Chapter Summaries

Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue about his mixed human and Soul Beast nature and his plan to end the conflict between humans and Soul Beasts by changing the rules after he became a god. He took her toward Star Dou Forest to meet its Fierce Beasts and seek a powerful Spirit Bone, a Soul Ring, and possibly a Soul Spirit for her.

• Qian Renxue worried that her grandfather and Spirit Hall would oppose their relationship, but Zhao Ming promised no one could keep them apart.
• Zhao Ming revealed that he was both human and Soul Beast, and Qian Renxue accepted him without hesitation.
• Zhao Ming explained that he wanted to abolish the rules forcing Soul Masters to kill Soul Beasts, and Qian Renxue promised to support him.
• Zhao Ming planned to take Qian Renxue to Star Dou Forest for a suitable External Soul Bone and seventh Soul Ring, while exploring whether Soul Spirits could offer a peaceful alternative to killing Soul Beasts.
• As they traveled, Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue about powerful Soul Beasts and considered whether Di Tian and the other Fierce Beasts might become his Soul Spirits.

Zhao Ming reunited with Wang Qiu'er in the Star Dou Forest and introduced her to Qian Renxue before Di Tian and the other Fierce Beasts arrived to pay their respects. He intended to use the display of soul beast power to influence Spirit Hall, and led everyone toward the Lake of Life to discuss his plans.

• Wang Qiu'er rushed into Zhao Ming's arms and agreed to use the name he gave her.
• Zhao Ming introduced Wang Qiu'er and Qian Renxue, who greeted each other despite Qian Renxue's jealousy.
• Di Tian, Myriad Demon King, Scarlet King, Xiong Jun, the Titan Giant Ape, and the Sky Azure Bull Python appeared and saluted Zhao Ming as their Master.
• Qian Renxue sensed the Fierce Beasts' power and realized Spirit Hall would struggle to oppose Zhao Ming and his forces.
• Zhao Ming reassured Qian Renxue and led the group toward the Lake of Life to give the Fierce Beasts instructions.

Zhao Ming brought Qian Renxue to the Lake of Life and ordered the Fierce Beasts to unite Soul Beast forces under the Beast God Hall. Wang Qiu'er gave Qian Renxue a pair of Light Holy Dragon claw bones, and Qian Renxue began absorbing them as Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er stood guard.

• Zhao Ming brought Qian Renxue and the Fierce Beasts to the Lake of Life so she could recover in its Life Aura.
• Zhao Ming ordered Di Tian to subdue Soul Beast forces across the continent and establish the Beast God Hall, naming himself Hall Master and Wang Qiu'er its Sacred Beast.
• Zhao Ming asked the Fierce Beasts to find sacred light-attribute Spirit Bones for Qian Renxue, and Wang Qiu'er volunteered to help using her Extreme Light attribute.
• Wang Qiu'er revealed a pair of External Soul Bones from the last Light Holy Dragon and handed them to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue accepted the Light Holy Dragon claw bones and began absorbing them while Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er protected her.

Qian Renxue absorbed the Light Holy Dragon Spirit Bone, awakening her Angel Domain and evolving her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to Extreme Light. She thanked Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er, then joined Qiu'er in refusing Zhao Ming's advances for the night.

• Zhao Ming rested with his head on Wang Qiu'er's lap while she massaged his shoulders and Qian Renxue absorbed the Light Holy Dragon Spirit Bone.
• Qian Renxue activated her Angel Domain, grew sturdier meridians, and evolved her Martial Soul to Extreme Light.
• Wang Qiu'er recognized Qian Renxue's Martial Soul evolution, and Zhao Ming said her talent would let her become a god.
• Qian Renxue thanked Zhao Ming and Wang Qiu'er for helping her, then Zhao Ming asked what reward she would give him.
• Wang Qiu'er said she and Qian Renxue would sleep together and warned Zhao Ming to sleep outside without trying anything.

Zhao Ming broke through to level sixty and learned of a sign-in mission that would reward him with Ling Qingzhu. He then told Qian Renxue about Soul Spirits and prepared to help her obtain one for her seventh Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue and Wang Qiu'er discussed their feelings for Zhao Ming and teased each other in the pavilion room.
• Zhao Ming broke through to level sixty, and the system assigned him a mission to sign in at Bibi Dong's bedroom for Ling Qingzhu.
• Zhao Ming found Qian Renxue and Wang Qiu'er asleep together, and the two girls blushed as they got dressed.
• Zhao Ming explained that Qian Renxue could gain a Soul Spirit from a willing soul beast instead of hunting it for a Soul Ring.
• Zhao Ming said Di Tian had found a Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger unable to survive its upcoming tribulation, which could become Qian Renxue's Soul Spirit.

