Chapter Summaries

An Yi explained to Qian Renxue why Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul were hypotheses rather than proven theories, and why his reputation as the Grandmaster owed much to his father’s status. He left her with the principle that a theory’s value lies in its ability to guide practice safely.

• An Yi recalled his path from awakening twin Martial Souls in Vast Sea City to surviving Spirit Hall’s failed expedition to Sea God Island, cultivating there, and later receiving his golden finger and evolving Martial Souls.
• Qian Renxue asked An Yi about Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul after hearing that Yu Xiaogang had once been involved with her mother, Bibi Dong.
• An Yi explained that a genuine theory required logical support, extensive verification, and the ability to explain and predict phenomena; he said Yu Xiaogang’s claims were largely unverified hypotheses presented as conclusions.
• An Yi told Qian Renxue that people called Yu Xiaogang the Grandmaster partly because he was Yu Yuanzhen’s son, and that status and strength often determined whose words people accepted in the Soul Master World.
• An Yi argued that theories needed to guide practice and criticized Yu Xiaogang’s ideas for lacking clear verification standards, warning that untested cultivation advice could endanger Soul Masters.

An Yi explained to Qian Renxue why Yu Xiaogang’s theories spread and why Bibi Dong might have been drawn to his blunt, unconventional manner. When Qian Renxue asked whether An Yi had known her mother, he revealed that they had met more than ten years earlier and remembered Bibi Dong as warm, lively, and gentle.

• An Yi told Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang could share his unverified theories because they threatened no one’s power or interests.
• An Yi explained that Bibi Dong may have found Yu Xiaogang striking because he spoke freely in a world where people carefully guarded their words.
• An Yi advised Qian Renxue to ask her father about what had happened in the past, then admitted he had known Bibi Dong more than ten years earlier.
• An Yi recalled Bibi Dong as warm, lively, and gentle, leaving Qian Renxue surprised by the difference from her own memories of her mother.

An Yi confronted Bibi Dong about leaving him on Sea God Island and waiting twelve years to see her again. Bibi Dong said there was no future for them and left, while An Yi watched her go and resolved to take things one step at a time.

• Qian Renxue asked An Yi why Bibi Dong had always been cold to her, and An Yi told her the matter was a family issue before she left.
• An Yi noticed Bibi Dong hiding in the courtyard and confronted her about not visiting since his return to Spirit City.
• An Yi embraced Bibi Dong and told her he had waited twelve years, while Bibi Dong explained she had believed he drowned after being swallowed by the waves.
• An Yi recalled how Bibi Dong's kindness had made their month together the happiest time of his childhood and said he had trained to return and find her.
• Bibi Dong said they could not go back and that there was no future, then left the courtyard.
• An Yi stayed behind, looked at the dragon phantom in the moon, and decided to take the future one step at a time.

An Yi examined the evolved powers of his Martial Souls and discovered that his Soul Power had fallen from level seventy-three to seventy-one even as his strength increased. In the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu explained to Qian Xunji why An Yi was suited to teach Qian Renxue and why Spirit Hall needed to keep him close.

• An Yi found that his evolved dragons could actively devour the sun's and moon's energy, and that his destructive and spatial powers had grown stronger despite his lost Soul Power levels.
• An Yi worried that his Soul Power might keep falling, then decided to monitor the change while focusing on his increased strength.
• Qian Xunji questioned why Qian Daoliu had chosen an eighteen-year-old Soul Saint as Qian Renxue's teacher, and Qian Daoliu said An Yi could defeat him.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that An Yi's Martial Soul rivaled and countered the Six-Winged Angel, devoured its sacred energy, and had torn through his Angel Domain.
• Qian Daoliu said An Yi could become a powerful ally for Qian Renxue and that appointing him as her teacher would help Spirit Hall keep him.

Qian Renxue showed Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji a Soul Tool she had learned to make from An Yi, shocking them with proof that he knew lost technology. She also revealed that An Yi had known Bibi Dong more than ten years earlier, leaving Qian Daoliu worried about the past and ordering her to ask how they met.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji that she had come to admire An Yi because he could answer her questions about cultivation and other subjects.
• Qian Renxue demonstrated a bracer Soul Tool that fired a golden ray, then explained that An Yi had taught her to make it in half a month.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji realized An Yi possessed practical Soul Tool technology, while Qian Xunji questioned why his father had let the mysterious man stay in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue said An Yi had met Bibi Dong more than ten years ago and remembered her as warm, lively, and gentle, prompting Qian Daoliu to tell her to ask how they had met.
• After Qian Renxue left, Qian Daoliu criticized Qian Xunji for his past treatment of Bibi Dong and said her neglect of Xue'er showed she had not let it go.

