to meditate by underground lava.
• Qin Chao suggested Hu Liena practice her newly acquired third soul skill and charm techniques, so Bibi Dong scheduled afternoon combat training for her.
• Qin Chao explained that he needed better nutrition, physical conditioning, combat basics, and improved soul power, and asked Bibi Dong for custom training equipment.
• Bibi Dong accepted Qin Chao's proposals as plans to test, and Qin Chao said he would discuss soul-power assistance with Teacher Yue.

Qin Chao began his new training plan at Spirit Hall, supported by Bibi Dong and Yue Guan, though Yue Guan’s nutritious breakfast nearly overwhelmed him. After a morning of testing his new exercise equipment, Qin Chao explained his methods with a fabricated childhood story, and Bibi Dong grew even more fond of him.

• Yue Guan served Qin Chao a terrible-tasting medicinal meal and used his Soul Power to make sure Qin Chao swallowed every bite.
• Qin Chao arrived at the training grounds and felt the medicinal meal’s energy nourishing his body.
• Bibi Dong revealed the exercise equipment she had arranged overnight, and Qin Chao kissed her cheek to thank her.
• Qin Chao tested the equipment and explained the exercises to Bibi Dong, who tried them and experienced their intensity herself.
• Bibi Dong asked how Qin Chao had devised his training methods, and Qin Chao claimed he had learned from observing animals and making equipment as a poor child.
• Qin Chao jokingly asked Bibi Dong to marry him, then fled when she raised her hand to swat him.

Qin Chao underwent his first physical combat lesson with Ghost Douluo, enduring a painful beating intended to sharpen his reflexes. Yue Guan carried the exhausted child back to the dormitory and left him to meditate in healing medicine overnight.

• Ghost Douluo told Qin Chao that his physical combat training would involve taking a beating and began attacking him while limiting his soul power.
• Qin Chao failed to dodge any of Ghost Douluo's strikes but endured the afternoon training until dusk.
• Ghost Douluo ended the lesson and felt proud of Qin Chao's resilience, while Yue Guan arrived and scolded him for hitting the child so hard.
• Yue Guan carried Qin Chao to the dormitory, placed him in a tub of healing medicine, and instructed him to meditate in it overnight.
• Qin Chao defended Ghost Douluo, and Yue Guan left to get him food while considering a spar with Ghost Douluo.

After an exhausting day of training, Qin Chao was treated to a medicinal bath while Bibi Dong and Yue Guan discussed his health. Once Bibi Dong left, Qin Chao realized she might have seen him naked, then spent his luck value on the Silver Prize Pool and won Golden Eyes (I).

• Qin Chao fell asleep in the medicinal bath, and Bibi Dong supported his head while worrying over his injuries.
• Yue Guan arrived with food and explained to Bibi Dong that the medicinal bath would help address Qin Chao's deficiencies and improve his constitution.
• Bibi Dong left after reminding them about training, and Qin Chao realized the bath liquid had cleared enough for her to see him naked.
• Qin Chao worried that his poor nutrition might affect his development and used his fifty luck value to draw from the Silver Prize Pool.
• Qin Chao won Golden Eyes (I), a physical enhancement skill, but lamented that his luck value was gone and the enhancement affected only one part of his body.

After recovering from the medicinal bath, Qin Chao trained under Bibi Dong and discovered that his Golden Eyes could reveal details with extraordinary clarity. He mistakenly believed he had seen through Bibi Dong’s clothes, but when his Soul Power was unsealed, he could not reproduce the effect.

• Qin Chao returned to the Underground Training Ground after breakfast, and Bibi Dong added another set to his training.
• As Bibi Dong sealed Qin Chao’s Soul Power, golden light flashed in his eyes and he briefly saw her purple dudou through her clothes.
• Qin Chao asked Bibi Dong if she was wearing a purple dudou, and she slapped him before hurrying to check her outfit.
• Qin Chao completed his training, and Bibi Dong gently undid his Soul Power seal and tended to his swollen cheek.
• Qin Chao tested his Golden Eyes against Bibi Dong’s gown but could only see its details clearly, leaving him unable to confirm whether he had truly seen through it.

Qin Chao used his newly understood Golden Eyes to study Ghost Douluo’s movements during training, but progress remained slow even after a month. Frustrated with his cultivation, he sneaked out for a late-night drink with Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena, unaware that three shadows were following them.

