Chapter Summaries

Meng Qianqiu and the other young Soul Masters underwent Spirit Hall’s elite selection, where their unusual strength and backgrounds impressed the cardinal. The chapter left Meng Qianqiu’s rank and ten-thousand-year fourth soul ring stunning the candidates and officials.

• Ling Yuan, Yan Yang, and She Long passed the selection after the cardinal assessed their ages, Martial Souls, ranks, and soul rings.
• Wang Zhan revealed his Golden Light War Tiger Emperor and its one-yellow, two-purple soul ring configuration, shocking the cardinal.
• Meng Qianqiu identified himself as the grandson of Meng Zhongqi, prompting the cardinal to abandon any plan to interrogate him.
• The cardinal assessed Dugu Bo, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Meng Qianqiu, discovering that thirteen-year-old Meng Qianqiu was a rank-forty-five Soul Ancestor with a ten-thousand-year fourth ring.
• Ling Yuan compared Meng Qianqiu’s strength with Qian Xunji’s and realized Meng Qianqiu was even more exceptional.

After the preliminary test, the cardinal announced the five-year Elite Selection Tournament, and Qian Xunji sought allies to improve his chances against Meng Qianqiu. Ling Yuan and She Long chose Meng Qianqiu instead, leaving Qian Xunji furious as Yan Yang rejected his approach too.

• Qian Xunji recognized Meng Qianqiu's overwhelming talent and decided he needed allies to compete with him.
• The cardinal explained that the candidates would undergo three years of study and assessments before competing for provisional Holy titles and a candidate-for-Pope position.
• Qian Xunji approached Ling Yuan to recruit her, but she pointed to Meng Qianqiu and said she was already his.
• Meng Qianqiu accepted Ling Yuan and She Long into his group after She Long volunteered to join him.
• Qian Xunji angrily threatened Yan Yang, who said strength mattered more than background and left.
• Qian Daoliu watched the confrontation and criticized Qian Xunji for falling behind in conduct.

Meng Qianqiu accepted Ling Yuan’s pledge of loyalty and formed a seven-member squad for Spirit Hall’s Elite Selection Tournament. As powerful Spirit Hall factions sent their heirs into the competition, Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo worried that the tournament would draw them into political conflict.

• Ling Yuan refused to regret rejecting Qian Xunji and swore loyalty to Meng Qianqiu, who accepted her pledge.
• Meng Qianqiu brought his group to the tournament camp, where nearly a hundred candidates had passed the preliminary test.
• Ling Yuan and She Long introduced themselves and their martial souls to the squad.
• Meng Qianqiu assigned the seven members their combat roles, with She Long as the substitute.
• Qian Jun Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo learned that Qian Xunji, the Third Elder’s son, and the Fifth Elder’s grandson had entered the tournament, and resolved to avoid Spirit Hall’s power struggles.

Qian Jun and Demon Subduing Douluo chose not to take sides in Spirit Hall’s internal conflict over Meng Qianqiu, while Meng Qianqiu welcomed Xu Qianqian, a successor of the secluded Star Crown Sect, onto his team. The next morning, Qian Jun and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived to preside over the Elite Selection Tournament.

• Qian Jun Douluo argued that Meng Qianqiu’s discoveries had earned him lasting protection, but said Pope Qian Daoliu would decide Spirit Hall’s succession matters.
• Qian Jun and Demon Subduing Douluo decided to remain neutral rather than offend either faction.
• Xu Qianqian introduced herself as a rank-twenty-seven support-type Soul Master and revealed that her Martial Soul was the Star Crown.
• Meng Qianqiu recognized Xu Qianqian’s connection to the Star Crown Sect and welcomed her onto his team.
• The next morning, Qian Jun and Demon Subduing Douluo arrived at the Spirit Hall Branch to preside over the Elite Selection Tournament.

After Spirit Hall welcomed the tournament’s successful candidates, Meng Qianqiu learned that Xu Qianqian was struggling with poverty and debt and offered to support her. Ling Yuan grew jealous as Xu Qianqian joined Meng Qianqiu’s inner circle.

