Chapter Summaries

Zhao Zilong confessed his feelings to Ye Lingling and gave her the Aromatic Silk Beauty, which helped her reach level 50 Soul Power. He took her to find a soul beast while Flame Eagle Douluo watched them leave.

• Zhao Zilong told Ye Lingling that he liked her and explained how Xue Ye had made enemies of him by sending assassins after him and Meng Yiran.
• Ye Lingling tried to leave, but Zhao Zilong kissed her forehead and then offered her the Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia responded to the Immortal Herb, and she ate it while Zhao Zilong fed her the petals and leaves.
• Ye Lingling absorbed the herb's medicinal power and gained five levels of Soul Power, reaching level 50.
• Zhao Zilong took Ye Lingling by the hand to find a soul beast, while Flame Eagle Douluo remarked on how quickly Zhao Zilong had won her over and on the herb's effects.

Zhao Zilong took Ye Lingling to Sunset Forest to capture a soul beast for her and discovered that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved her Nine Heart Begonia into the Nine-Colored Begonia. Ye Lingling revealed her lineage’s legend of the Nine-Colored Goddess, and the chapter left her and Zhao Zilong confessing their feelings as the soul beast hunt remained unfinished.

• Zhao Zilong carried Ye Lingling by phoenix wings to Sunset Forest and began searching for a plant-type soul beast for her.
• Zhao Zilong set a ten-thousand-year Purple Gold Mandara ablaze to exhaust it so Ye Lingling could obtain its soul ring.
• Ye Lingling summoned her Nine Heart Begonia and discovered that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had transformed it into the Nine-Colored Begonia.
• Ye Lingling told Zhao Zilong that her lineage’s legend described a Nine-Colored Begonia Soul Master who ascended to the God Realm as the Nine-Colored Goddess.
• Zhao Zilong predicted that Ye Lingling would inherit the Nine-Colored Goddess’s God Position, and Ye Lingling told him she liked him before kissing him lightly.

Ye Lingling confessed her feelings for Zhao Zilong and revealed that Meng Yiran had threatened her at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. After Ye Lingling demonstrated her Nine Colors Domain and tried to soothe Zhao Zilong’s killing intent, she began absorbing a Soul Ring while Yue Yao appeared nearby.

• Ye Lingling told Zhao Zilong that she had liked him since Heaven Dou Royal Academy but had been too afraid to speak to him because Meng Yiran threatened her.
• Zhao Zilong comforted Ye Lingling and promised to make Meng Yiran apologize if they met again.
• Ye Lingling revealed her Nine Colors Domain, which rapidly restored Soul Power and injuries, and tried to heal the killing intent inside Zhao Zilong.
• Zhao Zilong extinguished the flames on the Purple Gold Mandara, and Ye Lingling killed it to obtain its black Soul Ring.
• Ye Lingling began absorbing the Soul Ring as Zhao Zilong stood guard, and Yue Yao appeared behind him.

Zhao Zilong and Ye Lingling confessed their feelings and discussed her new healing abilities after her Martial Soul evolved. Ye Lingling began absorbing a Soul Ring from the Purple Gold Mandara while Yue Yao arrived to comment on their relationship.

• Ye Lingling told Zhao Zilong that she had loved him since their days at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, but Meng Yiran had threatened her into staying away from him.
• Zhao Zilong comforted Ye Lingling and promised to make Meng Yiran apologize, then Ye Lingling revealed that her Nine-Colored Begonia had granted her the Nine Colors Domain.
• Ye Lingling used her new abilities to soothe Zhao Zilong's fatigue and Killing Intent, but said that overcoming the Killing Intent would ultimately depend on him.
• Zhao Zilong and Ye Lingling examined his health, and Ye Lingling promised to stay by his side as she tried to cure him.
• Zhao Zilong extinguished the flames on the Purple Gold Mandara, and Ye Lingling killed it and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Yue Yao appeared behind Zhao Zilong and praised him for winning Ye Lingling over, while he asked Yue Yao to return first.

Zhao Zilong and Ye Lingling confessed their feelings, and Ye Lingling revealed her evolved Nine-Colored Begonia and its healing domain. After she helped soothe his Killing Intent, she began absorbing the Purple Gold Mandara's soul ring while Yue Yao watched nearby.

• Ye Lingling told Zhao Zilong that she had liked him at Heaven Dou Royal Academy but that Meng Yiran had threatened her into keeping her distance.
• Zhao Zilong comforted Ye Lingling and promised to make Meng Yiran apologize, and Ye Lingling revealed her Nine Colors Domain could speed recovery and double healing effects.
• Ye Lingling sensed the Killing Intent within Zhao Zilong and used the Nine-Colored Begonia to try to heal it, but concluded that he would have to overcome it himself.
• Zhao Zilong extinguished the flames on the Purple Gold Mandara, and Ye Lingling killed it and began absorbing its black soul ring.
• Yue Yao appeared behind Zhao Zilong and praised him for winning Ye Lingling over, while he told her to return first.

Zhao Zilong began his challenge against Red Flag Douluo to prove his strength in the selection of the next Pope. He endured Red Flag Douluo’s powerful attacks and impressed the elders, who considered him qualified, though the challenge had not yet concluded.

