Chapter Summaries

Long Yu explained to Bibi Dong how he planned to use Soul Tools to draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into a costly deal and strengthen Spirit Hall’s position. Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong prepared to meet Long Yu the next day, uncertain how many Soul Tools Spirit Hall possessed.

• Bibi Dong examined Long Yu’s Level Four Soul Tool and asked why he had offered Soul Tools to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect first.
• Long Yu described his plan to use the sale to obtain rare metals and money, make Spirit Hall seem powerful, and keep its strongest Soul Tools secret.
• Long Yu told Bibi Dong that Soul Tools would explode if anyone tried to dismantle them, and considered the high cost of acquiring more weapons.
• Bibi Dong told Long Yu that Ning Fengzhi and the others had arrived in Spirit City and would visit the next day; Long Yu promised to negotiate a high price.
• Ning Fengzhi discussed with Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo why the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect needed to meet with Spirit Hall and questioned how many Soul Tools it possessed.

Ning Fengzhi visited Bibi Dong to negotiate Spirit Hall’s sale of Soul Tools to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Long Yu showed him the weapons he had obtained. The demonstration confirmed that the tools were powerful, and the chapter ended after a bracelet automatically shielded Ning Rongrong from Long Yu’s attack.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Bibi Dong to confirm that Spirit Hall would sell the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect Soul Tools for defense.
• Long Yu presented forty or fifty Soul Tools and invited Ning Fengzhi’s group to test them.
• Sword Douluo tested a Level Five Soul Tool longsword and praised its power.
• Long Yu gave Ning Rongrong a defensive bracelet and explained that it could create an automatic protective barrier.
• Long Yu struck at Ning Rongrong, and the bracelet’s barrier blocked his attack.

Long Yu demonstrated the defensive Soul Tools to Ning Fengzhi and negotiated a sale and ongoing materials-for-Soul-Tools arrangement between Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After paying two million Gold Soul Coins, Ning Fengzhi left with the purchased Soul Tools and a list of materials Spirit Hall required.

• Long Yu's Soul Tool blocked his powerful attack, impressing Ning Fengzhi and surprising Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, and the others.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about future cooperation, and Bibi Dong declared that Long Yu's words represented both her and Spirit Hall.
• Long Yu sold the available Soul Tools to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for two million Gold Soul Coins and proposed discounts in exchange for rare metals and materials.
• Ning Fengzhi agreed to send materials to Spirit City every three months, and Long Yu gave him a list that included soul bones as an optional ingredient for more powerful Soul Tools.
• Ning Fengzhi paid for the Soul Tools and departed, while Bibi Dong asked Long Yu to see him off.

After Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo assessed Long Yu’s talent and political importance, Long Yu discussed Spirit Hall’s Soul Tools with Bibi Dong and was made to review documents. He later gave Hu Liena a defensive Soul Tool ring, and the chapter ended as they looked into each other’s eyes.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Sword Douluo what he thought of Long Yu, and Sword Douluo praised Long Yu’s talent, strength, combat ability, and judgment.
• Ning Fengzhi decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should continue supporting the Heaven Dou Empire, while Sword Douluo voiced concern about Rongrong’s feelings for Long Yu.
• Hu Liena asked Long Yu about the price of the Soul Tools, and Long Yu explained that he had sold them to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for a high price.
• Bibi Dong told Long Yu to reserve the strongest Soul Tools for Spirit Hall, then made him review documents before dismissing him for sweet-talking her.
• Long Yu noticed Hu Liena was unhappy, embraced her, and gave her a Level Seven defensive Soul Tool ring that could withstand a Soul Sage’s direct attack.
• Long Yu placed the ring on Hu Liena’s finger, and they looked into each other’s eyes.

After Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect announced their rare-metal search, Emperor Xue Ye questioned whether the sect still supported the Heaven Dou Imperial Family. Xue Qinghe urged him not to act rashly, while Qian Renxue privately suspected Spirit Hall had developed offensive Soul Tools; Xue Ye chose to wait and observe.

• Spirit Hall and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect announced their cooperation in searching for rare metals, and the sect offered to buy them at high prices.
• Xue Ye sent Xue Qinghe to question Ning Fengzhi, who gave her a vague response and kept the purpose of the search secret.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe and Prince Xue Xing how the Heaven Dou Empire should respond, and Xue Xing proposed surrounding the sect and restricting metal sales.
• Xue Qinghe argued that the empire should trust the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and avoid provoking it, while Qian Renxue privately considered whether Spirit Hall had mastered offensive Soul Tools.
• Xue Ye rejected immediate action and decided to wait and observe, becoming more satisfied with Xue Qinghe and considering letting the crown prince govern soon.

