Chapter Summaries

Qi Ling showed Xiao Wu his new Mysterious Crystal Investigation ability, which let them view Tang San through a crystal using a connected medium. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu proposing that Qi Ling watch her bathe, and Qi Ling agreeing that she could call him next time.

• Qi Ling massaged Xiao Wu and told her Spirit Hall's forces had come to capture her, but she said she trusted him, Tang San, Da Ming, and Er Ming to protect her.
• Qi Ling brought Xiao Wu closer to Tang San and used Blue Silver Grass and water to activate a crystal that showed Tang San and his surroundings.
• Qi Ling explained that Mysterious Crystal Investigation required a connected medium and the other person's cooperation, and that they could sever the connection.
• Xiao Wu suggested using the ability to peep into the girls' bathhouse, and Qi Ling objected that it violated people's privacy.
• Xiao Wu offered to call Qi Ling when she bathed alone, and Qi Ling agreed that she could call him next time.

At Spirit Hall’s camp, Hu Liena doted on Tang San while Yan watched jealously, and Tang San secretly passed intelligence to Qi Ling. Qi Ling learned that Qian Xunji, not Bibi Dong, had ordered Hu Liena to come, leaving him suspicious that something unusual was behind the seemingly favorable information.

• Hu Liena fed Tang San and openly admired him, while Yan grew jealous and Xie Yue admitted that she had fallen for him.
• Tang San asked Hu Liena to stop staring at him, and she blushed before noticing that the others were watching them.
• Xiao Wu questioned Qi Ling about Tang San and Hu Liena, and Qi Ling attributed their closeness to surviving danger together.
• Tang San used his secret code to relay intelligence to Qi Ling, who grew wary despite the information seeming favorable.
• Qi Ling learned that Qian Xunji, rather than Bibi Dong, had ordered Hu Liena to come.

Qi Ling learned that Spirit Hall was pursuing Xiao Wu under Qian Xunji’s orders and prepared a counterattack with her and Tang San. Spirit Hall reached the lake, where Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo immobilized the two great beasts with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Xiao Wu exposed to the others.

• Qi Ling learned Hu Liena was receiving orders from Qian Xunji, worried about Bibi Dong, and discovered that Spirit Hall’s three cloaked figures were Soul Douluos.
• Qi Ling returned with Xiao Wu to the lake and planned to coordinate with Tang San to ambush Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall set out for the lake, while Yan grew jealous of Hu Liena’s closeness to Tang San and considered arranging an accident for him.
• Xiao Wu and the Titan Giant Ape confronted Spirit Hall at the lake, and the Sky Azure Bull Python joined the fight against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo activated Bipolar Lockdown Domain, freezing both great beasts while Spirit Hall’s other fighters prepared to capture Xiao Wu.

Qi Ling appeared at the lake and confronted Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo while they held Da Ming and Er Ming in their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After revealing his six Soul Rings, including two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, he crushed Wang Ping’s bones and left Spirit Hall’s forces too frightened to attack.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo taunted Da Ming and Er Ming, claiming they could not escape the fusion skill without help.
• Qi Ling emerged and challenged Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, who recognized him from Spirit City.
• Ghost Douluo ordered Wang Ping to kill Qi Ling, but Qi Ling stopped Wang Ping’s Martial Soul Avatar-enhanced punch with his bare hand.
• Qi Ling summoned the Divine Dragon Emperor and revealed six Soul Rings, including two red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• Qi Ling crushed Wang Ping’s hand and forearm bones, terrifying the watching Spirit Hall forces.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered his subordinates to attack, but the Soul Masters and Soul Douluos refused to approach Qi Ling.

Qi Ling pierced Chrysanthemum Douluo’s invincible defense with Invincibility Penetration, breaking the Bipolar Lockdown Domain and freeing Da Ming and Er Ming. With Spirit Hall’s strongest tactic defeated, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo asked the three mysterious figures for help.

• Qi Ling crippled Wang Ping, then challenged Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo as the Spirit Hall forces hesitated.
• Qi Ling hurled his Overbearing Dragon Spear through the Douluos’ invincible defense and wounded Chrysanthemum Douluo with his Invincibility Penetration skill.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo lost control of his Soul Power, collapsing the Bipolar Lockdown Domain and freeing Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Qi Ling revealed that he and his allies had gambled on making the Douluos use their fusion skill, and Xiao Wu and Tang San celebrated his success.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo rejected retreat and bowed to the three mysterious figures, asking them to grant their arts and help defeat Qi Ling’s side.

