Chapter Summaries

Xue Qinghe guided the princes through Sunset Forest while trying to keep the dangerous excursion from being blamed on him. After they found two dead tiger cubs and were attacked by their father, Xuan Ming killed the weakened Rushing Thunder Tiger and gained its Soul Ring.

• Xue Qinghe stopped the third prince from splitting everyone up and arranged for them to search in small teams.
• Xuan Ming explained where tigers usually made dens, and the group followed the smell of blood to a cave containing two dead cubs.
• Xuan Ming realized a male tiger had likely killed the cubs, and a Rushing Thunder Tiger ambushed the group.
• The third prince's Holy Shield reflected the tiger's first attack, but the Rushing Thunder Tiger strengthened itself with black lightning and shattered his shield.
• Ge Long arrived and knocked the Rushing Thunder Tiger down without killing it, and Xuan Ming thrust his Blood Spear into its throat and obtained its Soul Ring.

Xuan Ming absorbed an eight-hundred-year Soul Ring and discovered that his Blood Spear had fed on the Rushing Thunder Tiger during the process, raising him to rank thirteen. Before the group could settle the tension between the third prince and Xue Qinghe, a fifty-thousand-year Spectral Nether Tiger and a pack of Soul Beasts attacked, leaving the princes fleeing in panic.

• Xuan Ming endured the Soul Ring’s assault while his Blood Spear devoured the Rushing Thunder Tiger, then successfully absorbed the ring and reached rank thirteen.
• Xuan Ming told Dugu Yan that his first Soul Skill was not yet revealed, while the third prince accused Ge Long of secretly siding with Xue Qinghe.
• Ge Long abruptly activated his Martial Soul Possession and charged into the forest, where he collided with a Spectral Nether Tiger.
• Ge Long warned that the Spectral Nether Tiger was over fifty thousand years old and that several more powerful Soul Beasts were approaching, then fired a distress signal.
• Ge Long held off the Soul Beasts as the princes fled in confusion, and the third prince activated Martial Soul Possession and urged them to follow him.

Xue Qinghe and Xuan Ming returned into the dangerous forest to search for Baers, while Snake Lance Douluo and Yue Guan revealed competing plans to take Xuan Ming. The chapter ended as Xue Qinghe and Xuan Ming reached them, with Yue Guan hidden nearby and Snake Lance Douluo concealing himself.

• A Night Shadow Cat Owl seized the airborne Third Prince, and Zhang Yunqing raced after it to attempt a rescue.
• Xue Qinghe chose to return for the missing Baers, and Xuan Ming joined him while Dugu Yan led the others toward safety.
• Snake Lance Douluo and Yue Guan discovered they were both acting on orders concerning the autumn hunt and Baers.
• Yue Guan told Snake Lance Douluo that Bibi Dong wanted Xuan Ming brought back alive or dead, while Qian Renxue also planned to win him over.
• Snake Lance Douluo let Yue Guan hide nearby, then covered himself as Xue Qinghe and Xuan Ming arrived.

Xuan Ming killed Baers with his First Soul Skill, but Yue Guan then abducted him and took him toward Spirit City. Back at camp, Xue Qinghe learned that Zhang Yunqing had recovered the Third Prince’s remains and mourned him.

• Xuan Ming gave Baers three breaths to flee, then killed him with his First Soul Skill, Thunderstorm.
• Yue Guan seized Xuan Ming and raced away before Xue Qinghe or Snake Lance Douluo could stop him.
• Xuan Ming woke during the journey and argued with Yue Guan, who said the Pope was interested in him and questioned why he had helped Dugu Bo escape.
• The search-and-rescue team returned to camp with the injured Xue Qinghe and Ge Long, and Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling asked where Xuan Ming was.
• Zhang Yunqing presented what he claimed were the Third Prince’s remains, and Xue Qinghe knelt to mourn his brother as the other princes comforted him.

After Yue Guan brought Xuan Ming to Spirit City, Bibi Dong examined his twin martial souls and discovered that he had damaged them by forcibly breaking through a blockage in their Soul Power circulation. She warned that the damage could eventually cripple his martial souls or kill him, then asked him to give her a reason to help.

• Yue Guan brought the bound Xuan Ming to the Pope's Palace and told Bibi Dong that Xue Qinghe had also wanted him.
• Bibi Dong examined Xuan Ming's blood spear and innate domain, then learned he had always been able to use both martial souls together.
• Xuan Ming explained that he had awakened his Soul Power after killing a Soul Grandmaster and devouring his Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong identified damage caused by Xuan Ming's forced breakthrough and explained that the two martial souls were partially fused and obstructing his Soul Power circulation.
• Bibi Dong warned Xuan Ming that the damage could eventually cripple both martial souls or make him explode, then asked him for a reason to help.

