Chapter Summaries

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue used the Spirit Soul Contract Method to transform the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape into spirit souls and absorb their Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings. They gained three ranks each and powerful spirit skills, while the spirit souls took up residence inside them.

• Chu Ye told the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape they would become spirit souls and share in his and Qian Renxue's growth.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue used the Spirit Soul Contract Method to separate the beasts' souls from their bodies and transform them into spirit souls.
• The beasts' bodies turned into energy, their Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Rings formed, and their right and left arm spirit bones fell to the ground.
• Bibi Dong told the others not to interfere, and the group watched as the spirit souls entered Qian Renxue and Chu Ye.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue absorbed the rings and spirit souls, each rising three ranks and gaining two powerful spirit skills.
• Qian Renxue said she could now challenge a Title Douluo, and Chu Ye agreed that the Sky Azure Bull Python's spirit soul would help her do so.

Chu Ye explained that his Sword of Gods and Demons let him and the compatible Qian Renxue form Spirit Soul contracts, while he resolved not to spread the method because it could endanger spirit beasts. The group returned from the Star Dou Great Forest with the two soul bones, and Qian Daoliu began to believe Qian Renxue might inherit the Angel God’s trials.

• Chu Ye told Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong, and the others that his martial soul enabled Spirit Soul contracts and that only he and a person fully compatible with him, such as Qian Renxue, could use them.
• Chu Ye considered how the Spirit Pagoda’s later popularization of Spirit Souls could accelerate spirit beast extinction and decided he would keep the method secret.
• Bibi Dong gave Chu Ye and Qian Renxue the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape soul bones; Qian Renxue offered Chu Ye the Sky Azure Bull Python bone, but he told her to keep it.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue described their new spirit skills to Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu as the group left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Daoliu praised Qian Renxue’s talent and said she might become the Angel God successor their clan had awaited.

Qian Renxue worried that inheriting the Angel God’s position would separate her from Chu Ye, while Chu Ye returned to Spirit City and arranged his long-awaited duel with Snake Lance Douluo. The chapter ended with Chu Ye and Qian Renxue summoning their Soul Spirits to learn how to use their new abilities.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu when she could undergo the Angel God’s trial, then worried that becoming a god would leave Chu Ye behind.
• Xiao Wu felt inexplicably anxious in Nuoding City, while Tang San urged her to keep cultivating and secretly vowed to kill Chu Ye.
• Chu Ye and the Spirit Hall group returned to the Pope’s Palace after hunting spirit beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Snake Lance Douluo challenged Chu Ye to settle their grudge on the Duel Platform the day after tomorrow, and Chu Ye accepted.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue summoned the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirits, who knelt and addressed them as their Masters.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue tested Da Ming and Er Ming’s abilities as soul spirits and learned about their powers and limitations. After discussing Di Tian and the spirit beasts’ disappearance, Chu Ye decided to absorb the Titan Giant Ape’s soul bone while saving the Sky Azure Bull Python’s for later.

• Chu Ye had Da Ming and Er Ming fight and confirmed that they retained Title Douluo-level strength, skills, and domains as soul spirits.
• The Titan Giant Ape asked whether soul spirits would face Heavenly Tribulations, and Chu Ye explained how their cultivation and power could grow alongside their masters’.
• Da Ming and Er Ming explained that they could leave their hosts only for a limited time and distance, with their freedom increasing as Chu Ye and Qian Renxue grew stronger.
• Chu Ye learned that Da Ming and Er Ming had only seen Di Tian from afar when they were young, and told them that Di Tian’s group had entered collective slumber to absorb spirit power.
• Chu Ye chose to absorb the Titan Giant Ape’s soul bone and save the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Left Arm Bone for a later opportunity.

Chu Ye absorbed the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone and Sun Moon Five-Colored Flower, raising his Soul Power to level 56. He agreed to spar with Qian Renxue, and their intense sword duel began.

• Chu Ye fused with the Titan Giant Ape Left Arm Bone and gained Titan Sky Break and Gravity Swamp.
• Chu Ye absorbed the Sun Moon Five-Colored Flower, increasing his Soul Power from level 53 to level 56.
• Chu Ye considered testing his strength against a Title Douluo, and Qian Renxue challenged him to a spar.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue met in an indoor martial arena and agreed to fight without holding back.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue released their swords, clashed their Sword Intents, and began exchanging blows.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue fought evenly, matching each other’s sword skills and domains until Chu Ye unleashed his powerful Dark Demon Evil Annihilation. Qian Renxue anticipated his altered attack sequence and countered its first three tiger strikes, leaving the spar unresolved.

• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue traded sword attacks and activated their opposing Divine Slaughter's Domain and Angel Domain.
• They matched each other’s Angel Six Divine Sword Style attacks, and Chu Ye warned Qian Renxue before using his Fourth Spirit Ability.
• Chu Ye unleashed Dark Demon Evil Annihilation, sending six attribute-based Soul Power tiger bodies at Qian Renxue in an unexpected order.
• Qian Renxue predicted the sequence, blocked the Thunder Tiger, dodged the Wind Tiger, and destroyed the Darkness Tiger with Angel Whirlwind Wing Slash.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue tested their strength in a two-on-two fight with their Soul Spirits, Da Ming and Er Ming, and the battle ended in a draw. Afterward, they assessed their abilities and discussed Chu Ye’s upcoming battle with Snake Spear Elder and the need to win over the elders.

• Da Ming emerged to protect Qian Renxue from Chu Ye’s attack, and Chu Ye summoned Er Ming to join the fight.
• Er Ming and Da Ming clashed while Chu Ye and Qian Renxue attacked, but their Soul Spirits’ defensive support kept either side from gaining a decisive advantage.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue stopped fighting and agreed to a draw to conserve their strength before Chu Ye’s battle the next day.
• Chu Ye told Qian Renxue that she was nearing Title Douluo-level strength and assessed his own combat power, including how much stronger he became with Er Ming’s support.
• Qian Renxue urged Chu Ye to be careful against Snake Spear Elder and to treat him respectfully afterward to secure his loyalty and support.

Chu Ye prepared to settle his dispute with Snake Lance Douluo in a private duel at Pope's Palace, while Spirit Hall's Title Douluo gathered to witness his strength. The chapter ended as both fighters faced off and Chu Ye revealed his spirit rings.

• Chu Ye told Qian Renxue that he cared more about reaching the peak of strength than competing for the position of pope, then prepared for his duel with Snake Lance Douluo.
• Nearly twenty Title Douluo, along with Spirit Hall's core disciples, gathered at Pope's Palace to watch Chu Ye fight Snake Lance Douluo.
• Chu Ye arrived with Qian Renxue and told her to wait below the platform before joining Snake Lance Douluo.
• Chu Ye and Snake Lance Douluo agreed that the duel would settle their past dispute, and Snake Lance Douluo promised to use his full strength.
• Chu Ye released his aura and displayed five spirit rings: purple, purple, black, black, and red.

Chu Ye faced Snake Lance Douluo in a rematch before the assembled Title Douluo, fighting at a severe disadvantage in Soul Power. As Snake Lance’s relentless close-range assault took control of the duel, Chu Ye unleashed the Dark Xin Form for the first time in front of everyone at Pope’s Palace.

• Ghost Leopard Douluo asked Ghost Douluo about Chu Ye’s Soul Spirit, but Ghost Douluo refused to reveal its secrets and said Chu Ye could defeat Snake Lance without relying on it.
• Chu Ye activated his Sword God Demon Body and Divine Slaughter’s Domain as Snake Lance Douluo charged into the unrestricted duel.
• Chu Ye used Phoenix Fire and Light Dark Fusion Slash, but Snake Lance blocked the attack and knocked him back before pressing him with a rapid spear assault.
• Snake Lance’s greater Soul Power let him suppress Chu Ye and inflict wounds as both fighters rapidly spent their stamina and Soul Power.
• Chu Ye accepted Snake Lance’s close-range challenge and transformed into the Dark Xin Form, shocking the spectators and Snake Lance.

Chu Ye fought Snake Lance Douluo in a brutal arena battle, using Dark Xin Form to overwhelm and wound him before both combatants unleashed their strongest abilities. The chapter ended with their attacks colliding and both crashing to the ground, vomiting blood.

• Chu Ye transformed into Dark Xin Form and hacked Snake Lance Douluo back with relentless attacks.
• Chu Ye trapped Snake Lance Douluo with Shadow Burst and slashed him repeatedly before ending Dark Xin Form as its stamina cost mounted.
• Snake Lance Douluo activated Snake Spear True Body, while Chu Ye revealed Dragon God's Wings and blocked his spear with their ice-and-fire power.
• Chu Ye and Snake Lance Douluo exchanged their strongest spirit abilities and combat skills as the onlookers watched in shock.
• Chu Ye and Snake Lance Douluo struck each other with their final attacks, were both knocked down, and spat blood.

