Chapter Summaries

Tang Chen used the Clear Sky Formation to begin forcing the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King out of his body, intending to kill it and use its Soul Ring for Tang Hao. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong continued her Hundred-Person Challenge as the White Queen, leaving the Black Armor Knights stunned by her strength.

• Tang Chen concluded that he could not restore Tang Hao's Ninth Soul Ring through the formation alone, then prepared to expel the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King from his body.
• Tang Chen activated the completed Clear Sky Formation and told the Nine-Headed Bat King that Immortal Herbs would keep him alive after it was removed.
• The Nine-Headed Bat King resisted with scarlet flames as Tang Chen and four Clear Sky Sect Titled Douluo maintained the formation.
• The Black Armor Knight Captain watched the White Queen's Hundred-Person Challenge and questioned whether a young woman could really be a Titled Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong killed another contestant and taunted the remaining fighters after dozens had fallen to her sword.

Ning Rongrong outmaneuvered the challenge participants, killing Choppy Hair Man after he believed his illusion had pierced her, then used her clones to decimate their ranks. Just as she prepared to finish the survivors, an explosion at the Slaughter King's palace interrupted the fight, and a crimson figure raced toward them.

• Ning Rongrong let Choppy Hair Man believe his blade had pierced her, then beheaded him when he relaxed.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she had recognized his Mirage illusion and had sacrificed a clone to deceive him.
• Dozens of Ning Rongrong's clones appeared and killed most of the challenge participants, leaving fewer than ten survivors.
• Ning Rongrong told the survivors she was tired of playing as Scarface Man prepared to fight back.
• The Slaughter King's palace exploded, and a red figure flew toward them while declaring that he was the true Slaughter King.

The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King escaped Tang Chen and unleashed a deadly attack across Slaughter City, while Ning Rongrong and Kurumi decided to try to capture it. The bat grew stronger by draining the city’s inhabitants and threatened to parasitize Tang Hao as its Ninth Soul Ring as Tang Chen and other powerful soul masters rushed toward it.

• Ning Rongrong sensed that Tang Chen had expelled the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and agreed to draw the bat toward her for Kurumi.
• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King reached the Inner City and used sound waves to trigger Bloody Mary, causing most of Slaughter City's inhabitants to explode into blood mist.
• Ning Rongrong realized the bat was absorbing the victims’ blood and life force to strengthen itself, while Soul Douluo-level soul masters resisted its attack.
• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King declared that it would parasitize Tang Hao and dared Tang Chen to attack it.
• Tang Chen and several Titled Douluo rushed toward the bat as Tang Hao ran after them on foot.

The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King attacked Ning Rongrong after Tang Chen thwarted its feint toward Tang Hao, then parasitized her. As Tang Chen tried to prepare a seal, Ning Rongrong evaded attacks from the Clear Sky Sect elders and the Enforcement Team, leaving onlookers uncertain whether she had truly been taken over.

• Tang Chen pursued the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and condemned it for devouring most of Slaughter City’s inhabitants.
• The Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King feinted toward Tang Hao, then turned toward Ning Rongrong, hoping to steal her space-controlling ability and escape Slaughter City.
• The bat parasitized Ning Rongrong, and Tang Chen ordered Tang Lie and the other Clear Sky Sect elders to hold her off while he prepared a seal.
• Ning Rongrong dodged the elders’ attacks without striking back, prompting the Rooster Head Youth and the scar-faced Soul Douluo to doubt that she had been parasitized.
• Yang Wudi and the Black Armor Captain joined the assault, but Ning Rongrong continued to evade them as if she had merged with her surroundings.

Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect’s fighters failed to capture Ning Rongrong, who finally revealed the Angel Holy Sword and fought back against Tang Chen and the others. She unleashed a devastating space-time attack across Slaughter City, leaving the battle’s outcome uncertain.

• Tang Hao joined the fight with a sneak attack, but a pale green leaf blocked his Clear Sky Hammer and Ning Rongrong evaded the strike.
• Tang Chen arrived with the Asura Divine Sword and attacked Ning Rongrong, who opened her eyes and deflected his blow with the Angel Holy Sword.
• Tang Chen recognized the Angel Holy Sword and glimpsed a multicolored pagoda as Ning Rongrong prepared to leave through a rift in space.
• The Black Armor Knight Captain tried to stop Ning Rongrong, but she repelled him and summoned a golden clock.
• Ning Rongrong unleashed Space-Time Destruction Slash toward Slaughter City’s Inner City, swallowing the Black Armor Knight Captain and his Knight Black Spear in its energy.

Ning Rongrong escaped Slaughter City after fighting off the Clear Sky Sect, leaving Tang Chen wounded and curious about her powers. Near the Star Dou Great Forest, she recovered with Shizaki Kuang San and explained that the battle had brought her close to the Ultimate Realm.

