Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong endured the Rakshasa inheritance’s trial, reliving her most painful memories while resisting the hall’s evil thoughts. Xiao Tianyang intervened to give her a moment of clarity, and she overcame the trial, leaving him stunned by her interpretation of his actions.

• Bibi Dong grasped the Rakshasa Demon Scythe and bore the full assault of the hall’s malicious thoughts as the inheritance trial intensified.
• Xiao Tianyang realized that Shuya had made the trial exceptionally harsh to ensure the Rakshasa power would not pass to an evil person.
• Bibi Dong repeatedly relived the memories of the man who had ruined her life, while Xiao Tianyang watched her suffer.
• Xiao Tianyang withdrew his domain power, briefly clearing Bibi Dong’s mind and drawing her attention to him.
• Bibi Dong mistook Xiao Tianyang’s regret for concern that she might die and understood his intervention as a reminder to release her evil thoughts.
• Bibi Dong purified the malicious thoughts, claimed the Rakshasa Demon Scythe, and thanked Xiao Tianyang, who could not find a reply.

Bibi Dong passed the Rakshasa trial and earned the Rakshasa Clan's recognition, while Xiao Tianyang ended their transaction and left. Bibi Dong resolved to live for herself and pursue her own path, leaving their relationship uncertain as the continent approached chaos.

• Qian Daoliu sensed that something had finally succeeded and thought it was time for Xiao Xue to begin as well.
• Bibi Dong thanked Xiao Tianyang for helping her pass the Rakshasa trial, and she explained that she had turned her hatred into an obsession with revenge.
• Xiao Tianyang ended his transaction with Bibi Dong and left the Rakshasa Secret Realm, warning that they might become enemies amid the coming chaos.
• Ghostly Soul Douluo recognized Bibi Dong as the new Rakshasa God, but she felt lonely and said Xiao Tianyang had never belonged to Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong destroyed the dilapidated house and vowed to live for herself, follow her own judgment, and avoid harming the innocent.

After learning that Bibi Dong had passed the Eighth Trial, Xiao Tianyang told Qian Renxue their plan had failed and feared the Ninth Trial would be impossible to stop. He contacted Madam Mingzhu to explain the situation and seek help.

• Xiao Tianyang secretly returned to Spirit Hall Headquarters and met Qian Renxue at Qiongfei Pavilion.
• Xiao Tianyang told Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had passed the Eighth Trial, despite his half-year plan and the sacrifice of two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Xiao Tianyang said the Ninth Trial would likely be easy for Bibi Dong and urged them to find a solution quickly.
• Xiao Tianyang and Qian Renxue agreed to seek outside help from Saber and Madam Mingzhu.
• Xiao Tianyang contacted Divine Might, and Madam Mingzhu teased him before he began explaining the failed operation.

Xiao Tianyang, Madam Mingzhu, and Qian Renxue discussed how to prepare for Bibi Dong’s rise by cultivating other potential demigods. The chapter ended with Xiao Tianyang learning that Bibi Dong had entered seclusion and granted him an unprecedented Spirit Hall title and freedom to refuse orders.

• Madam Mingzhu proposed creating opponents for Bibi Dong and identified Tang San and Qian Renxue as possible candidates for divine inheritance.
• Madam Mingzhu praised Qian Renxue’s potential and her complete Angel God inheritance, easing Qian Renxue’s temper.
• Madam Mingzhu revealed that Bibi Dong had entered seclusion for three to six months and confirmed Xiao Tianyang as a Gold Robe Archbishop with the right to refuse any orders, including hers.
• Madam Mingzhu explained that Bibi Dong’s generous appointment acknowledged Xiao Tianyang’s help with her Eighth Trial, Spirit Hall’s expansion, and two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Madam Mingzhu told Xiao Tianyang that the Divine Might Legion and Black Martial Legion were keeping the Evil Soul Masters occupied.

Bibi Dong reassured Spirit Hall’s leaders that she would take responsibility for the privileges granted to Xiao Tianyang, then announced that Spirit Hall’s next target had changed from Shrek Academy to Sea God Island. Qian Renxue was left wondering why Bibi Dong was protecting Tianyang and worrying about what the new target meant for him.

• Xiao Tianyang left Qian Renxue’s room after kissing her, and a maidservant summoned Qian Renxue to meet Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue entered the meeting room and saw Qian Daoliu, Spirit Hall’s leaders, and an unusually serene Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong acknowledged the leaders’ doubts about her appointment and promised to bear full responsibility for any mistakes made through the privileges granted to Rakshasa.
• Bibi Dong said Shrek Academy was no longer a strategically important target and announced that Spirit Hall would target Sea God Island instead.