Long Yu discussed Spirit Hall’s plans to exploit the rift between the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then asked to leave for faster cultivation at the Star Dou Great Forest. Bibi Dong allowed him to go after a month in Spirit Hall, while her thoughts turned to her own lost hope for love.

• Long Yu explained that Ning Fengzhi would keep the Soul Tool trade quiet, and Bibi Dong said the Heaven Dou Empire had not obstructed it.
• Long Yu said he planned to deepen the rift between the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to weaken the empire and advance Spirit Hall’s ambitions.
• Bibi Dong urged Long Yu to prioritize cultivating his Soul Power, noting that Hu Liena was level 56 while he was only level 46.
• Long Yu asked to cultivate at the Star Dou Great Forest, and Bibi Dong agreed on the condition that he stay in Spirit Hall for a full month first.
• Hu Liena clung to Long Yu and asked how long he would be gone, while Bibi Dong left and thought sadly about the man in black and her own loneliness.

Long Yu left Spirit Hall for the Star Dou Great Forest after entrusting Bibi Dong with Soul Tools for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. He reunited with Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou Imperial City and confessed that he had fallen for Hu Liena as well; Qian Renxue accepted the relationship but scolded him before he carried her off to bathe.

• Long Yu promised Hu Liena he would return within a year after reaching Soul King, and urged her to cultivate toward Soul Emperor.
• A month later, Long Yu handed Bibi Dong nearly two hundred Soul Tools to keep safe and said goodbye to her and Hu Liena before departing for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Long Yu arrived in Heaven Dou Imperial City several days later and reunited with Qian Renxue in the Eastern Palace.
• Qian Renxue demanded that Long Yu coax her, and Long Yu confessed that he had fallen for another girl as well.
• Qian Renxue revealed she already knew about Hu Liena and told Long Yu to bathe before speaking to her; Long Yu then carried her away to take a bath together.

Long Yu and Qian Renxue became lovers, and Qian Renxue learned that he had mastered Soul Tool crafting and intended to work with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. They discussed Spirit Hall’s future plans before Long Yu and Qian Renxue returned to bed together.

• Long Yu and Qian Renxue spent the night together, and Qian Renxue told him he had to stay by her side for the next few days.
• Two days later, Qian Renxue guessed that Long Yu planned to buy rare metals to make Soul Tools, and he confirmed that he had mastered their crafting techniques.
• Qian Renxue suggested secretly equipping Spirit Hall with Soul Tools, while Long Yu explained his reasons for working with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Long Yu said he planned to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect under Spirit Hall’s control and believed Ning Fengzhi would choose profit over the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue asked whether she should help from her position as crown prince, but Long Yu told her not to risk being exposed; they then kissed and fell onto the bed.

Long Yu gave Qian Renxue a level-seven Soul Tool and the immortal herb Lovesick Heartbreak Red, which she successfully claimed with her heart's blood. Qian Renxue forgave him for Hu Liena on the condition that she remain his main partner, but Long Yu's confession that there was someone else sparked her anger.

• Long Yu gave Qian Renxue a golden level-seven Soul Tool suited to her Angel Power and Fallen Heart Flame.
• Long Yu explained the legend and picking ritual of Lovesick Heartbreak Red, then offered the herb to Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue poured her heart's blood onto the flower while remembering her relationship with Long Yu, and it fell from the Darkstone of Oblivion into her hand.
• Qian Renxue forgave Long Yu for Hu Liena but insisted on being his main partner.
• Long Yu admitted there was another woman, and Qian Renxue attacked him with Angel Domain, Martial Soul Possession, Fallen Heart Flame, and Angel Sword.

Long Yu faced Qian Renxue’s anger after she learned he had two other women, but she reluctantly accepted his refusal to choose between them. He revealed that Na’er was a powerful Soul Beast who could take human form and warned Qian Renxue to avoid hunting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Qian Renxue attacked Long Yu with his Soul Tool sword and threatened to cut off his manhood before letting him go and returning to her room.
• Long Yu cleaned himself up, then apologized as Qian Renxue confronted him about betraying her with two other women.
• Qian Renxue asked Long Yu to choose between her and the other women, and he refused to give any of them up.
• Qian Renxue demanded to know who the other woman was, and Long Yu said Na’er was not human but could take human form.
• Long Yu warned Qian Renxue against hunting Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest and said he had also warned Teacher.

Long Yu left Qian Renxue after discussing her cultivation, the Heaven Dou Empire, and his plans to deal with their enemies. He arrived at the Star Dou Great Forest and used his silver dragon scale to contact Gu Yuena.

