Chapter Summaries

Ning Qiu refused to help Shrek Academy as Bibi Dong moved against Zhu Er, and Tang Hao appeared to rescue Tang San and Zhu Er. After Tang Hao damaged Pope's Palace and escaped with them, Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu seized, prompting Ning Qiu to challenge her.

• Oscar, Ma Hongjun, Liu Erlong, and others declared they would stand with Zhu Er, while Tang San vowed to protect her.
• Ning Qiu told Bibi Dong he would wait rather than interfere as she confronted Shrek Academy.
• Tang Hao arrived wielding the Clear Sky Hammer, smashed part of Pope's Palace, and took Tang San and Zhu Er away.
• Bibi Dong ordered Xiao Wu captured, and Ning Qiu stepped forward with eight soul rings to confront her.

Ning Qiu and his companions confronted Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall outside the Pope's Palace. Ning Qiu's Primordial Dragon Elephant overwhelmed their defenses and left the palace in ruins.

• Ning Qiu revealed his Primordial Dragon Elephant Martial Soul and four extraordinary Soul Rings, whose aura immobilized many Soul Masters.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Qiu's companions revealed their Soul Rings and activated Divine Slaughter's Domain, then unleashed their seventh Soul Skills.
• Ning Qiu transformed into a hundred-meter-tall Primordial Dragon Elephant, forcing more than a hundred Beast Martial Soul users to kneel.
• Ning Qiu attacked the Pope's Palace with his Primordial Dragon Elephant Foot, and Bibi Dong, Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and other Titled Douluo briefly stopped the blow.
• Ning Qiu struck again, broke through their defenses, and reduced the Pope's Palace to ruins.

Ning Qiu destroyed Spirit Hall’s Pope’s Palace and led his team out of Spirit City while Bibi Dong secretly allowed them to escape. After returning to Holy Soul Village, he completed the village upgrade trial, raising the village to Level 4 and granting major rewards and Soul Power to the team.

• Ning Qiu destroyed the Pope’s Palace and the arena entrance, then led his team through Spirit Hall’s encirclement.
• Bibi Dong stopped Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo from pursuing Ning Qiu, concealing her satisfaction behind a show of anger.
• Ning Qiu brought the tournament participants safely back to Holy Soul Village, completing the village upgrade trial.
• The system upgraded Holy Soul Village to Level 4 and awarded upgrade cards, livestock facilities, Soul Power, and contribution points.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and other team members celebrated their level-ups, and Jia Luo asked Ning Qiu what had happened.

After Holy Soul Village completed its level-four trial, its registered villagers gained major cultivation boosts and the Treasure Pavilion unlocked powerful new exchanges. Ning Qiu upgraded the pavilion and used his village-chief privilege to request a Hundred-Thousand-Year Limit Soul Ring.

• Xiao Wu and the other villagers celebrated their Soul Power increases, while Ning Qiu apologized for keeping the dangerous trial mission secret.
• Ning Qiu revealed that the trial had required winning the tournament, destroying Spirit Hall's Pope's Palace, and bringing all participants safely home.
• Ning Qiu discovered that Old Jack's cultivation had reached level seventy, then headed to the Treasure Pavilion.
• Ning Qiu used a level-four upgrade card to expand the Treasure Pavilion, which began offering 99,999-year soul rings and soul bones along with skills such as Fire Blowing Palm and Seduction Technique.
• Ning Qiu commanded the system to exchange his village-chief privilege for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Limit Soul Ring.

Ning Qiu upgraded Holy Soul Village, exchanged for a Hundred Thousand Year Limit Soul Ring, and reached Level 95, earning the title Ancient Supreme. After spending ten days completing village tasks and building up his contribution points, he prepared to take his companions to Sea God Island, but three uninvited guests arrived.

• Ning Qiu upgraded the Level Three Treasure Pavilion to Level Four, raising the village’s villager capacity and the prosperity required for its next upgrade.
• Ning Qiu exchanged 800,000 contribution points for a Hundred Thousand Year Limit Soul Ring and absorbed it while Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, Jia Luo, Dai Mubai, and the villagers stood guard.
• Ning Qiu became a Level 95 Titled Douluo and chose Ancient Supreme as his title, then told Xiao Wu that she could become a Titled Douluo after obtaining a soul ring.
• Ning Qiu used upgrade and construction cards to improve the village, then completed missions for ten days to accumulate 800,000 contribution points.
• Ning Qiu prepared to leave for Sea God Island with the Holy Soul Eleven Heroes, Luo Fuji, and Meng Yiran, but three uninvited guests arrived at Holy Soul Village.

Ning Qiu met the leaders of the Defense Clan, Speed Clan, and Breaking Clan, who had brought Soul Masters to Holy Soul Village seeking to join him. They confirmed that Ning Qiu had no alliance with the Clear Sky Sect, then asked whether he had reconciled with Spirit Hall or planned to ally with it.

