Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue sent She Long to aid the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s forces as the battles against the Clear Sky Sect intensified. Zhao Linchuan and Chen Xin continued their fierce duel, ending in another head-on clash.

• Qian Renxue ordered Ci Xue to assist the sect’s forces, then sent She Long to the battlefield when Ci Xue refused to leave her unguarded.
• Dugu Bo warned Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong to remain in the hall while Ning Fengzhi claimed that Chen Xin was merely sparring with Zhao Linchuan.
• Niu Gao and Yang Wudi coordinated their attacks against Tang Xiao, while She Long fought Tang Lie with support from Ye Shiyu.
• Chen Xin drove Zhao Linchuan to the ground and unleashed the Seven Kill Sword Formation.
• Zhao Linchuan answered with Dragon Snake Landing, sending lightning dragons and snakes into the descending sword phantoms.
• Chen Xin attacked from above, and Zhao Linchuan met his descending strike with a sweeping blow of his own.

Zhao Linchuan and Chen Xin continued their evenly matched duel until Chen unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, prompting Zhao to answer with a lightning dragon and a devastating sword strike. Bibi Dong’s sudden arrival halted Tang Xiao’s plan to Explode Ring, while Zhao’s Heaven-Cleaving Slash threatened Chen as he activated his Ninth Soul Ring.

• Zhao Linchuan and Chen Xin clashed again, their powerful attacks forcing the spectators to marvel at Zhao’s ability to match the Sword Douluo.
• Yang Wudi used Soul Power Wings and support from Niu Gao and Ye Shiyu to hold off Tang Xiao, who prepared to use Explode Ring.
• Bibi Dong appeared above the battlefield, suppressing Tang Xiao’s resolve before saying she had come to discuss a business deal.
• Chen Xin launched his Eighth Soul Skill, Move Mountains and Fill Seas, against Zhao Linchuan.
• Zhao Linchuan summoned a lightning dragon, sacrificed six clones to empower his sword, and unleashed Radiant Ultimate—Heaven-Cleaving Slash.
• Chen Xin sensed a deadly threat from Zhao’s strike and activated his Ninth Soul Ring.

Zhao Linchuan defeated Chen Xin after one hundred moves, but settled with Ning Fengzhi in exchange for Ning Feng and his son’s heads and fifty million Gold Soul Coins. Tang Xiao and Tang Lie fled, leaving the leaders of both sides apparently reconciled as they returned to the Hall of All Heavens.

• Zhao Linchuan and Chen Xin unleashed their strongest attacks, devastated the battlefield, and fought to a draw in strength.
• Zhao Linchuan declared that one hundred moves had passed, and Chen Xin admitted defeat before Zhao Linchuan healed his wounds with his Soul Bone Skill.
• Ning Fengzhi offered to deliver Ning Feng and his son’s heads along with fifty million Gold Soul Coins, and Zhao Linchuan accepted the terms.
• Zhao Linchuan, Chen Xin, Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Dugu Bo flew back to the Hall of All Heavens together, exchanging polite words before the onlookers.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Lie fled after seeing Zhao Linchuan’s outcome with Chen Xin, while Niu Gao, Ye Shiyu, and the others returned to the hall.

After the Clear Sky Sect’s attack, Zhao Linchuan resumed the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s founding ceremony, welcomed a wave of powerful guests, and offered them a discount. At the banquet, Ye Shiyu demonstrated that the Body Tempering Pill could produce a thousand-year second Soul Ring and began addressing its limitations.

• Ye Shiyu healed Zhao Linchuan with the Nine Heart Begonia, and he announced that the ceremony would continue.
• Representatives including Xue Qinghe, Hu Yan Zhen, and other major powers arrived to offer congratulations, and Zhao Linchuan invited them inside with a twenty percent discount for purchases.
• Bibi Dong took her honored seat in the Hall of All Heavens, after which Zhao Linchuan asked the guests to sit.
• Ye Shiyu brought forward four Breaking Clan disciples, who revealed yellow first rings and purple thousand-year second rings to prove the Body Tempering Pill worked.
• Ye Shiyu assured the guests that the pill would not damage their foundations, then began to explain a serious qualification or limitation.

