Chapter Summaries

Motis overwhelmed Li Renwang with Divine Pressure and the Claw Shattering Demon Domain, forcing him to sacrifice Lord of Ten Thousand Sins for one final attack. She destroyed his Black Hole with the Amethyst Phantom Demon Blade, and Li Renwang died accepting his defeat.

• Ha Luosa, Ghost Emperor, and Ye Lingshang watched as the Demon Empress fought Li Renwang, while Motis held back until she struck him with Divine Pressure.
• Motis used the Claw Shattering Demon Domain to wound Li Renwang, weakening Lord of Ten Thousand Sins along with him.
• Li Renwang refined Lord of Ten Thousand Sins into himself, while Ha Luosa and the others refrained from intervening on Qian Gu Huang Yu's orders.
• Motis asked Li Renwang if he knew his sins, and he blamed the Federation before accusing her of betraying her sect.
• Li Renwang unleashed Wheel of Corpse: Vortex, but Motis cut through the Black Hole and Li Renwang with the Amethyst Phantom Demon Blade.
• Li Renwang accepted that his defeat was not unjust before his body crumbled to dust.

Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to the Holy Spirit Underground Palace after killing Li Renwang and announced his death to the Evil Soul Masters. She then fulfilled Demon Empress's promise by revealing that her husband, the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, had been resurrected and summoned as an Avenger.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu collected Li Renwang's six soul bones and left, reflecting that she accepted her own guilt but did not regret following her chosen path.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu gathered the remaining Evil Soul Masters, falsely blamed the Sun Moon Federation for Li Renwang's death, and told Ghost Emperor to watch Plague Douluo Xige.
• Demon Empress demanded that Motis fulfill her promise and reveal where her husband was.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Demon Empress embraced him in tears.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that she had summoned the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King as an Avenger after the Holy Grail's abilities advanced.

Yu Hao Sheng raged over the military’s abandonment of him, while Qian Gu Huang Yu reflected on her fight with Li Renwang and secured the Demon Empress’s loyalty by promising to sustain the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King. She ended the reunion by demonstrating that he was bound to obey her.

• Yu Guan Zhi told Yu Hao Sheng that Bei Gong Li had advised him to look for problems in himself, and Yu Hao Sheng angrily blamed others for leaving him with too few forces to fight Motis.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu reviewed her battle with Li Renwang and concluded that silent undead magic had weakened his attack, while acknowledging that she still needed more strength beyond Divine Pressure.
• The Demon Empress agreed to obey Qian Gu Huang Yu in exchange for her family’s reunion, and offered the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s nine-colored Whale Pearl to anchor his existence.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu claimed the Whale Pearl would stabilize the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King’s incomplete revival, then ordered him to dance to show that he could not disobey her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed that she had deceived the couple to obtain the Whale Pearl and bound the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King through her blood and the summoning ritual.

Qian Gu Huang Yu consolidated her control over the Holy Spirit Cult and spent two and a half years reforming it before preparing to leave. She reunited with Gu Yuena at the Lake of Life, where their reunion ended with Qian Gu Huang Yu unable to restrain her hunger.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu made Ye Lingshang, Ghost Emperor, and Ha Luosa oversee the Holy Spirit Cult’s factions and used Sacred Blood to secure the loyalty of its stronger members.
• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King stayed at the headquarters to train the Demon Empress and Lan Fuzi, sparred with Qian Gu Huang Yu, and judged her combat strength to be around the level of a Limit Douluo Demigod when she restrained her Spiritual Power.
• During her three years as cult leader, Qian Gu Huang Yu reduced the Evil Soul Masters’ slaughter and made sweeping reforms before deciding the cult was on track and preparing to leave.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and reunited with Gu Yuena at the Lake of Life after three years apart.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu’s hunger became too strong for her to endure.

After three years apart, Qian Gu Huang Yu reunited with Gu Yuena and pulled her into an intense encounter that lasted three days. Gu Yuena asked to be released, but Qian Gu Huang Yu showed no sign of tiring.

• Gu Yuena reunited with Qian Gu Huang Yu and felt afraid of her lover's newly dominant presence.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu took Gu Yuena to the Lake of Life and then to the Silver Dragon King's cave beneath it.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed her half-dragon form and pinned Gu Yuena down when Gu Yuena entered Martial Soul Possession.
• Three days later, Gu Yuena begged Qian Gu Huang Yu to let her go, while Qian Gu Huang Yu remained full of energy.

