Chapter Summaries

Qian Gu Huang Yu returned from seclusion after cultivating the Yin-Yang Complementary Triple Soul Core, and Qian Gu Die Ting praised her unprecedented achievement. He agreed to make her Deputy Tower Master after she became a Titled Douluo, setting her on course to eventually succeed him.

• Qian Gu Die Ting praised Qian Gu Huang Yu for cultivating the Yin-Yang Complementary Triple Soul Core, unaware that Gu Yuena had kept her occupied for an extra month.
• Qian Gu Die Ting and Bei Gong Li discussed Qian Gu Huang Yu's potential to surpass the strongest soul masters after fusing with her soul spirit and becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Bei Gong Li's remarks suggested that Qian Gu Die Ting should yield the Tower Master position to Qian Gu Huang Yu.
• Qian Gu Die Ting offered to appoint Qian Gu Huang Yu Deputy Tower Master once she became a Titled Douluo, and said she could prepare to succeed him after gaining experience.

Qian Gu Die Ting explained how he planned to consolidate Spirit Pagoda under his allies, while Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena learned that two Blue Demon Birds had appeared in the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform. The chapter ended with Gu Yuena and Di Tian revealing the birds’ connection to the Phoenix God and the danger and power they represented.

• Qian Gu Die Ting told Bei Gong Li that he intended to use Xiao Yu and Nana’s future appointments to place Spirit Pagoda’s upper ranks under their influence.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to Gu Yuena and took her to meet Di Tian at the Advanced Spirit Ascension Platform.
• Di Tian showed Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena footage of a Gold Patterned Blue Demon Bird and a Silver Pattern Blue Demon Bird inside the platform.
• Gu Yuena explained that the birds were divine-beast bloodlines tied to ultimate time and space, and that their offspring could become a True Phoenix and eventually a Phoenix God.
• Di Tian said he had spared the birds because both were female, while Gu Yuena compared their potential martial souls to the strongest God King-level powers.

Qian Gu Huang Yu explained soul spirits to the Gold-Silver Blue Demon Birds and challenged them to prove her strength before agreeing to become her soul spirits. During their fight, the Gold Patterned Blue Demon Bird partially resisted Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Time Deletion Domain through her mastery of the Time Attribute.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that the Spirit Ascension Platform was a fake world and warned the Blue Demon Birds that its administrator would destroy them if they stayed.
• The Silver Pattern Blue Demon Bird and Gold Patterned Blue Demon Bird demanded that Qian Gu Huang Yu prove she was strong enough to command them.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu activated her seven soul rings and Martial Soul Avatar, transforming into King Ghidorah and using Dominating Theater to improve her vision.
• The Silver Pattern Blue Demon Bird used Space Lockdown, but Qian Gu Huang Yu activated Time Deletion and moved behind the birds to attack.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu noticed the Gold Patterned Blue Demon Bird’s feathers move and realized she could remain conscious within the Time Deletion Domain.

Qian Gu Huang Yu completed her fusion with the Silver and Gold Patterned Blue Demon Birds, gaining two powerful Soul Rings and reaching rank ninety. After she left the Spirit Ascension Platform, the space collapsed, and a blue-haired woman appeared in her Sea of Souls.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Soul Power reached rank ninety after she fused with the Silver Blue Demon Bird, and the Gold Patterned Blue Demon Bird also formed a contract with her.
• Gu Yuena and Di Tian realized that Qian Gu Huang Yu had entered deep meditation while fusing with both Blue Demon Birds.
• Five days later, Qian Gu Huang Yu emerged with a gold-silver Soul Ring and a pure golden Soul Ring, completing her fusion with the two birds.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu left the Spirit Ascension Platform, and the space was torn apart by silver fissures before collapsing.
• A blue-haired woman appeared in Qian Gu Huang Yu’s Sea of Souls and remarked on its beauty.

After the Spirit Ascension Platform collapsed, Qian Gu Huang Yu explained that she may have absorbed the plane fragments within it. She revealed her extraordinary soul rings to Qian Gu Die Ting, leaving him feeling pressure from her for the first time.