• Tang Chen blocked Ning Rongrong’s Sword Qi with the Asura Divine Sword, but the attack wounded him and injured the Clear Sky Sect’s Titled Douluo.
• Tang Chen learned from Yang Wudi that the White Queen was called Sandasha He and speculated that she might be a god-trial inheritor with a gem-type Martial Soul.
• Ning Rongrong appeared near the Star Dou Great Forest, exhausted after escaping Slaughter City, while Shizaki Kuang San scolded her for risking a fight against Tang Chen.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the crisis had helped her approach the Ultimate Realm and that her two mastered extremes had temporarily given her power comparable to a Limit Douluo.
• Ning Rongrong warned that the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King parasitizing Shizaki Kuang San remained the greater danger.

After Ning Rongrong recovered enough to speak, she and Shizaki Kuang San discussed using the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King's soul as the foundation for an Eighth Soul Ring. Shizaki Kuang San entered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to handle it, while Ning Rongrong reflected on her battle and the path toward the Ultimate Realm.

• Ning Rongrong asked about the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King, and Shizaki Kuang San assured her it was safe inside the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Shizaki Kuang San said she needed to sleep after taking responsibility for the bat and asked Ning Rongrong whether to keep its Soul Ring as a foundation for a new one.
• Ning Rongrong proposed using the Rakshasa God and Asura God's God Power to make God-bestowed Soul Rings, and Shizaki Kuang San agreed that the bat's foundation could help construct her missing Eighth Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong approved the plan but said she needed to recover her spiritual power and stamina rather than help with it.
• Shizaki Kuang San entered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Ning Rongrong reviewed her fight against the Titled Douluo and her preparation to reach the Ultimate Realm.

Ning Rongrong reflected on the Ultimate Realm and the extreme states before waiting at a Spirit Hall branch for someone from her sect to collect her. Bone Douluo arrived, and she recounted her time in Slaughter City, leaving him stunned by her battle against the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Chen.

• Ning Rongrong reviewed how Martial Souls and Spirit Rings shaped the four extreme states, and concluded that she had only taken a special half-step into the Ultimate Realm.
• Ning Rongrong spent several days recovering at a Spirit Hall branch, learned that four months had passed, and waited for someone from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to arrive.
• The branch manager told Ning Rongrong that Bone Douluo had come for her, and Ning Rongrong thanked the manager with a Gold Soul Card before meeting Gu Rong.
• Ning Rongrong told Gu Rong that she had fought Tang Chen, and he was relieved to find her safe.
• Ning Rongrong recounted her time in Slaughter City, and Gu Rong was shocked that a Support Spirit Master had fought seven Titled Douluo, killed one, and injured Tang Chen.

Ning Rongrong learned that Gu Yuena had entered the Soul Master Competition and revealed to Bone Douluo that she was the Silver Dragon King, a powerful god. They decided to consult Ning Fengzhi and determine Gu Yuena’s purpose before acting, then found the teams traveling to the finals.

• Bone Douluo told Ning Rongrong that a silver-haired spear wielder named Gu Yuena had swept the Shrek Team seven-to-one in the Promotion Tournament.
• Ning Rongrong recognized Gu Yuena as the Silver Dragon King and told Bone Douluo that she was a god and the ruler of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Bone Douluo asked what they should do, and Ning Rongrong decided to consult Ning Fengzhi and learn why Gu Yuena had appeared before making an enemy of her.
• Bone Douluo used his soul skills to travel through space with Ning Rongrong, and they found the academy teams being escorted to Spirit Hall for the finals.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Ning Rongrong’s return and the dangers facing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Gu Yuena delivered the Gold of Life in a sealed box, then vanished, leaving Ning Fengzhi to wait for Rongrong to decide what to do with it.

• Ning Fengzhi read Gu Rong’s letter about Ning Rongrong’s return from Slaughter City and worried that the sect was too weak to face the dangers ahead.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo speculated that Gu Yuena’s messenger would be connected to Bi Ji’s deal and the Gold of Life.
• Gu Yuena met Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo outside their hotel and handed Ning Fengzhi a sealed box containing the Gold of Life.
• Gu Yuena warned Ning Fengzhi that the Gold of Life could drain life force if they were not confident enough to open the box, then vanished.
• Sword Douluo raised his guard and questioned Gu Yuena’s identity, while Ning Fengzhi decided to leave the box for Ning Rongrong to handle.

As the group traveled toward Spirit City, Ning Rongrong reunited with Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo and learned that Gu Yuena had delivered the Gold of Life. The chapter ended with Ning Rongrong revealing that Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King, leaving Ning Fengzhi stunned.

