Chapter Summaries

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong bought supplies in the God Trial’s Illusion Realm, where he realized the realm could help forge Bibi Dong’s Divine Soul and influence her judgment. When a Noble Spirit Master threatened them at the academy, Bibi Dong’s anger made Lin Manshan suspect the trial was steering her toward increasingly extreme choices, so he decided to intervene.

• Lin Manshan explained that they could cultivate their souls in the Illusion Realm and reasoned that the Rakshasa God had created it to strengthen Bibi Dong’s Divine Soul and test her.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong changed into their school uniforms, bought bedding, clothes, and food with their Gold Soul Coin, and ate before returning to the academy.
• A Noble Spirit Master and his lackeys blocked their way, threatened to beat them, and said they would make the two become his pet dogs.
• Bibi Dong grew furious and thought that all corrupt nobles deserved to die if she unified the continent.
• Lin Manshan inferred that the Illusion Realm was shaping Bibi Dong’s reactions and thoughts, then stepped in front of her to intervene.

Lin Manshan won a fight against the Noble Spirit Master's lackeys and secured the wager, then challenged Bibi Dong to reconsider her instinct to punish an entire family for one person's wrongdoing. Bibi Dong accepted his advice as they remained at the dormitory.

• Lin Manshan revised the wager so the Noble Spirit Master would handle the Work-Study Students' cleaning duties if he lost, and the two agreed to the terms.
• Lin Manshan used his Soul Perception and underhanded tactics to defeat the Noble Spirit Master's lackeys while Bibi Dong watched.
• The Noble Spirit Master conceded, and Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong left as grateful Work-Study Students took their belongings.
• After their Dormmates left, Lin Manshan asked Bibi Dong whether she had considered purging the Noble Spirit Masters and explained why punishing innocents would make her responsible for their deaths.
• Bibi Dong reflected on Lin Manshan's advice to set aside personal biases and consider matters from more angles, then thanked him.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong cultivated together in the God Trial Illusion Realm while he worked to earn money for medicinal materials and helped her stay focused on the trial. After two months, he returned late with medicine and dinner, and Bibi Dong visibly relaxed when he arrived.

• Lin Manshan guessed that cultivating in the Illusion Realm could strengthen the soul, prompting Bibi Dong to cultivate alongside him and feel motivated by his apparent abilities.
• Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong he planned to buy medicine to assist cultivation and explained that time flowed much faster inside the Illusion Realm than outside.
• Bibi Dong cultivated each afternoon while Lin Manshan took a cook's job at a commoner restaurant, and they ran, attended class, and cultivated together.
• After two months, Lin Manshan earned enough to buy medicinal materials for two portions, with no troubling events occurring during that time.
• Lin Manshan returned to the Dormitory later than usual with prepared medicine and dinner, and Bibi Dong smiled with relief when she saw him.

Lin Manshan discovered that medicine and Soul Rings could strengthen him in the Illusion Realm, then crafted a hidden crossbow for himself and Bibi Dong to use when hunting Spirit Beasts. Bibi Dong asked him to train her in close combat, and he began by assessing her physical foundation.

• Lin Manshan tested his medicine and reasoned that Soul Rings might increase Soul Power, then decided to remain at the academy while he prepared.
• Lin Manshan commissioned hidden-weapon parts and, half a year later, showed Bibi Dong a six-shot wrist crossbow that could threaten powerful Spirit Masters.
• Bibi Dong understood the weapon's military danger, and Lin Manshan said he would not share its design but gave her a crossbow for future Spirit Beast hunts.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Manshan to teach her close-combat skills, and they agreed to train in the Back Mountain each morning.
• Lin Manshan assessed Bibi Dong's foundation with a horse stance and decided to build her physical skills step by step before moving on to actual combat.

Lin Manshan set a new foundation-focused training plan for Bibi Dong and began evening practice in the God Trial Illusion Realm. After Bibi Dong struggled through her first session, they discovered the training also simulated physical exhaustion and tempered her soul.

• Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong to strengthen her combat foundation before progressing to sparring and explained that battle instincts were forged through life-and-death struggles.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong agreed to train in the evenings, and he prepared a vitality-restoring potion for her.
• After Bibi Dong ate, Lin Manshan corrected her horse stance in the Back Mountain while she practiced for nearly an hour.
• Lin Manshan noticed that Bibi Dong's trembling soul showed the Illusion Realm was tempering it, then ended the session.
• Bibi Dong's legs gave way from simulated muscle fatigue, and Lin Manshan supported her as she resolved to train harder.

