Chapter Summaries

Guang Ling Douluo told Guang Yu that their Light Feather Divine Bow caused lethal Martial Soul Backfire, and urged him to avoid becoming a Soul Master. Guang Yu chose to awaken his martial soul anyway, and Guang Ling followed him to the Awakening Hall, worried for his last surviving relative.

• The Seven Great High Priests discussed whether Guang Yu should be allowed to awaken his martial soul, and Qian Daoliu told Guang Ling to explain the risks and respect Guang Yu’s choice.
• Guang Yu practiced archery in the courtyard and reflected on his hopes of awakening the Light Feather Divine Bow with strong Innate Soul Power.
• Guang Ling revealed that the Light Feather Divine Bow’s backfire froze its wielders from the arm toward the heart, and that Guang Yu’s grandfather and father had died from it before turning thirty.
• Guang Ling offered Guang Yu a safe life of wealth and protection if he remained an ordinary person, but left the decision to him.
• Guang Yu chose to become a Soul Master despite the danger, and Guang Ling sent him to the Awakening Hall before following after him with worry.

At the Spirit Hall awakening ceremony, Hu Liena awakened a Demon Fox with Innate Soul Power Level 9 and became Bibi Dong’s direct disciple. Guang Yu then awakened twin Martial Souls, an Ice Crystal Bow and a holy golden sword, with Innate Full Soul Power, stunning the hall and leaving Hu Liena humiliated.

• Hu Liena challenged Guang Yu to compare their talents, and he dismissed her.
• Bibi Dong arrived as the Spirit Hall children began awakening their Martial Souls; Hu Liena awakened a Demon Fox and tested at Innate Soul Power Level 9.
• Bibi Dong accepted Hu Liena as her direct disciple, and Hu Liena smugly predicted that Guang Yu would not surpass her.
• Guang Yu awakened an Ice Crystal Bow and a holy golden sword, unleashing extreme ice and ultimate light across the hall.
• Guang Yu’s test showed Innate Full Soul Power, shocking Bibi Dong and the others while Hu Liena lost her smugness.

Guang Yu awakened an Ice Bow and a Light Sword as Twin Martial Souls, but immediately suffered severe Martial Soul Backfire. When Bibi Dong mocked his condition, Guang Ling Douluo shot her with an explosive arrow, and the other Worship Elders shielded him.

• Guang Yu discovered he had awakened Twin Martial Souls: an Ice Bow and a Light Sword.
• Guang Ling Douluo and the other Worship Elders arrived, celebrating Guang Yu’s awakening and hoping his Twin Martial Souls would let him avoid the Light Feather Divine Bow’s backlash.
• Guang Yu’s left eye and fingers began freezing as Martial Soul Backfire struck him, and Bibi Dong mocked Guang Ling Douluo over his suffering.
• Guang Ling Douluo fired an explosive arrow at Bibi Dong, piercing her abdomen and sending her into a wall.
• Qian Daoliu and the other Worship Elders stood between Guang Ling Douluo and Bibi Dong, who left after threatening to destroy their clan.
• Guang Ling Douluo held Guang Yu and blamed himself, while Guang Yu comforted him and asked whether his family had endured the same pain.

Guang Yu obtained a six-hundred-year Soul Ring for his Light Sword Martial Soul, which temporarily suppressed the Ice Bow's backfire. At the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu warned him that the danger could return and forbade him from using the Ice Bow until he fully suppressed it.

• Guang Ling Douluo rushed Guang Yu to Spirit Hall's Hunting Ground as the Ice Bow's backfire eroded his fingers.
• Guang Yu discovered that his Light Sword reacted to soul beasts according to their age and chose a six-hundred-year Sword Light Tiger.
• Guang Yu defeated the Sword Light Tiger and absorbed its Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power from Rank 10 to Rank 13.
• Guang Yu used the Light Sword's power to suppress the Ice Bow's backfire and stop the extreme ice from spreading.
• Guang Ling Douluo took Guang Yu to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu warned him not to use the Ice Bow until he had completely suppressed the backfire.

Guang Yu discovered that both his Martial Souls possessed Extreme Attributes, named them the Light God Sword and Ice Divine Bow, and moved into the Worship Hall while Qian Daoliu sought to manage his backlash. He realized that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs might protect him from the Ice Bow’s backlash and hurried to tell Guang Ling Douluo.