• Qian Jun introduced himself as Spirit Hall’s sixth elder and congratulated the tournament’s successful candidates, while Meng Qianqiu explained the strength of Qian Jun and Demon Subduing Douluo.
• Meng Qianqiu noticed Xu Qianqian’s meager meal and learned that she was repaying a debt for her late grandmother’s treatment.
• Meng Qianqiu exchanged trays with Xu Qianqian and heard how she survived on Spirit Hall relief payments and occasional missions.
• Meng Qianqiu offered to support Xu Qianqian if she accepted him as her boss, and Yue Guan encouraged her to stay by his side.
• Ling Yuan asked Meng Qianqiu not to forget her share and felt jealous of the attention he gave Xu Qianqian.

Meng Qianqiu explained to his new teammates how physical training could help Soul Masters absorb stronger Soul Rings, then finished Spirit Hall’s elite training tied with Qian Xunji. With the individual selection competition a year away, Meng Qianqiu announced that he had reached rank fifty and would leave to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring.

• Meng Qianqiu assured his teammates they would share the rewards and explained that body training could help Soul Masters absorb Soul Rings beyond the usual limits.
• She Long, Ling Yuan, and Xu Qianqian joined Meng Qianqiu’s team and asked him for guidance on improving their cultivation.
• After another year, Meng Qianqiu and his companions completed Spirit Hall’s elite training, and Wang Zhan protested that Meng Qianqiu had tied with Qian Xunji in the rankings.
• Meng Qianqiu told the team that the individual and team competitions would decide most of the tournament results and urged them to cultivate for the next year.
• Meng Qianqiu revealed that his Soul Power had reached rank fifty and explained how his external Martial Soul helped him cultivate throughout the day.
• Meng Qianqiu announced that he would take leave to hunt for his fifth Soul Ring.

Meng Qianqiu told his team he planned to obtain a thirty-thousand-year fifth Soul Ring, drawing alarm at the risks. In Spirit City, Qian Xunji learned of Meng Qianqiu’s cultivation and resolved to use Spirit Hall’s Soul Bone reserves and other schemes to surpass him, despite Qian Daoliu’s neutrality.

• Yue Guan teased Dugu Bo about being jealous, while Meng Qianqiu urged the team to stop bickering.
• Meng Qianqiu announced that he planned to hunt a Soul Beast a little over thirty thousand years old for his fifth ring, and Ling Yuan and the others warned him it was dangerous.
• A secret report informed Qian Xunji that Meng Qianqiu’s physical constitution allowed him to absorb unusually old Soul Rings.
• Qian Xunji compared his slow cultivation with Meng Qianqiu’s progress and decided to collect six ten-thousand-year Soul Bones to raise his Soul Power.
• Qian Xunji grew angry that Qian Daoliu had taken no side and vowed to use little tricks to defend the Angel Clan’s glory.

Meng Qianqiu and Meng Zhongqi traveled to the Dragon Flame Mountain Range to hunt a Blazing Fire Dragon for Meng Qianqiu’s next soul ring. On the way, Meng Zhongqi revealed the threat posed by the six great ferocious beasts, and the chapter ended with him grieving over his missing son and daughter-in-law at an old hunting ground.

• Meng Zhongqi took Meng Qianqiu to Drak Province to hunt a Blazing Fire Dragon, whose close-combat Soul Skill could help protect Meng Qianqiu.
• Meng Zhongqi explained the Star Luo Empire’s strength as they traveled south to the Dragon Flame Mountain Range.
• Meng Qianqiu asked about the ferocious beasts beneath the Lake of Life, and Meng Zhongqi confirmed their existence and warned him to keep the secret.
• Meng Zhongqi revealed that Beast God Di Tian rivaled Qian Daoliu and that six great ferocious beasts commanded dozens of hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.
• Meng Qianqiu vowed to eliminate the ferocious beasts once he reached Titled Douluo, and Meng Zhongqi encouraged his ambition.
• At the eighth volcanic crater, Meng Zhongqi explained that a forty-thousand-year-old Blazing Fire Dragon King was available, then grieved over his son and daughter-in-law, who had been missing for ten years.

