Chapter Summaries

Jiang Li and Long Haochen both failed to gain a magical beast’s recognition at Knight Sacred Mountain, so they tried the teleportation array instead. Jiang Li formed an equal contract with an intelligent magical beast and discovered it had appeared as a young man.

• Jiang Li recalled how his low innate spiritual power had shaped his life and how he had trained under Ye Hua alongside Long Haochen.
• Ye Hua and the elderly guardian arranged for both disciples to try contracting a mount through the teleportation array.
• While Long Haochen used the array, Jiang Li memorized the elven writing and the array’s visible structure.
• Long Haochen emerged with a two-headed lizard-like beast that Jiang Li recognized as Austin Griffin, the God of Damnation.
• Jiang Li sensed a lonely, light-tinged presence, invited it to become his companion, and heard it agree before his strength gave out.
• Jiang Li activated the equal-contract seal and found a refined young man standing before him as his contracted magical beast.

Jiang Li discovered that his contracted mount was Qian Renxue, a powerful, intelligent woman from the Douluo Continent who had been classified as a magical beast by the summoning array. After calming her suspicions, he considered whether their connection could help him improve his talent and cultivate on her continent.

• Jiang Li and the others were astonished when his contracted magical beast appeared as a humanoid and introduced himself as Xue Qinghe.
• Jiang Li recognized the name and light aura as belonging to Qian Renxue, while Qian Renxue studied the unfamiliar Holy Demon Continent and confirmed she could leave if she wished.
• Jiang Li told Ye Hua that his new mount was equivalent to a sixth-tier magical beast, and Qian Renxue grew angry at being treated as a controllable Soul Beast.
• The mountain-guarding elder noted Qian Renxue's unusual light aura and blocked background, then prepared to send the group out of the area.
• Jiang Li promised Qian Renxue he would not harm her and decided to placate her while considering whether he could cultivate Soul Power on the Douluo Continent to overcome his talent limits.

Jiang Li explained the equal contract to Qian Renxue, who chose to keep it and began cultivating in his home. As he prepared two combat techniques as a gift for her, spiritual power poured through their connection and helped him break through to the fourth order.

• Jiang Li explained the contract’s terms and revealed that Qian Renxue had become his mount, but she decided to maintain the arrangement for now and asked for a quiet room to cultivate.
• Jiang Li returned with Qian Renxue to his home, while Li Xin learned that the dignified man she had noticed was a magical beast and felt disappointed.
• Jiang Li selected Rising Dragon Strike and Holy Light Flash as gifts for Qian Renxue and reflected on how to build trust with her.
• Spiritual power flowed from Qian Renxue through their connection, helping Jiang Li break through from the third-order peak to the fourth order and transform his foundation.

Qian Renxue and Jiang Li both advanced after Qian Renxue cultivated on Jiang Li’s continent, and she returned to the Douluo Continent after two days away. Her disappearance had mobilized the Worship Hall and drawn Bibi Dong to the Crown Prince’s Residence, where Qian Renxue reappeared before them.

• Qian Renxue’s cultivation raised Jiang Li’s Internal Spiritual Power from 499 to 832 and advanced him to the fourth tier, while her own cultivation rose from level 52 to level 54.
• Qian Renxue returned to the Douluo Continent after Jiang Li gave her two Skill Books and explained how to contact him through the Pact Array.
• Jiang Li copied the Ancient Elves Clan’s runes, considering whether their Summoning Array could let him travel to the Douluo Plane.
• After Qian Renxue vanished for two days, Snake Lance and Pufferfish, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and all seven enshrined mobilized to search for her.
• Bibi Dong went to the Crown Prince’s Residence and argued with Qian Daoliu while searching for Qian Renxue’s aura.
• Qian Renxue suddenly reappeared before Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan, and the others.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City, where Golden Crocodile Douluo seized control of the Heaven Dou Empire through a coup and installed Xue Beng as emperor. After learning Jiang Li’s self-created skills, Qian Renxue traveled back to the Holy Demon Continent and appeared before him in her true form.

