Chapter Summaries

After Bibi Dong rejected her handmade birthday gift, young Qian Renxue found a mysterious black egg and brought it to her room for company. Inside, Chen Qianqiu awoke after transmigrating to the Douluo Continent as a Nidhogg-blooded being, and listened as Qian Renxue confided her loneliness before falling asleep beside him.

• Qian Renxue felt hurt when Bibi Dong refused the sachet she had embroidered for her mother's birthday.
• Qian Renxue found a mysterious black egg in the garden and secretly carried it back to her room.
• Chen Qianqiu woke inside the egg, discovered he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent, and recognized Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue named the egg Xiao Hei and told it that Bibi Dong hated her and that she had no friends.
• Qian Renxue vowed to become strong enough to win her mother's affection and protect Xiao Hei, then fell asleep hugging the egg.

Chen Qianqiu hatched from his black egg, discovered that he could grow by consuming nourishment, and decided to stay close to Qian Renxue. The next morning, Qian Renxue took him out to celebrate in Spirit City's outer-city market.

• Chen Qianqiu hatched, inspected his small dragon form, and ate his eggshells to satisfy his hunger and gain strength.
• Chen Qianqiu curled up beside Qian Renxue and decided that staying with Spirit Hall's young master would give him access to valuable resources.
• Qian Renxue woke, hugged Chen Qianqiu, named him Xiao Hei, and jokingly declared herself his mommy.
• Qian Renxue used her monthly permission to take Chen Qianqiu outside, carrying him atop her head as they descended Martial Soul Mountain.
• Qian Renxue and Chen Qianqiu reached Spirit City's busy outer-city market, where she eagerly looked around.

Qian Renxue indulged in shopping and bought rare medicinal herbs for Chen Qianqiu, who sensed a powerful urge to devour a dark-red skeletal remain displayed by a street vendor. Qian Renxue agreed to buy it for him and pushed through the crowd as bidding began.

• Qian Renxue bought colorful jewelry and decorated Chen Qianqiu with hairpins, bells, and tassels.
• Qian Renxue bought rare medicinal herbs and fed Chen Qianqiu a blazing sun spirit-gathering fruit, strengthening his bloodline.
• A vendor displayed a dark-red skeletal remain from the Star Dou Great Forest, and Chen Qianqiu felt his nidhogg bloodline urge him to devour it.
• Qian Renxue noticed Chen Qianqiu's reaction, agreed to buy the remains, and hurried to the front of the crowd.
• A burly Soul Master offered sixty Gold Soul Coins, while onlookers questioned whether the dried bone was worth that much.

A Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan boy tried to claim a mysterious bone by matching Lin Yun’s offer of three hundred Gold Soul Coins, using his clan’s power to silence the market. Just as the vendor prepared to hand over the bone, someone offered one thousand Gold Soul Coins.

• Lin Yun offered the vendor three hundred Gold Soul Coins for the mysterious bone, and the vendor was about to accept.
• A boy from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan mocked Lin Yun and stepped forward with a companion.
• One of the boy’s guards pressured Lin Yun, who protested that they were in Spirit City and could face Spirit Hall’s punishment.
• The boy offered the vendor three hundred Gold Soul Coins, and Lin Yun withdrew rather than risk his sect’s safety.
• The vendor prepared to hand the bone to the boy, but someone suddenly offered one thousand Gold Soul Coins.

At a marketplace auction, young Qian Renxue challenged a Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan youth over a Soul Bone, then revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul. Tang Hu, a Clear Sky Sect disciple, stepped in to persuade her to give up the bone, leaving her response unresolved.

• Qian Renxue offered one thousand Gold Soul Coins for the Soul Bone, angering Yu Tianming of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Tianming manifested his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul and two Hundred-Year Soul Rings to intimidate Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, overpowering Yu Tianming's presence without displaying any Soul Rings.
• The crowd recognized Qian Renxue as Spirit Hall's young mistress and erupted in cheers.
• Tang Hu stopped Yu Tianming and urged Qian Renxue to let them have the bone, arguing it would benefit Yu Tianming more.

Qian Renxue defended Chen Qianqiu and competed with Tang Hu and Yu Tianming over a violent blood Qi bone. After Yu Tianming attacked her, she easily knocked him down and exposed why his claim to a blue lightning tyrant dragon martial soul was doubtful, leaving him humiliated beneath her boot.

