Chapter Summaries

Ling Qianyue woke between Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing, then spent a quiet morning with them. Two weeks later, Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City with Ling Qianyue, Zhu Zhuqing, Snake Lance, and Porcupine Douluo, intent on meeting Bibi Dong, while her attendants appeared visibly uneasy.

• Ling Qianyue woke with Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing beside him, and the three lingered together in bed.
• Qian Renxue explained that she had inspected the Imperial Guard camps and had arranged matters concerning Xue Beng's death.
• Two weeks later, Qian Renxue traveled to Spirit City as Crown Prince Xue Qinghe to meet Bibi Dong and discuss suppressing Fallen Soul Masters.
• Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing accompanied Qian Renxue under the pretext of promoting exchanges among young Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue recalled her past in Spirit City and privately resolved to make Bibi Dong regret having underestimated her.
• Qian Renxue asked Snake Lance and Porcupine Douluo why they looked nervous, and Porcupine Douluo insisted that they were happy to be home.

Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Daoliu about Qian Renxue’s relationship with Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing, prompting him to ask for a full account of Ling Qianyue. Qian Renxue then met Bibi Dong at the Papal Palace, where Bibi Dong asked her to state her purpose.

• Snake Lance Douluo and Porcupine Douluo met Qian Daoliu in the Elder Hall and reported that Qian Renxue was going to see the Pope with Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Snake Lance Douluo revealed Qian Renxue’s feelings for Ling Qianyue, their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and the relationships among the three companions.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Snake Lance Douluo about how far Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue had gone, then ordered him to report everything about Ling Qianyue.
• Qian Renxue met Bibi Dong in the Papal Palace and greeted her as her sister.
• Bibi Dong kept her composure and asked Qian Renxue to state why she had come.

Qian Renxue brought Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing to the Papal Palace, where she challenged Bibi Dong to a match against Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation. After Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Evil Thoughts surged, Ling Qianyue’s purification skill suppressed them, and Bibi Dong became intensely interested in him.

• Qian Renxue explained her visit and challenged Bibi Dong’s judgment by comparing Ling Qianyue to Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation.
• Bibi Dong agreed to arrange a match in three days when Nana and the others returned.
• Bibi Dong reacted angrily to Qian Renxue’s warning and unleashed an oppressive aura that forced Ling Qianyue, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue’s martial souls to appear.
• Ling Qianyue revealed his yellow, purple, purple, black soul rings and used his Four Symbols Constellation Transformation to purify the hall.
• Bibi Dong felt the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts within her temporarily recede and turned to Ling Qianyue with concealed desire and possessiveness.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong after Bibi Dong tested Ling Qianyue, and the two exchanged bitter remarks about their feelings and ambitions. After Qian Renxue left with Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong was left alone reflecting on Qian Renxue’s changed attitude and her own loneliness.

• Qian Renxue demanded to know why Bibi Dong had suddenly acted, while Bibi Dong praised Ling Qianyue’s abilities and noted his exceptional soul rings.
• Ling Qianyue warned Bibi Dong that her unsettled state could affect her Spiritual Power, and Bibi Dong studied his sword intent and reconsidered her view of him.
• Bibi Dong taunted Qian Renxue about her attachment to Ling Qianyue, and Qian Renxue retorted that Bibi Dong’s ambitions had left her lonely.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo to investigate the immortal herb Zhu Zhuqing had absorbed, then dismissed him and Gui Mei.
• Qian Renxue left the Papal Palace with Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing, while Bibi Dong watched them go and reflected on Qian Renxue’s new source of support.

After Qian Renxue vented her anger about the Pope, Zhu Zhuqing helped her confront her complicated feelings toward her cousin and offered comfort. Ling Qianyue then revealed that the Pope’s soul was being eroded by an evil force, and Qian Renxue took an immortal herb that might help repair it.

