Chapter Summaries

Su Cheng woke from a series of bizarre deaths in a dream and discovered that the Sun Fire had transformed his body and Innate Power while weakening his self-control and suppressing his reason. Bibi Dong explained that she had saved him at great cost, then told him that Xiao Xue had left Spirit City and would not accept Zhu Zhuqing.

• Su Cheng dreamed that an angel beheaded him, a tiger devoured him, fire consumed him, and a sea monster seized him before he woke and knocked Bibi Dong off the bed.
• Su Cheng found that his meridians, bones, flesh, and Innate Power had changed, while Sun Fire continued to burn in his body and soul.
• Su Cheng realized Bibi Dong had exhausted herself stabilizing his injuries and warned her that her cultivation was still declining after her foundation was damaged.
• Bibi Dong told Su Cheng that she had risked herself to save him, and he questioned why she had disregarded her own safety.
• Bibi Dong said Xiao Xue had left Spirit City and would not accept Zhu Zhuqing's existence.

Su Cheng examined Bibi Dong’s severely damaged soul and discovered that the interaction between his solar fire and her Lotus Pond could help restore her. After their first attempt left Bibi Dong overwhelmed, Su Cheng proposed using the method again to treat her injuries.

• Su Cheng decided to wait before seeking Qian Renxue, who had left after learning about his relationships, and Bibi Dong offered him her support.
• Su Cheng entered Bibi Dong’s consciousness and saw that her Lotus Pond and soul foundation had been badly damaged by her depleted soul origin and Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Su Cheng touched the pond water, and his pale golden flames reacted with it, clearing the churning silt and producing a powerful sensation that caused Bibi Dong’s consciousness body to vanish.
• Su Cheng woke in the purified pond feeling that his soul had improved, then learned from Bibi Dong’s voice that she was overwhelmed by the experience.
• Bibi Dong reappeared after Su Cheng left, and he proposed repeating the water-and-fire cultivation method to help heal her soul injuries.

The God of Destruction and the Life Goddess discussed a strange change in the Sun Star, an unusual Child of Nature on Douluo Star, and Rakshasa’s interference with divine trials. Meanwhile, the Asura God watched Tang San’s trial in Slaughter City and reconsidered whether he was ready to inherit the Asura Godhood.

• The God of Destruction told the Life Goddess that they had both sensed a brief change in the Sun Star, and he worried that the God Kings were distracted from the Divine Realm.
• The Life Goddess revealed that an unusual hundred-thousand-year soul beast who had taken human form had appeared on Douluo Star as a Child of Nature.
• The God of Destruction explained that Rakshasa had intercepted two of the Asura God’s candidates and that one surviving candidate had inexplicably severed his connection to the Rakshasa God Test.
• The God of Destruction and the Life Goddess agreed to investigate the Sun Star, the Child of Nature, and Rakshasa’s inheritor while the other supreme gods were occupied.
• The Asura God watched Tang San and the others in Slaughter City, recalling how Tang Chen, Bibi Dong, and Tang Hao had each failed to become his inheritor.
• The Asura God judged Tang San’s self-assurance suitable for the Asura Godhood but decided that Tang San still lacked the strength and tested will required for the trials.

After nearly a year of healing and dual soul cultivation with Bibi Dong, Su Cheng explained how his power had transformed into True Power. He planned to leave Spirit City to visit Ah Yin in the Blue Silver Grass Forest, and Bibi Dong reacted with jealousy and sarcasm.

• Su Cheng recalled that he had searched the Two Empires for Qian Renxue but had found no trace of her.
• Su Cheng explained to Bibi Dong that his fused energy had become True Power, while his lost Soul Rings had reduced his maximum combat strength.
• Bibi Dong asked whether she could achieve a perfect fusion of body and soul, and Su Cheng told her she was still far from it.
• Su Cheng told Bibi Dong he planned to leave Spirit City soon, and offered to help plan her cultivation and Spirit Hall's affairs before he went.
• Su Cheng revealed he intended to visit Ah Yin at the Blue Silver Grass Forest to study her power and keep their agreement, and Bibi Dong mocked his closeness with her.

Su Cheng and Bibi Dong discussed the dangers of his plans and her wish to live peacefully with him, but he insisted that he had to pursue his chosen path. Bibi Dong then revealed memories of dreams about another life and affirmed that she would help Su Cheng, whatever he intended to do.

• Bibi Dong attacked Su Cheng to vent her frustration about his leaving, then healed the wound she inflicted.
• Bibi Dong urged Su Cheng to avoid risking their peaceful life, but he warned that the gods might already have noticed them and explained why he could not abandon his goal.
• Su Cheng said the world had helped him and that he was its crucial chess piece and future ally, though he told Bibi Dong she did not have to take part.
• Bibi Dong recounted dreams of becoming the Rakshasa God and of meeting someone who had saved and guided her in another life.
• Bibi Dong said she would do everything in her power to help Su Cheng accomplish whatever he wished.

