Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji learned that Bibi Dong had completed a hundred victories in Slaughter City and entered the Road to Hell, but had not returned, so he ordered Spirit Hall to search for her. As rumors of the Saintess’s disappearance spread across the continent, Qian Xunji prepared to seek a replacement if she remained missing.

• Lin Hanye reassured Liu Erlong that he would return for her after hunting a Soul Ring for Dong'er, and she happily agreed to wait.
• A Red-Robed Bishop told Qian Xunji that Bibi Dong had entered the Road to Hell a year earlier but had not been seen leaving.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to search for Bibi Dong and considered whether she had died or defected.
• Jin Zhong reasoned that Bibi Dong was probably trapped or dead, while Silver Hammer suggested she might still be searching for a way out.
• Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei announced they had reached Level 90, and Qian Xunji told them to obtain their ninth Soul Rings before he bestowed their titles.
• Qian Xunji told Jin Zhong to find a talented female soul master if Bibi Dong remained missing for two more years, and news of her disappearance spread throughout the continent.

Lin Hanye, Ling Yuan, and Bibi Dong reached the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Hundred Thousand Year Death Spider Emperor. Lin Hanye lured it into their ambush, and Ling Yuan began her attack as the spider was knocked into the air.

• Lin Hanye used his Head Soul Bone to detect the Death Spider Emperor and share his findings with Ling Yuan and Bibi Dong.
• Lin Hanye concealed the true colors of his soul rings and set seventy-six Mirage clones around the canyon before luring out the Death Spider Emperor.
• Lin Hanye used his Mysterious Ice True Body and Mysterious Ice Realm to block the Death Spider Emperor’s attacks, then struck its abdomen and knocked it into the air with ice fragments.
• Ling Yuan transformed into her Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix True Body and unleashed her Great Phoenix Slash as the Death Spider Emperor tried to stop her with webs.

Lin Hanye and Ling Yuan defeated the Death Spider Emperor and stopped it from self-destructing so Bibi Dong could deliver the final blow. Bibi Dong began absorbing its Soul Ring and Soul Bones, while Lin Hanye reassured her that she could help him on a future hunt.

• Ling Yuan burned away the Death Spider Emperor’s poison web and struck its wounded abdomen with a Great Phoenix Slash, but the spider revived using Undying Body.
• Lin Hanye and Ling Yuan combined their domains to suppress the Death Domain, then Lin Hanye bound the Death Spider Emperor while Ling Yuan struck it with Phoenix Sunset Radiance.
• Lin Hanye’s hidden clones froze the Death Spider Emperor just as it tried to self-destruct, and Bibi Dong possessed its martial soul and destroyed its head with Spider Emperor Cross Slash.
• The Death Spider Emperor left behind a Crimson Halo and a pair of arm Soul Bones, and Bibi Dong began absorbing them.
• Lin Hanye comforted Bibi Dong about her limited role in the hunt and promised she could help him hunt a Soul Ring next time.

After Bibi Dong absorbed the Death Spider Emperor’s soul ring and soul bones, she reached Soul Saint and described her new abilities to Lin Hanye and Ling Yuan. As the three headed back from the Star Dou Great Forest, they encountered Yue Guan and Gui Mei, who recognized Lin Hanye and hoped to receive his guidance.

• Bibi Dong reached level 77 and explained how her hundred-thousand-year Seventh Soul Ring and soul bones had strengthened her Death Domain, Martial Soul Avatar, and arm skills.
• Lin Hanye, Bibi Dong, and Ling Yuan began returning toward Heaven Dou City, avoiding powerful soul beasts with the help of his Spirit Detection.
• Near the forest’s Core Area, Lin Hanye sensed Yue Guan and Gui Mei approaching to obtain their Ninth Soul Rings and shared their images with the others.
• Bibi Dong recognized Yue Guan and Gui Mei as her former guards, while Lin Hanye said she would need allies when she eventually returned to Spirit Hall to claim the Pope’s position.
• The two groups met, and Ling Yuan claimed she had come to hunt a soul ring for her little man; Yue Guan and Gui Mei realized Lin Hanye was Master Lin and eagerly sought his guidance.

