Chapter Summaries

Chu Ye defeated Yan in their duel and challenged Yan and Xie Yue to fight him together. He fought off their joint assault, but as Xie Yue’s tracking Moon Blade pressed against his sword, Yan waited for an opening to strike.

• Chu Ye overpowered Yan’s defenses with a sword strike to the abdomen, prompting Yan to demand another fight.
• Chu Ye revealed his God-Demon Sword Intent and challenged Yan and Xie Yue to attack together.
• Xie Yue and Yan coordinated their assault, knocking the Sword of Gods and Demons from Chu Ye’s hand before he recovered it and struck Xie Yue from the air.
• Xie Yue launched his tracking Moon Wheel Flying Blade while Yan prepared to use a spirit ability, and Chu Ye stopped dodging to clash with the blade.

Chu Ye defeated Xie Yue and Yan in the first trial after revealing that he had mastered Divine Light Sword Rain in just three months. The arena celebrated his victory, while Qian Renxue stood by him and the second trial awaited.

• Chu Ye avoided Yan's Hell Lava Charge by leaping into the air, then revealed the Angel Six Divine Sword Style's first sword, Divine Light Sword Rain.
• Chu Ye overwhelmed Xie Yue and Yan with his sword rain, then struck Yan with Dark Slash and left both opponents unable to fight.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Chu Ye's remarkable progress, while Snake Lance Douluo left after Chu Ye vowed to stand before him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Qian Daoliu not to go easy on Chu Ye in the second trial, and the elders departed.
• Qian Renxue congratulated Chu Ye and promised they would face the next challenge together, while Hu Liena watched them with a sudden feeling of loss.

Bibi Dong summoned Chu Ye to her room, where she was bathing, and asked him to bring her clothes. After Chu Ye slipped and fell into the bath on top of her, she forgave him and sent him outside to wait.

• Hu Liena left to tend to her injured brother, while Bibi Dong summoned Chu Ye to her room.
• Chu Ye told Qian Renxue he would visit Bibi Dong and then take her into town to relax.
• Bibi Dong asked Chu Ye to bring her clothes while she was bathing, and he carried them behind the curtain.
• Chu Ye slipped near the bath and fell onto Bibi Dong, accidentally pressing his hands against her.
• Bibi Dong forgave Chu Ye, told him to change his clothes, and sent him outside to wait.

After Bibi Dong warned Chu Ye to keep his distance from the Six-winged Angel line, he spent a joyful evening exploring Spirit City with Qian Renxue. Back home, he checked his system and saw that mission two would reward him with a Ten Thousand Year Torso Bone when his Soul Power reached rank 20.

• Bibi Dong told Chu Ye to avoid getting too close to Qian Daoliu and the Six-winged Angel line, though she did not oppose his friendship with Qian Renxue.
• Chu Ye met Qian Renxue outside his room, and they went out to enjoy the night market in Spirit City.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue ate snacks, watched street performances, and talked beneath the stars about how happy they felt.
• Chu Ye returned home in the early morning and checked the system mission that promised a Ten Thousand Year Torso Bone for reaching Soul Power rank 20.

Chu Ye broke through to Soul Power rank 20 after four months of cultivation and received a fifty-thousand-year Phoenix Torso Bone from his mission. He decided to delay absorbing it to avoid questions about where it came from.

• Chu Ye resolved to focus on raising his Soul Power and strengthening himself before Qian Daoliu's second requirement.
• Chu Ye gave Hu Liena a fox pendant, cheering her up without realizing she had been sulking because he had neglected her for Qian Renxue.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue began dual cultivation, and four months later Chu Ye broke through to rank 20.
• Chu Ye received a fifty-thousand-year Undying Bird Spirit Bone with Soul Power recovery, a fatal-blow protection skill, and a fire-based group restriction skill.
• Chu Ye chose not to absorb the spirit bone yet because its sudden appearance would invite questions.

Chu Ye reached level twenty and set out with Chrysanthemum Douluo to find a second soul ring in the Star Dou Great Forest. When they sensed Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo, nearby, Chrysanthemum Douluo headed toward him, eager to prove his strength.

