Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji brought his new disciple Bibi Dong to Spirit Hall, where his younger brother Qian Xunling startled her by emerging naked from a river. After dressing, Qian Xunling recognized Bibi Dong’s twin spider Martial Souls and nicknamed her “Little Spider,” leaving her frightened of her martial uncle as Qian Xunji led her away.

• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji why Spirit Hall had a river and then spotted Qian Xunling swimming naked in it.
• Qian Xunji tried to shield Bibi Dong, while Qian Xunling teased him and accused him of having improper thoughts about his young disciple.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo gave Qian Xunling a robe, and Qian Xunling continued trading insults with Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunling examined Bibi Dong, identified her twin spider Martial Souls, and called her “Little Spider.”
• Bibi Dong became terrified of Qian Xunling, so Qian Xunji took her away.

Qian Xunling visited Bibi Dong and gave her Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue to help her absorb an older first Soul Ring. After helping her absorb it, he left her eager to cultivate, while privately planning to make her repay him for the gift.

• Qian Xunling entered Bibi Dong's bedroom despite her protests and gave her Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.
• Qian Xunling roasted the Whale Glue and made Bibi Dong eat it before guiding her as she absorbed its medicinal power.
• Bibi Dong endured the painful process, and the Whale Glue strengthened her body and cleared her mind.
• Qian Xunling told Bibi Dong to insist on absorbing a higher-age Soul Ring if her teacher objected.
• Bibi Dong thanked Qian Xunling and promised to cultivate diligently, while he left with a sinister smile and decided she owed him.

Qian Xunji learned from Bibi Dong that Qian Xunling had shown her how to withstand older Soul Rings, and Bibi Dong revealed the Whale Rubber he had given her. After she absorbed a thousand-year Soul Ring successfully, Qian Xunling appeared and called her an ungrateful wretch, leaving her distraught.

• Qian Xunji explained the dangers of Twin Martial Souls and directed Chrysanthemum and Ghost to find Bibi Dong a four-hundred-year Crypt Spider.
• Bibi Dong said Qian Xunling had told her she could absorb an older Soul Ring, prompting Qian Xunji to question her about his method.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji about the Whale Rubber, and he promised to explain the disclosure to Qian Xunling himself.
• Qian Xunji ordered Chrysanthemum and Ghost to bring a thousand-year Crypt Spider, and Bibi Dong absorbed its Soul Ring without difficulty, reaching level thirteen.
• Qian Xunling arrived and called Bibi Dong an ungrateful wretch, and she lowered her head and answered, “M-Martial Uncle.”

Qian Xunling confronted Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong over the Whale Rubber secret, then fought Qian Xunji after he challenged him. Qian Xunling defeated and gravely injured his older brother, who was caught by Light Feather Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo.

• Qian Xunling rebuked Qian Xunji for pressuring Bibi Dong to reveal the Whale Rubber secret and demanded an explanation from her.
• Bibi Dong apologized to Qian Xunling, while Qian Xunji tried to take responsibility for forcing his disciple.
• Chrysanthemum and Ghost escorted Bibi Dong away as Qian Xunling and Qian Xunji prepared to fight.
• Qian Xunji used his Angel Martial Soul Avatar and Angel's Wound against Qian Xunling.
• Qian Xunling stopped time and struck Qian Xunji with divine lightning, shattering his Martial Soul and knocking him unconscious.
• Light Feather Douluo and Demon Subduing Douluo caught Qian Xunji, while Golden Crocodile Douluo rebuked Qian Xunling for hitting his brother so hard.

Qian Xunling explained why he had beaten Qian Xunji, reprimanded Bibi Dong for revealing his secret, and went to confront his father, Qian Daoliu. Their argument turned violent until Golden Crocodile intervened, leaving Qian Xunling furious but silenced.

• Qian Xunling told Golden Crocodile that Qian Xunji was useless despite his talent and resources, then agreed to meet Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Xunling chastised Bibi Dong for sharing his secret after learning its importance and ordered Chrysanthemum and Ghost to take her back to cultivate.
• Qian Xunling told Bibi Dong to meet him at the Pope's Hall plaza that night for punishment.
• Qian Xunling entered the Worship Hall and insulted Qian Daoliu, who pressed him down with his Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu's Soul Power made Qian Xunling cough blood, but Golden Crocodile rushed in and persuaded Qian Daoliu to stop.
• Golden Crocodile supported Qian Xunling and covered his mouth to stop him from cursing Qian Daoliu.

