Chapter Summaries

Lu Yan parted from Tang Yuehua and traveled to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong received him and sent him to the Elder Hall. Qian Daoliu asked about Qian Renxue and began questioning Lu Yan about Spirit Hall.

• Lu Yan healed Tang Yuehua with his Second Soul Skill and promised to find Spirit Grass that would let her cultivate; she vowed to join him after settling her responsibilities.
• Lu Yan and Tang Yuehua spent their remaining time together, and he left Heaven Dou City the next morning after she urged him to stay safe.
• Lu Yan traveled to Spirit City and met Bibi Dong, who said Hu Liena was away hunting for a Soul Ring and arranged for him to wait in Papal City.
• Lu Yan asked to visit the Elder Hall on Qian Renxue's instructions, and Bibi Dong had a guard lead him there.
• Qian Daoliu received Qian Renxue's letter, asked Lu Yan how she was doing in Heaven Dou, and questioned him about Spirit Hall.

Lu Yan stayed in Elder Hall, where Qian Daoliu taught him to combine Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and martial soul techniques. Bibi Dong summoned him to test whether his dream-guiding ability could help her sleep, but her overwhelming Spiritual Power resisted it.

• Lu Yan told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall would eventually unify the continent, and Qian Daoliu invited him to cultivate in Elder Hall.
• Bibi Dong awoke from a nightmare in a cold sweat and used her dark purple power as Lu Yan began cultivating under Qian Daoliu's guidance.
• Qian Daoliu sparred with Lu Yan, taught him to harmonize his martial soul, Soul Power, and Spiritual Power, and sent him to answer Bibi Dong's summons.
• Bibi Dong asked Lu Yan to use his dream-entry ability, and he lit Calming Incense and manifested Dream Butterfly's wings.
• Bibi Dong sensed the wings' soothing, hypnotic Spiritual Power but found it too weak to affect her.

Lu Yan entered Bibi Dong’s nightmare while trying to soothe her sleep and discovered that their dreams had merged around her memory of Qian Xunji’s abuse. He helped the young Bibi Dong resist Qian Xunji and urged her to awaken, ending as her adult power returned and she prepared to kill him.

• Lu Yan’s Spiritual Power was tainted by Bibi Dong’s Rakshasa aura, pulling him into a chaotic dream he could not initially control or leave.
• The dream revealed young Bibi Dong chained in a secret chamber as Qian Xunji entered and threatened her.
• Lu Yan broke the chains and pulled Bibi Dong to safety, but Qian Xunji attacked them with his Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Young Bibi Dong stood with Lu Yan to resist Qian Xunji, while Rakshasa aura continued consuming the dream.
• Lu Yan invoked Hu Liena and Qian Renxue, then shouted Bibi Dong’s name to make her face the nightmare and awaken.
• Bibi Dong’s power and nine Spirit Rings returned, and she told Qian Xunji to die.

After escaping Bibi Dong’s dangerous dream, Lu Yan found that the ordeal had strengthened his Spiritual Power, while Qian Daoliu tried to shield him from being summoned again. Bibi Dong later brought Lu Yan back to the Guest Courtyard and offered him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone to help her cultivate, leaving him unsure whether he could trust her promise to keep him safe.

• Lu Yan withdrew from Bibi Dong’s dream after she regained control and killed Qian Xunji, then discovered that the ordeal had strengthened his Spiritual Power and accelerated his medicinal-power absorption.
• Qian Daoliu refused Bibi Dong’s order for Lu Yan to return to the Guest Courtyard, citing the danger to his cultivation.
• Bibi Dong went to the Elder Hall and ordered Lu Yan to accompany her, promising not to force him to do anything.
• In the Guest Courtyard, Bibi Dong asked Lu Yan about the dream, but he denied remembering it and refused to admit what he had seen.
• Bibi Dong offered Lu Yan a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone if he agreed to help her cultivate, promising to protect him, while Lu Yan remained wary of the risk.

Lu Yan read the Elder Hall’s archives before entering Bibi Dong’s dream again and interrupting a traumatic memory of Qian Xunji torturing Yu Xiaogang. Over the next seven days, his spiritual power grew more refined as Bibi Dong’s condition improved.

• Qian Daoliu sent Lu Yan to study the Library Pavilion’s cultivation records and research notes.
• Lu Yan used Calming Incense and his Dream Butterfly Martial Soul to guide Bibi Dong into a dream, where Rakshasa power tainted his spiritual energy.
• Lu Yan found himself in a memory of young Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang, where Qian Xunji attacked and tortured Yu Xiaogang while Bibi Dong was restrained.
• Lu Yan warned Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang would die unless she woke, jolting her consciousness into clarity before he left the dream.
• Lu Yan returned to the Elder Hall and found his spiritual power more refined; over the next seven days, Bibi Dong woke from her dreams more easily.