Lin Manshan carried the sore Bibi Dong back to the Dormitory, where they drank medicine and cultivated, while the gods watched. Tang San entered the Corpse Mountain trial believing he had only a month to cross it, and the Asura God grew angry after sensing Tang San’s resentment over the trial.

• Lin Manshan carried Bibi Dong down the mountain and told a Female Mentor that she had overexerted herself during a night run.
• Lin Manshan brought Bibi Dong to their bedside, where they drank medicine and began cultivating.
• The God of the Underworld and the Rakshasa God watched Lin Manshan help Bibi Dong, while the Rakshasa God worried about the next hurdle.
• Tang San, having spent a month absorbing a God-Bestowed Soul Ring and reaching Rank 74, surveyed the Corpse Mountains and hurried onward to save Xiao Wu.
• The Asura God sensed Tang San’s resentment through the Divine Sense Mark and considered changing his plans if Tang San did not change.

Tang San rejected the Blood Mist’s tempering and used his Blue Silver Domain to protect himself, disappointing the Asura God. The gods turned their attention to the Rakshasa God’s trial and Lin Manshan’s training of Bibi Dong, which moved into its combat stage.

• Tang San sensed the Blood Mist burning his muscles, suspected it was poisonous, and released his Blue Silver Domain to block it.
• The Asura God left in disappointment, then used his Divine Sense to observe the Rakshasa God’s Secret Realm and encountered the Netherworld’s deity.
• The Netherworld’s deity suspected the Asura God had come to interfere with the Rakshasa God’s plans and decided to keep watch over A'man.
• The Asura God noticed another Divine Soul in the Netherworld and chose to watch the Sinful Reincarnation trial rather than act recklessly.
• Nine months later, Lin Manshan judged Bibi Dong’s foundation ready and began her actual combat training in the Back Mountain forest.

Lin Manshan defeated Bibi Dong in a brutal spar and carried her back to the Dormitory, where her roommates mistook their closeness for romance. Outside the Illusion Realm, the Asura God sent Tang San into a deadly battlefield trial and began considering how the events in the Rakshasa Secret Realm might benefit his own plans.

• Lin Manshan overwhelmed Bibi Dong in combat, then carried her back and explained how she could improve her fighting skills.
• Bibi Dong skipped her morning run because of her injuries, and a Dormmate called her “Sister-in-law” while asking where Brother Man was.
• The Asura God judged Tang San’s progress inadequate and gave him only 5% affinity for completing the Third Trial without meeting its perfect-completion conditions.
• The Asura God sent Tang San into the Fourth Trial, where he had to kill ten thousand soldiers without Soul Power and could truly die if killed.
• The Asura God suspected Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong’s Gods were cooperating to overcome the Sinful Reincarnation trial, and considered using the situation for his own opportunity.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong trained together for months, earning reputations at the academy before returning to Bibi Dong’s village for winter vacation. At her parents’ graves, Bibi Dong privately resolved to keep her painful past from Lin Manshan, while he sensed her sudden emotional distress without understanding it.

• Lin Manshan brought food to Bibi Dong and helped her skip class while she recovered from their rigorous nightly training.
• A female mentor followed Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong to the back mountain, saw them sparring, and later approved Lin Manshan’s leave requests and gave him a textbook for Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong excelled in the year-end exams, gaining reputations as an academic prodigy and cultivation maniac alongside Lin Manshan, while rumors spread that they were a couple.
• After the semester ended, Lin Manshan accompanied Bibi Dong back to her village and helped clear weeds from her parents’ graves.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether to tell Lin Manshan about her past, then decided to keep it secret; Lin Manshan sensed her emotional fluctuation as they prepared to leave.

After three years together in the Illusion Realm, Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong reached level 10 and prepared to obtain Soul Rings. The Rakshasa God recognized that Bibi Dong had grown attached to Lin Manshan and began shaping the final trial, while the Asura God warned her of the danger of her scheme.

• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong spent their village holiday together, where the village chief gave them fruit concealing two Pork Kidneys, embarrassing Bibi Dong.
• After returning to the academy, Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong continued training and studying as their Dormitory emptied.
• Two years later, both Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong reached level 10 and headed to the Academic Affairs Building to obtain Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong reflected that she had grown attached to Lin Manshan during their three years together and hoped their time in the Illusion Realm would last longer.
• The Rakshasa God realized that the final trial was nearing and altered Bibi Dong's physical body, while the Asura God warned her that Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong could someday hunt her down.

