Chapter Summaries

After completing the Angel God's seventh trial, Qian Renxue unexpectedly awakened a second Martial Soul, the Seven-Colored Lotus. She and Qian Daoliu could not determine what it did, and she turned her attention back to completing the final two trials.

• Qian Renxue drew the Angel Sacred Sword and completed the Angel God's seventh trial.
• Qian Renxue cried out as seven-colored light burst from her body and blasted Qian Daoliu back.
• Qian Renxue discovered a lotus beside her Six-winged Angel and told Qian Daoliu that she had awakened a second Martial Soul called the Seven-Colored Lotus.
• Qian Renxue said the Seven-Colored Lotus seemed unable to gain Spirit Rings and recalled sensing its power months earlier.
• Qian Renxue produced a lotus seed, found no effect when she infused it with Soul Power, and stored it in her Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue decided that completing the final two Angel trials remained her priority.

Liu Wa was born in the ruins and resolved to grow stronger so he could rescue his family from Spirit Hall. As he ate the Gourd Shells he had gathered, his imprisoned brothers worried about his whereabouts.

• After lightning struck his gourd, Liu Wa hatched, and the Gourd Vine shielded his aura from outsiders.
• Liu Wa cried alone, then reminded himself of his promise to Seventh Sister and his duty to save his family.
• Liu Wa gathered and washed Gourd Shells, then ate them with water to help himself grow.
• In Spirit Hall's Secret Chamber, Da Wa worried aloud about whether Sixth Brother was safe while the five Gourd Babies ate chicken drumsticks.

After six lonely days in Star Soul Village, Liu Wa accidentally activates a crystal ball and awakens the King of Shadows Martial Soul. He discovers that he can command shadows and turn invisible, then resolves to rescue his family.

• Da Wa’s brothers worried about Sixth Brother and Seventh Sister, but San Wa’s appetite cheered them up and they decided to rely on Liu Wa.
• Liu Wa, alone beside the Gourd Vine, sensed power awakening within him and tried unsuccessfully to activate a crystal ball.
• The Gourd Vine sent green light into the crystal ball, allowing Liu Wa to awaken his Martial Soul as a giant black shadow appeared behind him.
• Liu Wa recognized his Martial Soul as the King of Shadows and resolved to rescue his family.
• Liu Wa controlled shadows as shields and blades, then tested his invisibility and learned he could also conceal the crystal ball using Soul Power.

Liu Wa awakened three black Spirit Rings and trained his new abilities while planning to rescue his family, though he feared for Shi Bantian’s safety. At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong continued trying to raise Qi Wa to Titled Douluo so she could use her gourd against rival Titled Douluo, then decided she might begin her plan without waiting for Qi Wa to advance.

• Liu Wa awakened three black Spirit Rings that let him turn invisible and conceal his aura, then resolved to rescue his mother and brothers from Spirit Hall.
• Liu Wa worried that Shi Bantian had not returned after searching for Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother, but eventually stopped crying and committed himself to cultivation.
• Over the following days, Liu Wa trained his Soul Power and discovered he could use it for invisibility and teleportation.
• Bibi Dong tried to help Qi Wa break through level eighty-nine so she could use Qi Wa’s gourd to seal rival Titled Douluo, but her efforts failed.
• Bibi Dong let Qi Wa rest and decided Qi Wa’s current strength was sufficient to begin drawing in her enemies while they believed she was in seclusion.

Bibi Dong planned to take Qi Wa out at night to capture people who might reveal where Qi Wa’s mother was. At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Fengzhi and the Douluo discussed Spirit Hall’s growing threat and the Gourd Babies, while Ning Rongrong remained determined to fight them.

• Bibi Dong told Qi Wa they would wait until nightfall to capture bad people and question them about her mother.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Bone Douluo Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s ambitions and the possibility of war.
• Bone Douluo shared rumors that one Gourd Baby had defeated two others, and Ning Fengzhi worried that Spirit Hall might recruit them.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo said the sect would resist Spirit Hall and rely on the hidden weapons Tang San had supplied.
• Ning Rongrong barged in, called the others cowards, and declared she would defeat the Gourd Baby and Spirit Hall if she had the strength of a Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to cultivate, but she stormed away angrily.

