Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu appointed Ghost Leopard Douluo to protect Ye Xi and discussed the elders’ loyalties with Qian Renxue and Ye Xi. The family then sat down to eat together in the Worship Hall.

• Qian Daoliu noticed a Divinity Aura around Ye Xi but kept his observation to himself.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Ghost Leopard Douluo and assigned him to leave the Hall of Elders and protect Ye Xi.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Ghost Leopard Douluo to Ye Xi, who greeted him politely before he departed.
• Qian Renxue asked whether the Hall of Elders’ members had sided with Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu said they mostly had.
• Qian Daoliu invited Qian Renxue and Ye Xi to eat, and Qian Renxue served him some food.

After the Angel God summoned Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Xi to the Angel Secret Realm, the Sea God accused Ye Xi of possessing his lost Sea God's Heart. Ye Xi identified it as the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud given to her by the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and refused to return it.

• The Angel God called Qian Daoliu in his mind and ordered him to bring Qian Renxue and Ye Xi to the Angel Secret Realm.
• Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue and Ye Xi to Douluo Hall, where they entered the Angel Secret Realm and met the Angel God, Sea God, and Shura God.
• The Angel God asked Qian Renxue and Ye Xi whether they had found the Sea God's lost item, and both denied knowing about it.
• The Sea God sensed the Sea God's Heart in Ye Xi's Storage Bracelet, and Ye Xi took out the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• Ye Xi told the Sea God that the item was a gift from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and belonged to her.

Ye Xi kept the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud after the Sea God failed to reclaim it, and Shura God hinted that she could become a candidate for his inheritance. Angel God then returned a powerful sword to Ye Xi, leaving her and Qian Daoliu to examine it.

• Shura God and Angel God agreed that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud belonged to Ye Xi because the Heaven Dou Imperial Family had given it to her.
• Shura God recommended that Ye Xi visit Slaughter City, hinting that she could become a candidate for his inheritance, and Qian Daoliu was delighted.
• The Sea God accepted that he would not recover the Sea God's Heart and thought he could reforge it using the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Whale Pearl.
• Ye Xi put away the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and Shura God and the Sea God departed.
• Angel God returned the Slaughtering Sword to Ye Xi, describing it as a Super Divine Artifact, then disappeared.
• Ye Xi drew the Slaughtering Sword and found it felt like an extension of her arm; Qian Daoliu asked about it, and Ye Xi said Angel God had given it to her.

Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue and Ye Xi that they might both inherit divine legacies, then brought them to pay respects to Qian Xunji. At the neglected grave, the sisters cleared the weeds, and Qian Renxue told her father she had avenged him by killing Tang Hao.

• Qian Daoliu told Ye Xi that the god who sent her to Slaughter City might have chosen her as a candidate for inheritance.
• Qian Daoliu explained that the Douluo Hall buried those who had made great contributions, and told Qian Renxue that Qian Xunji did not qualify to be buried there.
• Qian Daoliu promised to take Qian Renxue to visit her father's grave the next morning, while Ye Xi wondered about the Angel God's words before falling asleep.
• Qian Daoliu led Qian Renxue and Ye Xi to Qian Xunji's overgrown grave outside Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Xi cleared the weeds around the grave, and Qian Daoliu spoke to Qian Xunji about his granddaughters' possible divine inheritances.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji that Tang Hao was dead and that she had avenged him.

After visiting Qian Xunji’s grave, Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Ye Xi rejected Bibi Dong’s proposal to make Hu Liena Spirit Hall’s Saintess. Bibi Dong left with Hu Liena, explaining that she wanted a successor who did not bear the Qian or Ye surname.

• Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue and Ye Xi back to the Worship Hall after they paid their respects to Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong proposed her disciple Hu Liena as Spirit Hall’s Saintess, while Qian Renxue and Ye Xi watched her warily.
• Qian Daoliu rejected the proposal, saying Hu Liena lacked the talent or contributions to justify the position.
• Bibi Dong left the Worship Hall with Hu Liena after silently weighing the opposition to her plan.
• Hu Liena suggested Qian Renxue or Ye Xi would be more suitable, and Bibi Dong replied that the next Pope could not bear the Qian or Ye surname.

Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena that Ye Xi was dangerous beneath her harmless appearance, while Qian Renxue and Ye Xi discussed their plans for Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire. Ye Xi ended the night meditating in the Worship Hall, thinking about Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi.

