Chapter Summaries

Meng Yiran returned from Divine Dragon Island to reunite with Zhao Zilong, having inherited Medusa's legacy and grown determined to keep him for herself. After they reunited and kissed, Zhao Zilong admitted that he and Hu Liena had become lovers in the City of Slaughter.

• Meng Yiran recalled enduring the Hundred Poisons Body trials and receiving Medusa's inheritance, while worrying that Zhao Zilong would be repelled by her transformed hands.
• Meng Shu encouraged Meng Yiran to be confident in her divine inheritance, and she resolved to confront Huo Wu and reach Spirit City quickly.
• Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma brought Meng Yiran to Spirit City, where she went to Zhao Zilong's courtyard and found him cultivating.
• Zhao Zilong broke through to level sixty-five, then joyfully reunited with Meng Yiran, and they kissed.
• Meng Yiran asked how far Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena had gone, and he confessed that Hu Liena was already his lover after their time in the City of Slaughter.

Zhao Zilong reunited with Meng Yiran, who claimed she accepted his relationships with Hu Liena and Ye Lingling, but her hostility surfaced when they met. After learning about Ye Lingling’s help and new martial soul, Meng Yiran apologized for mistreating her while insisting she would ultimately be the one with Zhao Zilong.

• Meng Yiran told Zhao Zilong that Dugu Yan had pursued him and said she would handle Hu Liena herself, then asked why he had not visited after leaving the City of Slaughter.
• Zhao Zilong explained that he and Hu Liena had studied etiquette at Moonlight Pavilion to control their Killing Intent.
• Hu Liena arrived and exchanged sharp words with Meng Yiran, who challenged her, while Zhao Zilong tried to keep them from fighting.
• Hu Liena called Ye Lingling into the room, and Zhao Zilong explained that Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved her martial soul into Nine-Colored Begonia.
• Zhao Zilong asked Meng Yiran to apologize for threatening Ye Lingling at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, and Meng Yiran apologized before warning that she alone would end up with him.

Meng Yiran revealed that she had inherited the Serpent God’s Nine Trials, then agreed to support Zhao Zilong’s plan to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. A month later, Spirit Hall launched its Soul Hunting Operation, with Zhao Zilong leading six thousand Soul Masters against the sect while Bibi Dong led a separate force against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Meng Yiran showed Zhao Zilong, Hu Liena, and Ye Lingling her six soul rings and revealed that she had completed two of the Serpent God’s Nine Trials and reached Soul Power Level 62.
• Meng Yiran and Hu Liena argued over Zhao Zilong, who stopped them and promised to help Hu Liena and Ye Lingling find suitable God Positions.
• Zhao Zilong asked Meng Yiran to bring her grandparents to help attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she pledged their support.
• After a month of preparations, Bibi Dong assigned Zhao Zilong to lead six thousand Soul Masters against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect while she led another force against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Zhao Zilong set out with eight Spirit Hall elders, Dragon Duke, Snake Grandma, Meng Yiran, and Ye Lingling to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

Zhao Zilong led four Titled Douluo into Seven Treasure City for the planned attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while Ning Fengzhi learned of their arrival and prepared to meet them. The chapter then shifted to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong announced that Zhao Zilong and another disciple would compete in an assessment to become the next Pope.

• Zhao Zilong and four Titled Douluo entered Seven Treasure City as six thousand troops waited in ambush outside.
• Ning Rongrong made Oscar massage and praise her legs while Ning Fengzhi reflected on their relationship and Oscar’s efforts over the past four years.
• A sect disciple told Ning Fengzhi that Zhao Zilong and four Titled Douluo had come to see him, prompting Chen Xin and Gu Rong to warn him to be cautious.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to welcome Zhao Zilong personally, hoping to resolve the conflict stemming from the failed assassination four years earlier.
• Bibi Dong announced that Zhao Zilong and another disciple would challenge ten elders and needed approval from more than half to pass the first assessment for the next Pope.
• Zhao Zilong welcomed the chance to fight Titled Douluo, and Bibi Dong scheduled the assessment to begin the following day.

Zhao Zilong demanded that Ning Fengzhi send Ning Rongrong to Spirit Hall as a disciple, then used the refusal and an attack on the sect to force a confrontation. Spirit Hall's reinforcements surrounded the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Ning Fengzhi ordered Rongrong evacuated as battle loomed.

• Zhao Zilong told Ning Fengzhi that Bibi Dong wanted Ning Rongrong as a disciple and offered to drop the grudge over Gu Rong's attempted assassination if she joined Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi refused, and a disciple reported that Spirit Hall forces had begun attacking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Zilong and his four Titled Douluo allies fought Ning Fengzhi's defenders, and Zhao Zilong revealed his Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix martial soul as the battle moved outside.
• The Three Sons of the Royal Flag, Sea Turtle Douluo, and the Peerless Dragon-Snake Couple arrived to reinforce Spirit Hall, bringing the threat to eight Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered his people to protect Ning Rongrong and take her away so the sect might survive.

