Chapter Summaries

After completing four years of a divine trial, Liu Xinghan returned to the mortal world and went to Tianshui City to reunite with Shui Bing'er. He learned that Gu Yuena had returned to the Star Dou Great Forest and that Spirit Hall's Spirit Academy had won the tournament.

• Liu Xinghan told Wind Dragon that he had undergone a divine trial and learned that Gu Yuena had gone back to the Star Dou Great Forest for an unknown reason.
• Liu Xinghan asked Wind Dragon about news of the continent and learned that Wind Dragon had informed Spirit Hall a year after his disappearance that he was in seclusion.
• Liu Xinghan traveled to Tianshui City, stored Wind Dragon in the Jade Pendant Space, and used his spiritual perception to locate Shui Bing'er at Skywater Academy.
• Liu Xinghan appeared behind Shui Bing'er in the library, and she recognized him, embraced him, and asked where he had been for four years.
• Shui Bing'er told Liu Xinghan that Spirit Hall's Spirit Academy had won the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, led by Soul Emperor Hu Liena.

Liu Xinghan reunited with Shui Bing'er and learned that she already knew about his other relationships and had forgiven him. He apologized to Bing Xin for missing Skywater Academy’s tournament, then offered her a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma, which she accepted as compensation.

• Shui Bing'er told Liu Xinghan that she had met Qian Renxue, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing while he was missing, and that she had forgiven him.
• Shui Bing'er told Liu Xinghan that Skywater Academy had placed second in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Tournament, losing only to Spirit Academy.
• Liu Xinghan met Bing Xin, who scolded him for disappearing for four years and breaking his promise to attend the tournament.
• Liu Xinghan gave Bing Xin a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma and explained that it could improve her chances of becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Bing Xin accepted the herb and agreed to stop pursuing Liu Xinghan’s absence from the tournament.

After returning from four years of seclusion, Liu Xinghan reunited with Shui Bing'er and learned that Xue Ye had died and Xue Qinghe had become emperor. He traveled toward Spirit City to discover what had happened, but first visited Blue Tyrant Academy and learned Zhu Zhuqing had spent two years waiting for him at his home.

• Liu Xinghan asked Shui Bing'er about major events during his absence, and she told him Xue Ye had died three years earlier and Xue Qinghe had succeeded him as emperor.
• Liu Xinghan took Shui Bing'er to say goodbye to Bing Xin, then traveled with her and Wind Dragon toward Heaven Dou City.
• At the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Ning Yuxin told Liu Xinghan that Ning Fengzhi, Uncle Sword, Uncle Bone, and Ning Rongrong had gone to Spirit City because something had happened there.
• Liu Xinghan left for Blue Tyrant Academy with Shui Bing'er and reunited with Liu Erlong, who scolded him for disappearing and worrying everyone.
• Liu Erlong told Liu Xinghan that Zhu Zhuqing had been staying at his home for two years, waiting for him to return.

Liu Xinghan learned that Bibi Dong had been badly injured during a hunt in the Star Dou Great Forest and hurried back to Spirit City. He returned home with Shui Bing'er and found Zhu Qing in the courtyard.

• Liu Xinghan learned from Liu Erlong that Xiao Wu had left Spirit City with Zhu Qing, then settled Shui Bing'er at an inn and searched the Imperial Palace for Qian Renxue.
• Snake Lance Douluo told Liu Xinghan that Qian Renxue had returned to Spirit City and that Bibi Dong’s hunting party had suffered severe injuries and lost Gu Qing in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Liu Xinghan learned that Bibi Dong was recovering and left Heaven Dou City with Shui Bing'er to return to Spirit City.
• Liu Xinghan arrived home and found Zhu Qing watering flowers in the courtyard.

Liu Xinghan returned to Spirit City, reunited with Zhu Zhuqing, his mother, and Hu Liena, and learned that Bibi Dong had convened an Elder Council Meeting. The chapter ended with Hu Liena revealing that Bibi Dong planned to declare war on the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Liu Xinghan reunited with Zhu Zhuqing and his mother, Li Xinyue, at home and introduced Shui Bing'er as his girlfriend.
• Liu Xinghan learned that Ning Rongrong was out handling Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect business and asked Zhu Zhuqing to tell her to wait for him.
• Liu Xinghan went to Spirit Hall, showed his Holy Son Token to the guards, and headed to Lake Heart Island to find Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena recognized Liu Xinghan, embraced and kissed him, and the two spent time together in her room.
• Liu Xinghan asked Hu Liena where Bibi Dong was, and Hu Liena told him that Bibi Dong was holding an Elder Council Meeting to declare war on the soul beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Liu Xinghan returned to Spirit Hall after four years and learned that Bibi Dong planned to attack the Star Dou Great Forest for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts. He opposed the plan and recognized signs that Rakshasa divine power was affecting Bibi Dong, leaving the Elder Council in conflict over whether to proceed.