Lin Hanye recruited Yue Guan and Gui Mei for a secret operation, promising to help them obtain Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings in exchange for their service and cooperation. After sending them to buy a seaship and supplies, he traveled with Ling Yuan and Bibi Dong to Heaven Dou City and went to visit Dugu Xin.

• Lin Hanye revealed his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and offered to help Yue Guan and Gui Mei obtain such rings if they accepted his conditions.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei agreed to keep the operation secret, follow Lin Hanye's command, and assist with soul-beast hunts for three years.
• Lin Hanye sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei to Vast Sea City to buy a seaship and supplies from his list.
• Three days later, Lin Hanye, Ling Yuan, and Bibi Dong arrived in Heaven Dou City and went north to the Dugu residence.
• Lin Hanye asked an attendant to inform Dugu Xin that an old friend had come to visit.

Lin Hanye visited Dugu Xin and invited the Dugu Family to join his planned Soul Master Guild, promising a way to cure the poison caused by their martial soul. Dugu Bo agreed to contribute to the guild, and Lin Hanye offered to resolve the family’s poison problem.

• Dugu Xin recognized Lin Hanye as the former Ice Emperor after seeing his Ice Martial Soul, then welcomed him and his two companions inside.
• Lin Hanye introduced Bibi Dong and Ling Yuan under false names and invited Dugu Xin and the Dugu Family to join his new force.
• Dugu Bo and Li Bingyan arrived, and Lin Hanye explained that he planned to establish a Soul Master Guild to protect people from oppression by great sects.
• Dugu Bo questioned Lin Hanye’s Soul Power level and was astonished to learn he had reached level 76 by the age of about twenty-two.
• Dugu Bo agreed that the Dugu Family would support the guild after Lin Hanye promised that his wife could treat their toxins and that he had a way to eliminate their martial soul’s defect.

Lin Hanye gathered Dugu Bo’s family and other allies for a voyage to hunt powerful soul beasts and obtain high-level Soul Rings and Soul Bones. The group assembled at Vast Sea City, where old rivals Dugu Bo and Yue Guan set aside their feud for the expedition, though they still traded insults.

• Lin Hanye recruited Dugu Bo’s family into the Soul Master Guild and proposed using the Aromatic Silk Beauty to lure powerful soul beasts ashore for hunting.
• Dugu Xin agreed to recruit Xie Ming and Hu Mei, and Lin Hanye gave Dugu Bo’s family three cultivation herbs before setting a meeting in Vast Sea City.
• Bibi Dong refined the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and reached level 80, while Lin Hanye left weaker allies behind to train instead of joining the sea hunt.
• Lin Hanye’s group reached Vast Sea City, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei had prepared a reinforced vessel and supplies for the expedition.
• Dugu Bo, Dugu Xin, Li Bingyan, Xie Ming, and Hu Mei arrived, and Lin Hanye stopped Dugu Bo and Yue Guan from fighting before taking his old friends aside to talk.

Lin Hanye and his companions set out to sea aboard the Sea Beast to hunt soul beasts, and he effortlessly devastated a vast school of Wolf Fish. After collecting the dropped Soul Bones, the group continued their voyage and reached a dazzling coral island seven days later.

• Ah Yin gave Dugu Bo's family an antidote, and Xie Ming, Hu Mei, Dugu Xin, and Li Bingyan agreed to join the Soul Master Guild before splitting up to travel the continent.
• Lin Hanye, Ah Yin, and Dugu Bo boarded their ship, named it Sea Beast, and sailed out to hunt soul beasts.
• A huge school of Wolf Fish surrounded the ship, but Lin Hanye froze most of them with his Frost Sword Qi, causing the survivors to flee.
• Ah Yin retrieved several Soul Bones from the frozen Wolf Fish, including a roughly fifteen-thousand-year-old Head Soul Bone, and Lin Hanye stored them away.
• After seven days of uneventful travel, Lin Hanye's group spotted a small island made of bright-red coral reefs.

