Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan fought Yan of Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, holding his own against the stronger Soul Master while testing his physical abilities. As Xiao Yan unleashed his Self-Created Soul Skill, Eight Extremes Collapse, Hu Liena warned Yan too late.

• Yan used his earth attribute and Granite Rock to suppress Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan broke through the attack with Ultimate Fire.
• Cang Lin identified Yan as one of the Golden Generation and recognized Hu Liena and Xie Yue behind him; Hu Liena's glare knocked several lewd young men unconscious.
• Yu Tianming pointed out that Xiao Yan had not used a Soul Skill and was testing his strength against Yan.
• Xiao Yan deduced that Yan had only one usable Soul Skill in the fight and declared the warm-up over.
• Hu Liena warned Yan that Xiao Yan was using another Self-Created Soul Skill, but Xiao Yan struck with Eight Extremes Collapse.

Xiao Yan defeated Yan and nearly let the Ultimate Fire devour the Flame Lord Martial Soul, but stopped when he realized it would destroy Yan’s foundation. Hu Liena and Xie Yue rescued Yan and accused Xiao Yan of being a heretic, leaving Xiao Yan to challenge them both.

• Xiao Yan struck Yan with Eight Extremes Collapse, crippling his arms and causing the Flame Lord Martial Soul to dissipate as the Ultimate Fire began consuming it.
• Xiao Yan stopped the fire snake from devouring Yan’s Martial Soul, and Yao Lao praised him for holding to his convictions.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena arrived, rescued Yan, and questioned Xiao Yan about trying to devour his Martial Soul.
• Xiao Yan explained that his Ultimate Fire could command other flames, but Xie Yue and Hu Liena treated him as a heretic and threatened to kill him.
• Xiao Yan dismissed their accusations, drew a ring of fire around the pair, and challenged them to attack together.

Xiao Yan faced Hu Liena and Xie Yue in the Crown Prince's residence tournament, using his fire powers against the Golden Generation. When he tried to combine three sources of flame, they repelled one another and Xie Yue's attack scattered them, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by the failure.

• Xiao Yan challenged Xie Yue and Hu Liena to attack him together, then feinted past Xie Yue and struck Hu Liena with an Ultimate Fire punch.
• Hu Liena manifested her fox tail to block the blow, but Xiao Yan scorched its fur and saw through her charm illusion.
• Xie Yue strengthened himself with his Fourth Soul Skill and attacked Xiao Yan with his Moon Blade, shattering Xiao Yan's fire shield.
• Xiao Yan drew on Bone Spirit Cold Flame and the fire of the Fire Yang Spring, but the three-colored spark came apart before Xie Yue's moonlight dispersed it.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether he had just fired a dud.

Zhao Wuji caught Ma Hongjun sneaking around Suotuo City, and the two encountered Xiao Wu and Tang San. Tang San attacked Ma Hongjun after he harassed Xiao Wu, then revealed that he wielded the Clear Sky Hammer, leaving Zhao Wuji stunned.

• Zhao Wuji met Ma Hongjun at a restaurant after leaving the House of Red Delights, and Ma Hongjun explained that his Evil Fire forced him to seek relief.
• Zhao Wuji tried to take Ma Hongjun back to Shrek Academy, but Ma Hongjun stopped to approach Xiao Wu at a street stall.
• Ma Hongjun made an inappropriate remark to Xiao Wu and pointed at his crotch, prompting Tang San to attack him with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon.
• Ma Hongjun summoned his Evil Fire Phoenix Soul Ring and challenged Tang San, while Tang San called the phoenix a barnyard chicken.
• Tang San produced a Clear Sky Hammer, and Zhao Wuji recognized it in shock.

Tang San confronted Ma Hongjun after he insulted Xiao Wu and demanded an apology, while Grandmaster and Zhao Wuji recognized each other. Tang San refused to hide the Clear Sky Hammer as Tang Hao had advised and used it to send Ma Hongjun crashing into the ground.

• Ma Hongjun recognized Tang San's Clear Sky Hammer and mocked him as a bastard from the Tang family, prompting Tang San to threaten him.
• Zhao Wuji intervened and reunited with Grandmaster, who introduced Tang San and Ma Hongjun as young geniuses with Innate Full Soul Power.
• Tang San demanded that Ma Hongjun apologize for harassing Xiao Wu and insulting him, but Ma Hongjun refused and challenged him to fight.
• Tang San recalled rejecting Tang Hao's advice to hide the Clear Sky Hammer, and his father agreed to let him use it while warning that Spirit Hall might hunt him.
• Tang San swung the Clear Sky Hammer and blasted Ma Hongjun several meters away, leaving him in a shallow pit amid scattered flames.

