Chapter Summaries

Luo Hao met Xue Qinghe with Ning Fengzhi, but his rude behavior undercut Ning Fengzhi’s efforts to build a connection between them. After leaving, Luo Hao bought food and snacks and entered the Time Tower, where someone asked why he had taken so long to come.

• Xue Qinghe tactfully tried to smooth over the awkward meeting, but Luo Hao praised her, patted her shoulder, and settled into the seat of honor to brew tea.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Xue Qinghe about Spirit Hall’s Spirit Reset Instrument, and she explained that its guarded development threatened the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Luo Hao grew suspicious of Xue Qinghe’s convincing act, then excused himself because he had a match that afternoon.
• Xue Qinghe gave Luo Hao a golden Heaven token, which he pocketed while promising to repay her generously.
• Luo Hao left the tea house, bought fresh food and snacks, and entered the Time Tower, where someone asked why he had taken so long.

Luo Hao reunited with the Ice Empress and learned she had eaten many rare herbs while guarding his people and caring for Bibi Dong. At the manor, he was welcomed by Bibi Dong and her mother, and he told them to treat him as family rather than bow to him.

• Luo Hao noticed the Ice Empress had gained baby fat, and she flung him into a stone wall after he called her fat.
• Luo Hao asked how much she had eaten, and the Ice Empress listed more than thirty rare medicinal herbs, most over forty thousand years old.
• The Ice Empress teased Luo Hao about Bibi Dong being his child bride as they headed to the manor.
• Bibi Dong ran to greet the Ice Empress, who caught her and fussed over her like a doting older sister.
• Yilian told Bibi Dong to pay respects to Luo Hao, but he stopped them and said he was Bibi Dong's older brother and they were family.

Luo Hao spent a week with Bibi Dong and the Ice Empress, celebrating Bibi Dong’s first birthday before returning to the Great Soul Arena. He learned that his team’s afternoon opponents had forfeited because of their reputation for cruelty and rumors they might be suspended, then found Ning Fengzhi and Salas waiting outside the lounge.

• Luo Hao tried to get Bibi Dong to call him big brother, but she called him Uncle Luo after the Ice Empress corrected her.
• Luo Hao and the Ice Empress argued over what Bibi Dong should call him, and the Ice Empress agreed to his demand after he threatened to withhold mille-feuille cake.
• Luo Hao spent about a week inside the Time Tower, celebrated Bibi Dong’s first birthday, left his supplies, and said farewell.
• Luo Hao returned to the Great Soul Arena and learned from Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Liu Erlong that their opponents had forfeited after the team was branded cruel and rumors of suspension spread.
• Luo Hao opened the lounge door and found Ning Fengzhi and Salas leading a group outside.

Ning Fengzhi and Salas arrived to investigate Luo Hao’s retaliation during the match, but Salas recognized Luo Hao as the Pope and discreetly protected his identity. Luo Hao took charge of the meeting and challenged the need for an investigation.

• Ning Fengzhi came with Sword Douluo to learn why Luo Hao had retaliated, while Salas arrived with bishops and Temple Knights to answer the academies’ complaints.
• Luo Hao greeted Salas by name, and Salas recognized him as the Pope.
• A red-robed bishop rebuked Luo Hao for addressing Salas casually, so Salas struck him and ordered him to be quiet.
• Luo Hao invited everyone into the lounge, took the head seat, and asked them to offer a reasonable solution.
• Salas said the investigation team needed to confirm what had happened, and Luo Hao questioned what there was left to confirm.

Luo Hao explained why his team’s actions during the battle were reasonable, and Salas promptly ended the investigation without punishing them. The team relaxed afterward, while Liu Erlong privately reflected on Luo Hao’s position as Spirit Hall’s Pope.

• Luo Hao told Salas that he had ended the battle quickly to prevent further casualties, and Salas accepted his explanation and left.
• Ning Rongrong asked whether the team would be banned, and Luo Hao assured her they would be allowed to compete.
• Ning Fengzhi departed with Sword Douluo, who admitted he had blocked his hearing to avoid getting angry at Luo Hao.
• Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong questioned Luo Hao about his connection to Salas, and Luo Hao denied that Salas had a daughter.
• Liu Erlong quietly watched the team’s banter and reflected that Luo Hao becoming Pope made sense given his strength.