Zhao Zilong led Spirit Hall’s attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and killed Ning Rongrong after Oscar sacrificed himself to save her. Chen Xin broke through to level 97, killed Blue Flag Douluo, and turned his attention to Zhao Zilong.

• The Three Sons of the Royal Flag trapped Chen Xin in their Death Barrier while Spirit Hall’s forces fought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Rongrong confronted Zhao Zilong, and Oscar took his spear thrust meant for her.
• Zhao Zilong killed Oscar and then struck Ning Rongrong between the brows, killing her.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to fight to the death, and Chen Xin broke through to level 97 and shattered the Death Barrier.
• Chen Xin killed Blue Flag Douluo with one slash, then raised his Seven Kill Sword against Zhao Zilong.

Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived to protect Zhao Zilong and challenged Sword Douluo Chen Xin while Spirit Hall attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Bibi Dong confronted Yu Yuanzhen and revealed that she had reached level 99 with an extraordinary Spirit Ring Configuration, then asked whether he had heard of Hundred Level Godhood.

• Yue Yao shielded Zhao Zilong from Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword until Golden Crocodile Douluo appeared and blocked the attack.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo explained that he had come to see his supposed disciple’s abilities, then summoned his martial soul and prepared to fight Chen Xin.
• Chen Xin accepted Golden Crocodile Douluo’s challenge, while Spirit Hall’s forces moved to deal with the other members of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• At the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Yu Yuanzhen fought Ghost Douluo and Magic Bear Douluo as Spirit Hall and allied sects slaughtered the clan’s members.
• Bibi Dong arrived, pressured Yu Yuanzhen with her level 99 Soul Power, and ordered him to use the Nine Dragon Crowns before revealing her Spirit Ring Configuration and mentioning Hundred Level Godhood.

Bibi Dong faced Yu Yuanzhen as he used the Nine Dragon Crowns to unleash their power, while Spirit Hall forces attacked the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived to confront Sword Douluo Chen Xin, and Yu Yuanzhen watched his clan being slaughtered as the battle continued.

• Yu Yuanzhen absorbed eight of the Nine Dragon Crowns, raising his Soul Power and his ninth soul ring's age as the cost began to drain his body.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Rakshasa Demon Scythe and ordered Ju Douluo and Demon Bear Douluo to hunt down the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's remaining disciples.
• Yue Yao protected Zhao Zilong from Sword Douluo Chen Xin's attack until Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and blocked the Seven Kill Sword.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed that he had come to assess his supposed disciple Zhao Zilong, then challenged Chen Xin after accusing him of killing a Spirit Hall elder.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo took on Chen Xin while Spirit Hall's forces attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Yu Yuanzhen saw his clan members being slaughtered by Spirit Hall and allied sects.

Bibi Dong defeated Yu Yuanzhen and absorbed his power, turning the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s defeat into its destruction. She ordered the clan’s valuables seized and promised rewards to the Seven Great Sects while planning to replace the Upper Three Sects after the Soul Hunting Operation.

• Yu Yuanzhen used his strongest attack against Bibi Dong, but her Undying Body let her survive and reappear behind him.
• Bibi Dong drained Yu Yuanzhen’s life with the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, then endured his lingering resentment as her sixth, seventh, and eighth soul rings became hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Bibi Dong ordered Ghost Douluo to take the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s valuables and burn what could not be carried away.
• Bibi Dong offered seven Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones to the Seven Great Sects’ sect masters for their service.
• Bibi Dong said Spirit Hall would replace the Upper Three Sects after the Soul Hunting Operation and award Yu Yuanzhen’s three soul bones to the new Upper Three Sects.

After Spirit Hall destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, Golden Crocodile Douluo questioned Zhao Zilong about pretending to be his disciple and offered to take him as a pupil. Zhao Zilong declined because Bibi Dong was already his master, and Spirit Hall prepared to loot the sect and withdraw before Heaven Dou City’s guards arrived.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Zhao Zilong why he had claimed to be his disciple, and Zhao Zilong explained that he had used the name to protect himself when Meng Yiran and her grandparents confronted him years earlier.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo teased Dragon Duke and Snake Grandma about hoping Zhao Zilong would become their granddaughter’s wealthy husband, and Meng Shu admitted he had wanted to bring Zhao Zilong and Meng Yiran together.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo offered to become Zhao Zilong’s master, but Zhao Zilong refused because he had already taken Bibi Dong as his master; Golden Crocodile Douluo told him to seek help at the Worship Hall if needed.
• After Golden Crocodile Douluo left, Meng Yiran praised him, and Yue Yao told Zhao Zilong that Spirit Hall was cleaning up and moving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s treasures before Heaven Dou City’s guards could arrive.
• Meng Yiran questioned Zhao Zilong about Yue Yao, and Hu Liena identified her as Flame Eagle Douluo and warned that she was a pervert.

