Chapter Summaries

Du Bai began fusing with the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s 1.04-million-year Soul Ring, growing stronger as Spirit Hall and Clear Sky Sect witnesses watched. The sacrifice continued while Bibi Dong celebrated and Qian Xunji secretly plotted to kill Du Bai and take his Soul Bone.

• The Nine-Headed Fire Qilin sacrificed itself, sending its energy into Du Bai and his Fire Qilin Martial Soul.
• Du Bai felt his cultivation loosen toward level eighty-eight as a vivid crimson, gold, and dark-gold second Soul Ring began to form.
• Bibi Dong hoped Du Bai’s new strength would let them stay together, while Qian Xunji secretly planned to use Divine Trap Powder against him and seize his Soul Bone.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo discussed how a voluntary sacrifice let Du Bai absorb a Soul Ring beyond the usual limits.
• Thousand Jun Douluo remarked that Soul Beasts rarely chose to sacrifice themselves, and the assembled elders and Worshippers fell silent.

Du Bai received the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s sacrifice while the factions across Heaven Dou City watched, unable to move. Xue Ye vowed to demand compensation from Spirit Hall, and Du Bai’s allies celebrated his survival and the beast’s sacrifice.

• The Clear Sky Sect’s leaders watched Du Bai receive the sacrifice and seethed with murderous intent.
• Xue Ye’s minister reported that the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had sacrificed itself to Du Bai, and Xue Ye resolved to demand compensation from Spirit Hall alongside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Xue Qinghe rejoiced that his teacher Du Bai would grow stronger, while Ye Chen congratulated him silently.
• Bai He was relieved to see Du Bai safe and receiving the sacrifice, though the Qilin’s power kept him immobile.
• Titan told Niu Gao and Yang Wudi that the Nine-Headed Soul Beast had sacrificed itself to Du Bai, and they reacted with astonishment and excitement.

Du Bai absorbed the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s sacrifice, breaking through to Soul Douluo level eighty-nine while its dark golden soul ring took shape. As Spirit Hall waited for him to finish, Bibi Dong refused Qian Xunji’s order to attack hostile factions, and Du Bai believed he might gain another level.

• Niu Gao, Yang Wudi, and Titan celebrated Du Bai’s victory and praised Yang Wudi for keeping them from rushing into the battle.
• Du Bai absorbed the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s energy, reached level eighty-eight, and received a system gift pack as his second soul ring began to solidify.
• Qian Xunji urged Bibi Dong to hunt down surviving hostile soul masters, but she refused so she could guard Du Bai and avoid creating enemies for Spirit Hall.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo supported Bibi Dong’s decision, and Qian Xunji agreed to wait while privately resenting her defiance.
• The captured Seventh Elder of the Clear Sky Sect worried that his Sect Master and fellow elders might act rashly.
• Du Bai broke through to level eighty-nine, received another gift pack, and estimated that the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s remaining energy could raise him further.

Du Bai completed his fusion with the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin Soul Ring, reaching rank ninety-one and gaining four soul skills, a new third martial soul, and stronger existing Soul Rings. He emerged from a tri-colored eggshell as those around him began to break free of their restraints.

• Du Bai reached ranks ninety and ninety-one while absorbing the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin's remaining energy.
• The Nine-Headed Fire Qilin told Du Bai that the fusion had granted him four soul skills and a fire-related third Soul Ring, and had increased the ages of his other four Soul Rings by thirty thousand years.
• Du Bai thanked the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin and resolved to use his new powers, while vowing to defeat Qian Xunji and punish the Clear Sky Sect for hurting Dong'er.
• Du Bai found himself enclosed in a tri-colored eggshell as his First Martial Soul, the Fire Qilin AK-47, withdrew into his body.
• The eggshell cracked open to reveal Du Bai glowing with golden light, and its remains turned into energy that flowed into him as Bibi Dong watched anxiously.
• Qian Xunji, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and the others began to feel their restraints loosening.

Du Bai emerged from his fusion with the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin, freeing everyone in Heaven Dou City from their restraints and gaining a powerful soul ring. He reunited with Bibi Dong, confirmed they were both safe, and changed into fresh clothes.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo told Qian Xunji that the restraints were weakening, and Qian Xunji claimed Du Bai's fusion had caused it while privately plotting to lower Du Bai and Bibi Dong's guard.
• Du Bai's eggshell shattered, his aura spread across the city, and the restraints on Qian Xunji, the officials, and everyone else came undone.
• Bai He flew toward the Strength Clan's residence to deliver the news, while Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo went to join Xue Ye and discuss the aftermath.
• Du Bai rushed to Bibi Dong and embraced her; she told him her injuries had mostly healed after taking the Great Returning Pill and absorbing Soul Power from the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder.
• Du Bai told Bibi Dong that the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had sacrificed itself to him and that he had gained cultivation and a powerful soul ring.
• Bibi Dong handed Du Bai his storage pouch, and he changed into a fresh set of clothes.

