Chapter Summaries

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue parted ways with Shui Bing'er after Guang Yu gave her an ice phoenix sculpture and urged her to join Spirit Hall in the future. Two days later, they approached Nuoding City and considered investigating it.

• Guang Yu carved Shui Bing'er an ice phoenix from Extreme Ice and told her she would awaken an Ice Phoenix Martial Soul and have an extraordinary future.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue traveled with Shui Lingyu and Shui Bing'er, then parted from them at a crossroads; Guang Yu encouraged Shui Bing'er to join Spirit Hall after her academy years.
• Afterward, Guang Yu told Qian Renxue that Shui Bing'er could become a powerful Titled Douluo if she obtained an Immortal Herb.
• Two days later, Qian Renxue suggested they investigate Nuoding City, and Guang Yu recognized the name as familiar.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue went to Nuoding City and discovered that Wolf Bandits were slaughtering a Spirit Hall force. As they rushed to help, Guang Yu recognized four familiar Soul Masters among the attackers.

• Guang Yu decided to leave Tang San's early life undisturbed and planned to capture Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Tang Hao together during the Soul Master Tournament.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue learned that a village had been massacred and its women abducted, while Nuoding City's Spirit Hall personnel had gone to hunt the suspected bandits.
• At the village, Qian Renxue and Guang Yu found signs of a wolf-like attack and identified the perpetrators as Wolf Bandits.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue raced toward nearby screams and found more than thirty Wolf Bandits attacking Spirit Hall Soul Masters, knights, and other Soul Masters.
• Guang Yu recognized four familiar figures among the Soul Masters caught in the battle.

Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, Huo Wu, Yu Xiaogang, and Spirit Hall personnel faced a deadly attack by Wolf Bandits near Nuoding City. Yu Xiaogang used his foul-smelling soul skill to cover his solo escape, while Guang Yu and Qian Renxue arrived and witnessed his betrayal.

• Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wushuang, and Huo Wu were injured and overwhelmed after secretly joining the Spirit Hall operation against the Wolf Bandits.
• Feng Xiaotian tried to protect Huo Wu but was struck down by a Wolf Bandit.
• Yu Xiaogang unleashed his Three-Pound Cannon without warning, filling the area with foul gas that stunned the humans and Wolf Bandits.
• Yu Xiaogang fled through the scattered Wolf Bandits, abandoning Su Yuntao and the others as they cursed him for betraying them.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue saw Yu Xiaogang escape, and Guang Yu called him disgusting.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue wiped out the Wolf Bandits and saved the survivors, stunning Yu Xiaogang with their Soul Rings and strength. After Qian Renxue ordered the dead and wounded to be cared for, she stopped Huo Wu from hugging Guang Yu.

• Yu Xiaogang warned Guang Yu and Qian Renxue to flee, but Guang Yu kicked him aside and told him to stay down.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and five Soul Rings, including a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, while Guang Yu summoned the Ice Divine Bow.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue slaughtered the Wolf Bandits, then killed two Soul Ancestor-level leaders with sword strikes.
• Yu Xiaogang became distressed that their Soul Ring configurations contradicted his theories, while Feng Xiaotian and the others marveled at their strength.
• Qian Renxue ordered the survivors to collect the dead and return to Nuoding City for treatment.
• Huo Wu tried to hug Guang Yu in gratitude, but Qian Renxue blocked her with a sword and told her to stop.

After Guang Yu and Qian Renxue defeated the Wolf Bandits, Guang Yu advised Feng Xiaotian to focus on cultivating before developing self-created soul skills and invited the young talents to consider joining Spirit Hall. Yu Xiaogang then confronted them about their high-age soul rings, and Qian Renxue challenged his theories and credibility.

• Feng Tianxiao and Huo Yuntian arrived, reprimanded Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang for acting alone, and thanked Guang Yu and Qian Renxue for saving them.
• Guang Yu warned Feng Tianxiao that Feng Xiaotian was wasting his best years researching self-created soul skills and suggested he wait until level 30 to develop a rapid series of slashes using speed and gravity.
• Feng Xiaotian took Guang Yu's advice to heart and decided to focus on raising his Soul Power before level 30.
• Guang Yu suggested that Feng Xiaotian, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang consider joining Spirit Hall after their studies if they wanted to pursue the Titled Douluo realm.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Guang Yu and Qian Renxue to confirm that a powerful external force had helped them absorb their high-age Soul Rings.
• Qian Renxue mocked Yu Xiaogang, criticized his Soul Ring absorption limits as overly precise and contradictory, and questioned whether he had developed his martial soul theories himself.

Qian Renxue accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing Spirit Hall research, and Guang Yu punished him after he had abandoned someone who risked danger for him. A week later, Yu Xiaogang’s reputation was ruined across the continent, and Bibi Dong learned of his downfall.