• Long Yu reassured Qian Renxue that he would arrange her future soul rings, and she warned him not to pursue other women.
• Qian Renxue admitted she had poisoned Xue Ye and planned to take the throne, while Long Yu identified Yang Wudi as someone who could cure the poison and warned her not to underestimate Xue Beng.
• Long Yu told Qian Renxue he intended to eliminate the Clear Sky Sect and the four single-attribute clans, and he promised to handle Xue Beng later.
• A week later, Long Yu said goodbye to Qian Renxue and advised her to wait until she became a Soul Sage before consuming the Lovesick Heartbreak Red.
• Long Yu traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest and used his silver dragon scale to tell Gu Yuena he had arrived.

Long Yu returned to the Star Dou Great Forest to cultivate at the Lake of Life and accepted a hundred-thousand-year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear External Soul Bone from Xiong Jun. After absorbing it and reaching level 48, he continued training as Wang Qiu'er came to watch him, while great changes stirred beyond the forest.

• Long Yu reunited with Gu Yuena and told her he planned to stay in the Star Dou Great Forest for at least half a year to break through to the Soul King realm.
• Xiong Jun gave Long Yu a hundred-thousand-year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear External Soul Bone, which Long Yu accepted.
• Long Yu absorbed the soul bone at the Lake of Life, and his dragon claw gained greater power and a gold attribute.
• After another month of cultivation, Long Yu reached level 48 and practiced the Dragon Emperor Spear Art near the Lake of Life.
• Wang Qiu'er arrived to watch Long Yu practice, having begun visiting daily after learning he had returned.

Gu Yuena brought Long Yu the Dragon God Core, whose remnant will tried to erase his consciousness, but the system destroyed it and restored him. Long Yu regained control of his body and realized Gu Yuena had feared the Dragon God took over; the chapter ended with an author’s note about updates and future relationship development.

• Wang Qiu'er brought wild beasts for Long Yu to cook, and Gu Yuena arrived with news that she had found the Dragon God Core.
• Gu Yuena brought out the Dragon God Core, and it flew into Long Yu before its remnant will attacked his consciousness.
• The system spent Long Yu’s Glory Points to restore his will and annihilate the Dragon God’s remnant will.
• Long Yu regained control of his body, while Gu Yuena pointed her Silver Dragon Spear at him and asked whether he was A-Yu or the Dragon God.
• Long Yu reassured Gu Yuena that he was himself and felt glad that she cared more for him than for the Dragon God.

After Long Yu destroyed the Dragon God's will, Gu Yuena apologized and confessed her devotion to him, and the two reunited at the bottom of the Lake of Life. Long Yu explained the power he had gained and said he would spend about a week digesting it before breaking through.

• Gu Yuena threw herself into Long Yu's arms, apologized for doubting him, and said he mattered more to her than the Dragon God or the soul beast race.
• Long Yu comforted Gu Yuena, and they kissed while Wang Qiu'er watched in confusion.
• Gu Yuena erased Wang Qiu'er's memory of the Dragon God's will being destroyed, then took Long Yu to the bottom of the Lake of Life to speak privately.
• Long Yu told Gu Yuena that the Dragon God's power had transformed him, raised his Spiritual Power to the level of an ordinary Titled Douluo, and brought his Soul Power to level 50.
• Gu Yuena asked when Long Yu would have the Water Dragon King sacrifice itself, and Long Yu said he needed about a week to digest the remaining power.
• Gu Yuena asked what power Long Yu had used against the Dragon God's will, but he kept the system's role secret.

As Long Yu continued stabilizing the Dragon God's power, the Asura God ordered the Divine Realm to find and kill the Dragon God, prompting a search across the lower planes. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong moved to protect Xiao Yu and Nana, while Qian Daoliu prepared to enforce the Angel God's command.

• Long Yu steadily integrated the Dragon God's power while his Soul Power stabilized.
• The Asura God ordered the gods to find and eliminate the current Dragon God, and the gods passed the search orders to their successors and inheritances.
• Bo Saixi ordered Sea God Island to inspect outsiders and bring any Soul Master with a dragon-type Martial Soul before her.
• Qian Daoliu resolved to mobilize Spirit Hall, seal Spirit City, and arrest or kill potential threats, while Bibi Dong suspected Xiao Yu was the Dragon God.
• Bibi Dong ordered Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo to take Nana to the Star Dou Great Forest and put the Papal Palace into dormancy.
• Bibi Dong waited on her papal throne for Qian Daoliu, intending to stall for time.

Qian Daoliu confronted Bibi Dong at the Papal Palace and demanded that she reveal Long Yu’s location, leading to a destructive battle. Bibi Dong escaped badly injured, while Qian Daoliu was left poisoned and Spirit Hall faced upheaval.

