Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi returned to Spirit City and told Qian Daoliu that Yu Xiaogang was coming, prompting him to take charge of the matter. Qian Renxue learned that Bibi Dong was in deep seclusion, struggling with a personal knot tied to her.

• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi arrived in Spirit City, where Qian Renxue reflected on how important Shi Yueyi had become to her.
• Qian Daoliu told them that Spirit Hall was completing its Martial Soul Grand Compendium and that Soul Core Condensation had proved successful.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Yu Xiaogang was coming to Spirit City, likely seeking Bibi Dong's method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls for Tang San.
• Qian Daoliu said Bibi Dong was in deep meditation after falling into self-doubt, and he believed her greatest emotional knot was Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue said she had no time to deal with Bibi Dong's troubles, and Qian Daoliu offered to handle Yu Xiaogang's matter.

Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City and tried to meet Bibi Dong, but Spirit Hall's guards turned him away. Bibi Dong discovered his new martial soul theory, reconsidered her feelings for him and Qian Renxue, and finally came face to face with him.

• Yu Xiaogang reached Spirit City and was denied entry to Pope's Palace by Temple Knights, so he stayed at an inn with another plan.
• Qian Daoliu learned that Yu Xiaogang had requested an audience, while Spirit Kite Douluo reported that Bibi Dong had shut herself away and Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi were meditating on Six Wings Mountain.
• Bibi Dong heard that Yu Xiaogang was promoting the Eleven Core Competencies of Martial Souls and went into the city in disguise to examine it.
• After questioning her attachment to Yu Xiaogang and reflecting on her feelings for Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong regretted calling her daughter a mistake.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Bibi Dong from behind and addressed her as Dong'er.

Yu Xiaogang met Bibi Dong to seek her Twin Martial Souls cultivation method and information about exceeding soul-ring age limits, but she rejected his claims and requests. After Yu Xiaogang tried to leave, he found soul master soldiers waiting outside the room.

• Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang in a private room and insisted he address her as the Pope.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed he wanted to rescue Bibi Dong with the help of his disciple, then admitted he wanted her Twin Martial Souls cultivation method and knowledge about over-limit soul rings.
• Bibi Dong refused to share the method, explaining that Qian Xunji had taught it to her and that it belonged to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong explained that unusually strong bodies and Spiritual Power helped soul masters endure Soul Tremor and absorb over-limit soul rings.
• Yu Xiaogang thanked Bibi Dong and tried to leave, but froze when he saw rows of armored soul master soldiers outside the room.

Yu Xiaogang was expelled from Spirit City after Bibi Dong ordered that he never return, and Qian Daoliu confronted him over his published Martial Soul theories. When Yu Xiaogang claimed his ideas came from Spirit Hall’s research, Qian Daoliu publicly challenged the originality and accuracy of the theories.

• Temple Knights struck Yu Xiaogang and, at Bibi Dong’s order, banished him from Spirit City for life.
• A Temple Knight told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang’s book had been declared prohibited literature because its contents were wrong.
• Qian Daoliu arrived and used his overwhelming pressure to confront Yu Xiaogang about bringing his theories to Spirit City.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his book by claiming its data came from Spirit Hall’s records and accused Spirit Hall of calling its own research false.
• Qian Daoliu told the crowd that Spirit Hall had never claimed to fully understand Martial Souls or passed common knowledge off as original theory.
• Onlookers mocked several of Yu Xiaogang’s theories, and one joked that the claim about useless Martial Souls fit Yu Xiaogang himself.

Qian Daoliu exposed Yu Xiaogang’s errors and defended Spirit Hall’s ban on his misleading works, leaving Yu Xiaogang disgraced before the crowd. He then announced Spirit Hall’s forthcoming Martial Soul Grand Compendium and revealed that Shi Yueyi was the honorary director of Research Institute Zero.

• Yu Xiaogang angrily defended his theories, but the crowd mocked his claims about his failed martial soul mutation and Luo Sanpao.
• Qian Daoliu corrected Yu Xiaogang’s claims about Body Martial Souls and explained that unverified theories could endanger soul masters.
• The crowd demanded that Yu Xiaogang leave, and Qian Daoliu allowed the recorders to keep filming.
• Qian Daoliu announced that Spirit Hall would publish a Martial Soul Grand Compendium after the Soul Master Academy Tournament and invited researchers to join its institutes.
• Qian Daoliu revealed that Shi Yueyi was Research Institute Zero’s honorary director, intending to bind her more closely to Spirit Hall’s work.

Bibi Dong reflected on her estrangement from Qian Renxue and recognized how alone her daughter might have felt. Qian Daoliu urged her to face the consequences of their past, and Bibi Dong broke down in tears.

• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong left the shop after Yu Xiaogang watched them go with resentment.
• Qian Daoliu asked Bibi Dong to consider how she would face Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong admitted that she had wronged her daughter and would not ask for forgiveness.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had tried to learn about Qian Renxue through Shi Yueyi and had risked herself to protect the Saintess.
• Bibi Dong realized that the Rakshasa God had not tried to influence her when she met Yu Xiaogang, and she felt abandoned as her emotional attachments disappeared.
• Bibi Dong wondered whether Qian Renxue had been lonely in the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, then crouched down and began to cry.

Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about killing Qian Xunji and the pain between them, while explaining how she found purpose and support during her years infiltrating the Heaven Dou Empire. She left their personal conflict unresolved, insisting Bibi Dong must live long enough to prove Twin Martial Soul cultivation can succeed.

• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi revealed they had overheard Bibi Dong confess that she killed Qian Xunji, and Bibi Dong admitted the truth.
• Qian Renxue asked why Bibi Dong had tried to strangle her as a baby and explained that she accepted the Heaven Dou Empire mission to avoid becoming a puppet.
• Qian Renxue described her loneliness and hatred of Bibi Dong, while Shi Yueyi explained how meeting Qian Renxue gave her a new dream.
• Bibi Dong feared Qian Renxue had come to kill her, but Qian Renxue said their confrontation would come later.
• Qian Renxue ordered Bibi Dong to survive and attain godhood so she could prove that cultivating Twin Martial Souls was possible.

Qian Renxue reflected on her rivalry with Bibi Dong and realized that her grandfather might be in danger because of the difficulty of completing the Angel God inheritance. She resolved to follow the Path of Self-Proof and become a god through her own strength.

• Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi returned to Six Wings Mountain and soaked in a hot spring together.
• Qian Renxue admitted that she still compared herself with Bibi Dong despite believing the rivalry was unnecessary.
• Qian Renxue told Shi Yueyi that her sixth trial required her to defeat Qian Daoliu, but she feared he might be in danger.
• Shi Yueyi suggested that Bibi Dong had struggled with the final step of her inheritance because she lacked a divine servant to help bridge the gap to godhood.
• Qian Renxue resolved to prove herself, protect Qian Daoliu, and break through to the God Realm using her own strength.

Qian Renxue and Shi Yueyi discussed fortune, self-determination, and the value of resting, while Qian Renxue committed to her Path of Self-Proof. At Blue Tyrant Academy, Ma Hongjun defended his tournament position in a fight, unaware that Tang San had secretly planted dark energy in him.

• Qian Renxue asked Shi Yueyi about her godhood and the advice of her friend, and Shi Yueyi encouraged her to balance effort with rest.
• Qian Renxue said she hoped to meet Shi Yueyi’s friend, and Shi Yueyi promised that they would have a chance.
• At Blue Tyrant Academy, students challenged Ma Hongjun’s place on the tournament team, and Flender and Liu Erlong defended his selection by Grandmaster.
• Ma Hongjun accepted a fight with a student who questioned his place and quickly defeated him.
• Ma Hongjun felt an unfamiliar surge of viciousness and struggled to suppress it after the fight.
• Tang San watched from a cabin and revealed that he had planted a dark seed in Ma Hongjun, while a voice praised him as a future evil god.

Tang San continued the Rakshasa inheritance while persuading Ma Hongjun to accept their ruthless path and train under him. After several more days, Yu Xiaogang returned, facing the fallout from his actions in Spirit City.

• Rakshasa told Tang San that his suppressed cultivation was meant to deepen his resentment, and Tang San reflected on his hatred of Spirit Hall.
• Ma Hongjun asked Tang San about his renewed evil fire, and Tang San attributed it to recent killings and the strain of his inheritance.
• Tang San convinced Ma Hongjun that good and evil were intertwined and that their goal justified their actions.
• Tang San offered to train Ma Hongjun and help him pursue the rank of a First Rank God, and Ma Hongjun agreed.
• Five days later, Yu Xiaogang returned after news of his actions in Spirit City had spread across the Douluo Continent.

Yu Xiaogang returned to Blue Tyrant Academy after his humiliating encounter in Spirit City became a continent-wide scandal, only to face Liu Erlong’s fury over his secret meeting with Bibi Dong. As tensions rose, dissatisfied teachers and students discussed leaving the academy, while Yu Xiaogang claimed he had gone to Spirit City for Tang San’s sake.

