Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling met Princess Xue Ke as her new teacher, then took her and Ning Rongrong on an overnight trip to see his fief. When they reached the city, Young Master Wang blocked their way and ordered his henchman Qian Zhongfeng to attack Qi Ling.

• Ning Rongrong introduced Qi Ling to Xue Ke as her new teacher, and Xue Ke asked him to pose for a drawing.
• Xue Ke finished a portrait of Qi Ling, who praised it and accepted it from her.
• Qi Ling decided to take Xue Ke and Ning Rongrong to his fief, and the three left the palace overnight without guards.
• Qi Ling, Xue Ke, and Ning Rongrong reached the prosperous city granted as Qi Ling's fief.
• Young Master Wang surrounded them outside the city and demanded that Qi Ling leave the two girls behind.
• Young Master Wang ordered Qian Zhongfeng to take Qi Ling out.

Qi Ling defeated Qian Zhongfeng after countering his supposedly invincible defense with a Soul Bone skill. Young Master Wang fled toward the city to seek help.

• Qian Zhongfeng summoned his mutated Iron-Arm Ape Martial Soul and attacked Qi Ling, who dodged and pinned him with Dragon Grasping Hand.
• Qian Zhongfeng escaped Qi Ling’s restraint with his fourth Soul Skill and activated Invincible Iron Arm.
• Qi Ling summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor and used Invincibility Penetration with Tyrant Dragon Fist to smash through Qian Zhongfeng’s defense.
• Qi Ling’s punch knocked Qian Zhongfeng unconscious and shattered the bones in his right arm.
• Young Master Wang panicked and rode toward the city to get help, leaving his men behind.

Qi Ling, Ning Rongrong, and Xue Ke entered the city and were surrounded by City Lord Wang and his soldiers. After City Lord Wang learned Qi Ling was a marquis and Xue Ke was the princess, he hid Qi Ling’s token and ordered the soldiers to seize them, leaving Qi Ling ready to fight those who refused to stand down.

• Qi Ling and the two girls entered the city, whose gates closed behind them as City Lord Wang arrived with soldiers.
• Qi Ling showed City Lord Wang his marquis’s token and revealed that Xue Ke was the Heaven Dou Empire’s only princess.
• City Lord Wang hid the token and accused Qi Ling and Xue Ke of being impostors, ordering his men to capture them.
• Qi Ling warned the soldiers that attacking a marquis and princess was treason and counted down, giving them a chance to withdraw.
• Some soldiers left, but most stayed, and Qi Ling prepared to fight them.

Qi Ling used the Sword of Rupture to annihilate City Lord Wang’s soldiers, then took control of the city and began reshaping it through fair appointments and new ideas. Over the following year, he developed the city as Dragon's Glory’s first base while Xue Ke’s leadership abilities steadily emerged.

• City Lord Wang prepared to attack, but Qi Ling summoned the Sword of Rupture and unleashed the Gate of Babylon, destroying the army beyond his control.
• City Lord Wang begged for mercy, but Qi Ling took Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke to the city lord’s residence after the battle.
• Qi Ling promised fairness, promoted capable people oppressed by City Lord Wang, and ordered them to study a book on socialism and governance.
• Qi Ling remained in the city for a year, building it into Dragon's Glory’s first base with help from Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke.
• Xue Ke increasingly managed the city’s affairs with talent, leading Qi Ling to wonder whether she might have become an empress if the Heaven Dou Empire had no crown prince.

Qi Ling followed the Wheel of Fate into Doomsday Canyon, seeking a suitable Fifth Soul Ring, and nearly fell prey to a deadly fruit. Qian Renxue, disguised as A Xue, saved him and revealed that the fruit was bait for a gigantic maw that erupted from underground.

• After a year managing his fief, Qi Ling left to find a Fifth Soul Ring, while Ning Rongrong and Xue Ke promised to care for the territory.
• Qi Ling used the Wheel of Fate to guide him to Doomsday Canyon, where creatures mysteriously died.
• Drawn by a tempting fragrance, Qi Ling followed it past heaps of bones to a honey-peach-shaped fruit and nearly picked it.
• A woman calling herself A Xue caught Qi Ling's wrist and warned him that touching the fruit would kill him.
• A Xue struck the fruit with a branch, revealing its tooth-lined trap, and a gigantic maw burst from underground and swallowed everything around it.