Chu Ye faced Snake Lance Douluo in a final clash and defeated him with his charged Titan's Sword after Er Ming briefly blocked the elder’s Ninth Spirit Ability. The spectators saw Chu Ye’s Titan Giant Ape Soul Spirit, and Snake Lance Douluo lay battered in a crater, realizing he had lost.

• Chu Ye recovered his strength and challenged Snake Lance Douluo to one final round, while Golden Crocodile Douluo began taking him seriously.
• Snake Lance Douluo unleashed his Ninth Spirit Ability, Snake Lance Angry Thunder, as Chu Ye charged Titan's Sword.
• Chu Ye summoned Er Ming, whose Gravity Control held off Snake Lance Douluo’s attack long enough for Chu Ye to finish charging his sword.
• Chu Ye’s Titan's Sword overwhelmed Snake Lance Douluo’s power and slammed him into the stage, leaving him bloodied and defeated.

After defeating Snake Lance Douluo, Chu Ye earned his submission and resolved their feud. He proposed to Qian Renxue in front of Spirit Hall’s leaders, and she accepted, leaving Qian Daoliu to decide whether to bless their marriage.

• Chu Ye defeated Snake Lance Douluo, then helped him up and asked him to set aside his prejudice.
• Snake Lance Douluo knelt and pledged to serve Chu Ye, joining Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo as one of his loyal Title Douluo.
• Chu Ye called Qian Renxue onto the platform, recalled his promise to marry her when she came of age, and proposed with a ring.
• Qian Renxue accepted Chu Ye’s proposal, while Bibi Dong silently accepted the engagement and Qian Daoliu furrowed his brows.
• Chu Ye asked Qian Daoliu to bless his marriage to Qian Renxue, and Qian Daoliu remained silent as his expression grew serious.

Qian Daoliu refused Chu Ye and Qian Renxue’s marriage for now, explaining privately that he wanted to protect Qian Renxue’s chance to inherit the Angel God. Chu Ye realized the risk was an unexpected pregnancy during her trials, but he had already been intimate with her.

• Qian Daoliu rejected the marriage proposal, and Bibi Dong ordered everyone present to keep Chu Ye’s victory over Snake Spear Elder secret.
• Xie Yue, Yan, Zhang Ping, Sun Chuantao, Li Kai, and Xu Yu pledged to follow Chu Ye and join the Inspection Hall after graduation.
• After recovering, Chu Ye went to the Worship Hall and asked Qian Daoliu why he had refused the marriage.
• Qian Daoliu said he did not oppose their marriage but wanted it postponed until Qian Renxue completed the Angel God’s trials.
• Qian Daoliu explained that a pregnancy could endanger Qian Renxue’s trials, leaving Chu Ye speechless because he and Qian Renxue had already been intimate.

Qian Daoliu forbade Chu Ye and Qian Renxue from pursuing their relationship while she completed the Angel Trials, and his surveillance forced them to abstain. More than a year later, Chu Ye had grown stronger and was preparing to pursue Xiao Wu for his sixth soul ring when Bibi Dong summoned him about the upcoming Soul Master Tournament.

• Qian Daoliu warned Chu Ye and Qian Renxue against intimacy, and Qian Renxue said her grandfather had arranged for them to be watched.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue tried to meet privately in the mountains, but Light Feather Douluo interrupted them, so they agreed to wait until her Angel Trials were over.
• Over the following year, Chu Ye cultivated with Bibi Dong, advanced to High-level Sword Intent, mastered the Angel Cloud Piercing Sword, and reached the peak of rank 59.
• Chu Ye decided to target Xiao Wu, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit at Shrek Academy, while accounting for the possibility that Tang Hao was protecting Tang San.
• A Gold Bishop summoned Chu Ye to meet Bibi Dong about Spirit Hall's preparations for the Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament, which was a little over a year away.

Martial Soul Hall prepared its team for the Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament, with Bibi Dong appointing Chu Ye and Qian Renxue as leaders and registering them as competitors. The next day, they began training twenty disciples to decide the final roster.

• Bibi Dong announced that Martial Soul Hall would offer three ten-thousand-year soul bones as the tournament prize and ordered the participants to begin training.
• Bibi Dong appointed Chu Ye and Qian Renxue as team leaders, registered them as competitors, and tasked them with leading the team to victory.
• Chu Ye ordered the disciples to assemble at the training ground at eight the next morning.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue reviewed the twenty gathered disciples and explained that only ten of them could fill the remaining roster spots.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue explained the Soul Master Tournament rules and began a year of intensive training for Martial Soul Hall’s twenty disciples. Chu Ye introduced Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain as their physical training method, leaving the exhausted disciples facing additional tasks under its pressure.