• Hu Liena told Liu Xinghan that Bibi Dong wanted to attack the Star Dou Great Forest after a failed hunt had injured her and killed an Elder.
• Liu Xinghan warned Hu Liena that war with the forest could devastate Spirit Hall and expose it to attacks from the Clear Sky Sect and other enemies.
• Liu Xinghan entered the Elder Council meeting, where Qian Renxue was overjoyed to see him after his four-year disappearance.
• Liu Xinghan sensed an intense Rakshasa aura in Bibi Dong and suspected her divine trials were allowing the god's power to influence her.
• Qian Daoliu asked Liu Xinghan to weigh in on Bibi Dong's proposed attack, and Liu Xinghan opposed it, warning that it would cause heavy losses and undermine Spirit Hall's plan to unify the continent.

Liu Xinghan returned after four years and helped tip the Elder Council’s balance against Bibi Dong’s position. He explained his absence to Qian Renxue, then went to meet Qian Daoliu, wondering how to spare her the pain of his planned sacrifice.

• Liu Xinghan’s return gave Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Gu Rong, Dugu Bo, Azure Phoenix Douluo, and Qian Daoliu enough weight to oppose Bibi Dong in the Elder Council, and Bibi Dong left in anger.
• Qian Renxue confronted Liu Xinghan about disappearing for four years, and he told her that a divine trial had trapped him until he completed it.
• Liu Xinghan asked Qian Renxue to keep his divine-seat connection secret, then soothed her anger with sweet words and embraced her.
• After leaving Qian Renxue, Liu Xinghan followed Golden Crocodile Douluo to Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu knelt before the Angel God’s statue.
• Liu Xinghan recalled that Qian Daoliu intended to sacrifice himself so Qian Renxue could become a god and wondered if he could prevent her suffering.

Liu Xinghan used an Annihilation Divine Rune to dispel Qian Daoliu’s attack, then reassured him about the women and promised to stay faithful to Xue'er. He reunited with Ning Rongrong and his family before heading to the Papal Palace the next morning.

• Qian Daoliu questioned Liu Xinghan about his four-year absence and the women outside, then tested him with a golden attack.
• Liu Xinghan used the Annihilation Divine Rune to erase Qian Daoliu’s attack, astonishing the Great Enshriner.
• Liu Xinghan promised Qian Daoliu that he would not fool around with other women and kept the divine rune’s power secret.
• Liu Xinghan returned home and reunited with Ning Rongrong, while Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er welcomed her as a sister.
• Liu Xinghan shared a reunion dinner with his family, then took the women to his manor in Spirit City.
• The next morning, Liu Xinghan left for the Papal Palace.

Liu Xinghan confronted Bibi Dong in a hidden chamber and learned that she planned to destroy Spirit Hall to avenge Qian Xunji. When he refused to help, Bibi Dong attacked him, revealing her overwhelming power and monstrous form.

• Liu Xinghan entered a secret chamber in the Papal Palace with Bibi Dong and recognized her Rakshasa divine power.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Qian Xunji had raped her in the chamber and asked Liu Xinghan to help her take revenge.
• Bibi Dong said she planned to make Spirit Hall and the Soul Beast Kings perish together, and Liu Xinghan refused to join her.
• Bibi Dong attacked Liu Xinghan with poisonous Soul Power, but he countered with Extreme Ice and their palm strikes forced them both back.
• Bibi Dong transformed into a spider-like form and released the pressure of her nine soul rings against Liu Xinghan.

Liu Xinghan used a Sealing Divine Rune, powered by his stored divine power, to suppress Bibi Dong and keep the Rakshasa God's influence from controlling her. After deciding to consult Qian Daoliu about Spirit Hall, he unknowingly drew the Rakshasa God's attention in the God Realm.

• Bibi Dong attacked Liu Xinghan with poisoned needles, but he dodged them and used a Sealing Divine Rune to weaken her.
• When the Rakshasa God's power began breaking through the seal, Liu Xinghan emptied his Divine Power Talisman Seal to strengthen the rune and seal Bibi Dong completely.
• Liu Xinghan laid Bibi Dong on a stone platform and decided to keep her unconscious until he could safely separate the Rakshasa God's divine power from her.
• Liu Xinghan planned to meet Qian Daoliu to discuss how Spirit Hall would function without Bibi Dong overseeing it.
• In the God Realm, the Rakshasa God sensed the sealing power and wondered whether divine runes had appeared in the lower realm.

The Rakshasa God detected a divine pattern in Douluo Continent and began a ritual to enlist an agent to investigate it. Meanwhile, Liu Xinghan asked Qian Daoliu to arrange for Qian Renxue to temporarily replace the sealed Bibi Dong as Pope.

