Arc 1The Meng Family Ascends

Meng Qianqiu awakened twin Martial Souls and used knowledge from his past life to strengthen himself and his grandparents. Meng Zhongqi became a Titled Douluo and joined Spirit Hall, while Meng Qianqiu entered the junior academy and gained followers.

  • Meng Qianqiu awakened the Manggu Vermilion Toad and Seven Kill Sword with innate full Soul Power, and Meng Zhongqi ordered him to conceal his gifts.
  • Meng Qianqiu developed his cultivation with techniques from his past life and gained Fire Roar by absorbing a four-hundred-year Blazing Fire Demon Spider Soul Ring.
  • Meng Qianqiu taught Meng Zhongqi the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique and supplied whale glue that restored his health and helped both grandparents reach their next Soul Ring thresholds.
  • Meng Qianqiu led his grandparents to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Nangong Wan absorbed the Medusa Queen’s Soul Ring and Meng Zhongqi obtained its skull Soul Bone.
  • Meng Zhongqi advanced the Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor to a hundred thousand years with spirit herbs, killed it, and absorbed its Soul Ring to become a Titled Douluo.
  • Meng Qianqiu and his grandparents refined immortal herbs, strengthening their bodies and Soul Power before collecting the medicinal gardens.
  • Meng Qianqiu persuaded Meng Zhongqi to join Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu crowned him Ice Toad Douluo and appointed him fifth titled elder.
  • Meng Qianqiu entered Heaven Dou City Junior Soul Master Academy with Dugu Bo and gained the allegiance of Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Wang Zhan after offering help with their cultivation and Soul Rings.
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Ch. 1Manggu Vermilion Toad, Seven Kill Sword!

Meng Qianqiu awakened the Manggu Vermilion Toad and Seven Kill Sword as Twin Martial Souls and displayed innate full Soul Power, while learning about his family’s hidden lineage and realizing he had been reborn in an earlier era of the Douluo World. The chapter ended as Dugu Bo challenged him to fight, only for Dugu Xin to pull his son away.

  • Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu that his mother belonged to the Seven Kill Sword lineage and explained the Meng Family’s Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad inheritance and his parents’ powerful Martial Souls.
  • Meng Zhongqi helped Meng Qianqiu awaken, revealing that he possessed both the Manggu Vermilion Toad and the Seven Kill Sword.
  • Meng Zhongqi tested Meng Qianqiu’s Soul Power and found that he had innate full Soul Power.
  • Meng Qianqiu recovered memories of his past life and realized that Qian Daoliu led Spirit Hall and Tang Chen had only recently founded the Clear Sky Sect.
  • Dugu Bo came to challenge Meng Qianqiu, but Dugu Xin grabbed him and scolded him for bullying the younger boy.

Ch. 2Heaven-bestowed Martial Souls, each bearing its own name!

Meng Zhongqi warned Meng Qianqiu to conceal his Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power, then met with Dugu Xin, who had come to visit on behalf of the Dugu Family. Their conversation revealed the families’ dangerous inherited Martial Souls and ended with Meng Zhongqi accusing Dugu Xin of scouting for information.

  • Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu to claim his Innate Soul Power was rank nine and keep his true gifts secret, even from his grandmother.
  • Meng Zhongqi explained how Martial Soul quality and Innate Soul Power shaped a Soul Master's potential, and said Dugu Bo's Jade Phosphorous Serpent had mutated into a stronger Jade Phosphorous Serpent King.
  • Meng Zhongqi led Meng Qianqiu outside and greeted Dugu Xin, who said he had come to visit for Meng Qianqiu's birthday at his father's request.
  • Dugu Xin reported that Dugu Feng's health was worsening, and Meng Zhongqi sent back a taunting message about wanting to attend his old friend's funeral feast.
  • Meng Zhongqi accused Dugu Xin of coming to scout for information, while Dugu Xin struggled to answer the older man's barbs.

Ch. 3Black Spirit Abyss, Blazing Fire Demon Spiders!

Dugu Xin visited Meng Zhongqi and learned that Meng Qianqiu had awakened the Manggu Vermilion Toad, though the family concealed his true talent. Meng Qianqiu chose a Blazing Fire Demon Spider for his first Soul Ring, and Meng Zhongqi agreed to take him to Black Spirit Abyss while keeping the whereabouts of his parents secret until he reached Soul Saint.