Qi Ling, using the alias Bai Di, met Qian Renxue while nearly being lured by an Earth Pitcher Plant in Doomsday Canyon. Qian Renxue made him call her big sister and offered to protect him as they continued toward their Soul Ring goals.

• Qi Ling nearly fell for the Earth Pitcher Plant’s bait because Tyrannical Savage had heightened his appetite and sense of smell.
• Qian Renxue questioned Qi Ling about his identity and why he had come to Doomsday Canyon, and he gave the alias Bai Di.
• Qi Ling learned that Qian Renxue was not yet twenty and was seeking a Soul Ring, possibly to reach the Soul Saint realm.
• Qian Renxue insisted Qi Ling call her big sister, and he reluctantly agreed.
• Qian Renxue offered to protect Qi Ling and chose to go around the Earth Pitcher Plant rather than attack it.

Qian Renxue explained why she spared the Earth Pitcher Plant and showed Qi Ling how Doomsday Valley’s dangerous soul beasts inspired her Extreme Cultivation Method. She left him with the idea that constant vigilance could accelerate Soul Power growth.

• Qian Renxue said she would not kill the Earth Pitcher Plant because its Soul Ring was useless to her and it had a right to live.
• Qian Renxue and Qi Ling skirted the plant’s territory and explored Doomsday Valley, where they encountered soul beasts with unusual survival skills.
• Qian Renxue told Qi Ling that she regularly trained in Doomsday Valley without attendants and warned him to stay alert.
• Qian Renxue demonstrated how a Poison Dart Frog used its specialized muscles to deliver a powerful, potentially fatal strike.
• Qian Renxue explained that constant danger forced the mind into intense focus, which could speed Soul Power growth, and named the method Extreme Cultivation Method.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue trained together in Doomsday Valley using Qian Renxue’s dangerous Extreme Cultivation Method, strengthening their bodies, instincts, and will. A month later, they heard a dragon and a bird whose power belonged to Soul Beasts beyond the hundred-thousand-year level, and Qi Ling insisted they might still have a chance.

• Qi Ling learned that Qian Renxue pushed herself to her limits in Doomsday Valley, risking death to cultivate.
• Qi Ling suggested they train together, and Qian Renxue agreed to try his approach while they searched for suitable Soul Rings.
• Over the next month, Qi Ling and Qian Renxue cultivated together, improving their instincts and Soul Power without reaching their limits.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue heard a mighty dragon’s roar and an enraged bird’s cry, then followed the sounds toward their source.
• Qi Ling sensed that both creatures were beyond the hundred-thousand-year level, and Qian Renxue urged them to retreat.
• Qi Ling asked Qian Renxue to wait, saying they might still have a chance.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue watched a Tyrant Dragon King and a Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle fight, then planned to attack each beast with the one of them best suited to counter it. The eagle fell after striking the dragon’s eye, leaving the dragon poised to exploit its grounded opponent.

• Qi Ling used his Fiery Eyes and Golden Pupils to identify the two fighting Soul Beasts as a Tyrant Dragon King and a Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue realized their abilities could counter one beast each and decided to wait until both were badly wounded.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle pecked out one of the Tyrant Dragon King’s eyes, but the dragon struck it on the head.
• The injured eagle lost its balance and fell to the ground, giving the Tyrant Dragon King a chance to attack.

The Tyrant Dragon King nearly killed the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle, but Qi Ling intervened with his Overbearing Dragon Spear while Qian Renxue moved to fight the king. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue standing against the Tyrant Dragon King's pressure and preparing to show her power.

• The Tyrant Dragon King wounded the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle, which unleashed its golden-feather attack and grievously injured the king before weakening itself.
• The Tyrant Dragon King bit through the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle's neck, and Qi Ling and Qian Renxue decided to intervene.
• Qi Ling formed the Overbearing Dragon Spear and used Dragon Controlling Force to guide it into a wound on the Tyrant Dragon King's neck, causing an explosion inside its body.
• Qian Renxue descended with the Angel's Blade and blocked the Tyrant Dragon King as it charged at Qi Ling.
• The Tyrant Dragon King released overwhelming pressure, but Qian Renxue remained unaffected and challenged it to face her power.

Qi Ling defeated the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle after stripping its golden feathers and surviving its life-burning attack, then rushed to help Qian Renxue against the Tyrant Dragon King. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue gravely injured but declaring that she had won.

