Chapter Summaries

Qian Yin Xue revealed her extraordinary Soul Power and Twelve-Winged Life Angel Martial Soul, stunning Spirit Hall’s elders and changing Qian Daoliu’s attitude toward her. Qian Xunji then renewed his feud with Qian Yunxiao and vowed to cripple him.

• Qian Yin Xue showed three soul rings, astonishing Qian Daoliu and the other powerful figures present.
• Qian Yunxiao revealed that Qian Yin Xue had level-thirty Innate Soul Power and a Twelve-Winged Life Angel Martial Soul.
• Spirit Hall’s elders discussed Qian Yunxiao’s prospects of becoming Pope, while Qian Daoliu fawned over Qian Yin Xue.
• Qian Xunji recognized that Qian Yin Xue’s angel bloodline surpassed his own and admitted to himself that he had lost in descendants.
• Qian Yunxiao challenged Qian Xunji, who vowed to shatter his pride and cripple his cultivation.

Qian Xunji challenged Qian Yunxiao to compare their disciples, prompting Qian Yunxiao to reveal Qin Ming’s extraordinary talent and hidden ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring. Qian Xunji claimed the round anyway and proposed comparing their wives, but Qian Daoliu stepped in to stop the escalating contest.

• Bibi Dong arrived at Pope's Palace and realized Qian Xunji had summoned her to compare her with Qian Yunxiao’s disciple.
• Qian Yunxiao introduced his chief disciple Qin Ming, who revealed that he was fifteen, had Innate Full Soul Power, and was a Level 45 Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Xunji dismissed Qin Ming’s achievements and insisted Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Souls made her superior.
• Qian Yunxiao told Qin Ming to reveal his strength, and Qin Ming showed his Ten-Thousand-Year fourth Soul Ring, stunning the assembled elders.
• Qian Xunji declared himself the winner of the disciple comparison and proposed comparing their wives for the next round.
• Qian Daoliu interrupted Qian Xunji and told the family to stop comparing themselves.

Qian Xunji challenged Qian Yunxiao to a contest for the next Pope, expecting Zhu Muyan to defeat the wheelchair-bound Ah Yin. Ah Yin instead won, and Qian Yunxiao crippled Qian Xunji before the elders could react.

• Qian Daoliu failed to stop Qian Xunji and Qian Yunxiao from continuing their feud, then ordered the elders to witness the contest for the next Pope.
• Qian Xunji summoned Zhu Muyan and demanded that Qian Yunxiao bring Ah Yin, but Qian Yunxiao sent Qing Wu to fetch her because she was unwell.
• Qian Muyan reached the Soul Saint realm after absorbing two ten-thousand-year soul bones, while Ah Yin arrived at the Pope's Palace in a wheelchair.
• Ah Yin defeated Zhu Muyan by binding her with Blue Silver Emperor vines and declared that she had won.
• Qian Yunxiao unleashed his Main God strength to suppress the Titled Douluo present and crippled Qian Xunji with a palm strike.

After crippling Qian Xunji and removing him as Pope, Qian Yunxiao refused the position and named Bibi Dong as his successor, but she resisted. He learned that Yu Xiaogang was the reason for her refusal and took her aside to speak with her about their past trust.

• Qian Yunxiao ordered Zhu Muyan to take the defeated Qian Xunji away and rejected Golden Crocodile Douluo's proposal that he become Pope.
• Qian Yunxiao declared Bibi Dong the new Pope, but she refused, prompting him to give himself one day to convince her.
• Yue Guan sent Qian Yunxiao a voice transmission that made him visibly angry, and Qian Yunxiao told Bibi Dong he would not force her but would take the position himself if he could not persuade her.
• Qian Yunxiao took Bibi Dong to a secluded street corner and asked whether Yu Xiaogang was the main reason she refused the position.
• Bibi Dong feared Qian Yunxiao would use Yu Xiaogang to threaten her, but he reassured her by recalling how kindly he had treated her, and she affirmed her trust in him.

Qian Yunxiao persuaded Bibi Dong that his plans were for her own good and took her to meet Yu Xiaogang, whom he intended to expose with a Truth Gu Worm. After meeting Yu Xiaogang at Star-Picking Restaurant, Qian Yunxiao arranged a meal that left Yu Xiaogang eager to exploit his connection to Spirit Hall’s Second Highness.

