Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaogang used Liu Erlong’s guilt to reinforce her loyalty after she apologized for publicly expecting him to develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill. After Liu Erlong revealed Gu Han’s treatment of her, Yu Xiaogang formed a bold plan, though he did not yet explain it.

• Liu Erlong visited Yu Xiaogang, apologized, and blamed herself for his humiliation over the Seven-in-One Fusion Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang pretended to take responsibility, deepening Liu Erlong’s guilt and reaffirming her belief in his talent.
• Liu Erlong told Yu Xiaogang that Gu Han had tried to threaten her with him and Little San and had insulted her.
• Yu Xiaogang learned that Gu Han was interested in Liu Erlong, felt jealous and unexpectedly excited, and came up with a bold idea.

Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to ask Gu Han to heal Tang San and to bear Gu Han’s child, using his own lost manhood and desire to prove himself as justification. Liu Erlong agreed, while Flender felt an inexplicable sense of loss on campus.

• Liu Erlong explained that she had publicized Yu Xiaogang’s theories to help him prove himself without relying on Tang San or begging Gu Han for healing.
• Yu Xiaogang privately resolved to use Tang San’s success to restore his reputation and to send Liu Erlong to Gu Han in hopes of healing himself and Tang San.
• Yu Xiaogang told Liu Erlong to ask Gu Han to heal Tang San and argued that she should have Gu Han’s child because Yu Xiaogang could no longer father one.
• Liu Erlong, moved by Yu Xiaogang’s apparent pain, promised to help him.
• Flender headed to find Liu Erlong, imagining a future with her, then suddenly felt as though he had lost something important.

Liu Erlong agreed to submit to Gu Han in exchange for healing Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and Gu Han brought her to the Forest Cabin while having Yu Xiaogang and Flender summoned. Flender learned what was happening outside the sealed cabin and broke down, while Gu Han showed no sympathy for him.

• Liu Erlong accepted Gu Han's terms, but Gu Han made her agree to obey him completely that night.
• Gu Han took Liu Erlong to the Forest Cabin and insisted that Yu Xiaogang and Flender be summoned; Liu Erlong reluctantly agreed.
• Flender arrived and found Yu Xiaogang outside the cabin, then struck an invisible crystal barrier while trying to enter.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender that Liu Erlong had offered herself to Gu Han to secure treatment for him and Tang San.
• Flender blamed Yu Xiaogang, then collapsed in despair before the cabin as Gu Han continued inside and sneered at him.

After Gu Han took Liu Erlong with him, he had Ye Zhilan heal Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, though their injuries left lasting flaws. Following the advancement round, Yu Xiaogang set out for Spirit City to ask Bibi Dong about cultivating Twin Martial Souls, unaware that Qian Renxue had planned a welcome for him.

• Gu Han left the Forest Cabin with Liu Erlong, who told Yu Xiaogang and Flender she would stay with Gu Han in exchange for treatment for Yu Xiaogang and Tang San.
• More than ten days later, Ye Zhilan healed Yu Xiaogang's arm and Tang San's leg, but neither fully recovered their fighting ability.
• The Genius Battle Team won the advancement round, followed by the Thunder Battle Team and Shrek Team; Liu Erlong also failed to develop a Seven-in-One Fusion Skill for Shrek Team.
• After rumors spread that Tang San's Twin Martial Souls would cause him to explode and die, Yu Xiaogang decided to seek Bibi Dong's advice in Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue learned that Yu Xiaogang was traveling to Spirit City and ordered her subordinate to carry out the plan and give him a proper welcome.

Yu Xiaogang sneaked into Spirit City disguised as a woman and met Bibi Dong, who told him how to prevent a Twin Martial Soul from destroying its host. As he tried to leave, men acting on Gu Han's orders abducted him and delivered him to prisoners Scar and Brother Long.

• Yu Xiaogang disguised himself as a woman and entered Spirit City, then asked Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan to take him to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong, whose influence in Spirit Hall was declining after Qian Daoliu spread damaging rumors about her, rushed to meet Yu Xiaogang when she heard he had arrived.
• Yu Xiaogang told Bibi Dong that Liu Erlong had humiliated him and asked for the secret to preventing Twin Martial Souls from causing the body to explode.
• Bibi Dong advised Yu Xiaogang to delay adding Soul Rings to his Second Martial Soul until his body was strong enough, preferably at the Soul Douluo or Titled Douluo realm.
• As Yu Xiaogang left Spirit City, masked men following Gu Han's orders knocked him unconscious and took him to the prison.
• The men gave Yu Xiaogang to Scar and Brother Long, who welcomed him into their cell and began tormenting him.