• Qi Ling clung to the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle as it took flight and plucked its golden feathers while it tried to shake him off.
• The Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle rammed into a mountain and burned its life to attack Qi Ling, but Qi Ling endured the assault and killed it with Blood Devil: Slays Heaven.
• Qi Ling found Qian Renxue and the badly wounded Tyrant Dragon King fighting below a cliff, with Qian Renxue in even worse condition.
• Qi Ling used the Immortal-Binding Rope to restrain the Tyrant Dragon King briefly, letting Qian Renxue evade its bite after striking it.
• The Tyrant Dragon King hit Qian Renxue with its tail, breaking her last angel wing, but she struggled to her feet and declared that she had won.

Qian Renxue defeated the Tyrant Dragon King with her Justice and Glory skill, then thanked Qi Ling for saving her. As the Tyrant Dragon King offered its power to Qi Ling and began forming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, another presence rose from the cliff above.

• Qian Renxue unleashed Justice and Glory, detonating the sacred power she had planted in the Tyrant Dragon King's wounds and bringing the beast down.
• Qi Ling caught the exhausted Qian Renxue, and she thanked him for saving her with his Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue agreed to claim the Tyrant Dragon King and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle respectively for their Soul Rings.
• The dying Tyrant Dragon King recognized Qi Ling as the true king of Divine Dragons and asked to become his strength.
• The Tyrant Dragon King closed its eyes as its power condensed into a brilliant red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while another presence rose from the cliff above.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue each received the willing sacrifice of a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and completed absorbing their Soul Rings. Both gained five ranks, and the chapter ended with them reunited after Qian Renxue reached rank seventy-five and Qi Ling rank fifty-five.

• The Tyrant Dragon King and the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle chose to sacrifice themselves to Qi Ling and Qian Renxue, respectively.
• Qi Ling absorbed the Tyrant Dragon King's Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring in under an hour, and his powerful presence briefly swept through the valley.
• Qi Ling discovered that his Soul Power had risen five ranks to rank fifty-five, then climbed the cliff to check on Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue completed absorbing the Golden-Winged Great Peng Eagle's Soul Ring and greeted Qi Ling with a smile.
• Qi Ling learned that Qian Renxue's Soul Power had also risen five ranks, bringing her to rank seventy-five before the age of twenty.

Qi Ling and Qian Renxue compared their new Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring skills, and Qian Renxue demonstrated her Martial Soul Avatar. She revealed her white-winged angel form and summoned Angel Holy Armor, leaving Qi Ling awed by her power and appearance.

• Qi Ling asked about Qian Renxue’s Seventh Soul Skill, and she explained that it included an additional skill usable during Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qi Ling revealed that his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had given him only one Soul Skill, which he did not understand, and Qian Renxue suggested it might combine the beast’s full power.
• Qian Renxue activated Martial Soul Avatar and transformed with golden flames and six snowy-white wings, surprising both her and Qi Ling.
• Qian Renxue summoned Angel Holy Armor, which covered her and amplified her strength to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Qi Ling praised Qian Renxue’s appearance and celebrated being the first person to see her in that form.

Qi Ling revealed his fifth Soul Skill, Dragon Dominates the World, and Qian Renxue helped him recognize its potential before inviting him to join the Holy Temple Knight Order. After six months of training and sparring in Doomsday Canyon, Qi Ling and Qian Renxue prepared to part ways as his cultivation reached a new threshold.

• Qi Ling demonstrated Dragon Dominates the World, which spread an instant, cost-free pressure that fainted nearby creatures and suppressed Qian Renxue’s fighting spirit and Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue explained that Qi Ling’s Soul Skill could be powerful because it left no trace and could not be directly defended against.
• Qian Renxue invited Qi Ling to become deputy commander of the Holy Temple Knight Order, but he declined because he led Dragon’s Glory.
• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue continued training and sparring in Doomsday Canyon, with Qi Ling winning more often despite Qian Renxue’s Soul Saint strength.
• Over six months, Qi Ling improved his cultivation and advanced his Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art, and he and Qian Renxue prepared to return to their separate lives.

Qi Ling searched for a way to temper his body for the fifth layer of the Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art, then reunited with Tang Hao and Tang San at Tang San’s training ground. After learning about Tang San’s waterfall training, Qi Ling asked to try the wooden hammer himself.

