Chapter Summaries

Ning Rongrong used the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to strip the Evil Orca King's will from Lou Gao's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring, allowing him to continue absorbing it safely. She expected Lou Gao to wake in about half a day, then left to cultivate.

• Lou Gao struggled to absorb the Evil Orca King's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as its will overwhelmed him, and the others prepared to rescue him.
• Ning Rongrong assured the group she could help Lou Gao and used the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to draw the Soul Ring's blood-red aura and resentment into it.
• Ning Rongrong told Lou Gao to focus on absorbing the Soul Ring while she stripped the Evil Orca King's will from it and sealed that will in the pagoda.
• With the will removed, Lou Gao regained control and continued absorbing the weakened Soul Ring.
• Ning Rongrong estimated Lou Gao would wake in half a day, then left the hall to cultivate.

Ning Rongrong entered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to confront the Evil Orca King's remnant soul after extracting it from Lou Gao's Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring. She evaded its attacks and began questioning her own identity and the extent of the remnant soul's power.

• Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Dugu Bo discussed Ning Rongrong's extraction of the Evil Orca King's remnant soul and worried that the resentment entity might threaten her soul.
• Ning Rongrong reassured Bone Douluo and Dugu Yan that she had her own reasons for taking the risk, then sat down to circulate her True Qi.
• Ning Rongrong entered the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda in her soul-body form and found the Evil Orca King attacking the barrier around it.
• The Evil Orca King charged Ning Rongrong, but she repeatedly vanished and reappeared to evade him.
• Ning Rongrong wondered whether she had reached Grandmaster in her previous life and whether she was Ning Rongrong or a transmigrator.
• Ning Rongrong mocked the Evil Orca King's strength and mentioned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, leaving him demanding to know who she was.

Ning Rongrong fought the Evil Orca King's remnant soul inside the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, revealing the strength of her own soul and the tower's domain. She rejected his offer to surrender and become her Martial Soul, preparing to finish him off.

• The Evil Orca King attacked Ning Rongrong with a soul-control technique, but the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda nullified it.
• Ning Rongrong used her sword and the technique No trace to cut off one of the Evil Orca King's fins, which dissolved into energy and strengthened the tower's barrier.
• The Evil Orca King fired Evil Spirit Tiger Whale Demon's Wrath, damaging the pagoda's barrier, while Ning Rongrong narrowly dodged the blast.
• Ning Rongrong unleashed the tower's domain and filled its inner space with Sword Intent, startling the Evil Orca King.
• The Evil Orca King offered to surrender and become Ning Rongrong's Martial Soul, but she refused and prepared to kill him.

Ning Rongrong defeated and purified the Evil Orca King's remnant soul, then woke to find her five Soul Rings had reached 9,999 years. After discussing Lou Gao's safety and giving him the Dragon Abyss Boat to study, she learned that her scout near Shrek Academy had returned.

• Ning Rongrong froze the Evil Orca King's self-detonation with One Sword Freezes the Nineteen Provinces, then destroyed and purified its remnant soul.
• Ning Rongrong returned to the side hall, where Ning Fengzhi, Dugu Yan, and Sword Douluo saw her Soul Rings had grown to 9,999 years.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she had found a direction for her future cultivation and assured Sword Douluo that the Evil Orca King had been only a small fragment of will.
• Ning Rongrong urged Lou Gao to put his safety first and gave him the Dragon Abyss Boat to analyze for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's ocean expansion.
• Lou Gao promised to prepare a special treasure for Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan in a month, and Ning Fengzhi later told Ning Rongrong that her scout near Shrek Academy had returned.

Ning Rongrong discussed Yu Xiaogang, Tang San, and Spirit Hall with Ning Fengzhi, revealing her suspicions about their hidden connections and Qian Renxue’s parentage. She left Ning Fengzhi to connect the clues about Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and Qian Renxue.

• Ning Rongrong took Yu Xiaogang’s blood and said she was curious about his degraded Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, while Ning Fengzhi warned her not to endanger the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi she was monitoring Shrek Academy for Tang San and the Ten Thousand Year Soft Bone Rabbit, and suggested Tang Hao’s strength and Tang San’s hidden weapons might have connections to gods.
• Ning Rongrong pointed out that Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies Theory became widely circulated after Bibi Dong became Pope and suggested a faction might be behind it.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that Qian Renxue strongly resembled Bibi Dong, and Ning Fengzhi concluded that Qian Renxue was likely Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji’s daughter.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji’s poor relationship might fit a melodramatic story, and Ning Fengzhi stopped her, realizing what she was implying.