Zhao Zilong reassured Hu Liena about his relationship with Yue Yao, then his group looted and burned the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been destroyed, Xue Ye blamed Spirit Hall and ordered Heaven Dou City to expel its people.

• Hu Liena warned Zhao Zilong not to fall for Yue Yao, and he promised to keep his distance.
• Zhao Zilong and his companions removed valuable items from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and set the sect ablaze.
• Xue Ye learned that more than two thousand Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect disciples had been killed and suspected Spirit Hall had destroyed both Upper Three Sects.
• Xue Ye ordered Heaven Dou Empire to increase patrols and enter wartime readiness.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Qinghe to buy back Spirit Hall's land in Heaven Dou City and drive out its stewards and bishops.

After Spirit Hall defeated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, Bibi Dong ordered a new Seven Great Sects selection tournament and briefed Zhao Zilong on the political fallout. She led him to a population map of Douluo Continent, beginning to teach him how the continent was distributed.

• Ghost Douluo reported that Spirit Hall had suffered over two thousand deaths and more than six thousand injuries in the battles against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Bibi Dong declared the two sects eliminated, postponed dealing with the Clear Sky Sect, and ordered a new Seven Great Sects tournament to be held in two years.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the elders but kept Zhao Zilong behind, noting that Golden Crocodile Douluo had tried to take him as a disciple.
• Bibi Dong told Zhao Zilong that the Heaven Dou and Star Luo Empires likely suspected Spirit Hall, and that Xue Ye had expelled Spirit Hall's people from Heaven Dou City.
• Bibi Dong explained that she had sent those people to the Balak Kingdom, then took Zhao Zilong to study a population-distribution map of Douluo Continent.

Bibi Dong explained her plan to replace the two empires with a nation ruled by Spirit Hall, and Zhao Zilong saw through her lofty justification. She asked him to recruit Dugu Bo or kill him, then raised the question of why he was becoming troublesome.

• Bibi Dong described the Star Luo Empire’s reforms and said she wanted to establish a nation without nobles, slavery, or oppression.
• Zhao Zilong pointed out that Bibi Dong really wanted to found the Spirit Hall Empire and become its empress, and she admitted the road would be difficult.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhao Zilong to recruit Dugu Bo or kill him if he refused, noting that his poison would benefit Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong said Dugu Bo’s existence was becoming troublesome, and Zhao Zilong asked why.

Bibi Dong told Zhao Zilong that Xue Qinghe was a Spirit Hall agent, but learned he had already seen through Qian Renxue's disguise. She then explained her plan to overthrow the two empires and build a new nation, and Zhao Zilong agreed to support her while teasing her for dressing up her ambition to become empress.

• Bibi Dong asked whether Zhao Zilong knew Xue Qinghe was connected to Spirit Hall, and Zhao Zilong revealed that his Byakugan had shown him Xue Qinghe was a woman.
• Zhao Zilong explained that he had kept quiet because no one would have believed him and exposing the impersonation could have endangered him; Bibi Dong confirmed that he had told no one.
• Bibi Dong described the Star Luo Empire's reforms and condemned the power of nobles, then said she wanted to establish a nation without nobles, slavery, or oppression.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhao Zilong to help her build a new nation, and he realized she meant to establish the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong she could have simply admitted she wanted to become empress, and said he would support her.

Zhao Zilong trained with Hu Liena, Meng Yiran, and Ye Lingling while helping Bibi Dong prepare for a trip to the Star Dou Great Forest, where powerful soul beasts had gathered. Meanwhile, Tang San emerged from Death Canyon at level sixty-six and learned that Spirit Hall had destroyed two major sects before his father asked about his plans to establish a sect.

• Zhao Zilong asked Ye Lingling to consider bringing her mother to Spirit Hall, then challenged her, Hu Liena, and Meng Yiran to test their strength.
• Over the next two months, Zhao Zilong handled Spirit Hall affairs with Bibi Dong and trained with the three women as news spread that Spirit Hall would select new Seven Great Sects in two years.
• Bibi Dong told Zhao Zilong that more than a dozen powerful soul beasts had gathered at the Lake of Life and said they would head to the Star Dou Great Forest the next day.
• Tang San left Death Canyon at level sixty-six after nearly two years of training, and Tang Hao praised his progress.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had been wiped out, and Tang San suspected Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Tang Hao explained that Spirit Hall planned to select new Seven Great Sects and asked Tang San about his earlier wish to establish a sect.