• Qian Renxue told Zhu Zhuqing that the Pope was merely a cousin she hated, but Zhu Zhuqing pointed out that her feelings were more complicated.
• Zhu Zhuqing shared how she had once resented her sister Zhu Zhuyun and suggested the Pope might be directing hidden feelings toward Hu Liena instead.
• Qian Renxue admitted she wanted an explanation and apology from the Pope, then accepted comfort from Ling Qianyue.
• Ling Qianyue revealed that an evil thought was eroding the Pope’s soul and destabilizing her Spiritual Power.
• Ling Qianyue offered the Jade Marrow Pure Heart Lotus, which could calm the mind and repair part of the soul, and Qian Renxue snatched it up.

Ling Qianyue gave Qian Renxue a Jade Marrow Pure Heart Lotus and warned her that it might suppress, but not fully remove, the forces harming Bibi Dong. After Qian Renxue rested, Chrysanthemum Douluo approached Zhu Zhuqing and asked her to become his disciple.

• Ling Qianyue explained that the Jade Marrow Pure Heart Lotus could suppress Bibi Dong's condition, though he could not promise it would cure her.
• Ling Qianyue urged Qian Renxue to find a way to give the lotus to Bibi Dong and warned that rebuilding their relationship would take time.
• Qian Renxue rested in Ling Qianyue's arms and said they would visit her grandfather later.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo waited outside, eager to see Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue, until Zhu Zhuqing came out.
• Zhu Zhuqing showed Chrysanthemum Douluo the Black Stone containing the power of her absorbed immortal herb.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo returned the Black Stone and asked Zhu Zhuqing to take him as her master.

Chrysanthemum Douluo reached level 96 after absorbing the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and accepted Zhu Zhuqing as his disciple, giving her gifts and offering further guidance. After he left, Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue discussed Ghost Douluo’s unusual Martial Soul and challenged the simple division of Martial Souls into Beast Spirits and Weapon Spirits.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum had transformed him, raising his Soul Power and granting him an acquired domain.
• Zhu Zhuqing accepted Chrysanthemum Douluo as her master, and he promised to protect her and gave her a storage ring filled with gifts.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo asked about Ling Qianyue and the others, then left and invited Zhu Zhuqing to meet him and Ghost Douluo later.
• Qian Renxue woke in Ling Qianyue’s arms and teased him before Zhu Zhuqing told her that Chrysanthemum Douluo had accepted her as his disciple.
• Qian Renxue described Ghost Douluo’s unusual soul and Martial Soul, and Ling Qianyue suggested that it could be classified as a Body Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue challenged the Beast Spirit and Weapon Spirit categories, asking whether anyone would dare call the Qian Clan’s Six-winged Angel a Beast Spirit.

Qian Daoliu accepted Qian Renxue’s choice of Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing, but decided to test whether Ling Qianyue was worthy of taking Little Snow away. The chapter ended as Ling Qianyue faced Qian Daoliu and revealed sword intent that impressed the Great Enshrined.

• Qian Daoliu discussed Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue’s powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill and resolved not to interfere with Little Snow’s choice.
• Qian Renxue brought Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing to the Worship Hall, where Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing addressed Qian Daoliu as Grandfather.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Qian Renxue’s decision but challenged Ling Qianyue to prove he was worthy of her.
• Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing stepped aside as Ling Qianyue prepared to face Qian Daoliu’s test.
• Ling Qianyue summoned the Shattered Star Sword and displayed his sword intent, which Qian Daoliu admired.

Ling Qianyue fought Qian Daoliu, who had suppressed his power and promised to match Ling Qianyue’s displayed strength. Ling Qianyue’s layered domains and soul skills forced Qian Daoliu to raise his power again, and the fight continued as Ling Qianyue revealed a crystal wing of flowing starlight.