• News of Yu Xiaogang’s disgrace at the rabbit meat shop spread across the continent, with Image Pearls fueling public ridicule.
• Yu Xiaogang returned to Blue Tyrant Academy, where the gate guards withheld that Liu Erlong had been waiting for him in a murderous mood.
• Liu Erlong blasted Yu Xiaogang away from her cabin and accused him of secretly going to meet Bibi Dong.
• Flender sent curious students away as some teachers and students discussed leaving the academy for Tianyun Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong that he had met Bibi Dong to secure better soul rings for Tang San, and Flender silently doubted his explanation.

Yu Xiaogang returned from Spirit City with little useful knowledge, while Flender and Liu Erlong tried to reassure him and Tang San. The chapter ended with Tang San collapsing after learning that Spirit Hall had included Xiao Wu’s left arm bone among the tournament rewards.

• Flender explained that Yu Xiaogang had learned about Soul Tremor but still lacked the specific strength needed to absorb a ten-thousand-year fourth spirit ring, and Liu Erlong comforted him.
• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that Xiao Wu had been taken away at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yu Xiaogang suspected the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had detained her rather than Spirit Hall.
• Two days later, teachers resigned and nearly half the students sought to leave the academy; Liu Erlong angrily told them to go, and they departed.
• A returning teacher told Flender that Spirit Hall had announced the tournament’s spirit bone rewards, including several bones Tang San recognized as having belonged to Tang Hao.
• Tang San learned that the final reward was the Soft Bone Charm Rabbit Left Arm Bone and fainted into a bookcase.

After learning that Spirit Hall had captured Xiao Wu and planned to offer her as a tournament prize, Tang San vowed to save her and resolved to use Dark Blue Silver Grass to speed up his cultivation. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect then planned to send Ning Rongrong and Oscar to compete, leaving the championship as the means to claim the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Ma Hongjun and Grandmaster recognized that Spirit Hall’s “Soft Bone Charm Rabbit” prize referred to Xiao Wu, and Tang San realized the tournament rewards were a trap aimed at him.
• Tang San vowed to oppose Spirit Hall and decided he needed to reach Soul Ancestor strength by devouring life with Dark Blue Silver Grass.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to train the Blue Tyrant Academy team and recruit substitutes so they could win the tournament and save Xiao Wu.
• Ning Fengzhi, Bone Douluo, and Sword Douluo decided Ning Rongrong should join Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s team with the Saintess and bring Oscar as well.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to discuss Ning Rongrong’s entry with Xue Qinghe.

Dai Mubai planned to use Haagen-Dazs Kingdom to help him and Zhu Zhuqing enter the Soul Master Academy Tournament and reunite with Tang San, but the king secretly sent their plans to Spirit Hall. Shi Yueyi and Qian Renxue approved Ning Rongrong and Oscar joining the tournament and decided to let Dai Mubai’s group enter under false identities, while Grandmaster questioned Tang San’s sudden increase in strength.

• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing he had persuaded Haagen-Dazs Kingdom to help them enter the tournament and promised the kingdom a share of the spoils if they helped overthrow Heaven Dou Empire.
• The king of Haagen-Dazs Kingdom dismissed Dai Mubai’s proposal and forwarded intelligence about him and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Shi Yueyi broke through to level fifty-seven after cultivating with Qian Renxue, and Qing Luan Douluo reported that Ning Fengzhi wanted Ning Rongrong and Oscar to join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Qian Renxue agreed to let Ning Rongrong and Oscar pursue the tournament rewards, while Shi Yueyi volunteered to manage the team’s prize distribution.
• Shi Yueyi proposed letting Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing enter the tournament under new identities, then removing the transfer rule so they might have to face Tang San’s team.
• Grandmaster asked Tang San why he had broken through two levels in a few days and whether he had taken drugs.

Tang San concealed that he had been devouring life force to raise his cultivation, while Shi Yueyi helped train the Imperial Fighting Team at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. When both groups reached level forty and headed to Sunset Forest for soul rings, Shi Yueyi learned Tang San was following and arranged to leave the others behind.

• Tang San told Yu Xiaogang that his martial soul evolution had improved his talent, while hiding that he had gained levels by devouring life force.
• Shi Yueyi reunited with Ning Rongrong and Oscar at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where Ning Rongrong said her father supported Spirit Hall after seeing her Nine Treasures Glazed Pagoda.
• Shi Yueyi arranged intensive training for the Imperial Fighting Team under Sword Douluo and prepared medicinal baths and special combat practice.
• After about half a year, the Imperial Fighting Team reached level forty and traveled together to Sunset Forest to obtain soul rings.
• Tang San reached level forty and arrived at Sunset Forest with the Golden Iron Triangle; after Radiant Feather Douluo reported their presence, Shi Yueyi arranged to leave the group.

