Chapter Summaries

Su Yu comforted Qian Renxue as she struggled with her belief that Teacher did not love her, explaining that Teacher’s pain over the past might be keeping her distant. Qian Renxue accepted his explanation and decided to learn what was troubling Teacher.

• Su Yu teased Qian Renxue for acting like a tsundere puppy, and she defended herself and Little Gray.
• Su Yu asked Qian Renxue about Teacher, prompting her to describe how Teacher’s rejection and slap had made her feel unloved.
• Su Yu offered Qian Renxue a handkerchief and told her that Teacher had looked regretful and pained after she ran away.
• Su Yu suggested that Teacher’s painful past made her avoid Qian Renxue, and said Qian Renxue would need to discover the source of that pain to resolve the conflict.
• Qian Renxue thanked Su Yu, agreed to his suggestion, and let him stroke Little Gray.

Su Yu offered Qian Renxue a secret place to talk, while Bibi Dong proposed infiltrating Heaven Dou’s royal family to bring the empire under Spirit Hall’s control. The plan ended in a fierce dispute when Qian Daoliu realized Bibi Dong intended to send his granddaughter, Xiao Xue.

• Su Yu told Qian Renxue she could seek him out whenever she wanted, and she privately declared their hideaway a secret base to Little Gray.
• Bibi Dong told Spirit Hall’s senior members that it needed to recruit commoner Soul Masters and destroy the Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires.
• Bibi Dong proposed replacing a Heaven Dou Imperial Prince and eliminating the other heirs so Spirit Hall’s agent could inherit the throne.
• Qian Daoliu initially approved the strategy but objected when Bibi Dong described the candidate’s required abilities, recognizing that she meant Xiao Xue.
• Bibi Dong argued that Xiao Xue should serve Spirit Hall’s cause, while Qian Daoliu refused to risk his granddaughter’s safety.

Bibi Dong pushed to send Qian Renxue undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, prompting Qian Daoliu to forbid her involvement and leave the Pope Hall in anger. That night, Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong herself and asked whether she truly intended to send her away.

• Bibi Dong insisted that Spirit Hall’s cause justified sending Qian Renxue to the Heaven Dou Empire, while Qian Daoliu fiercely opposed the plan.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to calm them, but Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong to keep Qian Renxue out of the plan and stormed from the Pope Hall.
• Qian Daoliu concealed the dispute from Qian Renxue and later told Golden Crocodile Douluo he would never agree to her going undercover.
• A pair of purple eyes appeared in Bibi Dong’s mirror and discussed her completed Divine Trials and the Godhood she was promised.
• Qian Renxue entered Bibi Dong’s chamber and asked whether Bibi Dong really wanted her to go to the Heaven Dou Empire.

Qian Renxue agreed to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Imperial Family after Bibi Dong rejected her attempt to earn her affection. Su Yu tried to dissuade her, but Qian Renxue insisted she might win her mother's approval if she succeeded.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue she wanted her to go because she was part of the Qian Family and the Angel God's successor.
• Qian Renxue asked whether she could call Bibi Dong Mom if she went, but Bibi Dong coldly refused.
• Qian Renxue agreed to go and left Pope Hall in tears while Bibi Dong watched her depart.
• Su Yu found Qian Renxue in the corridor and comforted her with a handkerchief.
• Su Yu told Qian Renxue that the Great Enshrined had rejected Bibi Dong's plan and warned her against infiltrating the Heaven Dou Imperial Family.
• Qian Renxue insisted she would go because she hoped success might make Bibi Dong treat her better.

Qian Renxue prepared to leave for the Heaven Dou Empire, hoping the mission would bring her closer to her mother, while Su Yu reassured her and gained the Mind's Eye of the Kagura. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu learning she had agreed to go and warning her about the danger.

• Qian Renxue asked Su Yu to care for Little Gray and admitted she had agreed to serve Spirit Hall, hoping her mother might treat her better.
• Su Yu teased Qian Renxue into acknowledging him as a friend, promised to care for Little Gray, and agreed to visit their secret base with it.
• The system rewarded Su Yu with the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, which let him sense activity within five hundred meters and had a maximum range of ten li.
• Qian Daoliu confronted Qian Renxue about going to the Heaven Dou Empire, but she confirmed she had already agreed.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Renxue that working undercover would put her in danger, while she insisted she wanted to help Spirit Hall and win her mother's affection.