Saber and Madam Mingzhu discussed the uncertain plan to stop Bibi Dong and the danger posed by the Evil Soul Masters at Savage Forest. Saber decided to lead an attack on their stronghold in three days, with the Black Martial Legion supporting her.

• Madam Mingzhu told Saber that the elders had agreed to put the matter concerning Bibi Dong on the agenda after learning she had become a demigod.
• Saber and Madam Mingzhu acknowledged that the plan could fail because Bibi Dong had a powerful Divine Inheritance and Xiao Tianyang could not easily intervene.
• Madam Mingzhu reported that the Evil Soul Masters had been driven back three times by Yuwen Chengdu but continued to threaten Savage Forest.
• Saber decided to personally lead the Divine Might Guard against the Evil Soul Masters, and Madam Mingzhu agreed to help arrange Black Martial Legion support for a departure in three days.
• Madam Mingzhu explained that the Black Martial Legion drew on Shadow Moon Pavilion, the Body Type School, and trainees including Zhou Cheng and Fei Xue.

Saber and Madam Mingzhu discussed the Black Martial Legion’s composition and preparations before Qian Renxue called with news that Bibi Dong had changed her target from Shrek Academy to Sea God Island. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue offering her intelligence as the women realized the sudden plan threatened to disrupt their arrangements for Tang San.

• Saber explained how the Black Martial Legion’s assassins, Body Type School warriors, and combat-skilled fighters complemented one another.
• Saber left to prepare, but Madam Mingzhu’s Den Den Mushi rang, and she answered Qian Renxue’s call.
• Qian Renxue revealed that Bibi Dong had shifted her target to Sea God Island, prompting Saber and Madam Mingzhu to ask when she would act and what details she knew.
• Madam Mingzhu explained that she had just proposed sending Tang San and the others to Sea God Island, so Bibi Dong’s change of target disrupted their plans.
• Qian Renxue agreed to share everything she knew and acknowledged that Saber and Madam Mingzhu were better at arranging the response.

Qian Renxue told Saber and Madam Mingzhu that Bibi Dong planned to send Xiao Tianyang to escort Hu Liena’s Golden Generation onto Sea God Island, while Qian Renxue had to begin absorbing the Angel God Armor. Xiao Tianyang, unaware of the plan, reached the southern coast to seek peace and broke through to level seventy, only to learn that he had apparently arrived at Sea God Island’s intended destination by coincidence.

• Qian Renxue told Saber and Madam Mingzhu that Bibi Dong planned to contact them and have Xiao Tianyang escort Hu Liena and the others onto Sea God Island.
• Qian Renxue said she could no longer join their plan because her grandfather was making her absorb the Angel God Armor.
• Saber and Madam Mingzhu agreed they had to tell Xiao Tianyang because he would be directly involved.
• Xiao Tianyang traveled to the southern coastline to relax, unaware that he had gained a new task.
• Xiao Tianyang meditated by the sea and unexpectedly broke through to level seventy.
• Madam Mingzhu called Xiao Tianyang and revealed that Bibi Dong’s next target was Sea God Island, leaving him to suspect he was being targeted.

Xiao Tianyang agreed to return to Divine Might and escort Hu Liena, then sensed an Evil Soul Master spying on him and fought the Titled Douluo at sea. The chapter ended as Xiao Tianyang countered the man's Golden Toad Skywater Spear with his blade.

• Madam Mingzhu explained the revised plan, and Xiao Tianyang agreed to return and asked her to prepare an excuse for meeting Hu Liena.
• Xiao Tianyang told Madam Mingzhu he had broken through to level seventy, then agreed to return to Divine Might before going to Spirit Hall.
• As Xiao Tianyang prepared to leave, he sensed someone watching him and split the sea with a sword strike.
• Xiao Tianyang exposed the hidden man as an Evil Soul Master with a Triangular Golden Toad Martial Soul, and the man attacked him as a Titled Douluo.
• The Evil Soul Master launched Golden Toad Skywater Spear, and Xiao Tianyang answered with a burst of blade light.

Xiao Tianyang used his newly awakened Dragon Slaying Saber to overpower Golden Toad Douluo, who had attacked him for the bounty on his Soul Bones. When Golden Toad Douluo fled into the sea, Xiao Tianyang lured a Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast into attacking him.

• Xiao Tianyang split Golden Toad Douluo’s Eighth Soul Skill with his saber and struck him, leaving him bloody and forcing him to retreat.
• Golden Toad Douluo realized Xiao Tianyang was too dangerous to fight and tried to escape, unleashing his Ninth Soul Skill before diving into the ocean.
• Xiao Tianyang threw bait into the sea and waited as powerful Sea Soul Beasts gathered beneath the surface.
• A Hundred-Thousand-Year Sea Soul Beast seized Golden Toad Douluo and smashed him onto the water.