• Qian Yunxiao convinced Bibi Dong to trust him and asked her to take him to Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Yunxiao borrowed 500 Fortune Coins from the system and bought a Truth Gu Worm.
• Bibi Dong led Qian Yunxiao to Star-Picking Restaurant and introduced him to Yu Xiaogang as Spirit Hall’s Second Highness and a Titled Douluo.
• Qian Yunxiao politely greeted Yu Xiaogang and invited him and Bibi Dong to share a meal.
• Bibi Dong went to order food while Yu Xiaogang saw a chance to use Qian Yunxiao to obtain advanced Spirit Hall books.

Qian Yunxiao secretly used a Truth Gu Worm to make the drunken Yu Xiaogang reveal what he truly thought of Bibi Dong. Yu Xiaogang admitted he had deceived her to gain Spirit Hall's knowledge, leaving Bibi Dong stunned.

• Qian Yunxiao slipped a Truth Gu Worm into Yu Xiaogang's wine while he was drunk.
• Yu Xiaogang rebuked Bibi Dong when she tried to stop the drinking, and Qian Yunxiao comforted her.
• Qian Yunxiao asked Yu Xiaogang whether he truly loved Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed his feelings were sincere but revealed he had pursued her for Spirit Hall's accumulated knowledge.
• Yu Xiaogang confessed that he had deliberately deceived Bibi Dong, leaving her shocked.

Qian Yunxiao exposed Yu Xiaogang’s motives to Bibi Dong, who beat Yu Xiaogang before leaving in distress. After Qian Yunxiao comforted her, Bibi Dong agreed to become Spirit Hall’s Pope and asked him to teach her.

• Qian Yunxiao pressured Yu Xiaogang to reveal that he had approached Bibi Dong to exploit her and gain status in Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong struck Yu Xiaogang twice, and Qian Yunxiao hit him as well, leaving him severely injured.
• Bibi Dong left the Star-Picking Restaurant, and Qian Yunxiao followed to comfort her by the lakeside.
• Bibi Dong agreed to become Spirit Hall’s Pope and asked Qian Yunxiao to teach her after he had crippled her former teacher’s cultivation.
• Qian Yunxiao agreed to teach Bibi Dong, though he privately wondered whether that made him a version of the Secret Chamber Douluo.

Bibi Dong became Spirit Hall’s Pope with unanimous support, giving her more authority than in the original story. As Qian Yunxiao prepared to leave Spirit City, Zhu Muyan arrived with her right arm severed and begged him to help free her sisters from the Star Luo Imperial Family Dai Clan’s Marriage Alliance; he rejected the soul bone she offered.

• Qian Yunxiao warned Bibi Dong that she was still Spirit Hall’s Saintess until her appointment, and she backed down.
• The elders, enshrined elders, and bishops unanimously approved Bibi Dong as Pope, granting her authority to command Spirit Hall’s elders and decide major matters without Qian Daoliu’s approval.
• Qian Yunxiao noticed Zhu Muyan had become a Soul Emperor and had severed her own right arm.
• Zhu Muyan offered Qian Yunxiao the Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone from her severed arm and explained that she had married Qian Xunji to help her sisters escape the Star Luo Imperial Family Dai Clan’s Marriage Alliance.
• Qian Yunxiao told Zhu Muyan to take the soul bone back, leaving her overwhelmed by despair.

Qian Yunxiao agreed to help Zhu Muyan protect Zhu Zhuyun and a future daughter named Zhu Zhuqing by taking them under his protection. He and Zhu Muyan then traveled to Star Luo City, where Zhu Zhuyun's mother, Shen Yufeng, received them.

• Qian Yunxiao offered to handle Qian Family affairs after Zhu Muyan asked him to take in one or two Zhu Family children.
• Zhu Muyan told Qian Yunxiao that the children were Zhu Zhuyun and a future girl who should be named Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qian Yunxiao agreed to take the children under his protection and promised to seek a way to restore Zhu Muyan's right arm.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python carried Qian Yunxiao and Zhu Muyan toward Star Luo City, and Qian Yunxiao saved Zhu Muyan when she nearly fell.
• Qian Yunxiao and Zhu Muyan arrived in Star Luo City, where Shen Yufeng received them.

Qian Yunxiao traveled to the Zhu Family in Star Luo City to see Zhu Zhuyun and prevent her from being bound to the Dai Family’s marriage alliance. He made the two-year-old his maidservant, ordering her to stay by his side.

• Qian Yunxiao landed outside Star Luo City with Zhu Muyan and met Shen Yufeng, Zhu Zhuyun’s mother.
• Qian Yunxiao learned that Zhu Zhuyun was still at the Zhu Family and decided to visit her there.
• Qian Yunxiao and the women traveled discreetly to Zhu Manor, where Zhu Zhengting welcomed him.
• Shen Yufeng brought Zhu Zhuyun before Qian Yunxiao, who declared that she would become his maidservant and follow him.

