Chapter Summaries

Lin Jin used the Guardian of Dawn to destroy the Star Luo Army and defeat Marshal Xiao Yeyang, who took his own life. Qian Renxue survived but lost her Martial Soul, and Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai left to report the defeat to the Star Luo Emperor.

• Lin Jin swept the Star Luo Army with his golden Light Blade, reducing three hundred thousand soldiers to dust.
• Lin Jin struck down Long Qi and Que Qi, then faced Marshal Xiao Yeyang, who accepted defeat and killed himself.
• Lin Jin left Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai alive and carried the unconscious Qian Renxue away from the battlefield.
• Qian Daoliu told Lin Jin that Qian Renxue had survived but lost her Martial Soul, and Lin Jin vowed to restore it.
• Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai decided to return to Star Luo and report that the Million Army had been annihilated and Marshal Xiao had died.

After awakening from a three-day coma, Qian Renxue learned that her sacrifice had cost her the Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul but helped Lin Jin hold Dou Ling Pass. As she grieved the fallen, Lin Jin reassured her and they resolved to honor the dead with a monument bearing their names.

• Qian Renxue awoke beside Lin Jin and realized she had lost her Martial Soul and Soul Power.
• Qian Daoliu and Lin Jin welcomed Qian Renxue, and Lin Jin told her she had slept for three days.
• Lin Jin reported that Xiao Yeyang had killed himself, Star Luo had retreated, and fewer than a thousand defenders survived.
• Qian Renxue asked whether Lin Jin blamed her for sacrificing her Martial Soul and the deaths of two hundred thousand soldiers.
• Lin Jin told Qian Renxue that the soldiers had chosen to defend the pass and proposed building a Monument of Spirits for them.
• Qian Renxue agreed to build the monument and have every fallen soldier's name carved on it.

Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul had dissipated, but she did not regret sacrificing it to save Lin Jin and Dou Ling Pass. She explained how Lin Jin had taught her that light meant protecting others, and Qian Daoliu accepted her understanding.

• Lin Jin left Qian Renxue to rest while he arranged a roll call for everyone who had fought.
• Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue porridge and asked whether her Martial Soul was truly gone.
• Qian Renxue confirmed that her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul had dissipated and said she did not regret the sacrifice.
• Qian Daoliu warned that without a Martial Soul, Qian Renxue might struggle to lead Spirit Hall and govern Heaven Dou.
• Qian Renxue said light meant protection and responsibility, and credited Lin Jin with teaching her that strength was meant to protect others.
• Qian Daoliu agreed that Qian Renxue's understanding of light surpassed his own and reflected on how much Lin Jin had taught her.

After Qian Renxue awoke, Lin Jin learned that her martial soul could not be restored and honored the fallen defenders of Dou Ling Pass. Qian Daoliu saw Lin Jin’s transformed martial soul and Halo of Faith, then entrusted Qian Renxue’s protection to him as he prepared to retire.

• Qian Daoliu comforted Qian Renxue until she fell asleep again.
• Lin Jin told Ning Fengzhi and the others that Qian Renxue had awakened but would need a month to recover as an ordinary person.
• Ning Fengzhi reported 203,721 deaths and more than 6,400 wounded, and Lin Jin ordered Zhang Huan to build a Monument of Spirits bearing every fallen soldier’s name.
• Qian Daoliu took Lin Jin into the woods and asked to see his martial soul and Eighth Soul Skill.
• Lin Jin revealed his silver-gold Halo of Faith, which Qian Daoliu recognized as the light Qian Renxue had left him.
• Qian Daoliu entrusted Qian Renxue’s protection to Lin Jin and announced that he would retire, while Lin Jin vowed to find a way to restore her martial soul.

Lin Jin resolved to seek a way to restore Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul, and Qian Daoliu offered him the chance to attempt the Angel God’s inheritance despite its deadly risks. After warning Lin Jin to return alive, Qian Daoliu went to Star Luo and destroyed its Imperial Palace; Qian Renxue learned what he had done and smiled.

• Lin Jin told Qian Daoliu he would seek a way to restore Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul, even if the path was dangerous.
• Qian Daoliu explained that he had failed the Angel God’s eighth trial and warned Lin Jin that failure could leave him trapped at level 99 or kill him.
• Qian Daoliu offered to open the Angel Divine Temple to Lin Jin, while Lin Jin said he would consider the trial and search for other ways to restore Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu left to retaliate against the Star Luo Empire for harming Qian Renxue, and Lin Jin returned to help rebuild the pass.
• News arrived that Qian Daoliu had split Star Luo’s Imperial City with a golden sword and reduced its palace to ruins.
• Qian Renxue asked Lin Jin about the destruction, and she smiled when he confirmed that Qian Daoliu had done it.

Qian Renxue and Lin Jin returned to Heaven Dou City in triumph after the defense of Dou Ling Pass, where Qian Renxue publicly mourned the fallen and blamed herself for the war. In the palace, Lin Jin reassured her that she was fit to rule but reproached her for risking her life, and she went to rest.

• Star Luo accepted Heaven Dou's terms, ceding three border commanderies, paying compensation, and agreeing not to launch another war for five years.
• Zhang Heng was promoted to commander of Dou Ling Pass, while Lin Jin and the recovering Qian Renxue returned to the capital.
• At the city gates, Qian Renxue apologized for the deaths of two hundred thousand soldiers and said she had commemorated them with the Monument of Spirits.
• The crowd proclaimed Qian Renxue's long life, and Lin Jin led the returning army into the city.
• In the palace corridor, Qian Renxue asked Lin Jin whether she was unfit to rule, and he reassured her while criticizing her decision to burn her Martial Soul and risk her life.