Xiao Yan realized he had failed to control his fused Heavenly Flames, then recalled the Flame Mantra and awakened Dou Qi from the Dou Qi Continent. He used it to defeat Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and the rest of the Golden Generation, as Xue Qinghe approached applauding.

• Xie Yue wounded Xiao Yan after his three-colored flame attack broke apart, and Xiao Yan realized he had not properly controlled the fused Heavenly Flames.
• Yao Lao explained that Heavenly Flames could not mix, reminding Xiao Yan to use the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan awakened Dou Qi and reached the strength of a One-Star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan struck Hu Liena before she could use her Fourth Soul Skill, then used Fire-Blowing Palm to smash Xie Yue's Moon Blades and send him flying.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Hu Liena's fox tail, tossed her toward Xie Yue, and left the Golden Generation defeated.
• Xue Qinghe approached and applauded Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan won the Crown Prince’s Estate Soul Master Tournament, then vanished with Xue Qinghe and a powerful Titled Douluo. In private, he revealed he had known Xue Qinghe was an impostor since their first meeting, and the impostor, Qian Renxue, said she was an enemy of the Clear Sky Sect.

• Xiao Yan defeated every contender and became the tournament’s sole winner, leaving spectators wondering what power he had used.
• Cang Lin, Yu Tianming, and Yu Xin recalled Xiao Yan’s earlier warning that the current Crown Prince was someone else, but Cang Lin said they could do little to intervene.
• A powerful Titled Douluo took Xiao Yan and Xue Qinghe away from the arena, and the onlookers suspected the Crown Prince wanted to recruit Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan recognized the elder as a Level 98 Titled Douluo and confronted Xue Qinghe, asking whether he was the young master of another power.
• Qian Renxue admitted she was not the original Xue Qinghe, and Xiao Yan said he had noticed during their first meeting.
• Qian Renxue denied being from the Clear Sky Sect and revealed that she was its enemy.

Qian Renxue revealed her true identity to Xiao Yan and questioned him about his age, Martial Soul, and inheritance, believing him to be a child from another god-level family. She challenged him to a fight to test his strength and verify whether he qualified, ending as she summoned her Holy Sword.

• Qian Renxue removed her disguise and introduced herself, and Xiao Yan recognized her as a member of Spirit Hall’s Angel Lineage.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo identified Xiao Yan as an eight-year-old, while Qian Renxue guessed that he had a God-Level Martial Soul and level twenty Innate Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue asked about Xiao Yan’s family inheritance and Ultimate Fire, but Xiao Yan refused to answer.
• Qian Renxue ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo not to act without her permission and told Xiao Yan she wanted to fight him.
• Qian Renxue revealed her five Soul Rings and angelic armor, then drew her Holy Sword and declared that Xiao Yan must face her judgment.

Qian Renxue revealed her powerful Holy Angel inheritance and challenged Xiao Yan, who answered with his full Martial Soul and Dou Qi. Their fight began with Qian Renxue overwhelming him with Divine Sense, though Xiao Yan’s Ultimate Fire pierced her shield and stung her palm.

• Qian Renxue displayed her level-fifty-eight Holy Angel power and explained that her angel inheritance would grow stronger after she became a Seven-Ring Soul Sage.
• Xiao Yan activated his Martial Soul and Dou Qi, revealing his Ultimate Fire and One-Star Dou Ling strength as he accepted Qian Renxue as a worthy opponent.
• Qian Renxue sensed that Xiao Yan’s power came from a god greater than the Fire God and charged at him with her Divine Sense.
• Qian Renxue trapped Xiao Yan with golden light and struck him with her first Soul Skill, a golden shield attack.
• Xiao Yan countered with his Fire-Blowing Palm, was blasted backward, and pierced Qian Renxue’s shield with a flame that stung her palm.

Xiao Yan attacked Qian Renxue with his flames, forcing her to use the Sacred Shield and Holy Sword before he created a Three-Colored Fire Lotus from three Heavenly Flames. He hurled the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus at close range as Golden Crocodile Douluo tried to intervene, leaving Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue caught in its explosion.

• Xiao Yan awakened his power and struck Qian Renxue with Slaughter the Sun, Burn the Heavens.
• Qian Renxue blocked the attack with her Sacred Shield, but stray flames burned at her armor before she cut them away with her Holy Sword.
• Qian Renxue rose into the air and told Xiao Yan that he had made her take him seriously.
• Xiao Yan launched a close-range attack and fused three Heavenly Flames into a Three-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo warned Qian Renxue to flee and sent a golden crocodile to intercept the lotus, but Xiao Yan hurled it before either could escape.