Bibi Dong investigated Xuan Ming’s tragic past and ordered him sent to Spirit Hall Academy, where Hu Liena and two other students would keep him safe. Qian Daoliu considered Qian Renxue’s request to retrieve Xuan Ming, while Bibi Dong tried to give the wary boy time to settle in.

• Qian Renxue returned to Heaven Dou City after the third prince’s death and wrote to Qian Daoliu asking him to help retrieve Xuan Ming.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Xuan Ming’s twin martial souls and innate domain, agreeing to try to bring him to Qian Renxue and considering destroying him if they could not obtain him.
• Gui Mei reported that Xuan Ming’s father had disappeared, his mother had died, and a patrol deacon had sold him after his martial soul awakening.
• Gui Mei confirmed Xuan Ming’s account by finding two Soul Masters’ bodies and said the patrol deacon was being held in the Punishment Hall.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xuan Ming sent to Spirit Hall Academy and told Gui Mei to have Hu Liena and two others watch over him.
• Yue Guan joked with Gui Mei about Xuan Ming’s misfortunes, and Gui Mei replied that he had never been sold.

Yue Guan brought Xuan Ming to Spirit Hall Academy, where Hu Liena enrolled him and took him into her private dorm. As Xuan Ming struggled with the danger of his Blood Spear devouring his Black Dragon Martial Soul, he began life at the academy under Hu Liena’s care and met Xie Yue.

• Yue Guan warned Hu Liena not to touch the dragons on Xuan Ming’s back, then left her to enroll him at Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena brought Xuan Ming to her private dorm and tried to comfort him, but he remained detached and admitted he had not listened to her.
• Hu Liena showed Xuan Ming around the academy and took him to the cafeteria, where he ate nearly five people’s portions and worried her about the cost.
• Xie Yue and another boy approached Hu Liena and asked whether Xuan Ming was the Pope’s newly accepted disciple; Hu Liena said he was not yet.

Hu Liena showed Xuan Ming around Spirit Hall Academy as Yan and Xie Yue examined his unusual black dragon martial soul and its night vision. Xie Yue defeated Yan in a spar, and Hu Liena explained the boys’ strengths and her own mental-control abilities.

• Hu Liena asked Xie Yue to lend her money for Xuan Ming’s cafeteria meal, while Yan discovered that Xuan Ming’s black dragons could eat.
• Xuan Ming explained that he could see through the dragons, whose vision was black and white but equally clear at night, and Hu Liena discussed how martial souls could affect their users’ senses.
• Yan learned that Xuan Ming was six years old and asked about his innate soul power, but Hu Liena took Xuan Ming away and told Yan to use her full name.
• Yan challenged Xie Yue at the training grounds, and the two announced their martial souls and levels before fighting as Soul Grandmasters.
• Xie Yue defeated Yan and sent him off the platform, after which Hu Liena explained Yan’s Flame Lord martial soul and teased him for repeatedly falling to her Fox Charm.

Xuan Ming fought Yan in his first Soul Fighting match, revealing his Blood Spear and unusually powerful first Soul Skill. Headmaster Aola explained that Xuan Ming’s Soul Ring and Martial Soul were exceptional and warned that its killing aura could backfire.

• Xie Yue persuaded Yan and Xuan Ming to fight, and Hu Liena warned Yan not to hurt the six-year-old.
• Xuan Ming revealed his Blood Spear, announced that he was rank thirteen, and shocked Yan and the spectators.
• Xuan Ming’s Thunderstorm shattered Yan’s Granite Rock and left Yan’s arms numb as the lightning drained his Soul Power and stamina.
• Headmaster Aola judged that Xuan Ming’s first Soul Ring was at least eight hundred years old and his Blood Spear had destructive power comparable to the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Headmaster Aola explained that the Blood Spear could accumulate killing aura, which could strengthen its presence but might cause a dangerous backlash.

Xuan Ming impressed Hu Liena at Spirit Hall Academy, while Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to claim him for Xiao Xue and Bibi Dong refused to stop him. Hu Liena then discovered Xuan Ming could read despite supposedly growing up an orphan, leaving him unable to explain how he knew the writing.

• Dean Aola warned Hu Liena that Xuan Ming’s accumulated killing intent came from killing people and could threaten his mind.
• Xuan Ming defeated Yan by repeatedly using Thunderstorm, and Hu Liena comforted Xuan Ming while dismissing Yan’s complaints.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Bibi Dong that Xuan Ming belonged to Xiao Xue, but Bibi Dong challenged his claim and allowed him to take Xuan Ming from Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena brought Xuan Ming to upper-grade lessons and found that he understood the material quickly.
• Hu Liena discovered Xuan Ming could read the academic textbooks, and Xuan Ming silently wondered why the writing on Douluo Continent was Chinese.