• Qi Ling and Qian Renxue parted ways after they could no longer improve in Doomsday Canyon, and Qi Ling set out to find a way to break down and rebuild his body.
• Qi Ling’s attempts to damage his body failed because he had grown too strong, until he encountered Tang Hao in a forest where Tang San was training.
• Tang Hao explained that Tang San had completed the first stage of Clear Sky Hammer training and was now practicing eighty-one strikes beneath a waterfall with a wooden hammer.
• Tang San’s wooden hammer snapped during practice, and Tang Hao called him over to greet Qi Ling.
• Qi Ling learned that Tang San kept failing the second stage and asked to try the wooden hammer himself.

Qi Ling performed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer with Dragon Controlling Force, turning resistance into assistance and surpassing Tang Hao’s technique. He then used the hammer to control the waterfall, leaving Tang Hao and Tang San amazed.

• Qi Ling took Tang San’s hammer and performed all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer without stirring a breeze.
• Tang Hao recognized that Qi Ling had turned the technique’s resistance into assistance, making his hammer strikes more powerful than the Clear Sky Sect’s version.
• Tang Hao asked Qi Ling to split the waterfall, and Qi Ling swung his hammer beneath its flow.
• Qi Ling redirected the waterfall until it flowed backward, then casually remarked that it had not seemed difficult.

Qi Ling learned from Tang Hao about Ah Yin’s sacrifice and Qian Xunji’s role in separating her from Tang Hao, then asked Tang Hao about Bibi Dong. Tang Hao praised Bibi Dong but warned that she had hunted Xiao Wu’s mother, and he began to reveal how she absorbed her Soul Ring.

• Qi Ling showed Tang San how he adapted Dragon Controlling Force to the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, then encouraged him to keep training.
• Tang Hao told Qi Ling that Ah Yin, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor, had sacrificed herself for Tang Hao’s Soul Ring after Qian Xunji pursued them.
• Tang Hao explained that he had driven Qian Xunji back but had not severely injured him, since Tang Hao had only just become a Titled Douluo.
• Qi Ling asked Tang Hao about Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao praised her as an extraordinary leader who had changed Spirit Hall and the world of Soul Masters.
• Tang Hao warned Qi Ling that Bibi Dong had hunted Xiao Wu’s mother, the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and Qi Ling resolved to find a way to revive her.
• Qi Ling asked how Bibi Dong had absorbed Xiao Wu’s mother’s Soul Ring, and Tang Hao said he knew the truth.

Qi Ling learned that Xiao Wu's mother had willingly sacrificed herself to save Bibi Dong, giving him hope that she could return to life. After helping Tang San complete his hammer training, Qi Ling asked Tang Hao to temper his body with the Clear Sky Hammer and began rebuilding himself through the Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art.

• Tang Hao told Qi Ling that Xiao Wu's mother had willingly sacrificed herself to restore Bibi Dong's kind heart.
• Tang San used Qi Ling's pointers to unleash all eighty-one strikes of the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and blast aside the waterfall.
• Qi Ling asked Tang Hao to use the Clear Sky Hammer's Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer to temper his body and cultivate the fifth level of his true dragon body.
• Tang Hao struck Qi Ling with all eighty-one blows, breaking his bones as Qi Ling endured the pain without crying out.
• Qi Ling's Nine Revolutions True Dragon Art circulated while he was unconscious, rebuilding and strengthening his body as Tang Hao and Tang San guarded him.

After mastering the Fifth Layer True Dragon Body and absorbing two Soul Bones, Qi Ling gained new abilities and faced Tang Hao in a test of strength. Their clash showed Qi Ling could withstand a Titled Douluo’s attack, but Tang Hao remained on the offensive.

• Qi Ling reflected on how his fused Soul Bones improved his skills and granted him Energy Acceleration, Super Compression, and Dragon King Star-Chasing Arrow.
• Tang Hao challenged Qi Ling to spar, and Qi Ling accepted despite expecting to lose.
• Tang Hao summoned the Clear Sky Hammer and told Qi Ling he would win if he knocked it from Tang Hao’s hand.
• Qi Ling used Tyrant Dragon Fist to meet Tang Hao’s hammer strike, but was forced back three steps.
• Qi Ling fired two Dragon King Star-Chasing Arrows, which Tang Hao knocked aside before charging at him again.