Chapter Summaries

Qin Chao explained how the Elder Hall had used a challenger to probe him and set a trap for the Pope Hall, then persuaded Chrysanthemum Douluo to protect the boy while exploiting the incident to expose hidden loyalties. The chapter ended with Qin Chao realizing he had revealed too much of his cunning to his teacher.

• Qin Chao deduced that the Elder Hall had sent the boy to test his strength and inferred that the assessment would include actual combat.
• Qin Chao explained that he had publicly spared the boy to warn the Elder Hall’s recruits, while using a poison needle because the boy had insulted Chrysanthemum Douluo and might serve as bait for a murder accusation.
• Qin Chao told Chrysanthemum Douluo to secretly protect the boy until he returned safely, since the Elder Hall could use his death as evidence against the Pope Hall.
• Qin Chao predicted that the boy would seek the Pope Hall’s protection, but argued that he could not be trusted and that his death would suggest a hidden expert in their ranks.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo was astonished by Qin Chao’s calculations, and Qin Chao realized he had revealed too much of his scheming nature.

Qin Chao drew comfort from Chrysanthemum Douluo and resolved to change Spirit Hall’s fate by winning the Golden Generation assessment. As Demon Subduing Douluo’s pressure test intensified, Qin Chao and his companions revealed their martial souls, and Demon Subduing Douluo began considering how to eliminate Qin Chao.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo embraced Qin Chao, and Qin Chao resolved to grow stronger and change the story’s ending.
• Bibi Dong explained the three-round Golden Generation assessment and began the first round, a pressure test led by Demon Subduing Douluo.
• Demon Subduing Douluo’s soul power pressure forced participants to withdraw, while Qin Chao noticed three unshaken youths from the Elder Hall.
• As the pressure increased, Qin Chao and his companions summoned their martial souls, revealing Qin Chao’s yellow and purple Soul Rings.
• Demon Subduing Douluo recognized that Qin Chao’s Soul Rings exceeded his age limit and decided that Qin Chao should be destroyed because he could not be recruited.

During the assessment, Demon Subduing Douluo secretly intensified the pressure on Qin Chao and his companions, nearly breaking Qin Chao’s Heaven and Earth Tower. Bibi Dong intervened, easing the pressure on them and exposing the unfair test as the three favored youths collapsed.

• Demon Subduing Douluo increased the pressure on Qin Chao, Yan, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena during the incense assessment.
• Qin Chao used his second Soul Skill, Trap, to shelter all four inside the Heaven and Earth Tower.
• Demon Subduing Douluo pressed harder, cracking the tower and nearly overwhelming Qin Chao as Hu Liena urged him to let them out.
• Bibi Dong restrained Demon Subduing Douluo with her purple-black Soul Power and told him the assessment had gone far enough.
• Bibi Dong restored the pressure to an even distribution, easing the strain on Qin Chao’s group and forcing the three favored youths to their knees as they coughed blood.

Qin Chao’s strength and sharp tongue drew the crowd’s attention as the Golden Generation clashed with Ci Jie and his companions. Bibi Dong halted the brewing fight with a punishment run, while Ci Jie left with a cunning glint in his eyes.

• A boy announced that the incense had burned out, and Demon Subduing Douluo ended his standoff with Bibi Dong by calling his earlier actions an oversight.
• The crowd recognized Qin Chao’s strength, while Ci Jie glared at him and complained that the Pope Hall had supplied him with treasures.
• Ci Jie and his lackey provoked the Golden Generation, and Qin Chao mocked Ci Jie as a shoe brush and exposed his lackey’s insult to Ci Jie’s family.
• Ci Jie prepared to attack, prompting the Golden Generation to reveal their soul rings and raise tensions in the arena.
• Bibi Dong ordered the candidates to carry fifty jin on a twenty-kilometer run without food and assigned Yue Guan to supervise them.
• Demon Subduing Douluo announced that the ten remaining candidates had passed, then left after giving Ci Jie a dirty look; Ci Jie showed a flash of cunning.

Zero revealed that the Elder Hall had trained him to destroy Bibi Dong's Golden Generation, and Qian Jun Douluo used threats against three finalists' families to force them to withdraw. Bibi Dong changed the final assessment to a three-on-three match, warning the contenders to stop at first contact as tensions between the halls escalated.

• Zero told Ci Jie that the Elder Hall's plan to undermine the Golden Generation would proceed the next day.
• Qian Jun Douluo arrived for the final practical assessment, where Bibi Dong instructed the ten remaining youths to form teams and fight.
• Three boys withdrew after Qian Jun Douluo pressured them by threatening their families, prompting Bibi Dong to accuse the Elder Hall of provoking the Pope Hall.
• Bibi Dong revised the assessment to a three-on-three match, with the losing side challenging the participant who received a bye.
• Bibi Dong warned the contenders to stop at first contact while her murderous aura alarmed Qian Jun Douluo.