Gu Han arrived in Spirit City with the tournament teams and checked on the blacksmiths’ steam engine research. When the Shrek Team could not find Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong confronted Bibi Dong, who revealed she had seen him and was shocked to learn he had disappeared.

• Gu Han visited the research center and learned that the blacksmiths had built a working steam engine but could not solve its steam leaks or weak power.
• Hu Liena visited Gu Han, prompting Ning Rongrong to draw Zhu Zhuqing and Dugu Yan closer to herself.
• Flender told Liu Erlong that Yu Xiaogang had disappeared and urged her to seek Bibi Dong’s help.
• Liu Erlong went to Pope’s Palace and demanded to see Bibi Dong, who confronted her about Xiaogang’s ruined reputation.
• Liu Erlong told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had vanished after coming to Spirit City to see her, and Bibi Dong reacted with alarm.

After learning Yu Xiaogang had disappeared, Bibi Dong suspected Gu Han and led her subordinates to confront him publicly. Gu Han taunted her and falsely claimed he had taken Yu Xiaogang, prompting Bibi Dong to attack him with her Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor form and Eternal Scar.

• Liu Erlong told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had disappeared, and Bibi Dong decided Gu Han was the likely culprit.
• Bibi Dong summoned Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, Lor Diarra, and the other archpriests, then led them to the Heaven Dou Empire's reception hotel.
• Bibi Dong shouted for Gu Han to come out, and Gu Han emerged from the hotel and criticized her for disgracing Spirit Hall in front of foreign guests.
• Bibi Dong demanded that Gu Han hand over Yu Xiaogang, and Gu Han denied knowing where he was before claiming he had taken him.
• Bibi Dong revealed her Soul-Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul and attacked Gu Han with her sixth Soul Skill, Eternal Scar.

Gu Han summoned his Sacred Dragon and used his Void Dark Domain to destroy Bibi Dong’s attack and defeat her, then humiliated her with repeated slaps before the crowd. As Spirit Hall’s forces watched helplessly, Qian Daoliu descended with the other Grand Enforcers.

• Bibi Dong attacked Gu Han with her Martial Soul Avatar and Sixth Soul Skill, Eternal Scar, but Gu Han summoned the Sacred Dragon and revealed an extraordinary nine-ring configuration.
• Gu Han’s Void Dark Domain crushed Eternal Scar, confined Bibi Dong, and let him knock her out of her Martial Soul Avatar with one blow.
• Gu Han held Bibi Dong upright with his Spiritual Power and repeatedly slapped and mocked her in front of the onlookers.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and Bibi Dong’s Red-Robed Archpriests watched without daring to intervene, while Zhu Zhuyun recognized Gu Han and thought of Zhu Qing.
• Qian Daoliu descended and criticized Bibi Dong as Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, Mighty Lion Douluo, and the other Grand Enforcers followed him.

Qian Daoliu publicly condemned Bibi Dong’s betrayal and repeated schemes against Gu Han, then stripped her of the Pope’s position and named Gu Han the new Pope. Bibi Dong refused to accept the decree and demanded evidence, still intent on resisting.

• Qian Daoliu descended into Spirit City, drawing the reverence of the crowd and the attention of Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Gu Han rebuked Bibi Dong for betraying Spirit Hall and slapped her again as she raged at Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu listed Bibi Dong’s actions, including aiding Yu Xiaogang and conspiring with Evil Soul Masters, and declared that she had exhausted her chances.
• Qian Daoliu stripped Bibi Dong of the Pope’s position and announced that Gu Han would become the new Pope.
• Bibi Dong protested the removal, denied trying to harm Gu Han, and demanded evidence for Qian Daoliu’s accusations.

Qian Daoliu and Gu Han exposed Bibi Dong’s attempts to have Gu Han killed, and Spirit Hall’s surviving enforcers and senior members demanded that she step down. Bibi Dong accepted her removal and left, while Gu Han let her go, knowing Qian Daoliu would not allow him to kill her.

• Qian Daoliu invoked Spirit Hall’s charter and summoned Mendic Chris and the surviving Holy Light Angel Enforcement Team to testify against Bibi Dong.
• The survivors accused Bibi Dong of sending them into danger to lure Chris and Gu Han into a trap, but she denied the charges.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Lor Diarra, and the Red-Robed Archpriests revealed their roles in Bibi Dong’s schemes and urged her to step down in favor of Gu Han.
• Bibi Dong accepted her removal as Pope, and Gu Han withdrew his Spiritual Power so she could leave.
• Gu Han watched Bibi Dong depart and considered killing or crippling her, but Qian Daoliu’s presence stood in his way.

After losing her position as Pope, Bibi Dong followed a black-robed figure to Spirit Hall’s prison, believing he would take her to Yu Xiaogang. She found Yu Xiaogang being tormented, then learned the figure was Qian Renxue, who had arranged his imprisonment to retaliate for Bibi Dong attacking Xiao Han.