Xiao Yan unleashed a fused Three-Colored Fire Lotus against Qian Renxue, causing a catastrophic explosion that destroyed the Crown Prince's residence. The aftermath revealed Xue Qinghe dead and Xue Can alive, while Xiao Yan collapsed in the ruins.

• Qian Renxue shielded herself from Xiao Yan's Three-Colored Fire Lotus and told Golden Crocodile Douluo to protect the snow-haired boy and take her and Xiao Yan away afterward.
• Xiao Yan's fused Heavenly Flames exploded with power beyond his control, engulfing the Crown Prince's residence.
• Experts outside the residence sensed the blast and debated Xiao Yan's strength and realm.
• Yu Xin and the others arrived as Xue Can emerged from the rubble and collapsed.
• The royals discovered Xue Qinghe's crushed corpse beneath a stone slab and realized the eldest prince was dead.

One month after the explosion, Xue Can became crown prince while the court believed Xue Qinghe had died and Xiao Yan had vanished. Yu Tianming insisted Xiao Yan was alive and left to search for him, while Golden Crocodile Douluo wondered where Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue had gone.

• Xue Can learned that he had reappeared after the explosion and that Xue Qinghe had died, then became crown prince after recovering.
• Cang Lin and Yu Tianming discussed how Xue Qinghe’s corpse had been confirmed as genuine despite Xiao Yan’s claim that the prince had been replaced.
• Yu Tianming rejected Xue Can’s offer to search for Xiao Yan’s body, declared Xiao Yan was alive, and warned Xue Can not to hurt Yu Xin.
• Yu Tianming left the residence, and Golden Crocodile Douluo realized that both Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue had disappeared in the explosion.

Golden Crocodile Douluo learned that Xiao Yan was an orphan with an unlikely history and questioned whether Tang Hao had raised him to oppose Spirit Hall. Qian Daoliu arrived, sensed the crown prince’s residence, and confirmed that a god had been involved.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo heard from Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo that they had found no trace of Qian Renxue but had investigated Xiao Yan.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Golden Crocodile Douluo that Xiao Yan was an orphan who had first registered with Spirit Hall at level three Soul Power.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo studied Xiao Yan’s records and learned that Tang Hao had been seen in Holy Soul Village, leading him to suspect Tang Hao had secretly raised Xiao Yan.
• Ghost Douluo explained that Xiao Yan was hostile to Tang Hao’s son, Tang San, and had vowed to kill him.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, sensed the crown prince’s residence in Heaven Dou Imperial City, and concluded that a god had been involved.

Qian Daoliu reconstructed Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue’s disappearance and discovered that Xiao Yan’s ring had unleashed divine power beyond the level of a First-Level God. The two had been transported to a mysterious treasure basin, where Xiao Huo and Yao Lao watched over them as they lay unconscious in an illusion.

• Qian Daoliu brought Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo to the crown prince’s residence and used Angel power to recreate Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue’s clash.
• Qian Daoliu showed that a ring on Xiao Yan’s hand released gray mist that swept him and Qian Renxue away, and he judged its divine power greater than that of a First-Level God.
• Qian Daoliu sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to tell the Pope that Qian Renxue had gone missing, while he and Golden Crocodile Douluo could not determine where she had been taken.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue lay unconscious in a golden-and-red lake at a mysterious region of the Douluo Continent, while Xiao Huo and Yao Lao watched them.
• Yao Lao identified the location as the first of the three great treasure basins, which held the strongest divine power on the Douluo Continent.

Yao Lao and Xiao Huo confronted the Goddess of Love in Qiankun Asking Love Valley, where she revealed the valley’s origins and her ancient grievance. The chapter ended with Yao Lao taking control of Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue through his powerful soul.

• A storm erupted over the valley, and Xiao Huo deflected the Goddess of Love’s lightning before forcing her out of the clouds.
• Yao Lao stopped Xiao Huo from attacking and questioned the Goddess of Love, who explained that the valley had formed from her after her death.
• Xiao Huo and the Goddess of Love traded insults about the Dragon God’s defeat, their losses, and Xiao Huo becoming Xiao Yan’s Soul Spirit.
• Yao Lao sensed the valley’s dense divine power and considered how it could help Xiao Yan cultivate Dou Qi and gain a powerful third Soul Ring.
• The Goddess of Love warned Yao Lao that she controlled Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue, but Yao Lao used his soul to seize control of them from her.