  • Dugu Xin questioned Meng Zhongqi about Meng Qianqiu's Martial Soul Awakening, and Meng Zhongqi claimed Qianqiu had level-eight innate Soul Power.
  • Dugu Xin inferred that Meng Zhongqi was concealing Qianqiu's true talent and left with Dugu Bo.
  • Meng Qianqiu asked Meng Zhongqi to help him hunt a roughly four-hundred-year-old fire-and-poison Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
  • Meng Qianqiu chose a Blazing Fire Demon Spider, and Meng Zhongqi agreed to take him to Black Spirit Abyss in the Ancient Yue Hills.
  • Meng Qianqiu asked where his parents had gone, and Meng Zhongqi promised to tell him after he reached Soul Saint.

Ch. 4Golden Toad Qi-Locking Method, Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique!

After awakening his Martial Soul and memories of his previous life, Meng Qianqiu considered the dangers facing his family and resolved to grow stronger. Meng Zhongqi gave him the family's meditation method, which led Meng Qianqiu to consider combining it with two breathing techniques from his past life.

  • Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu to keep the Seven Kill Sword Sect inheritance secret until he was strong enough to learn about it.
  • Meng Qianqiu reflected on the dangerous balance between Spirit Hall, the sects, and the empires, and concluded that strength was essential to controlling his fate.
  • Meng Zhongqi found Meng Qianqiu on the mountain, gave him a coat, and handed him the Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Meditation Method.
  • Meng Qianqiu studied the method and judged it inefficient because it refined Soul Power without providing ways to refine the body and Qi.
  • Meng Qianqiu decided to try combining the meditation method with the Golden Toad Qi-Locking Method and the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique he remembered from his previous life.

Ch. 5Daoist inner-strengthening arts, the foundations of a great family!

Meng Qianqiu discovered that combining his Daoist inner-strengthening arts with food could rapidly improve his body and convert nourishment into Soul Power. He found rare Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue in the Meng Family’s vault and planned to save most of it for Meng Zhongqi, who had gone to hunt Soul Beasts.

  • Meng Qianqiu practiced the Great Toad Qi-Eating Method, became extraordinarily hungry, and ate a basin of Soul Beast meat.
  • Meng Qianqiu explained his hunger to Nangong Wan and Meng Zhongqi, then used the meat to cultivate Soul Power and strengthen his body.
  • Meng Qianqiu reasoned that the Great Toad Qi-Eating Technique could improve poor conversion efficiency, and considered Whale Rubber a cheaper source of nourishment than Soul Beast meat.
  • Meng Qianqiu searched the Meng Family treasure vault and found several pieces of rare Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.
  • Meng Qianqiu decided to keep a little Whale Glue for himself and save the rest for Meng Zhongqi, planning to teach him the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique.
  • Meng Qianqiu left the vault while Meng Zhongqi was away hunting Soul Beasts at Black Spirit Abyss.

Ch. 6Hunting a Soul Ring, the First Soul Skill!

Meng Zhongqi hunted a four-hundred-year Blazing Fire Demon Spider in Black Spirit Abyss and brought it back for Meng Qianqiu to absorb as his first Soul Ring. Meng Qianqiu survived the absorption and awakened the Fire Roar Soul Skill, which boosted his attributes and released an attack.

  • Meng Zhongqi traveled to Black Spirit Abyss and recalled his past battle with a Flame-Devouring Beast.
  • Meng Zhongqi found a four-hundred-year Blazing Fire Demon Spider and froze it with his fifth Soul Skill, Withering of Ice.
  • Meng Zhongqi brought the dying spider back to Heaven Dou City and told Meng Qianqiu to kill it for its Soul Ring.
  • Meng Qianqiu killed the spider, absorbed its yellow Soul Ring, and endured its power and remnant soul.
  • Meng Qianqiu awakened his first Soul Skill, Fire Roar, which increased his attributes and unleashed a burst of firelight and a shock wave.

Ch. 7External Martial Soul, King of All Poisons!