Tang San agreed to return and rebuild the Tang Sect, hoping to unite powerful allies against Spirit Hall. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong confronted the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape at the Lake of Life, but her Rakshasa Divine Power threatened to overwhelm her as the other soul beasts fled.

• Tang Hao urged Tang San to unite the Single Attribute Four Great Clans, and Tang San agreed to return before the five-year agreement with his companions.
• Bibi Dong led Zhao Zilong, Hu Liena, and Spirit Hall forces into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python confronted Bibi Dong as more than a dozen powerful soul beasts surrounded the Spirit Hall group.
• Bibi Dong unleashed Rakshasa Divine Power, causing the allied soul beasts to flee and abandon the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape.
• Bibi Dong flew at the two beasts with her Rakshasa Demon Scythe, while Ghost Douluo pulled Hu Liena and Zhao Zilong back to safety.

Bibi Dong revealed demigod-level power and effortlessly killed the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python. After her appearance changed from using Rakshasa Divine Power, she began absorbing both beasts’ spirit rings while Zhao Zilong held their Soul Bones.

• Bibi Dong killed the Titan Giant Ape with one strike from her Rakshasa Demon Scythe.
• Bibi Dong split the Sky Azure Bull Python’s energy wave and beheaded it with an enormous divine-power scythe.
• Bibi Dong discovered that her eyes and hair had turned blood-red and white, but she felt calm and believed her body was adapting to Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Bibi Dong summoned her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor and began absorbing the two Hundred-Thousand-Year Spirit Rings.
• Ghost Douluo found a right arm bone and a left arm bone among the beasts’ remains and gave both to Zhao Zilong for safekeeping.

After absorbing two Hundred Thousand Year spirit rings, Bibi Dong gave Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena missions in exchange for the chance to earn the valuable soul bones. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye lay near death from several poisons, and Dugu Bo doubted even the person he had in mind could cure him.

• Bibi Dong completed absorbing the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape spirit rings, bringing her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor to nine rings, including three red rings.
• Bibi Dong offered the two Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bones to Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena, but they refused them until they had earned the reward through service to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong tasked Zhao Zilong with recruiting Dugu Bo or killing him if he refused, then ordered him to assist Qian Renxue in Heaven Dou City with Elder Ju, Elder Flame Eagle, and Hu Liena.
• Ye Yuzhu treated Xue Ye and said her Nine Heart Begonia could keep him alive but could not cure his several lethal poisons.
• Dugu Bo said he could only save Xue Ye temporarily and suggested that even the person he had in mind would struggle to cure him.

Dugu Bo revealed that Zhao Zilong might be able to cure Emperor Xue Ye, but the court learned that Ye Lingling’s evolved Nine-Colored Begonia could offer their best hope. Back in Spirit City, Zhao Zilong reunited with Hu Liena, but Bibi Dong summoned him before they could spend time alone.

• Dugu Bo named Spirit Hall’s Holy Son, Zhao Zilong, as someone who might save Emperor Xue Ye, though he doubted Zhao would help the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Ye Yuzhu explained that her daughter Ye Lingling’s Nine Heart Begonia had evolved into the Nine-Colored Begonia and might be able to cure the emperor.
• Ye Yuzhu said Ye Lingling was returning to Mirror Lake Medical Village, and Prince Xue Xing planned to bring her to the palace.
• Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena returned to Spirit City, where they discussed his preparations for his second Sea God Exam.
• Bibi Dong summoned Zhao Zilong, interrupting his private moment with Hu Liena.

Bibi Dong privately gave Zhao Zilong the Azure Ox Python Right Arm Bone, and he absorbed it, reaching Soul Power Level 68 and gaining two powerful skills. After he described the skills to her, Bibi Dong said his sixth God Exam trial would depend on his own efforts.

• Bibi Dong summoned Zhao Zilong and gave him the Azure Ox Python Right Arm Bone, explaining that it could help him defeat a Titled Douluo and complete his God Exam.
• Zhao Zilong accepted the Spirit Bone gratefully and began absorbing it while Bibi Dong guarded him.
• After more than an hour, Zhao Zilong finished absorbing the bone and saw that his Soul Power had reached Level 68.
• Zhao Zilong told Bibi Dong that Azure Sluggish Divine Claw could slow a target and that Azure Annihilation Thunder dealt physical and soul damage with a paralyzing effect.
• Bibi Dong praised the skills and told Zhao Zilong that completing his sixth trial would depend on himself.