• Qian Daoliu sensed Ultimate Light in Guang Yu’s Light Sword and predicted that his Ice Bow held Extreme Ice, though he feared Guang Yu might succumb to Martial Soul Backfire.
• Guang Yu named his Martial Souls the Light God Sword and Ice Divine Bow, and Qian Daoliu arranged for him to stay in the Worship Hall.
• Hu Liena complained about Guang Ling Douluo’s treatment of Bibi Dong, while Bibi Dong told her that Guang Yu’s backlash would hinder his cultivation and urged her to reach level 10.
• In his room, Guang Yu considered the Ye Family’s medical skills but concluded that raising his Soul Power Level might be the only other solution.
• Guang Yu recalled that the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot could make him immune to ice and fire, then rushed to find Guang Ling Douluo.

Guang Yu persuaded Guang Ling Douluo to take him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest to cure his Martial Soul Backfire. After reaching Dugu Bo’s cultivation grounds, Guang Ling confronted the Poison Douluo, who threatened to kill them.

• Guang Yu told Guang Ling Douluo about the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and its Immortal Herbs, and Guang Ling agreed to take him to Sunset Forest.
• Guang Ling and Guang Yu rode Soul Hunting Horses out of Spirit City, spending seven days on a journey that Guang Ling repeatedly interrupted with his diversions.
• At Sunset Forest, Guang Ling carried Guang Yu over the Poison Fog and into the depths of the forest on his Ice Wings.
• Guang Yu warned Guang Ling they might encounter Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Guang Ling dismissed the Poison Douluo as no threat.
• Dugu Bo confronted the intruders at his cultivation grounds and declared that neither of them would leave alive, while Guang Ling confidently said Dugu Bo could not kill him.

Guang Ling Douluo overpowered Dugu Bo at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, but Guang Yu stopped him from delivering the final blow. Dugu Bo refused to submit to Spirit Hall, and Guang Yu prepared to try persuading him.

• Dugu Bo mocked Guang Ling and Guang Yu, then attacked them, but Guang Ling blocked his strike with one finger and sent him crashing into a stone wall.
• Guang Ling revealed his nine soul rings and used the Light Feather Divine Bow to wound Dugu Bo, identifying himself as Spirit Hall’s Fifth Offering.
• Dugu Bo used Medusa’s Gaze to counter Guang Ling’s Extreme Feather Light, but Guang Ling’s attack overwhelmed the petrifying beams.
• Guang Yu asked Guang Ling to spare Dugu Bo in case he could be persuaded to join Spirit Hall, and Guang Ling withdrew his attack.
• Dugu Bo refused to submit despite being spared, while Guang Yu insisted on trying to persuade him before Guang Ling attacked again.

Guang Yu cured Dugu Bo’s poison backlash with his Ultimate Light and secured his loyalty. He then decided to share the Eight-Sided Profound Ice and Infernal Delicate Apricot with Guang Ling, and they both entered the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after consuming half of each herb.

• Guang Yu told Dugu Bo that his granddaughter was at risk from her poison and offered to cure them in exchange for Dugu Bo’s service.
• Dugu Bo agreed to follow Guang Yu if he cured the poison affecting him and his granddaughter.
• Guang Yu purified the toxins in Dugu Bo’s body with Ultimate Light, and Dugu Bo knelt in submission before leaving to fetch his granddaughter.
• Guang Yu confronted Guang Ling about the pain caused by his Martial Soul Backfire and insisted they share the two Immortal Herbs.
• Guang Yu and Guang Ling each consumed half of the Eight-Sided Profound Ice and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then leaped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well together.

Guang Yu and Guang Ling cured their ice damage and Martial Soul Backfire with the Immortal Herbs, and Guang Yu finally used his Ice Divine Bow. Guang Yu planned to visit Qian Renxue before returning to begin archery training, then waited for Dugu Bo to bring Dugu Yan for treatment.

• Guang Yu and Guang Ling absorbed the Immortal Herbs, recovering from their ice damage, gaining immunity to poison, ice, and fire, and resolving Martial Soul Backfire; Guang Ling reached Level 97 and Guang Yu rose to Level 19.
• Guang Yu summoned the Ice Divine Bow, drew its bowstring, and destroyed a distant stone wall with an ice arrow.
• Guang Ling offered to teach Guang Yu his archery techniques, and Guang Yu said he wanted to visit Qian Renxue after treating Dugu Yan.
• Guang Yu planned to persuade Qian Renxue to abandon her infiltration of the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and return to Spirit Hall to pursue the Angel Divine Exam.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Guang Yu, who told her to lift her clothes so he could treat her poison.

Guang Yu cleared the toxins from Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan, then traveled with Guang Ling to meet Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City. He urged her to abandon her undercover mission and return to Spirit Hall, but she challenged his authority until he revealed that he had resolved his own Martial Soul Backfire problem.