Su Cheng laid out Spirit Hall’s plans for unifying the continent, including using the Innate Skill First Scroll to recruit talent and arranging Zhu Zhuqing’s role in the Star Luo Empire. He and Bibi Dong also discussed infiltrating the Upper Three Sects and pressuring Tang San, ending with Bibi Dong teasing Su Cheng until he challenged her to another fight.

• Bibi Dong left Su Cheng after their conversation, then returned to review the detailed plans he had written for Spirit Hall.
• Su Cheng explained his plans to pressure the kingdoms around Spirit City and use the Innate Skill First Scroll to win over talent in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Su Cheng said he would take Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Luo Empire and revealed that Zhu Zhuyun might also possess a Netherworld White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong and Su Cheng agreed to Yu Luomian’s conditions for joining Spirit Hall, while deciding that Yu Yuanzhen could not be left alive.
• Su Cheng reminded Bibi Dong not to harm Yu Xiaogang or Tang Hao and explained that his Human Traitor Wanted Decree was meant to pressure Tang San.
• Bibi Dong teased Su Cheng about the decree’s accusations and Tang San, and Su Cheng asked whether she was looking for another fight.

Bibi Dong read Su Cheng’s detailed cultivation guidance, including methods tailored to her bloodline and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, while Su Cheng promised they would face future obstacles together. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong seeing him off, reassured by his promise about their future.

• Bibi Dong read Su Cheng’s cultivation notes, including a bloodline method for cleansing Immortal Herbs and a way to convert spirit ring energy into lasting growth.
• Su Cheng explained that absorbing spirit rings through the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor would strengthen Bibi Dong’s foundation but would not grant the corresponding spirit skills.
• Su Cheng told Bibi Dong to focus on solidifying her foundation and promised to accompany her to the Star Dou Great Forest when she hunted soul beasts.
• Su Cheng assured Bibi Dong that they had time and could support each other through the obstacles ahead, and she understood his words as a promise about their future.
• Bibi Dong blushed as she straightened Su Cheng’s collar before he left.

Su Cheng reviewed Spirit Hall Academy’s cultivation program, which used Innate Skill and limited medicinal supplies to draw talented students closer to Spirit Hall. In the inner academy, Zhu Zhuqing told Shui Bing'er that Su Cheng’s injuries were nearly healed, and the chapter ended with Shui Bing'er learning why Su Cheng valued her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul.

• Su Cheng recalled that Bibi Dong had urged him to pay more attention to the academy, so he worked with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Poison Douluo to make cultivation medicines for its students.
• Su Cheng explained that the academy taught students parts of Innate Skill while keeping its most valuable methods secret, and reserved scarce medicines for those who progressed into the inner academy.
• Su Cheng noted that the six exchange students from the Element Academies had all joined the inner academy and made rapid progress, prompting their teachers to seek more places for students.
• Zhu Zhuqing told Shui Bing'er that Su Cheng's injuries were nearly healed, and Shui Bing'er teased her about how much his recovery improved her mood.
• Su Cheng valued Shui Bing'er for her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul's potential and for inspiring his understanding of Undying True Intent and the Bright Moon Sword Style.

Zhu Zhuqing spoke with Su Cheng about his recovery and growing strength, then learned that he planned to visit the Blue Silver Grass Forest and told him to get lost. Meanwhile, Tang San escaped Slaughter City, gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and left with Tang Hao.

• Zhu Zhuqing admitted to Shui Bing'er that she had expected to die when Su Cheng protected her from Qian Renxue, and Shui Bing'er teased her about marrying him.
• Su Cheng joined Zhu Zhuqing, revealed that he had integrated his powers and reached a stable Third-Level God threshold, and reassured her when she admitted she lacked confidence.
• Su Cheng told Zhu Zhuqing he planned to visit the Blue Silver Grass Forest before they went to the Star Luo Empire, and she flatly told him to get lost.
• Tang San reached the end of Hell Road, vowed to destroy Slaughter City, and emerged from its exit into the white trial space.
• Tang San awakened with Divine Slaughter's Domain and met Tang Hao, who acknowledged his effort and led him away.

Tang Hao told Tang San that he was not ready to take revenge on Spirit Hall and planned to bring him to meet the Blue Silver King to investigate awakening his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul. In Heaven Dou City, they discovered Spirit Hall had issued a wanted notice depicting Tang San as a monstrous criminal, and Tang San left consumed by rage.