Three mysterious men summoned a terrifying being from another realm, and its enormous blood-red hand dragged away the Titan Giant Ape and the Sky Azure Bull Python. Unable to move, Qi Ling watched them vanish before the hand reached for him.

• The three hooded men revealed blood-marked faces and condemned Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo for their failures.
• The three men began a blood-fueled summoning formation while Spirit Hall's forces and four Defense System Soul Masters held off Qi Ling, Da Ming, and Er Ming.
• The completed formation unleashed an otherworldly power that immobilized everyone and produced an enormous blood-red hand.
• The hand seized the Titan Giant Ape and dragged him into a mysterious space despite his resistance.
• The hand then seized the Sky Azure Bull Python, who entrusted Sister Xiao Wu to Qi Ling before disappearing.
• The blood-red hand reached for Qi Ling as he remained unable to move.

A mysterious giant hand failed to seize Qi Ling after the Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul protected him, but it left a strange triangular mark on his chest before withdrawing. With Da Ming and Er Ming trapped and Spirit Hall closing in, Qi Ling signaled Tang San to take Hu Liena hostage as their escape plan.

• A bloody aura from Qi Ling’s Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul repelled the giant hand, which then imprinted a red triangular symbol on his chest before retreating.
• The three Soul Douluo who summoned the hand died after exhausting their vitality, and everyone else was freed from its pressure.
• Qi Ling told Xiao Wu that Da Ming and Er Ming were likely trapped rather than dead, and warned her to protect herself as Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo advanced.
• Qi Ling whistled, prompting Tang San to apologize to Hu Liena, seal her acupoints, and take her hostage with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang San ordered Spirit Hall’s forces to back away, using Hu Liena’s safety to force them to let him and his companions escape.

Tang San took Hu Liena hostage as he and Qi Ling led her and Xiao Wu deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, while Spirit Hall pursued them and prepared to sacrifice Hu Liena if necessary. Qi Ling stayed behind to face Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and their forces, then unleashed a domineering presence to stop them from passing.

• Hu Liena recognized Tang San by his Blue Silver Grass, and he bound her to himself and apologized for taking her hostage.
• Hu Liena revealed that she understood his choice, and Qi Ling confirmed that he had been the person who helped her in Slaughter City.
• Tang San, Qi Ling, Xiao Wu, and Hu Liena fled into the forest as Yan demanded Hu Liena's release and Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered a pursuit, allowing her to be sacrificed if needed.
• Qi Ling realized Spirit Hall's pursuers did not care about Hu Liena's safety and stopped to hold off Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo while the others escaped.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ordered nineteen Soul Saints and Soul Douluos to continue after Tang San and the others, but Qi Ling's overwhelming presence halted them.

Qi Ling used Holy Dragon Judgment to kill nineteen Soul Saints and Soul Douluos, but the attack exhausted his Soul Power and left him vulnerable to Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. Xiao Wu and Tang San returned to save him, and Xiao Wu prepared to sacrifice herself to protect him.

• Qi Ling unleashed Holy Dragon Judgment and killed all nineteen Soul Saints and Soul Douluos in one strike.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo approached cautiously, then Ghost Douluo restrained Qi Ling and took his Thousand-Li Divine Escape Talisman as Chrysanthemum Douluo prepared to kill him.
• Xiao Wu and Tang San returned after sensing Qi Ling was in danger, and Xiao Wu rushed into his arms.
• Xiao Wu confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, resolved to sacrifice herself to protect Qi Ling.

As Xiao Wu prepared to sacrifice herself, Qi Ling activated the Demon Pawnshop and traded a hundred years of his lifespan for a product meant to solve their immediate crisis. He accepted the condition that he must become a Titled Douluo within five years, then time resumed just as Xiao Wu’s sacrifice began.

• Qi Ling realized Xiao Wu intended to sacrifice herself and blamed his weakness for leaving her in danger.
• The system activated the Demon Pawnshop, where a little demon explained its costly offers and warned Qi Ling that he had to make a transaction.
• Qi Ling chose a product suited to his crisis and paid a hundred years of lifespan, agreeing to become a Titled Douluo within five years or die.
• The pawnshop closed, time resumed, and Qi Ling found Xiao Wu beginning her sacrifice.
• Qi Ling rose, put a hand on Xiao Wu’s shoulder, and urged her to stop, promising he would not let her be hurt.