• Bone Douluo arrived with Ning Rongrong in the form of a massive Bone Dragon, startling the Royal Knights before identifying himself.
• Ning Rongrong explained that Kurumi had devoured the Blood Red Nine-Headed Bat King and that its Baleful Aura still affected her, though she said she was fine.
• Ning Fengzhi gave Ning Rongrong the Gold of Life in a box made from scales that she identified as likely belonging to the Silver Dragon King.
• Ning Fengzhi said that Gu Yuena, a white-haired girl from Blazing Wind Academy, had delivered the Gold of Life.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Bone Douluo that Gu Yuena was the Silver Dragon King, leaving Ning Fengzhi nearly dropping the box in shock.

Ning Rongrong learned that Soul Tools would likely be allowed in the finals and considered how divine artifacts could affect the competition. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City seeking Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, as Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Gu Yuena met privately in the Pope’s Palace.

• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that Gu Yuena had vanished after delivering the Gold of Life and that Soul Tools would probably be permitted in the finals.
• Ning Rongrong reasoned that the Clear Sky Sect might rely on divine artifacts and told Ning Fengzhi that Ning Tian could use the Lotus Tower if she wished.
• Ning Rongrong learned that the Glazed Tile Team had grown stronger, with every member now a Soul Ancestor and Dugu Yan at level 68.
• Yu Xiaogang arrived in Spirit City to ask Bibi Dong for the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method, hoping to help Tang San compete with powerful rivals.
• A Temple Knight made Yu Xiaogang wait in a side hall and went to report his arrival while Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Gu Yuena met in the Council Hall.

Gu Yuena explained why the gods were targeting Spirit Hall and offered to help Bibi Dong, Qian Daoliu, and Qian Renxue ascend as gods in exchange for helping soul beasts return to the God Realm. She left them with a plan to use Spirit Hall’s accumulated faith and Qian Renxue’s divine potential to create powerful gods.

• Gu Yuena told Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu that Qian Renxue had gone to the Star Dou Great Forest and explained that Sea God, Rakshasa, and Asura powers were interfering with Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong recalled ruining Tang Chen’s Asura trial in Slaughter City, and Gu Yuena connected that act to the Rakshasa God’s cooperation with Asura.
• Gu Yuena offered to help Spirit Hall’s leaders become gods if they helped the soul beast race return to the God Realm, and she said she could stop the Sea God from interfering with Qian Renxue’s Angel trial.
• Gu Yuena advised Bibi Dong to abandon the Rakshasa Domain and Divine Slaughter’s Domain because the gods could use those domains to interfere with their wielders.
• Gu Yuena said Spirit Hall could use its accumulated faith to create gods and revealed that Qian Renxue’s Innate Level 20 indicated inherited divinity, promising to ignite her God Fire after her eighth trial.

Gu Yuena offered Bibi Dong a path to godhood through the faith of soul beasts and discussed Spirit Hall’s alliances and threats. Their conversation ended when Yu Xiaogang arrived to see Bibi Dong, who agreed to meet him while Gu Yuena and Qian Daoliu watched from behind a screen.

• Gu Yuena offered to help Bibi Dong become a First Level God through soul beast faith, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones, in exchange for Bibi Dong resurrecting dead or sacrificed soul beasts; Bibi Dong agreed.
• Gu Yuena asked Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile to visit the Star Dou Great Forest after the competition and promised to help Golden Crocodile reach Level 99.
• Gu Yuena warned Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu to beware of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, especially Ning Rongrong, and said Bi Ji would investigate the sect after the competition.
• A Spirit Hall attendant announced that Yu Xiaogang had come to report something important, and Bibi Dong agreed to see him.
• Qian Daoliu asked Bibi Dong to consider Xiao Xue, then joined Gu Yuena behind a screen to observe her meeting with Yu Xiaogang.

Yu Xiaogang visited Bibi Dong to ask how she had overcome the difficulties of cultivating Twin Martial Souls, hoping to help Tang San. Bibi Dong refused to share Spirit Hall’s secret without an exchange, and Yu Xiaogang tried to pressure her by appealing to their past and Spirit Hall’s reputation.

• Bibi Dong rebuffed Yu Xiaogang’s sorrowful greeting and criticized his lack of accomplishments and inflated pride.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had cultivated Twin Martial Souls, revealing that he had come on Tang San’s behalf.
• Bibi Dong refused to reveal Spirit Hall’s secret and demanded the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s Dragon Transformation Secret Technique and the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer Ring Detonation technique in exchange.
• Yu Xiaogang suppressed his anger and appealed to his past relationship with Bibi Dong, then urged her to share Spirit Hall’s knowledge for the sake of soul masters and its reputation.