• Chu Ye told Bibi Dong he had reached level twenty, and she sent Chrysanthemum Douluo to escort him to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Chu Ye asked Chrysanthemum Douluo to find him a four-thousand-year soul beast for his second ring, and they traveled deeper into the forest.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo sensed a powerful expert ahead and identified him as Poison Douluo, Dugu Bo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo confidently approached Dugu Bo, while Chu Ye followed and looked forward to witnessing their clash.

Poison Douluo brought Dugu Yan back from obtaining her second soul ring and encountered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Chu Ye in the Star Dou Great Forest. He started a fight with Chrysanthemum Douluo and sent Dugu Yan to attack Chu Ye, hoping to distract his stronger opponent.

• Dugu Bo praised Dugu Yan’s luck in finding an eight-hundred-year Spirit Tail Poison Snake and dismissed Yu’s soul-ring theories.
• Dugu Bo sensed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Chu Ye ahead, then approached them with Dugu Yan rather than avoiding a confrontation.
• Poison Douluo mocked Chrysanthemum Douluo and attacked Chu Ye with poisonous mist, but Chrysanthemum Douluo shielded him and dispelled it.
• Poison Douluo released his Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor and fought Chrysanthemum Douluo, who released his Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum.
• While the two Title Douluo fought, Poison Douluo told Dugu Yan to seriously injure Chu Ye, and she began walking toward him.

Chu Ye fought Dugu Yan while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Poison Douluo battled nearby, quickly overpowering her and holding her at swordpoint. After Dugu Yan escaped and covered the field in poisonous mist, Chu Ye took an antidote and invited her to continue.

• Chu Ye told Elder Gu Yue not to worry about him as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Poison Douluo began their battle.
• Dugu Yan challenged Chu Ye, and he warned her that she could not defeat him.
• Chu Ye overwhelmed Dugu Yan with his sword, knocked her down, and held his blade at her neck.
• Dugu Yan secretly released poisonous mist, escaped when Chu Ye looked away, and used her first and second spirit abilities to cover the field in poison.
• Chu Ye swallowed an antidote made by Bibi Dong and told Dugu Yan to continue explaining her spirit ability.

Chu Ye defeated Dugu Yan and beat her until she submitted, provoking Dugu Bo into a furious attack before he fled with his wounded granddaughter. Chrysanthemum Douluo then continued helping Chu Ye search the Star Dou Great Forest, where Chu Ye chose a six-thousand-year spirit ring.

• Chu Ye endured Dugu Yan’s poison, defeated her with his first spirit ability, and beat her until she begged him to stop.
• Dugu Bo charged at Chu Ye, but Chrysanthemum Douluo wounded him; Dugu Bo fled with Dugu Yan and vowed revenge.
• Dugu Yan cried to Dugu Bo about her injuries, while he promised to get justice for her.
• Chu Ye thanked Chrysanthemum Douluo for protecting him and considered learning poison cultivation from Bibi Dong.
• Chu Ye rejected lower-age spirit beasts and chose a six-thousand-year ring; after two days of searching, Chrysanthemum Douluo brought him a large spirit beast.

Chu Ye absorbed a six-thousand-year Sword Horned Beast spirit ring, gaining a powerful enhancement ability and rising to peak level 23; Qian Renxue also advanced to level 37 through their shared cultivation. He secretly absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Phoenix Torso Bone, then returned to Chrysanthemum Douluo and asked about the Lovesick Heartbreak Red he had sought for decades.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo provided Chu Ye with a six-thousand-year Sword Horned Beast, and Chu Ye absorbed its ring, reaching peak level 23.
• Qian Renxue told Chu Ye through Mind Communication that his spirit-ring breakthrough had raised her from level 36 to level 37.
• Chu Ye revealed that his Second Spirit Ability, Sword God Demon Body, enhanced his physical attributes and sword attacks.
• After Chrysanthemum Douluo settled down for the night, Chu Ye secretly absorbed the fifty-thousand-year Phoenix Torso Bone.
• Chu Ye returned to Chrysanthemum Douluo and asked whether he had spent decades searching for the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.