Qian Renxue convinced Qian Daoliu to let her go to the Heaven Dou Empire, and he gave her the Qian Family’s Inherited Soul Bone and arranged protection. The next morning, Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu at the Angel God Statue and taunted him about his son’s death.

• Qian Renxue knelt and pleaded with Qian Daoliu to let her go to Heaven Dou, saying she wanted to fulfill her mission and try to untie her mother’s knot in her heart.
• Qian Daoliu reluctantly agreed, helped Qian Renxue up, and told her to return immediately if she faced danger.
• Qian Daoliu said She Long and Ci Xue would protect Qian Renxue and gave her the Qian Family’s Inherited Soul Bone, which could change her Martial Soul’s form and her appearance.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to protect herself and promised that her safety mattered more than Spirit Hall’s ambitions; she vowed to return safely.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong entered the hall as Qian Daoliu prayed before the Angel God Statue and mocked his devotion, bringing up his son’s death.
• Qian Daoliu tightened his grip on his staff and rebuked Bibi Dong for her insolence.

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu over Qian Renxue’s mission to the Heaven Dou Empire, but his words forced her to face her lingering love for her daughter. Three days later, Qian Renxue departed with She Long and Ci Xue, leaving Qian Daoliu to wait for her return.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue had agreed to go to the Heaven Dou Empire and declared that she wanted to see the Qian Family destroyed.
• Qian Daoliu pointed out that Bibi Dong’s fear for Qian Renxue revealed her maternal love, and Bibi Dong broke down in tears after he left.
• Three days later, Qian Daoliu warned Qian Renxue to prioritize her safety and told She Long and Ci Xue to protect her.
• Qian Renxue knelt and kowtowed to Qian Daoliu, apologized for worrying him, and said she could not stay by his side often.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue to pursue what she wanted and promised to wait for her at home with her favorite osmanthus cakes.

Qian Renxue left Martial Soul Holy City after saying goodbye to Qian Daoliu and expressing her love for Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong watched her go and secretly ordered Ghost Douluo to follow, while Su Yu and Little Gray saw Qian Renxue off on the road.

• Qian Renxue embraced Qian Daoliu, who told her he would wait for her to come home.
• Qian Renxue stopped beneath an old locust tree and told her absent mother that she still loved her and would do anything she asked.
• Bibi Dong arrived after Qian Renxue had left, regretted how she had treated her, and ordered Yue Guan to have Ghost Douluo follow her secretly.
• Su Yu met Qian Renxue at a fork in the road and brought Little Gray to see her off.
• Qian Renxue left Little Gray with Su Yu and warned him to take good care of the dog.

After six months, Bibi Dong ordered Su Yu and Hu Liena to prepare for Spirit Hall Academy’s Freshman Competition and arranged for Xiao Yi to train them. Xiao Yi explained the two events and began their preparation for the Wilderness Trial.

• Qian Renxue departed, and Su Yu stayed behind with Little Gray until her carriage disappeared.
• Over the next half year, Little Gray grew close to both Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong and became a pampered fixture in the Pope Hall.
• Bibi Dong told Su Yu and Hu Liena that they had to place in the Freshman Competition’s top three and arranged special training for them.
• Xiao Yi introduced himself as a rank eighty-three Power Attack System Soul Douluo sent by Bibi Dong to instruct Su Yu and Hu Liena.
• Xiao Yi described the competition’s Command Token Wilderness Trial and Soul Master duels, then told the pair to focus on coordination and real combat.

Xiao Yi sent Su Yu and Hu Liena to the Soul Beast Forest for five days of special training, tasking them with working together to kill a Soul Beast at least eight hundred years old. They found a sheltered base by a river and began tracking a three-hundred-year-old Ironclad Rhinoceros, waiting for it to leave the drinking area before attacking.

• Xiao Yi took Su Yu and Hu Liena to the Soul Beast Forest and explained that he would not intervene unless their lives were in danger.
• Su Yu used Mind's Eye of the Kagura to scout the area and led Hu Liena southeast to a hollow in a rock face beside a river.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena hid in a tree when an Ironclad Rhinoceros appeared, and Hu Liena estimated it was at least three hundred years old.
• Su Yu told Hu Liena not to attack the Ironclad Rhinoceros by the river, warning that the noise could attract other Soul Beasts.
• When the Ironclad Rhinoceros left the river, Su Yu and Hu Liena followed it through the bushes.