Hu Liena told Bibi Dong that Golden Crocodile Douluo had taken Xuan Ming and slapped her, prompting Bibi Dong to confront the Worships. Meanwhile, Qian Renxue returned to Spirit City determined to claim Xuan Ming, and Qian Daoliu warned that her impatience could make the God's Trial fatal.

• Hu Liena explained that Golden Crocodile Douluo had knocked her unconscious and taken Xuan Ming after she questioned his demand.
• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan to have Hu Liena treated and left to confront Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Qian Renxue returned from Heaven Dou City and told Qian Daoliu she intended to bring Xuan Ming back without revealing her identity as Xue Qinghe.
• Qian Daoliu criticized Qian Renxue's impulsiveness and warned that her current temperament meant she would face certain death in the God's Trial.
• Qian Renxue insisted that Xuan Ming's talent and special Innate Domain made him essential to her plans.

Xuan Ming was brought to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu questioned him about his domain after Golden Crocodile admitted striking Hu Liena and forcibly taking him. Xuan Ming’s domain enveloped Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile, revealing its vivid illusion of approaching death, and Qian Daoliu was stunned when Xuan Ming described its effect as being about to die.

• Qian Daoliu decided to experience the domain himself, while Qian Renxue asked how Golden Crocodile had brought Xuan Ming there.
• Xuan Ming refused to show Qian Daoliu deference, and Golden Crocodile revealed that he had struck Hu Liena while fetching him.
• Golden Crocodile crushed Xuan Ming with Soul Power after Xuan Ming challenged his conduct, but Qian Daoliu stopped him and criticized his lack of composure.
• Xuan Ming accused the enshrined of abducting him to kill him, and Qian Daoliu clarified that he had brought him to the Worship Hall to ask about his domain.
• Xuan Ming’s white domain enveloped Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile with a powerful illusion of nearing death, and Qian Daoliu asked what Xuan Ming knew about it.
• Xuan Ming said the domain meant being about to die, leaving Qian Daoliu startled and asking how he knew.

Qian Daoliu discovered that Xuan Ming’s Twin Martial Souls were devouring each other and warned that continued cultivation could shorten his life. Qian Renxue asked whether one Martial Soul could be crippled, but Qian Daoliu said that would severely damage the other as well.

• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo over their treatment of Xuan Ming and demanded that they return him.
• Bibi Dong warned that Xuan Ming might not have many years left, prompting Qian Daoliu to examine him.
• Qian Daoliu found that Xuan Ming’s two Martial Souls were devouring each other because their adhesion had been forcibly broken.
• Xuan Ming insulted Qian Daoliu, who knocked him unconscious with gravitational pressure.
• Qian Renxue explained how Spirit Hall members had repeatedly abducted and mistreated Xuan Ming, and Qian Daoliu acknowledged his restraint.
• Qian Renxue asked whether they could cripple Xuan Ming’s Tool Martial Soul, but Qian Daoliu said either Martial Soul’s removal would severely damage the other.

Qian Daoliu concluded that Xuan Ming's two dangerous Martial Souls left him with no safe path to cultivate, so Qian Renxue agreed to let Bibi Dong try to save him in exchange for his return to Heaven Dou City. After waking in Qian Renxue's former residence, Xuan Ming listened as she claimed Xue Qinghe had asked her to rescue him and began explaining why he had allied with Spirit Hall.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that cultivating either of Xuan Ming's Martial Souls could kill him, and suggested Bibi Dong might understand his unusual condition.
• Qian Renxue agreed to let Bibi Dong take Xuan Ming if she would resolve his problem and send him back to Heaven Dou City; she threatened Hu Liena to secure Bibi Dong's agreement.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu she would address Xuan Ming's distrust while using her plans in Heaven Dou City, and he cautioned her against overconfidence.
• Xuan Ming woke in Qian Renxue's former residence and questioned why she had brought him there.
• Qian Renxue claimed that Xue Qinghe had asked her to rescue Xuan Ming and began explaining that he had pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall because of the empires' wars and Heaven Dou's weakening government.

Qian Renxue tried to persuade Xuan Ming to support her alliance between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall, promising that the Pope would solve his Twin Martial Souls problem. Xuan Ming rejected her motives, and their confrontation ended with him unconscious after they clashed.

• Qian Renxue explained that uniting Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall would deter war and asked Xuan Ming to help secure Xue Qinghe's position.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo watched from the courtyard and discussed how Qian Renxue's plan echoed Bibi Dong's earlier proposal.
• Xuan Ming said he did not trust Spirit Hall after its people had repeatedly kidnapped him for their own benefit.
• Qian Renxue warned Xuan Ming of the consequences of refusing, while he rejected the idea of submitting to her demands.
• Qian Renxue ignited sacred fire and clashed with Xuan Ming's Blood Spear; Xuan Ming passed out, and Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo she was unharmed.