After months of intense training, Chu Ye reached rank 27 and received the details of Qian Daoliu’s second requirement: killing a rank 65 Soul Master. He and Qian Renxue prepared to leave for Nuoding City, where they would have one month to find and kill the target without outside help.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo said he had searched his whole life for Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and Chu Ye hinted that he might be able to find it for him.
• Chu Ye returned to Pope’s Palace and asked Bibi Dong to teach him the Poison Cultivation Method; she agreed to begin the next day.
• Over the following ten months, Chu Ye trained in Soul Power, combat, swordsmanship, poison, and martial soul research, reaching rank 27 as Spirit Hall’s disciples followed his example.
• A Red Robe Bishop summoned Chu Ye and Qian Renxue to Elder Hall, where Qian Daoliu gave Chu Ye a file naming Li Yuanba as the target for his second requirement.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Chu Ye and Qian Renxue to kill Li Yuanba within one month in Nuoding City, forbidding them from borrowing anyone else’s strength or expecting rescue.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue set out to kill Li Yuanba despite Bibi Dong and Snake Lance Douluo warning them about the danger. As they traveled toward Nuoding City, Chu Ye reminded Qian Renxue that their first kill could be difficult and began preparing her for it.

• Bibi Dong warned Chu Ye that Li Yuanba, a level 65 Spirit Emperor, could kill him, but Chu Ye insisted on going with Qian Renxue.
• Snake Lance Douluo mocked their plan, and Chu Ye insulted him before declaring that they would return in a month with Li Yuanba's head.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue agreed to leave that day, packed their belongings, and met outside the Pope's Palace.
• Qian Renxue arrived dressed carefully for their journey, and the pair boarded a carriage bound for Nuoding City.
• Chu Ye told Qian Renxue that someone would likely protect them in secret, but said they still had to complete the mission without relying on that person.
• Chu Ye asked Qian Renxue whether she had ever killed anyone, then began discussing the difficulty of taking a person's life for the first time.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue traveled from Spirit City to Nuoding City to hunt the criminal Li Yuanba, discussing their plans along the way. After arriving, they explored the city and Chu Ye spotted Yu Xiaogang outside Nuoding Academy.

• Chu Ye warned Qian Renxue that Li Yuanba had slaughtered civilians, assaulted women, and murdered the soul masters sent to arrest him, and urged her to show no mercy.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue left Spirit City under the secret protection of Chrysanthemum Douluo and traveled toward Nuoding City while cultivating and planning how to deal with Li Yuanba.
• During the journey, Chu Ye observed the poor conditions and lack of public order in remote areas beyond the cities.
• After reaching Nuoding City, Chu Ye agreed to walk with Qian Renxue toward the Martial Soul Branch Hall, observing the city’s streets and terrain.
• Near Nuoding Academy, Chu Ye saw Yu Xiaogang helping a student become his disciple and privately despised him.

Yu Xiaogang refused to take a low-talent student as his disciple, and Chu Ye exposed his hypocrisy and challenged him. The confrontation ended with Chu Ye knocking Yu Xiaogang to the ground with a slap.

• A student with a Chrysanthemum Leaf Flower martial soul and half a rank of soul power knelt and asked Yu Xiaogang to take him as a disciple.
• Yu Xiaogang rejected the student, becoming annoyed when he mentioned their shared half-rank Innate Soul Power.
• Chu Ye told the student Yu Xiaogang would not take him because he could offer no benefit and would expose Yu Xiaogang's theory as a failure.
• Yu Xiaogang angrily challenged Chu Ye to identify flaws in his theory and threatened to discipline him.
• Yu Xiaogang rushed at Chu Ye, but Chu Ye dodged his attack and slapped him several meters away.

Chu Ye humiliated Yu Xiaogang by disproving his spirit-ring theory and attacking his claim that no martial souls were useless. When Yu Xiaogang tried to silence him with Luo Sanpao, Chu Ye struck the martial soul down and began beating him.

• Yu Xiaogang tried to attack Chu Ye after being slapped, but Chu Ye interrupted him and challenged his claim about spirit-ring absorption limits.
• Chu Ye revealed his thousand-year first spirit ring, leaving Yu Xiaogang and the onlookers stunned.
• Chu Ye criticized Yu Xiaogang’s theories and argued that Luo Sanpao was a useless martial soul.
• Chu Ye accused Yu Xiaogang of plagiarizing his theories, and Yu Xiaogang panicked and released his first spirit ability.
• Chu Ye struck Luo Sanpao with the Sword of Gods and Demons, knocked Yu Xiaogang down, and slapped him hard enough to make him spit blood.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue arrived at Nuoding City's Martial Soul Branch Hall to prepare to locate Li Yuanba, while Chu Ye’s friendly greeting left Su Yuntao baffled. After learning the branch hall’s size and limits, they began assessing what help it could provide.