Ning Rongrong persuaded Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo to help use pills for Yu Xiaogang to draw several powerful factions into conflict and test how much the gods could interfere. Dugu Bo developed the pills, and Ning Rongrong left with them and additional breakthrough pills.

• Ning Rongrong outlined a plan to use Yu Xiaogang as the center of a chain reaction involving Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Tang Hao, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to support it.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to consult Sword Uncle and Bone Uncle about pill research and urged her to absorb the Evil Orca King's Soul Bone himself.
• Ning Rongrong gave Dugu Bo Yu Xiaogang's blood and information to help him develop a pill that could push a Soul Grandmaster through the Level 30 bottleneck.
• Dugu Bo told Ning Rongrong that Dugu Yan had reached Level 50 and was still improving her physique by consuming Evil Orca King Whale Rubber.
• Dugu Bo presented three Soul Breakthrough Pills and three Great Soul Master Breakthrough Pills, and Ning Rongrong packed them away to sell without raising suspicion.
• Ning Rongrong joked that Dugu Bo could have another child to help strengthen his family, then fled before he could respond.

Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan tested the Level 5 Soul Tools Lou Gao had made for them. Their trial ended when Dugu Yan shot a falling figure out of the sky, sending it crashing into the training field.

• Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan visited Lou Gao and found his disciple Si Long bruised after repeatedly testing Soul Tools.
• Lou Gao gave Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan new Level 5 long-range Soul Tools, an ice-attribute bracelet and a fire-attribute bracelet.
• Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong tested their Soul Tools on targets, and Ning Rongrong's shot froze and shattered one.
• A figure fell toward the training field, and Dugu Yan fired at it before Ning Rongrong could stop her.
• The blast scattered parts from the sky, and the falling figure crashed into the ground.

Ning Rongrong helped Lou Gao understand why his flying Soul Tool was unstable and named it Wings of Wind. After Lou Gao left with Si Long, a mysterious black light landed nearby, heralding a guest at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Dugu Yan accidentally struck Si Long with a Soul Tool while he tested Lou Gao’s unstable flying device, then apologized and gave him a Healing Pill.
• Si Long explained to Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan that the Soul Tool could rise but could not fly steadily, and that he had fallen fifty-three times that day.
• Ning Rongrong suggested that airflow principles could solve the flight problem and proposed the name Wings of Wind.
• Lou Gao grasped Ning Rongrong’s explanation, bowed to her, and agreed that she could name the completed Soul Tool.
• Lou Gao left with the tearful Si Long, and a streak of black light landed near Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan as someone announced a guest had arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Ning Fengzhi told Yu Yuanzhen that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could not readily supply Soul Breakthrough Pills and revealed that Dugu Bo had refined them. Yu Yuanzhen learned that Dugu Bo had joined the sect, while Dugu Yan and Ning Rongrong headed to the hall to meet the visitors.

• Gu Rong told Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan that Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Tianheng had come to buy pills, and the three flew to the Council Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi explained to Yu Yuanzhen that the Soul Breakthrough Pills were rare byproducts and difficult for the sect to reproduce.
• Yu Tianheng revealed that he wanted a pill for his second uncle, Yu Xiaogang, so he could reach three rings.
• Ning Fengzhi said Dugu Bo had refined the pills and confirmed that he had condensed a poison core and advanced in pharmacology.
• Yu Yuanzhen accepted Ning Fengzhi's account and learned that Dugu Bo had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Dugu Yan made clear that she and Yu Tianheng were no longer connected, while Ning Fengzhi and Yu Yuanzhen discussed their children’s progress. Yu Tianheng requested a friendly match with Dugu Yan, and she agreed, leaving them poised to fight.

• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng to address her by name and said she and her grandfather had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong revealed that she had reached level 29, while Yu Tianheng said he had reached level 42.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Dugu Yan to fight Yu Tianheng, and Yu Tianheng said he wanted to test her strength after their separation four years earlier.
• Ning Fengzhi said Dugu Yan was stronger than Yu Tianheng, but Yu Tianheng remained determined to fight.
• Dugu Yan accepted the challenge and asked Yu Tianheng if he was truly set on fighting her.

Dugu Yan rejected Yu Tianheng and revealed her commitment to remain by Ning Rongrong’s side before they faced off in a duel. Despite Yu Tianheng’s determined assault, Dugu Yan evaded him and left him collapsing from an unexplained numbness.