Shi Yueyi and Qingqing arranged for Sunset Forest’s soul beasts to attack Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle while Tang San hunted for his fourth soul ring. The ambush left the group separated and surrounded, and Tang San recognized Qingqing as the one behind it.

• Shi Yueyi asked Radiant Feather Douluo to accompany Qingqing into the forest, where Qingqing prepared to recruit soul beasts with rare herbs.
• Tang San persuaded Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong to search for a Cave Demon Spider rather than a Man Faced Demon Spider for his fourth soul ring.
• Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle entered Sunset Forest, where successive ten-thousand-year soul beasts attacked and split them apart.
• Meng Shenji led the other students on a separate hunt and noted that the soul beasts over ten thousand years old seemed to have disappeared.
• Qingqing appeared amid the attacking soul beasts, and Tang San recognized it and accused it of targeting him.

Qingqing rallied the Sunset Forest’s soul beasts and snake clans against Tang San and the Golden Iron Triangle, leaving Tang San exhausted and drawing a white soul ring from a ten-year Green Grass Snake.

• Flender and Tang San tried to retreat from Qingqing and more than thirty powerful soul beasts, but Qingqing ordered them surrounded.
• Qingqing summoned snake clans, including the Mandala Serpent Emperor, which joined the attack after learning Tang San had used snakes for his soul rings.
• A Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent struck Flender, causing him to drop Tang San into a swarm of snakes, where Tang San fought back with his Dark Blue Silver Grass.
• The Golden Iron Triangle formed the Golden Saint Dragon to protect Tang San, but Qingqing blasted it off balance and struck Tang San with Spear of Twin Seals.
• Tang San killed a ten-year Green Grass Snake, collapsed, and drew its white soul ring with his Dark Blue Silver Grass.

Tang San was struck by Qingqing’s innate eye technique and accidentally absorbed a ten-year Grass Snake soul ring while trying to survive the soul beast attack. After Flender and the others rescued him, he learned he had advanced to Soul Ancestor and resolved to endure the setback while blaming Spirit Hall.

• Qingqing’s attack disoriented Tang San, and he unconsciously killed a ten-year Grass Snake and absorbed its soul ring.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong used the Golden Saint Dragon’s invincibility technique to protect themselves as Qingqing ordered the soul beasts to retreat.
• Flender’s group rescued Tang San and learned he had reached Level 41 after absorbing a twenty-year Grass Snake soul ring.
• Tang San explained that he had intended to absorb an eight-thousand-year Blood-Patterned Snake’s ring before the Bamboo Leaf Green Snake Emperor’s attack confused him.
• Liu Erlong vowed to hunt the Snake Emperor for Tang San, while Tang San accepted the setback and suspected the Bamboo Leaf Green was connected to Spirit Hall.

After leading the Soul Beast army away, Shi Yueyi reunited with the Imperial Fighting Team, promised them Soul Bones if they won the tournament, and learned that Lou Gao had forged her a powerful Soul Tool. The chapter left Shi Yueyi naming the whip the God-Beating Whip and planning to use it against her enemies.

• Qingqing returned to Shi Yueyi after luring away the Soul Beast army, and Shi Yueyi promised to protect her from being hunted for a Soul Ring.
• Shi Yueyi rejoined the Imperial Fighting Team, whose members had gained powerful Soul Rings and Soul Power levels during their hunt.
• Shi Yueyi promised to provide enough Soul Bones for the whole team if they won the Soul Master Academy Tournament, while the students vowed to train hard.
• Shi Yueyi read Salas's reports about Tang San and Ma Hongjun killing contestants, and confirmed that their payments had been transferred to the foundation.
• Salas presented Shi Yueyi with a nearly peak eighth-rank Soul Tool forged by Lou Gao, whom Shi Yueyi learned had advanced to Soul Douluo.
• Shi Yueyi named the whip the God-Beating Whip and said she would use it to whip her enemies.

Qian Renxue faced Qian Daoliu in a contest of will to prove she could forge her own path to godhood while carrying on the Angel God’s inheritance. She defeated the Angel God Ancestor’s lingering will, and the Angel Statue acknowledged her.

• Qian Renxue and Qian Daoliu manifested their wills and prepared to test whose will was stronger.
• Qian Daoliu invoked the Angel Statue’s lingering will and launched a sword formation attack that forced Qian Renxue to evade before counterattacking.
• Qian Renxue declared that creating her own godhood would preserve the ancestors’ legacy and strengthen the Douluo Plane against the God Realm’s interference.
• Qian Renxue’s will prevailed in the clash, and Qian Daoliu told her that the Angel Statue acknowledged her.