• Gu Yuena showed Qian Gu Huang Yu black footage and explained that the Spirit Ascension Platform had collapsed after she left.
• Qian Gu Die Ting arrived to investigate, and Di Tian explained that Qian Gu Huang Yu's Gold-Silver Blue Demon Bird may have absorbed plane fragments.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu suggested that she had resonated with and absorbed the remaining plane fragments when fusing with her soul spirits.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed her soul rings, including a silver-gold ring and a pure golden Million-year Soul Ring.
• Qian Gu Die Ting recognized the golden ring from ancient records and felt pressure from Qian Gu Huang Yu for the first time.

Qian Gu Die Ting explained the stages of Limit Douluo and the factors that determined their strength to Qian Gu Huang Yu. He advised her to stabilize her current realm and continue developing her swordsmanship before pursuing further breakthroughs.

• Qian Gu Die Ting praised Qian Gu Huang Yu's strength and explained how soul power, spiritual power, martial souls, and realm affected a Soul Master's combat ability.
• Qian Gu Die Ting described the progression from Quasi-Demigod to Demigod, Quasi-God, and Peak Quasi-God, explaining why powerful figures across generations remained active.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu asked whether artistic conception contributed to realm, and Qian Gu Die Ting explained how weapon and beast martial souls developed their understanding of realm differently.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu considered resuming her swordsmanship because she planned to make the Sword of Separation her final weapon.
• Qian Gu Die Ting urged Qian Gu Huang Yu to stabilize her current realm rather than rush toward Limit Douluo, then outlined rough combat-strength gaps between the stages.

Gu Yuena and Qian Gu Huang Yu agreed to take turns being dominant after Gu Yuena comforted Qian Gu Huang Yu. Five days later, Qian Gu Huang Yu was still with Gu Yuena when a Spirit Pagoda Council meeting to discuss her promotion to Deputy Tower Master was about to begin.

• Gu Yuena returned from exploring the Golden Dragon Demon Cave and found Qian Gu Huang Yu tearful after losing their latest contest.
• Gu Yuena comforted Qian Gu Huang Yu and suggested they take turns being dominant.
• Gu Yuena showed Qian Gu Huang Yu the Silver Dragon God Cave, and she later embraced their new arrangement.
• Five days later, Qian Gu Huang Yu remained with Gu Yuena despite Qian Gu Die Ting's message that the council meeting was about to begin.
• Spirit Pagoda Council Members gathered at headquarters, expecting a routine discussion about Soul Armor.

Qian Gu Die Ting proposed appointing his daughter, Qian Gu Huang Yu, as Deputy Tower Master in charge of Soul Armor. After she demonstrated her extraordinary strength and silenced objections, the Council began voting on her appointment.

• Qian Gu Die Ting argued that Soul Armor had become central to Spirit Pagoda's success and proposed creating a Deputy Tower Master position to oversee it.
• Qian Gu Die Ting nominated Qian Gu Huang Yu, the Soul Armor Research and Development Department head, and Leng Yang Jun questioned her appointment because she was only twenty.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed three Ten-thousand-year Soul Rings, six orange Fierce Beast Soul Rings, and two million-year Soul Rings, then released an aura that made even Leng Yang Jun retreat.
• Qian Gu Die Ting defended Qian Gu Huang Yu's appointment, and Leng Yang Jun withdrew his objection before the Council moved to a vote.
• The Council's voting screen appeared, and Qian Gu Huang Yu needed more than twenty-nine of the forty-three votes to become Deputy Tower Master.

Yun Ming and his companions mourned Cai Yuer, teased Yun Ming about visiting Ya Li, and discussed his past feelings for the eldest daughter of the Qian Gu Family. At Spirit Pagoda Headquarters, Qian Ren Xue congratulated Qian Gu Huang Yu on her appointment and revealed her own breakthrough to Titled Douluo, leaving Qian Gu Huang Yu asking what title she had chosen.