• Dai Mubai told Ning Qiu that three elders and many Soul Masters were waiting at the village entrance.
• Dai Mubai introduced Ning Qiu as a level-ninety-five Titled Douluo, stunning Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi.
• Niu Gao, Bai He, and Yang Wudi introduced themselves as the leaders of the Defense Clan, Speed Clan, and Breaking Clan.
• Yang Wudi asked whether Ning Qiu had allied with the Clear Sky Sect, and Ning Qiu said he had not.
• Niu Gao asked whether Ning Qiu had reconciled with Spirit Hall or planned to form an alliance with it.

Ning Qiu welcomed the Defense Clan, Speed Clan, and Breaking Clan into Holy Soul Village despite Tang Hao’s warning that they could face both Spirit Hall and Clear Sky Sect. Zhu Zhuqing rejected her family’s succession plan and chose to remain in the village, while Dai Mubai was named Crown Prince of Star Luo Empire.

• Yang Wudi revealed that the three clans wanted to become residents of Holy Soul Village, and Ning Qiu warned them that joining could draw them into war with Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao emerged from the darkness and urged Ning Qiu to ally with Clear Sky Sect, but Ning Qiu welcomed the three clans and ordered Tang Hao to leave.
• Marquis Zhe Bie arrived with Zhu Zhuqing’s mother and announced that Dai Mubai had been appointed Crown Prince of Star Luo Empire.
• Zhu Zhuqing’s mother told her that the Zhu Family had chosen her as its next head, but Zhu Zhuqing refused and said she wanted to remain in Holy Soul Village.
• Zhu Zhuqing told her mother to inform the Star Luo Emperor that she and Dai Mubai had ended their engagement and that she would choose her own marriage.

On the eve of the group’s journey to the Star Dou Great Forest, Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Qiu that her engagement to Dai Mubai had been dissolved and confessed her feelings for him. Xiao Wu accepted their relationship, and after Zhu Zhuqing kissed Ning Qiu, Xiao Wu invited him to spend the night with her.

• Ning Qiu recognized Zhu Zhuqing waiting in the darkness and asked why she had come to see him.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Ning Qiu that the Star Luo Emperor had dissolved her engagement to Dai Mubai, and Ning Qiu congratulated her.
• As Zhu Zhuqing started to leave, Ning Qiu caught her and asked when she had fallen for him, prompting her to admit her feelings.
• Xiao Wu appeared at the window and said she accepted Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Qiu being together.
• Zhu Zhuqing kissed Ning Qiu on the cheek and flew away, after which Xiao Wu embraced Ning Qiu and invited him to her room.
• Xiao Wu told Ning Qiu that it was the first day of her safe period.

Ning Qiu and his companions met Xiao Wu’s powerful soul beast allies in the Star Dou Great Forest, where they welcomed the Silver Dragon King, Gu Yue. Gu Yue recognized how much Ning Qiu had changed and realized he had grown strong enough to threaten her.

• Xiao Wu sensed familiar auras approaching, and Er Ming and Da Ming arrived to greet her.
• Several powerful soul beasts and Zhu Er appeared, and three smaller soul beasts bowed to Ning Qiu as registered villagers.
• The assembled soul beasts waited for the Silver Dragon King, then prostrated themselves when she arrived in her enormous silver dragon form.
• Gu Yue transformed into a woman and greeted Ning Qiu, surprised that his strength had grown beyond what she could discern.

Ning Qiu explained that Holy Soul Village’s animal enclosures could help heal the Silver Dragon King’s injuries, and she and several soul beasts chose places to live. Zhu Er followed Ning Qiu aside to hear what he wanted to tell her.

• Ning Qiu and the Silver Dragon King revealed that each had come to invite the other to join Holy Soul Village, but she became furious when he suggested she live in an animal enclosure.
• Xiao Wu stopped the Silver Dragon King from leaving and urged her to hear Ning Qiu’s explanation.
• Ning Qiu explained that work and life in Holy Soul Village could grant Soul Power, and that its animal enclosures might help heal soul beasts’ injuries.
• The Silver Dragon King, Da Ming, and the Emerald Swan chose the fish pond; other beasts selected the pigsty or sheep pen.
• Ning Qiu asked Zhu Er to come with him, and she followed after hesitating.

Ning Qiu warned Zhu Er about Tang San by revealing the truth of Ah Yin’s death and arguing that Tang San was scheming to obtain Zhu Er’s soul ring and soul bone. Zhu Er was left to reconsider her feelings for Tang San and the danger of trusting him.