The Golden Generation began its practical assessment against Ci Jie’s group, with Yan held back as a reserve. As the fight started, Qin Chao welcomed the opponents’ apparent reliance on poison, but the sycophantic boy turned away and unleashed a thunderous fart.

• Xie Yue chose to leave Yan out of the assessment so he could back up the team if they failed to defeat their opponents.
• Qin Chao, Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue stacked their hands together and shouted, “Fight!”
• Bibi Dong announced the assessment, and both groups summoned their martial souls and revealed their soul rings.
• Xie Yue warned that Ci Jie’s group appeared to use poison, while Qin Chao felt confident because of his poison knowledge and an anti-poison treasure.
• When the assessment began, the sycophantic boy turned his back, raised his backside, and released an explosive fart that shook the Training Ground.

During the tournament battle, Qin Chao and his companions fought Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and their allies through a field clouded by a foul-smelling attack. Hu Liena’s aromatic silk beauty cleared the mist enough for the fight to continue, and Hu Liena killed the fawning boy with a fatal strike.

• A boy filled the Training Ground with yellow smoke, so Bibi Dong sealed it in a dome while Qian Jun Douluo swept the smoke toward an air outlet.
• Hu Liena heated the aromatic silk beauty with Foxfire, spreading pink mist that cleared the yellow smoke around her companions.
• Xie Yue charged Zero, and their first exchange left blood on Zero’s hand.
• Ci Jie rolled into Qin Chao’s Heaven and Earth Tower, was injured by the collision, and suffered burns from Qin Chao’s flames.
• Xie Yue countered Zero’s Hundred-Blade Slash while Hu Liena defeated the fawning boy in a contest of control skills.
• Hu Liena wrapped the boy’s neck with her fox tail and snapped it with a kick, killing him.

Hu Liena’s team gained the upper hand after she killed the Flattering Youth, Qin Chao trapped Ci Jie, and Xie Yue wounded Zero. With Zero urging him to act, Ci Jie unleashed his Bloodthorn skill, launching his spines at the Heaven and Earth Tower despite the agony it caused him.

• Hu Liena killed the Flattering Youth, enraging Ci Jie and drawing criticism from the spectators.
• Ci Jie charged Hu Liena, but Qin Chao used his second soul skill, Trap, to imprison him inside the Heaven and Earth Tower.
• Hu Liena joined Xie Yue against Zero, and Xie Yue’s Break shattered Zero’s dagger and sent him flying, leaving him badly injured.
• Zero urged Ci Jie to use his last resort, and Ci Jie chose to risk his cultivation for the sake of his family.
• Ci Jie unleashed Bloodthorn, rupturing his meridians and firing thousands of spines at the Heaven and Earth Tower.

Qin Chao endured Ci Jie’s poisoned spikes until Xie Yue could defend him, while Bibi Dong was prevented from stopping the assessment by Qian Daoliu. Just as the Golden Generation seemed to have won, Zero detonated his martial soul, and Hu Liena fell after the fragments pierced her chest.

• Ci Jie’s assault cracked Qin Chao’s Heaven and Earth Tower and poisoned him, so Qin Chao used the aromatic silk beauty’s pollen to control the poison.
• Bibi Dong moved to halt the assessment, but Qian Daoliu stopped her and challenged her authority.
• Xie Yue arrived, and Qin Chao recalled his damaged martial soul before collapsing into Hu Liena’s arms.
• Xie Yue used his second soul skill, Guard, to block Ci Jie’s remaining spikes as Zero emerged behind them.
• Zero detonated his martial soul, sending green fragments through Xie Yue’s defense and piercing Hu Liena’s chest.
• Hu Liena reassured Qin Chao that the fragments had not hit any bones before she slumped to the ground.

Qin Chao saved Hu Liena from Zero’s poison, and the Golden Generation won its assessment. Qian Daoliu then challenged Bibi Dong over the team’s conduct and proposed a money-making round, which Qin Chao accepted.

• Qin Chao treated Hu Liena’s poisoned wound with the aromatic silk beauty’s stamens while Xie Yue fought the remaining opponents.
• Bibi Dong ended the assessment, and Qian Daoliu announced that Xie Yue, Hu Liena, Yan, and Qin Chao had won.
• Bibi Dong proposed withholding leadership authority from the four until adulthood and delaying the Holy Maiden or Holy Son selection for eight years.
• Qian Daoliu criticized the proposed punishment and suggested an additional round in which the youngsters would generate revenue for Spirit Hall.
• Qin Chao stepped forward and accepted the money-making challenge on behalf of the Golden Generation.