After reuniting, Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena spent nine days and ten nights together and then recovered from their exhaustion. They discussed the Holy Spirit Cult and Qian Gu Huang Yu’s search for her remaining soul spirits, while Gu Yuena suggested seeking the Space Dragon King and Time Dragon King.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena promised never to be apart again after spending nine days and ten nights together.
• Two days after they finished resting, Gu Yuena complained about her sore waist, and Qian Gu Huang Yu joked with her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena that she had made the Holy Spirit Cult’s upper ranks her puppets and ensured they would not disobey.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked whether Gu Yuena had found leads on her remaining soul spirits, and Gu Yuena suggested trying to revive the Space Dragon King and Time Dragon King at the Dragon Clan Graveyard.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed visiting Dragon Valley before returning to the Spirit Pagoda after three years away. Gu Yuena’s Lovesick Heartbreak Red recognized her as its master, while Qian Gu Huang Yu learned where her family members had gone.

• Gu Yuena and Qian Gu Huang Yu agreed they could visit Dragon Valley someday, but Gu Yuena urged her not to disturb the Dragon Kings’ remains.
• After Qian Gu Huang Yu left, Gu Yuena brought the Lovesick Heartbreak Red close to a flower growing atop Spirit Gold, and it recognized her as its master.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to the Spirit Pagoda, where Qian Gu Die Ting and Leng Yulai welcomed her after her three-year absence.
• Qian Gu Die Ting told Qian Gu Huang Yu that Qian Gu Qing Feng had traveled in search of a chance to become a Divine Craftsman.
• Bei Gong Li explained that Qian Gu Dong Feng had gone to the Blood God Legion after the Mingdu Defense Battle, while Qian Ren Xue had joined through the Southern Legion two and a half months earlier.

Qian Gu Huang Yu understood why Qian Ren Xue had entered the Blood God Legion through the Southern Legion, while Qian Ren Xue confronted Inner Demon Xue, her resurrected dark counterpart. Inner Demon Xue explained how she had returned, then Qian Ren Xue’s holy fire drove her away.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu reasoned that Qian Ren Xue had correctly joined the Blood God Legion through the Southern Legion to ensure both factions recognized her achievements.
• Inner Demon Xue teased Qian Ren Xue inside her Sea of Consciousness, and Qian Ren Xue rebuffed her advances.
• Inner Demon Xue explained that she had also answered the Holy Grail Summoning and had been resurrected as one of Qian Ren Xue’s treasures because of their close connection.
• Qian Ren Xue unleashed her Heaven Burning Holy Fire, forcing Inner Demon Xue to flee and use her four black angel wings to extinguish the flames.

Qian Ren Xue extinguished the Angel Sacred Flame burning Inner Demon Xue, only to find her naked and teasing her. After Inner Demon Xue's magically formed clothes burst apart, she challenged Qian Ren Xue to dress her herself, leaving Qian Ren Xue on the spot.

• Inner Demon Xue begged Qian Ren Xue to put out the flames, and Qian Ren Xue extinguished them because they shared a bound existence.
• Qian Ren Xue discovered that the flames had burned away Inner Demon Xue's clothes, and Inner Demon Xue teased her by posing naked.
• Qian Ren Xue ordered Inner Demon Xue to get dressed, and Inner Demon Xue formed clothes by caressing her own body.
• Inner Demon Xue's clothes burst into fragments, and she claimed she lacked the power to form them again.
• Qian Ren Xue tossed Inner Demon Xue a set of clothes, but Inner Demon Xue challenged her to help put them on.

Inner Demon Xue confronted Qian Ren Xue about her fear of intimacy and her belief that closeness to her brought misfortune. She argued that Qian Ren Xue’s losses stemmed from Spirit Hall losing, leaving Qian Ren Xue to consider whether her guilt had misunderstood the past.

• Qian Ren Xue reluctantly helped Inner Demon Xue put on her clothes after Inner Demon Xue pleaded and teased her.
• Inner Demon Xue asked why Qian Ren Xue had pulled back from intimacy, and Qian Ren Xue admitted she felt empty and uneasy afterward.
• Inner Demon Xue suggested Qian Ren Xue feared that everyone who grew close to her would suffer, and Qian Ren Xue denied blaming herself for the deaths in her past.
• Inner Demon Xue listed the deaths of Qian Ren Xue’s father, grandfather, mother, and the elders of the Worship Hall as Qian Ren Xue grew despondent.
• Inner Demon Xue pointed out that Spirit Hall’s people had suffered after its defeat too, and argued that Qian Ren Xue’s misfortunes came from losing rather than being cursed or unblessed.
• Inner Demon Xue asked whether Qian Ren Xue could have restored Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji if she had won and entered the God Realm.