Lin Hanye led his group to Coral Island and used the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Divine Slaughter's Domain to lure a powerful Sea Soul Beast. The group killed an eighty-thousand-year Sea Snake, leaving its Soul Ring and Right Leg Bone behind.

• Lin Hanye confirmed Coral Island was clear, brought the Sea Beast ashore, and prepared the group to hunt Sea Soul Beasts.
• Lin Hanye had Ling Yuan melt whale glue and gave it to Dugu Bo, Chrysanthemum Pass, and Gui Mei to strengthen their bodies.
• Lin Hanye arranged the group in ambush positions, then used a prepared medicine to make the Aromatic Silk Beauty's fragrance attract nearby Sea Soul Beasts.
• An eighty-thousand-year Sea Snake arrived and attacked Lin Hanye, who trapped it in his Mysterious Ice Realm and reflected its Corrosive Poison Pillar back at it.
• Lin Hanye and the others unleashed their soul skills and killed the Sea Snake, leaving an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring and Right Leg Bone.

After Dugu Bo claimed the Sea Snake Soul Bone under Lin Hanye’s agreement, Gui Mei recognized Bibi Dong as the supposedly dead Saintess. Lin Hanye asked Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Pass to keep her survival secret and support her future succession as Pope, but Gui Mei first asked whether Bibi Dong would betray Spirit Hall.

• Dugu Bo claimed the Sea Snake Soul Bone, explaining that Lin Hanye had promised to offer him suitable bones to help him reach level ninety.
• Gui Mei recognized Bibi Dong’s Death Spider Emperor martial soul, and Bibi Dong confirmed her identity after Lin Hanye gave his approval.
• Chrysanthemum Pass accused Ling Yuan of betraying Spirit Hall, but Bibi Dong explained that she had left because Qian Xunji threatened her and would not let anyone outside the Angel Clan inherit the papacy.
• Lin Hanye offered Gui Mei and Chrysanthemum Pass the promised Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone benefits if they concealed Bibi Dong’s survival and pledged loyalty to her when she became Pope.
• Gui Mei asked Bibi Dong whether she would betray Spirit Hall.

Lin Hanye’s group hunted powerful sea soul beasts around the deep sea for three years, gathering soul rings and bones while strengthening their cultivation. After Dugu Bo broke through to level 90 and absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Snake’s soul ring and bone, the group continued its dangerous hunt.

• Bibi Dong persuaded Gui Mei and Yue Guan to swear loyalty to her while remaining faithful to Spirit Hall.
• Lin Hanye’s group hunted soul beasts near Coral Island, and Bibi Dong killed a strange spirit-and-evil-attribute beast whose Wisdom Skull raised her Soul Power to level 83.
• Lin Hanye led the group to new islands and continued hunting in the deep sea for three years, killing hundreds of soul beasts above seventy-thousand-year level, including eight over Hundred Thousand Year.
• After Lin Hanye helped Dugu Bo complete his set of soul bones, Dugu Bo broke through level 90 and absorbed a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Snake’s soul ring and bone, reaching level 92.
• Lin Hanye gave the Sea Snake’s Wisdom Skull to Ah Yin.

After three years of training and hunting in the sea, Lin Hanye and his companions gained soul rings, soul bones, and Whale Rubber, greatly increasing their strength. The chapter ended with Ah Yin destroying a Hundred Thousand Year Evil Orca King and leaving behind its soul ring, leg bone, and Whale Rubber.

• Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei reached Level 93 after absorbing ten-thousand-year soul bones, while Ling Yuan reached Level 95 and Liu Erlong reserved her remaining soul bone slots for Hundred Thousand Year bones.
• Lin Hanye used a Three Hundred Thousand Year God Bestowed Soul Ring for his Extreme Ice Martial Soul's Eighth Soul Ring and made a Two Hundred Thousand Year Thousand Eyes Monster his Heavenly Demon Eye's First Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong gave Ling Yuan two soul bones from her hunts, then received the Thousand Eyes Monster's torso bone, while Shao Xin reached Level 79 after absorbing a ninety-thousand-year soul ring and bone.
• Lin Hanye gave Ah Yin the Blue Silver Emperor soul ring and soul bone, and the group tallied their new levels, soul rings, soul bones, and stockpile of Whale Rubber.
• On Small Island in the Orca Sea Domain, Ah Yin shattered the iceberg holding the Hundred Thousand Year Evil Orca King, leaving its soul ring, left leg bone, and Whale Rubber behind.

