Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue oversaw the new Soul Skills gained by Xiong Ju, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan from their powerful Ninth Spirit Rings, then arranged for two factions to unite as the Dragon Elephant Sect. She urged the Seven Great Enshrined to marry and have children so Spirit Hall could build a stronger next generation.

• Xiong Ju demonstrated Soul Skills that weakened enemies and strengthened nearby allies, while Gui Mei showed how he could travel through shadows and launch attacks from them.
• Yue Guan revealed a powerful chrysanthemum attack and an Adamantine Barrier domain, which held against Demon Subduing Douluo’s strikes for over half an hour before Yue Guan’s Soul Power ran low.
• Qian Renxue told future Elders they could seek God-Bestowed Spirit Rings at Level 90 if they were confident of obtaining a Ninth Soul Ring of at least a hundred thousand years.
• Qian Renxue instructed Tuoba Xi and Hu Yan Zhen to merge the White Armored Earth Dragon Family and the Elephant Armor Sect into the Dragon Elephant Sect, and they agreed to persuade their factions.
• Qian Renxue asked the Seven Great Enshrined to marry and have children to pass their bloodlines and Martial Souls to Spirit Hall’s next generation.

Qian Renxue used Spirit Ring Enhancement Beads to persuade the enshrined elders to start families, while revealing her evolving power and resolve to become a Divine King. Huo Yuhao warned her that Yu Xiaogang was approaching her mother, and Qian Renxue prepared to erase him from her mother’s heart.

• Qian Renxue offered the enshrined elders Spirit Ring Enhancement Beads in exchange for having children, and Sky Crocodile arranged for his son to take his place.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that the Divine Seed was strengthening her foundation and showed her evolved eight-winged angel Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue reflected on her past, her feelings for the man who saved her, and her determination to become a Divine King.
• Huo Yuhao warned Qian Renxue that Yu Xiaogang had left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and would soon meet her mother.
• Qian Renxue vowed to erase Yu Xiaogang from her mother’s heart as Spirit Hall grew stronger, while the leaders of Pope’s Palace remained unaware.

After losing his Sect Token, Yu Xiaogang struggled to find a way to evolve his Martial Soul, living on Spirit Hall's stipend while blaming Luo Sanpao for his failures. He recognized Spirit Hall's Saintess, Bibi Dong, in Coconut Grove City, and began plotting how to approach her.

• Yu Xiaomen took Yu Xiaogang's Sect Token, leaving him unable to enter Spirit Hall or the other major sects and unwilling to return to his father for another.
• A swindler cheated Yu Xiaogang out of his money, and after refusing humble work, he survived by registering for Spirit Hall's stipend.
• Yu Xiaogang remained stuck at Level 29 and took out his frustration on Luo Sanpao, blaming it for his failed Martial Soul evolution.
• Three men confronted Yu Xiaogang in his inn room, mocked him as a failure, and knocked him unconscious before he woke on the floor without understanding what had happened.
• Yu Xiaogang spotted Bibi Dong in the streets of Coconut Grove City and recognized her as Spirit Hall's current Saintess.

Yu Xiaogang tried to use Bibi Dong to gain access to the Spirit Hall’s archives and find a way to evolve Luo Sanpao, then met her at Coconut Grove Lake and pretended to be a suicidal, determined Soul Master. Bibi Dong learned that he had reached Level 29 despite having only Level 0.5 Innate Soul Power, and the chapter ended with her feeling guilty as she compared his effort with her own.

• Yu Xiaogang decided that the Spirit Hall’s records could help resolve his Martial Soul Malignant Mutation, but the loss of the Sect Token prevented him from entering Pope’s Palace.
• Yu Xiaogang secretly observed Bibi Dong and planned to use her connection to the Spirit Hall to secure access to its Core Archives.
• Bibi Dong persuaded Elder Golden Bell to let her spend one more day in Coconut Grove City before traveling to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• At Coconut Grove Lake, Bibi Dong stopped Yu Xiaogang from jumping into the water and agreed to hear his story.
• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong about his mutated Martial Soul, low Innate Soul Power, and determination to prove himself, then revealed his Level 29 Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong learned that Yu Xiaogang was younger than her and felt guilty when she considered how hard he had worked to reach Level 29.

Bibi Dong talked Yu Xiaogang out of suicide by offering to seek help for his cultivation bottleneck, then learned his identity and tried to reassure him about his Martial Soul. Their meeting left Bibi Dong admiring Yu Xiaogang, while he began considering how to use her goodwill to his advantage.

• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that he had been stuck at Level 29, driven from his sect, and robbed before reaching Coconut Grove City.
• Bibi Dong urged Yu Xiaogang to keep living and offered to have the Spirit Hall help him break through his bottleneck.
• Yu Xiaogang revealed his name, and Bibi Dong realized she had mocked him in the past and apologized.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao, and Bibi Dong embraced the pig and called him adorable.
• Bibi Dong disclosed that her Martial Soul was the Death Spider Emperor, and Yu Xiaogang praised her appearance, making her blush.

Yu Xiaogang used his knowledge of Soul Beasts to gain Bibi Dong’s trust, then went to Heaven Dou City to watch the Soul Master Competition. There, Bibi Dong’s Spirit Hall Team defeated Yu Xiaomen’s Imperial Fighting Team, leaving Yu Xiaogang satisfied at Yu Xiaomen’s loss.

• Yu Xiaogang advised Bibi Dong to hunt a ten-thousand-year Venomous Wasp Queen for her Fifth Soul Ring, and she gave him a competition ticket and coins before leaving.
• Yu Xiaogang traveled to Heaven Dou City and watched Yu Xiaomen lead the Imperial Fighting Team to victory over the Star Luo Team.
• Bibi Dong led the Spirit Hall Team through the competition, and her team advanced to the Finals Bracket against Yu Xiaomen’s team.
• Yu Xiaogang silently rooted for Bibi Dong’s team as the final began, while disparaging her appearance after she summoned the Death Spider Emperor.
• Bibi Dong used the Death Spider Emperor’s poison to defeat Yu Xiaomen, and Yu Xiaogang felt pleased by his rival’s defeat.

The author explained choosing the side-story version of Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, arguing that it gave them more depth while making Yu Xiaogang even more useless. The chapter ended by claiming Qian Xunji’s matchmaking, rather than Yu Xiaogang’s qualities, caused Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong to love him.

• The author argued that the original portrayal made Bibi Dong an ungrateful traitor but also made Qian Xunji seem blind for failing to prevent her relationship with Yu Xiaogang.
• The author said the original story used love triangles to make central characters such as Tang Hao, Tang Chen, and Tang San appear exceptional.
• The author criticized Yu Xiaogang for failing to demonstrate the wisdom people attributed to him and for relying on Tang San’s abilities and Tang Hao’s protection.
• The author argued that the original made Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong look foolish for loving Yu Xiaogang despite his failures.
• The author concluded that the side story revealed Qian Xunji had arranged the relationships, leaving Yu Xiaogang with no redeeming quality of his own.

Bibi Dong persuaded Yu Xiaogang to join Spirit Hall, advancing his hidden plan. In the Divine Realm, Shura God arranged for his chosen successor to claim Douluo Continent’s fortune while ordering Rakshasa God to restrain her own successor.

• Bibi Dong asked Yu Xiaogang whether he had found her ugly during Martial Soul Possession, and he reassured her with false praise.
• Bibi Dong offered to bring Yu Xiaogang into Spirit Hall, and he accepted while concealing his intentions.
• Shura God planned for his Great Treasure to be born during the coming Fortune Convergence and inherit the Son of Destiny’s fortune.
• Rakshasa God confronted Shura God for exploiting her and her Divine Throne to support his successor, then demanded he make their relationship public.
• Shura God promised Rakshasa they would leave the Divine Realm together, then ordered her to limit her successor’s growth and delay her Becoming a God.

Shura God and Rakshasa God concealed their romance while Shura demanded that she protect his chosen successor. When Rakshasa checked on her own successor, she discovered someone had plotted against her and prepared to intervene.

• Shura God warned Rakshasa God not to let her successor harm his Great Treasure, and she agreed to watch over the boy.
• Rakshasa God tried to coax Shura God into promising they would have a child together, and he agreed before sending her away.
• After Rakshasa left, Shura God denounced her and revealed that he intended to use her until his Great Treasure judged her successor.
• Rakshasa God recalled how she had served as Shura's hidden hand and considered scheming against his cherished successor, but decided against it.
• Rakshasa God opened Divine Vision to check on her successor, found that someone had plotted against her, and summoned her armor and demon scythe.

Huo Yuhao captured the Rakshasa God and exposed the Shura God’s schemes and contempt for her. He left her trembling with hatred and fear that Shura would eventually kill her and forget her.

• Huo Yuhao used chains to bind the Rakshasa God and seal her Divine Power.
• The Rakshasa God recognized Huo Yuhao and accused him of scheming against her successor, while he questioned her relationship with the Shura God.
• Huo Yuhao used Divine Vision to show the Rakshasa God evidence that she and Shura had plotted together and that Shura planned to discard her.
• Huo Yuhao showed the Rakshasa God Shura’s private contempt and claimed he would judge her after his Great Treasure became a god.
• Huo Yuhao told the Rakshasa God that Shura would eventually kill her and forget her, leaving her trembling and insisting she did not want to be forgotten.