• Qian Daoliu began the test by manifesting his Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and charging Ling Qianyue at Soul Ancestor speed.
• Ling Qianyue used Star Pivot Forbidden Domain to slow Qian Daoliu, strengthen himself, and attack him with three Light-Sealing Swords.
• Ling Qianyue met Qian Daoliu’s flaming Angel Holy Sword with Four Symbols Constellation Transformation and pushed him farther back, prompting Qian Daoliu to raise his strength to Soul King level.
• Qian Daoliu increased his strength to Soul Emperor level and charged through Ling Qianyue’s Big Dipper Star Drawing Array and Thousand Star Rain attacks.
• Ling Qianyue used Star Sword Intent to lock Qian Daoliu in a unique domain, then revealed a crystal wing of flowing starlight that forced Qian Daoliu to release more of his suppressed power.

Ling Qianyue passed Qian Daoliu’s test by unleashing Thousand Star Rain: Seven Star Instant Kill, then explained his method of compressing Soul Power. After examining the liquid vortex in Ling Qianyue’s dantian, Qian Daoliu praised the discovery as a new path for Martial Soul theory, which Ling Qianyue named Soul Core.

• Ling Qianyue attacked Qian Daoliu with Thousand Star Rain: Seven Star Instant Kill, and Qian Daoliu summoned his Martial Soul and Spirit Rings before dissolving the attack and declaring that Ling Qianyue had passed.
• Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing checked Ling Qianyue for injuries, while Qian Renxue questioned Qian Daoliu for using his powers during the test.
• Qian Daoliu noticed Ling Qianyue’s unusually condensed Soul Power and asked about his cultivation method, prompting Ling Qianyue to explain his use of Spiritual Power to control and compress Soul Power.
• Ling Qianyue proposed that Spirit Bones might form from solidified Soul Power fused with origin laws, then asked Qian Daoliu to examine his dantian.
• Qian Daoliu found a rotating liquid Star Vortex in Ling Qianyue’s dantian, tested the compression process himself, and praised it as a new path at the forefront of Martial Soul theory.
• Ling Qianyue named the cultivation method Soul Core.

Ling Qianyue shared his Soul Core method with Qian Daoliu, then joined Qian Renxue and the Enshrined for dinner, where Light Feather advised him about his relationships. Two days later, Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan for their mission and prepared them to face two Heaven Dou Empire soul masters, then kept Hu Liena behind for a private talk.

• Qian Daoliu recognized the promise and risks of Ling Qianyue's Soul Core method, while Ling Qianyue refused to reveal the unfinished theory publicly.
• Qian Renxue invited Qian Daoliu to dinner, where all seven Enshrined gathered and Golden Crocodile Douluo approved of Ling Qianyue's cooking.
• Light Feather Douluo advised Ling Qianyue to cherish Qian Renxue and Zhu Zhuqing without encouraging them to depend on him.
• Qian Daoliu promised Qian Renxue additional protection and a new soul bone, then warned Ling Qianyue to watch himself.
• Bibi Dong rewarded Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan for their mission and told them that two rising Heaven Dou Empire soul masters would challenge the Golden Generation.
• Bibi Dong sent Xie Yue and Yan away, then asked Hu Liena to sit beside her for a private conversation.

Bibi Dong reviewed Hu Liena’s file and saw her own childhood loss reflected in the girl, then rejected Qian Renxue when she came to speak about leaving for the Heaven Dou Empire. That night, Bibi Dong found Hu Liena reliving her village’s destruction in a nightmare and decided to repair the damage to her Spiritual Power.

• Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to assign the awakened children to schools or skills-training workshops according to their Soul Power.
• Bibi Dong read Hu Liena’s file and portrait, then endured a painful episode as the Rakshasa God’s Evil Thoughts eroded her mind.
• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong she planned to go undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire, but Bibi Dong forbade her to call her mother and rejected her pleas for support.
• Qian Renxue ran from the Papal Palace after telling Bibi Dong she hated her, while Bibi Dong was left grieving and shaken.
• Bibi Dong followed Hu Liena’s spiritual fluctuations to her dormitory and entered the girl’s mind to witness her mother hiding her during a raid that destroyed her village.
• Bibi Dong withdrew from Hu Liena’s memories, realized she had cried, and resolved to mend the damage to Hu Liena’s Spiritual Power.