Meng Qianqiu and Meng Zhongqi hunted a fifth Soul Ring at an active volcano, where Meng Zhongqi froze the Blazing Fire Dragons and Meng Qianqiu began absorbing a forty-thousand-year Blazing Fire Dragon King Soul Ring. As the ice seal weakened and the volcano stirred, Meng Zhongqi chose to risk an eruption to give his grandson more time.

• Meng Zhongqi recalled bringing Meng Qianqiu's father to the area before leading his grandson to hunt a fifth Soul Ring.
• Meng Qianqiu used Flamethrower to draw the Blazing Fire Dragons out of the volcano, and Meng Zhongqi warned him about their explosive Molten Fire Dragon Bombs.
• Meng Zhongqi used Deep Cold Ice Seal and Ice of Corrosion to freeze the crater, then urged Meng Qianqiu to act before the volcano became dangerous.
• Meng Qianqiu killed the Blazing Fire Dragon King and began absorbing its Soul Ring, which was over forty thousand years old.
• Meng Qianqiu used the Golden Toad Qi-Locking Method to refine the Soul Power as Meng Zhongqi waited past the limit of his ice seal rather than interrupt the absorption.
• A new disturbance rumbled from the crater while Meng Qianqiu was still absorbing the Soul Ring.

Meng Qianqiu and Meng Zhongqi escaped a volcanic eruption after Meng Qianqiu used his new External Soul Bone Skills to destroy falling rocks. They discussed Meng Qianqiu’s potential and ambitions, and he explained the powers of his newly acquired palm bones.

• Meng Zhongqi’s attempt to freeze the volcano triggered an eruption, and a volcanic rock shot toward Meng Qianqiu.
• Meng Qianqiu countered the rock with his Molten Fire Dragon Bomb, then used the Fire Realm Dragon Fist from his left palm bone to pulverize the falling fragments.
• Meng Zhongqi and Meng Qianqiu fled the ash cloud, and Meng Zhongqi reflected on the limits of Titled Douluo and the possibility of reaching godhood.
• Meng Qianqiu rejected the idea of aiming only for demigodhood and considered the different paths to becoming a god.
• Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi that his fifth Soul Ring granted Molten Fire Dragon Bomb and that his two Blazing Fire Dragon King palm bones gave him Fire Realm Dragon Fist and Explosive Heavy Fire Fist.

Meng Qianqiu told Meng Zhongqi that his Soul Power had reached level fifty-three, and learned that Nangong Wan'er was preparing to hunt a ninety-eight-thousand-year Flame-Devouring Beast King for her Ninth Soul Ring. Meng Zhongqi explained how the Five Great Hidden Families would undertake the dangerous hunt together and leave the Meng Family balanced between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Meng Qianqiu revealed that absorbing his forty-eight-thousand-year Soul Ring had raised his Soul Power to level fifty-three, and Meng Zhongqi urged him to return home to see Nangong Wan'er.
• Meng Qianqiu learned that Nangong Wan'er had reached level eighty-eight and that Meng Zhongqi had gathered six Soul Bones for her.
• Meng Zhongqi said he had arranged for the four other great families to help capture the Flame-Devouring Beast King in the Black Spirit Abyss as Nangong Wan'er's Ninth Soul Ring.
• Meng Zhongqi explained that the nearly hundred-thousand-year Beast King was especially dangerous on its home ground, so the Five Great Families would hunt it together.
• Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu that he planned to position Nangong Wan'er as a leader among the families, balancing the Meng Family's ties to Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Meng Zhongqi reminded Meng Qianqiu that the Five Great Hidden Families had shared glory and hardship for over a thousand years, with the Mu, Jin, and Zhang Families standing behind the Meng Family and Dugu Family.

Meng Zhongqi returned to the Meng residence with Meng Qianqiu, and Nangong Wan'er absorbed six Soul Bones, including a hundred-thousand-year one, to reach Level 90. The family prepared to hunt a ninth Soul Ring for her and settle Meng Zhongqi’s old score with the Flame-Devouring Beast King.