Qian Gu Huang Yu resumed her work at the Spirit Pagoda after returning from the Holy Spirit Cult, bringing relatives and allies into the Soul Armor project. As she prepared to recruit capable researchers, Qian Ren Xue was urged to regain her confidence by improving her strength.

• Inner Demon Xue told Qian Ren Xue that her real problem was losing to Tang San and urged her to focus on raising her cultivation.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu spoke with Qian Gu Dong Feng and Qian Gu Qing Feng, learning about their progress and hearing Qing Feng's suggestion that she spend more time close to nature.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to cultivation and restarted the Soul Armor project, becoming its deputy director with Qian Gu Die Ting's support.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu recruited Leng Yao Zhu, Leng Yulai, her relatives, Spirit Pagoda allies, Zhang Geyang, Qing Yi, and King of Ten Thousand Demons into the project.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu reviewed Qian Gu Die Ting's working recommendation list and prepared to recruit researchers who could do the actual work.

After returning to the Spirit Pagoda and launching the Soul Armor project, Qian Gu Huang Yu met with her mother, Ning Qing Yu, who apologized for neglecting her and asked to rebuild their closeness. Ning Qing Yu reflected on how Qian Gu Huang Yu’s disappearance had shaken her confidence in the status she had gained through her daughter.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu established the Soul Armor R&D Special Project Group, drawing intense interest from people seeking positions and benefits.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu went to meet Ning Qing Yu at the Spirit Pagoda Headquarters after receiving her message.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu was surprised by Ning Qing Yu’s renewed vitality and learned that she had reached Titled Douluo cultivation.
• Ning Qing Yu embraced Qian Gu Huang Yu, apologized for neglecting her, and asked her to call her Mom.
• Ning Qing Yu recalled how she had delayed absorbing the Aromatic Silk Beauty and had celebrated becoming Qian Gu Die Ting’s principal wife before Qian Gu Huang Yu became trapped in a secret realm.

Ning Qing Yu asked her sister Ning Qing Lan for help after Qian Gu Dong Feng disappeared to join the Blood God Legion, but Ning Qing Lan confronted her over her dependence on her children and her choices. Ning Qing Yu was left alone in tears, beginning to recognize how unhappy her life had become.

• Ning Qing Yu deduced that Qian Gu Dong Feng had gone to the Blood God Legion and feared losing both her son and her status.
• Ning Qing Lan reunited with Ning Qing Yu and, after hearing her request, angrily criticized her for relying on her children and accepting her place in Qian Gu Die Ting's life.
• Ning Qing Lan reminded Ning Qing Yu that she had failed to pursue her own growth, including the chance to evolve her Martial Soul, and said she had borne the family's burdens for her.
• Ning Qing Lan left with Chen Yi and broke down in tears, while Ning Qing Yu cried alone in Tang Sect's reception room and reflected on her past.

Ning Qing Yu told Qian Gu Huang Yu how she had overcome her past and become a Titled Douluo, then warned her that Qian Gu Die Ting treated family as tools. Qian Gu Huang Yu chose to stay with the Spirit Transmission Tower and shape it herself, while Ning Qing Yu began trying to be a more attentive mother.

• Ning Qing Yu explained that the Aromatic Silk Beauty helped her Martial Soul evolve into the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda and that she had recently become a Titled Douluo.
• Ning Qing Yu warned Qian Gu Huang Yu that Qian Gu Die Ting had neglected her unless her talent could serve his ambitions.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu said she understood her father's motives and would not leave the Spirit Pagoda because she expected to become Tower Master and change it herself.
• Ning Qing Yu warned Qian Gu Huang Yu to be wary of Qian Gu Die Ting and Qian Gu Shi Long, but said Bei Gong Li could be trusted to help her.
• Ning Qing Yu began appearing more often and learning to care for her adult children, which Qian Gu Huang Yu welcomed.

Qian Gu Huang Yu launched mass-producible Rank 3 Soul Armor as an expensive luxury and the Spirit Pagoda recruited blacksmiths to meet demand. The chapter ended with Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li reporting that Shadow Council members wanted the Blood God Legion used as an excuse to jump the Soul Armor queue without paying.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu developed Rank 3 Soul Armor, launched it at auction, and promoted it as a luxury item with the slogan, “One cannot possess both inferiority and Soul Armor.”
• The Spirit Pagoda recruited blacksmiths across the Federation and used contracts, threats, and inducements to secure their labor.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed the auction, where Heaven’s Favor had spent heavily to secure Soul Armor for Yun Ming and other factions bid for their juniors.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li arrived from Mingdu and said Yu Hao Sheng, Chen Yi Ming, and other Shadow Council members wanted to use the Blood God Legion to cut the production line and avoid payment.
• Bei Gong Li explained that Blood God Legion soldiers earned high salaries but lacked the business income and miscellaneous fees available to other Federation armies.