Qian Xunling refused Qian Daoliu’s offer to become Pope and decided to escape Spirit City, taking Bibi Dong with him. After discovering his disappearance, Qian Daoliu chose not to pursue him.

• Qian Xunling rejected the position of Pope, saying he disliked its restrictions and believed Qian Xunji could take the role instead.
• Qian Xunling found Bibi Dong waiting outside Pope’s Hall and declared that taking her along would be her punishment.
• Qian Xunling used his Seventh Soul Skill, Wormhole Jump, to carry Bibi Dong through a wormhole and leave Spirit City beneath a thunderstorm.
• Golden Crocodile told Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunling had wanted his attention and had never competed with Qian Xunji for the Pope’s position.
• Qian Daoliu and the other elders sensed that Qian Xunling had disappeared, realized he had used his space-related Soul Skill, and Qian Daoliu ordered them to let him go.

Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong reached a city hungry and penniless, and his scheme to make quick money by selling her briefly frightened her. He abandoned the idea and took her to a Spirit Hall Branch to get money.

• Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong reached the city at dawn after walking through the countryside.
• At a breakfast stall, they discovered neither of them had money and fled without buying food.
• Qian Xunling considered ways to earn money, then suggested selling Bibi Dong as a maid and stealing her back afterward.
• Bibi Dong cried and clung to Qian Xunling, so he promised not to sell her.
• Qian Xunling led Bibi Dong toward the Spirit Hall Branch to get money.

Qian Xunling registered Bibi Dong as a Soul Master under the name Little Spider, then offered to treat injured commoner Soul Masters who had been denied care at the Spirit Hall Main Hall. He accepted their offer of twice the Spirit Hall’s fee and a place to stay, and they led him and Bibi Dong away.

• Qian Xunling had Bibi Dong reveal her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and register as a Level 13 Soul Master at age six, earning a badge and ten gold coins a month under the name Little Spider.
• Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong saw commoner Soul Masters pleading for treatment for their injured companions, but Spirit Hall guards refused unless they joined the Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunling to help the injured, and he said he had found a way to make money before walking over to the crowd.
• Qian Xunling ordered the guards to leave, and the captain withdrew because he sensed Qian Xunling was no ordinary person.
• Qian Xunling offered to treat the injured for twice the Spirit Hall’s fee and asked the commoner Soul Masters to arrange him a place to stay.
• The commoner Soul Masters accepted Qian Xunling’s conditions and led him and Bibi Dong toward a residence.

Qian Xunling healed Niu Dahai’s injured companions and agreed to remain available as a healer while refusing to join their hunt for a Swamp Giant Crocodile. As the villagers arrived with food, he spotted a black-clad figure creeping through the bushes nearby.

• Niu Dahai paid Qian Xunling, who ordered everyone out of the courtyard before using his life attribute to heal seven seriously injured Soul Masters.
• Bibi Dong was surprised that Qian Xunling could heal people, and he told her to learn cooking so she could prepare his meals.
• Niu Dahai thanked Qian Xunling and explained that his group was hunting an eight-thousand-year-old Swamp Giant Crocodile but had been ambushed and robbed by an Evil Soul Master.
• Qian Xunling refused to join the hunt and declined Niu Dahai’s offer to provide bodyguards, saying he preferred peace and quiet.
• The villagers returned with food and tables, while Qian Xunling noticed a black-clad figure crawling through the bushes nearby.

Qian Xunling let Bibi Dong sleep on the floor of his room, but an Evil Soul Master broke in and seized her. He revealed his overwhelming strength and defeated the intruder, who died before he could question her about the gauntlet and the name Zhong.

• Bibi Dong asked to sleep in Qian Xunling's room because she was frightened, and he reluctantly let her sleep on the floor.
• An Evil Soul Master entered the room and grabbed Bibi Dong by the neck while Qian Xunling stayed calm and lit the lamps.
• The woman said she had watched Qian Xunling and believed his healing Martial Soul and low Soul Power made him an easy target.
• The Evil Soul Master revealed four Soul Rings and a gauntlet-like Martial Soul, then attacked Qian Xunling.
• Qian Xunling unleashed level seventy-four Soul Power and seven Soul Rings, overwhelmed her, and sent her crashing into the wall.
• Qian Xunling asked whether the woman’s surname was Zhong, but she bit down on a hidden poison and died; he identified the Holy Spirit Cult.