Lin Hanye simulated while Ah Yin absorbed the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, while Qian Xunji announced his marriage to Huang Yue'e and a campaign against Devil Island. The chapter ended with Lin Hanye choosing between simulation rewards.

• Lin Hanye freed the surviving Evil Spirit Orcas and guarded Ah Yin as she absorbed the Evil Orca King's Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Qian Xunji announced that he would marry Huang Yue'e, whose family would pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji ordered Ghost Leopard, Demon Bear, Black Rhino, and Demon Wolf to lead two thousand Soul Masters against Devil Island.
• Huang Yueyao reflected on Haibodong and rejected the idea that she might fall for him, while helping Huang Yue'e prepare for her wedding.
• Lin Hanye ended two simulations and considered the reward choices, which included Soul Rings, Soul Bones, and items belonging to Bo Saixi.

Lin Hanye claimed a God Bestowed Soul Ring, a two-hundred-thousand-year Thousand Eyes Monster Soul Ring, and the Million Year Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, then prepared to leave with Bibi Dong to seek his ninth soul ring. In the God Realm, Poseidon discovered that the Evil Orca King had been killed and traded barbs with the Asura God over their reluctant prospective inheritors.

• Lin Hanye took his simulation rewards, sealed the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm in ice, and stored it in his Ruyi Hundred Treasures Pouch.
• Lin Hanye left Ling Yuan, Liu Erlong, Dugu Bo, and the others to protect Ah Yin while he and Bibi Dong went to obtain his ninth soul ring.
• Lin Hanye gave Dugu Bo funding and soul bones for the Soul Master Guild Headquarters Territory and passed instructions to the group before departing.
• Poseidon sensed that the Evil Orca King had been killed and complained to the Asura God that someone had challenged his authority.
• Poseidon and the Asura God mocked each other over their future inheritors' reluctance to accept their divine trials.

Lin Hanye and Bibi Dong secluded themselves on a small island, where he gave her a powerful artificial soul ring and absorbed his own ninth soul ring. After forming a Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core and evolving his Frozen Domain, Lin Hanye emerged at Level Ninety-Five with greatly increased power.

• Asura God told Poseidon he had abandoned Tang Chen and was searching for a new successor, while Poseidon considered taking that successor for himself.
• Lin Hanye brought Bibi Dong to a small island along Spirit Hall's route and gave her a two-hundred-thousand-year Thousand Eyes Monster Soul Ring for her ninth ring.
• Bibi Dong refined the soul ring in two days, while Lin Hanye absorbed his God Bestowed Soul Ring and condensed a Mental Soul Core over the following weeks.
• Lin Hanye completed his Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Core, reached Level Ninety-Five, and gained enhanced recovery, dual martial-soul use, and powerful aura effects.
• Lin Hanye's Frozen Domain completed its ultimate evolution and gained the skill Refreshed, which drew in same-attribute energy and strengthened his soul skills while reducing their cost.
• After a month in seclusion, Lin Hanye broke open his cave's sealed stone door and declared himself the strongest beneath the demigod level.

After emerging from seclusion, Lin Hanye told Bibi Dong that he had perfected soul-core cultivation and formed a Yin-Yang Complementary second soul core, then proposed rescuing Spirit Hall’s expedition team near Sea God Island. The chapter left Lin Hanye whispering a plan to Bibi Dong, who was impressed by his idea.

• Bibi Dong told Lin Hanye that her new soul ring had raised her Soul Power to Level Ninety-Five and granted her a powerful combined attack.
• Lin Hanye said he had perfected the soul-core method, formed a second soul core with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Origin, and could use both martial souls at once.
• Bibi Dong told Lin Hanye that a Spirit Hall fleet of about two thousand people had passed nearby toward Sea God Island.
• Lin Hanye proposed rescuing the expedition team to build Bibi Dong’s support within Spirit Hall and strengthen her future bid for the Pope’s position.
• Lin Hanye explained that they no longer needed to fear Qian Xunji and secretly transmitted his plan to Bibi Dong.