Qin Chao promised to raise ten million Gold Soul Coins for Spirit Hall, presenting the effort as the Golden Generation’s duty rather than an additional trial. He then explained his plan to Bibi Dong: breed and capture soul beasts and sell prepared soul rings, leaving her intrigued by the scheme’s potential.

• Qian Daoliu asked Qin Chao how much revenue he could generate and hoped to use the money to support Qian Renxue’s operation in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qin Chao declared that the Golden Generation would aim to earn ten million Gold Soul Coins, prompting Bibi Dong to warn him against making such a boast.
• Qin Chao told the crowd that the Golden Generation wanted to help Spirit Hall as their family, and Qian Daoliu publicly endorsed his argument.
• In the Pope Hall, Bibi Dong challenged Qin Chao to explain how he would fulfill his promise, and he proposed domesticating soul beasts and selling them for soul rings.
• Qin Chao argued that Spirit Hall could sell soul masters soul rings with chosen ages and attributes, saving them time, effort, and danger.

Qin Chao brought Spirit Hall’s soul beast-breeding venture to Holy Soul Village and began organizing the village’s transformation into a pilot site. Tang Hao left the village to reclaim what he had lost, while Qin Chao planned to replace the absent blacksmith and keep Tang San occupied.

• Qin Chao and Bibi Dong chose Holy Soul Village for the venture, and Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo helped the Golden Generation gather dozens of young soul beast species.
• The convoy arrived in Holy Soul Village, where Tang Hao watched Spirit Hall’s arrival and decided to leave to reclaim what belonged to him.
• Qin Chao explained his breeding plans to Old Jack, earning five Luck Value points from the system, while Hu Liena grew more attracted to him and Xie Yue reconsidered Yan as a future brother-in-law.
• Old Jack supervised the village’s construction and breeding-farm preparations, then discovered Tang Hao had left without warning.
• Qin Chao offered to find a replacement blacksmith and privately decided to keep Tang San busy by drawing him further into smithy work.

Qin Chao visited Shi San's Blacksmith Shop to commission tools forged from iron essence or iron mother, then waited for Tang San to arrive. When Tang San entered, he recognized Qin Chao as the customer, who greeted him as if their meeting were a surprise.

• Qin Chao found Shi San's Blacksmith Shop and showed Shi San a list of tools he wanted made from high-grade refined iron, iron essence, or iron mother.
• Shi San learned that Tang San could forge iron mother and agreed to take the order, while Qin Chao asked to inspect one of Tang San's finished pieces.
• Qin Chao waited for Tang San to finish school, and Shi San explained that the order could double Tang San's wages.
• Tang San entered the smithy, recognized Qin Chao, and Qin Chao greeted him with feigned surprise.

Qin Chao visited Shi San’s shop to commission tools and used his wealth and childhood connection with Tang San to unsettle him. After Tang San demonstrated his Silent Sleeve Arrow, Qin Chao asked whether he would sell it, leaving his next move unclear.

• Tang San saw Qin Chao and felt jealous of his status and wealth, while Qin Chao hoped to gain luck value by provoking him.
• Qin Chao called Tang San a childhood friend, but Tang San insisted they get down to business, and Shi San rebuked him for being cold.
• Qin Chao handed Tang San a tool list and paid Shi San a deposit of five hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• At Qin Chao’s request, Shi San asked Tang San to show his inventions, and Tang San proudly demonstrated the Silent Sleeve Arrow.
• Qin Chao examined the Silent Sleeve Arrow and asked Tang San whether he would sell it.

Qin Chao arranged a large forging-tools order with Shi San, who persuaded Tang San to include his treasured Silent Sleeve Arrow for free. Shi San then pressured Tang San into refining a mountain of iron and working overtime, while Qin Chao watched his Luck Value rise and considered earning money even faster.

• Shi San persuaded Tang San to give Qin Chao the Silent Sleeve Arrow for free in exchange for triple commission, and Tang San agreed.
• Shi San signed a contract with Qin Chao for a large order, lowering the price because Tang San could refine iron and iron mother.
• After Qin Chao left, Shi San ordered the smithy to work overtime and assigned Tang San a huge pile of iron to refine.
• Shi San and the blacksmiths pressured Tang San into evening work, and Tang San agreed despite needing time to cultivate.
• Qin Chao watched Tang San from outside, gained fifty Luck Value, and thought the order might help him reach his income target early.