• Qian Daoliu reunited with Qian Renxue and took her back to Spirit City, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo to handle the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo ordered Qian Jun to stage a coup, Jiang Mo to install a puppet emperor, and Snake Lance and Pufferfish to seize control and resources for Spirit Hall.
• Prince Xue Xing was blamed for killing Xue Ye and Xue Qinghe, Xue Beng became emperor, and Golden Crocodile Douluo secretly killed Dugu Bo.
• Qian Renxue mastered the basics of Jiang Li’s Rising Dragon Strike and Holy Light Flash, then told the enshrined she intended to return to the Holy Demon Continent.
• Jiang Li improved his Internal Spiritual Power to 850 and noticed that his talent was gradually increasing after forming the equal contract.
• Qian Renxue used the contract to travel to the Holy Demon Continent and appeared before Jiang Li in her true form, startling him.

Jiang Li tried to fuse with the soul bone Qian Renxue gave him, but the two continents’ powers conflicted and the attempt failed. Qian Renxue then asked whether he would travel to her continent through their equal contract, and he warned her that the journey could leave them stranded.

• Qian Renxue revealed her true appearance and gave Jiang Li a soul bone from a seventy-thousand-year-old Golden Earth Dragon King.
• Jiang Li attempted to fuse with the soul bone but stopped when its power rejected his spiritual power, and he concluded that he needed a martial soul.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Jiang Li could reach her continent through reverse summoning via their equal contract.
• Jiang Li explained that the attempt depended on the distance between the planes and carried risks, including being unable to return.
• Qian Renxue offered to guarantee Jiang Li’s safety and asked him to try traveling to her continent.

Qian Renxue tried to reverse-summon Jiang Li to the Douluo Continent, but Qian Daoliu determined that Jiang Li lacked the power and coordinates to make the journey safely. After she steadied herself, Qian Renxue chose to return to the Holy Demon Continent and pursue a new goal: verifying Jiang Li’s claim that humans once ascended to godhood there.

• Qian Renxue returned to the Douluo Continent and explained the equal summoning contract to Qian Daoliu before attempting to summon Jiang Li.
• Jiang Li sensed the pull of the reverse summoning but stopped when his instincts warned that the attempt could destroy him.
• Qian Daoliu halted the summoning, explaining that Jiang Li lacked protection and return coordinates, while Qian Renxue could travel safely because of her ties to the Douluo Plane.
• Qian Renxue concealed her emotional turmoil and accepted a ten-thousand-year spirit medicine from Qian Daoliu as a gift for Jiang Li.
• Qian Renxue decided to return to the Holy Demon Continent and make verifying its history of human ascension her next goal.

Qian Renxue gave Jiang Li a ten-thousand-year light paradise flower and explored the Haoyue Branch Hall with him, learning about the Holy Demon Continent’s equipment and knightly ideals. Inspired by the knights’ teachings, she decided to try becoming a knight and asked Jiang Li how to begin.

• Qian Renxue returned with a ten-thousand-year light paradise flower, and Jiang Li accepted it before inviting her to tour the Haoyue Branch Hall.
• Qian Renxue explored the local equipment market, bought a third-order Magic Shield, and asked Jiang Li to collect equipment-forging techniques for her.
• Qian Renxue watched knights train and teach the ten knight virtues, then reflected on the difference between the Holy Demon Continent and the Douluo Continent.
• Qian Renxue told Jiang Li she wanted to become a knight, and he described the Retribution Knight and Guardian Knight paths.
• Qian Renxue asked whether she could choose both paths and, eager to test her talent, asked Jiang Li what procedure she needed to follow.

Jiang Li brought Qian Renxue to his teacher, Ye Hua, seeking an Awakening Stone so she could undergo Sacred Awakening. Ye Hua revealed that an ancient Light Angel God had existed on the Holy Demon Continent, and the chapter ended with him agreeing to try the awakening.