Lu Yan returned from Bibi Dong’s dream with his Spiritual Power greatly strengthened, then fought Hu Liena after Bibi Dong summoned him to Spirit Hall. He defeated her decisively and left her shaken by the gap between them.

• Lu Yan completed refining the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew’s effects and reached the Soul King Extreme, then later entered the Soul Emperor realm.
• After Hu Liena returned from hunting her Fourth Soul Ring, Bibi Dong summoned Lu Yan and told him to spar with her.
• Hu Liena used Enchantment, but Lu Yan resisted it and struck back with a Spiritual Power attack that forced her to her knees.
• Hu Liena resumed fighting, but Lu Yan evaded her attacks while offering guidance and eventually used Mental Severance to make her collapse.
• Lu Yan assured Xie Yue and Yan that Hu Liena was unharmed, then left after Bibi Dong dismissed him.
• Hu Liena recovered shortly afterward, frustrated by her complete defeat and left with a psychological shadow of Lu Yan.

After Lu Yan defeated Hu Liena, she regained her resolve and repeatedly sought him out to spar as he stayed in Bibi Dong’s guest courtyard and helped her with her cultivation. The chapter left Hu Liena still determined to defeat Lu Yan, while he suspected she had grown fond of their sparring.

• Bibi Dong reprimanded Hu Liena for losing to Lu Yan, and Hu Liena vowed to train harder and challenge him again.
• Lu Yan helped Bibi Dong enter another Dream, then remained in the guest courtyard to research his Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Hu Liena discovered that Lu Yan lived in Bibi Dong’s courtyard and learned that he helped Bibi Dong sleep and cultivate.
• Lu Yan stayed on, sparring with Hu Liena, Yan, and Xie Yue and defeating them even when they fought together.
• Hu Liena continued challenging Lu Yan, and after he beat her again, he wondered whether she was seeking him out just to be beaten.

Lu Yan tested Hu Liena’s reactions during their sparring before visiting Bibi Dong’s Dream and finding her no longer satisfied by torturing Qian Xunji. Awake, Bibi Dong offered Lu Yan the position of Holy Son and the chance to inherit her authority, but when he refused, she gave him a powerful Head Soul Bone as promised.

• Lu Yan struck Hu Liena during their sparring and noticed that she reacted most strongly to the first blow, while she left promising to hit him back next time.
• In Bibi Dong’s Dream, Bibi Dong found that torturing Qian Xunji no longer brought her pleasure and killed him by piercing his skull.
• Bibi Dong summoned Lu Yan as he was preparing to leave and inferred that he planned to depart Spirit City after reaching level thirty-five.
• Bibi Dong offered to establish Lu Yan as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and eventual heir, but Lu Yan rejected the offer in favor of freedom.
• Bibi Dong gave Lu Yan a powerful Head Soul Bone to fulfill her promise.

Lu Yan fused the Wisdom Skull of Spiritual Condensation, greatly strengthening his Spiritual Power and advancing his External Soul Bone. That night, Bibi Dong brought him to the Secret Chamber and asked him to use his Dream Butterfly Martial Soul to find and destroy the obstruction preventing her from mastering Rakshasa Divine Power.

• Bibi Dong rewarded Lu Yan with the Wisdom Skull and stood guard while he fused it over two days.
• The soul bone raised Lu Yan's Soul Power to the peak of level thirty-eight, his Spiritual Power to the Soul Saint realm, and granted him the Purple Divine Light soul skill.
• Bibi Dong told Lu Yan she would temper him one final time after he had stabilized the fusion.
• That night, Bibi Dong led Lu Yan through a hidden passage to the Secret Chamber, where she confronted the place tied to her past and hatred.
• Bibi Dong revealed that a lingering echo of the past blocked her mastery of Rakshasa Divine Power and asked Lu Yan to locate and destroy it within her soul.

Lu Yan entered Bibi Dong’s Sea of Consciousness and destroyed the remnant soul of Qian Xunji that had been obstructing her control of Rakshasa Divine Power. Bibi Dong gained complete control over that power, but the arrival of her Rakshasa Nine Trials interrupted her relief.

• Bibi Dong released her Rakshasa Divine Power, and Lu Yan used Dream Butterfly, Illusion Eye, and Purple Demon Eyes to search for the source of the obstruction.
• Lu Yan entered Bibi Dong’s Sea of Consciousness and found Qian Xunji’s remnant soul buried deep within her soul.
• Lu Yan used repeated Soul Impacts to destroy the remnant soul, then absorbed its remaining pure Soul Origin and increased his Spiritual Power.
• Lu Yan examined himself and found no contamination, while Bibi Dong felt her soul freed from its shackle and gained complete control over Rakshasa Divine Power.
• As Bibi Dong contemplated ascending to godhood, a seductive voice announced that her Rakshasa Nine Trials had arrived.