At the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s opening ceremony, Ye Shiyu promoted Body Tempering Powder and drew the assembled factions into a rush to buy its limited stock. Bibi Dong claimed the entire supply, but Zhao Linchuan negotiated for her to take half immediately and receive the rest in Spirit City within a month.

• Ye Shiyu explained that the rare Body Tempering Pill was difficult to produce, then demonstrated how Body Tempering Powder could raise Soul Ring tolerance by roughly eighty to one hundred and fifty years.
• Hu Yan Zhen ordered fifty portions, but Ye Shiyu said the sect could spare only twenty, prompting other factions to rush to place orders.
• Bibi Dong offered twenty million Gold Soul Coins for all two hundred portions and demanded the medicine immediately.
• Ning Fengzhi objected that Bibi Dong was monopolizing the medicine, and she dismissed his complaint.
• Zhao Linchuan proposed that Bibi Dong take one hundred portions that day and receive the remaining hundred in Spirit City within a month; Bibi Dong accepted.

Ye Shiyu and Zhao Linchuan turned the Body Tempering Powder shortage into a flood of faction reservations and deposits. Ye Shiyu then introduced the Body Tempering Pill, warning that it could let Soul Masters absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as their fourth ring but left them vulnerable to Soul Shock.

• Ning Fengzhi offered two hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins per portion to buy fifty portions of Body Tempering Powder, and Ye Shiyu accepted.
• Zhao Linchuan limited the remaining powder to one portion per faction and offered priority reservations for the next batch, prompting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and other factions to place large orders.
• Ye Shiyu recorded orders for nearly a thousand portions of Body Tempering Powder and calculated that the sales would bring in about one hundred million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ye Shiyu began presenting the Body Tempering Pill and warned that it increased the body's capacity without improving Spiritual Power, making Soul Shock a danger for those attempting a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring as their fourth ring.
• Yu Luomian dismissed Ye Shiyu's concern, saying Soul Masters always faced danger on their path.

Ye Shiyu auctioned six Body Tempering Pills at the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect’s founding ceremony, and Bibi Dong and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect drove up the bids. The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect won the Supreme Grade pill for forty million gold soul coins.

• Ye Shiyu announced that five pills were high grade and the final pill was Supreme Grade, then began the auction with a one-million-gold starting price.
• Gu Rong outbid Bibi Dong to win the first pill for ten million gold, and Ning Fengzhi accepted it for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi’s sect won the second and third pills for eleven million and twelve million, while Bibi Dong bought the fourth for six million and Yu Luomian bought the fifth for seven million five hundred thousand.
• Bibi Dong and Gu Rong traded escalating bids for the Supreme Grade pill, with Bibi Dong appearing to hesitate as Gu Rong pushed the price higher.
• Gu Rong bid forty million gold, and Ye Shiyu sold the Supreme Grade pill to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

After the Pill Convention brought in a huge profit, Zhao Linchuan reunited with Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan at a secluded residence. He revealed that the day’s net earnings were around 191 million Gold Soul Coins, leaving Bibi Dong reassured about his future.

• Ning Fengzhi and Gu Rong’s forty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin bid for a Supreme Grade Body Tempering Pill stunned the guests, and Ye Shiyu then sold more pills to eager buyers.
• Bibi Dong left the banquet publicly, while the guests departed and Ye Shiyu, Yang Wudi, and Niu Gao saw them off.
• Zhao Linchuan found Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan together at the back mountain residence and thanked Bibi Dong for helping stage the bidding rivalry.
• Zhao Linchuan returned Bibi Dong’s payment for the pills, explaining that her performance had helped make Ning Fengzhi bid decisively.
• Zhao Linchuan told Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan that the convention had earned around 191 million Gold Soul Coins in net profit, and Bibi Dong approved of his ability to provide for them.