• Meng Zhongqi told Meng Qianqiu that the four other reclusive families had pledged allegiance to the Meng Family after he became a Titled Douluo.
• Meng Zhongqi and Meng Qianqiu returned to the Meng residence, where Nangong Wan'er welcomed her grandson and learned he was a rank-53 Soul King.
• Meng Zhongqi presented Nangong Wan'er with six Soul Bones, and she absorbed them to complete her set and break through to Level 90.
• Meng Zhongqi congratulated Nangong Wan'er and arranged for her to hunt a Soul Beast at Black Spirit Abyss, intending to settle his old score with the Flame-Devouring Beast King.
• Meng Zhongqi explained that Dugu Feng and Dugu Xin’s Jade Phosphorous Serpent Martial Souls had evolved and formed embryonic poison Soul Cores.

Nangong Wan'er and Meng Zhongqi left to hunt for Soul Rings after learning that Dugu Feng and Dugu Xin had condensed embryonic Soul Cores. In Spirit City, Qian Daoliu revealed that Qian Xunji’s six Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones had ruined his chance at the Angel God Trial, but Qian Xunji vowed to claim the position of Pope anyway.

• Nangong Wan'er and Meng Zhongqi said farewell to Meng Qianqiu and flew off on a Soul Hunting trip.
• Meng Qianqiu watched them leave and reflected on the worlds beyond the Douluo Continent.
• Qian Daoliu scolded Qian Xunji for absorbing six Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and filling his Soul Bone slots.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Qian Xunji had destroyed his chance to inherit the Angel God Trial and become a god.
• Qian Xunji rejected his father’s advice and declared that he would claim the position of Pope.

Qian Daoliu warned Qian Xunji not to let his rivalry with Meng Qianqiu interfere with Spirit Hall’s interests, while Qian Xunji resolved to win the tournament. As the individual competition began, Meng Qianqiu shared Potential Potions with Ling Yuan and She Long, and the group revealed that the potion had helped their teammates grow stronger.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Xunji that Meng Qianqiu must not be harmed, and Qian Xunji resolved to win the Elite Selection Tournament decisively.
• A year later, the individual competition began in Spirit City, and Meng Qianqiu’s Soul Power had reached rank fifty-nine.
• Wang Zhan, Ling Yuan, and Xu Qianqian discussed their cultivation progress, while Wang Zhan avoided revealing the Immortal Herbs’ role in it.
• Meng Qianqiu gave Ling Yuan and She Long black Potential Potions to help them reach rank forty and absorb Soul Rings beyond their limits.
• She Long described the potion’s grades and rarity, and Yue Guan revealed that he, Dugu Bo, and Gui Mei had also used the black potion to improve their cultivation.

Meng Qianqiu gave Ling Yuan and She Long a potion that helped them break through to level forty, then warned them about stronger tournament rivals. Half a month later, the individual selection competition began in Spirit City's Great Soul Arena, where Xu Qianqian discovered she had drawn Xiong Shan as her opponent.

• Meng Qianqiu gave Ling Yuan and She Long Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue Potion, and both broke through to level forty.
• Meng Qianqiu told the group that Qian Xunji had reached level fifty-eight, Yan Yang had reached level fifty, and both might possess Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones; he also admitted he had absorbed three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones.
• Meng Qianqiu urged Ling Yuan and She Long to report to the bishop and obtain their fourth Soul Rings before the individual competition, while Wang Zhan teased Dugu Bo about possibly becoming Meng Qianqiu's junior martial uncle.
• Half a month later, Qian Jun Douluo announced the start of the individual selection competition at Spirit City's Great Soul Arena, and contestants drew their arena assignments.
• Wang Zhan drew arena seven and Meng Qianqiu drew arena fifteen, while Xu Qianqian learned that she would face level-thirty-eight Defense System Soul Elder Xiong Shan in arena twenty-three.

At the Great Soul Arena, Meng Qianqiu’s overwhelming strength drew attention from Yan Yang and Qian Xunji, who decided to join forces against him. The chapter ended with Xu Qianqian and Xiong Shan preparing to fight on another platform.