• Qian Renxue confronted Yu Xiaogang over allegedly copying knowledge from the Pope's Palace, and his guilty reaction led people nearby to suspect he was a plagiarist.
• Yu Xiaogang denied the accusation, but Qian Renxue urged the gathered Spirit Hall personnel to spread the news of his alleged plagiarism.
• When Yu Xiaogang tried to grab Qian Renxue, Guang Yu struck him, cut off his manhood with the Divine Light Sword, and left with Qian Renxue.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue returned to Nuoding City with Su Yuntao and the others, stayed overnight, and prepared to leave the next day.
• One week later, news of Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism had spread across the continent, and he faced widespread disgrace and scorn.
• Bibi Dong heard what had happened and reflected that Yu Xiaogang had ignored her warning not to add his own weak theories to the knowledge he copied.

After months of growth and purging corruption on their journey, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue reached Suotuo City to fulfill Qian Daoliu’s challenge to kill Zhao Wuji. They learned Zhao Wuji might fight with the strength of a Soul Sage, and prepared to confront him.

• Guang Yu reached level 35 and Qian Renxue reached the peak of level 53 after more than five months of battling evil along the way to Suotuo City.
• Guang Yu killed Tianya and Ekao with one strike, then shot down Bule as the Three Perverted Swordsmen tried to rob them and assault Qian Renxue.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue entered Suotuo City, where the Spirit Hall main hall master told them Zhao Wuji was hiding in an abandoned building in the southern district.
• Qian Renxue told Guang Yu that Zhao Wuji, formerly a level 66 Soul Emperor who had escaped sixteen Soul Emperors, might now be level 68 and possess Soul Sage-level combat strength.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue launched a coordinated attack on Zhao Wuji, catching him off guard but failing to defeat him. After identifying them as Spirit Hall members, Zhao Wuji prepared to fight back and mocked their chances of killing him.

• Guang Yu used Mind's Eye to locate the sleeping Zhao Wuji, and he and Qian Renxue agreed on a plan to attack together.
• Guang Yu fired ice arrows through the wall, drawing Zhao Wuji's attention while Qian Renxue broke through the wall and struck him.
• Qian Renxue and Guang Yu pursued Zhao Wuji outside, wounding him with light blades and arrows as he fell.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue forced Zhao Wuji onto one knee with a combined sword strike, but he activated Immovable Ming King Body and blasted them away.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue announced that they would execute Zhao Wuji on Spirit Hall's behalf, and Zhao Wuji angrily challenged their ability to kill him.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue fought Zhao Wuji together, using their swordsmanship and coordination to wound him before his gravity skill restrained them. The battle continued as Qian Renxue protected Guang Yu and sent him outside the gravity field to attack from the air with his Ice Divine Bow.

• Zhao Wuji dismissed Guang Yu and Qian Renxue, but they activated their Sword Intents and attacked him together.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue’s coordinated sword attacks grew faster until they each cut Zhao Wuji across the waist.
• Zhao Wuji stopped underestimating them and used Gravity Enhancement to immobilize them, then charged at Guang Yu.
• Qian Renxue took Zhao Wuji’s palm strike, drove him back with a sword attack, and pushed Guang Yu beyond the gravity field.
• Guang Yu spread his Ice Wings and drew his Ice Divine Bow as Zhao Wuji recognized his Twin Martial Souls and prepared to kill him.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue fought Zhao Wuji together, using their coordinated attacks to drive him into a desperate attempt to kill Guang Yu. As Zhao Wuji launched another attack, Guang Yu closed his eyes and heightened his perception, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Guang Yu's Explosive Arrow blasted a crater into the ground, forcing Zhao Wuji to dodge despite his confidence.
• Qian Renxue wielded her Divine Sword while Guang Yu fired from the air, and their attacks overwhelmed Zhao Wuji until a Refracting Arrow distracted him and Qian Renxue wounded him.
• Zhao Wuji used Gravity Crush to drag Guang Yu down and restrain Qian Renxue, but Guang Yu survived his powerful punch and struck back with his sword.
• Zhao Wuji used Position Tracking to leap to Guang Yu, but Qian Renxue protected him with Angel's Blessing.
• Zhao Wuji prepared another killing punch, and Guang Yu closed his eyes as his perception sharply increased.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue defeated and killed Zhao Wuji, completing the Great Enshrined's first challenge. After the battle, Guang Yu resolved to grow stronger so he could protect Qian Renxue, while she insisted she would always protect him.