After the Three-Colored Fire Lotus explosion, Qian Renxue found herself watching Nalan Yanran try to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan arrived and turned the confrontation around, leaving the marriage contract signed as a divorce letter.

• Qian Renxue recalled fighting Xiao Yan before she appeared in a vast white expanse and glimpsed a scene in an unfamiliar hall.
• Nalan Yanran demanded to break off her engagement, while Xiao Zhan pleaded with her to preserve his son’s dignity.
• Nalan Yanran prepared to press Xiao Zhan’s handprint onto the marriage contract as elders restrained him.
• Xiao Yan entered, challenged Nalan Yanran’s contempt for him, and rejected her offer to wait three years.
• Xiao Yan took the marriage contract and wrote on it, prompting Qian Renxue to laugh at his defiant response.

Xiao Yan finalized his divorce from Nalan Yanran and reaffirmed the Three-Year Agreement, while Qian Renxue experienced an alternate life in which she and Xiao Yan had grown close. Yao Lao then sent Xiao Yan through a corresponding branch of Qian Renxue’s story, bringing the two together in the white space as the test began.

• Xiao Yan divorced Nalan Yanran, reassured Xiao Zhan, and vowed to visit the Misty Cloud Sect when the Three-Year Agreement came due.
• Qian Renxue watched scenes of Xiao Yan’s life and experienced them as memories in which she had taken the place of his female companions.
• A deity explained that the memories came from another possible branch and revealed that Xiao Yan would undergo an experience of his own.
• Yao Lao sent Xiao Yan into the test, where he experienced an alternate story in which he and Qian Renxue met, supported each other, and fell in love.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue faced each other in the white space with memories of their alternate lives, while Yao Lao and Xiao Huo watched the test begin.

Yao Lao sent Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue into Qiankun Asking Love Valley’s second trial, where they faced a deadly alternate-world scenario as a prince and princess of enemy nations. After they repeatedly protected each other from death, Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan she had fallen in love with him.

• Yao Lao opened the second trial, which would only be passed by whoever survived, and Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue found themselves in a war between the Land of the Sun and the Land of the Moon.
• An airship attacked Xiao Yan, and Qian Renxue shielded him; Xiao Yan rejected her protection, but they ultimately held each other as the energy beam struck.
• A moonlit shield saved them, and a warship from the Land of the Moon destroyed the attacking airship; a general then shot Qian Renxue’s brother when Xiao Yan tried to stop the soldiers from killing the survivors.
• The general threatened to kill Qian Renxue, and Xiao Yan protected her; she explained that she had lived for others’ expectations and had found the life she wanted through her experiences with him.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan that she had fallen in love with him.

Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue’s ordeal in the second-stage illusion ended with Xiao Yan taking a bullet for her and Qian Renxue awakening as a Fallen Angel who destroyed both countries. Xiao Yan returned to reality, learned the test’s truth, and discovered through a kiss what Qian Renxue had endured after his apparent death.

• Xiao Yan took the bullet meant for Qian Renxue, and she awakened her angelic power and killed the general and soldiers who had attacked them.
• Qian Renxue vowed to avenge Xiao Yan by destroying the world of the illusion, but the illusion shattered before she could carry out her threat.
• Xiao Yan woke in the Yin Yang Love Querying Valley and learned from the Goddess of Love and Yao Lao that he had passed the second-stage test and earned five levels of Soul Power and a God-Given Soul Bone.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yao Lao over manipulating their memories, then went to Qian Renxue and kissed her while she slept in the golden lake.
• Xiao Yan learned that Qian Renxue had become a Fallen Angel and wiped out both the Land of the Sun and the Land of the Moon before sitting alone in despair.

Xiao Yan accepted his feelings for Qian Renxue and used his tears and warmth to reach her across the trial’s barrier. Qian Renxue recognized his presence, and Xiao Yan began guiding her back to her body.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he stood by his choices and would not change his feelings for Qian Renxue.
• Xiao Yan’s tear touched Qian Renxue and broke through the trial’s separation between body and spirit.
• The Goddess of Love explained that Qian Renxue had developed an obsession and needed Xiao Yan to guide her back.
• The Goddess of Love revealed that Qian Renxue had lived alone for ten years after Xiao Yan died in the illusion.
• Xiao Yan held Qian Renxue’s hand and sent warmth to her, reaching her across the dimensional barrier.
• Qian Renxue recognized Xiao Yan’s presence, and he greeted her.