Bibi Dong and Qi Wa infiltrated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to capture its members one by one, starting with Sword Douluo Chen Xin. Qi Wa confronted Chen Xin as he planned revenge on the Gourd Babies and Spirit Hall, and he prepared to attack her.

• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi he was entering seclusion to grow stronger and avenge his defeat by the Gourd Babies.
• Bibi Dong and Qi Wa sneaked into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and agreed to capture its members one at a time.
• Bibi Dong sent Qi Wa to find Chen Xin first, followed by Bone Douluo and Ning Fengzhi.
• Chen Xin brooded over his humiliation and vowed to destroy Spirit Hall and kill Bibi Dong once he became stronger.
• Qi Wa appeared in Chen Xin's secret chamber, and he recognized her as a chance to take revenge on a Gourd Baby.

Qi Wa used her Purple Gold Gourd to capture Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, clearing Bibi Dong’s path to deal with the others. After capturing Sword Douluo, she joined Bibi Dong and prepared to continue, then ambushed and defeated Bone Douluo in the empty Secret Chamber.

• Qi Wa used her Eighth Spirit Skill and a feint to suck Sword Douluo into her Purple Gold Gourd.
• Qi Wa met Bibi Dong, who praised her and asked whether she could keep fighting; Qi Wa agreed to face the others.
• Bone Douluo woke with a bad feeling, told Ning Fengzhi what was happening, and went to Sword Douluo’s Secret Chamber, where he found it empty.
• Qi Wa ambushed Bone Douluo, then fought him as he transformed into a Bone Dragon and attacked with his Spirit Skills.
• Bone Douluo fired a hidden crossbow bolt, but Qi Wa dodged it and captured him in her Purple Gold Gourd.

After Qi Wa captured Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo, Bibi Dong praised her and began considering her next move. Meanwhile, Liu Wa left to rescue his brothers, crossed into the Star Dou Great Forest, and encountered two enormous soul beasts.

• Qi Wa brought Bibi Dong the three captives and warned her that their weapons could be dangerous.
• Ning Rongrong found her father, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo missing and assumed they had gone to avenge her.
• Liu Wa left Shi Bantian's home after training and increasing his Soul Power, determined to rescue his brothers.
• Liu Wa entered the Star Dou Great Forest and learned the way to Spirit Hall from the Cave Demon Pearl.
• Liu Wa heard something approaching and saw a huge bull-headed serpent with a missing section of its tail and another enormous creature emerge from the forest.

While invisible, Liu Wa overheard the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape plotting revenge against his Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother, then used his King of Shadows Martial Soul to ambush them until they fled. He continued toward Spirit Hall, deciding to use his abilities to secretly rescue his imprisoned brothers.

• Liu Wa overheard the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape plotting to avenge Xiao Wu and punish the two Gourd Babies who had injured them.
• Liu Wa realized the soul beasts could not detect his presence unless he made direct eye contact, and learned that his King of Shadows Martial Soul concealed his aura as well as his body.
• Liu Wa enlarged his limbs with shadows and struck the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python while remaining invisible.
• The exhausted Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape fled, unable to find their attacker.
• Liu Wa decided to use his invisibility to rescue his brothers from Spirit Hall and continued toward it.

Bibi Dong and Qi Wa captured Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, Yu Yuanzhen, and General Ling Feng as they worked to remove threats to Spirit Hall. On the journey back, Qi Wa questioned whether her captures were right, while Bibi Dong remained focused on unifying the continent.

• Bibi Dong and Qi Wa captured Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, then infiltrated the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qi Wa used the Purple Gold Gourd to capture Yu Yuanzhen after Bibi Dong urged her to act.
• Bibi Dong and Qi Wa traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire's capital, where Qi Wa captured General Ling Feng.
• Bibi Dong praised Qi Wa and said the captives threatened Spirit Hall, but Qi Wa wondered whether they had done anything wrong.
• Qi Wa asked Bibi Dong whether she was still a good child, and Bibi Dong reassured her without noticing her doubts.
• Bibi Dong planned an invasion of the two nations as the carriage neared Spirit Hall, while Qi Wa remained sorrowful and confused.

Bibi Dong summoned Spirit Hall’s leaders and announced war against the two great empires, arguing that Spirit Hall was strong enough to seize the initiative. The meeting ended with Qi Wa confused and worried as she grappled with the human cost of the war.

