Chapter Summaries

Evil Spirit Masters attacked Purple Bamboo Village during Tang San’s birth, killing his parents and the midwife while sparing him for their own plans. Chihiro Yuki arrived as the attackers prepared to leave and began cutting them down.

• Tang Dazhu learned that Lin Cuihua had given birth to a son just as Evil Spirit Masters attacked Purple Bamboo Village.
• Tang Dazhu tried to get Lin Cuihua, the newborn Tang San, and the midwife to safety, then died fighting the Blood Wolf Evil Spirit Master.
• Lin Cuihua and the midwife were killed, while the Evil Spirit Masters spared Tang San and took him and several other infants to use as offerings to Blood Infant.
• Chihiro Yuki descended in a streak of golden light and killed several Evil Spirit Masters who were carrying infants.
• The remaining Evil Spirit Masters recognized Chihiro Yuki as Dawn Morning Light and fled in terror.

Chihiro Yuki rescued four infants, including newborn Tang San, from Evil Spirit Masters and brought them to the YuLin Orphanage Headquarters. The children were sent to Light Three Villages, where Village Chief Old Gauss promised to raise them with gratitude toward Spirit Hall and Pope Qian Xunji.

• Chihiro Yuki killed the Evil Spirit Masters holding infants and struck down their captain with her Holy Sword.
• Chihiro Yuki carried the four infants, including Tang San, back to Spirit City and entrusted them to the YuLin Orphanage Headquarters.
• The YuLin Orphanage Headquarters sent the children to Light Three Villages, where Old Gauss taught local children about the Angel God and praised Spirit Hall.
• Old Gauss welcomed the Spirit Hall deacons and promised that the village would raise the four children to be grateful to Qian Xunji.

Bibi Dong learned that Ma Hongjun had been born, massacred Poultry Village, and took him to the Evil Underworld Hall, where he gained Seven's Gourd Baby template. After fulfilling her bargain, she ordered Yu Xiao Gang released, and he stepped into the sunlight unsure why she had finally let him go.

• An Evil Spirit Master reported Ma Hongjun's birth in Poultry Village to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong led her subordinates to Poultry Village, ordered the villagers killed, and spared infant Ma Hongjun.
• Bibi Dong took Ma Hongjun to the Evil Underworld Hall, where he gained Seven's Gourd Baby template.
• Bibi Dong reminded Rakshasa God Bibi Dong that she had met the conditions of their bargain and demanded Yu Xiao Gang's release.
• Bibi Dong ordered Scarface, Dragon Bro, Bro Jie, and the others to remove Yu Xiao Gang's Hell Training equipment.
• Yu Xiao Gang decided Bibi Dong was truly letting him go and walked out of the secret chamber into the sunlight.

Yu Xiao Gang left the Evil Underworld Hall after Bibi Dong erased his memories of its location. At Spirit City, Qian Xunji welcomed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan into Spirit Hall and his class, then heard that the Heaven Dou Imperial City tournament finals were nearing their end.

• Yu Xiao Gang said goodbye to Scarface and the Bros, but Bibi Dong knocked him unconscious and erased his memories of the Evil Underworld Hall headquarters before sending him away.
• Qian Xunji taught his students and handled reports from Spirit Hall’s new institutions.
• A Red-Clad Archbishop told Qian Xunji that the orphanages had produced one Innate Full Soul Power genius and two Innate Rank Nine geniuses, and Qian Xunji invited them to meet him.
• Qian Xunji welcomed Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan into Spirit Hall and said he would personally teach them in his class.
• A Red-Clad Archbishop told Qian Xunji that the tournament in Heaven Dou Imperial City had reached the top eight and asked when he would present the prizes.

Qian Xunji brought Ah Yin, Qian Ren Han, and Little Wu to Heaven Dou Imperial City and learned about several promising young spirit masters there. He considered Shui Binger the best candidate to become Qian Ren Han’s legal wife, while Little Wu would be a concubine.

• Qian Xunji decided to take his family to Heaven Dou Imperial City, partly so Little Wu could meet God King Tang and Tang Hao could see Ah Yin again.
• Qian Xunji traveled to the city with Ah Yin, Qian Ren Han, Little Wu, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, and stayed at the castle previously given to him by Savile.
• Salas greeted Qian Xunji and reported that Liu Erlong had established an academy for commoners and that Feng Xiaotian had been born with Innate Full Soul Power but had refused Spirit Hall recruitment.
• Qian Xunji thought Feng Xiaotian had wasted years developing a self-created soul skill instead of raising his cultivation first.
• Qian Xunji considered Shui Binger the strongest future match for Qian Ren Han’s legal wife and planned for Little Wu to become a concubine instead.

