Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong learned that Leng Xiyue’s dagger connected her to the missing daughters of the slain governor Leng Mingxuan, but concealed the report’s revelations from her. She arranged for Leng Xiyue to stay in a luxurious side hall, study in the Papal Hall library, and later attend Spirit Hall Academy.

• Bibi Dong asked Leng Xiyue about her origins, and Leng Xiyue admitted she had lost her memories and showed her a dagger.
• Bibi Dong read a report linking the dagger’s symbol to the Hidden Dragon Society and the massacre of Governor Leng Mingxuan’s family, whose two daughters remained missing.
• Bibi Dong and Xiao Bai concealed the report’s contents, while Leng Xiyue guessed that her family was dead and resigned herself to being an orphan.
• Bibi Dong promised Leng Xiyue library access, personal cultivation guidance, and a place at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Javier escorted Leng Xiyue to a lavish three-story side hall prepared as her accommodation.

Leng Xiyue explored her new quarters and went to the Papal Hall's book repository to research soul tools. She learned how soul engineering had been lost and how Spirit Hall's modern soul tools remained limited, while her plans to make money and preserve her comforts remained ahead.

• Leng Xiyue enjoyed the luxurious bed with Xiao Bai, then left to search the Papal Hall's library for information about soul tools.
• A young librarian guided Leng Xiyue to the shelves of books about soul tools and explained that borrowed volumes had to be registered.
• Leng Xiyue read that soul engineers had been massacred during the Dark Age, ending the craft of making soul tool chips.
• Leng Xiyue learned that the Two Great Empires had also persecuted later soul tool craftsmen, leaving Spirit Hall to develop a weaker modern generation.
• Leng Xiyue discovered that modern soul tools were limited by expensive components, low power, and a lack of industrial and military usefulness.

Leng Xiyue completed her research and blueprints for gunpowder, soul power, and psionic ammunition, while studying the local materials needed to build the weapons. She left the library planning to test her designs, grow stronger, and enjoy a few days of good food before attending Spirit Hall Academy.

• Leng Xiyue designed firearm blueprints and three kinds of ammunition, reserving Psionic Energy Bullets for her own use.
• Leng Xiyue studied Douluo's minerals and found local substitutes for the materials and mechanisms her weapons required.
• Leng Xiyue read Spirit Hall research and concluded that Yu Xiaogang's theories excused his own lack of ability and relied on others' work.
• Leng Xiyue decided to turn her research into weapons, earn money, and improve her strength before confronting Yu Xiaogang.
• Leng Xiyue hugged the young librarian and prepared to return home, where she planned to ask Javier for lavish meals before going to Spirit Hall Academy.

Leng Xiyue was sent to Spirit Hall Academy to study independently, while Bibi Dong promised discreet support and no special privileges. After learning about the academy and receiving her student identification and allowance card, Leng Xiyue arrived, settled into a dorm room, and headed to class.

• Javier told Leng Xiyue that Bibi Dong had ordered her to transfer to Spirit Hall Academy the next morning.
• Bibi Dong instructed Leng Xiyue to earn her own standing at the academy, while promising to handle trouble she caused and provide her allowance and cultivation resources.
• Javier explained Spirit Hall Academy’s divisions, rankings, classes, and competitive system as he took Leng Xiyue there.
• Javier gave Leng Xiyue her student ID and savings card, which carried a weekly allowance of three thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• An academy teacher arranged Leng Xiyue’s bedding and dorm room, and she went to class before unpacking.

Leng Xiyue arrived at the Second-Year Elite Class Three and fought the class bully and his gang after they tried to stop her from entering. Xie Yue and Hu Liena joined her, and the three defeated the boys; Xie Yue then revealed he had expected Leng Xiyue to arrive soon.

• Leng Xiyue entered her assigned class and spotted Xie Yue and Hu Liena studying.
• A hostile boy mocked Leng Xiyue and tried to take her student ID, so she threw him into the corridor wall.
• The boy ordered his gang to attack Leng Xiyue, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena intervened by kicking two attackers away.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena fought alongside Leng Xiyue, and the three defeated the seventeen boys without using Martial Souls or Soul Skills.
• Leng Xiyue asked whether Xie Yue and Hu Liena were all right, and Xie Yue said he had expected her to arrive within a few days.