• Meng Qianqiu’s Three-Ring opponent forfeited after learning he faced a level-fifty-nine Soul King.
• Yan Yang assessed Meng Qianqiu’s powerful team and admitted he could not match them.
• Qian Xunji grew jealous of Meng Qianqiu’s strength, then ordered Shi Lei to approach Yan Yang about an alliance.
• Meng Qianqiu declared that he would defeat Qian Xunji openly and become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Xu Qianqian tried to charm Xiong Shan before their match, but he refused to go easy on her.

Xu Qianqian used her Star Crown Martial Soul’s control and ranged Soul Skills to fight Xiong Shan, but his powerful attacks and defense turned the battle against her. Meng Qianqiu predicted her defeat and compared her odds with Ling Yuan’s, while Ling Yuan acknowledged the advantage of Meng Qianqiu’s broad attack range.

• Xu Qianqian trapped Xiong Shan with her Star Guiding Technique, but he used his bear roar to attack her through sound waves.
• Xu Qianqian protected herself with Star’s Protection, while Xiong Shan tore through her restraint and cracked her shield with Berserk Bear Critical Strike.
• Xu Qianqiu launched Starfall Technique as she retreated, and Meng Qianqiu predicted that she would lose.
• Xiong Shan used Demon Bear Body Protection to withstand the meteor attacks, leaving Xu Qianqian without an effective counter.
• Meng Qianqiu said Xu Qianqian had a thirty-to-forty-percent chance against Xiong Shan, while Ling Yuan might have an eighty-percent chance because she could fly.
• Ling Yuan remarked that Meng Qianqiu’s wide-ranging attacks would make it difficult for her to fly within his range.

Meng Qianqiu and Qian Xunji began their individual tournament final, each revealing confidence in their powerful abilities. The chapter ended with Meng Qianqiu stopping Qian Xunji’s Angel Holy Sword between two fingers and preparing to strike back.

• The individual tournament’s final four were announced as Meng Qianqiu, Qian Xunji, Yue Guan, and Dugu Bo, while Gui Mei and Ling Yuan had been eliminated in the quarterfinals.
• The contestants drew lots, pairing Dugu Bo against Yue Guan and Meng Qianqiu against Qian Xunji.
• Meng Qianqiu and Qian Xunji challenged each other over their Soul Power and Soul Bones before the match began.
• Qian Xunji summoned his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and charged Meng Qianqiu with Angel Assault.
• Meng Qianqiu caught the Angel Holy Sword between two fingers and announced his Lingxi Finger technique.

Meng Qianqiu overwhelmed Qian Xunji in their arena battle, countering his attacks with powerful close combat and poisonous flames. He revealed three rare External Soul Bones, leaving the spectators stunned as the fight continued.

• Meng Qianqiu caught Qian Xunji’s Angel Holy Sword, then broke through his Angel’s Blessing barrier with Explosive Heavy Fire Fist.
• Qian Xunji unleashed his six Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones and took to the air, but Meng Qianqiu’s Manggu Vermilion Toad scorched him with poisonous fire.
• Qian Xunji attacked Meng Qianqiu at close range while Meng Qianqiu dodged and struck him back with a palm strike.
• Meng Qianqiu summoned wings of wind and fire, revealing a rare flight-type External Soul Bone.
• Meng Qianqiu revealed two more External Soul Bones in his palms, astonishing the onlookers with his collection of three.

Meng Qianqiu defeated Qian Xunji in the individual selection tournament by combining his close-combat strength with the Manggu Vermilion Toad’s poison. After Yue Guan conceded the final, Meng Qianqiu and Yue Guan were declared the tournament’s winners.

• Qian Xunji saw Meng Qianqiu’s three Ten Thousand Year External Soul Bones and resolved to kill him, then attacked with his Soul Bone Skill.
• Meng Qianqiu fought Qian Xunji with his own skills while directing the Manggu Vermilion Toad to attack from the side.
• The Manggu Vermilion Toad’s ultimate fire poison wore Qian Xunji down, and Meng Qianqiu declared that he had lost.
• Qian Jun Douluo ended the tournament, naming Meng Qianqiu and Yue Guan as the winners after Qian Xunji fell short of the final.
• Yue Guan conceded the final, and Demon Subduing Douluo agreed that facing Meng Qianqiu and the Manggu Vermilion Toad would be unfair.