• Chu Ye beat Yu Xiaogang nearly unconscious, warned him not to appear again, and then rejoined Qian Renxue.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue arrived at the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch Hall, where Hall Master Bai Yufeng and the branch hall’s soul masters welcomed them.
• Chu Ye greeted Su Yuntao by name and shook his hand, leaving Su Yuntao and the onlookers astonished.
• Bai Yufeng explained that the branch hall could help locate Li Yuanba but could not join the battle, and Chu Ye accepted those limits.
• Bai Yufeng reported that the branch hall had twenty-five soul masters in total, and Chu Ye explained that this staffing was typical for a sixth-level hall.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue organized Spirit Hall’s search for Li Yuanba, tracked his routine, and began a midnight infiltration of his villa. They reached the third floor and prepared to attack him in his sleep.

• Qian Renxue assigned Spirit Hall soul masters to search Nuoding City and secretly monitor Li Yuanba without alerting him.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue spotted Li Yuanba and spent two days learning his routine and identifying his isolated villa as a suitable target.
• Chu Ye named the planned strike Operation Tyrant Hunter and set it for three o’clock in the morning.
• Chu Ye reassured Qian Renxue as they approached the villa, aware that the mission’s success would determine whether she could remain in Spirit Hall.
• At two fifty-five, Chu Ye and Qian Renxue climbed to the third-floor balcony and slipped into the dark villa, where Chu Ye prepared to strike through Li Yuanba’s bedroom door.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue ambushed Li Yuanba, a Spirit Emperor, and wounded him with their coordinated attacks before pursuing him out of Nuoding City. In a Wild Forest, Li Yuanba learned they had no backup and turned to face them with renewed confidence.

• Li Yuanba noticed Chu Ye and Qian Renxue sneaking into his villa and burst through the door to confront them.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue revealed their Martial Souls and Spirit Rings, frightening Li Yuanba when he recognized Qian Renxue's Six-Winged Angel.
• Qian Renxue blasted Li Yuanba through a window, and Chu Ye and Qian Renxue combined their sword attacks to wound him in midair.
• Li Yuanba fled over Nuoding City's wall, and Qian Renxue carried Chu Ye as they pursued him through the night.
• After an hour-long chase into a Wild Forest, Li Yuanba confirmed that no other Spirit Masters were following them and prepared to fight.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue used Power Sharing and their practiced teamwork to overpower Li Yuanba, cutting off his right arm. Just as they moved to finish him, Li Yuanba revealed a right leg spirit bone and blocked Qian Renxue’s attack, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Li Yuanba threatened to kill Chu Ye and Qian Renxue, but they stood together and activated Power Sharing.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue boosted their strength and coordinated their attacks, forcing Li Yuanba backward and cutting him several times.
• Li Yuanba launched his Fourth Spirit Ability, Leopard Fireball, while Chu Ye prepared a counterattack and Qian Renxue readied Angel’s Blessing.
• Chu Ye’s Dark Slash passed beneath the fireball, and Qian Renxue’s Angel’s Blessing protected him as Li Yuanba lost his right arm.
• Qian Renxue attacked with Angel Wing Blade, but Li Yuanba revealed a right leg spirit bone and used Earth Barrier to block the blades.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue faced Li Yuanba’s powerful spirit abilities, but Chu Ye survived his fatal attack with the Phoenix Bone and awakened a new mutated spirit ability. He killed Li Yuanba, took his spirit bone, and checked on Qian Renxue.

• Li Yuanba used his fifth spirit ability, and Chu Ye and Qian Renxue stood together to block it, leaving them injured and exhausted.
• Chu Ye stepped forward to protect Qian Renxue as Li Yuanba unleashed his sixth spirit ability.
• Chu Ye’s Phoenix Bone activated Rebirth from Flames, saving him from the fatal blow and restoring half of his condition.
• Chu Ye comprehended the mutated spirit ability Light Dark Fusion Slash and cut Li Yuanba in two.
• Chu Ye beheaded Li Yuanba, collected his spirit bone, and helped Qian Renxue up as she asked about his new move.