Qi Ling stopped Xiao Wu from sacrificing herself and used a borrowed Seventh Soul Ring to unleash the Blood Devil True Form against Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. The chapter ended with Xiao Wu and Tang San watching his transformed form as the confrontation began.

• Qi Ling reassured Xiao Wu that he could protect her, then moved her and Tang San to safety while refusing to let Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo take her.
• Qi Ling summoned the Blood Devil Emperor Martial Soul and revealed a temporary black Seventh Soul Ring bought with a hundred years of his lifespan.
• Qi Ling activated the Seventh Soul Skill, Blood Devil Avatar, and used Ring Devouring to consume his other Soul Rings for a month.
• Qi Ling transformed into the Blood Devil True Form, astonishing Xiao Wu and prompting Tang San to reassure her that Qi Ling was still himself.

The Blood Devil True Form absorbed the corpses of nineteen Soul Saints and Soul Douluos, recovering while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo failed to stop him. After he regained his strength, he fought the two Spirit Hall elders and left Ghost Douluo badly wounded.

• The Blood Devil True Form devoured the nineteen corpses to restore his strength, while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s attacks were absorbed without effect.
• Ghost Douluo realized the Blood Devil could absorb attacks until his recovery was complete, but the two elders could not use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill again.
• The Blood Devil finished absorbing power and challenged Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to attack him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo launched a coordinated assault, but the Blood Devil caught the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and his blood began absorbing Chrysanthemum Douluo’s Soul Power.
• Ghost Douluo attacked with his ghostly shadows, allowing Chrysanthemum Douluo to escape, but the Blood Devil’s Blood Devil Hundred Rending Claws destroyed the shadows and sent the wounded Ghost Douluo crashing beside him.

Blood Devil overwhelmed Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who split up to flee, but Ghost Douluo sent a lethal attack toward Tang San. Hu Liena took the blade for Tang San, confessed her love, and asked whether he loved her; Tang San said he did.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo realized they could not defeat Blood Devil and fled in opposite directions.
• Blood Devil split into two bodies and pursued them, while Ghost Douluo spotted Tang San and Xiao Wu.
• Ghost Douluo launched a blood-red blade at Tang San, forcing Blood Devil to break off his chase and pursue the attack.
• Hu Liena stepped in front of Tang San and took the fatal blade, then told him she loved him.
• Hu Liena asked Tang San whether he loved her, and Tang San told her he did.

The Blood Devil saved Hu Liena by using Tang San’s heart’s blood to repair her heart, but she remained unconscious as Qi Ling and Tang San recovered. After Tang San reached rank sixty, he set out with Qi Ling and Xiao Wu for the Star Dou Great Forest to find his Sixth Soul Ring, bringing Hu Liena along in the Heaven and Earth Ring.

• The Blood Devil explained that he could save Hu Liena, but needed Tang San’s blood to repair the vessels of her heart.
• The Blood Devil used Tang San’s heart’s blood to heal Hu Liena, then exhausted his power and returned to Qi Ling’s form.
• Tang San collapsed, and Qi Ling and Tang San remained unconscious for three days while Hu Liena continued to sleep.
• Xiao Wu noticed that Tang San had broken through to rank sixty, and Qi Ling offered to help him obtain his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Qi Ling gave Tang San the Heaven and Earth Ring, and Tang San placed Hu Liena inside before the three headed to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Tang San and Qi Ling hunted down a ninety-thousand-year Earth Tiger-Striped Cave Spider so Tang San could obtain his sixth Soul Ring. After Tang San absorbed it and rose to level sixty-three, Qi Ling prepared another gift for him.

• Xiao Wu proposed hunting evil Soul Beasts, and Qi Ling chose the Earth Tiger-Striped Cave Spider as Tang San's next target.
• Qi Ling and Tang San used Beast-Attracting Powder to lure the spider from its cave, then trapped and wounded it with the Blue Silver Cage and Overbearing Dragon Spear.
• Qi Ling restrained the spider with the Immortal-Binding Rope and defeated it inside his Xuanyuan Sword Realm, cutting off its fangs and legs.
• Tang San killed the weakened spider and absorbed its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, advancing three levels to level sixty-three.
• Qi Ling asked Tang San if he had finished absorbing the ring and told him to prepare for another gift.

Qi Ling brought Tang San two spiders to help evolve his newly absorbed Soul Ring. Tang San’s Sixth Soul Ring became a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Xiao Wu vowed to grow strong enough to protect him and Tang San.

