Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong, fatally wounded by blade intent, ordered Luo Hao to inherit the Pope’s position and recalled the Reincarnation Disk. Meanwhile, Luo Hao restrained Taino and explained his black armor to Ice Empress with a made-up story before offering to introduce her to his friends.

• Bibi Dong admitted that her Undying Body could not remove the blade intent inside her and ordered Ghost Douluo to summon Luo Hao to inherit the Pope’s position.
• Bibi Dong asserted that the Elder Hall could not interfere and entrusted Luo Hao’s safety to Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo.
• Bibi Dong sealed her final will, remembered Yu Xiaogang, and suddenly recalled the Reincarnation Disk.
• Luo Hao sealed Taino’s Soul Power, tied him up, and left him in an abandoned warehouse.
• Ice Empress questioned Luo Hao about his strength and black armor, and Luo Hao claimed it came from a Nanomon he had defeated.
• Luo Hao invited Ice Empress to meet his friends.

Luo Hao introduced the Ice Empress as a four-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast to his companions, who were stunned by her power. Later, he visited Xiao Wu’s bedroom, but she kicked him away and locked the door after hearing his teasing exchange with the Ice Empress.

• At the faculty dining hall, Ning Rongrong tried to pet the Ice Empress, and Luo Hao revealed that she was around four hundred thousand years old.
• Luo Hao explained that the Ice Empress’s true body was a four-hundred-thousand-year Ice Jade Scorpion Emperor and that her avatar had to stay with him under a special agreement.
• The Ice Empress flaunted her power until Luo Hao stuffed a meatball into her mouth, easing the tension among the diners.
• Late at night, Luo Hao asked the Ice Empress to give him privacy outside Xiao Wu’s bedroom, but she teased him about mating.
• Xiao Wu opened the door, called Luo Hao an idiot, kicked him away, and locked herself inside; Ning Rongrong also locked her nearby door.

Woken by a system alert that Tang Hao was gravely injured, Luo Hao set out to kill him and reached the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Tang San was trying to save his father. Luo Hao froze Tang San with Absolute Zero, and Tang San fired his Zhuge Crossbow at him.

• The system alerted Luo Hao that Tang Hao was severely injured and offered rewards for killing him.
• Luo Hao chose to pursue Tang Hao and rushed toward the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Tang Hao Tracking Map.
• At the well, Tang Hao warned Tang San that Luo Hao was terrifying and urged him to be careful before his condition worsened.
• Luo Hao arrived and unleashed Absolute Zero, rapidly lowering Tang San's body temperature.
• Tang San put away the Life-Taking King Yan Paste and fired his Zhuge Crossbow at Luo Hao.

Luo Hao killed Tang Hao, defeated Tang San, and left after revealing himself as Spirit Hall’s Saint Son. Tang San swore revenge, while Luo Hao received his choice rewards and raised his Nine Star Hegemony Body Art to LV16.

• Luo Hao’s armored body resisted Tang San’s Zhuge Crossbow, and his mechanical arm struck Tang San aside before smashing Tang Hao into the ground.
• Luo Hao froze Tang Hao and shattered his corpse, leaving five soul bones behind.
• Tang San attacked with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Luo Hao knocked him away and identified himself as Spirit Hall’s Saint Son.
• Luo Hao taunted Tang San to gather the Clear Sky Sect and come for revenge, then departed.
• Tang San swore to destroy Spirit Hall once he was strong enough and collapsed after spitting blood.
• Luo Hao received 300,000 Skill Points, 300,000 Soul Ring Experience, level 40 Soul Power, and an Intermediate Poké Ball, then used all his Skill Points to raise Nine Star Hegemony Body Art to LV16.

Luo Hao reached level forty, gained a speed-boosting fourth Soul Ring, and returned to Blue Tyrant Academy. He then went to meet Titan, who had arrived at the gates demanding to see him.

• Luo Hao absorbed a forty-thousand-year-old flying reptile's Soul Ring for Nine Heart Begonia, gaining a speed-enhancing ability.
• Luo Hao teased Ice Empress about becoming a Soul Ring before healing himself and returning to Blue Tyrant Academy.
• Titan arrived at the academy gates, shouting for Luo Hao and scolding Tailong.
• Luo Hao stopped Liu Erlong from confronting Titan and went to meet the burly old man at the gates.