• Qian Daoliu told Golden Crocodile Douluo that Zhao Zilong had once claimed to be his disciple and urged him to try to win Zhao Zilong over.
• Bibi Dong brought Zhao Zilong and Hu Liena to the training grounds and explained that Zhao Zilong had to endure an elder’s attacks for the time it took an incense stick to burn.
• Zhao Zilong chose to challenge Red Flag Douluo, who summoned his Royal Banner Martial Soul and immediately used his seventh soul skill.
• Zhao Zilong released his two domains and attacked with his Blue Silver Overlord Spear, but Red Flag Douluo suppressed him with his Gravity Domain.
• Zhao Zilong used his Eight Spider Lances and multiple skills to withstand Red Flag Douluo’s attacks, including a hurricane, lightning, and flying sand.
• Red Flag Douluo praised Zhao Zilong’s skill and said he was qualified, while their challenge remained underway.

Zhao Zilong tested his second Martial Soul and unveiled a powerful one-person Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Red Flag Douluo. Bibi Dong named him Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and first successor to the next Pope.

• Zhao Zilong revealed his Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix Martial Soul, startling Bibi Dong and the elders with his ability to use both Martial Souls at once.
• Red Flag Douluo trapped Zhao Zilong in his Royal Flag Barrier and attacked with lightning, forcing Zhao Zilong to unveil his Super Fire Phoenix.
• Zhao Zilong lost control of the enormous Super Fire Phoenix, and Red Flag Douluo joined Yellow Flag Douluo and Blue Flag Douluo to contain its explosion with their Death Barrier.
• Bibi Dong explained that Zhao Zilong’s fusion skill rivaled a Titled Douluo’s Ninth Soul Skill, then set aside her thoughts of killing him.
• Bibi Dong announced Zhao Zilong as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and the first successor to the next Pope.

After Zhao Zilong was named Spirit Hall's Holy Son, Bibi Dong revealed the Soul Hunting Operation and assigned him to lead an attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Zhao Zilong warned Spirit Hall about the sect's concealed weapons and provided a blueprint, while the operation remained scheduled for two months later.

• The elders saluted Zhao Zilong as Spirit Hall's Holy Son, and a healing-type Soul Saint treated his injuries.
• Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena away, then told Zhao Zilong and the ten elders that Spirit Hall planned to eliminate opposing forces in the Soul Hunting Operation.
• Bibi Dong assigned Zhao Zilong to lead eight elders against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, while she would attack the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan with Elder Ju, Demon Bear Elder, and allied sects.
• Zhao Zilong warned Bibi Dong that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect possessed Godly Zhuge Crossbows and other concealed weapons, then showed her a blueprint.
• Bibi Dong decided to have a blacksmith forge the weapon and set the Soul Hunting Operation for two months later, ordering the elders to discuss their plans.

Zhao Zilong discussed Spirit Hall’s planned attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with the elders, then learned more about the Star Luo Empire’s powerful Titled Douluo. He went with Yue Yao to Spirit Hall’s archives to research Purple Gold Douluo.

• Bibi Dong assigned Flame Eagle Douluo and Ghost Leopard Douluo to the attack and left Zhao Zilong to coordinate the rest with the Holy Son.
• Zhao Zilong listened as the elders described the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s defenses and outlined a preliminary plan for the assault.
• Yue Yao warned Zhao Zilong that his powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill could leave him vulnerable and explained the Star Luo Empire’s seven guardians.
• Zhao Zilong asked Yue Yao to help him find information on Purple Gold Douluo, and she led him into Spirit Hall’s archives.
• Yue Yao explained that records about Titled Douluo were kept on the archives’ highest floor.

Zhao Zilong learned about Purple Gold Douluo’s history and told Yue Yao that he had to kill a Titled Douluo for the Sea God’s Trial, gaining her promise of support. After Bibi Dong tested the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and questioned Zhao Zilong about its origins, she asked whether he had blueprints for other weapons.

• Zhao Zilong read Purple Gold Douluo Zhang Hong’s records and learned that the elderly control-type soul master had reached level 91.
• Zhao Zilong told Yue Yao that the Sea God’s Trial required him to kill a Titled Douluo within a little over a year, and she promised to help him.
• Bibi Dong and Hu Liena tested the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and saw it pierce a stone slab, prompting Bibi Dong to consider mass-producing it.
• Bibi Dong summoned Zhao Zilong and asked whether he had invented the crossbow; he explained that Tang San had made it and that he had drawn its blueprint by seeing through its inner structure with his Byakugan.
• Bibi Dong asked Zhao Zilong whether he had blueprints for any other weapons like the Godly Zhuge Crossbow.

Zhao Zilong gave Bibi Dong blueprints for more hidden weapons and revealed that his second Sea God Trial required him to kill a Titled Douluo. Meanwhile, Meng Yiran completed her Hundred Poisons Body training on Divine Dragon Island and learned that Zhao Zilong had returned and become Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.

• Zhao Zilong handed Bibi Dong several hidden-weapon blueprints and told her that his second Sea God Trial was to kill the Star Luo Empire’s Purple Gold Douluo within three years.
• Bibi Dong agreed to help Zhao Zilong prepare after the Soul Hunting Operation, which she said would proceed as planned in two months.
• Hu Liena gave Ye Lingling the Godly Zhuge Crossbow and took her outside to teach her how to use it.
• Zhao Zilong began cultivating Soul Power while Hu Liena and Ye Lingling trained with the crossbow.
• Meng Yiran demonstrated that she had cultivated the Hundred Poisons Body, and Meng Shu told her that Zhao Zilong had returned from the City of Slaughter and been named Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.

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.