Chapter Summaries

Su Chen used Illusion Art: Hell Viewing Technique with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to subdue Lord Bear and Scarlet King, then Yue Guan brought him back to Spirit Hall. Two days later, Su Chen woke in the Pope's private garden and found someone familiar watching over him.

• Su Chen invoked the Silver Dragon King’s name to unsettle Lord Bear and Scarlet King, then trapped them in an illusion of a mangled golden beast with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s help.
• After nearly exhausting his Mental Energy, Su Chen left the immobilized beasts and called for Elder Ju.
• Yue Guan reached Su Chen and found him strolling past the two motionless beasts, then brought him back to Spirit Hall.
• Two days later, Su Chen woke in the Pope's private garden, relieved to be safe and resolving to avoid Star Dou Forest.
• A familiar voice asked Su Chen whether he had thought of something happy, and he opened his eyes to meet wine-red eyes and a beautiful face.

After waking in Spirit City, Su Chen considered how to preserve his plans involving the Star Dou Forest and its rulers. In the Land of Great Evil, Di Tian brutally punished Lord Bear and Scarlet King after learning that their ruler’s existence had been discovered.

• Su Chen woke in Bibi Dong’s bed, and Bibi Dong checked that he was well before leaving without questioning him about what had happened in the Star Dou Forest.
• Su Chen decided that he still had a chance to ease tensions with the Star Dou Forest and planned to enlist Gu Yue Na and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in his schemes.
• Di Tian attacked Lord Bear and Scarlet King, leaving both severely injured as they tried to explain themselves.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion cowered under Bi Ji’s wings and asked her to stop the beating, but Bi Ji refused because the matter threatened the Soul Beast race.
• Bi Ji recalled that Lord Bear and Scarlet King had revealed their ruler’s existence had been discovered, a revelation that shook the Land of Great Evil.

After the Star Dou Forest’s beasts failed to find Su Chen, the Silver Dragon King said he would come to her himself, while Di Tian ordered the beasts to watch for him. In Spirit City, Su Chen ordered three hundred refined-iron kunai and endured Tian Meng’s tour of the city before an unexpected person blocked his way to the research base.

• The little golden auspicious beast wondered about Su Chen and vowed to capture him when she grew up, while Emerald Swan warned her away from the human world.
• Di Tian brought the barely living Lord Bear and Scarlet King before the lake, but the Silver Dragon King told the beasts not to pursue Su Chen because he would come to her himself.
• Di Tian ordered the beasts to search their territories for Su Chen and report any sighting, then crushed a black-flame image of him and cursed humans and gods.
• Su Chen took Tian Meng to explore Spirit City and ordered three hundred refined-iron kunai from the Wang Family Blacksmith Shop, paying a deposit and showing his Spirit Hall badge.
• After Tian Meng finished sightseeing, Su Chen headed for the research base, but an unexpected person blocked his path.

Qian Renxue challenged Su Chen to a duel with his Soul Power suppressed to her rank, offering him a Soul Bone and asking the Pope to witness. After accepting, Su Chen considered her painful relationship with Bibi Dong and whether he could build ties with both women without antagonizing either.

• Qian Renxue stopped Su Chen outside Spirit Hall and challenged him to fight while she suppressed her Soul Power to the Soul Master rank.
• Qian Renxue offered Su Chen a three-thousand-year Red Water Snail Soul Bone and asked the Pope, with at most Elder Ju and Elder Gui, to witness their private match.
• Su Chen accepted, and Qian Renxue arranged to meet him at the First Training Grounds the next day.
• After Qian Renxue left, Su Chen reflected on her longing for Bibi Dong's approval and the painful history that had turned mother and daughter into enemies.
• Su Chen considered finding a way to build a relationship with Qian Renxue without damaging his connection with Bibi Dong.

After learning that Qian Renxue had challenged him to a duel, Su Chen accepted and asked whether it would be troublesome if he injured her. He returned to Pope's Garden to continue his research and training, leaving Yue Guan furious that he still would not go home.

• Yue Guan brought Su Chen breakfast and told him Qian Renxue had demanded a duel with him.
• Yue Guan warned Su Chen that Qian Renxue was a powerful Soul Ancestor and that she had a poor relationship with Bibi Dong.
• Yue Guan explained that Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong had nearly fought before agreeing to a condition that required Su Chen's consent.
• Su Chen accepted the sparring match and asked Yue Guan to leave Qian Renxue's information by his door.
• Su Chen returned to Pope's Garden to work on Natural Energy, ninjutsu, and an improved cultivation method, while Yue Guan shouted after him for refusing to go home.