Bibi Dong encouraged Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan to support Zhao Linchuan’s ambitions and hinted she might soon send him on a task. Back at the Hall of All Heavens, Zhao Linchuan rewarded Yang Wudi and Niu Gao for their defense of the sect and urged them to understand the need for powerful experts to secure its future.

• Bibi Dong reassured Qian Renxue that she cared little about the sect leaders’ opinion of Spirit Hall and told her and Dugu Yan to help Zhao Linchuan achieve great things.
• Bibi Dong warned Qian Renxue and Dugu Yan not to worry if Zhao Linchuan left the sect to handle a task for her.
• Zhao Linchuan thanked Yang Wudi and Niu Gao for holding back Tang Xiao and Tang Lie during the battle.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Yang Wudi a Nine-grade Purple Ganoderma and Niu Gao an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo as rewards for their service.
• Zhao Linchuan reminded Yang Wudi and Niu Gao that the sect needed powerful experts to stand firm, and asked them to recognize the danger they had faced without Bibi Dong’s deterrence.

Yang Wudi and Niu Gao swore their loyalty to Zhao Linchuan, who gave Niu Gao a box of pastries Qian Renxue had made. After Qian Renxue escorted the clan leaders away, a streak of purple light made Zhao Linchuan vanish from the Hall of All Heavens.

• Yang Wudi and Niu Gao pledged to devote themselves to Zhao Linchuan and help the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect reach the continent's pinnacle.
• Zhao Linchuan gave Niu Gao Qian Renxue's pastries as a reward for defending the hall, then asked Qian Renxue to escort the clan leaders out.
• After Qian Renxue and the clan leaders disappeared from view, a streak of purple light swept through the hall and Zhao Linchuan vanished.
• On the mountainside, Niu Gao teased Yang Wudi while claiming the pastries and boasting about his contributions to the sect.
• Yang Wudi argued that his Medicine Hall and past efforts deserved greater credit, and Niu Gao suggested he was showing off for Qian Renxue.
• Yang Wudi angrily challenged Niu Gao to settle their dispute over contributions in the Martial Arts Arena.

Niu Gao shared Qian Renxue’s pastries with his clan, while Yang Wudi rallied the Medicine Hall to develop new formulas. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong carried the unconscious Zhao Linchuan into a hidden mountain chamber, leaving the reason for his abduction unclear.

• Qian Renxue overheard Niu Gao and Yang Wudi quarrel over her pastries and decided to prepare more for both clan heads.
• Niu Gao brought the pastries to his family, insisted their strange taste was noble, and ordered the Defense Clan to suspend wages and work on sect construction.
• Yang Wudi urged the Medicine Hall to develop new formulas, improve existing ones, and establish three research groups.
• Bibi Dong carried the unconscious Zhao Linchuan to a concealed entrance in a remote cliff and entered a warm, carefully maintained secret chamber.

Bibi Dong used a batch of potent pills and guided their power through Zhao Linchuan to help him meet the Divine Examination’s deadline. After he regained control and woke fully, he turned the tables on her and threatened to tell Xue'er.

• Bibi Dong laid the unconscious Zhao Linchuan in the Secret Chamber and fed him the pills from her White Jade Bottle.
• After bathing, Bibi Dong found Zhao Linchuan turning purple as the pills’ power surged through him, and she resolved to guide it despite her hesitation.
• Zhao Linchuan woke to find Bibi Dong beside him, but she knocked him unconscious again before he could question her.
• As his Soul Power purified and his Soul Rings fused, Zhao Linchuan’s power grew and his meridians widened.
• Zhao Linchuan pretended to remain unconscious, then pinned Bibi Dong and threatened to let Xue'er find out.

Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong recovered in a hot spring after their prolonged struggle, and she confessed that she had fed him more than a dozen Soul Returning Pills. He urged her to return periodically to balance her newly formed Rakshasa Divine Power, then asked about the requirements for completing the Rakshasa God Trial.