Tang San began the Asura God's Fifth Trial while Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong completed their training in the illusion realm and graduated from the academy. As they headed back to the village, their growing feelings complicated their plans for the trials ahead.

• The Asura God started Tang San's Fifth Trial, challenging him to defeat 99 Blood Guards within 99 days, while criticizing Tang San for failing to recognize the illusion realm's benefits.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong hunted Spirit Beasts in the Primary Spirit Hunting Forest, absorbed Soul Rings that strengthened their souls, and returned to academy life.
• Three years later, Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong broke through, obtained new Soul Rings, graduated, and set out for their village.
• Lin Manshan realized that he and Bibi Dong had developed feelings for each other, but he worried that the Rakshasa God had arranged their closeness as part of a trial.
• Bibi Dong suggested living in seclusion, but Lin Manshan argued they needed resources and continued cultivation; Bibi Dong proposed establishing a business to buy Medicinal Materials.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong planned to seek out remote medicinal-herb towns after the New Year, then returned to Dongyang Village and confronted a nobleman who demanded Bibi Dong become his concubine. The chapter ended with Lin Manshan calmly questioning whether the man had done this before.

• Bibi Dong proposed that they make a living buying medicinal materials from independent herb farmers in remote areas, and Lin Manshan agreed to look for a suitable town after the New Year.
• Bibi Dong named several medicinal-herb towns, and she and Lin Manshan selected a few to visit.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong returned to Dongyang Village and found nobles and soul masters gathered at the entrance beside a luxurious carriage.
• A young nobleman blocked their way, dismissed their low innate soul power, and ordered Bibi Dong to become his concubine.
• Lin Manshan asked the nobleman whether he had made similar demands before.

Bibi Dong punished a nobleman who had threatened her and Lin Manshan, then they paid respects at her parents’ grave before leaving the village. Lin Manshan asked whether she would mind that he already had several partners.

• The nobleman threatened Bibi Dong and Lin Manshan, but Bibi Dong attacked him while Lin Manshan defeated his lackeys.
• Bibi Dong wounded the nobleman and warned him to restrain himself and his family, then left with Lin Manshan.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong returned to the wooden house, gathered Spirit Money, and went to pay respects at her parents’ grave.
• Lin Manshan explained why he knelt beside Bibi Dong and honored her parents as his elders.
• As Bibi Dong burned Spirit Money, Lin Manshan asked whether she would mind that he already had partners.

Lin Manshan comforted Bibi Dong, then agreed to marry her in the Illusion Realm at the place tied to her childhood memories. After the ceremony, they disguised themselves and left, but half a month later they heard fighting ahead on a mountain path.

• Lin Manshan reassured Bibi Dong that her age and past did not diminish her, and held her as she cried.
• Bibi Dong asked Lin Manshan to marry her at the place that recalled her childhood, and he agreed.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong performed the three customary bows, with the Asura God and the mountain watching as witnesses.
• Lin Manshan disguised Bibi Dong and himself so they could avoid recognition, then the two disappeared into the forest.
• Half a month later, Lin Manshan stopped on a mountain path after hearing people fighting ahead and suggested they investigate.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong witnessed repeated atrocities during the Secret Realm trial, prompting them to discuss how power could establish laws and restrain evil. Bibi Dong decided what she should do, and the two continued their journey as the Gods watching them considered their potential.

• Lin Manshan defeated and crippled Spirit Masters who had been robbing a merchant caravan, then handed them over to the blacksmiths they had attacked.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong buried a murdered couple and kept a Jade Pendant they believed belonged to the killer.
• The pair found a village massacred by a Spirit Master Clan seeking to conceal a Mineral Deposit, preserved evidence, and continued onward.
• After three months of witnessing atrocities, Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong that power could establish laws and a New Order to restrain evil, and she concluded that she knew what she should do.
• The Rakshasa God and Asura God considered Bibi Dong and Lin Manshan's prospects, while Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong prepared to continue their journey.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong settled in a remote valley, built a life among the herb farmers, and spent ten peaceful years together. When Bibi Dong unexpectedly became pregnant in the Secret Realm, they realized the child was likely part of her God Trial and faced the prospect of a painful choice.

• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong met the local herb farmers, offered protection and guidance, and built a home and blacksmith shop in the valley.
• The couple organized the herb farmers, established alarm bells to warn of Spirit Beast attacks, and celebrated their new home with a banquet.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong consummated their marriage, while Tang San completed the Asura God Fifth Trial and received a Sixth Trial that gave him ten years within the Secret Realm.
• Over ten peaceful years, the herb trade expanded and Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong both rose to level 62.
• Bibi Dong suddenly dry-heaved and felt a faint soul fluctuation, leading her and Lin Manshan to realize she was pregnant.
• Bibi Dong said she wanted to have the child despite its likely role in her trial, and Lin Manshan recognized that the trial would test how she judged motherhood and her past treatment of Qian Renxue.