After completing the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin's trial, Du Bai reunited with Bibi Dong and prepared to face questions from Qian Xunji and the Spirit Hall elders. He withheld details about the soul beast and promised to explain later.

• Du Bai embraced Bibi Dong and told her how arduous the trial had been, while learning that she and the others had watched it from outside.
• Bibi Dong urged Du Bai to greet the Pope, elders, and Worshippers, and the two approached them together.
• Du Bai and Bibi Dong formally greeted Qian Xunji and the others.
• Qian Xunji praised Du Bai's talent and questioned him about the soul ring, soul bone, and why the Nine-Headed Soul Beast had appeared.
• Du Bai kept the details of his rewards secret and said he would explain the circumstances later.

Du Bai confronted the wounded Clear Sky Sect Seventh Elder while Spirit Hall prepared to face the Clear Sky Sect reinforcements. Qian Xunji and the other Spirit Hall experts engaged the arriving elders, leaving Du Bai alone with the Seventh Elder, whom he threatened to make watch the Clear Sky Sect perish.

• Du Bai confronted the Seventh Elder for injuring Bibi Dong and threatened to gouge out his eyes while Qian Xunji and the others watched.
• The Seventh Elder stood defiantly and declared that the Clear Sky Sect would die standing rather than kneel.
• Tang Xiao and several Clear Sky Sect elders arrived, and Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall's experts to stop them.
• Tang Xiao charged Du Bai, but Qian Xunji intercepted him while Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo fought the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Du Bai spared the Seventh Elder's eyes for the moment and said he would let him watch the Clear Sky Sect perish.

Du Bai revealed the monstrous soul rings of his Fire Qilin AK-47, shocking both Spirit Hall and Clear Sky Sect fighters. With everyone watching, he used Martial Soul True Form to sneak behind the Seventh Elder and kick him flat on his face.

• Du Bai released his First Martial Soul and displayed two black, two red, and one dual-colored soul ring, stunning the fighters on both sides.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Salas, and Qian Xunji reacted to Du Bai's power, while Qian Xunji secretly plotted to take everything from him.
• Tang Xiao was shaken by Du Bai's soul rings, fell back under Qian Xunji's attacks, and harbored intense killing intent toward Du Bai.
• The Clear Sky Sect's elders also wanted to kill Du Bai, but Spirit Hall's strength kept them from acting as both sides watched him.
• Du Bai activated Martial Soul True Form, appeared behind the Seventh Elder, and kicked him in the ass, knocking him face-first to the ground.

Du Bai continued humiliating the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder, then shot him in the rear with the Fire Qilin AK-47 as the sect's elders and Tang Xiao fought Spirit Hall. The Seventh Elder's suffering enraged Fifth Elder, who lost control of the battle and was gradually driven back by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Thousand Jun Douluo.

• The court officials, Xue Ye, and Ning Fengzhi reacted to Du Bai kicking Seventh Elder, while Xue Qinghe and Ye Chen reflected on his audacity.
• Du Bai kicked Seventh Elder repeatedly, then fired the Fire Qilin AK-47 into the chrysanthemum he had raised for over a hundred years.
• Seventh Elder screamed and threatened Du Bai, who silenced him with more kicks as Bibi Dong smiled at the scene.
• Fifth Elder saw what Du Bai had done and attacked Chrysanthemum Douluo in a fury, while Thousand Jun Douluo helped hold him back.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo's petal blades wounded Fifth Elder, and the enraged elder was forced backward as he fought both Spirit Hall Douluo.

Du Bai humiliated Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder while the sect's elders and Tang Xiao fought Spirit Hall's forces. As the battle continued, Ning Fengzhi proposed a Three Plus One Alliance, and Xue Ye endorsed the plan, though Clear Sky Sect's participation remained uncertain.

• The Clear Sky Sect First Elder attacked Ghost Douluo, and Dragon Subduing Douluo joined the fight while the other elders battled Spirit Hall's forces.
• Tang Xiao clashed with Qian Xunji and declared Clear Sky Sect an irreconcilable enemy of Spirit Hall.
• Du Bai kicked the Seventh Elder until he collapsed, leaving him devastated by his injuries and humiliation.
• Xue Qinghe admired Du Bai, while Ye Chen resolved to avoid him, and Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi criticized Du Bai's conduct.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a Three Plus One Alliance of the Upper Three Sects and the Heaven Dou Empire against Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire.
• Yu Yuanzhen supported the alliance, and Xue Ye agreed, while Clear Sky Sect's willingness remained undecided.