Su Yu and Hu Liena worked together to kill an Ironclad Rhinoceros and gathered its meat for dinner. Over the next three days, they hunted several more Soul Beasts while Xiao Yi secretly watched and approved of their abilities.

• Su Yu and Hu Liena coordinated their attacks, using his Wood Release techniques and her Demon Fox Charm to wound and restrain the Ironclad Rhinoceros.
• Su Yu caused wooden spikes to grow through the Ironclad Rhinoceros's body, and Hu Liena struck its hind-leg joint before it collapsed and died.
• Su Yu cut tenderloin from the Ironclad Rhinoceros and invited Hu Liena to look for fruit or mushrooms to add to dinner.
• Over three days, Su Yu and Hu Liena worked together to kill seven or eight Soul Beasts over six hundred years old.
• Xiao Yi watched them from the shadows and felt satisfied with their combat adaptability and composure.

Xiao Yi secretly lured a powerful soul beast toward Su Yu and Hu Liena to test their limits, and the pair faced a Golden-Eyed Tiger at least a thousand years old. After their attacks failed to quickly defeat it, Su Yu trapped it in a net of wooden vines, but its eye-beam began burning through the bindings.

• Xiao Yi scattered Frenzy Beast Powder into a mountain crevice and hid nearby to watch Su Yu and Hu Liena.
• After defeating a seven-hundred-year Gale Wolf, Su Yu pulled Hu Liena out of the way of a Golden-Eyed Tiger's ambush.
• Su Yu warned Hu Liena that the tiger was at least a thousand years old and shielded her as it attacked.
• Hu Liena used Demon Fox Charm and struck at the tiger's closed vertical eye, but the blade bounced off and the tiger began charging its beam.
• Su Yu blocked the beam with his demon-faced wooden shield, then wounded the tiger with Thorn Killing Technique vines.
• Su Yu bound the tiger in a dense net of wooden vines, but the tiger opened its vertical eye and burned a gap through the bindings.

Su Yu killed the Golden-Eyed Tiger and discovered that its glowing third eye was an External Soul Bone. He began explaining the rare treasure to Hu Liena as they examined the corpse.

• Su Yu used wooden vines and his Cutting Technique to kill the Golden-Eyed Tiger, leaving a purple Thousand-Year Soul Ring above its corpse.
• Hu Liena was shocked by how quickly Su Yu defeated the beast and accused him of having played along with her during their earlier hunts.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena found a faintly glowing third eye on the tiger's forehead, and Su Yu identified it as an External Soul Bone.
• Hu Liena admitted that she knew Soul Bones occupied six locations on the body, and Su Yu praised her for remembering.

Su Yu and Hu Liena completed Xiao Yi’s trial by defeating a Golden-Eyed Tiger and discovering that it possessed a rare, evolving External Soul Bone. They returned to Pope Hall, where Bibi Dong asked Xiao Yi how the two had performed during their trials.

• Su Yu explained the abilities and value of External Soul Bones to Hu Liena, including their ability to evolve.
• Su Yu removed the Golden-Eyed Tiger’s Vertical Eye External Soul Bone and showed it to Hu Liena.
• Xiao Yi revealed that he had arranged the Golden-Eyed Tiger encounter as the final stage of their trial and had not known it carried an External Soul Bone.
• Su Yu placed the External Soul Bone in a jade box, and he, Hu Liena, and Xiao Yi returned to Pope Hall.
• Bibi Dong examined the External Soul Bone and asked Xiao Yi how Su Yu and Hu Liena had performed in their trials.

After the trials, Su Yu received the External Soul Bone from the Golden-Eyed Tiger and absorbed it under Bibi Dong’s protection. The bone granted him an offensive skill, Tiger Flame Demon Light, which he was about to demonstrate to Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong praised Su Yu and Hu Liena’s performance and told them to decide who would receive the External Soul Bone.
• Hu Liena argued that the offensive Soul Bone suited Su Yu better, and he accepted it.
• Bibi Dong shielded the hall while Su Yu endured the pain of merging with the Soul Bone.
• Su Yu completed the absorption and discovered that the Soul Bone had granted him an offensive Soul Skill.
• Bibi Dong told Su Yu to test the skill on her, and he activated Tiger Flame Demon Light.