• Guang Yu wounded Zhao Wuji with his Aurora Seven Star Slash and severed his left arm.
• Qian Renxue bound Zhao Wuji with Angel's Free Will, allowing Guang Yu to kill him with Aurora Cross Slash.
• Guang Yu collapsed from exhaustion, and Qian Renxue caught him and checked that he was all right.
• Guang Yu told Qian Renxue that he wanted to become strong enough to protect her, and she called him a fool and promised to protect him.
• Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo watched the pair bicker and decided to tell the Great Enshrined that they had slain Zhao Wuji.

After killing Zhao Wuji, Guang Yu considered training his Ice Divine Bow Martial Soul early but decided to wait until he could withstand Soul Rings above fifty thousand years. News of the victory spread across the continent, leaving Spirit Hall’s rivals wary and a grateful survivor pledging herself to Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renxue warned Guang Yu that training both Martial Souls at once could cause their Soul Rings to clash and kill him, and Guang Yu decided to postpone training the Ice Divine Bow.
• Qian Renxue supported Guang Yu back to Spirit Hall’s Suotuo City main hall to rest, while Qian Daoliu ordered preparations for their Death Canyon training route.
• News spread that Guang Yu and Qian Renxue had killed Zhao Wuji, earning them fame throughout the Soul Master world.
• Ning Fengzhi refused Bone Douluo’s proposal to assassinate Guang Yu and Qian Renxue, while the Two Great Empires also worried about Spirit Hall’s growing strength.
• Shui Bing’er celebrated Guang Yu and Qian Renxue’s victory, while Bibi Dong tore up the news in anger.
• A survivor whose family Zhao Wuji had destroyed thanked Spirit Hall for avenging them and clearing her name, then swore loyalty to Spirit Hall.

After returning from their half-year training journey, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue learned that their second challenge required crossing Death Canyon’s dangerous core region. Back in Spirit City, they proposed that Qian Daoliu reform Spirit Hall’s branch halls and remove corrupt officials.

• Qian Renxue asked why Guang Ling looked so young, and Guang Ling explained that his Martial Soul Flaw had stopped his growth while Guang Yu would develop normally.
• Guang Ling warned Guang Yu and Qian Renxue that their second challenge would send them through Death Canyon’s core region, where powerful Soul Beasts could hunt them.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue accepted the challenge and returned to Spirit City with Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo.
• Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena encountered Guang Yu but lowered their heads and hurried away.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall’s branch halls were poorly managed and urged him to purge corruption among their lower ranks.

Guang Yu broke through to the Soul Ancestor Realm after more than a year of training and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain his Fourth Soul Ring. He chose a Light Armor Tyrant for its area-of-effect light attacks, then began absorbing its ring.

• Guang Yu reached Rank 40, and Qian Renxue congratulated him on entering the Soul Ancestor Realm.
• Guang Yu told Qian Renxue he was ready to seek his Fourth Soul Ring, and she joined him and Guang Ling on the journey.
• Guang Ling advised Guang Yu to seek an area-of-effect offensive skill, and Guang Yu explained his plan to make the Light God Sword focus on offense.
• Guang Ling led Guang Yu and Qian Renxue into the Star Dou Great Forest's inner region and found a Light Armor Tyrant with more than twenty thousand years of cultivation.
• Guang Ling wounded the Light Armor Tyrant with one arrow, Guang Yu killed it with his sword, and Guang Yu began absorbing its Soul Ring.

Guang Yu absorbed the Light Armor Tyrant’s twenty-thousand-year Soul Ring, advanced to level 44, and gained the defensive and area-attack skill Aurora Sword Shield. After returning to Spirit City, he accepted Dugu Yan as a core disciple and persuaded Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall under the Worship Hall’s protection; Dugu Bo then asked Guang Yu to treat their accumulated toxins.

• Guang Yu destroyed the Light Armor Tyrant’s resentment and advanced four Soul Power levels to reach level 44.
• Guang Yu revealed Aurora Sword Shield, a Soul Skill that could defend against attacks and become a battlefield-wide group attack.
• Guang Ling offered to teach Guang Yu his archery technique before Guang Yu and Qian Renxue crossed Death Canyon in eight months.
• Dugu Bo brought Dugu Yan to Spirit City, and Guang Yu arranged for her to become a core disciple with the Pope’s Palace’s best cultivation resources.
• Guang Yu assured Dugu Bo that the Worship Hall would protect him and Dugu Yan, and Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall as an elder.
• Dugu Bo asked Guang Yu to remove the toxins that had accumulated in his and Dugu Yan’s bodies, and Guang Yu began gathering Ultimate Light.

Guang Yu brought Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan into Spirit Hall, then began learning Guang Ling Douluo’s ultimate archery technique while Qian Renxue trained separately. Dugu Yan gained strength from an Immortal Herb, and Tang San left Holy Spirit Village for Nuoding Soul Master Academy, where he still chose Yu Xiaogang as his master.