• Bibi Dong told Hu Liena that Qian Renxue would act fairly in a conflict, but Ye Xi was a schemer who had shown real killing intent.
• Qian Daoliu reassured Qian Renxue and Ye Xi that he would handle Spirit Hall, and they went out to walk around Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue asked Ye Xi about Bibi Dong's proposal, and Ye Xi said the current Pope did not intend to return the position to the Qian Family.
• Qian Renxue and Ye Xi discussed returning to the Heaven Dou Empire soon and gradually replacing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Frost Snow Pavilion in the imperial family’s affairs.
• After returning to the Worship Hall, Ye Xi reflected on Bibi Dong and Ning Fengzhi, then began meditative cultivation.

Bibi Dong abandoned her plan to make Na Na the Saintess after the Rakshasa God warned her not to interfere, and shifted her attention to the Heaven Dou Empire. She sent a plan to Worship Hall, where Qian Renxue and Ye Xi agreed to handle the empire’s affairs themselves and planned to leave the next day.

• The Rakshasa God warned Bibi Dong that Na Na’s situation was complicated and urged her not to interfere.
• Bibi Dong set aside her plan to make Na Na the Saintess and focused on the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan to Worship Hall with a plan for Qian Renxue and Ye Xi to review.
• Qian Daoliu waited until Qian Renxue and Ye Xi had finished breakfast before reading the plan and passing it to them.
• Ye Xi advised taking a gradual approach, and Qian Renxue told Yue Guan they would handle the Heaven Dou Empire’s affairs themselves.
• Qian Renxue said she and Ye Xi would return the next day.

Ye Xi suggested that Tian Yao try claiming the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and the Sea God approved her as its inheritor. The Sea God showed Tian Yao three halberd techniques and began strengthening her Spiritual Sea.

• Tian Yao told Ye Xi and Qian Renxue that Golden Crocodile had praised her after her cultivation improved.
• Ye Xi decided Tian Yao might be able to endure the Vast Sea Power and asked her to drip blood onto the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud.
• The Sea God's divine consciousness appeared, consulted the main body, and received approval to pass the inheritance to Tian Yao.
• The Sea God displayed the first three halberd forms—Uncertain Storm, Thousand Years of Emptiness, and Gone Never to Return—then entered Tian Yao's Spiritual Sea to improve it.
• Ye Xi and Qian Renxue said the techniques were of little use to them, while Tian Yao admitted she had not remembered them.

Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, and Tian Yao toured Spirit City after Tian Yao gained the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud’s recognition. When Qian Daoliu discovered a faint Divinity Aura in Tian Yao, she explained what had happened, and he and Golden Crocodile considered her potential before Qian Renxue and Ye Xi prepared to return to Heaven Dou City the next day.

• Ye Xi gave the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Tian Yao, who promised to keep it safe.
• Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, and Tian Yao toured Spirit City and watched the stars from a hill before returning to the Worship Hall.
• Qian Daoliu asked Tian Yao to release her Martial Soul and detected a faint Divinity Aura.
• Tian Yao recounted what had happened, and Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile recognized her potential and thanked Ye Xi.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue and Ye Xi to rest before their return to Heaven Dou City, while Tian Yao stayed at the Worship Hall.
• Golden Crocodile and Qian Daoliu discussed Tian Yao’s uncertain future and called their chess game a draw.

Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, and Ghost Leopard Douluo traveled from Spirit City toward Heaven Dou City. They stopped at a village where every resident had been killed and drained of blood, raising suspicion of an Evil Soul Master as they began searching for clues.

• Qian Renxue left Spirit City with Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ling Yuan, while Ghost Leopard Douluo drove their carriage toward Heaven Dou City.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo detected a smell of blood near a village, and Qian Renxue ordered the group to investigate.
• Qian Renxue and her companions found bloodstains and the shriveled corpses of the villagers, with no survivors detected.
• Ling Yuan suspected an Evil Soul Master had committed the killings, though she and Ghost Leopard Douluo could not confirm it.
• Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, Ling Yuan, Tian Yao, and Ghost Leopard Douluo split up to search the village for clues.

Qian Renxue’s group found three Spirit Hall deacons dead at a slaughtered village and went to Fengning City’s Martial Soul Main Hall to investigate. Overseer Shi Yang admitted his hall had found no clues, leaving Qian Renxue to review the intelligence.