• Zang Xin, Cao Dezhi, Guan Yue, and Yun Ming joked about their Titled Douluo titles before remembering Cai Yuer's sacrifice and planning to comfort Zhuo Shi and Feng Wuyu.
• Yun Ming's companions teased him about visiting Ya Li at Wish Medical Clinic and asked whether he had moved on from the eldest daughter of the Qian Gu Family.
• Yun Ming explained that he had ended that pursuit because neither of them could leave their respective institutions, and Zang Xin mocked him until Yun Ming threatened to fight him.
• Qian Ren Xue contacted Qian Gu Huang Yu to congratulate her on becoming Spirit Pagoda's Deputy Tower Master and shared news of the Blood God Legion and the One Heart Society.
• Qian Ren Xue told Qian Gu Huang Yu that she had broken through to Titled Douluo with a stronger foundation than in her previous life, and Qian Gu Huang Yu asked what title she had chosen.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena learned that the Federation planned to invade the Star Luo and Dou Ling Empires, then received warnings and instructions before traveling there. At Shrek Academy, Long Yeyue faced the question of whether she would reunite with Chen Xin Jie, while Beddon told her she need not consider his feelings.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu, Bei Gong Li, Qian Gu Die Ting, and Gu Yuena discussed the Federation's invasion plans and Spirit Pagoda's support for the war.
• Bei Gong Li warned Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena about the Holy Spirit Cult and advised them to avoid serious conflict with the Star Luo Empire.
• Bei Gong Li gave Qian Gu Huang Yu a Storage Ring for Yue Hong Chen and explained that Kong Wei Yue wanted her to become an honorary Hall Scholar at Mingde Hall.
• Chen Xin Jie visited Long Yeyue at Shrek Academy to seek a reunion, and Beddon asked what she wanted while telling her she need not worry about him.
• Long Yeyue said she did not know what she wanted and struggled to hide her tears as she looked across Sea God Lake.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena arrived in the Dou Ling Empire and learned that the Tang Sect had reached an agreement with the empire amid the threat of the Holy Spirit Cult. The Dou Ling emperor awaited news as the chapter left him burdened by the Evil Soul Masters’ strength.

• Hu Yanxiao welcomed Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena, and Qian Gu Huang Yu identified him as a Rank 97 Super Douluo from the Elephant Armor Sect.
• Hu Yanxiao explained the Dou Ling Continent’s history and said the Tang Sect was competing with the Spirit Pagoda for influence and resource rights.
• Hu Yanxiao reported that Tang Sect members had met the emperor half a month earlier and that the Holy Spirit Cult had relocated to the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu declined to meet the emperor right away because he was eager to ally with the Tang Sect.
• Xue Chaoyang read a report in the imperial palace and worried that the Dou Ling Empire could not resist the Holy Spirit Cult’s five rumored Limit Douluos.

Ye Lingshang attacked the Dou Ling Imperial Palace, but Qian Gu Huang Yu arrived in time to defeat her and save Emperor Xue Chaoyang and his officials. Ye Lingshang escaped, while the Spirit Pagoda gained the emperor’s trust after its forces also eradicated an Evil Soul Master base.

• Ye Lingshang used her Soul Burial Blood Prison to overwhelm Cao Pengfei and the Tang Sect experts, then launched a devastating attack at the imperial palace.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu appeared and halted time, then destroyed Ye Lingshang’s blood-colored attack with a golden ray.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu revealed her Titled Douluo cultivation and extraordinary Soul Rings, then used Ghidorah True Body to swallow Ye Lingshang.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Xue Chaoyang that Ye Lingshang had escaped, and Hu Yanxiao reported that the Evil Soul Master base had been eradicated.
• Xue Chaoyang praised Qian Gu Huang Yu for saving the palace, and news of her victory spread across the Dou Ling Empire.

Qian Gu Huang Yu negotiated a secret Soul Armor deal with Xue Chaoyang, extracting a huge payment and resources from the Dou Ling Empire while concealing her true motives. After Gu Yuena questioned the deal aboard their cruise ship to the Star Luo Empire, the story left with Xue Chaoyang’s promised blacksmiths and students still in the Dou Ling Empire.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu refused Xue Chaoyang’s requests to provide Soul Armor makers, then encouraged him to send blacksmiths and students to the Sun Moon Federation to learn its production.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Xue Chaoyang reached a private agreement for Soul Armor worth one hundred billion Federation Coins, along with ten billion in training fees and substantial resources and rare metals.
• The Dou Ling Empire paid sixty billion Federation Coins up front and began sending resources to the Spirit Pagoda, while the remaining payment was due after delivery and the return of its people.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu told Hu Yanxiao to keep the agreement secret and promised Rank 3 Soul Armor for him and his son.
• Aboard a cruise ship bound for the Star Luo Empire, Gu Yuena teased Qian Gu Huang Yu for charging the Dou Ling Empire far more than the Soul Armor was worth.

Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena arrived in the Star Luo Empire and found the Spirit Pagoda surrounded by the Body Sect. They learned that Yue Hong Chen had allegedly kidnapped a Body Sect disciple and had gone into seclusion without explaining the dispute.

• Chen Yi offered to relax some of the Tang Sect’s conditions if Dai Ling Xun’s plan secured the Soul Armor manufacturing methods.
• After a month of cultivation, Qian Gu Huang Yu returned to the Star Luo Empire with Gu Yuena and was welcomed by Nala and Asante.
• Nala explained that Yue Hong Chen was occupied and would brief Qian Gu Huang Yu after they reached Star Luo City.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena saw the Body Sect surrounding the Star Luo Spirit Pagoda, where Zhang Shun demanded that Yue Hong Chen return a kidnapped disciple.
• Nala said Yue Hong Chen had ordered the Spirit Pagoda staff to keep the Body Sect out, then entered seclusion; Qian Gu Huang Yu learned that Zhang Shun was only a Level 93 Titled Douluo.

Yue Hong Chen explained why she helped Liu Yue Yi escape the Body Sect and why she entered seclusion afterward, revealing that her breakthrough to Rank 97 followed a moment of empathy and enlightenment. She then described the Star Luo Empire’s alignment with the Tang Sect and the stalled weapons negotiations led by Chen Yi.

• Yue Hong Chen told Qian Gu Huang Yu and Gu Yuena that Mu Tian had raised Liu Yue Yi as his disciple intending to have a child with her for the Body Sect’s future.
• Yue Hong Chen explained that Liu Yue Yi fled Mu Tian and sought her help, and that she chose to protect Liu Yue Yi despite possible punishment from Spirit Pagoda Headquarters.
• Yue Hong Chen recalled her poor upbringing and how her teacher supported her, saying Liu Yue Yi’s circumstances reminded her of herself and inspired her enlightenment.
• Yue Hong Chen revealed that she had advanced two levels during seclusion and reached Rank 97.
• Yue Hong Chen told Qian Gu Huang Yu that the Star Luo Empire had sided with the Tang Sect, but Dai Ling Xun and Chen Yi had not reached an agreement on weapons cooperation.

Yue Hong Chen explained how ingratiating herself with Bei Gong Li had helped her rise to Deputy Tower Master before warning Qian Gu Huang Yu that Dai Ling Xun wanted to meet. As Qian Gu Huang Yu learned of Star Luo’s powerful Holy Dragon Douluo En Ci, the chapter left his extraordinary rise and battle armor mastery revealed.

• Yue Hong Chen recalled forcing herself to like Bei Gong Li’s preferences and study Soul Tools so she could become Bei Gong Li’s disciple and improve her status.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu met Yue Hong Chen in the Star Luo Empire after helping remove Body Sect members who had blocked the Spirit Pagoda.
• Yue Hong Chen told Qian Gu Huang Yu that Dai Ling Xun wanted to meet to ease tensions, though she might seek the Soul Armor crafting method.
• Yue Hong Chen explained that En Ci was Star Luo’s strongest Soul Master and dean of Monster Academy.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu recalled En Ci’s rapid rise from a Three Rings Soul Elder to a rank-98 Super Douluo and his achievement of forging a Four-word Battle Armor.