Qian Xunji celebrated his wedding in Spirit City with representatives from across the continent, while Qian Daoliu attended as the honored guest. The festivities were interrupted when Qian Xunji was summoned to the Elder Hall, where Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos gathered to welcome the long-missing Ling Yuan, Ju, and Ghost.

• Qian Xunji welcomed guests to his wedding banquet, including Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin.
• Qian Daoliu appeared at the ceremony, prompting the guests to rise and greet Spirit Hall’s Great Priest.
• Qian Daoliu congratulated Qian Xunji, then left after the wedding ceremony and a few drinks with his son and Huang Rihua.
• Silver Hammer whispered to Qian Xunji, who left the banquet for the Elder Hall while Jin Zhong continued entertaining the guests.
• Qian Xunji joined Spirit Hall’s gathered Titled Douluos after Ling Yuan, Ju, and Ghost returned from their three-year disappearance.

Ling Yuan returned to Spirit Hall as its Eighth Enshrined after reaching Level Ninety-Six, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei also displayed their new Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings. On his wedding day, Qian Xunji returned to his bridal chamber dissatisfied with Huang Yue'e, still longing for Bibi Dong and Ling Yuan.

• Qian Daoliu recognized Ling Yuan as Spirit Hall's eighth enshrined, and Golden Crocodile explained how she had gained her strength and evolved martial soul.
• Ling Yuan, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei revealed their martial souls and matching Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, making Qian Xunji regret his earlier choice of soul ring.
• The enshrined congratulated Ling Yuan, and Qian Daoliu arranged to hold Yue Guan and Gui Mei's coronation ceremony in Douluo Hall.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Xunji not to wrong Huang Yue'e or harbor improper thoughts about Ling Yuan, and Qian Xunji agreed before leaving with Silver Hammer.
• Qian Xunji entered the bridal chamber and looked at Huang Yue'e in her wedding dress, unhappy because he wanted Bibi Dong or Ling Yuan instead.

After Ling Yuan warned Qian Daoliu that Sea God Island had a Peerless Douluo and powerful defenses, he sent her and Azure Luan ahead and recruited Tang Chen to investigate. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall’s expeditionary force faced Sea God Island’s defenders, unaware of the danger concealed around them.

• Qian Xunji attacked Huang Yue'e, and Qian Renxue was conceived.
• Qian Daoliu crowned Chrysanthemum and Ghost as Titled Douluo and announced Ling Yuan’s promotion to Spirit Hall’s eighth worship elder.
• Ling Yuan told Qian Daoliu that Devil Island was Sea God Island, a Sea God sanctuary guarded by a Peerless Douluo, sacred pillars, and a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Ling Yuan and Azure Luan to fly to Sea God Island, then traveled to the Clear Sky Sect and persuaded Tang Chen to join him.
• Spirit Hall’s four Titled Douluo and more than two thousand troops confronted Sea God Island’s defenders, and Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard raised their hands to begin the attack.

Bo Saixi intervened when Spirit Hall attacked Sea God Island, and her power nearly overwhelmed the invading force. A young man arrived and froze the waterspouts, leaving Bo Saixi astonished by his control over Soul Power and Mental Power.

• Spirit Hall's force of more than two thousand soul masters attacked Sea God Island and initially faced resistance from its defenders.
• Bo Saixi appeared, drove Spirit Hall's forces back, and unleashed her First Soul Skill, Crushing Waves, trapping them in waterspouts.
• Demon Bear and Ghost Leopard used their Ninth Soul Skills to try to escape Bo Saixi's attack, but the waterspouts closed around them and the other Spirit Hall soul masters.
• A blue and a purple stream of light approached, and the blue light froze the sea and shattered Bo Saixi's waterspouts, dropping the Spirit Hall force onto the ice without serious injuries.
• A young man with long ice blue hair appeared, and Bo Saixi recognized that his control over Soul Power and Mental Power surpassed hers.