• The Rakshasa God realized she could not descend to Douluo Continent safely and decided to rely on a local agent to investigate the divine pattern.
• The Rakshasa God used eight skeletons and their spirits in a ritual, causing a blood-drinking man in the City of Slaughter to be engulfed by purple-black gas.
• Liu Xinghan told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong’s mind had been affected by an evil power and admitted that he had sealed her.
• Qian Daoliu offered to examine Bibi Dong, but Liu Xinghan refused to let him intervene and said he would handle her recovery himself.
• Liu Xinghan asked Qian Daoliu to arrange a temporary Pope, proposing that Xue'er take Bibi Dong’s place rather than taking the position himself.

Liu Xinghan and Qian Daoliu arranged for Qian Renxue to serve as Acting Pope while Bibi Dong recuperated, with Liu Xinghan declining the position. He reassured Bibi Dong’s supporters and Hu Liena that Bibi Dong was safe and promised to heal her.

• Liu Xinghan proposed that Qian Renxue temporarily take over the Pope’s duties, and Qian Daoliu agreed.
• Qian Daoliu told the Elders that Bibi Dong needed to recover and appointed Qian Renxue Acting Pope; Liu Xinghan refused the position, citing his cultivation and Qian Renxue’s experience.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo questioned Liu Xinghan about Bibi Dong, and he assured them she was safe and would remain Pope after recovering.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong confronted Liu Xinghan about his relationships, and he calmed them with explanations and promises.
• Liu Xinghan told Hu Liena about Bibi Dong’s condition and promised to heal her.

Liu Xinghan returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to meet Gu Yuena and resolve the conflict between Spirit Hall and the forest’s beasts. He found the Sky Azure Bull Python gravely wounded and learned that, despite his attempts to assess the damage, he could not save him.

• Liu Xinghan arrived at the Lake of Life and found Di Tian, several Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and the severely injured Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Di Tian confronted Liu Xinghan over Bibi Dong’s attack on the core region, and Liu Xinghan proposed examining the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Liu Xinghan discovered Xiao Wu beside the Titan Giant Ape and learned she wanted him to save Da Ming.
• Liu Xinghan determined that the Sky Azure Bull Python’s poison, severe wounds, and lost Hundred Thousand Year cultivation left him beyond Liu Xinghan’s ability to save.
• A silver light emerged from the Lake of Life and transformed into a beautiful figure.

Gu Yuena said Liu Xinghan could preserve the dying Sky Azure Bull Python by accepting his sacrifice as an eighth spirit ring. The Sky Azure Bull Python agreed after Liu Xinghan promised to protect Xiao Wu, and the sacrifice raised Liu Xinghan to Soul Power level eighty and gave his Summoning Tome a blood-red eighth spirit ring.

• Gu Yuena appeared before the soul beasts, and Xiao Wu begged her to save the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• Gu Yuena said Liu Xinghan could accept the Sky Azure Bull Python's sacrifice, allowing him to reach level eighty and preserve the beast through his Summoning Tome martial soul.
• Xiao Wu urged the Sky Azure Bull Python to sacrifice himself, and Gu Yuena's command overcame his hesitation.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python asked Liu Xinghan to protect Xiao Wu, and Liu Xinghan promised to do so.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python began his sacrifice, and Liu Xinghan absorbed his energy until his Soul Power reached level eighty and a blood-red eighth spirit ring joined his Summoning Tome.

Liu Xinghan absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python's Soul Bone, gained three Soul Power levels, and used his Eighth Spirit Skill to let Xiao Wu and Er Ming reunite with Da Ming. He told Gu Yuena about his Origin God's trials, and she prepared the Ice Fire Dragon Kings' God-tier Soul Bones so he could test absorbing the Ice Dragon King's bone and using the Fire Dragon King's divine power for his assessment.

• Liu Xinghan absorbed the Sky Azure Bull Python Right Leg Spirit Bone, reached Soul Power Level 82, and completed his four limb bones.
• Liu Xinghan summoned Da Ming with his Eighth Spirit Skill, allowing Xiao Wu and Er Ming to reunite with him.
• Gu Yuena asked Liu Xinghan where he had been, and he explained his Origin God's inheritance and the remaining divine assessment trials.
• Gu Yuena suggested the Ice Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Bones might provide Beast God divine power for Liu Xinghan's sixth trial.
• Liu Xinghan said he could try absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Torso Spirit Bone, and Gu Yuena brought out both Dragon Kings' God-tier Spirit Bones.

Liu Xinghan used the divine mark to absorb the divine power sealed in the Fire Dragon King's Soul Bone and completed the sixth Origin trial. He then began absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Torso Spirit Bone, while Gu Yuena aided him against the bone's remnant consciousness.