• Ning Qiu questioned Zhu Er about why she had not joined Holy Soul Village and learned that she stayed because she liked Tang San.
• Ning Qiu told Zhu Er that Tang San was Ah Yin’s son, and Zhu Er recognized Ah Yin as someone she had been close to.
• Ning Qiu recounted how Tang Hao’s actions led to Ah Yin’s identity being exposed and how Ah Yin sacrificed herself to save Tang San as a baby.
• Ning Qiu warned Zhu Er to be careful of Tang San, accusing him of knowingly exposing soul beasts’ identities to make them sacrifice themselves.
• Ning Qiu argued that Tang San had brought Zhu Er to the tournament and defended her because he wanted her soul ring and soul bone.

Ning Qiu warned Zhu Er to be wary of Tang San and welcomed her into Holy Soul Village while he led a group toward Sea God Island to train its future fighters. Crossing the Star Dou Great Forest, the group encountered the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger, whose connection to the Evil God puzzled Xiao Wu.

• Ning Qiu warned Zhu Er that Tang San might be dangerous, and Zhu Er agreed to stay guarded while admitting she still believed his feelings could be genuine.
• Zhu Er asked to stay in Holy Soul Village, and Ning Qiu welcomed her for as long as she wished.
• Ning Qiu instructed Old Jack to bring the Silver Dragon King and the other hundred-thousand-year soul beasts into Holy Soul Village, then set out for Sea God Island with his companions and the Eleven Holy Souls.
• Ning Qiu chose a route through the Star Dou Great Forest to give Luo Fuji, Meng Yiran, and the other Eleven Holy Souls more training.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Qiu sensed a domain darkening the forest, and a Dark Demon Evil God Tiger appeared before the group.
• Xiao Wu explained that the Silver Dragon King had expelled the tiger after it fought Da Ming and Er Ming, while Zhu Zhuqing and Meng Yiran learned of its immense power.

Ning Qiu accepted the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger as his servant and bound it with a master-recognition ritual. As the group traveled through the Star Dou Great Forest, the tiger killed and devoured three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, and Ning Qiu ordered it to set off for Sea God Island.

• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger knelt before Ning Qiu and asked to become his servant, despite Xiao Wu warning that it was an evil soul beast.
• Ning Qiu accepted the tiger on the condition that it protect Holy Soul Village, then bound it with a ritual that let him control its life and inspect its thoughts.
• Ning Qiu and the others encountered three enormous Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, and the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger attacked them.
• The Dark Demon Evil God Tiger killed and devoured all three Thousand Jun Ant Emperors, gaining an aura stronger than that of an ordinary Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.
• Ning Qiu climbed back onto the tiger with Xiao Wu and ordered it to take the group to Sea God Island.

Ning Qiu and his companions reunited with Xiao Bai near Sea God Island and asked her to lead them against the Evil Spirit Orcas. After learning that their Fourth Tests required them to fight the group and kill the Evil Spirit Tiger Shark King, Xiao Bai agreed to join the dangerous expedition.

• Purple Pearl brought Ning Qiu and his companions by ship to the waters guarded by the Demon Soul Great White Sharks.
• Xiao Bai emerged from the sea, recognized Ning Qiu and his companions, and agreed that Ning Qiu was entitled to call her Little White White.
• Xiao Bai warned the group that the vicious Evil Spirit Orcas were powerful mortal enemies of her clan and had killed her younger brother.
• Ning Qiu revealed that his Sea's Fourth Test required him to kill the Evil Spirit Tiger Shark King, and Xiao Bai agreed to lead the group to the Evil Spirit Orcas.
• Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, Cai Ji, Jia Luo, Zhong Kui, Lu Lu, Liu Ke, Xiang Yu, and Su Rong described their own Fourth Test requirements.

Ning Qiu recruited Xiao Bai into Holy Soul Village, and her oath pushed him to level 96 and evolved his martial soul. He and the others then traveled with Xiao Bai toward the Evil Spirit Orca group, where a battle was about to begin.

• Xiao Bai met Ning Qiu’s Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and learned that Purple Pearl and the pirates had gained Soul Power after Holy Soul Village advanced.
• Ning Qiu persuaded Xiao Bai to join Holy Soul Village, and she solemnly took the village oath.
• Xiao Bai’s oath raised Ning Qiu to level 96, causing his martial soul to evolve and his hair to turn gold.
• Xiao Bai explained the Evil Spirit Orcas’ strength and numbers as she led Ning Qiu and the others toward them without bringing her Demon Soul Great White Shark group into battle.
• After traveling five hundred li for two hours, the group reached the outskirts of the Evil Spirit Orca group as a major sea battle approached.

Ning Qiu led his companions to the Evil Spirit Tiger Whale Group’s territory and began the attack alone, using his evolved Primordial Dragon Elephant Martial Soul to dive underwater. He encountered an Evil Spirit Orca and summoned his Supreme Dragon Elephant Sword as the battle began.