Huo Yuhao persuaded Rakshasa God to bind herself to Asura through hatred, while Yu Xiaogang joined Spirit Hall and traded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan secrets for access to its Archives. After a year of fruitless research, Yu Xiaogang maneuvered Bibi Dong into offering to help him enter the inner Archives.

• Huo Yuhao urged Rakshasa God to make Asura hate her, and she signed an Eternal Divine Contract with him.
• Yu Xiaogang swore loyalty to Spirit Hall, then revealed the clan secrets he knew in exchange for access to the outer Archives.
• Yu Yuanzhen learned that Yu Xiaogang had joined Spirit Hall and expelled him from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Renxue explained to Sky Crocodile that the valuable Archive documents had been moved before Yu Xiaogang arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang spent a year searching the outer Archives and cultivating his relationship with Bibi Dong to obtain more information.
• Bibi Dong offered to ask Qian Xunji to let Yu Xiaogang enter the inner Archives.

Yu Xiaogang failed to find a cure for his Martial Soul Malignant Mutation in Spirit Hall’s Core Archives and began plotting to make Bibi Dong help him grow stronger. He pursued the title of Soul Master Theory Grandmaster, and Bibi Dong was impressed when he showed her his completed paper.

• After half a year searching the Core Archives, Yu Xiaogang found no cure and decided to win Bibi Dong over so she would use Power Transmission to help him cultivate.
• Bibi Dong encouraged Yu Xiaogang to become a Soul Master Theory Grandmaster and brought him to the Spirit Master Theory Research Society.
• Yu Xiaogang struggled to develop original theories, then drafted a paper by claiming familiar ideas and adding his own claims about Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• Yu Xiaogang titled his paper Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and told Bibi Dong he had completed it in half a month.
• Bibi Dong read the paper’s ambitious theories, praised Yu Xiaogang as a genius, and left him pleased with himself.

Yu Xiaogang manipulated Bibi Dong into helping publish his rejected paper, earning the title of Grandmaster despite the Society's contempt for his work. After confessing his love and becoming her lover, he began persuading her to leave Spirit Hall with him.

• Yu Xiaogang convinced Bibi Dong that the Society had rejected his paper to steal his work, and she persuaded Qian Xunji to pressure it into publishing the paper and granting him the title of Grandmaster.
• The Society's Grandmasters condemned Yu Xiaogang's paper as common knowledge, excluded him from meetings, and agreed to revoke his honors after the current Pope stepped down.
• Yu Xiaogang decided to leave Spirit Hall and planned to take Bibi Dong with him, intending to use her strength and potential for his own advancement and protection.
• After Bibi Dong returned from obtaining her Sixth Soul Ring, Yu Xiaogang proposed to her at Coconut Grove City's Lantern Festival, and she agreed to become his lover.
• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong stories that portrayed mentors as villains and asked whether she would rather travel the continent with him than remain in Spirit Hall.

Yu Xiaogang manipulated Bibi Dong into trying to flee Spirit Hall, but Qian Xunji intercepted her and confronted Yu Xiaogang in Okra Town. Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong for the escape attempt as Qian Xunji exposed his schemes and intensified the pressure on him.

• Qian Xunji forbade Bibi Dong from seeing Yu Xiaogang and said he would expel him from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded the distressed Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall was a cage, and she agreed to leave with him for Okra Town.
• After Yu Xiaogang was expelled, Bibi Dong slipped out of Spirit City, but Elder Golden Bell subdued her and brought her back to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji summoned Yu Xiaogang from Okra Town, where Yu Xiaogang panicked and hurried to meet him.
• Qian Xunji confronted Yu Xiaogang beside the bound Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang blamed her for the attempted escape.
• Qian Xunji accused Yu Xiaogang of manipulating Bibi Dong for his own aims and increased the Soul Power pressure on him.

Qian Xunji forced Yu Xiaogang to choose between Bibi Dong and the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit, and Yu Xiaogang chose the fruit while claiming he still planned to take Bibi Dong. Just as Yu Xiaogang prepared to consume it, Yu Xiaomen seized it and began evolving his Martial Soul into the Golden Sacred Dragon.

• Qian Xunji offered Yu Xiaogang the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit or Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang chose the fruit despite professing his love for her.
• Qian Xunji let Yu Xiaogang keep the fruit but forced him to roll away, and Yu Xiaogang fled to a secluded cave to consume it.
• Yu Xiaogang vowed to evolve his Martial Soul and later storm Spirit Hall to take Bibi Dong away.
• Yu Xiaomen ambushed Yu Xiaogang in the cave and took the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit.
• Yu Xiaomen used Luo Sanpao's attack against Yu Xiaogang, swallowed the fruit, and began transforming his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul into the Golden Sacred Dragon.