Luo Hao and Titan wagered over the Strength Clan after Titan challenged him to endure his pressure, but Luo Hao proposed a contest of strength instead. When Luo Hao exposed the clan’s loyalty to Tang Hao, Titan became wary, and Luo Hao announced he would change the stakes.

• Titan confronted Luo Hao over defeating Taino and Tailong, then challenged him to withstand his pressure for one incense stick in exchange for joining the Strength Clan.
• Xiao Wu and the students objected to Titan’s terms, so Luo Hao proposed that Titan take three hits from him while he used neither his martial soul nor Soul Power.
• Liu Erlong worried about Luo Hao’s proposal, but he reassured her and pressed Titan to accept the bet.
• Luo Hao revealed that the Strength Clan was loyal to Tang Hao, alarming Titan and prompting Liu Erlong to release her eight Soul Rings.
• Titan denied scheming and insisted Luo Hao could not defeat him, while Luo Hao said he needed to change the stakes.

Luo Hao challenged Titan to a wager: if Titan lost, the Strength Clan would pledge loyalty to him until the Clear Sky Douluo appeared. After crushing Titan with a giant palm, Luo Hao watched him break free using his Great Ape possession and counted down the two moves he had left.

• Luo Hao demanded that Titan swear the Strength Clan's loyalty if he lost, and Titan accepted after swearing on his clan's ancestors.
• Luo Hao formed a gigantic palm from nano-particles and slammed Titan into the ground.
• Titan broke free by activating Great Ape possession, revealing his eight Soul Rings and leaving a huge crater.
• Titan stared in horror at Luo Hao, who said there were two moves left.

Luo Hao defeated Titan in a brutal duel, forcing the Strength Clan leader and Tailong to swear allegiance. Afterward, Luo Hao revealed that his martial soul was Healing Type and restored most of Titan’s injuries, leaving the old warrior astonished.

• Luo Hao transformed his enormous hand into a colossal hammer and struck Titan, badly injuring him.
• Tailong begged Luo Hao to stop, and Titan admitted defeat.
• Titan ordered Tailong to pay respects to Luo Hao, then promised to persuade the Strength Clan to become Luo Hao’s subordinate sect.
• Luo Hao revealed that his martial soul was Healing Type and healed most of Titan’s injuries.
• Titan asked Luo Hao to keep the humiliating duel secret.

After learning that he was to become Spirit Hall’s new Pope, Luo Hao raced toward Spirit City, where the succession ceremony had drawn crowds from across the continent. He took a wrong turn in the mountains, while Qian Daoliu and Yue Guan waited anxiously at the Pope’s Palace.

• Luo Hao handed the Strength Clan and its weapon design blueprints over to Ning Rongrong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ghost Douluo summoned Luo Hao, who learned that he was to ascend as Spirit Hall’s new Pope.
• Crowds from Spirit City, the two empires, and major factions gathered to watch the succession ceremony.
• Qian Daoliu took charge of the Pope’s Palace and prepared to crown Luo Hao, while Yue Guan worried about his arrival.
• Luo Hao rushed toward Spirit Hall at full speed but got lost in a mountain range, leaving Ghost Douluo struggling to catch up.

Luo Hao hurried toward the Spirit Hall throne, intent on becoming Pope before helping the injured Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong met Yu Xiaogang by a lake, revealed that she was dying, and began explaining what had happened before giving him a bronze disc.

• Luo Hao urged Ghost Douluo to hurry as they made their way toward the Pope’s throne.
• Mysterious men abducted Yu Xiaogang from Heaven Dou City and brought him to a lakeside pavilion.
• Bibi Dong revealed herself to Yu Xiaogang, who was shocked to see her.
• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang that she was going to die and coughed blood onto him.
• Bibi Dong explained what had happened and placed a bronze disc in Yu Xiaogang’s hand.

Bibi Dong reincarnated through the Reincarnation Disk, leaving Yu Xiaogang with the disk and a handwritten manual. Luo Hao arrived in Spirit City to succeed her as Pope, and the succession ceremony began with the crowd spotting him at the Golden Road.

