Chapter Summaries

As Soul Masters across Douluo Continent rushed to publish books after Spirit Hall banned Qin He's Battle Through the Heavens, Flander and others tried to capitalize on the trend. Xiao Chenyu then received word that Qin He was releasing a new volume.

• Flander planned to publish Flander's Autobiography and use Yu Xiaogang's fame to promote it, angering Yu Xiaogang.
• Xiao Chenyu and Xie Yue mocked the Soul Masters publishing novels while Qin He's Battle Through the Heavens was suppressed.
• Xiao Chenyu received a message that Qin He was releasing a new volume.

Bibi Dong and Salas read Qin He's new chapter of Battle Through the Heavens and discovered the villainous Soul Hall, whose name and conduct resembled Spirit Hall. They concluded that Qin He had released it as a calculated attack on Spirit Hall, leaving them alarmed by the risk of readers drawing comparisons.

• Bibi Dong dismissed Salas's suggestion to ban Qin He's novel and chose to read the new chapter herself.
• Salas read about Soul Hall's history, its attacks on Xiao Yan's family and allies, and its powerful Hall Master, Hun Miesheng.
• Salas grew angry at Soul Hall's villainy and blamed Qin He for introducing such a menacing faction.
• Bibi Dong decided that Soul Hall's similarity to Spirit Hall was a deliberate counterattack by Qin He.
• Salas agreed that Qin He's novel could make Douluo Continent's soul masters associate Spirit Hall with Soul Hall.

Bibi Dong and Salas reacted to Qin He's novel portraying Spirit Hall as a soul-stealing, murderous organization, while Yu Xiaogang suspected the story had trapped Bibi Dong in a public scandal. Soul masters across the Douluo Continent secretly read the banned book and began arguing over whether Spirit Hall was truly evil.

• Salas asked Bibi Dong whether Spirit Hall secretly collected souls and massacred villages as described in Qin He's novel.
• Bibi Dong denied committing the crimes and blamed the novel's claims on embellishment, while admitting she could not answer for past popes Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji.
• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang suspected Qian Xunji might have committed such atrocities but believed Bibi Dong had not, and worried that her actions against Qin He had left her vulnerable.
• Soul masters across the Douluo Continent secretly bought and read Qin He's novel despite Spirit Hall's ban.
• Readers began accusing Spirit Hall of hiding its misdeeds, while others defended it and traded rumors about the organization.

Qin He denied deliberately using his novel to attack Spirit Hall, while others interpreted the Soul Hall plot as a warning. After reading that Soul Hall planned mass slaughter to help its leader ascend, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao rejected cooperating with Spirit Hall, with Tang Xiao claiming Clear Sky Sect had never been allied with it.

• Xiao Chenyu praised Qin He for turning his novel into a swift counterattack against Spirit Hall, but Qin He insisted Soul Hall had appeared in the story by coincidence.
• Xie Yue told Qin He that nobody believed his denial and interpreted the Soul Hall plot as a warning to Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao cautioned Tang Xiao that Spirit Hall might be collecting souls for its own sinister purpose, based on the novel's account of Soul Hall.
• Tang Xiao read that Spirit Hall planned to sacrifice the people of Douluo Continent in a Great Life Extinction Array to help Bibi Dong reach the divine realm.
• Tang Xiao declared that Clear Sky Sect would not cooperate with Spirit Hall and claimed they had never been allies.

At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang and Flander discussed whether Spirit Hall could have devised the ruthless plan described in Qin He's novel, while Qin He insisted he had done nothing. In Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong learned that the novel had driven commoner Soul Masters to leave Spirit Hall and join Qin He's side, and blamed Qin He for the damage.

• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang told Flander that Spirit Hall lacked the vision to carry out the plan described in Battle Through the Heavens.
• Flander concluded that Qin He must have prepared countermeasures for the soul-based path to godhood, while Qin He privately denied having done anything.
• In Pope's Hall, Bibi Dong grew furious that Spirit Hall was taking the blame for the fictional Soul Hall's actions in Qin He's novel.
• Salas reported that commoner Soul Masters were withdrawing from Spirit Hall and joining Qin He's side.
• Bibi Dong blamed Qin He and lamented that his Life-Spirit Extinction Plan seemed more effective than Spirit Hall's Soul Hunt Operation.