An Yi refused to tell Qian Renxue how he had met Bibi Dong, but promised to take her to see her mother that night. He warned Qian Renxue not to provoke Bibi Dong because her killing aura remained dangerous, then avoided answering why Bibi Dong disliked her.

• Qian Renxue brought An Yi breakfast and tried to use a pitying expression to persuade him to explain how he had met Bibi Dong, but he refused.
• An Yi offered to take Qian Renxue to visit Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue eagerly wanted to leave at once.
• An Yi said they would go that night because Bibi Dong was cultivating and warned that visiting during the day could provoke her.
• An Yi explained that Bibi Dong's killing aura could flare up and that his Moonlight Domain was less effective without the moon's power.
• Qian Renxue asked why Bibi Dong disliked her, but An Yi told her to eat and threatened to cancel the visit if she asked again.

An Yi reunited with Bibi Dong after twelve years, but she tried to send him away, leaving him to ask why she could not even speak with him now. He explained that thoughts of returning to her had helped him endure his years on Sea God Island.

• An Yi brought Qian Renxue to Saintess Hall and told her to hide while he went to find Bibi Dong.
• An Yi used his Moon Martial Soul's link to the moon to locate Bibi Dong in a secluded garden.
• Bibi Dong told An Yi to leave, but he sat beside her and said he had come only to see her again.
• An Yi reminded Bibi Dong that she had once taken him in and promised to protect him.
• An Yi admitted he had initially blamed Bibi Dong for bringing him to Sea God Island, but said thoughts of returning to her helped him endure ten years there.
• An Yi asked why Bibi Dong would not speak to him now that he had returned.

An Yi comforted Bibi Dong as she struggled with painful memories from the past, and she finally fell asleep in his arms. Qian Renxue waited outside the garden while An Yi chose not to let her disturb Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong admitted that An Yi’s return brought back the grief she had tried to bury, while An Yi gently held her hand and asked why she would not look at him.
• Bibi Dong insisted she did not need his help, and her killing aura surged as she raised her voice.
• An Yi pulled Bibi Dong into his arms, recalled how she had once promised to protect him, and told her he would protect her now.
• Silver moonlight enveloped the garden and calmed Bibi Dong’s killing intent as An Yi held her without pressing her to explain.
• Bibi Dong buried her face in An Yi’s chest, cried silently, and eventually fell asleep in his arms.
• An Yi saw Qian Renxue waiting outside the garden and decided to keep her waiting so she would not wake Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue found Bibi Dong asleep in An Yi’s arms and, with his encouragement, finally hugged her mother before falling asleep beside them. Qian Daoliu stopped Qian Xunji from interrupting, recognizing that An Yi might help Bibi Dong accept Qian Renxue.

• Qian Renxue entered the garden and found Bibi Dong sleeping against An Yi, who told her not to disturb her.
• An Yi encouraged Qian Renxue to gently hug Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue held her mother for the first time before falling asleep beside her.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji watched from outside the garden, and Qian Daoliu stopped Qian Xunji from charging in.
• Qian Daoliu pointed out that An Yi had helped Bibi Dong lower her guard and might change her attitude toward Qian Renxue.

Qian Daoliu warned Qian Xunji not to interfere with An Yi, whose support could help Qian Renxue and benefit Spirit Hall. The next morning, Bibi Dong quietly accepted Qian Renxue’s closeness while pretending to sleep, and An Yi let the moment pass without exposing her.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that Xue'er came first and that he must not provoke An Yi, Bibi Dong’s teacher and a valuable ally to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji saw An Yi sitting with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue in the garden, then realized An Yi had noticed him and Qian Daoliu watching.
• Bibi Dong woke in An Yi’s arms and, after seeing Qian Renxue asleep against her, chose not to push her away.
• An Yi prompted Qian Renxue to leave before Bibi Dong woke, and Qian Renxue quietly slipped out of the garden.
• An Yi noticed Bibi Dong was pretending to sleep but kept quiet and held her closer.