Qian Xunji learned that Tang San was being mistreated in the Clear Sky Sect, then reunited with Liu Erlong while shopping in Heaven Dou Imperial City. The next day, at the tournament, Tang Hao saw Ah Yin beside Qian Xunji, and God King Tang noticed Little Wu.

• Salas reported that Tang San was bullied and fed spoiled food in the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Xunji laughed at his misfortune.
• Qian Xunji, Ah Yin, Qian Ren Han, and Little Wu met Liu Erlong on a shopping street, where she took Ah Yin and Little Wu around the city to buy clothes.
• After shopping late into the night, Ah Yin and Liu Erlong parted as close friends, while Qian Xunji and Qian Ren Han were exhausted.
• The next day, Qian Xunji attended the tournament at the Heaven Dou Great Soul Arena with his family and Spirit Hall companions.
• Tang Hao saw Ah Yin beside Qian Xunji and felt bitter, while God King Tang saw Little Wu.

God King Tang recognized Little Wu and seethed at Qian Xunji for taking her, while Tang Hao objected to being called Qian Xunji’s grandnephew. After meeting Qian Ren Han and Little Wu, Tang Hao compared Qian Ren Han unfavorably to his own son, and God King Tang introduced himself to Ah Yin.

• God King Tang excitedly recognized Little Wu, but she recoiled from his stare and hid behind Qian Ren Han.
• Qian Xunji greeted Tang Hao as his grandnephew, and Tang Hao demanded to be called by name before Qian Xunji explained their family generations.
• God King Tang blamed Qian Xunji for taking Ah Yin and Little Wu, and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall if Little Wu was harmed.
• Ah Yin introduced Qian Ren Han and Little Wu to Tang Hao, and they reluctantly greeted him as Uncle Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao admired Qian Ren Han and contrasted him with his own son, God King Tang, who then introduced himself to Ah Yin.

God King Tang resented Qian Ren Han after Little Wu rejected his handshake and challenged him to a fight. Qian Ren Han accepted, but their duel was postponed until after the semifinals of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Academy Elite Tournament.

• God King Tang introduced himself to Ah Yin and Little Wu, but Little Wu refused to shake his hand and said only Qian Ren Han could be her brother.
• Qian Ren Han shielded Little Wu when God King Tang grew angry, and God King Tang blamed Qian Xunji and Qian Ren Han for turning her against him.
• God King Tang accused Qian Ren Han of stopping the handshake and challenged him, while Little Wu insisted she had refused on her own.
• Qian Xunji agreed to let the boys fight, and Tang Hao accepted on his son's behalf, believing God King Tang could defeat Qian Ren Han.
• Ah Yin brought Qian Ren Han and Little Wu to the VIP seats as Qian Xunji, Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei took their places on the main platform.

The semifinalists battled for places in the championship and third-place matches, with Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Royal Team advancing. Afterward, Qian Xunji proposed that Qian Ren Han and God King Tang fight in front of the spectators, and Tang agreed, confident he would win.

• Emperor Xue Ye drew the semifinal matchups: Spirit Hall faced the Heaven Dou Royal Team, while the Star Luo Royal Team faced the Thunder Team.
• The Spirit Hall Team easily defeated the Heaven Dou Royal Team, and the Star Luo Royal Team beat the Thunder Team.
• Qian Xunji suggested that Qian Ren Han and God King Tang spar before the audience rather than wait for the spectators to leave.
• God King Tang agreed and trusted his reborn combat experience and Tang Sect techniques to defeat Qian Ren Han.
• Tang Hao agreed with God King Tang, and Qian Xunji instructed the host to arrange the match.

Tang San and Qian Ren Han began their Soul Fighting duel, but Qian Ren Han’s overwhelming Soul King rank and powerful Martial Soul left Tang San unable to use his first soul skill. The chapter ended with Qian Ren Han’s vines bearing down on Tang San as his Blue Silver Grass wilted under their suppression.

• The host announced that Tang San and Qian Ren Han would fight, exciting the audience and angering Tang San over the unequal introductions.
• Little Wu cheered for Qian Ren Han, intensifying Tang San’s jealousy, and Tang San leaped onto the stage with a showy display.
• Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass and two yellow Soul Rings, while Qian Ren Han revealed a Dragon Scale Blue Silver Emperor and one purple and four black Soul Rings.
• The host and audience were astonished to learn that ten-year-old Qian Ren Han had reached Soul King rank with an extraordinary Soul Ring configuration.
• Qian Ren Han used his first soul skill, Myriad Forms of the Forest, and the bloodline suppression caused Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass to wither before he could activate Blue Silver Entanglement.