• After leaving the crowd, Bibi Dong noticed a black-robed figure following her, and the figure claimed to know where Yu Xiaogang was.
• Bibi Dong followed the figure to Spirit Hall’s prison, where Scar and Brother Long were tormenting Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong tried to stop Scar and Brother Long, but her serious injuries left her unable to rescue Yu Xiaogang.
• The black-robed figure revealed herself as Qian Renxue and mocked Bibi Dong for her love of Yu Xiaogang and her attack on Xiao Han.

Qian Renxue planned to cripple Bibi Dong rather than kill her, fearing Bibi Dong would seek revenge after becoming a god. Bibi Dong chose to destroy her own power, and the chapter ended as she struck her dantian.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong she would cripple her, since she would not kill her but could not allow her to remain a threat.
• Qian Renxue called Gu Han out of hiding to help restrain Bibi Dong, while Scar and Brother Long feared they would be killed for overhearing them.
• Qian Renxue mocked Bibi Dong about whether Xiao Gang would still love her if she became crippled.
• Bibi Dong summoned the Death Spider Emperor and used Undying Body before shattering her heart meridians and dying, causing all her Soul Bones to burst out.
• Qian Renxue collected Bibi Dong's Soul Bones, and Bibi Dong revived with her strength greatly diminished.
• Bibi Dong resolved to cripple herself rather than let Qian Renxue or Gu Han do it, and struck her own dantian.

Qian Renxue released Yu Xiaogang after Bibi Dong destroyed her own cultivation, and the two left the prison together. Gu Han spared Scar and Brother Long by binding them to Spirit Hall, while Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong reached the Angel Wing Hotel, where Tyrone recognized them and hurried to alert the others.

• Bibi Dong destroyed her dantian, and Qian Renxue confirmed it before ordering the guards to release Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong reunited and left the prison, though Yu Xiaogang privately worried about bringing her back to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Gu Han stopped Qian Renxue from killing Scar and Brother Long, branded their souls with Spiritual Imprints, and assigned them to remain as prison guards.
• Bibi Dong supported Yu Xiaogang to the Angel Wing Hotel, where passersby recoiled from his stench and discussed the pair.
• Tyrone spotted Yu Xiaogang outside the hotel, recognized him, and rushed upstairs to inform Liu Erlong, Flender, Zhao Wuji, Tang San, and the others.

Bibi Dong returned Yu Xiaogang to the Shrek group and claimed she had sacrificed her cultivation to free him from prison, earning their temporary acceptance. Yu Xiaogang privately reassured Liu Erlong that she was still the one he loved most, leaving his schemes to keep her close to Gu Han in motion.

• Tyrone announced that Yu Xiaogang had returned, and the Shrek group rushed outside to meet him with Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed a powerful figure from Spirit Hall had imprisoned and tortured him, and that Bibi Dong had crippled her cultivation to secure his release.
• Liu Erlong took Yu Xiaogang from Bibi Dong and supported him back to the hotel, while Bibi Dong declined to reveal that Qian Renxue had imprisoned him.
• Flender questioned Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang's abductor, but she refused to identify the important figure; the group accepted her for the time being and arranged a room for her with Jiang Zhu.
• That night, Yu Xiaogang visited Liu Erlong and told her that, despite how he had acted in front of Bibi Dong, she was still the one he loved most.

Yu Xiaogang manipulated Liu Erlong into continuing her infiltration of Gu Han, while the All-Continent Soul Master Academy Elite Exchange Tournament finals began. Shrek Team was eliminated by Thunder Battle Team, and the three remaining teams prepared to compete for a place in the grand final.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed Bibi Dong had suffered to save him, prompting Liu Erlong to vow she would find a way to restore his manhood and prove her love.
• Gu Han and Qian Daoliu arranged for the new Pope’s enthronement ceremony to take place after the tournament, and Spirit Hall allowed eliminated teams to remain and watch.
• Gu Han’s Genius Battle Team crushed War God Team in the first round, while Shrek Team advanced past its opening match.
• Tang San and Shrek Team lost to Thunder Battle Team in the second round, and Gu Han received several dozen Heavenly Points when Shrek Team was eliminated.
• The Genius Battle Team, Spirit Hall Team, and Star Luo Royal Team remained, with the rules setting a melee match whose winning team would advance directly to the grand final.

The Spirit Hall Team defeated the Genius Battle Team to win the tournament, while Zhu Zhuqing reconciled with Zhu Zhuyun. Qian Daoliu then announced that Gu Han would be crowned the new Pope and asked everyone to witness the ceremony.