• Qian Renxue insisted the bone would be useful to her Xiao Hei, Chen Qianqiu, and rejected Tang Hu and Yu Tianming's objections.
• Yu Tianming insulted Chen Qianqiu and attacked Qian Renxue with a lightning-covered claw.
• Qian Renxue dodged Yu Tianming's strike, swept his leg, and pinned his head against the paving with her boot.
• Qian Renxue mocked Yu Tianming as a loach and argued that he could not be a direct-line blue lightning tyrant dragon disciple because Yu Yuanzhen's grandson had only just been born.
• Chen Qianqiu nodded along as Qian Renxue asked whether he agreed with her.

Qian Renxue defeated Yu Tianming and demanded that he apologize to the outer-city shoppers he had mistreated. When Yu Hengyun intervened to protect the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s reputation, he released his Soul King pressure against her, leaving the confrontation poised to escalate.

• Qian Renxue kicked Yu Tianming down again, bought the skeletal remains, and stopped him from leaving until he apologized to the shoppers.
• Yu Tianming refused to apologize and looked to Tang Hu for help, but Tang Hu avoided getting involved.
• Yu Hengyun stepped forward and argued that Qian Renxue should let the matter go rather than demand an apology.
• Yu Hengyun revealed his five Soul Rings and Rock-Armored Earth Dragon Martial Soul, then pressed his Soul King-level Soul Power down on Qian Renxue.

Chen Qianqiu used his draconic power to overwhelm Yu Hengyun and force him to apologize for disrupting the marketplace. Qian Renxue left with Chen Qianqiu, who was still digesting the energy he had absorbed, as his arms tightened around him.

• Qian Renxue struggled against Yu Hengyun’s Soul King pressure until Chen Qianqiu opened his eyes and dispelled it.
• Chen Qianqiu’s gaze terrified Yu Hengyun, whose Martial Soul dispersed as Chen drained his Soul Power and vitality.
• Yu Tianming shook Yu Hengyun out of his trance, and Yu Hengyun made him kowtow while apologizing to the marketplace.
• Qian Renxue accepted the apology and ran away with Chen Qianqiu in her arms.
• Chen Qianqiu rested in Qian Renxue’s arms after absorbing emotional energy and a Soul King’s essence Soul Power.

Qian Renxue feared that her outburst at the market would make her mother dislike her even more, but Chen Qianqiu comforted her by promising to stay by her side. The pair then ran into Qian Xunji, who praised her actions, though she still worried about Bibi Dong’s reaction.

• Qian Renxue worried that she had caused trouble for her father and that Bibi Dong would reject her, and Chen Qianqiu comforted her with a promise to stay with her.
• Qian Renxue and Chen Qianqiu pinky-swore to protect each other and wandered through Spirit Hall together.
• Qian Renxue encountered Qian Xunji, who warmly lifted her into his arms.
• Qian Renxue apologized for fighting at the market and spending Gold Soul Coins, but Qian Xunji said she had done well and upheld Spirit Hall’s prestige.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Bibi Dong would be even angrier with her for causing trouble.

Qian Xunji comforted Qian Renxue and concealed that he could not identify Chen Qianqiu, then became furious over the treatment of the Clear Sky Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. At the Clear Sky Sect’s guesthouse, Tai Tan listened to Tang Hu’s account and praised him for protecting himself.

• Qian Xunji felt guilty about neglecting Qian Renxue and reassured her that her mother was not angry with her.
• Qian Renxue introduced Chen Qianqiu as Xiao Hei, and Qian Xunji examined him but falsely claimed he had a rare ancient dragon bloodline.
• Qian Renxue left happily with Chen Qianqiu, while Qian Xunji vowed to demand an explanation from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hu told the adults at the Clear Sky Sect’s guesthouse that Qian Renxue and her pet had insulted the sect and stolen a treasure.
• Tai Tan condemned Spirit Hall, then praised Tang Hu for avoiding injury and prioritizing his own interests.

Tai Tan ordered the Four Great Clans to leave the exchange gathering, while Chen Qianqiu reflected on his limits and the ways his presence could change the future. Qian Renxue stopped him from overeating and handed him the skeleton he had bought at the market.