After absorbing her first Soul Ring, Meng Qianqiu reached level eleven and discovered that her Manggu Vermilion Toad was an external Martial Soul with independent thought. Her grandfather Meng Zhongqi witnessed its formidable poison and warned her to conceal her twin Martial Souls, leaving her to learn poison techniques while relying on her Seven Kill Sword as well.

  • Meng Qianqiu woke up at level eleven and found that her Manggu Vermilion Toad had become more lively after absorbing a four-hundred-year Soul Ring.
  • Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi that the Manggu Vermilion Toad was an external Martial Soul that could fight independently and that she also possessed the Seven Kill Sword Martial Soul.
  • Meng Zhongqi warned Meng Qianqiu to keep her twin Martial Souls secret and told her to stay with him and learn poison.
  • The Manggu Vermilion Toad spat out red mist that erased nearby life, and Meng Zhongqi recognized its extraordinary poison and called it a born king of all poisons.
  • Meng Qianqiu said she had reached level eleven but felt her first Soul Ring was too young, while Meng Zhongqi reminded her that a four-hundred-year ring was already exceptional.

Ch. 8Passing on the Way and Bestowing a Technique, Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue!

Meng Zhongqi explained why Meng Qianqiu would attend the Heaven Dou City Junior Soul Master Academy and shared his wary view of Spirit Hall’s power. Meng Qianqiu then claimed the family possessed heavenly treasures, showed his grandfather ten-thousand-year whale glue, and offered to teach him a technique to absorb its medicinal potency.

  • Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu to stay home for a few months before entering the Heaven Dou City Junior Soul Master Academy, explaining that formal training and the empire-backed academy system were important.
  • Meng Zhongqi described Spirit Hall as both a defender against beast tides and a force seeking influence over the two great empires, while Meng Qianqiu proposed that the Meng Family benefit from its rise.
  • Meng Zhongqi said his rank eighty-eight soul power and declining health made reaching the Titled Douluo realm unlikely without a heavenly treasure.
  • Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi that the family had heavenly treasures and that he knew the location of a peerless immortal herb.
  • Meng Qianqiu presented ten-thousand-year whale glue, which Meng Zhongqi dismissed as a mere health supplement, and offered to teach him the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique so he could absorb its medicinal potency.

Ch. 9Refining the Sinews and Marrow, Inherited Soul Bones!

Meng Qianqiu had Meng Zhongqi consume ten-thousand-year whale glue, which raised his Soul Power and cleansed his body of its accumulated poisons. Meng Zhongqi revealed the Meng Family’s inherited Soul Bones and agreed to stockpile more whale glue while it remained undervalued.

  • Meng Qianqiu roasted ten-thousand-year whale glue and urged Meng Zhongqi to swallow it and circulate the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique.
  • Meng Zhongqi absorbed the glue’s medicinal power, raised his Soul Power to level 89, and found that it had saved him three years of cultivation.
  • Meng Zhongqi explained that the Meng Family ancestor had been a Super Douluo and left behind inherited Soul Bones, five of which remained in his possession.
  • Meng Zhongqi said the whale glue had cleansed his marrow, expelled the cold and fire poisons afflicting him, and given him a chance to live peacefully for fifty or sixty years.
  • Meng Zhongqi praised the Great Toad Qi-Devouring Technique as a valuable family inheritance and agreed with Meng Qianqiu to stockpile ten-thousand-year whale glue.

Ch. 10An ordinary man is innocent; possessing jade is his crime!

Meng Zhongqi showed Meng Qianqiu the Meng Family’s inherited Soul Bones and explained their history, then revealed he would absorb them himself after his illness was cured. He planned to break through to Titled Douluo so he could protect Meng Qianqiu, whose Innate Full Soul Power had made him a target for powerful factions.

  • Meng Zhongqi took Meng Qianqiu into the ancestral hall and showed him five inherited Soul Bones, including the family’s rare hundred-thousand-year Mirror Shadow Beast skull bone.
  • Meng Zhongqi recounted how the Meng Family’s thirteenth head reached Level 97 and possessed a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
  • Meng Zhongqi explained that he had declined to absorb the inherited Soul Bones for years because his cold and fire poisons made his survival uncertain and he wanted to save resources for his descendants.
  • Meng Qianqiu learned that his treatment had expelled Meng Zhongqi’s poisons, giving his grandfather a chance to break through to Titled Douluo and live for decades longer.
  • Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu that his Innate Full Soul Power would attract covetous attention, and that reaching Titled Douluo would give the Meng Family the strength to protect him.