• Qi Ling sent Tang San and Xiao Wu back to rest while he went to find Tang San a grand gift.
• Qi Ling returned with an eighty-thousand-year female Earth Tiger-Striped Cave Spider and a Man Faced Demon Spider, then explained that devouring them could evolve Tang San’s Sixth Soul Ring.
• Tang San used his Eight Spider Lances to devour the Earth Tiger-Striped Cave Spider, pushing his Soul Ring’s evolution to just short of a hundred thousand years.
• Qi Ling urged Tang San to devour the Man Faced Demon Spider, and its energy completed the evolution of Tang San’s Sixth Soul Ring into a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Xiao Wu said she wanted to become stronger to protect Qi Ling and Tang San, and Qi Ling promised she would one day become the strongest in the world apart from him.

Tang San completed his Soul Ring absorption and gained evolving Soul Bone armor, while Qi Ling rescued Da Ming and Er Ming from a spacetime prison. The group reunited at Star Dou Great Forest, and Qi Ling ended by declaring his preparations for an all-out war against Spirit Hall.

• Tang San's Eight Spider Lances evolved as he absorbed the Man Faced Demon Spider's power, and Soul Bone armor formed around him.
• Qi Ling took Xiao Wu and Tang San to the lake at the center of Star Dou Great Forest to rescue Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Qi Ling used the Sword of Rupture to open a spacetime rift, and Da Ming and Er Ming helped widen it from the other side.
• Da Ming and Er Ming escaped through the rift, and Xiao Wu joyfully reunited with them.
• Da Ming told Qi Ling that they had sensed nothing of the power that trapped them, and Qi Ling said he was preparing for all-out war against Spirit Hall.

Qi Ling learned that Qian Xunji had taken control of Spirit Hall and declared war on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, so he rushed to Heaven Dou City to prepare. There, Dugu Bo explained the Heaven Dou Empire’s divided response, while Qi Ling recognized that the sect faced the choice of fighting alone or abandoning its home and independence.

• Qi Ling left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xiao Wu and Tang San and agreed they needed to gather intelligence on Spirit Hall and strengthen Dragon's Glory.
• Qi Ling learned that Spirit Hall would attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect in three days and hurried with Xiao Wu and Tang San to Shrek Academy.
• Qi Ling met Dugu Bo, who said Qian Xunji was acting Pope while Bibi Dong had supposedly entered seclusion because of ill health.
• Dugu Bo explained that the Heaven Dou Empire was divided between sending troops to intercept Spirit Hall and urging the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to retreat to Heaven Dou City.
• Qi Ling pointed out that retreating would force the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to abandon its ancestral home and risk losing its identity as an independent sect.

Qi Ling learned that Heaven Dou planned to send troops against Spirit Hall, then reunited with Qian Renxue at Shrek Academy and discovered that Qian Xunji was her father. Qian Renxue explained that Qian Xunji had stripped her of command by arranging an ambush, but she survived and killed the attackers.

• Dugu Bo told Qi Ling that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe supported sending troops to intercept Spirit Hall's Soul Masters.
• Qi Ling returned to Shrek Academy with Tang San and Xiao Wu, where he found Qian Renxue waiting.
• Qian Renxue told Qi Ling that she was no longer commander of Spirit Hall's Holy Temple Knight Order and revealed that Qian Xunji was her father.
• Qian Renxue explained that Qian Xunji had lured her to the Far North and arranged for two Titled Douluo and several Soul Douluo to ambush her.
• Qian Renxue killed the attackers, including the traitors who had led her into the ambush.

Qi Ling learned that Qian Xunji seized the Holy Temple Knight Order for its power and God Summoning, while Bibi Dong remained imprisoned in seclusion. He called on his allies to join Dragon's Glory, which he planned to lead against Spirit Hall, and made support for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect its first objective.

• Qian Renxue told Qi Ling that Qian Xunji had taken control of the Holy Temple Knight Order, which could perform God Summoning, and had locked up Bibi Dong.
• Qi Ling brought Qian Renxue to the school dean's office, where Grandmaster and the others asked him to lead their opposition to Qian Xunji.
• Qi Ling invited everyone to join Dragon's Glory and explained that the group would coordinate its actions by consultation, while he retained veto power over operations.
• Qi Ling told Ning Rongrong that Dragon's Glory's first objective would be to support the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and urged her to join.