• Tai Tan reassured Tang Hu that abandoning Yu Tianming was justified and argued that the Four Great Clans’ loyalty to the Clear Sky Sect was stronger than their ties to other clans.
• Tai Tan ordered everyone to pack up and return to the sect, then privately hoped Tang Hao would return with a child he could protect.
• Chen Qianqiu reviewed his confrontation at the market and recognized that his strength depended on his opponent’s Martial Soul and that he needed to grow stronger.
• Chen Qianqiu worried that his presence had changed the world’s course and that he might eventually face the Clear Sky Sect and Tang San.
• Qian Renxue stopped feeding Chen Qianqiu when his belly became round and gave him the skeleton he had bought at the market.

Chen Qianqiu ate a powerful Soul Beast skull fragment that Qian Renxue seasoned for him, then slept for a day and night as its power transformed him. He woke larger, able to speak so Qian Renxue could understand him, and discovered he could fly.

• Qian Renxue gave Chen Qianqiu the dark-red skull fragment, but snatched it back when he tried to eat it because she feared it would hurt him.
• Qian Renxue seasoned the fragment with salt and stock, and Chen Qianqiu crunched it up.
• The fragment's violent power surged through Chen Qianqiu, and he belched before falling asleep on Qian Renxue's bed.
• After a day and night, Chen Qianqiu woke and spoke in his thoughts, which Qian Renxue suddenly understood.
• Chen Qianqiu discovered that he had grown larger, his scales had darkened, and his body had become stronger.
• Chen Qianqiu beat his wings and flew around the room for the first time.

Chen Qianqiu urged Qian Renxue to choose a thousand-year Soul Beast for her first Soul Ring instead of the Hundred-Year beasts recommended by the Soul Beast catalog. After promising that his devouring ability would protect her, he left her determined to defy the usual limits.

• Chen Qianqiu discovered that Nidhogg's devouring ability could evolve without an apparent limit, then resumed eating medicinal herbs.
• Qian Renxue told Chen Qianqiu that she would soon hunt Soul Beasts for her first two Soul Rings and asked him to come along.
• Qian Renxue showed Chen Qianqiu several Hundred-Year Soul Beasts she had selected, but he rejected each one as too weak.
• Qian Renxue explained that her elders had taught her the safe age limits for her first and second Soul Rings.
• Chen Qianqiu argued that Qian Renxue's exceptional talent meant she need not follow ordinary limits and promised his devouring ability would protect her if she chose a Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Qian Renxue's hesitation turned to resolve after Chen Qianqiu suggested she could become the first person in recorded history to absorb a Thousand-Year Soul Beast as her first Soul Ring.

Qian Renxue traveled with Chen Qianqiu and Ling Yuan Douluo to the Star Dou Great Forest to obtain her First Soul Ring, despite secretly planning to refuse the chosen beast. As Qian Renxue hesitated at the forest’s edge, a mysterious Ferocious Beast appeared and drove away the Light Feather Kite.

• Qian Renxue became excited at the thought of earning Bibi Dong’s approval, while Chen Qianqiu resolved to gradually help her with her people-pleasing nature.
• Ling Yuan Douluo arrived to escort Qian Renxue, and Qian Renxue showed jealousy when she saw the elder petting Chen Qianqiu.
• Ling Yuan Douluo explained that the Light Feather Kite and Brilliant Golden Holy Lion were suitable targets for Qian Renxue’s First Soul Ring.
• The group reached the Star Dou Great Forest, where Ling Yuan Douluo prepared to capture a Light Feather Kite in a clearing.
• Qian Renxue tried to stop Ling Yuan Douluo, but Chen Qianqiu sensed an approaching creature, and a mysterious winged Ferocious Beast appeared as the Light Feather Kite fled.

Chen Qianqiu helped Qian Renxue obtain a thousand-year first Soul Ring from an Illusory Heart Flame Deer by devouring the dangerous impurities during her absorption. Qian Renxue survived and gained a hint of flame on her Six-Winged Angel, while Ling Yuan Douluo was left stunned.

• Chen Qianqiu recognized the Illusory Heart Flame Deer as an ideal first Soul Beast for Qian Renxue and urged her to claim it.
• Chen Qianqiu used his draconic pressure to briefly halt the fleeing deer, allowing Ling Yuan Douluo to kill it.
• Qian Renxue began absorbing the deer's thousand-year Soul Ring before Ling Yuan Douluo could stop her, and its violent power threatened to overwhelm her.
• Chen Qianqiu devoured the impurities in Qian Renxue's body, leaving her able to complete the absorption safely.
• Qian Renxue awakened with a thousand-year first Soul Ring, and Ling Yuan Douluo noticed a faint flame burning along one wing of her Six-Winged Angel.