• Bibi Dong convened the Titled Douluo, red-robed archbishops, and other Spirit Hall members, with Qi Wa seated beside her.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo recognized Qi Wa as a Gourd Baby and wondered whether she had emerged from the gourd they had taken from Shi Bantian’s home.
• Bibi Dong declared that Spirit Hall would go to war with the two great empires, prompting objections from Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, an archbishop, and other attendees.
• Bibi Dong said she had captured several Titled Douluo and powerful generals, weakening the enemy, and insisted that the time was right to act.
• Qi Wa listened to the debate and struggled between believing war could bring equality and fearing that many people would die for Spirit Hall’s hegemony.

Liu Wa secretly arrived in Spirit City and learned from a storyteller that his brothers had already caused a sensation there and been captured by Spirit Hall. Realizing the danger posed by Bibi Dong, he grew more cautious as he continued his secret rescue plan.

• Liu Wa disguised himself in ragged clothes, entered Spirit City under cover of his invisibility, and tried to avoid being recognized as a Gourd Baby.
• A child in the crowd asked an old storyteller to tell the tale of the Gourd Babies, and the storyteller began recounting their exploits in Spirit City.
• The storyteller described the red, orange, and yellow Gourd Babies fighting Spirit Hall's powerful fighters before Bibi Dong captured them.
• Liu Wa realized the stories concerned his brothers, worried about Bibi Dong's strength, and resolved to be more careful while rescuing them.
• The storyteller began discussing the recent battle between the green and azure Gourd Babies and Purple Gourd Baby, whom a listener identified as a powerful little girl.

Liu Wa infiltrated Spirit Hall to find and rescue his imprisoned brothers, eventually discovering their hidden chamber. Before he could reach them, Bibi Dong and Qi Wa arrived to assess whether the Gourd Babies could aid Spirit Hall’s coming war.

• Liu Wa heard that Qi Wa had fought Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother, but he doubted the story and resolved to rescue his siblings.
• Liu Wa entered Spirit Hall and followed guards carrying food to a hidden passage, where he heard his brothers speaking behind a wall.
• Da Wa worried aloud about Qi Wa, and Liu Wa recognized his brothers’ voices from outside the chamber.
• Bibi Dong and Qi Wa arrived at the hidden chamber, and Bibi Dong said she wanted to see whether the Gourd Babies could help Spirit Hall defeat the other empires.

Bibi Dong tried to convince the Gourd Babies that she was their grandmother while keeping Qi Wa loyal to her. The Gourd Babies remained suspicious of her claims about their family and their missing mother.

• Bibi Dong sensed a brief presence nearby, but Qi Wa denied sensing anyone as Liu Wa struggled to maintain his invisibility.
• Bibi Dong brought Qi Wa into the Secret Chamber, where San Wa and the others urged Qi Wa to leave her, while Bibi Dong used Spiritual Power to deepen Qi Wa’s confusion.
• Bibi Dong sent Qi Wa to Pope's Hall and told the remaining Gourd Babies that she was grandmother to all seven of them.
• Bibi Dong released her aura and bloodline so the Gourd Babies could sense their connection, and they began to believe her somewhat.
• The Gourd Babies questioned Bibi Dong about their mother, and she claimed a bad old man had imprisoned her and that she could not rescue her yet.

Liu Wa reunited with his brothers and revealed that Bibi Dong was misleading them about their mother, Qian Renxue, and that their father might also be missing. He used his stealth ability to help the Gourd Babies escape Spirit Hall, but they could only make it as far as an abandoned house in Spirit City.

• Bibi Dong left the Secret Chamber with Qi Wa, and Liu Wa collapsed after revealing himself to his brothers.
• After recovering, Liu Wa told the Gourd Babies that their father had left to search for Fourth Brother and Fifth Brother, while Seventh Sister had been captured by two strangers.
• Liu Wa identified their father as the handsome Spirit Master with the Seven Star Gourd Vine Martial Soul whom Spirit Hall had driven away and insulted.
• Liu Wa revealed that their mother was Qian Renxue, also known as Xiao Xue, and warned that Bibi Dong was trying to deceive them.
• Liu Wa used his King of Stealth Martial Soul to hide the Gourd Babies and lead them out of Spirit Hall.
• Unable to maintain their invisibility for long, the Gourd Babies fled to an abandoned house in Spirit City.