Ch. 11Without a title, all are ants!

Meng Zhongqi used ten-thousand-year whale glue to break through to Titled Douluo, and Nangong Wan reached Quasi-Soul Douluo with the same treasure. As they prepared to hunt for Soul Beasts for their new rings, Meng Qianqiu said he knew a place with suitable targets.

  • Meng Zhongqi broke through from Level 89 to Level 90 and revealed that the cold and fire poisons in his body had been expelled.
  • Meng Zhongqi gave Nangong Wan ten-thousand-year whale glue, and she broke through to Level 80 and grew younger.
  • Nangong Wan recognized the whale glue’s value and urged Meng Zhongqi to begin Soul Hunting before others learned of their breakthroughs.
  • Meng Zhongqi explained that they needed high-level Soul Beasts for their eighth and ninth rings, and Meng Qianqiu offered to lead them to a place with suitable beasts.

Ch. 12Hunting Soul Rings, rare beasts among snakes!

Meng Qianqiu persuaded his grandparents to search for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest, hoping to secure the Medusa Queen and Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor as Soul Beasts. After three months of searching, they found the pair, and the Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor attacked Meng Zhongqi.

  • Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well held two rare, high-aged snake Soul Beasts, and convinced them to take him along on their Soul Hunting trip.
  • Meng Qianqiu identified the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well as a secret realm in Sunset Forest, and the three set out to find it.
  • After three months and searches through dozens of volcanic craters, Meng Qianqiu recognized a poisonous-mist-shrouded crater as the likely location.
  • Meng Zhongqi sensed powerful Soul Beasts ahead, and the Medusa Queen and Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor emerged from the poisonous mist.
  • Meng Zhongqi ordered Nangong Wan to take Meng Qianqiu away, but the Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor lunged at him.

Ch. 13Innate Domain, Ice Prison Poison Swamp!

Meng Zhongqi used his Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad's domain and Soul Skills to overpower the Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor and the Medusa Queen. As the Medusa Queen lay near death, Meng Zhongqi called Nangong Wan over to finish it, but she hesitated over absorbing its unusually high-age Soul Ring.

  • Meng Zhongqi transformed with his seventh Soul Ring and revealed his Ice Prison Poison Swamp domain.
  • The Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor attacked, but Meng Zhongqi's eighth Soul Skill wounded it with poisonous freezing rain.
  • Meng Zhongqi reflected the snake's venom with Ice Refraction, then struck it with his Ice and Fire Poison Dragon Drill.
  • The Medusa Queen joined the battle but was also quickly defeated by Meng Zhongqi.
  • Meng Zhongqi called Nangong Wan to finish off the over-seventy-thousand-year-old Medusa Queen, and Nangong Wan questioned whether its Soul Ring was too old for her.

Ch. 14Martial Soul Avatar Armor, the Secret of Ascension!

Nangong Wan absorbed the Medusa Queen’s seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained a powerful time-stopping domain skill, while Meng Qianqiu found a rare skull Soul Bone. Meng Zhongqi absorbed the bone and completed his Soul Bone set, awakening martial soul avatar armor that could lead to Divine Armor and ascension.

  • Meng Qianqiu reassured Nangong Wan that ten-thousand-year whale glue could help her absorb the Medusa Queen’s seventy-thousand-year Soul Ring, and she accepted the risk.
  • Nangong Wan killed the weakened Medusa Queen and began absorbing its Soul Ring as Meng Zhongqi stood guard.
  • Nangong Wan gained the Eighth Soul Skill Frozen Time, which stopped time across thousands of meters and filled her domain-control weakness.
  • Meng Qianqiu discovered a seventy-thousand-year gem-type skull Soul Bone inside the Medusa Queen, and Nangong Wan and Meng Zhongqi urged each other to absorb it.
  • Meng Zhongqi accepted the skull Soul Bone, completed his Soul Bone set, and awakened martial soul avatar armor; Meng Qianqiu explained its connection to Divine Armor and becoming a god.