Su Chen arrived at the abandoned First Training Ground to spar with Qian Renxue, who planned to limit her strength despite being a twelve-year-old Four-Ring Soul Ancestor. He revealed his two-ring Soul Grandmaster rank and a dazzling purple soul ring, leaving everyone stunned as the match was about to begin.

• Su Chen trained with his spatial movement and Water Release techniques before heading to the First Training Ground.
• Qian Renxue insisted she would spar with Su Chen while suppressing her strength, and Bibi Dong warned her not to hurt him.
• Su Chen arrived and asked Qian Renxue how they should conduct the match.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and four soul rings, declaring her age and rank.
• Su Chen said Qian Renxue did not need to suppress her Soul Power, then introduced himself as a six-year-old Two-Ring Soul Grandmaster and revealed a dazzling purple soul ring.

Su Chen revealed a ten-thousand-year second Soul Ring, shocking Bibi Dong, Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Qian Renxue. Qian Renxue challenged him anyway, and their fight continued as her attack passed through him.

• Su Chen's black second Soul Ring was revealed to be ten thousand years old, stunning the onlookers and shaking Qian Renxue's confidence.
• Qian Renxue accepted Su Chen's talent but refused to yield, then launched her first Soul Skill, Angel Assault.
• Su Chen answered with Water Release: Water Shark Missile Technique, and Qian Renxue used her shield and wings to evade the shark and destroy it.
• Qian Renxue used Angel's Light to force Su Chen to perform Substitution, then anticipated where he would reappear and attacked.
• Qian Renxue's golden fists struck Su Chen's figure but passed straight through him, leaving the onlookers stunned.

Su Chen used a water clone with Qian Renxue’s strength and abilities to keep her at bay, but she exploited the clone’s reluctance to pursue a defeated opponent and charged through the mist toward him. Su Chen answered with a massive water dragon that overwhelmed Qian Renxue and knocked her unconscious.

• Su Chen transformed into water, obscured the arena with mist, and created an aqua-blue Qian Renxue clone.
• Qian Renxue fought the clone in the air and realized it matched her strength, skills, and fighting habits.
• The clone used its third and fourth soul skills to injure Qian Renxue, who pretended to be defeated so it would stop pursuing her.
• Qian Renxue charged toward Su Chen, but he formed hand seals and summoned a huge water dragon.
• The water dragon engulfed Qian Renxue, who fainted and fell from the sky.

Su Chen defeated Qian Renxue using his Water Mirror Technique, then explained its limits while Bibi Dong rewarded him with another soul bone. He was left holding the new prize and reflecting on how valuable his unexpected rewards were.

• Su Chen caught the defeated Qian Renxue, ended his techniques, and gave her a robe to wear.
• Qian Renxue asked about Su Chen's skill, accepted her defeat, and left the training ground.
• Ghost Douluo and Yue Guan discussed Su Chen's power as Bibi Dong approached him.
• Su Chen explained that the Water Mirror Technique consumed enormous energy and could not copy powerful opponents without severe limits.
• Bibi Dong praised Su Chen, gave him a soul bone as a reward, and summoned him to a meeting in half an hour.

Su Chen visited the lonely Qian Renxue and nudged her to question what she knew about her family and Bibi Dong, leaving her feeling that she had gained a friend. He then arrived at a tense meeting about Bibi Dong’s enthronement ceremony and learned the Spirit Hall elders blamed him for its unusual spending and mobilization.

• Su Chen reflected on how difficult it would be to obtain more soul bones for his Natural Energy research and Sage Mode cultivation.
• Su Chen found Qian Renxue sitting alone on a mountain and asked whether she had been crushed by her defeat.
• Su Chen told Qian Renxue that unanswered doubts meant she did not know enough, then left her to consider his words; she realized she felt she had made a friend.
• Su Chen arrived at the Pontiff Palace as officials discussed sects’ responses to Bibi Dong’s enthronement ceremony and the arrival of Xue Qinghe.
• Spirit Hall members complained about the mobilization of Healing System Soul Masters and Gold Soul Coins, and Su Chen realized they were blaming him.