• Tang Hao explained how Divine Slaughter's Domain could weaken opponents and told Tang San that his impetuous aura meant he still had not met the requirements for revenge.
• Tang Hao said he would take Tang San to meet someone and then visit the Blue Silver Grass Forest to investigate whether Tang San could awaken his Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul.
• Tang San and Tang Hao entered Heaven Dou City and heard residents discussing Spirit Hall's continent-wide wanted notice for Tang San.
• Tang Hao led Tang San to the city square, where Spirit Hall members read out a notice accusing him of fabricated atrocities and crimes.
• Tang San became furious at the claims about Xiao Wu and the other accusations, while Tang Hao restrained him and led him away.

Tang Hao brought Tang San to Moonlight Pavilion to visit Tang Yuehua, where Tang San’s volatile killing intent sparked a confrontation with the staff. Tang Yuehua recognized Tang Hao and led him and Tang San upstairs, while strange black mist continued to flicker in Tang San’s eyes.

• Tang Hao and Tang San entered Moonlight Pavilion, and Tang San drove off the gatekeepers with his killing intent.
• Steward Aode ordered his men to remove Tang Hao and Tang San, so Tang San crippled the two men’s arms and threatened the steward.
• Tang San reacted furiously when Steward Aode mentioned Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao stopped him from attacking.
• Tang Yuehua descended and used her aura to calm the killing intent, then recognized Tang Hao and embraced him.
• Tang Yuehua asked whether Tang San was Tang Hao’s son with her, then led Tang Hao and Tang San upstairs and ordered Steward Aode to conceal what had happened.

The Rakshasa God and Asura God watched Tang San endure Rakshasa Evil Intent, while Asura secretly adjusted Hell Road to help prepare him for the Asura God Test. At Moonlight Pavilion, Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Hao and Tang San, revealed what she knew about Ah Yin and Su Cheng, and left Tang San questioning his memories of Spirit City.

• The Rakshasa God sensed Tang San's growing malice and planned to use it to activate her God Test, while Asura left some Rakshasa Divine Power on Hell Road to temper him.
• Tang Yuehua reunited with Tang Hao and Tang San at Moonlight Pavilion and asked Tang Hao what had happened to Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao said Ah Yin had been taken away by Spirit Hall, and he angrily stopped Tang Yuehua when she suggested Ah Yin had seemed free in Spirit City.
• Tang San reconsidered his memories of Spirit City and realized Tang Hao's account might have omitted what happened between his parents.
• Tang Yuehua told Tang Hao that Su Cheng and Zhu Zhuqing had visited Moonlight Pavilion, prompting Tang Hao to fear that they had recognized him.
• Tang Yuehua explained Su Cheng's Spirit Hall appointment and Zhu Zhuqing's strength, while Tang Hao told Tang San not to worry about them yet.

Tang Hao left Tang San in Tang Yuehua’s care for a year before directing him to return to the valley and then acknowledge his ancestry with the Clear Sky Sect. Tang Yuehua agreed to train Tang San in noble etiquette and music, though his composure left her uneasy.

• Tang San asked whether Zhu Zhuqing had gained Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Tang Yuehua said Zhu Zhuqing’s murderous aura seemed different.
• Tang Hao asked Tang Yuehua to care for Tang San, but refused to return to the Clear Sky Sect despite her warning that Spirit Hall was moving against the Upper Three Sects.
• Tang Hao gave Tang San a map and told him to find him in the valley in one year, then asked Tang Yuehua to bring Tang San to the sect to acknowledge his ancestry.
• Tang Hao declared Tang San was his and Ah Yin's only son and the answer to the sect before vanishing, leaving Tang Yuehua in tears.
• Tang Yuehua denied Tang San’s suggestion that she and Tang Hao shared more than sibling affection, then said she would teach him noble etiquette and music for the next year.

Ah Yin confided in the Blue Silver King that her feelings for Su Cheng troubled her and conflicted with her sense of right and wrong. The Blue Silver King urged her to look beyond human rules and remember why she had once chosen to join human society.

• The Blue Silver King noticed Ah Yin's worries and asked her to speak about them.
• Ah Yin admitted that her feelings for Su Cheng had grown beyond her control and that she feared she had failed in her duties to friends, lovers, and family.
• The Blue Silver King asked whether Ah Yin could bear to give up the feelings she called wrong, and Ah Yin realized she could not.
• The Blue Silver King argued that human moral rules changed over time and urged Ah Yin not to imprison herself in them.
• The Blue Silver King asked Ah Yin to remember her original reason for entering human society, and Ah Yin wondered what that reason had been.

Ah Yin reflected on her life as a human and realized how much the past few years had meant to her, especially her experiences with Su Cheng. The Blue Silver King urged her not to confine her feelings to human labels, leaving Ah Yin flustered as she denied preparing wine especially for Su Cheng.