Xiao Tianyang escaped a sea monster and returned to Shenwu Hall, where he spoke with Shuya about her incomplete soul and her wish for a body. Later, he found Saber and Madam Mingzhu preparing dinner, with Saber having made a fragrant sauerkraut recipe she found in his books.

• After Golden Toad Douluo's corpse was dragged underwater, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast attacked Xiao Tianyang, but he severed its tentacle and flew away.
• Back at Shenwu Hall, Xiao Tianyang told Shuya that her soul was still incomplete and that he could not yet help her rebuild her body.
• Shuya complained about being bored as a Remnant Soul, then went to the back mountain to amuse herself with the entertainment devices.
• Xiao Tianyang tried to relax, but Shuya's cries about a Mouse interrupted him before he went downstairs to prepare dinner.
• Xiao Tianyang smelled sauerkraut in the kitchen and praised Saber after she explained that she had found the recipe between the pages of his books.

Saber and Madam Mingzhu explained Bibi Dong’s proposed cooperation against the Fang Beast Tribe and the threat they suspected was awakening in the Savage Forest. Xiao Tianyang found only one useful lead in Spirit Hall’s documents: a path into the deep mountains.

• Saber avoided telling Xiao Tianyang about her plans, but Madam Mingzhu distracted him by implying Saber had women’s matters on her mind.
• Shuya emerged from inside the sofa and joined the conversation after Xiao Tianyang warned her not to interrupt.
• Madam Mingzhu told Xiao Tianyang that Bibi Dong wanted Divine Might to cooperate in taking down the Fang Beast Tribe and pushing into the Savage Forest.
• Xiao Tianyang suspected that a being similar to Bibi Dong was awakening in the Savage Forest and connected it to a ritual he believed the Barbarian Tribe was preparing.
• Madam Mingzhu showed Xiao Tianyang Spirit Hall’s documents, and he concluded that their only useful lead was a path into the deep mountains.

Xiao Tianyang explained why he suspected the Barbarian Tribe’s internal and external factions were competing over a second inheritance trial, and the group discussed Bibi Dong’s motives. He also learned that Little San’s group would soon depart and said he would prepare for their journey.

• Xiao Tianyang told Madam Mingzhu that the Barbarian Tribe was likely waiting for another contender to shift the balance before acting.
• Xiao Tianyang used records of the royal family’s factional conflict to argue that someone else was pursuing an inheritance trial, and Madam Mingzhu recognized the significance of his deduction.
• Xiao Tianyang, Madam Mingzhu, and Saber considered why Bibi Dong had sought cooperation, then agreed they could expose the hidden situation and force the other side to respond.
• Madam Mingzhu said Little San and seven others would depart soon without an escort, and Xiao Tianyang asked her to tell him their exact departure time so he could prepare.
• Madam Mingzhu offered to help Xiao Tianyang find a Seventh Spirit Ring, and he reminded her that the Headless General was still trapped with him.

Xiao Tianyang entered seclusion to absorb the Headless Divine General's spirit ring and rapidly increase his cultivation, despite the strain it placed on his body. He emerged three days later, stronger by six minor levels, and asked Saber and Madam Mingzhu to tell him what Bibi Dong had said.

• Xiao Tianyang decided to delay dealing with Bibi Dong and entered the back mountain cultivation chamber to settle his Seventh Spirit Ring.
• Xiao Tianyang summoned the Headless Divine General, shattered its heart meridians, and began absorbing its spirit ring.
• Xiao Tianyang spent three days in seclusion absorbing the ring and using pills to raise his cultivation further.
• Saber and Madam Mingzhu worried about Xiao Tianyang as his Soul Power fluctuated, but Saber decided to wait before entering the chamber.
• Xiao Tianyang emerged with unstable Soul Power and said he had gained about six minor levels, then asked the women what Bibi Dong had said.

Xiao Tianyang met Bibi Dong to discuss her proposed Douluo Alliance, which he suspected was a ploy to build an empire. Bibi Dong asked him to help establish a new order amid the coming war, but he challenged her right to do so, leaving their disagreement unresolved.

• Xiao Tianyang concluded that Bibi Dong intended to use the Douluo Alliance to win over the Two Great Empires and eventually absorb them into an empire.
• Xiao Tianyang decided to meet Bibi Dong in Spirit City the next day, and he traveled there after telling Saber and Madam Mingzhu he had nearly recovered his strength.
• Bibi Dong welcomed Xiao Tianyang on the Shenwu Main Hall rooftop, where he drew his Dragon Slaying Saber and accused her of disguising her imperial ambitions as an alliance.
• Ghostly Soul Douluo and Demon Soul appeared and thanked Xiao Tianyang for helping them, while Bibi Dong offered to let him kill her because he had once saved her life.
• Bibi Dong argued that war would engulf the continent and that she and Xiao Tianyang could restart it by establishing a new order, but Xiao Tianyang demanded to know what gave her the right.