• Dugu Yan told Yu Tianheng there could never be a relationship between them because she planned to stay beside Ning Rongrong.
• Dugu Yan revealed she was a level 50 Soul Ancestor, and Yu Tianheng insisted on fighting her despite Yu Yuanzhen’s concerns.
• Dugu Yan and Yu Tianheng began their duel at the training ground, where she spread poison mist and attacked with her Jade Phosphor Serpent’s green poison arrows.
• Yu Tianheng endured the poison arrows with lightning defenses and pressed Dugu Yan at close range, but she repeatedly dodged his attacks.
• Dugu Yan retreated after seizing an opening, and Yu Tianheng suddenly clutched his chest and collapsed, numb and unable to explain what had happened.

Dugu Yan defeated Yu Tianheng and confirmed that she would proceed with condensing the Calamity Poison Body, while Dugu Bo revealed that he had advanced to rank 93. Ning Rongrong and Dugu Bo discussed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s plans for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Spirit Hall, as Ning Fengzhi prepared for Spirit Hall’s response.

• Yu Tianheng conceded defeat to Dugu Yan, who left him a Bi Lin Snake Venom Detoxification Pill before departing with Ning Rongrong.
• Dugu Yan told Ning Rongrong she had decided to condense the Calamity Poison Body and revealed that she had helped Dugu Bo break through to rank 93 using Hundred Thousand Year Whale Rubber.
• Ning Rongrong congratulated Dugu Bo and explained that Dugu Yan had defeated Yu Tianheng after Yu Yuanzhen visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong told Dugu Bo that the sect would delay pill trading while it waited to see whom Spirit Hall sent and refined its plans.
• Ning Fengzhi bade farewell to Yu Yuanzhen and said the storm had begun, wondering how much Yu Xiaogang mattered to Bibi Dong.

Yu Tianheng returned from his defeat to Dugu Yan as Yu Yuanzhen urged him to grow stronger and recruit rare talent for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was selling breakthrough pills and decided to visit Ning Fengzhi.

• Yu Tianheng admitted that Dugu Yan surpassed him in combat experience and ability, and Yu Yuanzhen urged him not to lose confidence in the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Yuanzhen planned to send Yu Tianheng to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to recruit Ye Renxin and her daughter, Ye Lingling, for the clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen revealed that he intended to recruit Yang Wudi, a Soul Master skilled in alchemy, to help the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan develop pills.
• Bibi Dong angrily confronted Yue Guan and Gui Mei for failing to inform her that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was selling pills that helped Soul Masters break through bottlenecks.
• Bibi Dong announced that she would visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to meet Ning Fengzhi and ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to manage Spirit Hall in her absence.

Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi whether Soul Breakthrough Pills could be mass-produced, then learned that Bibi Dong had arrived at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect seeking one. Hidden behind Sword Douluo’s barrier, Qian Renxue watched Bibi Dong negotiate with Ning Fengzhi and wondered why the Pope had come in person.

• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Emperor Xue Ye wanted to know whether Soul Breakthrough Pills could be mass-produced, and Ning Fengzhi said Dugu Bo was unsure whether he could refine more.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Xue Qinghe’s cultivation, and Xue Qinghe revealed that Emperor Xue Ye’s health had worsened and he might have only a year or two left.
• A sect soul master reported that Bibi Dong had arrived, and Ning Fengzhi went to greet her while Sword Douluo concealed Xue Qinghe and the others behind a barrier.
• Bibi Dong asked Ning Fengzhi to refine a Soul Breakthrough Pill and offered Spirit Hall’s Soul Bones or secret techniques in return.
• Qian Renxue, disguised as Xue Qinghe, restrained herself from confronting Bibi Dong and asked Sword Douluo why the Pope wanted the pill.

Pope Bibi Dong visited the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to arrange for a Soul Breakthrough Pill, while Ning Fengzhi and Dugu Bo explained how it had been created. After Bibi Dong and Xue Qinghe departed, Sword Douluo warned that Bibi Dong might have reached level 98.

• Bibi Dong asked Ning Fengzhi to contact her once the Soul Breakthrough Pill was ready and revealed that she had noticed Sword Douluo hiding nearby.
• Sword Douluo, Dugu Bo, Ning Rongrong, and the others appeared, and Xue Qinghe challenged Bibi Dong before explaining that his father wanted to buy the pill.
• Dugu Bo told Bibi Dong that he had accidentally created the Soul Breakthrough Pill and Soul Breaking Pill while researching a breakthrough for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, but reliable production would take one or two months.
• Bibi Dong questioned Ning Rongrong and Dugu Yan, then left after confirming she was willing to wait for a pill to help Yu Xiaogang break through to Soul Elder.
• Xue Qinghe asked Ning Fengzhi to investigate why Bibi Dong wanted the pill, then left to return to his father.
• Sword Douluo raised a barrier and told the group that Bibi Dong might have reached level 98.