• Qian Daoliu explained that Gu Han would not compete because his strength was far beyond the other young Soul Masters.
• Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan led the Spirit Hall Team to victory in the one-on-one matches, while Zhu Zhuqing easily defeated Zhu Zhuyun and later reconciled with her sister.
• Zhu Zhuqing returned from meeting Zhu Zhuyun and passionately embraced and kissed Gu Han.
• The Spirit Hall Team used Hu Liena and Xie Yue's evolved Demonic Charm to defeat the Genius Battle Team and claim the championship.
• Qian Daoliu awarded the three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan, then announced Gu Han's ascension and coronation as the new Pope.

Gu Han’s coronation procession traveled through Spirit City before Qian Daoliu invested him with the Pope’s Robe, Crown, and Scepter. Gu Han summoned Zi Ji and Ah Yin to lift his cape, and Tang Hao was shocked to see Ah Yin alive.

• Sacred Emperor Warriors and Red-Robed Archpriests escorted Gu Han from Pope’s Palace as musicians played and crowds cheered his procession through Spirit City.
• Gu Han reached Central Spirit Plaza, where Qian Daoliu, the Grand Enforcers, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Qian Renxue watched his coronation.
• Gu Han spotted Tang Hao hiding in the crowd and decided to surprise him.
• Qian Daoliu dressed Gu Han in the Pope’s Robe, placed the Pope’s Crown on his head, and handed him the Pope’s Scepter.
• Gu Han summoned Zi Ji and Ah Yin to lift his cape, and Tang Hao recognized Ah Yin and reacted with shock.

Gu Han was crowned Pope of Spirit Hall and used the ceremony to accuse Tang Hao of deliberately arranging for Ah Yin to be discovered and sacrificed. Tang Hao revealed himself and demanded that Ah Yin identify him, unaware that she already knew the truth about him.

• Qian Daoliu announced Gu Han as the new Pope, and Gu Han promised to lead Spirit Hall into a new era.
• Gu Han declared that he had an important matter to resolve and singled out Tang Hao, who was hiding in the crowd.
• Gu Han recounted Qian Xunji's death and accused Tang Hao of plotting to make Ah Yin sacrifice herself for her spirit ring.
• Tang San angrily rejected Gu Han's accusation, and Gu Han challenged him to let Ah Yin judge whether it was true.
• Tang Hao tore off his hood, revealed himself, and demanded that Ah Yin come out and identify him.
• Tang Hao believed Ah Yin would defend him, while Ah Yin was furious and disgusted by his words.

At Spirit City’s enthronement ceremony, Ah Yin publicly accused Tang Hao of deliberately engineering her sacrifice for his advancement, shattering his heroic reputation. Tang Hao denied her claims but could not explain his suspicious actions, while Tang San and the assembled Soul Masters reeled from the revelations.

• Ah Yin rejected Tang Hao’s pleading gaze and accused him of plotting her death so he could gain her 100,000-year spirit ring and spirit bone.
• Ah Yin said Gu Han had helped her uncover Tang Hao’s deception and that she had survived as a seed before Gu Han restored her cultivation.
• The crowd and Shrek Academy members reacted with shock as Tang San learned his father had schemed against his mother, and other teams stared at him because Ah Yin was a Soul Beast in human form.
• Tang Hao insisted Gu Han had deceived Ah Yin and claimed his willingness to oppose Spirit Hall proved his love for her.
• Ah Yin challenged Tang Hao over why he had taken her through large cities and repeatedly entered their Great Soul Arenas, and Tang Hao could offer only the excuse that he sought training opportunities.

Ah Yin publicly accused Tang Hao of scheming against her to advance his cultivation, while Gu Han exposed him before the assembled crowd. As Tang San reeled from Ah Yin calling him an otherworldly spirit inhabiting her dead son’s body, Gu Han summoned his Sacred Dragon and declared he would use Tang Hao’s blood as a tribute for his coronation.

• Ah Yin challenged Tang Hao’s claim that he had only pursued training opportunities, asking why Spirit Hall found them just as she was about to give birth.
• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Qian Daoliu were shocked by the accusations, while Tang Hao realized the crowd’s opinion of him had collapsed and edged toward Tang San to flee.
• Tang San begged Ah Yin to stop blaming his father and remember that Spirit Hall had hunted them, but Ah Yin called him an Outer-World Demonic Spirit and said her real son had died as a baby.
• Tang San wondered whether he had possessed the newborn’s body instead of being reincarnated, and was left shaken by Ah Yin’s accusation.
• Gu Han challenged Tang Hao to explain himself, condemned him for causing Ah Yin’s death, and summoned his Sacred Dragon as he declared that Tang Hao’s blood would serve as a tribute for his coronation.