After spending three days in seclusion, Lu Yan prepared to leave Spirit City, and Hu Liena confessed her feelings for him. She kissed him on the Trial Platform, where Yan arrived with a gift and discovered them together.

• Lu Yan left the Secret Chamber with Bibi Dong and learned that three days had passed while he was in the Sea of Consciousness.
• Bibi Dong asked Hu Liena to show Lu Yan around before he left Spirit City, and Hu Liena took him to the Trial Platform instead.
• After losing another fight to Lu Yan, Hu Liena confessed that she liked him and asked how he felt about her.
• Lu Yan answered by slapping Hu Liena and teasingly saying that he liked her; Hu Liena kissed him.
• Yan arrived at the Trial Platform with a bracelet for Hu Liena, dropped its Brocade Box, and saw her kissing Lu Yan.

Hu Liena defended her relationship with Lu Yan after Yan accused him of forcing her, and Lu Yan punished Yan with his Third Soul Skill. Lu Yan and Hu Liena spent the day together in Spirit City, where he found a Dragon Whisker Needle, before Bibi Dong watched them part and reflected on their quick-growing intimacy.

• Hu Liena told Yan that she had kissed Lu Yan of her own free will and rejected his claim that he had forced her.
• Lu Yan used his Third Soul Skill, Grand Dream, on Yan, leaving him trapped in a nightmare, and told Xie Yue that Yan would recover after about a month.
• Lu Yan teased Hu Liena about punishing her, then took her to explore Spirit City instead.
• Lu Yan bought a Dragon Whisker Needle for fifty Gold Soul Coins at a stall.
• Lu Yan and Hu Liena shared a passionate kiss outside Bibi Dong's Guest Courtyard before she left, and Bibi Dong watched them from the doorway.

Lu Yan confirmed his feelings for Hu Liena to Bibi Dong, then spent three days with Hu Liena before leaving Spirit City. He departed with a letter from Qian Daoliu for Xue'er, while Hu Liena promised to wait for his return.

• Lu Yan helped Bibi Dong sleep peacefully after she had mastered the Rakshasa Divine Power, then left her room.
• Bibi Dong questioned Lu Yan's feelings for Hu Liena and tested his resolve; he vowed to protect Nana, and Hu Liena revealed she had overheard them.
• Hu Liena confessed that she had hidden outside the door and asked Lu Yan to punish her; they reconciled and spent time together in her room.
• Lu Yan spent three days with Hu Liena, then went to the Elder Hall to bid farewell to Qian Daoliu, who gave him a sealed letter for Xue'er.
• Hu Liena tearfully saw Lu Yan off outside the City Gate of Spirit City and promised to wait for him; a purple figure later returned through the sky.

Lu Yan returned to Heaven Dou City, reported to Qian Renxue, and used Dream Entry to give her a dream of maternal affection. He then reunited with Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion and spent the afternoon with her.

• Lu Yan returned to Heaven Dou City with greatly increased Soul Power and Spiritual Power and met Stingray Douluo, who took him to Qian Renxue.
• Lu Yan delivered Qian Daoliu's letter, answered Qian Renxue's questions about Hu Liena and Bibi Dong, and learned that Qian Daoliu considered him a worthy companion and right hand for her.
• Qian Renxue asked Lu Yan to enter her dream, where he gave her a vivid experience of maternal affection.
• Lu Yan visited Tang Yuehua while she slept, entered her dream, and reunited with her when she awoke.
• Tang Yuehua embraced and kissed Lu Yan, then spent the afternoon with him at Moonlight Pavilion.

Lu Yan gave Tang Yuehua a Snow Lotus to help her cultivation, then promised to find her a spirit bone after it failed to break her bottleneck. Qian Renxue summoned Lu Yan to the Guest Courtyard, where her conflicting feelings about him grew as she watched him play the Harp.

• Lu Yan urged Tang Yuehua to swallow a century-old Snow Lotus, but it failed to help her break through her cultivation bottleneck.
• Lu Yan comforted Tang Yuehua and promised to find her a suitable spirit bone, deepening her affection for him.
• Lu Yan and Tang Yuehua went to Moonlight Pavilion, where Qian Renxue arrived and watched them together with jealousy.
• Qian Renxue summoned Lu Yan to the Guest Courtyard and asked him to play before using Dream Entry on her.
• As Lu Yan played the Harp, Qian Renxue wrestled with thoughts of seducing him and resented his relationships with other women.