• Qin Chao arrived at the training grounds with a bruised face, and Ghost Douluo learned that the Pope had punished him before beginning their session.
• Qin Chao activated his Golden Eyes and used its microscopic vision to study Ghost Douluo’s movements, correctly predicting one attack but failing to dodge it.
• Qin Chao trained with Ghost Douluo for more than a month, improving his fitness and agility while still struggling with Taijutsu.
• After another beating, Qin Chao invited Yan out for a drink, and Xie Yue joined them when he caught them sneaking away.
• Qin Chao, Yan, and Xie Yue went to Hu Liena’s window, and she joined them as they slipped into the training grounds with three shadows following behind.

Qin Chao, Yan, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue gathered to drink and lament their training bottlenecks. Qin Chao's words inspired the others to find new approaches, leaving him alone without any guidance for his own training.

• Qin Chao, Yan, Hu Liena, and Xie Yue shared their frustrations about stalled progress in hand-to-hand combat, defense, charm, and Soul Skills.
• Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo listened from the darkness and wondered whether Qin Chao's training plan was working.
• Qin Chao declared that only speed could overcome everything, prompting Xie Yue to realize he should focus on speed to strengthen his hand-to-hand skills and Full Moon.
• Yan decided to coat his Granite Rock defense in lava, then left to test the idea underground.
• Hu Liena realized she could use her voice to enhance her charm and left after claiming Qin Chao as her little brother.
• Qin Chao was left alone in the training grounds, lamenting that everyone had found a solution but no one had helped him.

Qin Chao got drunk after his teammates left him behind, and Bibi Dong helped him understand how to read an opponent’s unconscious movements. Five months later, he had grown much stronger and finally dodged one of Ghost Douluo’s attacks on the eve of Spirit Hall’s assessment.

• Bibi Dong found Qin Chao drinking alone and took his wine jar, then sat with him as he complained about training and his teammates.
• Bibi Dong demonstrated how subtle bodily reactions came before an action, and Qin Chao realized he should watch Ghost Douluo’s unconscious movements rather than wait to see an attack begin.
• Qin Chao admitted the wine belonged to his Teacher, then fled to avoid being reported as Bibi Dong finished the jar.
• Over the next five months, Qin Chao trained relentlessly, grew stronger, and raised his Soul Power to rank twenty-eight before Spirit Hall’s assessment.
• During training, Qin Chao spotted Ghost Douluo’s shoulder tremble and shifted aside, successfully avoiding a strike for the first time.

Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation assessment began, and Qin Chao defended Chrysanthemum Douluo against a youth who accused him of favoritism. After Qin Chao revealed overwhelming soul power, he challenged the youth to a Life-or-Death Challenge.

• Spirit Hall began registering candidates for the four-round Golden Generation assessment, which required entrants to be under fifteen and have soul power above rank twenty-five.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan waved Qin Chao, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan past the long queue and arranged to take them inside without testing.
• A youth challenged the fairness of admitting Yue Guan’s disciple and mocked Qin Chao as an undeserving fourth member of the Golden Generation.
• Qin Chao stepped in to protect Yue Guan, and Xie Yue and the other two displayed their twelve yellow, yellow, and purple soul rings.
• Qin Chao poured his soul power into the testing crystal ball, filling it with deep purple and shocking the crowd with his apparent rank-twenty-seven-or-twenty-eight strength.
• Qin Chao accused the youth of insulting his teacher and declared a Life-or-Death Challenge against him.

Qin Chao accepted a Life-or-Death Challenge against a boy who had provoked the Golden Generation, despite Chrysanthemum Douluo’s concern. The match ended with Qin Chao disarming and overpowering the boy in a Taijutsu fight.

• Qin Chao insisted on the Life-or-Death Challenge, and Chrysanthemum Douluo approved it with Snake Lance Douluo overseeing the match.
• The boy chose Taijutsu as the terms and secretly prepared to use a poisoned dagger supplied by Snake Lance Douluo.
• The boy lunged at Qin Chao with the dagger, but Qin Chao flicked his wrist and made him drop it.
• Qin Chao punched the boy in the face, threw him to the ground, and repeatedly battered him while sitting astride his waist.

Qin Chao brutally defeated a boy who insulted Yue Guan, forced him to apologize, and secretly poisoned him with a slow-acting toxin. He told Yue Guan that the boy was not merely a pawn, leaving his true identity and motives unresolved.

• Qin Chao beat the boy nearly to death until Yue Guan stopped him, and a healing soul master restored the boy enough to survive.
• Qin Chao made the boy apologize to Chrysanthemum Douluo, who publicly forgave him while privately suspecting ties to the Elder Hall.
• Qin Chao helped the boy up and secretly pricked him with a slow-acting poison needle as the boy announced he would withdraw from the assessment.
• Qin Chao told Yue Guan that he had poisoned the boy, prompting Yue Guan to lament the loss of their sole needle.
• Qin Chao insisted that the boy was not a pawn.