Ch. 15The Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, snatching a tremendous opportunity!

Meng Qianqiu persuaded Meng Zhongqi to bring the dying Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where it could evade its transformation tribulation and potentially become a source of a hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring. The three entered the legendary treasure land and discovered a vast garden filled with rare spirit medicines and sixteen immortal herbs.

  • Meng Zhongqi revealed that his seventy-thousand-year skull bone granted him Martial Soul Avatar Armor and the petrifying Soul Skill Medusa's Gaze.
  • Meng Qianqiu stopped Meng Zhongqi from killing the wounded Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor and explained that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could shield it from its transformation tribulation.
  • Meng Zhongqi, Nangong Wan, and Meng Qianqiu agreed to use the well to help the serpent reach a hundred thousand years and entered the treasure land with it.
  • The three found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well surrounded by medicinal gardens, and Meng Qianqiu explained that herbs there grew far faster than outside.
  • Meng Zhongqi identified hundreds of valuable spirit medicines and sixteen immortal herbs arranged throughout the gardens according to yin and yang.

Ch. 16Raising Soul Beasts, Wholesaling Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings!

Meng Qianqiu and his family used spirit herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to advance the Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor into a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, then killed it for its Soul Ring and Soul Bone. After Meng Zhongqi absorbed the Soul Ring, Meng Qianqiu offered Nangong Wan an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to improve her cultivation potential.

  • Meng Qianqiu and Meng Zhongqi fed the injured Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor over twenty grade-eight spirit herbs, advancing it to a hundred thousand years.
  • Meng Zhongqi used Medusa's Gaze to halt the snake's recovery, then killed it and obtained a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and a gemstone-type skull.
  • Meng Zhongqi refined the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, while Nangong Wan guarded him and inspected the Soul Bone.
  • Nangong Wan offered the skull to Meng Qianqiu, but he declined because his strength was too low to safely absorb it.
  • Meng Qianqiu learned that Nangong Wan believed her rank-seven Innate Soul Power limited her potential, then picked an Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid to improve her aptitude.

Ch. 17Yin and Yang forge a golden body, water and fire condense a Soul Core!

Meng Qianqiu explained the immortal herbs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and offered Meng Zhongqi a way to purge his remaining poison and grow stronger. The chapter left Meng Zhongqi considering a dangerous tempering method that could help him forge a water and fire golden body and condense a Soul Core.

  • Meng Qianqiu explained that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs came from the essence of the fallen Water and Fire Dragon Kings and warned that their deeper inheritance could draw Meng Zhongqi into dangerous ties with the Silver Dragon King.
  • Meng Zhongqi reported that absorbing the Nine-Section Jade Snake Emperor’s Soul Ring had raised his Soul Power to level ninety-two and transformed it into liquid Soul Power.
  • Meng Qianqiu offered to clear Meng Zhongqi’s cold poison using the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
  • Meng Qianqiu explained that Meng Zhongqi would need to consume both herbs and temper himself in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Meng Qianqiu said the method could let Meng Zhongqi forge a water and fire golden body, condense a Yin-Yang Soul Core, and eventually reach level ninety-nine or Demigodhood.

Ch. 18Yin and yang in harmony, a tremendous fortune!

Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan used immortal herbs to strengthen their cultivation, while Meng Qianqiu and his Manggu Vermilion Toad consumed complementary herbs. Meng Zhongqi emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well at rank ninety-three with a Soul Core, and Meng Qianqiu began refining his own herbs.

  • Meng Zhongqi swallowed the octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot, then jumped into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
  • Meng Qianqiu gave Nangong Wan the eight-petal immortal orchid and a primordial immortal herb to refine later, and she felt her Soul Power begin to rise.
  • Meng Qianqiu picked the aromatic silk beauty and Snow-Color Swan Kiss, then fed the Snow-Color Swan Kiss to his Manggu Vermilion Toad and swallowed the aromatic silk beauty himself.
  • The Manggu Vermilion Toad entered Meng Qianqiu's body, and the two began refining their herbs in a state of dual cultivation.
  • Meng Zhongqi emerged from the well with a water and fire golden body, rank ninety-three Soul Power, and a condensed mysterious ice Soul Core, then realized his clothes had burned away.