• Guang Yu used his Ultimate Light Energy to clear the accumulated toxins from Dugu Yan and told Dugu Bo to send her to study at Spirit Hall after she graduated from the Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Guang Yu and Guang Ling left Sunset Forest and traveled to Heaven Dou City for a secret meeting with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the tower in her true appearance, while Guang Ling left Guang Yu and Qian Renxue alone to talk.
• Guang Yu asked Qian Renxue to return to Spirit Hall and abandon the Heaven Dou Infiltration Plan, but she explained that the decision was his own, not Qian Daoliu's.
• Qian Renxue questioned why Guang Yu was giving her advice and told him to solve his Martial Soul Backfire problem first, so Guang Yu released his Twin Martial Souls and said he had already resolved it.

Guang Yu promised Qian Renxue he could persuade the Great Enshrined to bring her home without revealing her suffering, and she tearfully admitted that she wanted to return. After Guang Yu and Guang Ling returned to the Pope's Palace, they crossed paths with Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, who challenged Guang Yu to a fight.

• Guang Yu revealed his Twin Martial Souls and Level 19 Soul Power, then told Qian Renxue he could arrange for her to return home without making her complain to the Great Enshrined.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she desperately wanted to go home but feared losing her dignity if her grandfather brought her back because she had suffered.
• Guang Yu promised to keep his word, said he was acting for Spirit Hall, and left Qian Renxue waiting for news.
• During the return journey, Hu Liena cultivated from Level 9 to Level 10, and Bibi Dong took her toward the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her Soul Ring.
• Guang Yu and Guang Ling returned to the Pope's Palace and encountered Bibi Dong and Hu Liena, who boasted about her progress and challenged Guang Yu to fight when she returned.

After resolving their Martial Soul Backfire, Guang Yu astonished the Worship Elders by comprehending Sword Intent in ten minutes and reached the First Realm. He urged Qian Daoliu to bring Qian Renxue back from her imperial infiltration, arguing she could inherit the Angel God Position, but Qian Daoliu doubted her chances.

• Guang Ling and Guang Yu told the Worship Elders they had resolved their Martial Soul Backfire, and the elders celebrated Guang Ling's breakthrough and Guang Yu's rapid advancement.
• Qian Daoliu offered to guide Guang Yu's cultivation and taught him to sense Angel Sword Intent.
• Guang Yu comprehended Sword Intent in ten minutes, shocking the Seven Great High Priests and reaching the First Realm of Sword Intent.
• Qian Daoliu explained the five realms of Sword Intent and said only Sword Douluo had reached Man-Sword Unity.
• Guang Yu urged Qian Daoliu to have Qian Renxue return and cultivate so she could pursue the Angel God inheritance, but Qian Daoliu questioned whether she could succeed.

Guang Yu persuaded Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue would inherit the Angel God, but the Seven Great High Priests worried about the risks of bringing her home too soon. They made her return conditional on Guang Yu killing a five-thousand-year soul beast alone within half a year, and he began training to meet the challenge.

• Guang Yu told Qian Daoliu that his dreams had revealed Qian Renxue's Angel God inheritance and the divine treasures in Sunset Forest.
• Qian Daoliu ordered that Qian Renxue be brought home, but Golden Crocodile Douluo and other Worship Elders warned that she might fail the trial and suffer the consequences.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo proposed that Qian Renxue return only if Guang Yu killed a five-thousand-year soul beast alone within half a year.
• Guang Yu accepted the challenge and asked the Worship Elders to choose the target soul beast in advance.
• Guang Yu returned home and began training with the Sword Manual Qian Daoliu had given him.

Guang Yu mastered Qian Daoliu’s sword techniques after three days of practice, while Hu Liena returned to Spirit City with a new Soul Ring and challenged him. The chapter ended as Hu Liena summoned her Demon Fox Martial Soul before the gathered core disciples.

• Guang Yu studied the Sword Manual and quickly replicated its techniques, then trained until he had mastered Qian Daoliu’s swordsmanship.
• Guang Ling Douluo saw Guang Yu practicing and planned to teach him archery after he developed a foundation in swordsmanship.
• With Bibi Dong’s help, Hu Liena obtained a Soul Ring over four hundred years old and reached Soul Power Level 12.
• Bibi Dong encouraged Hu Liena to use her control abilities against Guang Yu, and Hu Liena vowed to defeat him.
• Hu Liena challenged Guang Yu at the core disciples’ training grounds, and he accepted while warning her to expect the same treatment she intended for him.
• Hu Liena summoned her Demon Fox Martial Soul and Soul Ring as the nearby disciples gathered to watch their fight.

Guang Yu used his Extreme Ice and superior strength to defeat Hu Liena without activating his Martial Soul, leaving her humiliated and frightened. Hu Liena fled but vowed to have Xie Yue and Yan take revenge on him.