Su Yu tested his thousand-year External Soul Bone Skill against Bibi Dong’s defense, then prepared with Hu Liena for the Freshman Competition. The first trial began as teams entered a mountain to collect Command Tokens, with the pair holding on to their hopes of taking first place.

• Su Yu’s Soul Bone Skill failed to break Bibi Dong’s barrier, but she praised its strength and encouraged him to keep honing it.
• Bibi Dong told Su Yu and Hu Liena to follow Xiao Yi’s plan and bring back first place in the Freshman Competition.
• Hu Liena excitedly predicted that Su Yu’s Soul Bone would help them win, and Su Yu agreed.
• Three days later, Xu Ding opened the Freshman Competition and announced that its first trial required pairs to find and collect Command Tokens on a mountain within twenty-four hours.
• Xu Ding explained that teams could steal tokens from one another and that the pair with the most tokens would win the first trial.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena exchanged an understanding glance as the freshmen formed teams and charged toward the mountain.

Su Yu and Hu Liena quickly gathered more Command Tokens than any other team in the mountain assessment, then settled into a wooden house Su Yu built with his Wood Release Martial Soul. They planned to take other teams’ tokens the next day.

• Su Yu and Hu Liena entered the mountain together and used their abilities to find and defeat Soul Beasts carrying Command Tokens.
• After two hours, they had collected thirty-three Command Tokens, far ahead of the second-place team’s eleven.
• Su Yu told Hu Liena they would rob other teams for their tokens the next day, and she agreed.
• Su Yu used Wood Release: Four-Pillar House Technique to build a wooden house where they could rest for the night.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Holy Dragon Douluo, and Bibi Dong watched the pair’s progress and reacted to Su Yu’s improvised lodging.

Su Yu and Hu Liena defended their cabin during the first assessment, defeating teams that tried to steal their Command Tokens and collecting more than two hundred. They returned to the Martial Arts Arena as the assessment ended, while Su Yu regretted not encountering Xie Yue.

• Lao Tie and Lao Mo tried to ambush Su Yu at the cabin, but Su Yu trapped them with vines and took their Command Tokens.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena found the students who had attacked them bound to trees, and Su Yu left them there until noon.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena strolled through the forest, confident that their growing pile of Command Tokens secured the assessment.
• By noon, Su Yu and Hu Liena had collected more than two hundred Command Tokens, while the teams they had defeated had none left.
• Su Yu and Hu Liena returned to the Martial Arts Arena with their Command Tokens as the assessment ended.

Su Yu and Hu Liena won the first assessment with 223 command tokens, and Bibi Dong praised them before the individual tournament began. Su Yu drew a first-round match against Zhang Hao, whose flames forced Su Yu to change how he attacked with Wood Release.

• Su Yu and Hu Liena presented 223 command tokens, earning first place in the team assessment.
• Xu Ding announced that the next assessment would be an individual soul fighting tournament.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Yu and Hu Liena and urged them to maintain their momentum.
• Hu Liena drew a first-round bye, while Su Yu drew number fifteen and was paired against Zhang Hao.
• Zhang Hao attacked Su Yu with Flame Impact, but Su Yu dodged and sent thorn-covered wooden vines toward him.
• Zhang Hao used his Blazing Sun Bird’s flames to repel the vines, so Su Yu sent vines in from multiple directions and around the flames.

Su Yu defeated Zhang Hao with his Wood Release, while Hu Liena and several other students qualified for the top ten. Su Yu then faced Xie Yue, whose rapid Moon Blade attacks failed to break through Su Yu’s wooden defenses.

• Su Yu trapped Zhang Hao’s Blazing Sun Bird flames inside a wall of resilient vines, and Zhang Hao conceded the match.
• Hu Liena defeated her Star Spirit Staff opponent, and the final qualifying matches established the top ten, including Su Yu, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, Yan, and the White-Armored Earth Dragon boy.
• Su Yu was matched against Xie Yue, and both entered the arena determined to fight.
• Xie Yue attacked Su Yu with his Moon Blade, but Su Yu blocked the strikes with a vine shield and dodged his follow-up slashes.
• Xie Yue used Moon Wheel Dance to attack from multiple directions, but Su Yu’s Wood Locking Wall stopped the blades with only shallow marks.