Yu Xiaogang and Flander watched Qin He’s novel turn public opinion against Spirit Hall by accusing it of harvesting souls to create the Living Extinction Formation. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang marveling at Qin He’s influence and doubting Spirit Hall’s competence.

• The Clear Sky Sect backed away from its cooperation with Spirit Hall as public hostility toward Spirit Hall spread across the continent.
• Qin He’s novel persuaded many soul masters that Spirit Hall planned to sacrifice people’s souls so Bibi Dong could become a god.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized that Qin He had turned Spirit Hall’s attempt to smear him into a disaster for Spirit Hall’s reputation.
• Flander wondered whether Spirit Hall secretly had an organization that harvested souls, despite the lack of evidence that Soul Bodies existed.
• Yu Xiaogang concluded that Qin He was terrifyingly effective and questioned why Spirit Hall had failed to eliminate Tang San when it had the chance.

Qin He's novels dominated Douluo Continent, while Tang San's Tang Sect Legend sold disastrously and was bought by Xue Ye to use as toilet paper. Tang San learned Dai Mubai had sold the books to Xue Ye at a discount and ended the chapter devastated by his failures.

• Qin He's new Soul Hall volume drew readers away from Tang San's Tang Sect Legend and persuaded commoner soul masters to leave Spirit Hall for Qin He's side.
• Dai Mubai told Tang San that his novel had sold only about twenty discounted copies, while a wealthy buyer had purchased the rest as scrap paper.
• Dai Mubai revealed that Xue Ye had bought Tang San's books to wipe his ass, just as he bought hundreds of copies of Qin He's novels to read and distribute.
• Tang San asked whether Shrek Academy had sold the books to Xue Ye, and Dai Mubai admitted he had negotiated a higher price of twenty percent of the original cost.
• Tang San spat out blood and lamented that he could not beat Qin He and had lost at life.

Bibi Dong denied that Spirit Hall had planned to harvest souls and suspected Qin He had framed them, while Tang San hoped his novel would restore Tang Sect’s reputation. Tang San celebrated the chance to outsell Qin He but lamented that he was still single, then Dai Mubai arrived with news about his book.

• Bibi Dong told Salas that Spirit Hall had never devised or carried out the soul-harvesting plan Qin He described.
• Salas lamented Qin He’s ability to make Spirit Hall suffer by pinning blame on them, while Qin He wondered what he had done.
• Tang San planned to promote Tang Sect by publishing his novel, Tang Sect Legend, after Spirit Hall restricted Qin He’s Battle Through the Heavens.
• Tang San thought he had beaten Qin He in their novel contest but grieved that he had no one to share the victory with.
• Dai Mubai arrived at Shrek Academy’s gates and asked Tang San whether he had seen how people were reacting to Tang Sect Legend.

Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin marveled at the organization of Qin He's fictional Soul Hall and feared the influence his novels could have on real sects. At Heaven Dou Royal Palace, Xiao Wu asked whether her dead mother could be revived, but Qin He learned that Spirit Hall had left no remains behind.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin praised the Soul Hall's structure and wondered at Qin He's skill, while Qin He insisted it had nothing to do with Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi warned against offending Qin He or letting him put a sect into his novels, since his writing could make a sect famous or ruin it.
• Xiao Wu asked Qin He whether her mother's soul might still exist and whether she could be revived.
• Qin He asked Xiao Wu whether her mother had left any remains, and Xiao Wu said Spirit Hall's attack had left nothing behind.

Qin He admitted he could not resurrect Xiao Wu’s mother, but Xiao Wu’s mother suddenly appeared in his imperial palace as a divine being. Xiao Wu mistook the appearance for Qin He’s doing and became even more convinced she wanted to marry him.

• Qin He told Xiao Wu he had no way to resurrect her mother.
• A golden, divine woman appeared in Qin He’s imperial palace, and Xiao Wu recognized her as her mother.
• Qin He realized Xiao Wu’s mother was the Bone Rabbit God and had never been killed by Bibi Dong.
• Xiao Wu thanked Qin He and believed he had secretly resurrected her mother to spare her any sense of obligation.
• Qin He tried to correct Xiao Wu’s misunderstanding, but she insisted she understood and imagined marrying him.