• Ning Qiu told Xiao Bai to protect Meng Yiran, Purple Pearl, Luo Fuji, and the others while his strongest companions prepared to fight.
• Ning Qiu and the others summoned their flight-type External Soul Bones and hovered over the sea, where Ning Qiu sensed the Evil Spirit Tiger Whales beneath them.
• Ning Qiu revealed his brilliant-gold Soul Ring and evolved Martial Soul, then plunged into the sea to draw the Evil Spirit Tiger Whales out.
• An Evil Spirit Orca charged at Ning Qiu underwater, and he formed his Supreme Dragon Elephant Sword with his fourth Soul Skill.

Ning Qiu completed the Fourth Test by killing the Evil Orca King, while Xiao Wu and the others received their multiplied rewards for completing the Shark Whale Battle without casualties. Ning Qiu’s Sea Affinity awakened a powerful blue aura, and he learned that his Fifth Test was to defeat the guardians of the Seven Holy Pillars.

• Ning Qiu killed an Evil Spirit Orca, then kept the Evil Orca King occupied while Dai Mubai, Zhu Zhuqing, Xiao Wu, and the others slaughtered its pod.
• Ning Qiu killed the fleeing Evil Orca King and completed the Fourth Test, earning 10% Sea Affinity and animal husbandry upgrade cards.
• Xiao Wu and the others received five Soul Power levels and longer-lasting soul rings because the Demon Soul Great White Sharks suffered no casualties; Xiao Wu reached level ninety-eight.
• Ning Qiu’s Blue Algae rune blazed with blue light, which inspired fear and reverence in Xiao Bai and Purple Pearl.
• Ning Qiu gave Purple Pearl a hundred-thousand-year soul ring as an apology, and she teased him by calling it a token of love.
• Ning Qiu told Xiao Wu that his Fifth Test was to defeat the guardians of the Seven Holy Pillars.

Ning Qiu and his companions compared the challenges of their fifth Sea God's trials before he brought eleven villagers to Seahorse Holy Pillar to seek trials of their own. Seahorse Douluo agreed to test them, and they prepared to cross the Sea in the Sea and reach the pillar's base.

• Ning Qiu and his companions described their fifth trials, which required them to face Holy Pillar Guardians or endure against Bo Saixi.
• Ning Qiu reassured Xiao Wu that her strength and the support of Su Rong and Cai Ji could help her withstand Bo Saixi for an incense stick's time.
• At dawn, Ning Qiu led the Holy Soul Ten Elites and Eleven Holy Souls to Seahorse Holy Pillar, where Seahorse Douluo noticed his and Xiao Wu's formidable auras.
• Ning Qiu asked Seahorse Douluo to let eleven villagers receive the Sea God's Divine Trials, and Seahorse Douluo agreed to test them.
• Ning Qiu told the eleven villagers to reach the base of Seahorse Holy Pillar to pass Seahorse Douluo's trial, and the challenge began.

Meng Yiran, Luo Fuji, and the other Eleven Holy Souls passed Seahorse Douluo’s test with an array and received Black Level Four Tests. As Sea Dragon and the other guardians arrived for Ning Qiu’s divine trial, Sea Witch reacted to his thoughts about her fish tail.

• Meng Yiran, Luo Fuji, and the other Eleven Holy Souls used an array to cross the water and qualify for Sea God Tests.
• Meng Yiran received a Black Level Four Test, and Luo Fuji and the others each received the same trial.
• Seahorse Douluo sent the Eleven Holy Souls with a Purple Robed Sea Soul Master to face Sea God's Light at the Sea in the Sea.
• Sea Dragon and the other Holy Pillar Guardians arrived, with Sea Woman saying the Great Enshrinement had sent them for Ning Qiu’s divine trial.
• Sea Witch blushed and confronted Ning Qiu after reading his thoughts about how mermaids reproduced.

Ning Qiu began his trial against the seven Holy Pillar Guardians, who had to be defeated within the time it took an incense stick to burn. He demonstrated his physical defenses and immense power, then defeated Sea Spear Douluo, leaving the other guardians to face the trial.

• The Mermaid Princess failed to read Ning Qiu's mind, while Sea Spear Douluo and Sea Illusion Douluo explained that he had to challenge all seven guardians.
• Ning Qiu lit an incense stick and clarified that he had to defeat all seven guardians before it burned out.
• Sea Spear Douluo attacked with Three Spears Strike, but Ning Qiu blocked it with his Protective Qi Aura.
• Sea Spear Douluo used Sea Spear True Body, and Ning Qiu revealed his nine soul rings and blocked the attack with the Ancient Supreme Sword.
• Sea Spear Douluo charged his ninth soul skill by drawing power from the sea, but Ning Qiu's Dragon Elephant Supreme Sword struck the golden Sea Spear and wounded him.
• Sea Spear Douluo conceded defeat to Ning Qiu.