• Qian Daoliu arrived at the Papal Palace and demanded that Bibi Dong tell him where Long Yu was, citing the Angel God's command to kill him.
• Bibi Dong refused, and the two clashed after summoning their domains and powers; Qian Daoliu used Angel Divine Power while Bibi Dong could not yet use Rakshasa God power.
• Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and another elder headed toward the Star Dou Great Forest as the battle destroyed the Papal Palace; the elders chose not to interfere.
• Bibi Dong struck Qian Daoliu with her Six-winged Purple Light Wing and poisoned him, then fled despite suffering severe injuries.
• Bibi Dong decided against going to the Star Dou Great Forest and flew toward a place beyond Spirit Hall's influence to recover.

After Bibi Dong disappeared and lost her position as Pope, Spirit Hall’s leadership changed, and the Heaven Dou Empire and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect assessed the turmoil. Xue Qinghe decided to go to Spirit City to learn what had happened, while Ning Fengzhi maintained the sect’s cautious support for the imperial family and Xue Qinghe.

• Spirit Hall revoked Bibi Dong’s papal position, appointed Golden Crocodile as Acting Pope, reassigned personnel, and secretly ordered its upper ranks to capture Long Yu for rich rewards.
• Xue Ye, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Qinghe discussed Spirit Hall’s upheaval, and Xue Qinghe proposed traveling to Spirit City under the pretext of delivering rare metals.
• Xue Ye approved Xue Qinghe’s plan, and Xue Qinghe resolved to investigate Spirit Hall and learn what had happened to Bibi Dong, Golden Crocodile, and Long Yu.
• Ning Fengzhi told Sword Douluo to continue collecting rare metals at a reduced pace and said he believed Bibi Dong would return as Pope and Long Yu would prove capable.
• Sword Douluo reported that Xue Qinghe planned to visit Spirit City, and Ning Fengzhi affirmed that he supported his student’s eventual accession to the throne.

Long Yu began absorbing the Water Dragon King's power to break through to Soul King while Gu Yuena guarded him. When Di Tian reported that three humans were searching for Long Yu, Gu Yuena went to bring them over, leaving Long Yu mid-breakthrough.

• The Water Dragon King began sacrificing his power to Long Yu, and its dragon-wing soul bone fused with Long Yu's Fire Dragon Wings.
• Long Yu's Soul Power rose beyond level 50 as the Water Dragon King's energy and the Dragon God Core transformed his body and Spiritual Power.
• Gu Yuena received Di Tian's message that two Titled Douluo and a Soul King had entered the forest looking for Long Yu, and she went to meet them.
• Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo searched the Star Dou Great Forest while discussing the Pope's disappearance and Spirit Hall's crisis.
• Ghost Douluo sensed movement nearby as the three humans continued searching for Long Yu.

Gu Yuena intercepted Hu Liena and the two Spirit Hall elders searching for Long Yu, subdued the elders, and brought Hu Liena to the Lake of Life. The chapter ended as a splash of water drew their attention, just as Hu Liena was looking for Long Yu.

• Gu Yuena appeared with Di Tian and told Hu Liena, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ghost Douluo that she knew where Long Yu was.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo tried to use their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Gu Yuena stopped them with her Spiritual Power and knocked them unconscious.
• Hu Liena stayed calm and asked Gu Yuena to take her to Long Yu, who was nearing a breakthrough to Soul King.
• Gu Yuena took Hu Liena to the Lake of Life, while Di Tian carried the unconscious elders after them.
• Gu Yuena sent Xiong Jun and the other soul beasts away and assured Hu Liena that the elders were unharmed.
• Hu Liena searched for Long Yu, and a sound of water breaking caught her and Gu Yuena's attention.

Long Yu learned that Bibi Dong had vanished after fighting Qian Daoliu and destroying the Papal Palace, while Golden Crocodile Douluo became Acting Pope. He suspected Bibi Dong had defied the Angel God to protect him and wondered where she had gone, unaware that she was gravely injured and would seek him out after recovering.

• Gu Yuena told Long Yu that she had subdued Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo with her Spiritual Power after they tried to act against her.
• Hu Liena was astonished to learn that Long Yu had reached Soul King and risen to level 58.
• Hu Liena told Long Yu that Bibi Dong had fought an unknown Worship, destroyed the Papal Palace, and disappeared, while Golden Crocodile Douluo became Acting Pope.
• Long Yu suspected Qian Daoliu had demanded that Bibi Dong hand him over to the gods, and that she had fought him to protect him.
• Long Yu asked Hu Liena whether Bibi Dong had left a message, and she said she had not.
• Bibi Dong remained severely injured by Angel Divine Power and planned to find Long Yu and Hu Liena after recovering.