Zhao Ming successfully turned Tian'er, the Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger, into Qian Renxue's Soul Spirit, granting her a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while preserving Tian'er's consciousness. The Fierce Beasts learned Zhao Ming would take them to the higher realm after becoming a god, but he told them to first finish their assigned work and help unify the continent.

• Di Tian explained that the Fierce Beasts might become Zhao Ming's Soul Spirits and gain a chance to break free of their limits when he became a god.
• Zhao Ming met Tian'er, the Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger, and she agreed to become Qian Renxue's Soul Spirit.
• Zhao Ming performed the Soul Spirit contract, and Tian'er transformed into a Soul Spirit as a blood-red Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring appeared beneath Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue tested Tian'er's power, rode her across the plains, and struck the ground with enough force to leave a deep palm print.
• The Fierce Beasts bowed to Zhao Ming, who promised to take them to the higher realm after becoming a god and ordered them to continue working toward unifying the continent.
• Qian Renxue thanked Zhao Ming, and she accepted his claim that she was his woman without objecting.

Zhao Ming reassured Qian Renxue after her Soul Saint breakthrough, then secretly visited Gu Yue Na and revealed that he had inherited the Emperor God. He promised to help her reclaim her power and enter the God Realm within two years, and Gu Yue Na agreed to wait for him and marry him once she became the Dragon God.

• Tian'er said her Heavenly Spirit Tiger bloodline had grown purer, and Zhao Ming told Qian Renxue to learn how to fight with her new Soul Spirit.
• Zhao Ming left Qian Renxue and Wang Qiu'er and went to see Gu Yue Na at the Palace beneath the Lake of Life.
• Zhao Ming promised Gu Yue Na he would help her reclaim what she had lost, and she agreed to kiss him before he revealed his plan.
• Zhao Ming showed Gu Yue Na his Emperor God Domain and explained that he had inherited the Emperor God, whose power could suppress other deities.
• Zhao Ming promised to take Gu Yue Na into the God Realm within two years, and she agreed to marry him after becoming the Dragon God.

Zhao Ming left Wang Qiu'er in the Star Dou Forest and traveled with Qian Renxue toward Spirit City, where he planned to check in and help Bibi Dong. On the way, he learned Spirit Hall was selecting a Saint Son and decided to compete, while Qian Renxue went ahead to tell her grandfather about his arrival.

• Zhao Ming comforted Wang Qiu'er, promised to return, and left her in charge of the Star Dou Forest.
• Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue traveled toward Spirit City as people discussed Spirit Hall Academy's recruitment and the selection of a Saint Son.
• After learning the Saint Son candidates had to be under fifteen with peerless talent, Zhao Ming decided he was suited to compete for the position.
• Zhao Ming drove away two girls who approached them by declaring Qian Renxue his lover and kissing her.
• Qian Renxue agreed Hu Liena was an exception to Zhao Ming's promise not to flirt with Spirit Hall women and said she would return to Spirit Hall first.
• Zhao Ming gave Qian Renxue a Storage Ring containing a Light Holy Dragon corpse and a Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger Spirit Bone for her grandfather.

Zhao Ming arrived at Spirit Hall Academy to see Hu Liena and declared that she was his wife, provoking her admirers. Hu Liena recognized him, while Yan and Xie Yue approached to confront him, leaving Zhao Ming surrounded by hostile students.

• Qian Renxue parted from Zhao Ming in Spirit City and went to Spirit Hall, while Zhao Ming headed to Spirit Hall Academy.
• Hu Liena tested prospective students alongside Xie Yue and Yan as crowds gathered to see Spirit Hall's Saintess.
• Zhao Ming told nearby youths he had come to see his wife Nana, then sent more than a dozen students flying with a single slap when they challenged him.
• Hu Liena heard that someone claimed to be her boyfriend, looked toward Zhao Ming, and froze upon recognizing him.
• Yan went to confront Zhao Ming, and Xie Yue followed, suspecting that Zhao Ming was the person Hu Liena loved.

Zhao Ming defeated Yan after Yan attacked him over his claims about Hu Liena, then Hu Liena publicly called Zhao Ming her boyfriend to help protect him. She left with Zhao Ming, who teased her about keeping up their supposed relationship as they headed toward her dormitory.