Qian Renxue discovered that her first Soul Skill, World-Purifying Flame, could kindle unease even in a Titled Douluo. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji urged Qian Daoliu to confront the Clear Sky Sect over its suspected involvement in protecting a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, but Qian Daoliu told him to handle the matter himself and not provoke a ruinous conflict.

• Qian Renxue used her first Soul Skill, World-Purifying Flame, and unsettled Ling Yuan Douluo with its effect.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu that Yu Yuanzhen had apologized for the attack on Qian Renxue, while the Clear Sky Sect had made no response.
• Qian Xunji reported that the transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast had resurfaced and suspected Tang Hao was helping her evade Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu recalled Tang Chen and warned Qian Xunji not to underestimate the Clear Sky Sect or push matters to mutual destruction.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji to manage sect disputes himself and to disturb him again only if the matter concerned Xiao Xue.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall after absorbing a thousand-year first Soul Ring, prompting Ling Yuan Douluo to seek guidance from the Pope and Great Enshrined about her future Soul Rings. Meanwhile, the Silver Dragon King sensed an ancient, unfamiliar draconic presence, and news of Qian Renxue's achievement spread through Spirit Hall as it reached the Worship Hall's deepest chambers.

• Qian Xunji decided to lead a team himself because his father refused to intervene in the continent's conflicts.
• Ling Yuan Douluo concluded that Qian Renxue's thousand-year first Soul Ring and Chen Qianqiu's abilities required careful planning, so she advised returning to Spirit Hall to report to the Pope and Great Enshrined.
• Qian Renxue agreed to Ling Yuan Douluo's advice, while Chen Qianqiu privately wondered why they did not simply keep using their advantages.
• The Silver Dragon King told Di Tian she had sensed an exceptionally pure, ancient draconic presence, and she ordered him not to investigate or disturb it.
• After Qian Renxue returned, word of her thousand-year first Soul Ring spread through Spirit Hall and reached the deepest part of the Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu tested Chen Qianqiu and praised Qian Renxue’s new soul ring, while Qian Renxue learned that her father was preparing to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast. After leaving the Worship Hall, she encountered Bibi Dong and nervously showed her Angel Martial Soul and thousand-year soul ring.

• Qian Daoliu summoned Qian Renxue, tested Chen Qianqiu’s ability to absorb energy, and strengthened him with his Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Qian Renxue about her soul ring and approved of her World-Purifying Flame.
• Qian Renxue asked about her father, and Qian Daoliu said he was preparing to hunt a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
• Qian Renxue left the Worship Hall with Chen Qianqiu and encountered Bibi Dong in the corridor.
• Qian Renxue approached Bibi Dong and displayed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and purple thousand-year soul ring.

Qian Renxue excitedly showed Bibi Dong her thousand-year Soul Ring and new ability, but Bibi Dong rejected her, leaving her heartbroken. Chen Qianqiu comforted her and devised a plan for the next day, when Qian Renxue’s father would pursue a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast; the chapter ended with a procession traveling toward the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qian Renxue showed Bibi Dong her Angel Martial Soul, thousand-year Soul Ring, and new ability, but Bibi Dong dismissed her and walked away.
• Chen Qianqiu performed silly tricks to make the crying Qian Renxue smile, then told her to cherish those who loved her and accept that Bibi Dong did not.
• Qian Renxue worried that her father might be hurt while capturing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast the next day.
• Chen Qianqiu explained a plan to Qian Renxue, who praised him as a genius.
• A vast procession advanced along the main road toward the Clear Sky Sect.

Qian Xunji led an overwhelming Spirit Hall force to intercept Tang Hao and the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, bringing Qian Renxue and her gluttonous little black dragon along. Meanwhile, Tang Hao and Ah Yin shared a tender moment in their secluded cottage as they awaited the birth of their child and worried about whether the Clear Sky Sect would accept them.

• Qian Renxue persuaded Qian Xunji to bring her along, and Demon Subduing Douluo, Qian Jun Douluo, and Light Feather Douluo joined the procession to protect her.
• Qian Xunji noticed that Chen Qianqiu had nearly devoured the carriage load of precious medicinal ingredients and promised to provide more.
• Tang Hao tenderly stroked Ah Yin's pregnant belly and told her he would marry her despite her being a Soul Beast.
• Ah Yin nestled into Tang Hao's arms, then asked whether his father and the Clear Sky Sect elders would accept her and their unborn child.