After Xuan Ming returned to Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong questioned him about his clash with Qian Renxue and learned why he distrusted her offer. She helped tidy his hair, and Hu Liena arrived to discover that Xuan Ming could control the dragons on his back.

• Bibi Dong found Xuan Ming awake in an unfamiliar room and invited him to eat while asking about his fight with Qian Renxue.
• Xuan Ming told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue had asked him to support her plan and claimed Bibi Dong had agreed to help with his Martial Soul, but he trusted neither claim.
• Xuan Ming explained that Bibi Dong had been more honest about the price of helping him, and Bibi Dong combed and tied his hair.
• Hu Liena arrived at Spirit Hall and noticed Xuan Ming's hair, then learned from Bibi Dong that she was responsible for tying it in the future.
• Hu Liena asked whether she could touch the dragons on Xuan Ming's back after he confirmed he could keep them from biting people.

Bibi Dong examined Xuan Ming’s unusual Black Dragon Martial Soul and Blood Spear, explaining how his split trains of thought weakened Hu Liena’s Fox Charm and warning him not to use both Martial Souls together. She then sought rare supplies from the Worship Hall to repair his Martial Soul, leaving Golden Crocodile Douluo suspicious of the costly list.

• Bibi Dong stopped Hu Liena from teasing Xuan Ming and had her test Fox Charm on him.
• Bibi Dong explained that Xuan Ming’s mutation gave him two trains of thought, allowing one to take over when the other was disrupted.
• Bibi Dong identified the Black Dragon’s apparent rebellion as its uncontrolled ferocity and examined Xuan Ming’s Blood Spear.
• Bibi Dong advised Xuan Ming to seek lightning-attribute Soul Beasts for future Soul Rings and to avoid cultivation and simultaneous use of both Martial Souls.
• Bibi Dong gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a list of rare supplies needed to repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul, and he accused her of trying to rob the Worship Hall.

Qian Daoliu agreed to give Bibi Dong everything she requested to repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul. At Spirit Hall Academy, Xuan Ming attended reflex training, where Teacher Lin Lin treated him gently while making the other students take hard hammer blows; the chapter ended with Bibi Dong preparing to begin the repair and asking Xuan Ming about his studies.

• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to give Bibi Dong all the items she had requested, reasoning that she was confident she could repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul.
• Xuan Ming spent nearly half a month at Spirit Hall Academy learning basic Martial Soul use and attending safe combat training classes with Xie Yue and the others.
• Teacher Lin Lin paired with Xuan Ming for reflex training and explained a game where students used wooden hammers and hats instead of water and shields.
• Teacher Lin Lin urged the students to hit harder, but she only tapped Xuan Ming gently whenever he lost, leaving him unharmed while the others developed bumps on their heads.
• After Golden Crocodile Douluo delivered the requested items, Bibi Dong prepared to repair Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul and asked whether he had settled into his studies at Spirit Hall Academy.

Bibi Dong completed the first stage of repairing Xuan Ming’s tangled Martial Souls after a painful half-month, leaving him to recover while warning him not to use both at once. Qian Daoliu arrived to check on Xuan Ming, but Bibi Dong blocked him from entering the secret chamber.

• Bibi Dong brought Xuan Ming to a secret chamber and began separating the tangled parts of his two Martial Souls.
• Xuan Ming endured the agonizing repair without losing consciousness, while Bibi Dong struggled to control his unusually fused Beast Martial Soul.
• After half a month, Bibi Dong finished untangling the adhesions and told Xuan Ming to let his Martial Souls recover before using them together.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Xuan Ming had been abused, and Xuan Ming said he endured pain because he did not want to die.
• Bibi Dong left the chamber and met Qian Daoliu, who had come to check on Xuan Ming; she refused to let him enter because Xuan Ming needed rest.

Bibi Dong finished repairing the conflict between Xuan Ming’s Martial Souls, though their inherent dangers remained, and helped him recover. Golden Crocodile Douluo gave her another half month before taking Xuan Ming for the Heaven Dou Empire plan, and she demanded supplies in return.

• Qian Daoliu forced his way into Xuan Ming’s chamber and injured Bibi Dong, prompting Xuan Ming’s two black dragons to threaten him.
• After several more days of medicinal baths, Xuan Ming regained his mobility, and Bibi Dong teased him into smiling before taking him out of the chamber.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Xuan Ming’s Martial Soul conflict had been repaired but warned that the Black Dragon could still lose control and the Blood Spear could devour him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo demanded that Xuan Ming be ready for the Heaven Dou Empire plan, and Bibi Dong secured another half month for his recovery.
• Bibi Dong handed Golden Crocodile Douluo a list of supplies to deliver within three days, and he accused her of going too far.