After four months of developing Holy Soul Village’s soul-beast farms, Qin Chao prepared to sell the mature beasts and waited for Tang San’s return, hoping to gain enough luck points for two prize draws. Tang San arrived with Xiao Wu, unaware that his reunion with his father would bring Qin Chao the opportunity he wanted.

• Qin Chao held onto his luck points rather than risk a Silver Prize Pool draw before he could absorb another soul ring.
• Qin Chao transformed Holy Soul Village into a thriving farm for plant- and animal-type soul beasts, with a twenty-person Spirit Hall squad led by Su Yuntao keeping them under control.
• Qin Chao’s farm expenses consumed much of his money, so he began looking for buyers for the mature ten-year soul beasts.
• Tang San spent his afternoons and nights making sleeve arrows for Qin Chao, earning money but falling behind in cultivation while reaching level fourteen.
• Qin Chao trained with Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena, advanced to soul power level thirty, and accumulated ninety-five luck points.
• Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village with Xiao Wu, and Qin Chao greeted his excited cry for his father with hopes of gaining more luck points.

Qin Chao visited the smithy and gave Tang San a letter from Tang Hao, who had left months earlier. Tang San lashed out at Xiao Wu and accused Qin Chao of taking everything from him, and the chapter ended as he summoned Blue Silver Grass to attack.

• Qin Chao greeted Tang San at the smithy, while Xiao Wu happily embraced Qin Chao and asked him about his growth and strength.
• Tang San reached for the Silent Sleeve Arrow, remembered that he had sold it to Qin Chao, and felt dejected as Qin Chao gained luck value.
• Qin Chao gave Tang San the letter Tang Hao had left, and Tang San read that his father had gone away and planned to meet him again someday.
• Xiao Wu tried to comfort Tang San, but he shoved her away and accused her of favoring Qin Chao.
• Qin Chao defended Xiao Wu and listed the ways Tang San had benefited from Grandpa Jack and Uncle Shi San while resenting their kindness toward Qin Chao.
• Tang San summoned Blue Silver Grass and a pale yellow Soul Ring, then used Entanglement.

Qin Chao defeated Tang San’s attack and stopped short of killing him when Old Jack arrived. Tang San rejected Old Jack’s offer of food, and Qin Chao left with Xiao Wu after warning Tang San to behave.

• Tang San attacked Qin Chao with Blue Silver Grass, but Qin Chao burned it and wounded him when he severed it.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to approach Qin Chao, and Xiao Wu stepped in front of him to protect Qin Chao.
• Qin Chao used Trap to pull Tang San toward the Heaven and Earth Tower, then withdrew his martial soul when Old Jack called from outside.
• Old Jack greeted Tang San and offered him food, but Tang San declined and refused to accept anything from Old Jack’s house because Qin Chao was there.
• Qin Chao warned Tang San not to attack again, and Xiao Wu watched Qin Chao leave with a thoughtful expression.

After Tang San’s actions drove Xiao Wu away, Qin Chao waited for her and invited her to tour Holy Soul Village and have dinner with his family. As they set off together, Qin Chao resolved that he would seize the protagonist’s role from Tang San.

• Xiao Wu told Tang San he had disappointed her and left the blacksmith shop.
• Qin Chao waited for Xiao Wu, cheered her up, and invited her to tour Holy Soul Village and eat at his home.
• Tang San watched Xiao Wu leave with Qin Chao and vowed to take back what he had lost.
• Qin Chao reasoned that he and Tang San were rival transmigrators competing for the world’s single protagonist halo.
• Xiao Wu pointed out the Soul Beast breeding area, and Qin Chao resolved to claim the protagonist’s role without hesitation.

Qin Chao showed Xiao Wu how Holy Soul Village raised plant- and animal-type soul beasts, then explained that breeding them could reduce hunting in the wild. Xiao Wu understood his motives and grew closer to him as they shared a sunset, while Qin Chao leaned in to kiss her.

• Qin Chao took Xiao Wu through the village’s breeding areas, where she saw healthy plants and animal-type soul beasts cared for by the villagers.
• Xiao Wu learned that the Snow Rabbits were well fed and affectionately held one that told her about its life and a burrow it had dug to escape.
• Qin Chao explained that he raised soul beasts for soul rings and hoped breeding them would lessen wild hunting and help replenish their populations.
• Xiao Wu questioned whether raising soul beasts for slaughter was fair, and Qin Chao compared it to eating a radish and argued that he was doing what he could to protect them.
• Xiao Wu told Qin Chao that the Snow Rabbit knew it would eventually be killed but valued its happy life, and Qin Chao was pleased to hear it had stayed for his sweet carrots.
• As the sun set, Qin Chao leaned toward Xiao Wu, intending to kiss her.