Luo Hao sat out the tournament while Zhu Zhuqing led her team to victory, then visited Bibi Dong in the Time Tower for her sixth birthday. After celebrating, he told her they would leave for a bigger world the next day.

• Ning Rongrong asked Luo Hao to sit out the next match, and he reluctantly agreed after the others pointed out how intimidating he was to their opponents.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Shui Bing'er in seconds, prompting Skywater Academy to surrender, and her team went on to beat the remaining academies.
• Luo Hao arrived at the Time Tower and reunited with Bibi Dong, who had spent five years there during the five days that passed outside.
• Ice Empress welcomed Luo Hao and asked for candied hawthorns, which he shared with her and Bibi Dong.
• Luo Hao celebrated Bibi Dong's sixth birthday and told her they would head to a bigger world the next day; Bibi Dong secretly wished to stay with him forever.

After celebrating Bibi Dong’s birthday, Luo Hao brought her out of the Time Tower and arranged for her martial soul awakening at Spirit Hall. The awakening succeeded, but Bibi Dong became frightened and clung to Luo Hao, who took her to change afterward.

• Bibi Dong celebrated her birthday with Luo Hao and the others inside the Time Tower.
• Luo Hao brought everyone out at Spirit Hall and recalled the Ice Empress into her Poké Ball to keep her power from triggering a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Luo Hao took Bibi Dong to the Awakening Hall and had the Platinum Bishop confirm the ceremony was ready.
• Bibi Dong entered the Awakening Pool and completed the awakening, feeling a new energy in her body.
• Bibi Dong rushed to Luo Hao in fear after the light barrier disappeared, and he caught and comforted her before taking her to the changing room.

Luo Hao helped Bibi Dong change clothes and discovered that she possessed both the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Souls, along with abundant Soul Power. After reassuring her that he still thought she was beautiful, he took her out of the Awakening Hall, where Spirit Hall members knelt in greeting.

• Luo Hao pulled the Ice Empress from his Ruyi Bag of a Hundred Treasures and sent her and Bibi Dong into the changing room to help Bibi Dong change.
• Luo Hao asked Bibi Dong to show him her Martial Souls, and she revealed the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor.
• Bibi Dong worried that her Martial Souls were ugly, so Luo Hao comforted her and said she did not have to use them if she disliked them.
• Luo Hao considered the Transmission Tower and the possible effects of the Nine Star Hegemony Body Art on Zhu Zhuqing, then took Bibi Dong outside to see the world.
• Bibi Dong leapt into Luo Hao's arms, and the Saint Hall Knights, bishops, and other Spirit Hall members knelt to greet them as they left the Awakening Hall.

Luo Hao returned to Spirit Hall with the reincarnated, childlike Bibi Dong and introduced her to Hu Liena. Hu Liena learned that her teacher was alive, embraced her in tears, and was left to care for her while Luo Hao prepared to leave for the Extreme North.

• Luo Hao returned to the Pope's Palace with Bibi Dong and met Hu Liena, who had been waiting for him.
• Luo Hao explained Bibi Dong's reincarnation and the Time Tower to Hu Liena.
• Hu Liena tearfully embraced Bibi Dong, then agreed to look after her as Luo Hao asked.
• Hu Liena demanded that Luo Hao stay with her, but he said he had other matters to attend to and planned to go to the Extreme North.
• Ice Empress popped out of Luo Hao's Ruyi Bag of a Hundred Treasures and accused him of plotting against her, while Luo Hao called her a pet.

Luo Hao agreed to spend a few days with Hu Liena and Bibi Dong before leaving Heaven Dou City to help Ice Empress prepare for her four-hundred-thousand-year lightning tribulation. He headed into the Extreme North to find Snow Empress, though Ice Empress warned that she might be in seclusion and could react badly to being disturbed.

• Luo Hao explained that he had caught a talking Soul Beast as a pet, while Hu Liena demanded he stay with her and Bibi Dong called herself his child bride.
• Luo Hao reflected on selecting loyal geniuses for Spirit Hall and considered visiting the Star Dou Great Forest to address the Soul Beast shortage.
• Hu Liena said Spirit Hall had the tournament championship secured, then stormed off after teasing Luo Hao about his other girlfriends competing.
• After staying in Heaven Dou City for about a week, Luo Hao escaped and traveled to the Extreme North with Ice Empress.
• Ice Empress declared she was ready to face her tribulation, but Luo Hao decided to find Snow Empress to protect her and asked Ice Empress to lead the way.