Bibi Dong struggled with her failed attempt to cook for Qian Xunling while he treated Niu Dahai and grew famous as a healer. After two months, Qian Xunling prepared to leave, but Ning Fengzhi offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for his help, making him postpone their departure.

• Bibi Dong made breakfast for Qian Xunling, but he and Niu Dahai's group recoiled from the burnt, green-fuming food.
• Niu Dahai asked Qian Xunling to treat injuries he suffered fighting a Swamp Giant Crocodile, and Qian Xunling began healing him.
• Bibi Dong decided to keep practicing cooking to repay Qian Xunling, then went with Niu Dahai's group to bring back breakfast.
• Over two months, Qian Xunling's healing fame spread among commoner and higher-level Soul Masters, and he decided to leave with Bibi Dong.
• As Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong prepared to depart through a wormhole, Ning Fengzhi offered ten thousand Gold Soul Coins for treatment, so Qian Xunling chose to meet him first.

Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong asked Qian Xunling to cure Gu Rong’s mineral poison, and Qian agreed after Gu Rong’s anger nearly ended the negotiation. Qian then accepted Ning’s invitation to travel to Heaven Dou City for Xue Ye’s coronation, on the condition that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect send healers to replace him at his clinic.

• Ning Fengzhi explained that Gu Rong had been poisoned by a powerful Soul Beast while seeking his ninth Soul Ring, and asked Qian Xunling to treat him.
• Gu Rong took offense at Qian’s manner and threatened to leave, but Ning Fengzhi persuaded him to stay because they needed to reach Heaven Dou City safely for Xue Ye’s coronation.
• Qian agreed to travel with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Ning confirmed the coronation would draw powers from across the realm.
• Qian asked Ning to send sect Soul Masters to continue treating local commoners at his clinic, and Ning agreed.
• Qian told Ning to wait outside while he treated Gu Rong, leaving Ning hopeful but uneasy about the procedure.

Qian Xunling explained to Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong why Bibi Dong needed to cultivate her mind before her martial arts, then the carriage was ambushed by a rampaging Blue Silver Emperor. Gu Rong raised a Bone Dragon to shield everyone as Qian Xunling recognized their attacker.

• Ning Fengzhi discovered that six-year-old Bibi Dong had Innate Full Soul Power and asked Qian Xunling about her plans for the future.
• Qian Xunling dismissed Gu Rong's concern about Bibi Dong's cultivation and said she needed to cultivate her mind before her martial arts.
• Qian Xunling explained that cultivating the mind meant knowing oneself, one's abilities, and the consequences of one's actions.
• The coachman warned that Blue Silver Grass had surrounded the carriage, and Gu Rong saw it destroy trees as it attacked.
• Qian Xunling recognized the attacker as the Blue Silver Emperor, and Gu Rong summoned a Bone Dragon to shield the five people in the carriage.

Qian Xunling drew the Blue Silver Emperor away from Gu Rong, Ning Fengzhi, and Bibi Dong, then escaped after locating her hiding place. The Blue Silver Emperor realized he could find her again and weighed fleeing against staying to face him.

• Ning Fengzhi boosted Gu Rong with his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but Gu Rong's repeated Spatial Traversals could not shake the Blue Silver Emperor's roots.
• Qian Xunling told the group he was the Blue Silver Emperor's target and separated from them despite Bibi Dong's pleas.
• Qian Xunling fled the pursuing roots, revealed his seven Soul Rings, and used Time Stop to escape the collapsing forest.
• Qian Xunling sensed the Blue Silver Emperor's location and fled through a wormhole, leaving her roots in disarray.
• The Blue Silver Emperor considered moving elsewhere or remaining to face Qian Xunling, knowing migration would weaken her.

After escaping the Blue Silver Emperor’s forest, Qian Xunling reunited with Bibi Dong and criticized Gu Rong’s cultivation path, prompting Gu Rong to reconsider his final Soul Ring. Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong parted ways with Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong, who planned to return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and wondered where the two came from.

• Qian Xunling emerged from the forest, and Bibi Dong ran to him in relief.
• Qian Xunling told Gu Rong that his Bone Dragon Martial Soul would be better suited to an attack-focused path, and Gu Rong took the advice to heart.
• Gu Rong offered to carry Ning Fengzhi and the others back to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect so he could hunt for his final Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunling declined to go to the sect and left with Bibi Dong after Ning Fengzhi gave him a token for the sect’s residence in Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi refused Gu Rong’s suggestion to investigate Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong, deciding they should befriend the pair rather than risk making enemies.