Xiao Wu’s mother appeared before Xiao Wu and Qin He, and Xie Yue and Xiao Chenyu mistakenly believed Qin He had revived a God. The misunderstanding spread to Spirit Hall, where Bibi Dong feared Qin He’s supposed power and suspected he had started rumors about her.

• Xie Yue and Xiao Chenyu saw Xiao Wu’s mother and assumed Qin He had revived her as a God.
• Xiao Chenyu decided that Xiao Wu’s exceptional background fit Qin He’s supposed habit of taking powerful women into his harem, while Qin He silently rejected the claims.
• Qin He awkwardly greeted Xiao Wu’s mother as Xie Yue and Xiao Chenyu admired his imagined political strategy.
• At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong and Salas worried that Qin He could revive Gods and build an unstoppable force.
• Bibi Dong dismissed the story as a rumor and suspected Qin He of spreading it to retaliate against her.

Bibi Dong realized Qin He had empowered her rivals and blamed him for Spirit Hall’s worsening position, while Tang San and the Shrek students despaired over Qin He’s growing influence. The chapter ended with the Shrek group considering Sea God Island as their best chance to gain the power to challenge him.

• Salas warned Bibi Dong that Qin He retaliated fiercely against anyone who crossed him, and Bibi Dong recognized that Spirit Hall might have provoked him.
• Bibi Dong recalled killing Qian Xunji and explained that Qian Daoliu had tolerated her rule because she was inheriting the Rakshasa God’s power.
• Bibi Dong realized Qin He had helped Qian Daoliu and Xiao Wu’s mother become gods, leaving her position as Pope increasingly precarious.
• Qin He sneezed in Heaven Dou Royal Palace and wondered whether he was being blamed for something.
• Tang San complained that Qin He was cheating by attracting exceptional women and gaining powerful allies.
• Dai Mubai and the Shrek students discussed going to Sea God Island to become gods and find a way to challenge Qin He, while Ma Hongjun asked to learn Qin He’s womanizing techniques and was told to get lost.

At Heaven Dou Royal Palace, Xiao Wu’s mother agreed to her marriage to Qin He and warned him that the God Realm’s rules had loosened, allowing Gods to remain on the Douluo Continent longer. As Gods began noticing the continent’s abnormalities, Qin He faced the prospect of their arrival and the trouble they might bring.

• At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang warned Flander that Gods appearing on the Douluo Continent foretold war and danger for ordinary Soul Masters.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Palace, Xiao Wu’s mother approved her marriage to Qin He, while Xiao Wu blushed beside them.
• Xiao Chenyu lamented that Qin He could easily win a wife and even gain a God as a mother-in-law, and Xie Yue tried to console him.
• Xiao Wu’s mother explained that the God Realm’s rules had loosened, allowing lower-ranking Gods to stay on the Douluo Continent longer.
• Xiao Wu’s mother warned Qin He that the Gods had noticed abnormalities and that many might descend to investigate.

Ning Rongrong wanted Qin He to help her become a god, but Ning Fengzhi worried about the cost and suggested safer alternatives. As news spread that Battle Through the Heavens had ended and Qin He would release a new book, Sword Douluo and Bibi Dong each considered what it could mean for them.

• Ning Rongrong told Ning Fengzhi that she wanted to become a god, and Ning Fengzhi warned her that Qin He's method was strange and might demand exceptional comprehension.
• Ning Fengzhi suggested that Ning Rongrong train at Sea God Island with Shrek Academy before seeking Qin He's guidance.
• Sword Douluo reported that Battle Through the Heavens had ended with Xiao Yan defeating Soul Emperor and shattering the void, then wished Qin He would write a sword-themed book.
• Ning Fengzhi realized Sword Douluo wanted Qin He to write about swords and resented Qin He for drawing both Ning Rongrong and his sect's worshiper toward him.
• Bibi Dong lamented that Battle Through the Heavens had damaged Pope's Hall by frightening young commoner soul masters away from Spirit Hall.
• Salas asked Bibi Dong whether they should secure a place to buy Qin He's new book, as soul masters across Douluo Continent eagerly awaited its release.