• Jiang Li explained Sacred Awakening to Qian Renxue but concealed that it might dissolve her other attributes, hoping her awakening would improve his talent through their Equal Contract.
• Jiang Li took Qian Renxue to the Haoyue Branch Hall, where Ye Hua discovered Jiang Li had already advanced to the fourth order.
• Jiang Li introduced Qian Renxue as a member of the Angel Clan and attributed his improved strength and talent to their contract.
• Ye Hua found ancient records of the Light Angel God and concluded that Qian Renxue's bloodline and their Equal Contract had helped Jiang Li improve.
• Qian Renxue was shaken to learn that an Angel God had existed on the Holy Demon Continent and resolved to ask her grandfather about it when she returned to the Douluo Continent.
• Jiang Li asked Ye Hua whether Qian Renxue could undergo Sacred Awakening, and Ye Hua agreed to try.

During Qian Renxue’s Sacred Awakening, her innate spiritual power reached 99 and she gained Light Blessing, while Jiang Li’s talent improved and Ye Hua broke through his long-standing bottleneck. The awakening ended with people gathered outside the chamber, drawn by the extraordinary power they had sensed.

• Ye Hua guided Qian Renxue’s Sacred Awakening, and the sacred light enveloped Jiang Li as well.
• Jiang Li meditated and discovered that his innate internal spiritual power had risen to around twenty-five or twenty-six points and was still increasing.
• Jiang Li saw that Ye Hua was injured, then sensed his teacher breaking through his Fifth-Order bottleneck as people gathered outside the chamber.
• Qian Renxue said her Six-Winged Angel’s light attribute had improved and separated from its sacred attribute, and that she had gained the skill Light Blessing.
• Qian Renxue revealed that her innate internal spiritual power was 99 points, then asked Jiang Li what they should do about the people outside.

After Qian Renxue refused to reveal her Child of Light status to the Knight Temple, Jiang Li proposed that they become each other’s Retainer Knights to ease the imbalance in their contract and improve his talent. She agreed, and Jiang Li asked Ye Hua about the contract when he returned.

• Jiang Li let Qian Renxue decide whether to disclose her Sacred Awakening, and she chose to avoid the Knight Temple for now.
• Ye Hua explained the manifestation to Temple Master Nalan Shu and the others as a blessing from the God of Light Angels, concealing what had happened.
• Jiang Li proposed that he and Qian Renxue sign Retainer Knight contracts with each other, making him her subordinate while she remained his mount.
• Qian Renxue sensed Jiang Li’s selfish motive through their Equal Contract, and he admitted the contract could raise his innate Internal Spiritual Power; she agreed to try it.
• Jiang Li asked Ye Hua whether he knew the Retainer Knight contract, hoping to improve his own talent and eventually help his teacher as well.

Jiang Li took Qian Renxue outside Haoyue City to hunt demons and sharpen her combat skills, but she entered the fight confident she could overwhelm them with her power. After she exhausted most of her soul power without defeating the Twin-Blade Demon leader, she was left in danger and Jiang Li watched from concealment.

• Jiang Li asked Ye Hua to obtain a Retainer Contract scroll and left Haoyue City with Qian Renxue to train and hunt demons.
• Jiang Li suggested that Qian Renxue fight a group of Zelin Twin-Blade Demons while he watched, intending to teach her combat skill.
• Qian Renxue sensed Jiang Li doubted her abilities, summoned her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and charged into the demon swarm.
• Qian Renxue killed several demons with her holy power, but each victory rapidly drained her soul power.
• Qian Renxue used her fifth soul skill, Holy Sword, but the Twin-Blade Demon leader blocked the attack with help from its kin, leaving her nearly depleted and astonished.

Jiang Li trained Qian Renxue in combat while they hunted demons, and both grew stronger over two and a half months. After killing a powerful Great Bird Demon, they began their return to Haoyue City, where Jiang Li continued researching the Ancient Elves Clan’s teleportation array.