• Yan confronted Zhao Ming over his claims about Hu Liena and unleashed his ten-thousand-year Soul Skill, Flying Sand Raging Flame.
• Zhao Ming stopped Yan's flames with one finger, turned them into a fireball, and blasted Yan until he was badly burned.
• Hu Liena rushed to Zhao Ming and warned him that hurting Yan could put him in danger.
• Zhao Ming embraced Hu Liena, and she told the gathered students that he was her boyfriend, leaving Yan heartbroken and unconscious.
• Hu Liena took Zhao Ming away from the crowd while he teased her about going to her room and maintaining their cover.

Zhao Ming visited Hu Liena in her Spirit Hall Academy residence after publicly pretending they were lovers, and she worried that the academy would punish him for injuring Yan. He reassured her with affectionate memories of their first meeting, then embarrassed her with a suggestive remark, leaving her blushing in his arms.

• Hu Liena confronted Zhao Ming about claiming in public that she was his woman, and he insisted that their relationship was real.
• Hu Liena warned Zhao Ming that Spirit Hall Academy's teachers might come after him for injuring Yan, but he refused to leave Spirit City and pulled her into his arms.
• Zhao Ming recalled first seeing Hu Liena after arriving in Douluo Continent and told her he had wanted her from that day.
• Zhao Ming teased Hu Liena about how her figure had changed, and she turned crimson after he explained his meaning.

Zhao Ming flirted with Hu Liena at Spirit Hall Academy and decided to stay there for several days, growing closer to her while waiting for news from Qian Renxue. He planned to seek Qian Daoliu’s approval and pursue his ambitions in Spirit Hall.

• Zhao Ming teased Hu Liena about her beauty and warned that he would not let her fall for Yan or anyone else.
• Hu Liena asked Zhao Ming to teach her cultivation, and he agreed to stay at Spirit Hall Academy for a few days.
• Zhao Ming asked about Bibi Dong, prompting Hu Liena to suspect he was attracted to her teacher; he denied it and said Hu Liena was the one he liked most at Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena fled into her private chamber, embarrassed and insisting she would not speak to Zhao Ming again.
• Zhao Ming stayed in Hu Liena’s courtyard and planned to meet Qian Daoliu after receiving news from Qian Renxue.

Zhao Ming confronted Spirit Hall Academy’s strongest Inner Court student, Mo Xinghan, and defeated him with a single finger. His advice on the sword unexpectedly helped Mo Xinghan break through three ranks, leaving the academy’s students and teachers in awe.

• Spirit Hall Academy teachers and students gathered at Hu Liena’s dormitory after hearing that Zhao Ming had beaten Yan and was Hu Liena’s boyfriend.
• Mo Xinghan challenged Zhao Ming, who gave the false name Zhao Riyue and accepted.
• Mo Xinghan attacked with his sword, but Zhao Ming sent him flying with one finger.
• Zhao Ming told Mo Xinghan that a swordsman remained strong by daring to draw his sword against any opponent, even when death awaited.
• Mo Xinghan’s sword heart cleared, and he broke through three ranks as sword energy and World Origin Energy gathered around him.
• Mo Xinghan thanked Zhao Ming for his guidance, while the academy’s onlookers changed their view of Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming defeated Mo Xinghan and accepted an Inner Court Disciple token at Spirit Hall Academy, then took Hu Liena out to eat. At Worship Hall, Qian Renxue defended Zhao Ming to Qian Daoliu and revealed her new Soul Saint cultivation and her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit, Tian'er.

• Zhao Ming refused offers to become an Inner Court Teacher and said he had come to Spirit Hall Academy to see Hu Liena, then accepted an Inner Court Disciple token.
• Zhao Ming teased Hu Liena, took her hand, and led her out to eat while the academy disciples watched.
• Qian Daoliu rebuked Qian Renxue for her feelings for Zhao Ming, while Golden Crocodile Douluo regretted not bringing her back sooner.
• Qian Renxue defended Zhao Ming and warned that Spirit Hall might not be able to defeat his forces.
• Qian Renxue revealed her Soul Saint aura, Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger Soul Spirit, Tian'er, to the worshippers.

Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu and the enshrined elders about her Soul Spirit and Light Holy Dragon Spirit Bone, then demonstrated her formidable new soul skill. After learning about Zhao Ming’s power and accepting his gifts, Qian Daoliu agreed to meet him before deciding whether to approve their relationship.

• Qian Renxue explained that she had gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Divine Heavenly Spirit Tiger Soul Spirit and a Light Holy Dragon External Soul Bone, astonishing Qian Daoliu and the enshrined elders.
• At Qian Daoliu’s request, Qian Renxue struck him with her Light Dragon God Sword and inflicted a wound, revealing the strength of her new soul skill.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the enshrined elders to keep the events secret and forbade them from attacking Zhao Ming without his permission.
• Qian Renxue gave Qian Daoliu Zhao Ming’s gifts and declared that she would never marry anyone else, even if she had to leave Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Zhao Ming ruled the soul beasts and had received a powerful god’s inheritance, and Qian Daoliu agreed to meet him before approving their relationship.