• Ghost Leopard reported finding Spirit Hall corpses with no signs of battle and suspected an Evil Soul Master had killed the villagers.
• Qian Renxue’s group examined the three dead deacons and found no evidence that they had been able to resist.
• Shi Yang berated the deacons of Fengning City’s Martial Soul Main Hall for failing to solve the village killings and missing deacons.
• Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, and Ghost Leopard entered the Main Hall meeting, and Shi Yang respectfully greeted Ling Yuan and Ghost Leopard as Elders after seeing their tokens.
• Shi Yang told Qian Renxue that the hall had found no clues and that its three missing deacons were likely the ones who had died; Qian Renxue began reading the intelligence.

Qian Renxue took charge of investigating the massacres of three villages near Fengning City and sent Ghost Leopard to search for clues. While the suspected killers planned to return to the Far North, Ghost Leopard detected two soul masters and went to investigate them.

• Qian Renxue questioned Shi Yang about the village massacres, ordered the village outside Fengning City cleared, and arranged for the three slain deacons to be buried.
• Qian Renxue asked Ghost Leopard to inspect the villages, then waited at the Martial Soul Main Hall with Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ling Yuan.
• A Black Robed Figure and Nether Serpent discussed killing three Spirit Hall deacons, agreed to avoid further action, and planned to return to the Far North.
• Ghost Leopard searched the first massacred village but found no useful clues.
• Ghost Leopard detected two fast-moving soul masters with his Spiritual Power and headed toward them.

Nether Serpent and the Black Robed Figure fled toward the Far North after sensing Ghost Leopard, while Ghost Leopard found no clues in the slaughtered villages. Qian Renxue and Ye Xi ordered the Fengning City Martial Soul Main Hall to report the killings and sent Ling Yuan and Ghost Leopard to patrol nearby villages, but their group planned to leave within five days if no useful clues emerged.

• Nether Serpent and the Black Robed Figure hid from Ghost Leopard, judged him stronger than themselves, and decided to return to the Far North to begin their plan.
• Ghost Leopard investigated the remaining villages and found no clues before returning to Fengning City.
• Ghost Leopard told Qian Renxue and Ye Xi about the people he had sensed, and Qian Renxue ordered Shi Yang to report the matter to the Papal Hall in Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue said their group would stay in Fengning City for at most five more days before leaving if they found no valuable clues.
• Ye Xi sent Ling Yuan and Ghost Leopard to patrol nearby villages and protect villagers from further attacks.

After several days of investigating the village massacres near Fengning City without finding any clues, Qian Renxue and her companions left the matter to the Papal Hall and departed for Heaven Dou City. During the journey, Qian Renxue began cultivating toward her next bottleneck, and Ling Yuan revealed that she was at level sixty-nine.

• Shi Yang reported the village massacres to the Papal Hall and ordered his deacons to investigate while they waited for reinforcements.
• Ling Yuan and Ghost Leopard returned after several days without finding any clues, and Qian Renxue decided to leave the investigation to the Papal Hall.
• Qian Renxue, Ye Xi, Tian Yao, and Ling Yuan left Fengning City for Heaven Dou City in Ghost Leopard's carriage.
• Qian Renxue asked Ghost Leopard to slow the carriage so she could cultivate as her soul power neared a bottleneck.
• Ling Yuan told Tian Yao and Ye Xi that Qian Renxue was a level-sixty-nine Soul Emperor, close to becoming a level-seventy Soul Saint.

Qian Renxue reached the level seventy bottleneck and traveled to Xuan Wood Forest to find a suitable soul beast. Ghost Leopard found an eighty-thousand-year-old Sacred Unicorn, and Qian Renxue began absorbing its soul ring while Ye Xi checked its corpse for a soul bone.

• Qian Renxue reached her level seventy bottleneck and asked Ghost Leopard to take the group to Xuan Wood Forest.
• Qian Renxue instructed Ling Yuan and Ghost Leopard to search for a seventy- to eighty-thousand-year-old soul beast with light or sacred attributes.
• Ghost Leopard found an eighty-thousand-year-old Sacred Unicorn and reported it to Qian Renxue.
• Ghost Leopard defeated the Sacred Unicorn, and Qian Renxue killed it and began absorbing its soul ring.
• Ye Xi used her Slaughtering Sword to search the Sacred Unicorn's corpse for a soul bone.

After Qian Renxue absorbed the Sacred Unicorn's soul ring and became a level seventy-two Soul Saint, Ye Xi was warned by Shura God not to absorb the beast's left arm bone. The group left Xuan Wood Forest for Heaven Dou City, while Shura God watched over Ye Xi and Sea God discussed a possible inheritor.