Qian Yunxiao pressured Zhu Zhengting into ending the Zhu family's plans for Shen Yufeng's daughters, then toured Star Luo City to buy gifts for his family. When he returned to Sunset Forest with Zhu Muyan, he found something at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well that left him stunned and helpless.

• Qian Yunxiao used his Soul Power to make Zhu Zhengting agree to take Zhu Zhuyun as his maidservant and promise not to force Shen Yufeng to bear another child for the Dai family.
• Qian Yunxiao asked Zhu Muyan what children liked and planned gifts for his children and wives while they explored Star Luo City.
• Zhu Muyan asked Qian Yunxiao to recite the final lines of his poem and wondered where Qunyu Mountain Peak and Yao Terrace were.
• The Star Luo Great Emperor ordered an investigation after learning that the Zhu family had replaced the children chosen for the Dai family's Marriage Alliance.
• Qian Yunxiao brought Zhu Muyan to Sunset Forest, where he found a shocking scene at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and demanded to know what had happened.

Qian Yunxiao confronted Ice Empress and Snow Empress after learning that their help had caused two Ice Jade Scorpions to reach the Hundred-Thousand-Year level, potentially attracting the God Realm’s attention. He punished them to vent his anger but offered no clear plan, leaving Snow Empress trying to learn what his trump card was.

• Ice Empress demanded two Ice Dragon King bones from Qian Yunxiao and challenged him, but she grew timid when he approached in anger.
• Qian Yunxiao explained that the two Ice Jade Scorpions’ simultaneous breakthrough could attract the gods and put the Qian Family in danger.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress accepted Qian Yunxiao’s anger, and Snow Empress helped him cool off.
• Snow Empress asked how they would deal with the gods, but Qian Yunxiao said they would take things one step at a time.
• Qian Yunxiao offered to reveal his trump card if Snow Empress dispelled the rest of his anger, and she obeyed.

Qian Yunxiao’s family enjoyed a warm evening until two powerful visitors from the God Realm approached. He sent Shui Youlan and the children to safety and prepared to face them with the Northern Darkness Staff of Judgment.

• Zhu Muyan envied Qian Yunxiao’s happy family, and Ah Yin comforted her by promising to try to restore her arm after reaching Titled Douluo.
• The Ice Empress told the Snow Empress about her nightmare, and both sensed an overwhelming crisis as their surroundings froze.
• Qian Yunxiao sensed the approaching God Realm visitors and ordered Shui Youlan to take the children away.
• Shui Youlan led the children from danger while Qian Yunxiao’s powerful allies prepared to respond.
• Qian Yunxiao dismissed the worried Ice Empress and Snow Empress, revealed the Northern Darkness Staff of Judgment, and prepared to confront the two gods.

Qian Yunxiao confronted the Water God and Fire God after they arrived in Sunset Forest to investigate the soul beasts’ tribulation. As the Fire God threatened him and tried to attack, Qian Yunxiao’s allies intervened, and Qian Yunxiao began transforming his aura while declaring that he would face the god with a divine body.

• Qian Yunxiao sensed two First-Rank Main Gods approaching and identified them as the Water God and the Fire God.
• The Fire God questioned Qian Yunxiao contemptuously, then attacked him with the Divine Skill Scorch.
• The Ice Empress used Ice Emperor’s Wrath to barely neutralize the Fire God’s attack, and the Fire God decided he wanted to capture her as a mount.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape roared at the Fire God, who noticed the many Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and demanded an explanation from Qian Yunxiao.
• Qian Yunxiao rebuked the Fire God, then announced that he would use a divine body to crush him as his aura abruptly changed.

Qian Yunxiao revealed the power of the Northern Darkness Staff of Judgment and overwhelmed the Water God and Fire God. After injuring the Fire God and trapping him, Qian Yunxiao stripped both gods of their divine power and demanded compensation to spare the Fire God.

• Qian Yunxiao unleashed his Main God strength and Northern Darkness Divine Domain, cutting the Fire God's combat power in half.
• Qian Yunxiao summoned the Kun and struck the Fire God while the Water God's attack failed to harm him.
• Qian Yunxiao called on the Ice Empress, who froze the Sunset Forest and trapped the Fire God as he tried to flee.
• The Fire God begged Qian Yunxiao for mercy, and Qian Yunxiao demanded something worthwhile in exchange for sparing him.
• Qian Yunxiao activated the Northern Darkness Staff of Judgment and stripped the Water God and Fire God of their divine power.