Tang San completed the Asura God's Sixth Trial and set out to grow strong enough to take revenge, while Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong raised their daughter, Hua Qingxue, in seclusion. The Rakshasa God then summoned Lin Manshan and told him Spirit Hall was coming, and that Bibi Dong would have to face the next trial alone after his and their daughter’s deaths.

• Tang San received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, reached Soul Power level 82, and planned to hunt for Soul Bones and strengthen himself in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Tang San learned that Dugu Bo had reached level 99, Lin Manshan could rival a level 95 Title Douluo, and the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed; he decided to build his strength before confronting his enemies.
• Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong raised Hua Qingxue in their village, where she awakened a Mutated Spider Martial Soul with Innate Soul Power level 10 and trained diligently under her parents.
• The Rakshasa God told Lin Manshan that Spirit Hall had uncovered his and Bibi Dong’s identities and was on its way to the village.
• The Rakshasa God revealed that Lin Manshan and Hua Qingxue would die as part of Bibi Dong’s next trial, which she would face alone, and Lin Manshan affirmed his faith in Bibi Dong.

After completing his trial in the Secret Realm, Lin Manshan returned to his body with a Divine Soul and newfound command over the elements, then hurried toward Spirit Hall. There, Bibi Dong and Lin Manshan were ambushed by Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who kidnapped Hua Qingxue and demanded their cultivation secret, and the chapter ended as Lin Manshan erupted in blood-red power.

• The Rakshasa God sent Lin Manshan back to his body and promised to stop the Asura God if he intervened in Bibi Dong's trial.
• Lin Manshan awakened in Tian Xing Academy with a Divine Soul, stronger Spiritual Power, and greatly improved control over Heaven and Earth Elements.
• Lin Manshan reunited briefly with the women at home, then flew toward Spirit Hall while Zhu Zhuyun and Dugu Yan discovered his cultivation room showed he had barely moved for nearly a month.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo ambushed Bibi Dong and Lin Manshan in the Secret Realm, restrained them, and took the unconscious Hua Qingxue.
• Ghost Douluo demanded the couple's cultivation secret, and Lin Manshan handed over a booklet while Hua Qingxue woke and struck her own forehead to resist being used as a hostage.
• Ghost Douluo seized the booklet and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to kill Bibi Dong, but Lin Manshan's aura surged as his body turned blood-red.

Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong fled from Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, but Lin Manshan died in the Illusion Realm after telling her to continue without him. Bibi Dong buried Xue'er and resolved to become a God, while questioning Spirit Hall's role in the tragedy.

• Lin Manshan fought off Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo long enough for him and Bibi Dong to escape into the forest with Xue'er's corpse.
• Ghost Douluo ordered a Spirit Master to brand Lin Manshan and Bibi Dong as Evil Soul Masters, then continued the pursuit with Chrysanthemum Douluo.
• At a cave behind a waterfall, Lin Manshan told Bibi Dong that he had retrieved poison rather than the formula and urged her to keep moving forward before his figure vanished.
• Bibi Dong grieved through the night, then decided to continue until she became a God, hoping Lin Manshan might be waiting in the God Realm.
• Bibi Dong buried Xue'er and, remembering the attack, wondered whether Spirit Hall was at fault.

Bibi Dong escaped Spirit Hall’s pursuit, cultivated in the Star Dou Great Forest, and built a force under the name Rakshasa. Meanwhile, Tang San discovered that Lin Manshan had taken the stronger Blue Silver Grass, and Lin Manshan arrived in Spirit City to meet Qian Daoliu with a fire attribute Immortal Herb.

• Bibi Dong decided that the continent’s rules needed to change, disguised herself, and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest to cultivate and evade Spirit Hall.
• After breaking through to Rank 90 and reaching the Titled Douluo realm, Bibi Dong traveled the continent as Rakshasa, recruiting Spirit Masters and expanding her forces.
• Tang San found that the Blue Silver King and the more highly cultivated Blue Silver Grass had disappeared, blamed Lin Manshan, and left to settle the score.
• Lin Manshan entered Spirit City with the Pope’s Order and asked the guards to summon Qian Daoliu instead of the Saintess.
• Qian Daoliu appeared before Lin Manshan, who offered him a fire attribute Immortal Herb suited to him.