• Qian Renxue explained the tournament rules, the finals format, and how the seeded teams would compete.
• Chu Ye outlined a training plan focused on team coordination, individual strength, and physical conditioning, with ten disciples to qualify for the team.
• Chu Ye summoned Er Ming and had him use the Gravity Control Domain to test the disciples’ stamina.
• The gravity forced the disciples, including Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena, to collapse one by one.
• Chu Ye told the disciples that gravity training would become their physical training project and that they would have to complete tasks while enduring it.

Chu Ye and Qian Renxue trained the Martial Soul Hall disciples under Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain and prepared them for team combat. A new recruit, thirteen-year-old Gu Yue, joined the group after arriving at the Pope’s Palace with peak rank thirty-nine Soul Power.

• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue had the disciples perform stamina training under Er Ming’s Gravity Control Domain, then gave them an hour and a half to rest before team combat training.
• A thirteen-year-old girl arrived at the Pope’s Palace with a certificate from Spirit Hall Academy and entered after the gatekeeper confirmed it.
• A Gold Bishop told Chu Ye and Qian Renxue that the Pope wanted the girl to join group training; Chu Ye learned she had peak rank thirty-nine Soul Power.
• The Gold Bishop brought the girl to Chu Ye, who made her a reserve member of the Martial Soul Hall Team and introduced her to the disciples.
• The girl introduced herself to the assembled disciples as Gu Yue.

Gu Yue joined the Spirit Hall Core Disciples, and Chu Ye and Qian Renxue recognized her as the Silver Dragon King's main personality while hiding that they knew her identity. Na'er had also entered the human world and joined Skywater Academy, and Gu Yue began a sparring match with Zhang Ping.

• Gu Yue introduced herself as a thirteen-year-old rank thirty-nine Soul Master with an Elementalist martial soul, and Chu Ye identified her as the Silver Dragon King’s main personality.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue agreed to pretend they did not know Gu Yue’s identity, while Chu Ye guessed Na'er would appear before them again someday.
• Na'er joined Skywater Academy as a main team member and began training for the Soul Master Tournament one year later.
• Chu Ye welcomed Gu Yue into the Spirit Hall Core Disciples and asked for a volunteer to test her combat abilities.
• Zhang Ping stepped forward, revealed her rank forty-four Golden Waist Flying Swallow martial soul, and began a match with Gu Yue, whose soul rings surprised Qian Renxue.

Gu Yue fought Zhang Ping in a spar and revealed her mastery of multiple elements, overwhelming her with elemental attacks and fusion. Chu Ye stopped Gu Yue’s final attack from hitting Zhang Ping, then returned to Qian Renxue, who questioned him about Zhang Ping holding his arm.

• Chu Ye warned Zhang Ping not to underestimate Gu Yue, and Zhang Ping began the spar with her Swan Transformation.
• Gu Yue used Fire, Earth, Wind, and Light elements to block Zhang Ping’s attacks and knock her back.
• Zhang Ping attacked with her second and third spirit abilities, but Gu Yue dodged in midair using Ice paths and struck Zhang Ping with fireballs and a punch.
• At Chu Ye’s request, Zhang Ping used her fourth spirit ability, and Gu Yue countered with Element Fusion that shattered Zhang Ping’s attack.
• Chu Ye intercepted Gu Yue’s fused attack before it hit Zhang Ping, who grabbed his arm in relief.
• Chu Ye returned to Qian Renxue’s side, and she asked whether he had enjoyed being hugged.

Chu Ye organized team combat and individual training at the Pope's Palace, then accepted Gu Yue's challenge and fought her while limiting his Soul Power and spirit abilities. Gu Yue discovered that several of her elements barely affected him, and Chu Ye prepared to get serious as she sensed his overwhelming presence.

• Qian Renxue glared at Zhang Ping after she hugged Chu Ye, and Chu Ye began assigning the twenty-one disciples to three teams led by Xie Yue, Yan, and Hu Liena.
• Chu Ye and Qian Renxue supervised team sparring, then had the disciples rest before starting one-on-one matches for individual Combat Power training.
• Gu Yue asked to spar with Chu Ye, and he agreed to suppress his Soul Power to roughly rank 39 and use only his first three spirit abilities.
• Gu Yue attacked with fire and ice, but Chu Ye cut apart her fireballs, broke free from her ice, and caught her fist; she realized her elemental attributes had little effect on him.
• Gu Yue used Elemental Tide Attack and Element Control, while Chu Ye activated Sword God Demon Body and warned her that he was about to get serious.