Qian Renxue realized she had fallen for Lu Yan after a vivid Dream, then lost to him in a sparring match even more quickly than before. Later, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reunited with Lu Yan at his shop, where Xue Qinghe arrived with a seemingly cold smile.

• After Qian Renxue awoke from a Dream in which she grew up with Lu Yan, she recognized her feelings for him and asked him to visit the Guest Courtyard every three days.
• Lu Yan returned to cultivation, then arrived at the Guest Courtyard for a sparring match with Qian Renxue.
• Lu Yan used Spiritual Power to end the match immediately, caught Qian Renxue as she fell, and later continued to outmatch her in sparring without Martial Soul use.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling waited for Lu Yan at the "Heaven" shop, and Dugu Yan embraced him when he returned.
• Xue Qinghe appeared behind Lu Yan and greeted him with a warm voice and a smile that seemed cold.

Xue Qinghe brought Lu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to test the Battle Heaven Dou Team, and Lu Yan defeated Yu Tianheng with a single Soul Impact. He then faced the whole team, whose opening assault was met by his Spirit Cut, leaving Yu Tianheng stunned when his Thunderous Might barely weakened it.

• Xue Qinghe invited Lu Yan to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to temper the Battle Heaven Dou Team, and Dugu Yan persuaded him to go.
• At the academy, Xue Qinghe challenged the team to find someone who could defeat Lu Yan, and Yu Tianheng stepped forward.
• Lu Yan knocked Yu Tianheng unconscious with a single Soul Impact, repeating the result of their earlier match.
• Xue Qinghe called for the entire Battle Heaven Dou Team to fight Lu Yan, and Dugu Yan organized a group assault.
• Lu Yan countered the team's charge with Spirit Cut, and Yu Tianheng's Thunderous Might barely dispersed its silver radiance.

Lu Yan effortlessly defeated the Heaven Dou Team, leaving Qian Renxue jealous as he spent time with Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling. Qian Renxue refused to welcome the idea of Lu Yan joining Heaven Dou Royal Academy and resolved not to give him to anyone.

• Lu Yan overwhelmed Yu Tianheng and the other Heaven Dou Team members with his Spiritual Power, then sent Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling off the stage without injuring them.
• Qian Renxue grew jealous of Lu Yan's gentle treatment of Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, and resented Meng Shenji's suggestion that he join Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Lu Yan explained to Dugu Yan that holding back would have disrespected her, pleasing her after the match.
• Qian Renxue joined Lu Yan, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling as they toured the academy, while resolving that she would not give Lu Yan to anyone.

Lu Yan reached level forty and prepared to hunt for a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring with Dugu Bo, while introducing him to the idea of a Soul Core. They entered Sunset Forest’s dangerous core region, leaving Dugu Yan to wait for their safe return.

• Qian Renxue urged Lu Yan not to join Heaven Dou Royal Soul Master Academy, and Lu Yan assured her he had never intended to join before guiding her into a dream.
• A little over two months later, Lu Yan broke through to level forty and explained to Dugu Bo that his Illusion Eye External Soul Bone had advanced to the Ten-Thousand-Year level.
• Lu Yan introduced the concept of a Soul Core, and Dugu Bo began to see how drawing on the energy of Heaven and Earth might make one possible.
• Dugu Bo and Lu Yan set out to hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Dugu Yan stayed behind and wished them a safe return.
• Dugu Bo warned Lu Yan to remain within three meters of him as they entered the core region of Sunset Forest.

Lu Yan and Dugu Bo searched Sunset Forest for a powerful Spirit-type Soul Beast until they found a rare Dream Tapir, whose abilities perfectly matched Lu Yan’s Dream Butterfly Martial Soul. Lu Yan survived absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and emerged stronger, with his Soul Power at level forty-three and his Spiritual Power at the peak of Soul Saint.

• After ten fruitless days searching Sunset Forest, Dugu Bo and Lu Yan heard a spiritual shriek and followed it to a Soul Beast nearing twenty thousand years of cultivation.
• Lu Yan identified the beast as a Dream Tapir and explained that its dream-eating abilities made it an ideal match for his Dream Butterfly Martial Soul.
• Dugu Bo knocked the Dream Tapir unconscious, and Lu Yan killed it before absorbing its Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Lu Yan endured the Soul Ring’s physical strain, suppressed the Dream Tapir’s Remnant Soul, and survived a full day and night of absorption.
• Lu Yan emerged with his Soul Power at level forty-three, Spiritual Power at the peak of Soul Saint, a stronger physique, and an improved Illusion Eye.