• Zhao Linchuan pressured Bibi Dong into calling him Husband and threatened to expose her secret to Xue'er as her resistance crumbled.
• Bibi Dong told Zhao Linchuan that she had fed him more than a dozen Soul Returning Pills because she feared their medicinal power would be insufficient.
• Bibi Dong offered Zhao Linchuan a jade bottle of tea brewed with Tianshan Snow Lotus, and he stored it in his Soul Tool.
• Zhao Linchuan told Bibi Dong to visit him periodically so his Supreme Yang Thunder Gang could balance her Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Bibi Dong resumed her Pope's attire and acted as if she controlled Zhao Linchuan, but later returned to his arms.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Bibi Dong whether a Rakshasa God Trial inheritor without a High Priest had to gather Soul Power equal to a Level 99 Limit Douluo and forcibly knock on the inheritance gate.

Bibi Dong revealed that she had given Zhao Linchuan more than ten Soul Returning Pills, prolonging their struggle, and accepted his demand to meet regularly to balance her Rakshasa Divine Power. Afterward, Zhao Linchuan asked her about the requirements for opening the Rakshasa God inheritance gate.

• Bibi Dong confessed that she had fed Zhao Linchuan more than ten Soul Returning Pills because she feared the medicine would not be strong enough.
• Zhao Linchuan told Bibi Dong to visit him regularly so his Supreme Yang Thunder Gang could balance her newly formed Rakshasa Divine Power, and she agreed.
• Bibi Dong offered Zhao Linchuan a warm jade bottle containing tea she had prepared with Tianshan Snow Lotus, and he stored it without drinking it.
• Afterward, Bibi Dong returned to her cold, authoritative Pope persona, then grew gentle again as she helped Zhao Linchuan dress.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Bibi Dong whether, without a High Priest's sacrifice, a Rakshasa God Trial inheritor had to gather Soul Power equal to a Level 99 Limit Douluo and force open the inheritance gate.

Zhao Linchuan took Bibi Dong to investigate Xiao Wu and used his hidden spiritual power to help her see through a mysterious barrier concealing Xiao Wu’s identity. They discovered that the barrier was weakening and might have been placed by the Asura God, leaving Zhao Linchuan wary of intervening.

• Zhao Linchuan told Bibi Dong to stop accumulating Soul Power and instead refine what she had, then asked her to accompany him to retrieve a gift for Xue'er; Bibi Dong pleaded that their relationship remain secret from her daughter, and he agreed.
• At Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong watched Xiao Wu sitting alone and longing for her absent Third Brother.
• Bibi Dong doubted that Xiao Wu was a shapeshifted Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, so Zhao Linchuan shared his Quasi-God spiritual power with her and revealed that he possessed a second Martial Soul.
• Using the enhanced perception, Bibi Dong saw a fading blood-colored barrier around Xiao Wu that concealed the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit’s origin and shared an ancient aura with her Divine Slaughter's Domain.
• Bibi Dong estimated that the barrier would vanish within half a year, and Zhao Linchuan suspected the Asura God had placed it to protect Xiao Wu until her bond with Tang San was secure.

Zhao Linchuan returned to the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect with Bibi Dong, and Zhu Zhuqing discovered that the two had been intimate. She used the knowledge to tease Zhao Linchuan and asked him to let her taste the same “dessert” Bibi Dong had.

• Zhao Linchuan took Bibi Dong back to the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect after she said she had prepared Xue'er and Yanzi for his absence.
• By dusk, Bibi Dong left Zhao Linchuan's sleeping palace looking exhausted, and Zhu Zhuqing saw her departing.
• Zhu Zhuqing brought tea to Zhao Linchuan and told him that Yanzi and the others would remain in seclusion until the next morning.
• Zhu Zhuqing hinted that Xue'er might learn what had happened with Bibi Dong and pulled away Zhao Linchuan's covering.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Zhao Linchuan to let her taste the dessert Bibi Dong had tasted, and began to bend toward him.