Guang Ling Douluo returned to the Pontiff Palace after Bibi Dong’s deal with the Six-Winged Angel Lineage, undermining her authority. When Guang Ling smugly boasted about his pardon, Bibi Dong used her power to make him submit, leaving the hall silent.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo shielded Su Chen from the officials criticizing Bibi Dong for using Healing System Soul Masters to treat him.
• Guang Ling Douluo returned to the Pontiff Palace, and the officials who had been attacking Bibi Dong immediately greeted him.
• Guang Ling claimed Bibi Dong and the Great Enshrined Elder had forgiven his crimes, then smugly thanked Bibi Dong for his return.
• Bibi Dong released a terrifying aura and rose from her throne, prompting the officials to beg her and Guang Ling to stand down.
• Guang Ling stopped himself from provoking Bibi Dong further, admitted his mistake, and received her order to return.

Bibi Dong’s attempt to save Su Chen was exposed as a misunderstanding caused by Tian Meng hiding his spiritual fluctuations, and Guang Ling Douluo used it to turn the Pontiff Palace against her. The chapter ended with Guang Ling confronting Bibi Dong over the 9.76 million Gold Soul Coins she had mobilized for Su Chen.

• Guang Ling Douluo told the Pontiff Palace that Su Chen was safe and that Bibi Dong had sought the Great Enshrined Elder’s help to treat him.
• Tian Meng explained to Su Chen that he had hidden Su Chen’s spiritual fluctuations while he recovered, causing Bibi Dong to believe he was near death.
• Su Chen realized Tian Meng’s actions had created a misunderstanding and considered using the situation to his advantage.
• Bibi Dong defended her decision to save Su Chen as an act of protecting Spirit Hall’s future.
• Guang Ling Douluo praised Bibi Dong, then asked what she had done with the 9.76 million Gold Soul Coins mobilized for Su Chen.

Guang Ling Douluo exposed that Bibi Dong had spent more than nine million Gold Soul Coins on craftsmen and experimental materials for Su Chen, turning the Spirit Hall officials against her. As Bibi Dong silently endured their accusations, Su Chen stepped into the hall to explain the spending.

• Guang Ling Douluo claimed the money had gone toward craftsmen, protective metals, and custom materials for Su Chen's research facility.
• Officials questioned Bibi Dong's judgment and criticized her for using Spirit Hall resources to support Su Chen's research.
• An elder who had supported Bibi Dong left in disappointment, while other senior officials called for her removal.
• Bibi Dong endured the accusations and looked apologetically toward Su Chen.
• Su Chen walked into the center of the hall and offered to explain the matter for himself and Bibi Dong.

Su Chen challenged Guang Ling Douluo to bet on whether he could produce research that genuinely increased Spirit Hall’s strength, wagering his place in Spirit Hall against two Soul Bones. He handed his research papers to the old man at the doorway, whose reaction suggested he had found something startling.

• Su Chen stopped the old man from leaving and faced the jeering Spirit Hall officials, while Bibi Dong defended his right to speak.
• Su Chen thanked Guang Ling Douluo for the Blood Tiger Soul Bone, provoking laughter and visibly angering Guang Ling.
• Su Chen proposed that Guang Ling give him another Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone if his research succeeded, while he would return Spirit Hall’s gifts and leave if it failed.
• Guang Ling accepted the bet and placed a Thousand-Year Soul Bone and a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone on the table.
• Su Chen presented his research papers and diagrams to the old man at the doorway, who shuddered and furrowed his brow as he read them.

Elder Yin and the other Spirit Hall elders read Su Chen’s research and declared it a foundation for Spirit Hall’s future, prompting a proposal to name him Holy Son. Guang Ling Douluo finally examined the papers and realized they contained a complete cultivation method far more efficient than Spirit Hall’s existing methods.

• Guang Ling Douluo mocked Su Chen’s work, but Elder Yin angrily told him to be quiet as he read the papers.
• After finishing the pages, Elder Yin declared that the research surpassed the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and could let Spirit Hall dominate the continent within twenty years.
• Elder Yin knelt before Bibi Dong and proposed that Su Chen immediately become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Two more elders read the papers and passionately endorsed Su Chen, and the other high-ranking members who examined them reacted with similar excitement.
• Elder Yin initially kept Guang Ling Douluo from seeing the papers because of his past attacks on Su Chen, but eventually handed them over.
• Guang Ling Douluo examined the pages and recognized an exceptionally complete cultivation method that far outperformed Spirit Hall’s existing methods.

Su Chen's cultivation method stunned Spirit Hall's leaders, who restrained Guang Ling Douluo and recognized its power to transform Spirit Hall and the continent. Bibi Dong ordered them to plan its protection and use, while the chapter left her newly empowered as Pope and struggling to contain her feelings toward Su Chen.