Bibi Dong woke beside An Yi, struggled to ask what his actions meant, and gradually accepted his teasing care over lunch. Afterward, An Yi returned to his courtyard, where Qian Renxue asked what he had done the previous night and he guessed she hoped her father could use the same approach to reconcile with her mother.

• Bibi Dong woke and met An Yi's gaze, but could not bring herself to ask why he had held her the previous night.
• An Yi kissed Bibi Dong's forehead, then left to get food while she sat and wondered what he meant by his behavior.
• An Yi served Bibi Dong a lunch he had cooked himself, peeled shrimp for her, and coaxed her into eating by teasing her about the night before.
• Bibi Dong complained that An Yi's staring made it hard to eat, but his playful attention eased some of her heaviness.
• An Yi returned to his courtyard, where Qian Renxue asked what he had done to her mother, and he guessed she wanted her father to learn from him.

An Yi confronted Qian Renxue about neglecting her cultivation and explained why she needed to build consistent habits. Qian Renxue promised to resume her morning practice, while An Yi left it to her to prove she could follow through.

• An Yi warned Qian Renxue not to worry about matters she did not need to know, frustrating her with his refusal to explain.
• An Yi pointed out that Qian Renxue had skipped cultivation and explained how early success could make her complacent and leave her behind later.
• Qian Renxue challenged An Yi for being an irresponsible teacher, and he reminded her that he had already set a basic morning cultivation routine.
• An Yi told Qian Renxue that her cultivation was ultimately her responsibility and offered to keep teaching her if she got up at daybreak and practiced.
• Qian Renxue promised to cultivate on time the next morning, then stormed out after An Yi said maintaining the habit was up to her.

An Yi investigated how the Level 10 Soul Guidance Grand Library could create and refine knowledge based on his teaching, then went to ask Qian Xunji to gather rare materials for making Soul Tools. The chapter ended with An Yi teasing Qian Xunji about his sleepless night and leaving the Pope furious.

• An Yi realized the Level 10 Soul Guidance Grand Library had generated tailored instructions and improvements while he taught Qian Renxue to make Soul Tools.
• An Yi wondered whether the library could derive solutions for more powerful students or even create God-Level Soul Tools, but decided its limits needed testing.
• An Yi chose to ask Qian Xunji to use Spirit Hall's resources to obtain rare metals and ores for Soul Tool production.
• Qian Xunji brooded over seeing An Yi with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue the previous night, then agreed to meet him after Yue Guan announced his arrival.
• An Yi asked Qian Xunji whether he had slept well, and Qian Xunji grew angry at the deliberate provocation.

An Yi clashed with Qian Xunji over a list of rare materials, then went to the garden to keep Bibi Dong company. Bibi Dong questioned why he had comforted her, but An Yi dodged the answer by lying on her lap and teasing her about the previous night.

• An Yi asked Qian Xunji to gather rare metals and ores for his Soul Tool project, refusing to explain his technology or his reasons.
• Qian Xunji threatened An Yi, but backed down after An Yi revealed he was an eighteen-year-old Soul Saint and warned him of the consequences.
• An Yi told Qian Xunji he would keep the Saintess company that night and warned him not to come peeping.
• Bibi Dong waited anxiously for An Yi in the garden, and her killing aura began to spread until the moonlight and An Yi's arrival calmed it.
• Bibi Dong asked An Yi why he had comforted her, and he lay on her lap, teasing her about how she had clung to him the night before.

An Yi recalled how his relationship with Bibi Dong had changed as he hugged her, then argued with Qian Renxue after returning to his courtyard. Qian Renxue ran to Qian Daoliu and demanded a new teacher, complaining that An Yi had refused to take her to see her mother.

• An Yi hugged Bibi Dong, and she remembered comforting him twelve years earlier on the ship to Sea God Island.
• An Yi returned to his courtyard and found Qian Renxue waiting after cultivating there all morning.
• Qian Renxue asked An Yi to take her to see Bibi Dong, but An Yi told her to go alone if she was not afraid of dying.
• An Yi scolded Qian Renxue for treating him as though he owed her, and she ran out of the courtyard in tears.
• Qian Renxue went to Qian Daoliu and said she no longer wanted An Yi as her teacher, explaining that he had refused to take her to see her mother.