• Jiang Li used the terrain and his control of spiritual power to kill a Fourth-Order Twin-Blade Demon and two Third-Order Twin-Blade Demons, prompting Qian Renxue to ask him for guidance.
• Jiang Li and Qian Renxue hunted demons for two and a half months, improving their cultivation and collecting rare resources.
• Qian Renxue reached the ninth level of the third order and raised her soul power from level 54 to level 56, while Jiang Li’s internal spiritual power reached 1,150.
• Qian Renxue killed a sixth-order Great Bird Demon with one sword strike, then Jiang Li supported her and took the demon’s golden wings.
• Jiang Li and Qian Renxue traveled through Blackstone City and hired a carriage back to Haoyue City, with fewer than three months remaining before the Demon Hunt Selection Tournament.
• During the ride, Jiang Li studied Ancient Elves Clan runes and told Qian Renxue he hoped to build teleportation arrays between the Douluo Continent and the Holy Demon Continent.

After returning to Haoyue City with Qian Renxue, Jiang Li met with Ye Hua and Long Haochen to discuss a possible way to improve Ye Hua’s talent using Retainer Knight Contracts. Qian Renxue left for Jiang Li’s residence while quietly weighing whether to bind herself to him with a Blood Pact.

• Jiang Li explained the Blood Pact’s irreversible bond to Qian Renxue, who said she only wanted to learn about it and privately considered using one to balance a Retainer Knight Contract.
• After two days, Jiang Li and Qian Renxue returned to Haoyue City; she went to his residence, and he headed to the Haoyue Branch Hall.
• Jiang Li found Long Haochen sparring with Li Xin while Ye Hua watched, then received one of the two Retainer Knight Contract scrolls he had requested.
• Jiang Li told Ye Hua and Long Haochen he wanted to test a method that might improve Ye Hua’s talent, but that Long Haochen would need to give something up.
• Jiang Li invited Ye Hua and Long Haochen to his residence to discuss the details privately, and Li Xin asked to see Jiang Li’s mount sometime.

Jiang Li brought Ye Hua and Long Haochen to the Underground Chamber to propose a Retainer Knight Contract with Qian Renxue, which could share innate internal spiritual power. After Qian Renxue questioned Long Haochen and Haoyue about their blood pact, Long Haochen agreed to Jiang Li’s proposal and promised to persuade Ye Hua as well.

• Li Xin asked Jiang Li to let her meet his magical beast mount, and he agreed when time allowed.
• Jiang Li took Ye Hua and Long Haochen to his residence and told Qian Renxue he had obtained the Retainer Knight Scroll.
• Jiang Li brought them to the Underground Chamber and explained to Qian Renxue that the contract would share innate internal spiritual power.
• Qian Renxue asked to speak privately with Long Haochen and Haoyue about the effects of their blood pact.
• Ye Hua worried that Jiang Li was scheming to make Long Haochen sign a contract, but Jiang Li argued that a knight could have two retainer knights and persuaded him to let Long Haochen choose.
• Long Haochen agreed to sign the Retainer Knight Contract with Jiang Li and said he would make Ye Hua agree too.

Jiang Li’s Retainer Knight Contract with Qian Renxue became a blood pact, dramatically raising his talent and strength while leaving her temporarily weakened. After Ye Hua confirmed Qian Renxue could recover, he signed a contract with Long Haochen, and Jiang Li prepared to refine pills to help them all.

• Jiang Li’s contract with Qian Renxue activated, raising his innate internal spiritual power to 79 and his total internal spiritual power to 1,720 as the blood pact fed power back to him.
• Jiang Li thanked the weakened Qian Renxue and promised to help her recover, while she began meditating to regain her strength.
• Ye Hua delayed signing a contract with Long Haochen until he could confirm that Qian Renxue’s depleted innate power would recover.
• Three days later, Ye Hua signed the Retainer Knight Contract with Long Haochen, and his innate internal spiritual power rose to 58.
• Jiang Li planned to refine pills from the ten-thousand-year paradise flower to help Qian Renxue, Long Haochen, and Ye Hua, and Qian Renxue asked to watch him work.