Yu Xiaomen’s Martial Soul evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon, raising his Soul Power to Level 60 and giving him overwhelming power. He left Yu Xiaogang behind, who watched the dragon vanish with hatred and longing.

• Yu Xiaomen’s Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon evolved into the Golden Sacred Dragon as his Soul Power rose to Level 60.
• Yu Xiaomen taunted Yu Xiaogang and demonstrated his five Soul Skills, devastating the forest while Yu Xiaogang and Luo Sanpao were overwhelmed by the dragon’s might.
• Yu Xiaomen declared that Yu Xiaogang would remain stuck at Level 29 while he advanced toward the peak of the continent.
• Yu Xiaomen left with his Martial Soul active, then dismissed it as Yu Xiaogang pleaded for the Golden Sacred Dragon not to leave.

Yu Xiaogang blamed Luo Sanpao for his failures and roared at the heavens, while Huo Yuhao and the others mocked him from the Divine Realm. Ah Yin escaped Tang Hao’s captivity, and after Shura alerted him to her flight, Tang Hao pursued her.

• Yu Xiaogang viciously beat Luo Sanpao, blamed it for his misfortunes, and cried out to the night sky in despair.
• Huo Yuhao, Tian Meng, Evil Emperor, and Xiao Bai watched Yu Xiaogang’s outburst and laughed as they enjoyed Immortal Herbs and Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruits.
• Ah Yin used her control over Blue Silver Grass to escape the room where Tang Hao had sealed her Soul Power and locked her up.
• Tang Hao absorbed an Eighth Soul Ring from a Great Vajra Ape and planned to let Ah Yin suffer until her future Sacrifice would give him power.
• Shura sent Tang Hao a Point of Light revealing that Ah Yin had escaped, and Tang Hao chased after her with his Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Hao imprisoned Ah Yin after she rejected him, while Qian Xunji confined Bibi Dong and assaulted her after she tried to leave Spirit Hall. Both women woke in underground chambers, devastated by what had happened to them.

• Ah Yin fled through the forest, but Tang Hao caught her, knocked her unconscious, and carried her back to his house.
• Qian Xunji confronted Bibi Dong over her plan to elope with Yu Xiaogang, forbade her from leaving Spirit Hall, and knocked her unconscious when she defied him.
• Ah Yin woke in an iron cage and accused Tang Hao of assaulting her; he admitted he wanted her and threatened to destroy the Blue Silver Emperor's inheritance if she resisted.
• Shura God watched Tang Hao's actions through Divine Vision and scorned him for expecting Ah Yin to love him.
• Bibi Dong woke in an underground chamber, and Qian Xunji told her that he had taken her purity; she cursed him as an animal.

Huo Yuhao reflected on Tang San’s past control over his life, then secretly altered Xiao Wu, Ah Rou, and Er Ming’s souls. The chapter ended with Ah Rou telling Xiao Wu how she had deceived a wealthy young man, leaving Xiao Wu shocked that her mother might have become his partner.

• Qian Xunji threatened Bibi Dong with Yu Xiaogang’s safety and left her alive because of her potential.
• Huo Yuhao watched Tang San’s progress and recalled how Tang San had used his loved ones to control him in his previous life.
• Huo Yuhao used Divine Sense to enter Star Dou Great Forest, where Xiao Wu reunited with Ah Rou and Er Ming.
• Huo Yuhao slowed time, extracted the three beasts’ souls, rearranged parts of them, and left Soul Guidance Badges and Gold Soul Coins with Ah Rou.
• Ah Rou told Xiao Wu how she had swindled a wealthy young man, and Xiao Wu asked whether her mother had ended up with him.

Ah Rou taught Xiao Wu how to manipulate men into spending money, while Yu Xiaogang mourned the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit he had lost to Yu Xiaomen and regretted choosing it over Bibi Dong. At Coconut Grove City, Yu Xiaogang considered jumping into a freezing lake before someone approached him.

• Ah Rou told Xiao Wu how she had used an obedience test and escalating demands to make a suitor spend 180,000 gold soul coins, and Xiao Wu eagerly learned her methods.
• Ah Rou identified Er Ming as a practical target, and Xiao Wu turned a predatory look on him before pretending to appear gentle and pitiful.
• Yu Xiaogang lamented that Yu Xiaomen had taken the Golden Dragon-Nourishing Fruit and gained the Golden Sacred Dragon while he remained with Luo Sanpao.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived at Coconut Grove City and regretted choosing the fruit over Bibi Dong, imagining the security and success she could have brought him.
• Yu Xiaogang tested the lake water, decided it was too cold to jump in, and then heard an unknown person ask what was driving him toward such an extreme choice.