Zhao Ming met Qian Renxue’s grandfather, Qian Daoliu, to ask for permission to be with her. Qian Daoliu accepted their relationship on conditions, and Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue left able to be together openly, though he was forbidden from doing anything improper before she inherited the Angel God’s position.

• Qian Renxue brought Zhao Ming to Worship Hall to meet Qian Daoliu, who assessed Zhao Ming’s strength and questioned his intentions toward her.
• Qian Daoliu demanded that Qian Renxue be Zhao Ming’s principal wife or share that status equally with his other partners, and Zhao Ming promised to treat her well.
• Qian Daoliu required Spirit Hall to remain intact and continue under the Qian Family’s leadership, while Zhao Ming offered to make it the Heaven's Mandate Empire’s state religion.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to announce Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue’s relationship in Worship Hall but warned Zhao Ming not to compromise her virginity before she inherited the Angel God’s position.

Bibi Dong learned that Zhao Ming had entered Worship Hall and feared that Qian Daoliu’s support for him would threaten her authority in Spirit Hall. At the Elder Council, Qian Daoliu named Zhao Ming Qian Renxue’s fiancé, but Bibi Dong objected and Qian Renxue stood firmly beside Zhao Ming.

• Bibi Dong learned Zhao Ming had visited Spirit City, entered Worship Hall, and grown closer to Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, so she ordered Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo to test his strength.
• Bibi Dong discovered that Qian Daoliu had convened the Elder Council and suspected he intended to gain the elders’ approval for Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue’s relationship.
• Zhao Ming spoke cordially with Golden Crocodile Douluo and the enshrined elders while they gathered in Elder Hall.
• Qian Daoliu announced Qian Renxue’s return and declared Zhao Ming her fiancé, prompting the elders to await Bibi Dong’s response.
• Bibi Dong entered with Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, rejected the engagement, and accused Zhao Ming of being unfaithful.
• Qian Renxue refused Bibi Dong’s order to step back and stood beside Zhao Ming.

Qian Renxue defended her relationship with Zhao Ming by revealing her strength and plans to undergo the Angel God's assessment, while Qian Daoliu overruled Bibi Dong's objections. Zhao Ming defeated Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, winning Bibi Dong's wager and leaving her bound to honor one future request.

• Qian Renxue declared that she had reached rank seventy-four Soul Saint and credited Zhao Ming with helping her prepare for the Angel God's assessment.
• Qian Daoliu declared that Qian Renxue's marriage was settled and that Bibi Dong could not decide the matter alone.
• Bibi Dong challenged Zhao Ming to defeat Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, and Zhao Ming wagered that she would owe him one request if he won.
• Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo used the Polar Stillness Domain, but Zhao Ming resisted its seal and swiftly defeated both Titled Douluo.
• Bibi Dong conceded the wager, agreed not to interfere with Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue, and left with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo.

After Zhao Ming became engaged to Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu named him a young master of Spirit Hall and encouraged his granddaughter to secure his affection. Zhao Ming and Qian Renxue went to a secluded mountain peak, where they waited for sunset and she nervously accepted his embrace.

• Spirit Hall's elders discussed Zhao Ming's engagement to Qian Renxue and the power it could bring to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to be proactive with Zhao Ming, then admitted he had lied about her needing to remain a virgin to inherit the Angel God's position.
• Qian Daoliu declared Zhao Ming a young master of Spirit Hall, and the Titled Douluo elders bowed to him.
• Zhao Ming visited Qian Renxue after her bath and teased her about taking their relationship further, but she told him it was too early.
• Zhao Ming took Qian Renxue to a secluded mountain peak, promised to love her, and held her until sunset.
• Zhao Ming lifted Qian Renxue into his arms, and she nervously closed her eyes after asking him not to bully her.

After spending the night together, Qian Renxue reached level seventy-five and affirmed her commitment to Zhao Ming. She began absorbing the Angel God Outfit and entered seclusion for the trial, while Zhao Ming left after seeing her off.

• Qian Renxue awoke at level seventy-five, and she and Zhao Ming pledged to stay together.
• Qian Renxue got up, saved the bloodstained sheet, and told Zhao Ming she planned to absorb the divine outfit and enter seclusion.
• Zhao Ming encouraged Qian Renxue to be cautious during the Angel God Trial.
• Zhao Ming accompanied Qian Renxue to see Qian Daoliu, then left after she entered the secret chamber to begin her trial.