Bibi Dong prepared Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan for their match against Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing, warning them about Ling Qianyue’s formidable Spiritual Power. The battle began with the Golden Generation launching a coordinated assault, but Ling Qianyue countered with his purification ability and a vast Star Screen, leaving Xie Yue unable to reach Zhu Zhuqing.

• Hu Liena reviewed the opponents’ records and worried about Ling Qianyue’s ten-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring, so Bibi Dong assigned the team a strategy and warned her not to use charm or illusion techniques on him.
• Bibi Dong revealed that Ling Qianyue’s Spiritual Power was close to a Titled Douluo’s and permitted Hu Liena to use her Martial Soul Fusion Skill if necessary.
• Bibi Dong gave Hu Liena a dark purple hair ribbon embroidered with a black angel, and Hu Liena wore it at the training grounds the next day.
• Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing introduced themselves before facing Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan in the match ordered by Bibi Dong.
• Hu Liena attacked Zhu Zhuqing with charm while Xie Yue charged her and Yan sent magma and flames toward both opponents.
• Ling Qianyue used Four Symbols Constellation Transformation to dispel Hu Liena’s charm and weaken the flames, then spread a Star Screen across the training grounds, causing Xie Yue to lose sight of Zhu Zhuqing.

Ling Qianyue defeated the Golden Generation in the trial, knocking out Yan and Xie Yue while Hu Liena surrendered. After helping Hu Liena to her feet, Ling Qianyue left Yan seething with jealousy and vowing revenge.

• Ling Qianyue used his Starry Sky Domain and star sword array to confront Xie Yue and Hu Liena as Yan attacked with magma.
• Xie Yue’s Full Moon strike collided with Ling Qianyue’s star array, and Hu Liena followed with her Charm Sound and barbed Fox Tail.
• Zhu Zhuqing ambushed Yan with her clones and Netherworld Claws, wounded him, and sent him out of the trial ground.
• Ling Qianyue struck before Xie Yue and Hu Liena could use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving Xie Yue unconscious and Hu Liena defeated.
• Ling Qianyue helped Hu Liena up, and Yan watched in fury, vowing never to rest until one of them was dead.

After Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing defeated Spirit Hall’s team, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue clashed over the victory and their rivalry for power. Ling Qianyue refused Bibi Dong’s offer to become her disciple, but she invited him to the Papal Palace for a reward.

• Hu Liena reprimanded Yan for disrupting the plan, then had him taken to the medical room while Zhu Zhuqing laughed at him.
• Bibi Dong declared Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing the victors, and Qian Renxue challenged her judgment over Spirit Hall’s young fighters.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong exchanged pointed remarks about their strained relationship and their competing claims to rule Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong awarded Ling Qianyue and Zhu Zhuqing Purple Record Medals and gave Ling Qianyue permission to visit Spirit City and the Papal Palace freely.
• Bibi Dong offered to make Ling Qianyue a Saint Son candidate and her disciple, but Ling Qianyue declined because he already had a master and served Crown Prince Xue Qinghe.
• Bibi Dong accepted his refusal and invited him to the Papal Palace the next day to receive a treasure.

Bibi Dong fought Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue after they unleashed a powerful fusion domain, but the battle ended with both of them incapacitated. The Star Crown’s purifying power briefly weakened Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Evil Thoughts, and she closed in on the pair with her obsession with Ling Qianyue intensifying.

• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue, while Qian Daoliu watched from above.
• Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue combined their powers to create the Holy Star Dome, which suppressed Bibi Dong and purified the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts within her.
• Bibi Dong used her Death Spider Emperor skills to shatter their fusion form and send Qian Renxue and Ling Qianyue flying.
• The Star Crown’s starlight reached Bibi Dong and rapidly melted away some of her Rakshasa Evil Thoughts before the crown shattered.
• Ling Qianyue caught the unconscious Qian Renxue and set her against a tree, while Bibi Dong’s desire to possess him grew stronger.
• Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Evil Thoughts surged as she approached Ling Qianyue and Qian Renxue.