Qian Yunxiao defeated the Fire God and Water God, took their divine artifacts, and demanded benefits in exchange for sparing them. Three days later, he had defeated the Water God in an intense contest while Ah Yin waited anxiously outside the black-smoke barrier.

• The wounded Fire God and Water God offered Qian Yunxiao their natal divine artifacts and begged him to spare their lives, but he took the artifacts and promised only a quick death.
• The Water God threatened Qian Yunxiao with the God Kings, so he struck the Fire God again and left him barely alive.
• Qian Yunxiao told the Water God that sufficient benefits could persuade him to let them go, and she quietly offered to help him vent his temper.
• Ah Yin waited above Sunset Forest for three days as the black-smoke barrier kept her from reaching Qian Yunxiao.
• After three days and three nights, Qian Yunxiao defeated the exhausted Water God while the Fire God remained gravely injured.

Qian Yunxiao killed the Fire God after letting the injured Water God return to the God Realm under an agreement to visit him every three months. He recovered the Fire God's Divine Core, but none of his three wives could absorb it, leaving him to seek another inheritor while preparing for possible retaliation.

• Qian Yunxiao let the Water God leave after she agreed to return every three months to see the captive Fire God, whom he intended to keep alive.
• Qian Yunxiao killed the Fire God with the Angel's Sword and took the cube-shaped object he identified as the Fire God's Divine Core.
• Qian Yunxiao noted that he had 1,500 Fortune Coins and needed more strength before the God Realm discovered the Fire God's death and investigated.
• After the black smoke cleared, Ah Yin, Shui Youlan, and Qing Wu asked about the gods; Qian Yunxiao reassured them and claimed even the five great God Kings could not defeat him.
• Qian Yunxiao offered the Fire God's Divine Core to Ah Yin, Shui Youlan, and Qing Wu, but each declined, leaving him without a suitable inheritor among his wives.

Qian Yunxiao chose Liu Erlong to inherit the Fire God's divine spark and brought her before his family to offer it to her. He revealed the divine core, and Liu Erlong was captivated by its power, leaving her poised to accept the inheritance.

• Qian Yunxiao named Liu Erlong as the Fire God's prospective inheritor, and Ah Yin, Youlan, and Qing Wu supported his decision.
• Ah Yin warned that a newly ascended god could become a threat to the Qian Family and suggested marrying Liu Erlong; Qing Wu agreed that this would secure her loyalty.
• Qian Yunxiao said he would deal with Liu Erlong if she turned against the family, then returned with his household from Heaven Dou City.
• Qian Yunxiao summoned Liu Erlong to the reception hall and asked whether she wanted to become a god.
• Qian Yunxiao showed Liu Erlong the Fire God's divine core, and she stared at it with longing.

Qian Yunxiao gave Liu Erlong the Fire God's godhead on the condition that she serve the Qian Family, and she agreed before beginning the dangerous absorption. When the godhead's conscious core poisoned and overwhelmed her, Qian Yunxiao entered her spiritual world to help, then faced the need to treat her Fire Charm Poison.

• Qian Yunxiao offered Liu Erlong the Fire God's godhead in exchange for her loyalty to the Qian Family, and she accepted.
• Qian Yunxiao shattered the godhead and channeled its energy into Liu Erlong, while the heat forced Ah Yin and the other women out of the hall.
• Liu Erlong struggled to absorb the godhead's power in her spiritual world, but her Soul Saint body could not withstand the energy.
• Qian Yunxiao appeared to help Liu Erlong, and the Flame Giant poisoned her with Fire Charm Poison while flooding her with more energy.
• Qian Yunxiao attacked the Flame Giant with North Sea, Judgment, then realized Liu Erlong needed the poison treated and was caught off guard when she pounced on him.

After Liu Erlong became Qian Yunxiao’s wife, he cared for her while explaining the circumstances to Ah Yin, Shui Youlan, and Qing Wu, who had overheard the previous night. Later, he invited Shui Youlan to go with him to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, hinting that he had chosen her for the night.

• Liu Erlong absorbed a God-bestowed Soul Ring after Qian Yunxiao gave it to her, and he carried her to his room to recover from the previous night.
• Qian Yunxiao restrained Ah Yin, Shui Youlan, and Qing Wu with Blue Silver Entanglement when he caught them trying to leave the courtyard.
• Qian Yunxiao explained what had happened with Liu Erlong, and Ah Yin, Shui Youlan, and Qing Wu said they did not blame him, though Shui Youlan told him to be gentler in the future.
• Qian Yunxiao later asked Shui Youlan to accompany him to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and told her, “Tonight, I'm picking you.”