• Gu Yuena explained that the Fire Dragon King's Soul Bone contained sealed divine power and offered to give Liu Xinghan some of her own if it proved insufficient.
• Gu Yuena opened the Fire Dragon King's Soul Bone, releasing its divine power, and Liu Xinghan absorbed it with his divine mark.
• Liu Xinghan confirmed that he had completed the sixth trial, and Gu Yuena urged him to absorb the Ice Dragon King's Torso Spirit Bone next.
• Liu Xinghan merged the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone into his body and fought its remnant consciousness as Gu Yuena bestowed her divine consciousness upon him.
• Liu Xinghan continued absorbing the Ice Dragon King's Soul Bone through the night, as its leaking Extreme Ice froze nearby plants without disturbing the Lake of Life.

After absorbing the Ice Dragon King's God-tier torso spirit bone, Liu Xinghan used a God-Bestowed Spirit Ring to give his Frost Saint Dragon Martial Soul a seventh ring. The ring reached three hundred thousand years, and he tested his new Saint Dragon True Body against Gu Yuena.

• Liu Xinghan absorbed the Ice Dragon King's torso spirit bone, raising his Soul Power to Level 85 and granting him access to its divine power.
• Liu Xinghan chose to absorb his God-Bestowed Spirit Ring with his Frost Saint Dragon Martial Soul while Gu Yuena protected him.
• Liu Xinghan's new seventh Spirit Ring reached three hundred thousand years and gave him the Saint Dragon True Body skill.
• Liu Xinghan tested his Martial Soul Avatar by attacking Gu Yuena with Ice Breath, and she froze the attack effortlessly.
• Gu Yuena said Liu Xinghan's strike could severely injure an ordinary Titled Douluo and contend against a Super Douluo.

Liu Xinghan returned to Spirit Hall and announced his plan to establish the Spirit Hall Empire and unify the continent, beginning by targeting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. He met his aunt Liu Xuanxue in Blue Electric City and asked her to relay an ultimatum to Yu Luomian, leaving the clan’s fate dependent on his choice.

• Liu Xinghan told Gu Yuena he planned to help Spirit Hall unify the continent before pursuing divine trials and becoming a God.
• Liu Xinghan proposed establishing the Spirit Hall Empire to Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue, who agreed to his plan to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Clear Sky Sect.
• Liu Xinghan spent seven days in the forging room, then left Spirit City to begin his campaign against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Liu Xinghan met his aunt Liu Xuanxue in Blue Electric City and asked her to tell Yu Luomian that he could take Yu Yuanzhen’s place as clan leader by submitting to Spirit Hall.
• Liu Xinghan warned Liu Xuanxue that Yu Yuanzhen had to die and that Yu Luomian would also be killed if he chose to resist Spirit Hall.

Liu Xinghan met Yu Luomian to persuade him to help Spirit Hall take control of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and spare its members. Yu Luomian agreed to act, and Liu Xinghan revealed that Spirit Hall’s force was already there: himself.

• Liu Xuanxue agreed to arrange a meeting between Liu Xinghan and Yu Luomian, and Liu Xinghan promised to spare Yu Qingfeng’s life if the clan was destroyed.
• Liu Xinghan met Yu Luomian with Liu Xuanxue and Yu Qingfeng, then spoke with Yu Luomian alone.
• Yu Luomian threatened Liu Xinghan, but Liu Xinghan immobilized him with a rune and held a saber to his neck until he backed down.
• Liu Xinghan told Yu Luomian that Spirit Hall planned to eliminate Yu Yuanzhen and his loyalists, offering Yu Luomian the clan leadership in exchange for cooperation.
• Yu Luomian agreed to help and asked when they would act; Liu Xinghan said they could begin that night and claimed Spirit Hall’s experts were already present in the form of himself.

Liu Xinghan prepared to help Yu Luomian wipe out Yu Yuanzhen's followers and learned that Yu Xiaogang had once visited the clan with a young man and a bespectacled middle-aged man. As the operation began, Liu Xinghan revealed his Summoning Tome and startling soul rings to Yu Luomian's assembled forces.

• Liu Xinghan told Yu Luomian that he would face Yu Yuanzhen while Yu Luomian's forces stopped the clan members loyal to him from escaping.
• Yu Luomian revealed that Yu Xiaogang had visited four or five years earlier with a young man and a middle-aged man wearing glasses, prompting Liu Xinghan to suspect they were Tang San and Flender and to plan an attack on the Clear Sky Sect afterward.
• Yu Luomian spent three days gathering dissatisfied clan members, and Liu Xuanxue warned Liu Xinghan to bring Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo experts.
• At Yu Luomian's residence, Liu Xinghan met Yu Luoshan and Yu Luotian and promised to provide help against Yu Yuanzhen's six Soul Douluo allies.
• Liu Xinghan summoned the Summoning Tome and revealed eight soul rings—four black and four red—shocking Yu Luomian and the other Soul Douluo.