The success of Qin He's Battle Through the Heavens transformed how spirit masters earned money, drawing praise from Bibi Dong and Salas. Bibi Dong and Tang San doubted Qin He could repeat his success with his new book, while Tang San resented how Qin He overshadowed him.

• Spirit masters across Douluo Continent began writing novels and earning Gold Soul Coins, following the new literary path Qin He had opened.
• Bibi Dong reflected on how poor spirit masters struggled to survive and acknowledged the opportunities Qin He's success had created.
• Salas praised Qin He extravagantly, prompting Bibi Dong to warn that Qin's arrogance and god-making claims would attract the Gods' attention.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang San mocked Qin He's new book and doubted it could guide anyone to godhood.
• Tang San resented Qin He's fame and vowed that Qin He would not keep succeeding.

Tang San and Dai Mubai suspected Qin He’s new book was a scheme to profit from soul masters, and Tang San blamed his stalled cultivation on reading Qin He’s novels. Tang San vowed never to buy another book, while Dai Mubai was left stung by Tang San’s comparison of their circumstances.

• Dai Mubai told Tang San that Qin He might be using his new book to harvest soul masters’ wealth.
• Tang San agreed and complained that Qin He’s books had drained his savings without improving his cultivation.
• Dai Mubai asked whether Tang San had truly decided not to buy Qin He’s new book.
• Tang San swore he would never buy Qin He’s books again and said he had no choice but to succeed.
• Tang San contrasted his lack of advantages with Qin He’s many accomplishments, and Dai Mubai said the remark hit too hard.

Oscar tried to persuade Ning Rongrong to join the Shrek Seven Devils on Sea God Island, but she refused because she preferred Qin He. Meanwhile, Ma Hongjun dismissed Qin He's novels as an expensive scam and vowed not to buy them.

• Oscar visited Ning Rongrong and warned her that Qin He could not make people into gods.
• Oscar invited Ning Rongrong to join the others on Sea God Island for the Sea God's trial, but she refused to leave Qin He.
• Ning Rongrong told Oscar she cared more about Qin He than becoming strong or earning a divine position, leaving Oscar heartbroken.
• In Suotuo City's Red-Light District, Ma Hongjun called Qin He's novels a scam and swore he would not spend money on them.

Qin He released his new novel, The Legend of Nezha, while readers across Douluo Continent reacted to its unusual child protagonist. Dai Mubai became absorbed in the story but, after finishing it, found that he had gained no cultivation insight.

• Qin He decided that his new book would be The Legend of Nezha.
• Tang San refused to read Qin He's novel and declared that he would continue without studying Qin Studies.
• Dai Mubai bought the novel and read its account of Nezha's origins, conflicts, and rebirth.
• Dai Mubai finished the story, lamented that he had gained no insight, and cried until he fainted in the restroom.

At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong became absorbed in Qin He's new book while Salas wondered why it offered him no insights into cultivation. On Sea God Island, a divine message reached Bo Saixi and the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians, who reported that Qin He had caused major changes on the continent.

• Bibi Dong scolded Salas for focusing on breakthroughs instead of appreciating Qin He's The Legend of Nezha.
• Bibi Dong reflected on wishing she could raise another child and on Qian Renxue's growing closeness to Qin He.
• A golden light appeared in the Sea God Shrine's Sacred Pillar Stone, and Bo Saixi recognized it as a divine miracle.
• The Sea God spoke through the Sacred Pillar Stone and asked Bo Saixi about recent events in Douluo Continent.
• Bo Saixi told the Sea God that Qin He was extremely powerful and had caused many events, while the Seven Sacred Pillar Guardians knelt before the divine voice.

Bo Saixi told the Sea God that Qin He could make people into Gods by having them read books and was drawing Douluo Continent’s soul masters away from the Gods’ faith. The Sea God decided he would not act personally, trusting that someone else would deal with Qin He.

• Bo Saixi explained Qin He’s rise and his ability to help Qian Daoliu become a God to the Sea God.
• Bo Saixi said Qin He’s book-based method had led many soul masters to believe in him.
• The Sea God grew angry, fearing that Qin He would undermine the faith sustaining the Gods and take his chosen inheritor.
• Bo Saixi worried that the Sea God would attack Qin He for competing over his inheritor.
• The Sea God dismissed Qin He as a mere human and said someone else would handle him.