Jiang Li and Qian Renxue refined pills from a ten-thousand-year Paradise Light Flower, but their spiritual resonance unexpectedly carried them into Heaven-Man Unity and improved both their cultivation. They produced six perfect Light Spirit-Nurturing Pills, which Jiang Li divided between them, Ye Hua, and Long Haochen.

• Jiang Li explained that pills made from high-grade ingredients could aid cultivation without harming potential, then invited Qian Renxue to help refine them.
• Qian Renxue struggled to control the flames at first, but Jiang Li guided her until she learned the necessary timing and technique.
• After seven days of practice, Jiang Li and Qian Renxue began refining pills from the Paradise Light Flower and unexpectedly entered a state of spiritual resonance.
• Jiang Li and Qian Renxue regained consciousness with improved cultivation, and Qian Renxue identified their shared state as a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Jiang Li found six perfectly formed pills in the furnace, named them Light Spirit-Nurturing Pills, and gave two to Qian Renxue while reserving the rest for himself, Ye Hua, and Long Haochen.

Jiang Li prepared supplies from the Holy Demon Continent for Qian Renxue to take back to the Douluo Continent, while pushing his training to its limits and trusting her to catch him. As Qian Renxue prepared to leave for a few days, Jiang Li brought her into the underground chamber to reveal something and discuss taking Tang San’s opportunities first.

• Qian Renxue left to recover her spiritual power, while Jiang Li gathered forging methods and other supplies from the Knight Temple.
• Jiang Li gave Ye Hua Light Spirit-Nurturing Pills for himself and Long Haochen, then spent his Gold Soul Coins filling two Storage Rings with useful items for Spirit Hall.
• Jiang Li trained until he exhausted himself and broke a courtyard wall with a powerful sword strike; Qian Renxue caught him and carried him to bed.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue told Jiang Li she would return to the Douluo Continent for a few days, and he gave her the two Storage Rings he had prepared.
• Jiang Li asked Qian Renxue to follow him into the underground chamber, intending to tell her about seizing Tang San’s opportunities.

Jiang Li told Qian Renxue about the Douluo Plane and pointed her toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where he wanted her to retrieve Immortal Herbs. Qian Renxue returned safely to Spirit City, easing Qian Daoliu’s worry.

• Jiang Li described the Douluo Plane’s world barrier and named three places that might hold divine inheritances.
• Jiang Li told Qian Renxue about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs, and she promised to search for them when she returned.
• Bibi Dong placed Spirit Hall’s hidden power figures in positions of authority in the Heaven Dou Empire and supported Tuoba Xi’s attempt to become a Titled Douluo.
• Qian Daoliu grew increasingly irritable in Spirit City because Qian Renxue had been away on the Holy Demon Continent.
• Qian Renxue appeared in the Worship Hall, and Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo greeted her with relief.

Qian Renxue demonstrated the Light Angel God’s powers and introduced the Holy Demon Continent’s equipment, skills, and pill to Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall’s worshippers. Qian Daoliu agreed to let her return to the continent, and she prepared to share something even more important after asking him to secure the room.

• Qian Renxue explained her improved attributes and the Light Angel God’s blessing, while concealing her contracts with Jiang Li.
• Qian Renxue showed the worshippers equipment and forging methods from the Holy Demon Continent, prompting them to consider their impact on Spirit Hall and Soul Masters.
• At Qian Renxue’s request, Demon Subduing Douluo brought in a three-ring Soul Master whose Fallen Demon Wolf Martial Soul carried evil attributes.
• Qian Renxue purified the Soul Master and gave him the Light Angel God’s blessing, changing his Martial Soul and slightly improving the quality of her own light attribute.
• Qian Daoliu said he would allow Qian Renxue to return to the Holy Demon Continent if she came back safely, and she showed him more items, including a Light Spirit-Nurturing Pill.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to seal off the area before she revealed what she said was very important.