Qian Gu Huang Yu proposed visiting the Blood God Legion to oversee Soul Armor assistance and prevent the subsidies from going mainly to well-connected recruits. The others supported her plan, though Bei Gong Li worried about the risks of entering the Legion.

• Bei Gong Li explained that procedural rules prevented the Spirit Pagoda from checking Blood God Legion service records, so the Legion would recommend candidates for Soul Armor assistance.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li described how powerful factions could steer the subsidies to their own people, while commander Qin Xiao Wen lacked the influence to stop them.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu proposed that she and Gu Yuena travel to the Blood God Legion and delay distribution by claiming Di Tian was injured and the project’s leaders were unavailable.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu suggested that an on-site inspection would let her choose deserving recipients and learn about the Legion; Qian Gu Die Ting approved the plan.
• Bei Gong Li warned Qian Gu Huang Yu that the Blood God Legion was difficult to enter and leave, but Qian Gu Huang Yu said the Soul Armor project was on track and she wanted the experience.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena prepared to visit the Blood God Legion, where Huang Yu hoped to test her Devouring Ability and recruit talented young military personnel. They discussed their plans to gain control of more Federation legions, then Huang Yu left Soul Armor matters in her mother Ning Qing Yu’s hands.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu agreed to train at the Blood God Legion and test whether her Devouring Ability worked on Abyssal energy, while Bei Gong Li approved the plan.
• Qian Gu Die Ting had Qian Gu Huang Yu hand over her work and arrange coverage for the duties she, Gu Yuena, and Gu Yue Chun Qiu had handled.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena discussed gaining control of the Southern Legion through Qian Ren Xue and the Sea God Legion through Chen Hanyu, and planned to recruit talented military personnel.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu assigned Soul Armor research to Ning Qing Yu, who had learned to produce Rank 3 Soul Armor independently.

Motis revealed her god-level power to the Abyssal Sage King and proposed an alliance against threats in the Douluo Plane. The two agreed to cooperate, and Motis presented the Black Empress, who confessed that her plan had failed.

• The Abyssal Sage King watched Motis defeat his subordinate and recognized that she possessed god-level strength.
• Motis proposed that the Abyssal Sage King help her destroy the deity ruins while she helped him kill the human who could devour Abyssal energy.
• The Abyssal Sage King demanded that Motis help open a new Abyssal passage, and Motis agreed if he supplied the resources.
• Motis released the Black Empress from the Undead World, startling the Abyssal Sage King, who reconsidered how much he knew about Motis's origins.
• The Black Empress knelt before the Holy Lord and admitted that her plan had failed.

Qian Gu Huang Yu secured the Abyssal Sage King's cooperation while planning to prevent the Holy Lord from descending without her help. Meanwhile, Chen Xin Jie reconsidered leaving the Blood God Legion, and Dong Zian arrived to seek full membership in the One Heart Society.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu reflected on the benefits of her arrangement with the Abyssal Sage King and resolved to ensure he could not descend without her assistance.
• Chen Hanyu urged Chen Xin Jie to stop hesitating and act on what he wanted before leaving the Blood God Legion.
• Chen Xin Jie accepted that he needed to try before he could live without regrets.
• Dong Zian, now Rank 70, entered the Blood God Legion's command headquarters for his One Heart Society initiation ceremony.
• Dong Zian knocked on Qian Gu Huang Yu's office door and entered after she gave permission.

Qian Gu Huang Yu successfully condensed her Bloodline Soul Core, completing the Yin-Yang Complementary Triple Soul Core, then reunited with Gu Yuena. Gu Yuena caught her when she suddenly grew weak and revealed she had prepared for this moment throughout Qian Gu Huang Yu’s seclusion.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu completed her Bloodline Soul Core and formed the Yin-Yang Complementary Triple Soul Core.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu called Gu Yuena and told her that she had succeeded.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu tried to undress Gu Yuena, and they teased each other about their agreement and Gu Yuena’s new Titled Douluo cultivation.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu suddenly became weak, and Gu Yuena caught her in a princess carry.
• Gu Yuena said she had been making arrangements outside Qian Gu Huang Yu’s room every day during her seclusion.