Luo Hao released Ice Empress at the foot of the Extreme North’s highest ice mountain to draw her into a tribulation, but dark clouds quickly engulfed the mountain where Snow Empress was secluded. Later, in the Pope’s Palace, Hu Liena slipped into Luo Hao’s bed and used a soul skill on him, leaving him waking beside her the next morning.

• Ice Empress wondered how Snow Empress was doing and worried that Luo Hao might target her.
• Luo Hao followed Snow Empress’s directions to the highest ice mountain in the Extreme North, where she was in seclusion.
• Luo Hao released Ice Empress at the mountain to provoke a breakthrough tribulation, and Ice Empress angrily warned him that Snow Empress was still there.
• Dark clouds suddenly covered more than half of the ice mountain, and Luo Hao hoped Snow Empress would be unharmed.
• At the Pope’s Palace, Hu Liena argued with Luo Hao about his other romantic interests, then entered his room late at night after Bibi Dong had gone to sleep.
• Hu Liena climbed into Luo Hao’s bed and used a soul skill that filled the room with pink mist; Luo Hao woke beside her the next morning.

Luo Hao learned that Spirit Hall’s Soul Hunting Forests were running short of hundred-year Soul Beasts and told Ghost Douluo to focus on cultivating loyal Soul Masters while he considered a solution. In the Extreme North, Ice Empress faced a sudden Heavenly Tribulation after eating beyond her limits, while Luo Hao watched from a distance.

• Luo Hao healed Hu Liena, then met Ghost Douluo outside the Pope’s Palace when he requested an audience.
• Ghost Douluo reported that increased Soul Master activity had nearly wiped out the hundred-year Soul Beasts in No. 1 Soul Hunting Forest and was depleting those in other forests.
• Luo Hao told Ghost Douluo to prioritize training Soul Masters loyal to Spirit Hall and said he would handle the shortage himself.
• A Heavenly Tribulation struck the Extreme North, and Ice Empress called for Luo Hao after he moved several hundred meters away.
• Ice Empress blamed Luo Hao for releasing her without warning and curled into a defensive ball beneath the gathering lightning.

The Ice Empress faced a powerful Heavenly Tribulation after eating an ice-type treasure, and Luo Hao watched while hoping to intervene only if necessary. After the second wave left her gravely injured, the Snow Empress rushed to her side, and the Ice Empress urged her to leave and get Luo Hao to help before the next strike.

• Luo Hao watched the Ice Empress prepare to face her Heavenly Tribulation and decided to wait before helping.
• The Snow Empress arrived and questioned why the Ice Empress's tribulation had come so soon, while the Ice Empress regretted eating too much.
• The first lightning bolt failed to damage the Ice Empress, but dozens of stronger bolts soon engulfed her.
• The lightning subsided, leaving the Ice Empress badly injured in a crater as the thunderclouds gathered for another attack.
• The Snow Empress rushed to the Ice Empress, who pleaded with her to leave and send Luo Hao to withstand the next wave.

Ice Empress’s excessive consumption of spiritual herbs triggered a devastating Heavenly Tribulation, and Snow Empress’s intervention caused the two tribulations to combine. Snow Empress left Ice Empress with Luo Hao as the combined storm gathered overhead.

• The third wave of Ice Empress’s Heavenly Tribulation struck, and Snow Empress shielded her from the blood-red lightning.
• After the wave passed, the Heavenly Tribulation expanded across the sky as Snow Empress’s own trial joined it.
• Ice Empress warned Snow Empress that Luo Hao was her friend, while Snow Empress suspected he intended to take her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Luo Hao urged Snow Empress to leave so Ice Empress would not die in the combined tribulation.
• Snow Empress trusted Ice Empress and flew away, leaving Luo Hao beside the injured Ice Empress.

Luo Hao protected the injured Ice Empress from a mutated fourth wave of lightning tribulation, using his Nanotech Armored Suit and Soul Power shield to withstand the black lightning. After the attack pierced his armor and scorched his back, Ice Empress transformed into human form so he could keep shielding her.