• The Blue Silver King asked Ah Yin why she had chosen human life, and Ah Yin recalled that curiosity about human society had drawn her from the forest.
• Ah Yin reflected on her recent experiences, including being bound to the Longevity Sword, exploring Heaven Dou City, and reconciling with Su Cheng after their separation.
• Ah Yin said that being human was difficult but happy, and the Blue Silver King pointed out that her vivid memories of recent years showed what mattered most to her.
• When asked what relationship she had with Su Cheng, Ah Yin claimed she thought of him as her younger brother but blushed as she remembered their parting embrace.
• The Blue Silver King advised Ah Yin not to restrict her feelings with human categories and teased her about preparing Hundred Flowers Brew for Su Cheng.

Su Cheng returned to the Blue Silver Grass Forest with the confidence and ease of his newly stabilized, god-level strength, reflecting on how his growing power had changed his outlook. He found Ah Yin in the forest’s depths and greeted her teasingly, leaving her overwhelmed by his unexpected arrival.

• Su Cheng walked through the Blue Silver Grass Forest and considered how far his strength and state of mind had changed.
• Su Cheng located Ah Yin and reflected that his greater confidence let him approach their relationship with less fear and caution.
• Su Cheng reached a clearing where Ah Yin stood on a bluestone, appearing distant and otherworldly.
• Su Cheng told Ah Yin, "Hey, little girl. Give your master a smile," startling her from her thoughts.
• Ah Yin recognized Su Cheng and felt a rush of emotions, realizing that his return brought the surprise and fulfillment she had longed for.

Ah Yin reunited with Su Cheng and discovered that his Longevity Sword had lost nearly all its Soul Rings, then learned that Qian Renxue had gravely wounded him while trying to kill Zhu Zhuqing. As they shared Ah Yin’s Hundred Flowers Brew, she offered to bind herself to the Longevity Sword again and restore what it had lost.

• Ah Yin noticed Su Cheng’s lack of Soul Power and saw that only one dim Soul Ring remained on his Longevity Sword.
• Su Cheng followed the scent of Ah Yin’s Hundred Flowers Brew, drank it, and admitted that his injuries had kept him from researching how soul masters could form Soul Rings themselves.
• Ah Yin asked how Su Cheng had been injured, and he explained that Qian Renxue had attacked Zhu Zhuqing and that he had taken her sword strike before using the Ring Shattering Secret Technique to survive.
• After hearing the story, Ah Yin drank some of her own brew and offered to make up for the Longevity Sword’s lost Soul Rings by binding herself to it again.

Su Cheng refused Ah Yin’s offer to merge with the Longevity Sword, then revealed that he had recovered a stable new power called True Power. Ah Yin realized he had concealed his recovery to test her, and after confronting him, she was kissed by Su Cheng as he pulled her close.

• Ah Yin offered to return to the Longevity Sword and give up her spirit rings to repair Su Cheng’s martial soul, but he refused to accept her sacrifice.
• Ah Yin insisted she wanted to help him and asked him to call her Elder Sister, but Su Cheng said he did not want to be her little brother.
• Su Cheng demonstrated True Power by carving a deep character into a bluestone and explained how his injuries and Bibi Dong’s help had enabled him to harmonize his powers.
• Ah Yin became furious when she realized Su Cheng had concealed his recovery and tested whether she would harm him while he seemed weakened.
• Ah Yin smashed the wine jar and said she no longer wanted to be Su Cheng’s Elder Sister, but he pulled her close and kissed her.

Su Cheng kissed Ah Yin and, after she slapped him and tried to leave, told her he wanted her as his lover rather than his little sister. He urged her to let go of her misgivings about the past and promised to protect her, leaving Ah Yin tearful and conflicted in his arms.

• Su Cheng kissed Ah Yin and touched her body until she broke free by slapping him.
• Ah Yin tried to leave, but Su Cheng stopped her and pulled her down beside him.
• Su Cheng told Ah Yin he wanted to be her lover, while she insisted their relationship was impossible and asked to remain his elder sister.
• Su Cheng urged Ah Yin to stop forcing herself to live by her past and said he would not let her go again.
• Su Cheng asked whether Tang Hao or Tang San kept Ah Yin from accepting him, then said he had spared Tang Hao and did not need to erase the past through killing.
• Su Cheng held Ah Yin against his chest and promised to protect her and fulfill her wish.

Ah Yin reflected on her doubts about becoming Su Cheng’s partner while he promised to wait for her answer and stay by her. As they drank together, Su Cheng began caressing her, and the chapter ended with Ah Yin stopping him while he pretended that he was examining her power.

• Ah Yin told Su Cheng that she needed more time to sort out her feelings, and he agreed to wait for her answer.
• Su Cheng gave Ah Yin some Hundred Flowers Brew and said he would remain with her until she decided.
• As they drank, Su Cheng caressed Ah Yin, who struggled with her desire and uncertainty.
• Ah Yin grabbed Su Cheng’s wrist and told him not to move, but he claimed he was examining her body and power.