The Clear Sky Sect retreated after Spirit Hall overwhelmed them, leaving the Seventh Elder behind. Qian Xunji praised Du Bai and promised to settle the conflict, while Spirit Hall's members began considering Du Bai's future and influence.

• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to form a preliminary alliance against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao ordered the Clear Sky Sect to retreat, and he and four elders fled while leaving the Seventh Elder behind.
• Spirit Hall's forces traded insults with the departing Clear Sky Sect members.
• Qian Xunji praised Du Bai and told him he would handle the Clear Sky Sect, while Du Bai respectfully played along.
• Salas, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo considered currying favor with Du Bai, while Golden Crocodile Douluo worried about Xie Mo and Yi.

Xue Ye gathered Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, and several powerful guards before confronting Spirit Hall over the Nine-Headed Soul Beast in Heaven Dou City. As the two sides faced off, Xue Qinghe quietly confirmed that Du Bai and Bibi Dong were safe, while Qian Xunji claimed Spirit Hall had come to rescue people from a dangerous Soul Beast.

• Xue Ye agreed with Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen to bring the Clear Sky Sect into a discussion about the Three Plus One Alliance and to pressure Spirit Hall for compensation.
• Xue Ye brought Xue Qinghe, Ning Fengzhi, Duke Ye, Prince Xue Xing, and four Titled Douluos toward Spirit Hall, leaving the other princes behind and prompting officials to infer that Xue Qinghe would inherit the throne.
• Xue Qinghe saw Du Bai and Bibi Dong and silently relaxed after confirming they were safe.
• Qian Xunji arrogantly asked why Xue Ye and the others had come, and Xue Ye demanded an explanation for Spirit Hall's presence and its connection to the Nine-Headed Soul Beast.
• Qian Xunji claimed he had brought Spirit Hall forces to rescue Soul Masters and civilians from the dangerous Soul Beast.

Heaven Dou Empire officials and Spirit Hall argued over responsibility for the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast’s destruction of Heaven Dou City and demanded compensation. Qian Xunji agreed to compensate the injured but rejected the empire’s claim to the beast’s rewards, leaving Xue Ye intimidated by Spirit Hall’s strength.

• Duke Ye accused Spirit Hall of creating the Nine-Headed Fierce Beast, and Salas silenced him with pressure before arguing that the beast predated Du Bai’s stay at Clear Wind Manor.
• Prince Xue Xing demanded an explanation and threatened to expose Spirit Hall’s actions and remove its branches from the empire.
• Salas blamed Xue Qinghe for providing Clear Wind Manor and argued that Du Bai could not have created a beast even Spirit Hall’s leaders could not subdue.
• Xue Ye accused Spirit Hall of provoking the beast and taking its soul ring, then demanded an apology, compensation, city reconstruction, and payment for the beast’s soul bone.
• Qian Xunji agreed that Spirit Hall would compensate injured soul masters but claimed the capable deserved the beast’s rewards, and his pressure made Xue Ye back down.

After Spirit Hall's forceful departure from Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye and the other leaders decided to unite against its growing power. Xue Ye sent Dugu Bo and Xue Qinghe to invite the Clear Sky Sect to join their discussions.

• Ning Fengzhi challenged Qian Xunji over Spirit Hall's actions and the destruction in Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Xunji refused compensation for Spirit Hall's departure, threatened anyone who tried to stop him, and led his group away with Du Bai, Bibi Dong, and the Clear Sky Sect's Seventh Elder.
• Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed that they needed an alliance with the Clear Sky Sect to counter Spirit Hall's advantage in Titled Douluo.
• Xue Ye convened a council meeting at the imperial palace and ordered Dugu Bo and Xue Qinghe to visit the Clear Sky Sect and invite them to join the discussions.

Dugu Bo brought Xue Qinghe to the Clear Sky Sect and invited it to ally with the Heaven Dou Empire and the other Upper Three Sects against Spirit Hall. Tang Xiao and the elders agreed to visit Heaven Dou City, while Spirit Hall’s headquarters gathered seven Titled Douluo, Du Bai, and Bibi Dong.

• Dugu Bo explained to Xue Qinghe that the emperor was grooming him to become the future emperor and advised him to remain composed at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Dugu Bo and Xue Qinghe reached the village at the foot of the Clear Sky Sect’s mountain and requested an audience with Tang Xiao.
• Dugu Bo invited Tang Xiao and the four elders to join an alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire and the other two major sects against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Xiao and the elders discussed the proposal and agreed to travel to Heaven Dou City to assess the situation.
• At Spirit Hall’s headquarters, Pope Qian Xunji gathered six other Titled Douluo, Du Bai, and Bibi Dong in the main hall, where a nervous Soul Master served them tea.