Ling Qianyue protected Qian Renxue when Bibi Dong nearly lost control to the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts, then gave Bibi Dong an herb to ease her mental strain. Bibi Dong’s jealousy and dependence on Ling Qianyue intensified, and she privately asked whether Qian Renxue would let him use his ability to treat her.

• Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa Evil Thoughts surged, but Ling Qianyue stepped in front of Qian Renxue and prepared to defend her.
• Bibi Dong regained control and asked Ling Qianyue if he feared death; he said he would not abandon his partner and asked to take Qian Renxue away.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Qianyue to tell Qian Renxue she did not need to seek her attention through their Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Ling Qianyue gave Bibi Dong the Jade Marrow Pure Heart Lotus, which eased her mental pain.
• Bibi Dong’s possessiveness toward Ling Qianyue deepened, and she hinted that Spirit Hall could offer him more before privately asking if Qian Renxue would agree to his treating her.

Bibi Dong used the Jade Marrow Calming Lotus to ease the damage to her soul and suppress the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts, while her thoughts turned toward Ling Qianyue and revenge against Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang. Ling Qianyue’s divinations gave no clear warning, and the chapter ended with Bibi Dong confronting him and asking what he feared.

• Ling Qianyue told Bibi Dong he would help if she lost control, explained how to consume the Jade Marrow Calming Lotus, and left with Qian Renxue.
• Bibi Dong consumed the Jade Marrow Calming Lotus, which cleared her thoughts and eased her soul’s wounds without fully eradicating the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts.
• Bibi Dong crushed a remnant of divine power and condemned Qian Xunji and Yu Xiaogang, then thought of Ling Qianyue with growing obsession.
• Ling Qianyue’s Zhanxing readings showed no clear danger, though Bibi Dong’s intense gaze left him uneasy; Qian Renxue asked him to help Bibi Dong before they left in three days.
• The next day, Bibi Dong appeared close before Ling Qianyue at the Papal Palace and asked what he was afraid of.

Bibi Dong gave Ling Qianyue the Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull and made him absorb it in the Papal Palace. Afterward, his Illusion Breaking Eyes evolved and gained new abilities, leaving him considering a new name for them.

• Bibi Dong showed Ling Qianyue a rare Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull from a Sixty-thousand-year Deep-Sea Ice Spirit Whale and explained its power.
• Bibi Dong said the gift repaid Ling Qianyue for giving her the Jade Marrow Calming Lotus and asked him to support Spirit Hall in the future.
• Bibi Dong insisted that Ling Qianyue absorb the Soul Bone before leaving, and he agreed after she reminded him that treating her injuries would consume Spiritual Power.
• Ling Qianyue absorbed the Wisdom Skull in a little over an hour, greatly expanding his Spiritual Power and evolving his Illusion Breaking Eyes.
• Ling Qianyue discovered that the Soul Bone granted him Time Slot Prediction and Soul Imprint, then considered renaming his evolved eyes Tian Shu Divine Peeking Eyes.

Ling Qianyue treated Bibi Dong in her bedchamber, using Purification Power and Star Power to calm the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts in her soul. A Star Mark appeared on Bibi Dong’s soul, and after he left, she revealed that she still had three days before they left.

• Bibi Dong asked Ling Qianyue how he felt after absorbing the Spirit Gathering Wisdom Skull while keeping him close in her bedchamber.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Qianyue about her plan to unite the continent and made him address her as “Your Majesty” when they were alone.
• Ling Qianyue began treating Bibi Dong with Purification Power, sending Star Power into her soul to dissipate the Rakshasa Evil Thoughts.
• Ling Qianyue saw a Star Mark appear on Bibi Dong’s soul as she fell asleep during the treatment.
• After Ling Qianyue left, Bibi Dong woke and noted that they still had three days before they left.