• After Snow Empress left with the lightning tribulation's pressure, Luo Hao began healing Ice Empress and conserved his Soul Power for the coming attack.
• A fourth wave of black lightning gathered, and Ice Empress warned Luo Hao to leave because she feared he could not survive it.
• Luo Hao wrapped himself and Ice Empress in nanoparticles and shielded her as the black lightning struck, piercing his armor and consuming some of his nanoparticles.
• Luo Hao realized the lightning carried the Rule Power of Annihilation, then endured another strike while healing his scorched back.
• Ice Empress offered to face the lightning herself, but transformed into human form so Luo Hao could hold and protect her.
• Ice Empress scolded Luo Hao for groping her while he held her.

Luo Hao and Ice Empress survived the lightning tribulation, though the final black bolt badly wounded Luo Hao before he healed himself. As they shared a tender moment, another storm gathered on the horizon, flashing with purple, red, and black lightning.

• Luo Hao shielded Ice Empress from repeated black lightning strikes and explained that she needed to endure the tribulation to regain her true body.
• The final, powerful bolt blasted Luo Hao and Ice Empress through the ice and into the sea, but Luo Hao used mechanical arms to carry them back to the surface.
• At dawn, Ice Empress noticed Luo Hao's charred back and cried, and Luo Hao healed himself while reassuring her.
• Ice Empress hugged Luo Hao and kissed his neck, but distant thunder drew their attention to a vast storm filled with purple, red, and black lightning.

Luo Hao and the Ice Empress watched the Snow Empress endure her Heavenly Tribulation, which struck her with a surprise bolt and then unleashed a vast storm of lightning. As the ice field remained engulfed in lightning half an hour later, the Snow Empress's fate was still uncertain.

• Luo Hao and the Ice Empress approached the Snow Empress's tribulation and saw her use her domain to wear away lightning while dodging predicted strikes.
• A red bolt pierced a gap in the Snow Empress's domain and knocked her into the ice.
• The Ice Empress tried to rush to the Snow Empress, but Luo Hao held her back and warned that she would only endanger herself.
• The Ice Empress noticed Luo Hao was frozen, shattered the ice, and warmed him with her Soul Power as they watched the storm.
• The lightning tribulation intensified into a vast storm that continued to cover the ice field half an hour later.

Snow Empress survived the first wave of her lightning tribulation but was badly injured, and Ice Empress begged Luo Hao to save her. Luo Hao entered the tribulation’s range in his nanite armor as another, more dangerous wave gathered overhead.

• The blood-red lightning subsided, revealing Snow Empress standing badly burned and near death.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress to stay back, but Ice Empress rushed toward her until Luo Hao pulled her away from a lightning strike.
• Ice Empress pleaded with Luo Hao to save Snow Empress and agreed to become his pet when he jokingly demanded it, prompting him to comfort her and promise to help.
• Luo Hao donned silver-white nanite armor and entered Snow Empress’s tribulation range as the clouds gathered strength.
• Thick blood-red lightning struck Luo Hao.

Luo Hao endured the lightning tribulation and captured the badly wounded Snow Empress in a Poké Ball to save her from being struck again. The Heavenly Tribulation remained overhead after she vanished, leaving Luo Hao facing another imminent bolt.

• Luo Hao charged through repeated purple lightning strikes and urged Snow Empress to come with him, but she sent him flying away.
• Black lightning struck Snow Empress and left her badly wounded, while Ice Empress watched helplessly and worried about both of them.
• Luo Hao approached Snow Empress again and captured her in a Poké Ball after she could no longer resist.
• Snow Empress woke inside a special space, struggled against her confinement, and demanded that Luo Hao release her.
• Luo Hao saw that the thunderclouds had not dispersed and realized the Heavenly Tribulation might strike him again.

Luo Hao rescued Snow Empress from the lightning tribulation and left her with Ice Empress after she recovered. As he departed the Extreme North, Ice Empress realized how much she cared for him and cried over his leaving.

• Luo Hao endured the thunderclouds' lightning and carried Snow Empress's Poké Ball beyond their range, suffering severe injuries.
• Ice Empress took Snow Empress's Poké Ball and explained what had happened while Luo Hao healed.
• After Snow Empress's emotions stabilized, Luo Hao told Ice Empress he was leaving the Extreme North and said he would visit again.
• Ice Empress watched Luo Hao walk away, remembered their time together, and cried that he had left her behind.