Qian Xunling demonstrated his explosive High-Grade Hidden Weapons to Bibi Dong as they entered Heaven Dou City. There, they encountered the arrogant Clear Sky Sect and its affiliated Strength Clan, while Qian Xunling dismissed them as no threat without Tang Chen.

• Qian Xunling gave Bibi Dong five High-Grade Hidden Weapons and demonstrated how one exploded after he activated its Soul Tool.
• Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong entered Heaven Dou City, where Bibi Dong named the weapons Little Beads.
• Qian Xunling pulled Bibi Dong aside as fast-moving Clear Sky Sect carriages knocked down passersby.
• Tai Tan and the Strength Clan arrived at a restaurant, and a bystander explained that people feared the Clear Sky Sect's power.
• Qian Xunling mocked Qian Daoliu and said the Clear Sky Sect was nothing to fear without Tang Chen.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunling to make more Little Beads, and he joked that the weapons would be too ashamed to go on living.

During a festive night in Heaven Dou City, Qian Xunling accompanied Bibi Dong to the lakeside and performed on a guqin after Tang Yuehua played for the crowd. His music captivated everyone, and the chapter ended with him agreeing to play another piece at Bibi Dong’s request.

• Bibi Dong rejected a group of young women who offered to keep Qian Xunling company and led her martial uncle away.
• Qian Xunling recognized Tang Yuehua, Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao among the crowd gathered to hear music by the lake.
• Tang Yuehua played the guzheng, soothing the lakeside audience with her performance.
• Qian Xunling played his guqin piece “Wild Wine,” leaving listeners spellbound, including Bibi Dong and the Tang siblings.
• Bibi Dong pleaded with Qian Xunling to play another piece, and he agreed to perform “Three Variations on the Plum Blossom.”

After Qian Xunling’s music drew a crowd in Heaven Dou City, he clashed with Tai Nuo of the Strength Clan, who tried to attack him. Tang Yuehua and Tang Xiao stopped Tai Nuo, and Qian Xunling left with Bibi Dong as word of the confrontation spread ahead of Xue Ye’s enthronement ceremony.

• Qian Xunling finished playing, left the boat with Bibi Dong, and drew a crowd of admiring young women.
• Tai Nuo insulted Qian Xunling and threatened him, prompting Bibi Dong to defend her martial uncle.
• Qian Xunling traded insults with Tai Nuo until Tang Yuehua intervened and Tang Xiao ordered Tai Nuo to withdraw.
• Tang Yuehua apologized to Qian Xunling and invited him to discuss his music, but he declined and departed with Bibi Dong.
• Tang Yuehua asked Tang Xiao to discipline Tai Nuo, and stories of the confrontation spread through Heaven Dou City until Xue Ye’s enthronement ceremony.

Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong joined Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong on their way to Xue Ye’s enthronement ceremony, where the assembled factions included the Clear Sky Sect and the Strength Clan. Qian Xunling entered ahead of the others and greeted the gathered guests, prompting Tai Nuo to insult him.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong welcomed Qian Xunling and Bibi Dong, and Bibi Dong explained that Tai Nuo had insulted her martial uncle.
• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong warned Qian Xunling about Tai Nuo, Tai Tan, and the Clear Sky Sect, but Qian Xunling said he knew what he was doing.
• Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, Qian Xunling, and Bibi Dong traveled to the palace, where they met Yu Yuanzhen and entered the enthronement hall.
• Qian Xunling walked into the hall ahead of Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen and greeted the gathered factions.
• Tai Nuo called Qian Xunling a commoner.

Qian Xunling challenged the Clear Sky Sect's claim to several mineral veins and insulted its representatives, provoking Tai Tan and Tang Xiao. He demonstrated the power of his iron projectile by badly injuring Tai Tan's hand, and Tai Tan launched a counterattack.

• Xue Ye allowed Tai Tan to explain that the Clear Sky Sect wanted to claim newly discovered mineral veins, and agreed that they belonged to the sect.
• Qian Xunling argued that Heaven Dou could station troops wherever it wished, then traded insults with Tai Nuo, Tai Tan, and Tang Xiao.
• Tai Tan declared that Soul Power was the true great Dao and moved to attack Qian Xunling, while Gu Rong tried to defuse the confrontation.
• Qian Xunling threw a lump of iron at Tai Tan, then made it explode in Tai Tan's hand, tearing the palm apart.
• Tai Tan staunched the bleeding and swung his other fist at Qian Xunling.