Bibi Dong proclaimed the Spirit Hall Empire’s founding and was crowned empress, declaring that it would conquer the two great empires. After the ceremony, she discovered that the Gourd Babies had escaped the Secret Chamber and suspected Qian Daoliu had taken them.

• Bibi Dong declared the Spirit Hall Empire established and vowed to end the rule of the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
• An elder crowned Bibi Dong empress as Spirit Hall’s leaders and the crowd celebrated.
• Bibi Dong went to the Secret Chamber to continue persuading the Gourd Babies and found it empty.
• Bibi Dong searched the chamber, raged over the Gourd Babies’ disappearance, and suspected Qian Daoliu had rescued them.
• Bibi Dong vanished from the spot with a gloomy expression.

Bibi Dong discovered that the Gourd Babies were missing and confronted Qian Daoliu, who denied taking them. Believing the children were still inside Spirit City, she ordered it sealed off while Qian Daoliu secretly began his own investigation.

• Qian Daoliu sensed a powerful aura in the Worship Hall and found Bibi Dong accusing him of taking the Gourd Babies.
• Qian Daoliu denied knowing the children were missing, then refused to let Bibi Dong see Qian Renxue, who was undergoing the Angel God's Eighth Trial.
• Bibi Dong left the Worship Hall and ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to seal off Spirit City so the Gourd Babies could not escape.
• Qian Daoliu secretly dispatched people to investigate the disappearance, while the city seal caused panic among Spirit Hall members and residents.

The Gourd Babies found Spirit City sealed and hid while searching for a way out, as Spirit Hall prepared for war against the two great empires. In the Heaven Dou palace, Xue Ye learned that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had disappeared, and Ning Rongrong revealed they may have been abducted.

• The Gourd Babies reached Spirit City's gates and discovered Spirit Hall had sealed the city against all escape.
• Da Wa and the others agreed to hide and study how to break the seal because they could not use their Martial Souls.
• Spirit Hall's army assembled at the borders and advanced toward the two great empires as both sides prepared for war.
• Xue Ye ordered his court to seek help from the major sects, especially the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong told Xue Ye that Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo had disappeared, and that signs of a fight had been found in Sword Douluo's Secret Chamber.

Bibi Dong’s secret campaign left the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires panicking as Titled Douluo vanished from their major sects. She turned to Qi Wa, hoping to use the child to capture the Gourd Babies while she advanced her Rakshasa God trials.

• Xue Ye learned that Ning Rongrong’s Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s sect master, and Titled Douluo from the Elephant Armor Sect had disappeared, and he blamed Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo Empire also discovered that Titled Douluo from several major sects had vanished, leaving both empires caught off guard by Bibi Dong.
• Qi Wa waited for Bibi Dong, wondered whether the Gourd Babies were really her brothers, and went to find her.
• Qi Wa found Bibi Dong preoccupied with capturing the Gourd Babies and cried when Bibi Dong coldly dismissed her concern.
• Bibi Dong noticed the Life Goddess’s mark on Qi Wa and decided that Qi Wa could help capture the Gourd Babies while she completed her Rakshasa God trials.
• Bibi Dong comforted Qi Wa and promised that she liked her, persuading her to help with something.

Qi Wa agreed to help Bibi Dong find the escaped Gourd Babies, though she secretly questioned her grandmother’s story and wanted to learn the truth about them. Bibi Dong began the Rakshasa God’s Eighth Trial by drawing the Rakshasa Scythe, while Qi Wa searched Spirit City for the Gourd Babies.

• Qi Wa promised Bibi Dong she would find the Gourd Babies, but kept her suspicions about their connection to her secret.
• Bibi Dong entered the Rakshasa God’s divine residence and learned that her Eighth Trial required her to draw the Rakshasa Scythe.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Martial Soul and gathered Rakshasa power as the Divine Artifact’s outline appeared, with blood dripping from her clenched hands.
• Qi Wa searched Spirit City for the Gourd Babies while residents discussed Spirit Hall’s search and wondered whether the Gourd Babies had escaped.