Qian Ren Han overwhelmed Tang San in the spirit fight, beating him badly with a swarm of Dragon Scale Blue Silver Emperors. Tang San blamed his defeat on Qian Ren Han’s advantages and vowed to catch up and take revenge.

• Qian Ren Han summoned the Dragon Scale Blue Silver Emperor, and Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass wilted before it could attack.
• Tang San used Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to try to get close to Qian Ren Han, but Qian Ren Han multiplied his Dragon Scale Blue Silver Emperors into a wall that blocked every route.
• Tang San summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and charged the wall, but the Dragon Scale Blue Silver Emperors surrounded and whipped him until he was badly injured.
• Tang San lay defeated and vowed to surpass Qian Ren Han, take revenge, and reclaim Little Wu.

Qian Ren Han defeated God King Tang in a spirit battle while Yu Xiao Gang finally returned to Heaven Dou Imperial City after escaping years of torment. As Yu Xiao Gang prepared to leave for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, God King Tang recognized him on the street.

• Qian Ren Han whipped God King Tang into submission, and the host declared him the winner.
• Tang Hao carried God King Tang from the stage for treatment, while Qian Xunji praised Qian Ren Han and Little Wu celebrated his victory.
• Qian Ren Han defended his beating of Tang San as an elder correcting his nephew, and Qian Xunji backed his reasoning.
• Yu Xiao Gang arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City, cut his long hair into a crew cut, and bought a new black scholar's robe.
• God King Tang, returning from asking Tang Yuehua for money, spotted Yu Xiao Gang and realized his teacher was in Heaven Dou Imperial City.

Tang San reunited with Yu Xiao Gang in Heaven Dou Imperial City and asked him to become his teacher. After verifying Tang San’s identity and talent, Yu Xiao Gang accepted him as a disciple.

• Tang San called out to Yu Xiao Gang, who initially denied knowing him because of his battered, unusual appearance.
• Tang San blocked Yu Xiao Gang and introduced himself as Tang Hao’s son, then knelt and begged to become his disciple.
• Yu Xiao Gang asked Tang San to prove his identity, and Tang San summoned his Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul with two Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiao Gang examined Tang San’s Soul Rings and bone age, confirmed he was a ten-year-old Soul Grandmaster, and embraced him as his disciple.

Yu Xiao Gang reunited with God King Tang and returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where he learned more about the clan’s past attack and swore to use his disciple to take revenge on Bibi Dong. Days later, Qian Xunji attended Ning Rongrong’s full moon banquet and drew attention with Spirit Hall’s lavish gifts, especially a newly mass-produced Face-Preserving Pill.

• Yu Xiao Gang learned that God King Tang had chosen a Mandala Snake and a Ghost Vine for his first two Soul Rings, then arranged to meet him again in Heaven Dou Imperial City.
• Yu Xiao Gang returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Yu Dalong reunited with him and brought him to Yu Yuanzhen and Mother Yu.
• Mother Yu told Yu Xiao Gang that Evil Spirit Masters had attacked the clan ten years earlier, and Yu Xiao Gang blamed himself and vowed to raise God King Tang to avenge him against Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji attended Ning Rongrong’s full moon banquet at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Ah Yin, Qian Ren Han, Little Wu, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo.
• The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect elder announced Spirit Hall’s valuable gifts, including a bottle of Face-Preserving Pills, and Qian Xunji planned to promote the pill at one million Gold Soul Coins each.

After Ning Rongrong’s Full Moon Banquet, Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Xunji to discuss a partnership between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall. Qian Xunji saw that protecting the sect’s bank and jewelry businesses could benefit Spirit Hall, and considered whether the deal might draw the sect closer to Spirit Hall.

• After the banquet, Ning Fengzhi stopped Qian Xunji and asked to speak with him privately, with Chen Xin and Gu Rong standing nearby.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that Evil Spirit Masters had disrupted trade and asked Spirit Hall to cooperate with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Xunji initially argued that Spirit Hall had no reason to help the sect and should pursue its own interests.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Spirit Hall protect the sect’s bank and jewelry businesses in exchange for a share of their profits.
• Qian Xunji realized the partnership could be profitable because it would secure noble customers and protect the sect’s convoys from raids by Bibi Dong’s Evil Underworld Hall.
• Qian Xunji considered whether the partnership could become a way to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall’s fold.