Ning Rongrong and the others used binoculars to prepare to observe Bibi Dong without being detected, while Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong about the Soul Breakthrough Pill. Bibi Dong’s mood darkened when Qian Renxue questioned who needed it.

• Sword Douluo confirmed that Bibi Dong’s concealed Soul Power was at least level 97, alarming Ning Fengzhi and the others.
• Ning Rongrong handed out binoculars made by Lou Gao, and the group tested them before setting off to scout from a distance.
• Bibi Dong headed back to Pope's Palace and was stopped by Qian Renxue, Porcupinefish Douluo Ci Xue, and Snake Lance Douluo She Long.
• Qian Renxue called Bibi Dong her mother, but Bibi Dong angrily rejected her and told her to leave.
• Qian Renxue asked why Bibi Dong wanted only one Soul Breakthrough Pill and suggested it was for someone connected to her, causing the atmosphere to turn gloomy.

Bibi Dong confronted Qian Renxue and warned her to stop investigating her affairs, then left for Spirit Hall. After witnessing the clash, Ning Rongrong helped Dugu Yan infer that Qian Xunji had fathered Qian Renxue with Bibi Dong against her wishes.

• Bibi Dong used her pressure to force She Long and Pufferfish to their knees when they protected Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue defied Bibi Dong, threatened that Qian Daoliu would learn if she was killed, and insisted she would investigate Bibi Dong's affairs.
• Bibi Dong revealed that her Rakshasa God's eighth divine trial could be completed by killing a Six-Winged Angel soul master, then warned Qian Renxue to stop investigating and left.
• Qian Renxue helped She Long and Pufferfish recover, and the three left the Land of Strife together.
• Ning Fengzhi and his group returned to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after watching the confrontation through a telescope.
• Ning Rongrong guided Dugu Yan to infer that Qian Xunji had fathered Qian Renxue with Bibi Dong, explaining Bibi Dong's hostility toward her daughter.

Ning Rongrong discussed Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and the responsibilities and power governing sect relationships with Dugu Yan. She then revealed an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device hidden in her telescope and asked whether anyone in the sect could lip-read so they could record and translate conversations.

• Ning Rongrong used a hypothetical marriage to Yu Tianheng to ask Dugu Yan whether a sect leader would oppose a member leaving the sect, startling Ning Fengzhi and the others.
• Ning Rongrong argued that Bibi Dong had failed to consider her responsibilities to Spirit Hall when she fell for Yu Xiaogang, while strength could let someone defy sect rules.
• Ning Rongrong said Qian Xunji should have undermined Yu Xiaogang's reputation instead of confining Bibi Dong, and criticized flaws in Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Competencies Theory.
• Ning Rongrong took an Image Recording Soul Guidance Device from her telescope and showed Ning Fengzhi a projected recording of Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and others.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether anyone in the sect could lip-read so the group could record conversations through the telescope and translate them later.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect sensed Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu fighting, and Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo went to observe while the others stayed behind. During their battle, Bibi Dong claimed she had targeted Qian Renxue as part of her Rakshasa God trial, leaving Qian Daoliu convinced that the God Realm had plotted against the Angel Clan and vowing to make Bibi Dong pay.

• Ning Rongrong advised the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect not to approach the fight, but Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo went to watch and record it.
• Qian Daoliu attacked Bibi Dong with Angel Holy Sword, then used Angel Domain to break her defense and wound her.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu that her Rakshasa God trial required her to kill holders of the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and threatened Qian Renxue.
• Qian Daoliu believed Bibi Dong had devoured Qian Renxue and grieved that his granddaughter had suffered the same fate as Qian Xunji.
• Qian Daoliu connected Bibi Dong's trial to the Asura God and the Angel God's apparent fall, then vowed that Bibi Dong would pay.

Bibi Dong fought Qian Daoliu, who overwhelmed her with Angel Divine Gear and Angel Judgment. She revived after his attack, and Qian Daoliu prepared to strike again, determined to kill her.

• Bibi Dong activated three domains and attacked Qian Daoliu, but his Eye of the Angel destroyed her avatar and sent her flying.
• Qian Daoliu donned Angel Divine Gear and used Angel Judgment, apparently erasing Bibi Dong and blasting a massive crater into the ground.
• Sword Douluo and Bone Douluo watched and recorded the battle, shocked by how thoroughly Qian Daoliu outmatched Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu searched the area with Angel Domain and waited in case Bibi Dong could revive.
• Bibi Dong re-formed near the crater, and Qian Daoliu summoned another giant sword to attack her again.