• Hu Liena attacked Guang Yu with her Demon Tail Restraint, but his Extreme Ice froze her tail and he broke free.
• Guang Yu caught Hu Liena’s punch, slapped her into the ground, and easily blocked her frantic attacks.
• Guang Yu repeatedly beat Hu Liena before knocking her down and warning her not to provoke him again.
• Hu Liena crawled away in fear, then resolved to ask Xie Yue and Yan to teach Guang Yu a lesson.

Guang Yu waited at the training ground after defeating Hu Liena, intending to fight Xie Yue and Yan. When they arrived and challenged him, he invited them to attack together and revealed his Light God Sword Martial Soul as Bibi Dong watched from the shadows.

• Guang Yu refused warnings to leave and waited for Xie Yue and Yan after defeating Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena found Xie Yue and Yan and asked them to avenge her, while a Soul Master reported her defeat to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong went to watch Guang Yu, and Xie Yue and Yan arrived at the training ground to confront him.
• Guang Yu challenged Xie Yue and Yan to fight him together, drawing disbelief from the watching core disciples.
• Xie Yue summoned his Moon Blade and Yan used Martial Soul Possession, Flame Lord, before Guang Yu revealed his Light God Sword Martial Soul.

Guang Yu overwhelmed Xie Yue and Yan in combat, then revealed his Ice Divine Bow and terrified them into surrendering. He left the gathered disciples stunned after sparing the two with arrows that blasted a crater into the ground.

• Guang Yu defeated Xie Yue in a clash of strength and then suppressed Xie Yue and Yan while fighting them together.
• After three minutes, Guang Yu wounded Xie Yue with a single slash, while Yan attacked with his First Soul Skill.
• Guang Yu froze Yan’s lava attack, summoned the Ice Divine Bow, and drew two arrows as the crowd reacted to his second Martial Soul.
• Xie Yue and Yan fled in fear, but Guang Yu’s arrows struck the ground in front of them and blasted a crater instead of hitting them.
• Guang Yu warned Xie Yue and Yan that he had spared them and told them not to make him miss on purpose again.

After Guang Yu defeated Xie Yue and Yan, Qian Daoliu discovered that he had mastered the sword technique in just two and a half days and advised him to develop his own Sword Dao. Guang Ling then took Guang Yu to begin archery training in an icy Martial Soul Mimic Training Ground.

• Guang Yu left after defeating Xie Yue and Yan, while Bibi Dong recognized his strength and privately considered him a future threat.
• News of Guang Yu's victory spread through the Pope's Palace and reached the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu summoned him the next day.
• Guang Yu demonstrated the sword technique and revealed that he had mastered it in two and a half days, astonishing Qian Daoliu and the other Six Great High Priests.
• Qian Daoliu told Guang Yu to walk his own Sword Dao and suggested learning from different Sword Cultivators rather than relying on one person's Sword Intent.
• Guang Ling took Guang Yu to his secluded training grounds and began preparing to teach him archery.

Guang Ling explained the Light Feather Divine Bow’s abilities and taught Guang Yu three advanced archery exercises. Guang Yu began training and struggled with the first attempts, with the moving-target rapid-fire exercise still ahead.

• Guang Ling explained that the Light Feather Divine Bow could form Ice Wings and awaken Mind’s Eye through growing Spiritual Power.
• Guang Ling demonstrated a moving Ice Target and ten Ice Walls, then introduced blindfolded sound-location shooting, force control, and interference moving-target rapid fire.
• Guang Yu began blindfolded sound-location practice, but failed his first attempt to hit the Ice Figures by sound.
• Guang Yu tried force control by shooting through an exact number of Ice Walls, but failed his first attempt.
• Guang Yu moved on to interference moving-target rapid-fire training.

After three months of intense training, Guang Yu mastered Guang Ling Douluo’s archery exercises and reached Level 20, then traveled with his granduncle to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his second Soul Ring. They found a suitable two-thousand-year Light Body Beast, which Guang Ling wounded without killing.

• Guang Yu trained in meditation, Sword Dao, and three difficult archery exercises for three months, advancing from Level 19 to Level 20.
• Guang Yu completed all three archery exercises, including blindfolded shooting, precise control, and rapid fire, while Guang Ling Douluo marveled at his progress.
• Guang Yu and Guang Ling left for the Star Dou Great Forest, while Qian Renxue wondered whether Guang Yu’s hard work was for her sake.
• After arriving, Guang Yu used the Light God Sword to determine that he could absorb a two-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Guang Ling found a two-thousand-year Light Body Beast and wounded it from a distance, leaving it alive for Guang Yu.