Zhao Linchuan told Yang Wudi he had found leads on Yang Wushuang and promised to rescue him, while Ning Fengzhi met Tang Xiao and Tang Yuehua at Moonlight Pavilion. Bibi Dong secretly destroyed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s main tower, and the meeting at Moonlight Pavilion began with Ning Fengzhi praising Tang Yuehua’s tea.

• Zhu Zhuqing and Zhao Linchuan left the Sleeping Palace and met Yang Wudi in the Hall of All Heavens.
• Zhao Linchuan told Yang Wudi he had found clues to Yang Wushuang’s imprisonment and would personally try to bring him back.
• Ning Fengzhi received a Clear Sky Sect invitation and left for Moonlight Pavilion with Gu Rong and Jian Douluo.
• Bibi Dong arrived outside the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and collapsed its glazed main tower before leaving.
• Ning Fengzhi and Tang Xiao met at Moonlight Pavilion, where Tang Yuehua served tea and Ning Fengzhi praised her skill.

Ning Fengzhi discussed the rising Profound Gate Heavenly Sect with Tang Xiao and proposed undermining its reputation by disrupting its supply of rare medicinal materials. He suggested Tang Yuehua get close to Zhao Linchuan and learn which ingredients the sect needed and where it bought them.

• Tang Xiao accepted a Body Tempering Pill from Ning Fengzhi as a gift, then asked for Body Tempering Powder, which Ning said was already gone.
• Tang Xiao condemned the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect and asked Ning Fengzhi for a way to eliminate it quietly.
• Ning Fengzhi argued that the new sect’s limited stock of pills and powder left it vulnerable to failing its promised deliveries and losing its reputation.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed that Tang Yuehua approach Zhao Linchuan and discreetly discover the sect’s scarce ingredients and suppliers.

Ning Fengzhi discussed the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect with Tang Xiao and proposed exploiting its shortage of medicinal materials to undermine its reputation. He urged Tang Yuehua to approach Zhao Linchuan and discover which ingredients the sect needed and where it bought them.

• Tang Xiao asked Ning Fengzhi for a Body Tempering Pill, and Ning gave him one as a gift.
• Tang Xiao asked for Body Tempering Powder, but Ning said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had none left.
• Tang Xiao expressed his hostility toward the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect and asked Ning how to weaken it without drawing attention.
• Ning argued that the new sect’s limited supply of medicinal materials could keep it from fulfilling its large number of orders and damage its reputation.
• Ning proposed that Tang Yuehua approach Zhao Linchuan under the pretext of discussing music or etiquette and learn about the sect’s scarce ingredients and suppliers.

Zhao Linchuan planned to exploit Tang Yuehua’s attempt to gather intelligence by feeding the Clear Sky Sect misleading information and arranging a moon-viewing meeting. He launched a public and covert campaign to buy Beast Blood Ginseng, while musing about winning Tang Yuehua over.

• Zhao Linchuan agreed with Qian Renxue and Ye Shiyu to use Tang Yuehua’s visit to pass chosen intelligence to the Clear Sky Sect, then invited her to the Profound Gate Heavenly Sect that night.
• Ye Shiyu teased Zhao Linchuan and Ye Lingling about their relationship, embarrassing Ye Lingling as she led her mother away.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Qian Renxue to prepare Ginger Candy Slices for Tang Yuehua, then questioned Yang Wudi about Beast Blood Ginseng and ordered him to buy it publicly across Heaven Dou City and nearby areas.
• Zhao Linchuan instructed Qian Renxue to use Spirit Hall’s channels to discreetly acquire about sixty percent of the high-quality wild Beast Blood Ginseng available across the continent.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Dugu Yan and Zhu Zhuqing whether he could win Tang Yuehua over, and Dugu Yan suggested using Soul Returning Pills to make her more receptive.