• Guang Ling Douluo tried to destroy Su Chen's cultivation method, but Bibi Dong and the other leaders stopped him and had the Enforcement Team bind and gag him.
• The leaders realized the method could dramatically increase cultivation speed at every rank and draw independent Soul Masters to Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen thanked Guang Ling for the two brilliant crystals he had obtained from him, provoking Guang Ling to struggle against his restraints.
• Elder Yin asked Bibi Dong to seal the method and erase the memories of those who had read it, warning that a leak could bring destruction rather than dominance.
• Bibi Dong agreed to the precautions and convened the leaders to plan the method's use, then felt newly secure in her authority and fought to suppress her desire for Su Chen.

Su Chen secured Spirit Hall's support for his cultivation method and returned to Pope's Garden, while Qian Renxue began questioning her grandfather's account of Bibi Dong. The chapter ended with a report that the Enforcement Team had taken the Fifth Enshrined Elder away again.

• Snake Lance Douluo, Porcupine Fish Douluo, and Chrysanthemum Douluo escorted Su Chen to Pope's Garden and asked him for his cultivation method.
• Su Chen promised to write another copy of the method and give it to Chrysanthemum Douluo the next day for the others to obtain.
• Su Chen reviewed his gains, planned to research Natural Energy and make arrangements beyond Spirit Hall, and resolved to return to Star Dou Forest within five years.
• Qian Renxue entered Elder Hall and asked Qian Daoliu whether Bibi Dong had truly killed her father or whether there had been a misunderstanding.
• Qian Daoliu denounced Bibi Dong, but Qian Renxue recalled evidence that challenged his account and began doubting him.
• A messenger rushed into Elder Hall and reported that the Enforcement Team had taken the Fifth Enshrined Elder away again.

Qian Daoliu learned that Su Chen had created a cultivation method that increased Soul Masters’ cultivation speed by thirty percent and began planning to make him loyal to Qian Renxue. After falling asleep in the hot spring, Su Chen woke to find Bibi Dong beside him.

• Qian Renxue overheard a messenger report that Su Chen had developed a method to increase every Soul Master’s cultivation speed by thirty percent.
• Qian Daoliu examined the method, recognized its value to Spirit Hall, and decided Su Chen would make useful support for Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue left Douluo Palace eager to get a copy of Su Chen’s cultivation method.
• Su Chen woke in the hot spring after a long day and froze when Bibi Dong spoke nearby.
• Bibi Dong stepped out of the adjoining hot spring pool as Su Chen stared in surprise.

Bibi Dong visited Su Chen after their hot-spring encounter and began revealing her past, including how she became involved with Yu Xiaogang. Her emotional confession ended with Su Chen wondering whether the old incident had another side to it.

• Bibi Dong teased Su Chen about seeing her in the hot spring, then returned to his room to talk about the uproar his actions had caused in Pontiff Palace.
• Bibi Dong said she had enjoyed the night with Su Chen and regretted that he had not appeared sooner.
• Bibi Dong called Su Chen Xiao Chen and said she wanted to be honest with him about her past.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Hall had raised her as an orphan and that Qian Xunji had made her his Saintess.
• Bibi Dong recalled meeting Yu Xiaogang, trusting his intelligence and promises, and using her status to help him.
• Bibi Dong condemned her past trust in Yu Xiaogang as foolish, leaving Su Chen to suspect there was another side to the old incident.

Bibi Dong told Su Chen how Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to leave Spirit Hall led to Qian Xunji’s assault and her resolve to destroy Spirit Hall and the Angel Lineage. Su Chen stayed by her without rejecting her, leaving Bibi Dong reassured that he would eventually become Holy Son and inherit everything.

• Bibi Dong explained that Yu Xiaogang asked her to leave Spirit Hall with him, but she refused to abandon the people who had raised and supported her.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Xunji had assaulted her, forced her to break up with Yu Xiaogang, and arranged the scheme to make her the bearer of the Angel Lineage’s bloodline.
• Bibi Dong said she learned the truth after killing and devouring Qian Xunji, and then resolved to destroy Spirit Hall and the Angel Lineage.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Su Chen still wanted to follow and help her, and Su Chen quietly tucked her into bed and prepared to leave.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Su Chen was unhappy that she had refused Elder Yin’s suggestion to make him Holy Son, and Su Chen replied that it would happen sooner or later.
• Bibi Dong watched Su Chen leave, then laughed through her tears and said that sooner or later all of it would be his.