After Leng Xiyue and Xie Yue beat up a group of students, Chu Lingyun ordered them to take the injured students to the infirmary and fight five Arena matches as punishment. Yan joined them to avoid theory class, and the group headed for the Arena.

• Xie Yue explained that the fight would earn them rankings and challengers, while named challenges and wagers could bring in money.
• Chu Lingyun entered the classroom and ordered Xie Yue, Leng Xiyue, and Hu Liena to take the injured students to the infirmary and fight five Arena matches.
• Yan volunteered to join their punishment, then admitted to Xie Yue that he only wanted to skip theory class.
• Leng Xiyue called out the injured students for pretending to be helpless, and they got up and went to the infirmary.
• After the injured students entered the infirmary, Leng Xiyue, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena headed to the Arena.

Leng Xiyue, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena registered for Soul Fighting at the academy and entered singles matchmaking. Leng Xiyue was matched against Yan, whose Flame Lord Martial Soul caught her interest, and their battle began with her rushing to attack.

• Xie Yue registered the three students for Soul Fighting and received their arena cards.
• Xie Yue suggested they each try singles matches, and the group read the arena rules while waiting for matchmaking.
• Leng Xiyue registered her friends to prevent them from being matched against one another.
• Leng Xiyue entered her assigned platform and discovered that her opponent was Yan, who was surprised to face her.
• Yan activated his Flame Lord Martial Soul, while Leng Xiyue summoned her staff and attacked with her first Soul Skill, Flash Slash.

Leng Xiyue defeated Yan with a single strike, completed five undefeated matches, and challenged the year’s top-ranked student, Zhang Ping, for a fight at two in the afternoon. She returned to the Arena after lunch, ready to begin her plan to earn money by challenging the rankings.

• Leng Xiyue defeated Yan by taking control of his vital point, and the system declared her the winner.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena won their matches, and Yan joined them, but the group could not find enough students for a team match.
• Leng Xiyue won all five of her matches, while Yan lost to Xie Yue and ended with two losses in three matches.
• Leng Xiyue paid one hundred Gold Soul Coins to challenge Zhang Ping, the top-ranked student in their year.
• Zhang Ping accepted the challenge for two in the afternoon, and Leng Xiyue returned to the Arena after lunch.

Leng Xiyue challenged Zhang Ping, the top student in her grade, and defeated her in a match at Spirit Hall Academy. After the loss, Zhang Ping accepted the result and quietly left the arena.

• Zhang Ping reflected on how her parents' divorce had left her feeling unwanted despite their financial support, and how she had climbed to first place in the Grade Rankings.
• Leng Xiyue refused Zhang Ping's offer to withdraw, while Xie Yue and Hu Liena watched from the stands and placed a bet on her.
• Zhang Ping used her Golden Feather Swallow and a teleporting soul skill to evade Leng Xiyue's first Flash Slash, then attacked while Leng Xiyue struggled to keep up with her reflexes.
• Leng Xiyue fled until Flash Slash came off cooldown, then struck Zhang Ping again and knocked her off the platform.
• Zhang Ping accepted her defeat and left through a side passage as the crowd discussed Leng Xiyue's victory.

Over two years, Leng Xiyue built a large stockpile of firearms and Soul Power Bullets and prepared to sell them through a trade guild. She brought one of her new weapons to Bibi Dong for support, and Bibi Dong summoned Yue Guan to witness a demonstration.

• Leng Xiyue rose to the top of the Arena rankings, earning nearly four hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins while improving her combat reflexes.
• Leng Xiyue commissioned fifty thousand firearms, had students make Soul Power Bullets, and used the Forge to assemble and decorate the guns.
• Leng Xiyue asked Zhang Ping for business advice and learned that a trade guild in Spirit City needed powerful backing.
• Leng Xiyue presented a firearm to Bibi Dong as a new soul tool and asked to demonstrate its power.
• Bibi Dong became interested in the weapon and summoned Yue Guan.

Leng Xiyue demonstrated her gun to Bibi Dong and explained how she could sell a crude model to the empire while keeping better weapons for Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong approved the plan, provided Leng Xiyue with a professional team, and selected a busy Outer City location for her trade guild.