Gu Yuena and Qian Daoliu watched as Bibi Dong refused Yu Xiaogang’s demand for a Twin Martial Souls cultivation method and had him arrested. Afterward, Gu Yuena questioned why Bibi Dong had been allowed to remain Pope, and Qian Daoliu reflected on the past as they looked toward a hopeful tomorrow.

• Gu Yuena warned Qian Daoliu not to act recklessly, reminding him that their true battlefield was the God Realm.
• Yu Xiaogang urged Bibi Dong to give Tang San the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method and promised Tang San would never oppose Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong rejected Yu Xiaogang’s promise, condemned his presumption, and knocked him down with her pressure.
• Bibi Dong ordered the Temple Knights to imprison Yu Xiaogang for impersonating an elder with a stolen Spirit Hall Token and summoned Yu Yuanzhen to collect him.
• Qian Daoliu and Gu Yuena emerged from behind the screen, and Bibi Dong said accepting Qian Renxue did not mean she had forgiven Qian Xunji.
• Gu Yuena criticized Qian Daoliu for allowing Bibi Dong to remain Pope, and Qian Daoliu acknowledged that Spirit Hall had to stand firm again.

Tang San looked ahead to the Spirit City finals, confident that the Asura Divine Sword would help him win and build prestige for the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Sect. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong explained the Glazed Tile Team’s championship plans and the competition’s new Soul Tool rules and continent-wide broadcasts.

• Tang San reassured Xiao Wu that Shrek could win the championship and planned to use the Asura Divine Sword Tang Chen promised to bring.
• Tang San watched the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s carriage and vowed to prove himself in the finals while using victory to establish the Tang Sect.
• Ning Rongrong teased Ning Tian about being the Glazed Tile Team’s only male member, and he insisted he was not a harem protagonist.
• Ning Tian grew excited when Ning Rongrong said Soul Tools could be used, but she explained that the competition was jointly organized by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Spirit Hall.
• Ning Rongrong explained that the finals would be broadcast live across the continent as the competing powers built momentum for their own aims.

Ning Rongrong and her teammates arrived in Spirit City for the finals, where she explained the significance of Giant Sword Mountain and Spirit Hall’s Saintess. That night, she learned Yu Yuanzhen wanted her to accompany him to meet Pope Bibi Dong about Yu Xiaogang, and she warned that the Silver Dragon King might be inside Spirit Hall.

• Ning Rongrong reassured her teammates that only Shrek, Blazing Wind, and the Martial Soul Team posed serious competition.
• At a Spirit Hall checkpoint, the group saw Giant Sword Mountain, and Ning Rongrong explained its legend and said Spirit Hall’s Saintess would compete.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Tian that the Saintess was Xue Qinghe’s confidante, then urged him to leave the sect’s political concerns to their father.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong that Yu Yuanzhen wanted her to accompany him to meet Bibi Dong after Yu Xiaogang was caught impersonating a Spirit Hall elder.
• Ning Rongrong said she wanted to go with Ning Fengzhi because the Silver Dragon King might be inside Spirit Hall.

Ning Fengzhi accompanied Yu Yuanzhen to the Pope's Palace to mediate over Yu Xiaogang's fate. Bibi Dong turned the discussion around, saying Yu Xiaogang would not leave her alone, and presented a crystal sphere for them to examine.

• Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen discussed Yu Xiaogang's attempt to obtain the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method as they traveled to the Pope's Palace.
• Ning Fengzhi, Yu Yuanzhen, Sword Douluo, Bone Douluo, and Ning Rongrong met Bibi Dong in the Council Hall.
• Bibi Dong watched Ning Rongrong closely, wary of her uncertain strength and recalling Qian Renxue's plan to test her.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Bibi Dong what she wanted in exchange for releasing Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong replied that Yu Xiaogang was the one who would not let her go, then gave Ning Fengzhi a crystal sphere to examine.

Bibi Dong showed Yu Yuanzhen a Crystal Soul Guidance Device recording Yu Xiaogang’s confrontation with her, then demanded that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan reveal information about the True Dragon Nine Crowns. Yu Yuanzhen agreed to explain what the clan knew, and Bibi Dong took him to the prison where Yu Xiaogang was held.

• Ning Fengzhi explained how to activate the Crystal Ball, and Yu Yuanzhen watched its projection of Yu Xiaogang angering Bibi Dong and being knocked unconscious.
• Yu Yuanzhen apologized for Yu Xiaogang’s actions, and Bibi Dong allowed him to take his son away on the condition that he reveal the True Dragon Nine Crowns.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that the secret technique came from an ancestor who entered a space filled with dragon corpses, but that no one had been able to enter it again.
• Bibi Dong asked Yu Yuanzhen to help gather information about true dragons, then led him and Ning Rongrong to the prison where Yu Xiaogang was held.