• Bibi Dong told Yu Xiaogang she would reincarnate and that the Reincarnation Disk would let him find her again.
• The disk absorbed Bibi Dong, then shot away as a streak of light and left Yu Xiaogang holding the bronze disk and an instruction manual.
• Luo Hao sensed Bibi Dong had reincarnated and hurried to Spirit City with Ghost Douluo, wondering what had left her so badly injured.
• Luo Hao reached the plaza in his golden mask while Qian Daoliu and the Elder Council assembled for the Pope succession ceremony.
• Qian Daoliu recited an oath before the silent crowd, who then noticed Luo Hao standing at the start of the Golden Road.

Luo Hao was crowned the new Pope of Spirit Hall amid fervent cheers, while his armor and Supergravity domain impressed the crowd. After surviving an assassination attempt during the ceremony, he took the throne and completed his inauguration, unaware that his armor had disrupted the final ritual.

• Luo Hao walked the Golden Road in golden armor and used his Supergravity domain, which made the crowd believe he possessed overwhelming majesty.
• Four Soul Emperors rushed from the crowd to assassinate Luo Hao, but his mechanical arms killed them before the guards could intervene.
• Luo Hao reached the throne, and Qian Daoliu placed the Pope's crown on his head as another elder presented his scepter.
• The ceremony ended with the people and Spirit Hall's elders bowing to Luo Hao as their new Pope.
• Luo Hao's armor prevented him from wearing the Pope's robes, so the elders awkwardly skipped that part of the ceremony.

At his coronation as Spirit Hall’s new Pope, Luo Hao received a Spirit Reset Instrument and promised that every child under ten in Spirit City could become a Soul Master. Qian Daoliu challenged the promise, but Luo Hao said he had arrangements and told him to focus on the Elder Hall.

• The system rewarded Luo Hao with a Spirit Reset Instrument that could reset the Spirit and Innate Soul Power of anyone under ten.
• Luo Hao ended the kneeling crowd’s worship and announced that he would succeed the previous Pope, introducing himself as Nicholas Zhang San.
• Luo Hao promised that Spirit Hall’s new Soul Tool would let every child under ten in Spirit City become a Soul Master.
• The crowd cheered for Luo Hao, then bowed and left the plaza.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Luo Hao’s promise, but Luo Hao said he had arrangements and told Qian Daoliu to look after the Elder Hall.

Luo Hao visited Spirit Hall’s Martial Soul awakening hall and unveiled the Soul Tool Spirit Reset Instrument, which could give children a new Martial Soul and at least rank 3 Soul Power. He prepared to test it on the children who had awakened that day.

• Qian Daoliu left with several elders after giving Luo Hao a final, challenging look.
• Luo Hao went with Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo to Spirit Hall’s main awakening hall, where the staff knelt to greet him.
• Luo Hao learned that twenty children had awakened their Martial Souls that day, including five with Soul Power, and ordered them brought over.
• Luo Hao revealed the Spirit Reset Instrument and claimed it could randomly reset a child’s Martial Soul while granting at least rank 3 Soul Power, with chances of rare abilities.
• Luo Hao opened the instrument and pointed to one frightened child, telling him to get inside.

Luo Hao demonstrated that the Spirit Reset Instrument could improve a child’s martial soul and then considered the threats and upcoming tournament facing Spirit Hall. He left the chapter planning to investigate the City of Slaughter and boost his prestige through publicity.

• Luo Hao used the Spirit Reset Instrument on a child, resetting his martial soul to Blazing Tiger with Level 8 Innate Soul Power.
• Luo Hao gave the old manager an instruction manual and assigned Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to guard the instrument.
• Luo Hao examined the secondary Reincarnation Disk and realized Bibi Dong had not yet been reborn.
• Luo Hao connected Bibi Dong’s and Tang Hao’s blade wounds to a Slaughter God emerging from the City of Slaughter and decided to investigate.
• Luo Hao worried that Spirit Hall might disrupt the upcoming All-Continent Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament and planned a publicity push to raise his prestige.