Ch. 19Great Sun Glazed Pure Body, advancing to an ultimate Martial Soul!

Meng Qianqiu’s Manggu Vermilion Toad advanced to an ultimate Martial Soul, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty gave him a radiant glazed pure body and raised his Soul Power to level fourteen. Meng Zhongqi and Nangong Wan also gained strength, while Meng Zhongqi prepared to face the attention his new Titled Douluo status would bring.

  • Meng Zhongqi warned Nangong Wan to move away when Meng Qianqiu’s Martial Soul released a cloud of red mist, and Meng Qianqiu had the Manggu Vermilion Toad swallow it.
  • Meng Qianqiu discovered that the Manggu Vermilion Toad had advanced to an ultimate Martial Soul and that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had made his body impervious to poison and formed a radiant glazed pure body.
  • Meng Qianqiu found that his Soul Power had risen three levels to fourteen and considered absorbing the Star Luo Spirit Pearl next.
  • Nangong Wan said the Eight-Petal Immortal Orchid had raised her Soul Power to level eighty-three, while Meng Zhongqi revealed his level ninety-three Soul Power, Soul Core, and hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring.
  • Meng Qianqiu warned that Meng Zhongqi’s new Titled Douluo status would draw attention to the Meng Family, and Meng Zhongqi said the family could defend itself.

Ch. 20Obey deployment, not summons-borrow a hen to lay eggs!

Meng Qianqiu persuaded Meng Zhongqi to join Spirit Hall as an elder while the Meng Family secretly built influence and prepared to take control from within. After the family stripped the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well of its herbs, Dugu Feng inferred that Meng Zhongqi had risked his life to protect Meng Qianqiu, whose innate Soul Power might be full rank.

  • Meng Qianqiu argued that Spirit Hall was the strongest potential backer and persuaded Meng Zhongqi to join it while Nangong Wan stayed to protect the Meng Family.
  • Meng Qianqiu outlined a plan to build followers within Spirit Hall, win over talented people with immortal herbs, and eventually curb Bibi Dong and the Secret Chamber Douluo's influence.
  • Meng Qianqiu and his grandparents packed up every medicinal herb at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, with Meng Zhongqi taking most of the herbs and Meng Qianqiu keeping the immortal herbs.
  • Dugu Feng heard that Meng Zhongqi had become a Titled Douluo and deduced that he had risked his life because Meng Qianqiu's talent had made him feel threatened.
  • Dugu Feng concluded that Meng Qianqiu might possess innate full Soul Power and noted that Meng Zhongqi's breakthrough had damaged his foundation.

Ch. 21Golden Crocodile lost his composure, Qian Daoliu sought to win him over!

Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo discussed Meng Zhongqi’s advancement and his offer to join Spirit Hall, weighing the danger he posed and the political cost of recruiting him. Qian Daoliu decided to oversee Meng Zhongqi’s coronation and provisionally appoint him Spirit Hall’s fifth elder.

  • Dugu Feng ordered gifts prepared and planned to support Meng Zhongqi after learning he had advanced to Titled Douluo.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo confirmed that Qian Jun’s report about Meng Zhongqi was authentic, including his rank ninety-three Soul Power and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
  • Qian Daoliu explained that the Meng Family had deep foundations and warned that Meng Zhongqi’s destructive power made him someone Spirit Hall must not antagonize.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo pointed out that Meng Zhongqi was willing to accept Spirit Hall’s investiture and become an elder.
  • Qian Daoliu considered rival powers and Spirit Hall’s need to secure Meng Zhongqi, then ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to oversee the coronation.
  • Qian Daoliu provisionally named Meng Zhongqi Spirit Hall’s fifth elder, leaving the Elder Hall rankings for later discussion.

Ch. 22Ironclad families, ever-changing dynasties!

Meng Zhongqi was crowned Ice Toad Douluo and appointed Spirit Hall’s fifth titled elder, while his hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring stunned the gathered powers. A rumor about his Martial Soul’s lifespan-shortening defect concealed the Meng Family’s plan to deter enemies and keep Spirit Hall from suspecting their ambitions.