Pope Qian Xunji questioned Du Bai about his connection to the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin, his unusual soul rings, and the beast’s cultivation. Du Bai claimed it had resonated with the qilin carving on his Fire Qilin AK-47 Martial Soul and revealed that it had lived for one million and forty thousand years, leaving Qian Xunji stunned.

• Qian Xunji dismissed the frightened soul master and told Salas to return to his seat before questioning Du Bai.
• Qian Xunji asked Du Bai about the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin, his soul rings, and the beast’s cultivation while the elders and Worshippers listened for signs of a lie.
• Du Bai released his Fire Qilin AK-47 Martial Soul and explained that its qilin carving had resonated with the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin, prompting it to sacrifice itself to him.
• Qian Xunji and the other powerful listeners could not determine whether Du Bai was telling the truth, but accepted his explanation for the beast’s connection to him.
• Du Bai said the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had one million and forty thousand years of cultivation, and Qian Xunji sprang to his feet in shock.

After Golden Crocodile Douluo confirmed that Du Bai’s second Soul Ring came from a Million-Year Soul Beast, the Spirit Hall elders recognized his immense potential. Qian Xunji then pressed Du Bai about the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s Soul Bone, which he hoped to seize.

• Qian Xunji and the Titled Douluo elders stared in shock at Du Bai’s second Soul Ring, while Bibi Dong was stunned to learn the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had lived for over a million years.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo examined Du Bai’s Soul Ring and confirmed it was produced by a Million-Year Soul Beast.
• Qian Xunji praised Du Bai’s talent while privately planning against him, and Du Bai privately vowed to punish Qian Xunji when he became strong enough.
• Bibi Dong heard Du Bai’s dangerous inner thoughts and was amused and intrigued by his boldness.
• Qian Xunji asked whether the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had left a Soul Bone and why Du Bai had said he had not obtained one.

Du Bai revealed that the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had granted him a third martial soul, Nine Nether Hellfire, rather than any soul bones. Qian Xunji and the Spirit Hall elders congratulated him, while Qian Xunji concealed his displeasure.

• Qian Xunji pressed Du Bai to disclose the soul bones he believed the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had left behind, promising to protect him.
• Du Bai insisted that neither he nor the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had any soul bones, then announced that he had obtained a third martial soul.
• Du Bai summoned the three-layered Nine Nether Hellfire, whose pressure and heat shocked the Titled Douluo in the council hall.
• Du Bai explained that the million-year Nine-Headed Fire Qilin had granted him a new fire-related martial soul instead of soul bones.
• Qian Xunji praised Du Bai as the only soul master with a Three Lives Martial Soul, and Salas, Golden Crocodile Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Dragon Subduing Douluo, and Thousand Jun Douluo offered congratulations.

Du Bai told Qian Xunji that the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s sacrifice had given him the Nine Nether Hellfire, raised his soul rings’ ages, and advanced him to Rank 92. Qian Xunji arranged for Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to accompany Du Bai while he collected his remaining soul rings, and Du Bai and Bibi Dong left together to stay at Spirit Hall’s headquarters in Heaven Dou City.

• Qian Xunji congratulated Du Bai and asked about the flame, which Du Bai identified as the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s Nine Nether Hellfire.
• Du Bai revealed that his soul rings had each gained thirty thousand years and that he had reached Rank 92, shocking Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and the elders and Worshippers.
• Qian Xunji confirmed Du Bai’s cultivation and realized that the increase in soul-ring age explained Du Bai’s two hundred-thousand-year soul rings.
• Qian Xunji asked Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to help Du Bai collect his remaining soul rings, and Du Bai accepted while considering whether he could win the two elders over.
• Qian Xunji dismissed Du Bai and Bibi Dong, who left hand in hand and went to their temporary residence at Spirit Hall’s headquarters in Heaven Dou City.

Qian Xunji questioned Spirit Hall’s elders about Du Bai’s miraculous Soul Beast sacrifice, then ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to watch Du Bai and Bibi Dong. Chrysanthemum Douluo doubted the surveillance would uncover anything, since Du Bai had agreed to let them stay close.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Thousand Jun Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Salas, and Dragon Subduing Douluo all said they believed Du Bai had told the truth about the Nine-Headed Fire Qilin’s sacrifice.
• Qian Xunji asked Salas about Du Bai’s life in Heaven Dou City, and Salas invented an account of Du Bai’s residence, auction purchase, and routine with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji ordered Salas to handle the aftermath in Heaven Dou City, then told the elders and Worshippers to return to Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji kept Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo behind and ordered them to monitor Du Bai and Bibi Dong for suspicious activity.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo agreed to report any problems but questioned whether the surveillance could be useful, since Du Bai had allowed the two of them to remain by his side.