• Bibi Dong asked Leng Xiyue to test her Soul Tool on Yue Guan, who judged that the gun could pierce a Soul Elder's protective aura and damage some lower-level Soul Ancestors.
• Leng Xiyue told Bibi Dong she wanted to establish a trade guild and sell the gun to people from the empire, while reserving better models for Spirit Hall.
• Leng Xiyue explained how secret techniques for powering the bullets and Spirit Hall's influence could prevent competitors from copying her business.
• Bibi Dong agreed to support Leng Xiyue and assigned her a professional team.
• Bibi Dong chose a high-traffic site in the Outer City near the Great Soul Arena, and Leng Xiyue accepted the arrangement.

Leng Xiyue gave Bibi Dong a tank blueprint and spent the afternoon discussing her ambitions for Spirit Hall, while Bibi Dong showed little interest in unification. Leng Xiyue grew worried that Bibi Dong’s future Rakshasa trials might drive her to disastrous actions, but she left without asking about Yu Xiaogang.

• Leng Xiyue presented Bibi Dong with a tank blueprint, and Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan to have Li Yuyuan assess its feasibility in a written report.
• Bibi Dong arranged afternoon tea and dinner with Leng Xiyue despite learning that Qian Renxue wanted to visit her.
• Leng Xiyue discussed her inventions and plans for Spirit Hall’s unification, but Bibi Dong responded with little interest in the goal.
• Leng Xiyue recalled Bibi Dong’s future Rakshasa trials and feared they might demand war or mass deaths, resolving to prevent that outcome.
• Leng Xiyue considered asking Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang but changed her mind and left for school.
• Javier asked whether Bibi Dong wanted Leng Xiyue investigated, but Bibi Dong declined, trusting her to speak when she was ready.

Leng Xiyue worried about delaying her plan to eliminate Yu Xiaogang, then met a melancholy blonde girl outside the Martial Soul General Hall. She took the girl to a street stall, where a taste of ordinary life in Spirit City helped shift the girl’s perspective, though her identity and troubles remained unclear.

• Leng Xiyue concluded that she lacked the reach and allies to target Yu Xiaogang safely, so she would have to wait before acting against him.
• Leng Xiyue found a blonde girl sitting alone on the Martial Soul General Hall steps and asked why she questioned Spirit City’s reputation as a holy land.
• Leng Xiyue argued that people in Spirit City at least had choices, then took the girl to the outer city’s shopping street.
• Leng Xiyue bought roast chickens from Old Wang and urged the girl to try one.
• The girl enjoyed the chicken and, seeing ordinary people and Soul Masters mingle freely, began to understand that her goals might matter beyond proving something to her mother.

Leng Xiyue learned that the girl she had met was Qian Renxue, then welcomed her into her apartment the next morning. Qian Renxue asked about Bibi Dong and, after tasting Leng Xiyue’s milk tea, eagerly requested another glass.

• Leng Xiyue left the girl after introducing herself, and two attendants reminded the girl that Leng Xiyue was Bibi Dong’s personal disciple.
• The girl decided to stay in Spirit City for two more weeks while her attendant agreed to handle matters in her absence.
• Leng Xiyue bought photographs of Qian Renxue and regretted that their first meeting had been so informal.
• Qian Renxue visited Leng Xiyue the next morning, and Leng Xiyue secured her workshop before inviting her inside.
• Qian Renxue asked how Bibi Dong was doing, and Leng Xiyue told her that Bibi Dong had been busy with something in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Leng Xiyue served Qian Renxue milk tea, and Qian Renxue quickly finished it and asked for another glass.

Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue discussed whether Spirit Hall could take control of the Heaven Dou Empire without war. Leng Xiyue proposed building popular support by elevating commoners and infiltrating the empire’s politics, leaving Qian Renxue to consider the strategy.

• Leng Xiyue hosted Qian Renxue with milk tea, desserts, and books, and the two discussed the continent’s balance of power.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Spirit Hall could unify the continent within their generation.
• Leng Xiyue argued that Spirit Hall should pursue peaceful evolution by winning public support rather than relying on military victory.
• Leng Xiyue explained that rigid class barriers and noble control of propaganda would turn commoners against Spirit Hall if war caused widespread deaths.
• Leng Xiyue proposed promoting talented commoners, organizing them into a mutual aid association, and building political support to weaken Heaven Dou’s nobility from within.
• Qian Renxue fell into deep thought about Leng Xiyue’s proposal.

Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue grew close while discussing plans for Heaven Dou and sharing a home, but after two weeks Qian Renxue left without warning. Leng Xiyue returned to find only a letter and Qian Renxue’s necklace.

• Leng Xiyue outlined how Qian Renxue could use commoners and Spirit Hall’s support to weaken Heaven Dou’s nobility and bring the empire under Spirit Hall’s control.
• Qian Renxue stayed the night with Leng Xiyue, and the two shared a bed; the next morning, Qian Renxue asked to remain for a few more days to read Leng Xiyue’s books.
• Xiao Bai told Leng Xiyue that Qian Renxue was more emotional than she appeared, while Leng Xiyue reflected that she could not yet reconcile Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong.
• Over the next two weeks, Qian Renxue and Leng Xiyue shared meals and discussed books while Leng Xiyue expanded the Trade Guild and began selling weapons.
• After the Trade Guild’s operations no longer needed her oversight, Leng Xiyue returned with a gift and found her room empty except for Qian Renxue’s letter and necklace.

Qian Renxue visited Bibi Dong to say goodbye before assuming Xue Qinghe’s identity, but their meeting ended in pain and Bibi Dong’s emotional collapse. As Qian Renxue left to begin her plan, Leng Xiyue gave her books and a powerful revolver for protection.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong she would soon impersonate Xue Qinghe and might be gone for five or ten years, but Bibi Dong coldly rejected her.
• Bibi Dong lost control and threw a Glazed Glass Cup at Qian Renxue, who accepted the injury and sensed that her mother still cared for her.
• After Qian Renxue left, Bibi Dong smashed treasures, wept, then ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to summon the bishops and elders for the Heaven Dou Empire operation.
• Leng Xiyue waited outside the Papal Hall and gave Qian Renxue books and a revolver she had made for her protection.
• Qian Renxue thanked and hugged Leng Xiyue before they parted.

Three years later, Leng Xiyue watched Spirit Hall Academy win the tournament and prepared to travel north to the Far North. She left Star Luo City alone, hoping to find the powerful Ice Silkworm Tian Meng and obtain a suitable Soul Ring.

• Spirit Hall Academy won the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, while Leng Xiyue watched without interest.
• Leng Xiyue told Hu Liena she planned to explore the Far North, where she hoped to find Tian Meng.
• Hu Liena warned Leng Xiyue that the Far North was dangerous and brutally cold, but Leng Xiyue remained confident.
• After the award ceremony, Leng Xiyue said goodbye to Hu Liena and the others and headed north alone.

Leng Xiyue traveled north to find Tian Meng and discovered the pool that triggered a new system quest to help him surpass the million-year threshold and sacrifice himself. She began draining the pool to store its energy for after her next breakthrough.

• Leng Xiyue traveled alone along the Yangtze River toward the Far North, carrying supplies, firearms, and upgraded armor.
• The system revised her challenge quest, tasking her with helping the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm surpass the million-year threshold and sacrifice himself, with a physical body for Tian Meng offered as an additional reward.
• Leng Xiyue found an emerald pool whose water instantly froze a stone and consumed her Water-Avoidance Pearl.
• Xiao Bai explained that the pool's accumulated energy could be converted into psionic energy and might raise Leng Xiyue three levels after her breakthrough.
• Leng Xiyue set aside her doubts about Xiao Bai and began drawing water from the pool.

Leng Xiyue and Xiao Bai found the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm deep inside the cavern and sought his sacrifice to Leng Xiyue in exchange for a chance to live and cultivate beyond the world’s limits. After Xiao Bai forcibly pushed Tian Meng past a million years of cultivation and promised that he and his beloved could become True Gods, he agreed to join them.

• Leng Xiyue drained the cold pool, broke through the frost-covered wall, and followed a tunnel to a cavern of deep blue ore.
• Leng Xiyue and Xiao Bai found Tian Meng sleeping in the cavern and woke him.
• Xiao Bai offered Tian Meng survival, a human body, and a chance to cultivate alongside her if he sacrificed himself to Leng Xiyue.
• Tian Meng questioned Xiao Bai’s promise, so she flooded him with psionic energy and forced his cultivation past one million years.
• After initially refusing, Tian Meng agreed when Xiao Bai promised that he and his beloved could become or surpass True Gods.