Xiao Tianyang and Bibi Dong argued over whether Spirit Hall could govern the continent, then left their decision about their deal unresolved as he headed toward Sea God Island. In Port City, he suspected a hidden force or the Evil Demon Sect was stirring up banditry and vowed to eliminate its branch in Savage Forest.

• Bibi Dong challenged Xiao Tianyang's reasons for establishing Divine Might and argued that Spirit Hall was best suited to govern the continent.
• Xiao Tianyang said their wager would be himself, then left after Bibi Dong said she would wait for them in Port City before going to Sea God Island.
• Bibi Dong told Ghostly Soul Douluo that Xiao Tianyang had neither accepted nor rejected the deal, and that his curiosity about Sea Soul Island would influence him.
• Two days later, Xiao Tianyang reached Port City after encountering bands of bandits and learning that someone was organizing them behind the scenes.
• Xiao Tianyang suspected a hidden force or the Evil Demon Sect was responsible and vowed to eradicate its branch in Savage Forest after his trip.

Tang San and the others fought through a bandit ambush on the road outside Port City, then discovered Xiao Wu had secretly followed them under the Sky-Covering Cloak. Tang San hesitated over whether to let the powerless Xiao Wu join their dangerous journey.

• Xiao Tianyang considered the bandits rampant across the continent a consequence of the Two Great Empires’ poor administration and Spirit Hall’s pressure on them.
• Dai Mubai drew the bandits’ attention while Tang San and the others defeated their group and trapped the fleeing bandits with Blue Silver Cage.
• Dai Mubai teased Oscar for using a Groin Kick as a self-created soul skill, and the others joked with him.
• Tang San heard a noise and found Xiao Wu emerging from the trees while wearing the Sky-Covering Cloak.
• Xiao Wu asked to travel with Tang San, arguing that the magical treasures Xiao Tianyang had given her would keep her safe, while Tang San weighed the risks.

Tang San’s group found Bai Chenxiang with Xiao Wu and brought her along as they investigated a distant disturbance. They learned Hu Liena and Yan were fighting bandits ahead, and Tang San led the group toward them while forbidding anyone to attack without his order.

• Tang San sent Zhu Zhuqing to scout ahead, and Xiao Wu revealed that Bai Chenxiang had followed her from the academy.
• Tang San allowed Bai Chenxiang to accompany Zhu Zhuqing and ordered Xiao Wu to stay by his side.
• Bai Chenxiang reported that Hu Liena and Yan of Spirit Hall’s Golden Generation were fighting a group of bandits.
• Ma Hongjun urged the group to kill Hu Liena and Yan, while Dai Mubai argued they should at least deal with the bandits.
• Tang San ordered everyone to approach and wait for his signal before making any move.

Hu Liena and Yan fought a band of Soul Douluo bandits while Xiao Tianyang intervened to save them. He then confronted Sword Douluo and demanded that he stop escorting the juniors, declaring that his blade was reason enough.

• Hu Liena and Yan struggled against several Soul Douluo bandits, and Hu Liena used her mental power to control nearby enemies.
• Evil Rat pierced Yan’s chest, but Xiao Tianyang’s fire struck Evil Rat, and Blue Silver Grass pulled Yan out of danger.
• Xiao Tianyang noticed Sword Douluo’s presence and flew to intercept him.
• Tang San and his companions gained control of their battle after Ma Hongjun and Dai Mubai killed Evil Rat.
• Xiao Tianyang told Sword Douluo to leave the juniors to him, and Sword Douluo challenged his reasoning.

Xiao Tianyang forced Sword Douluo and two Titled Douluo to retreat, then intervened when Tang San and his companions considered attacking Hu Liena and Xie Yue. He carried the siblings away, leaving the two groups to part without fighting.

• Xiao Tianyang wounded Sword Douluo with Dragon Slayer, and Sword Douluo broke through to Rank 98 before choosing to leave.
• Xiao Tianyang forced two Rank 95 Titled Douluo out of hiding and sent them away.
• Tang San and the others debated whether to attack Hu Liena and Xie Yue after the battle with the bandits ended.
• Xiao Tianyang split the ground with a blade strike, lifted Hu Liena and Xie Yue with Soul Power, and took them away.
• Tang San and the others abandoned the confrontation, while Ma Hongjun complained and Oscar silenced him.