• Guang Yu welcomed Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan into Spirit Hall and instructed Dugu Bo to retrieve the Azure Poison Vine Grass, Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, and Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Qian Daoliu appointed Dugu Bo a Spirit Hall elder, while Dugu Yan became a core disciple and Qian Renxue prepared to train toward Level 60.
• Guang Yu followed Guang Ling Douluo to a mimicry cultivation ground and began practicing the Extreme Ice Arrow Rain technique, but struggled to form the arrow from countless tiny arrows.
• Dugu Bo returned with the three Immortal Herbs, and Dugu Yan absorbed the Azure Poison Vine Grass, raising her Soul Power from Level 24 to Level 30.
• Six-year-old Tang San awakened his martial soul, left Holy Spirit Village for Nuoding Soul Master Academy, and chose Yu Xiaogang as his master despite knowing he was a plagiarist.

Tang San became Yu Xiaogang’s disciple while Guang Yu and Qian Renxue prepared for their second trial by traveling to Death Canyon. The chapter ended with the group reaching the canyon’s entrance.

• Tang San knelt before Yu Xiaogang and declared him his teacher, and Yu Xiaogang welcomed him as a disciple while privately hoping to gain fame through Tang San’s future achievements.
• Guang Yu mastered Extreme Ice Arrow Rain, then focused on raising his Soul Power before the Death Canyon trial.
• Qian Renxue reached Soul Power level 60, obtained a Sixth Soul Ring more than fifty thousand years old, and rose to level 62, becoming the youngest Soul Emperor in history.
• Qian Renxue packed stockings for the journey, and Guang Yu urged her to hurry because the Worship Elders were waiting.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue traveled with Azure Luan, Guang Ling, Qian Jun, and Jiang Mo and arrived at Death Canyon a few days later.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue began their fifteen-day trial to cross Death Canyon, overcoming traps and Soul Beast attacks together. After three days and reaching the canyon’s inner region, they defeated a Bone Armor Poison Scorpion swarm and continued toward a place to rest.

• Qing Luan Douluo told Guang Yu and Qian Renxue to cross Death Canyon within fifteen days while the Great Offerings secretly followed them.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue entered the canyon and fought through a continuous barrage of hidden arrows, then pressed onward despite repeated traps and attacks.
• After three days, the pair reached the inner region and crossed a wilderness littered with the remains of five thousand soldiers who had died there centuries earlier.
• A Bone Armor Poison Scorpion swarm surrounded Guang Yu and Qian Renxue, and Qian Renxue identified that a Scorpion King was directing it.
• Guang Yu found the ten-thousand-year Scorpion King with Mind's Eye and cleared a path, allowing Qian Renxue to kill it with her Divine Sword.
• The remaining scorpions scattered, and Qian Renxue urged Guang Yu to cross the wilderness and find a place to rest.

After surviving Death Canyon’s core region, Guang Yu and Qian Renxue briefly washed up and hurried onward with only a day left in their trial. A barrier then trapped them with a giant spider, the final obstacle they had feared.

• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue endured twelve days of dangerous battles and reached the end of Death Canyon’s core region, both exhausted and wounded.
• Qian Renxue asked to wash off the insect fluids, so Guang Yu made ice for her to melt into water; they rinsed themselves and she changed her underwear while he turned away.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue resumed their journey, discussing how the trial might save its hardest challenge for last.
• Two days later, on the night before their final day, a giant spider appeared in the forest and a barrier array trapped it with Guang Yu and Qian Renxue in a five-hundred-meter area.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue recognized the spider and realized they would have to kill it to escape.

Guang Yu and Qian Renxue fought the seventy-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor, using their strongest skills but struggling against its strength and ferocity. The Spider Emperor remained locked in a power clash with Qian Renxue after Guang Yu’s ice arrows pierced it, and it severely injured her when her Soul Power gave out.

• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue activated their strongest abilities and attacked the Death Spider Emperor, but it blocked their strikes and drove them back with spider spikes.
• The Death Spider Emperor trapped Guang Yu in its web, but Qian Renxue shielded him while he freed himself and blinded one of the beast’s eyes.
• The wounded Death Spider Emperor went berserk and nearly overwhelmed Guang Yu and Qian Renxue, while Azure Luan and Guang Ling watched from the shadows, ready to intervene.
• Guang Yu and Qian Renxue struck the Spider Emperor’s abdomen with a Twin Sword Sliding Slash, but it struck them back and sent them flying.
• Qian Renxue used Angel’s Roar while Guang Yu pierced the Spider Emperor with Extreme Ice Arrow Rain, but Qian Renxue ran out of Soul Power and was severely injured by the beast’s purple energy.