After Bibi Dong’s departure, Luo Hao comforted Hu Liena and joked that the Pope and Holy Maiden should marry, while she mourned her teacher and questioned his other girlfriends. A few days later, Luo Hao arrived at the sealed City of Slaughter to investigate its abnormal changes.

• Luo Hao welcomed Hu Liena into the Pope’s Palace and comforted her after Bibi Dong’s departure.
• Hu Liena worried that she was no longer worthy of Luo Hao now that he was Pope, and he told her the Pope and Holy Maiden were a perfect match.
• Hu Liena asked about Luo Hao’s other girlfriends, and she bit his shoulder after he shamelessly claimed he should marry the Holy Maiden.
• After Hu Liena left, Luo Hao argued with Ice Empress about his relationships and discussed eventually bringing Snow Empress back from the Extreme North.
• Luo Hao arrived at the City of Slaughter, where Spirit Hall had sealed the area after strange changes and deaths, while some people still forced their way inside.

Luo Hao entered the deserted City of Slaughter and discovered Lucika waiting for him in the Hell Slaughter Arena. Lucika attacked with power beyond level 100, leaving Luo Hao to defend himself and unleash Soul Shock.

• Luo Hao used the Pope Token to pass the Spirit Hall soldiers guarding the City of Slaughter.
• Luo Hao entered the City of Slaughter, found it deserted and bloodstained, and flew toward the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Luo Hao recognized the short, black-robed figure as Lucika, the man he had ambushed before.
• Lucika slashed Luo Hao by surprise and sent him crashing into a wall, cutting through his armor.
• Luo Hao protected himself with a turtle shell and unleashed Soul Shock as Lucika revealed eight Soul Rings and spread the Slaughter Domain.

Luo Hao survived Lucika’s devastating blade attack, though it severed his arm, and healed himself before returning to the ruined Hell Slaughter Arena. There, he found Lucika dead, killed by the curving One-Hit Kill Bullet.

• Luo Hao fired a One-Hit Kill Bullet at Lucika, whose blade attack continued toward him after the bullet curved around and struck Lucika’s head.
• Luo Hao used a Level 99 Titled Douluo Experience Card and boosted Nine Heart Begonia’s third Soul Ring, but Lucika’s slash broke through his defenses and severed his arm.
• The attack sent Luo Hao flying through the City of Slaughter’s wall and into a mountain, where he reattached his arm and slowly purged the blade intent from his wound.
• Luo Hao burst out of the mountain, knocked a Soul Emperor knight captain aside with his wings, and flew back into the City of Slaughter.
• Luo Hao returned to the ruined Hell Slaughter Arena and found Lucika’s corpse holding the broken hilt of his blade, with two bullet holes in his skull.

After killing the dwarf, Luo Hao learned that he had slain a newly born Child of Destiny and became the target of the world's rejection. He escaped the blood rain and lightning, then asked the system about the corpse's origin.

• Luo Hao confirmed the dwarf was dead, received the Time Tower as a reward, and learned the world had targeted him.
• Luo Hao stored the corpse and protected himself as the ground split and a pillar of blood swallowed him.
• A blood rain spread over the City of Slaughter, driving the silver-armored soldiers mad and causing them to attack one another.
• Luo Hao fled through three days of lightning strikes until the world's pursuit eased, then retrieved the dwarf's corpse by a stream.
• The system told Luo Hao that two consciousnesses had been inside the dwarf and that the One-Hit Kill bullet had annihilated both.

Luo Hao looted a slain dwarf, learned and strengthened the Sky-Opening Saber Art, and found the Asura Demon Sword. He stored the sword away without accepting its inheritance and planned to claim greater power for himself.

• Luo Hao searched the dwarf's Storage Spirit Tool and found the Original Copy of the Sky-Opening Saber Art.
• Luo Hao learned the saber art, raised it to LV30, and tested its power by splitting a tree.
• Luo Hao discovered the Asura Demon Sword on the dwarf's back and briefly felt its killing intent when he grabbed it.
• Luo Hao rejected the Asura God's inheritance, insulated his hand with his Nanotech Armored Suit, and stored the sword in the system's Storage Space.