Rakshasa God Bibi Dong completed the fifth Rakshasa God trial and persuaded the Rakshasa God to reshape her body in exchange for spreading his faith in the Star Luo Empire. Reborn with Soul Elder-level strength and a new trial to complete, she set off for the Star Luo Empire, intending to grow strong enough to reunite with Xiao Gang.

• Rakshasa God Bibi Dong completed the fifth trial and asked the Rakshasa God to reshape her body, promising to spread his faith and sow death, resentment, and slaughter in the Star Luo Empire.
• The Rakshasa God agreed, extracted Rakshasa God Bibi Dong's soul, and used Rakshasa Divine Power to create her a new body.
• Rakshasa God Bibi Dong dressed in the clothes the Rakshasa God provided and found that she had level-thirty cultivation, two hundred-year Soul Rings, and one thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Rakshasa God Bibi Dong discovered that her first new trial required her to devour the souls of one hundred ordinary humans and one hundred low-level Spirit Masters.
• Rakshasa God Bibi Dong flew toward the Star Luo Empire, determined to gain enough strength to protect Xiao Gang and reunite with him.

Six years after arriving in this world, Tang San lived in Light Three Villages, where Spirit Hall provided orphaned children with food and education that fostered loyalty to Qian Xunji. As the children prepared for their imminent Spirit Awakening, Old Gauss gave them Soul Power Food sent by the Pope.

• Tang San failed to break through the First Heavenly Layer of the Mysterious Heaven Skill and wondered whether he needed to awaken his spirit first.
• Tang San returned to Light Three Villages and joined the other orphans in their reverent pre-meal prayers for the Angel God and Qian Xunji.
• Tang San silently vowed to protect Spirit Hall and Light Three Villages, which he considered his home and Qian Xunji his father.
• Old Gauss announced that the children would receive Soul Power Food from a food-type Soul Master to encourage them before Spirit Awakening.
• Tang San and the other children gratefully shouted their thanks for the special food.

Qian Xunji celebrated his breakthrough to Rank 98 and reviewed Spirit Hall's gifted young fighters before choosing a village for Spirit Awakening Day. He spotted Tang San on the list for Light Three Villages and decided to visit there.

• Qian Xunji broke through to Rank 98, and Yue Guan and Gui Mei congratulated him.
• Qian Xunji watched Qian Ren Han, Little Wu, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the other young geniuses spar in the plaza.
• Yue Guan asked Qian Xunji which village he would visit for Spirit Awakening Day, and Qian Xunji requested the YuLin orphan lists.
• Qian Xunji found Tang San's name on the list for Light Three Villages and wondered whether Tang San had become a YuLin orphan.
• Qian Xunji chose to visit Light Three Villages for this year's Spirit Awakening Day.

Pope Qian Xunji visited Light Three Villages on the day Tang San and eighteen other children were due for Spirit Awakening. He welcomed the YuLin Orphans as his children and teacher, leaving Tang San and the others moved by his warmth.

• Village chief Old Gauss told the children that Qian Xunji would visit and reminded them of their Spirit Hall slogans.
• Qian Xunji set out from Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan, Ghost Douluo Gui Mei, and a grand procession.
• Old Gauss led the villagers and children in welcoming Qian Xunji to Light Three Villages.
• Qian Xunji addressed the villagers, then recognized Tang San among the children awaiting Spirit Awakening.
• Qian Xunji told the YuLin Orphans he would be their father and teacher, and the moved children thanked him and shouted their slogans.

Qian Xunji visited Light Three Villages to oversee the orphans’ Martial Soul awakenings, where Tang San revealed he possessed two Martial Souls. The chapter ended with Qian Xunji recognizing Tang San’s second Martial Soul as a black hammer.

• The YuLin orphans shouted “loyalty” and “gratitude,” and Old Gauss explained that he had taught them the slogans to honor Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji praised Old Gauss, then led Tang San and the other nineteen children to Light Three Villages’ Spirit Hall Branch with Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Yue Guan awakened the children’s Martial Souls, and Ye Fan revealed a Green Bronze Cauldron Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power Level 3.
• Tang San awakened a silver-blue Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, then told Yue Guan he believed he had another Martial Soul.
• At Qian Xunji’s prompting, Tang San summoned a small black iron hammer, surprising Qian Xunji and Yue Guan.