Qian Daoliu explained to Qian Renxue why An Yi did not owe her special treatment, and she later apologized to An Yi for her behavior. When he asked what else she had done wrong, she confessed to putting mud in his teapot three times.

• Qian Renxue complained to Qian Daoliu that An Yi had ignored her, and he pointed out that An Yi was not obliged to dote on her.
• Qian Renxue stopped Qian Daoliu from sending An Yi away because she still wanted him to take her to see her mother.
• An Yi noticed that his Soul Power had fallen to level seventy as his body transformed after his Martial Souls evolved.
• Qian Renxue brought An Yi food and apologized while pounding his back, but she struggled to identify what else she had done wrong.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she had put mud in An Yi's teapot three times, shocking him.

An Yi confronted Qian Renxue about why she had apologized and challenged her to consider Bibi Dong’s wishes instead of forcing her to accept her. Qian Renxue realized that she had focused on getting her mother’s love without considering how her approaches made Bibi Dong feel.

• An Yi destroyed the tea set Qian Renxue had used and replaced it with the green jade set Sea Maiden had given him.
• After dinner, An Yi teased Qian Renxue about turning to her father and grandfather, then allowed her to accompany him to the Saintess Hall.
• On the way, An Yi told Qian Renxue that she had apologized because she wanted him to take her to Bibi Dong, not because she truly respected him as her teacher.
• An Yi warned Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong did not want to see her and that she should not force her mother to accept her.
• An Yi described Qian Renxue’s desire for Bibi Dong’s love as possessiveness and asked whether she had considered Bibi Dong’s feelings.
• Qian Renxue cried and recognized that she had repeatedly approached Bibi Dong hoping for a response without thinking about whether it made her mother uncomfortable.

An Yi confronted Qian Renxue about expecting him to risk his life to take her to see Bibi Dong, then agreed after she promised to obey him. He brought her to the Saintess Hall and found Bibi Dong waiting in the garden, where she grabbed his sleeve when he pretended to leave.

• An Yi explained to Qian Renxue that taking her to see Bibi Dong put him at risk and asked her to offer obedience in return.
• Qian Renxue swore on her Martial Soul to listen to An Yi, then apologized after joking that he might make her do perverted things.
• An Yi kissed Qian Renxue's forehead to heal the pain from his flick, and she followed him to the Saintess Hall.
• An Yi entered the garden and sat beside Bibi Dong, who asked who had told him to come.
• When An Yi acted as if he would leave, Bibi Dong caught his sleeve and then quickly let go.

An Yi comforted Bibi Dong by holding her through the night, and she gradually accepted his closeness despite her confusion. The next day, after sharing lunch, he returned to find Qian Renxue waiting for him and claimed the sun was his eye too.

• An Yi held Bibi Dong as she struggled with her feelings, and she eventually relaxed in his arms and stayed with him through the night.
• At noon, Bibi Dong asked whether An Yi pitied her, and he reminded her of how she had once taken him to Sea God Island and comforted him.
• An Yi embraced Bibi Dong again, and she finally broke the silence by saying she was hungry.
• After lunch, An Yi returned to his courtyard and found Qian Renxue waiting to tell him she had completed her cultivation.
• When Qian Renxue asked how An Yi could know whether she had cultivated while he was with Bibi Dong, he pointed to the sky and said the sun was his eye too.

An Yi revealed his Sun and Moon Martial Souls to Qian Renxue, who burned her hand trying to touch the sun and received relief from his moon-white energy. He hinted that the moon had abilities beyond simple restoration, leaving Qian Renxue to wonder what kind of power her teacher possessed.

• An Yi showed Qian Renxue that the sun in the sky was his Sun Martial Soul and summoned his Moon Martial Soul above his other palm.
• Qian Renxue tried to touch the moon but was blocked, then burned her hand when she reached for the sun.
• An Yi soothed Qian Renxue's injured palm with moon-white energy that immediately restored it.
• An Yi considered how his evolved Martial Souls might wield destruction and restoration, and how the Great Yin Heaven-Devouring Dragon could counter sacred energy.
• Qian Renxue guessed that the sun controlled flames and the moon restored injuries, while An Yi implied that the moon had other abilities.