Yue Hong Chen confessed her ambitions and her dealings with Liu Yue Yi to Qian Gu Huang Yu, who promised to overturn the existing order and enlisted her help in making a Level 12 Soul Tool. Yue Hong Chen agreed to follow her, while recognizing that her future power depended on keeping Qian Gu Huang Yu satisfied.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu challenged Yue Hong Chen's reasons for resenting the Soul Valves, and Yue Hong Chen admitted she was willing to help reshape the world if they had the power to do it.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu promised to break the current order, and Yue Hong Chen pledged to become her first follower and share the consequences of their plans.
• Yue Hong Chen told Qian Gu Huang Yu the unembellished truth about Liu Yue Yi and revealed that she had placed an explosive tracking bracelet on her.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu gave Yue Hong Chen the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's nine-colored Whale Pearl and asked her to use it as material for a Level 12 Soul Tool.
• After Qian Gu Huang Yu left, Liu Yue Yi asked why Yue Hong Chen had told her everything, and Yue Hong Chen explained that winning the next family head's trust was essential to keeping her position.

Qian Gu Huang Yu rejected the Star Luo Empire’s attempt to pressure her into revealing the Soul Armor method and agreed to settle the conflict through a Five Gods' Duel. Two days later, she told Gu Yuena that fighting was the only way to end matters peacefully.

• En Ci proposed a Five Gods' Duel in which Qian Gu Huang Yu would face five challengers, while Mu Tian demanded Liu Yue Yi and the Soul Armor method if she lost.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu demanded ten items from the Body Sect’s treasury in exchange for the Soul Armor method, and Mu Tian accepted after En Ci urged him to stay calm.
• Yue Hong Chen exposed that the Star Luo Empire would help the Body Sect, and Dai Ling Xun offered the empire’s resources in exchange for the Soul Armor method.
• Qian Gu Huang Yu mocked Dai Ling Xun and said she would reveal the method if the empress became her hardworking slave, turning the dispute into a diplomatic incident.
• Two days later, Qian Gu Huang Yu told Gu Yuena that she had accepted the Five Gods' Duel because there was no peaceful way to end the conflict.

Qian Gu Huang Yu learned that Ya Li had recovered from the plague and advanced to Titled Douluo, while the Star Luo Empire, Tang Sect, and Body Sect prepared for the Five Gods' Duel. Their plans were disrupted when Ha Luosa attacked a military base and injured several of the empire's god-rank mecha masters, leaving En Ci looking to Chen Yi for a solution.

• Qian Gu Huang Yu learned from Ning Qing Yu that Ya Li had awakened after about a month unconscious and advanced from Soul Sage to Titled Douluo, with Le Qian Xue having returned to help her.
• Dai Ling Xun, En Ci, Mu Tian, and Chen Yi discussed the Tang Sect supporting the Star Luo Empire in the Five Gods' Duel, and Chen Yi agreed to honor their earlier commitment.
• A minister reported that Ha Luosa had attacked the Ling Bing Military Base, causing heavy casualties and injuring several god-rank mecha masters selected for the duel.
• Mu Tian and Chen Yi offered to help the Star Luo Empire fight the Holy Spirit Cult, and Dai Ling Xun explained that the injured mecha masters might be unable to compete.
• Mu Tian admitted that the Body Sect was unskilled with mechas, and En Ci looked to Chen Yi for help.

Gu Yuena asked Ning Qing Lan for advice on defeating Qian Gu Huang Yu, and Ning Qing Lan encouraged her to accept her weakness and wait for an opening. At the stadium, an announcer explained the Five Gods' Duel as a friendly match between the Spirit Pagoda and the Body Sect, while the Star Luo Empire faced pressure to avoid angering the Spirit Pagoda.

• Ning Qing Lan persuaded Gu Yuena to call her big sister and advised her to endure Qian Gu Huang Yu's attacks until her opponent grew exhausted.
• Gu Yuena took Ning Qing Lan's advice to heart and imagined Qian Gu Huang Yu begging her for mercy.
• Ning Qing Lan privately reassured Chen Yi that she only wanted to dote on Xiao Yu, then told Chen Yi to wait for her after they returned.
• An announcer explained that the Five Gods' Duel involved five contests over five days and gave the victor the right to make a demand.
• The announcer presented the duel as a friendly match between the Spirit Pagoda and the Body Sect, and the Star Luo Empire offered its support to avoid offending the Spirit Pagoda before the Federation's impending expedition.