  • Qian Daoliu conducted Meng Zhongqi’s coronation in Spirit City, where Meng Zhongqi revealed nine Soul Rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, and was named Ice Toad Douluo.
  • Qian Daoliu appointed Meng Zhongqi Spirit Hall’s fifth titled elder as Spirit Hall’s powerful elders gathered before the guests.
  • Tang Chen and the other visitors recognized Spirit Hall’s overwhelming strength and abandoned any thought of challenging it.
  • News of Meng Zhongqi’s promotion brought the ancient Meng Family into the continent’s attention, while rumors claimed his Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad Martial Soul shortened his lifespan.
  • Golden Crocodile Douluo and other Spirit Hall elders believed the rumor explained Meng Zhongqi’s request for leave, unaware that the Meng Family had spread it to lower Spirit Hall’s guard and warn off potential enemies.

Ch. 23Should you not spurn me, my lord, I would lead your horse and hold your stirrup!

Meng Qianqiu and Dugu Bo went to enroll at Heaven Dou City Junior Soul Master Academy after the five great secluded families pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall. Dugu Bo learned that Meng Qianqiu had reached rank fourteen Soul Power and pledged to follow him.

  • Meng Zhongqi became Spirit Hall’s fifth elder, and the five great secluded families agreed to follow him in pledging allegiance to Spirit Hall.
  • Dugu Bo invited Meng Qianqiu to attend the junior Soul Master Academy with him, and they discussed the academies and Spirit Hall’s monthly allowances.
  • Meng Qianqiu and Dugu Bo rode to Heaven Dou City Junior Soul Master Academy and entered after submitting their documents.
  • Dugu Bo asked Meng Qianqiu about his Soul Power and was shocked when Meng Qianqiu said he had reached rank fourteen in only a few months.
  • Dugu Bo praised Meng Qianqiu’s talent and hard work, then vowed to follow him and hold his stirrup.

Ch. 24How many prodigies there were in this world!

Meng Qianqiu enrolled at the junior Soul Master Academy and met the talented students in his dorm after stopping Wang Zhan’s mistaken ambush. His roommates learned of his extraordinary background, and Gui Mei explained that Meng Qianqiu attended because his family had joined Spirit Hall.

  • Dugu Bo explained why he had chosen to follow Meng Qianqiu and helped him enroll at the junior Soul Master Academy.
  • When Wang Zhan attacked him at the dorm room door, Meng Qianqiu activated Fire Roar and drove him back, then learned the attack had been a misunderstanding.
  • Meng Qianqiu introduced himself to Wang Zhan, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei, who were astonished by his external Martial Soul and Soul Power level fourteen.
  • Yue Guan recognized Meng Qianqiu as the heir to Heaven Dou’s Meng Family and guessed that Ice Toad Douluo was his grandfather; Meng Qianqiu confirmed it and asked them to keep it secret.
  • Wang Hu questioned why Meng Qianqiu had come to study, and Gui Mei explained that the Meng Family had joined Spirit Hall, making school attendance necessary.

Ch. 25Gui Mei's past, winning over Chrysanthemum Guan!

Meng Qianqiu learned about Gui Mei’s tragic past and offered Yue Guan a rare Vajra Chrysanthemum to help with his first soul ring. Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Wang Zhan accepted Meng Qianqiu’s offer to support their cultivation, and he invited them to lunch.

  • Meng Qianqiu learned that Gui Mei’s parents had been killed by evil soul masters and that Gui Mei had awakened his Ghost martial soul after surviving the attack on his village.
  • Yue Guan told Meng Qianqiu that he had reached rank ten and planned to hunt for his first soul ring.
  • Meng Qianqiu offered Yue Guan a three-hundred-year-old Vajra Chrysanthemum, and Yue Guan accepted the rare spiritual herb.
  • Meng Qianqiu promised to help Gui Mei and Wang Zhan obtain soul rings in the future, and all three agreed to follow his lead.
  • Meng Qianqiu invited Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Wang Zhan to lunch at the small dining hall.
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