• Ye Xi found an eighty-thousand-year Sacred Unicorn Left Arm Bone, and she and Tian Yao waited while Qian Renxue absorbed the soul ring.
• Qian Renxue completed the absorption, reached level seventy-two, and offered the soul bone to Ye Xi.
• Shura God warned Ye Xi through a voice in her mind not to absorb any soul bones other than External Soul Bones, so she stored the Sacred Unicorn Left Arm Bone.
• Ye Xi, Qian Renxue, Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, and Ghost Leopard left Xuan Wood Forest and traveled toward Heaven Dou City.
• Shura God watched Ye Xi from his temple and told Sea God he had matters to handle before leaving.

Ye Xi returned to Frost Snow Pavilion with Qian Renxue, Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, and Ghost Leopard. Yang Wudi and Niu Gao questioned Ye Qingxue about whether Ye Xi was involved in Tang Hao’s death, but Ye Qingxue declined to speculate and they prepared to ask Ye Xi directly.

• Ye Xi showed Ghost Leopard Frost Snow Pavilion and described its defenses, which had been built by the Defense Clan.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao asked Ye Qingxue whether Ye Xi had been involved in Tang Hao’s death, citing the timing of Ye Xi and Ling Yuan’s trip to Suotuo City and Ling Yuan’s injury.
• Ye Qingxue said she did not know what had happened and refused to voice her suspicions without proof, fearing the consequences if her words reached Tang Xiao.
• Ye Xi entered the hall with Qian Renxue, Tian Yao, Ling Yuan, and Ghost Leopard, then introduced Ghost Leopard as one of her protectors.
• Ye Qingxue indicated that Yang Wudi and Niu Gao had business with Ye Xi, and Ye Xi turned to them to ask what they wanted.

Ye Xi showed Yang Wudi and Niu Gao the Clear Sky Sect's inherited soul bones, confirming Tang Hao's death was connected to her, while they agreed to attribute it to the Star Dou Great Forest's soul beasts. After learning Frost Snow Pavilion had grown during her absence, Ye Xi arranged to keep Ghost Leopard in reserve and asked Qian Renxue when she would return to the Tiandou Imperial Palace.

• Ye Xi displayed several soul bones, and Yang Wudi and Niu Gao recognized two as the Clear Sky Sect's inherited soul bones, confirming Tang Hao's death was no accident.
• Ye Xi promised to fulfill her earlier pledge but said Tang Hao had died in the dangerous Star Dou Great Forest, and Ye Qingxue and Yang Wudi supported that account.
• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao left in high spirits, planning to drink together.
• Ye Qingxue reported that she had recruited several small and medium-sized clans and sects into Frost Snow Pavilion while Ye Xi was away.
• Ye Xi told Ghost Leopard to remain at Frost Snow Pavilion as a hidden reserve, then asked Qian Renxue when she would return to the Tiandou Imperial Palace; Qian Renxue said she might leave that night after resting.

Qian Renxue proposed using Ye Xi’s possible future as Crown Princess and Frost Snow Pavilion’s promising younger generation to persuade Xue Ye to replace the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with Frost Snow Pavilion as the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s ally. Ye Xi agreed to consider the plan, leaving them ready to prepare their next steps.

• Ye Xi escorted Ghost Leopard to a room in Frost Snow Pavilion, then returned to her room with Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue devised a plan to make Xue Ye abandon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and form a mutually supportive relationship with Frost Snow Pavilion.
• Qian Renxue suggested giving Xue Ye the impression that Ye Xi might become Crown Princess while demonstrating Frost Snow Pavilion’s strength and promising younger generation.
• Ye Xi recognized Frost Snow Pavilion’s long-term advantage over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and dismissed concerns about her reputation.
• Ye Xi agreed to the plan, surprising Qian Renxue.

Ye Xi and Qian Renxue finalized a secret plan targeting the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then began putting it into motion. The next morning, Ye Xi set out for Tiandou Imperial Palace with She Long and Ling Yuan.

• Ye Xi agreed to Qian Renxue's proposal, and the two spent the night refining a plan involving the Heaven Dou Empire and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renxue ordered She Long to take a nominal position at Frost Snow Pavilion and told Ci Xue to remain hidden in the palace.
• She Long arrived at Frost Snow Pavilion before dawn and waited while Ye Xi cultivated, chatting with Ghost Leopard in the rear hall.
• Ye Xi emerged in the morning, acknowledged She Long's arrival, and prepared to leave for Tiandou Imperial Palace with Ling Yuan.