After Lin Jin returned to Heaven Dou City, the four vassal kingdoms prepared to apologize for their betrayal during the war. At the first court audience after the victory at Dou Ling Pass, Qian Renxue rewarded the surviving forces and honored the dead, then tasked Lin Jin with handling the kingdoms' envoys.

• Lin Xue teased Lin Jin about proposing to Qian Renxue, and he admitted he was considering whether the Lovesick Heartbreak Red could restore her Martial Soul.
• King of Barak learned that Qian Renxue, Lin Jin, and Qian Daoliu had survived and ordered generous gifts sent to Heaven Dou City as an apology.
• At the court audience, Qian Renxue appointed Lin Jin Grand Marshal Protector of the State and King of Suppression for his victory at Dou Ling Pass.
• Ning Fengzhi read honors for fallen commanders and soldiers, rewarded the surviving troops and contributors, and announced compensation for the families of the dead.
• Qian Renxue thanked the soldiers and officials, then declared that the Four Vassal States would be punished for aiding the Star Luo Army.
• Qian Renxue assigned Lin Jin to handle the envoys from the Four Great Kingdoms, and Lin Jin accepted.

Lin Jin rejected the Four Great Kingdoms’ gifts and excuses, then declared war on them in Qian Renxue’s name. Qian Renxue was astonished, and Ning Fengzhi questioned whether another war would stir resentment among the people.

• Lin Jin received the four envoys and reviewed their kingdoms’ offers of mines, grain, coins, and warhorses.
• Lin Jin condemned the envoys for their kingdoms’ support of Xue Beng’s coup, surrender to Star Luo, and role in the deaths of Heaven Dou soldiers at Dou Ling Pass.
• Lin Jin ordered the envoys to return and tell their kings that they would face punishment, then had the Royal Knights drag them from the palace.
• Lin Jin told Qian Renxue that he had declared war on the Four Great Kingdoms in her name.
• Qian Renxue reacted with astonishment, while Ning Fengzhi warned that another war might stir resentment among the people.

Lin Jin persuaded Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi that Heaven Dou had to punish the Four Great Kingdoms for betraying the empire, despite its depleted treasury. Qian Renxue approved Lin Jin’s plan to provoke unrest, conquer Barak, and unify the kingdoms within half a year.

• Lin Jin argued that forgiving the Four Great Kingdoms would cheapen the lives lost at Dou Ling Pass and invite future betrayal.
• Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi acknowledged that Heaven Dou could not afford to fight on four fronts, and Lin Jin revealed he planned to use the people’s resentment to weaken the kingdoms before attacking Barak.
• Lin Jin disclosed that he had secretly accepted the kingdoms’ gifts and would use their supplies to fund the campaign.
• Lin Jin argued that the Four Great Kingdoms had to be unified to protect Heaven Dou’s borders, and Ning Fengzhi supported his case.
• Qian Renxue approved the plan, and Lin Jin promised to make the four kingdoms cease to exist within half a year.

Lin Jin retrieved the Lovesick Heartbreak Red from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping it would restore Qian Renxue’s sacrificed Martial Soul. He brought it to her in the Imperial Palace, where she began the test to make the flower acknowledge her as its master.

• Lin Jin returned to Sunset Forest and found the Lovesick Heartbreak Red still growing beside the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yang Wudi gave Lin Jin two Recovery Pills and warned him that the flower might not succeed in restoring Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul.
• Lin Jin picked the Lovesick Heartbreak Red without damaging the stone at its root and hurried to the Imperial Palace.
• Lin Jin explained the flower’s conditions to Qian Renxue and told her to offer blood while thinking of the person she loved.
• Qian Renxue followed his instructions, and the Lovesick Heartbreak Red began to glow faintly as Lin Jin watched anxiously.

Qian Renxue successfully made the Lovesick Heartbreak Red accept her as its master, but learned it could not directly restore her Martial Soul. After she kissed Lin Jin, the flower merged into her body and began to glow, surprising him.

• Qian Renxue held the Lovesick Heartbreak Red and thought of Lin Jin as the flower accepted her, while its root stone fell away.
• Qian Renxue told Lin Jin she had been thinking of their relationship, and he embraced her as she leaned against him.
• Qian Renxue explained that the flower connected itself to her but could not restore her Martial Soul, and she accepted the consequences of her sacrifice.
• Lin Jin said he could not accept her lost Martial Soul, so Qian Renxue kissed him to stop him blaming himself.
• The Lovesick Heartbreak Red vanished from Qian Renxue's hand and merged into her body, then began to glow and startled Lin Jin.

Lin Jin helped Qian Renxue use the Dawn Breaking Flower to restore her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, and she regained about half of her Soul Power. When Lin Jin proposed getting new soul rings, Qian Renxue said a voice had spoken in her mind.

• Qian Renxue explained that she had kept the Dawn Breaking Flower because Lin Jin had never told her how to use it.
• Lin Jin told Qian Renxue the flower might reshape her Martial Soul, and she swallowed it while he stood guard.
• The Dawn Breaking Flower formed a radiant Six-Winged Angel behind Qian Renxue, restoring her Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue said her soul rings had not returned, but her Soul Power had recovered to about the Soul King level.
• Lin Jin suggested they go get soul rings, but Qian Renxue refused and revealed that a voice had spoken in her mind.

Qian Renxue told Lin Jin that the Angel God had chosen her to begin the Angel Nine Trials, but she planned to wait until the empire was stable. Qian Daoliu released Bibi Dong from Spirit Hall and told her to leave, and she walked out after one last look at the castle.

• Qian Renxue explained that reshaping her Six-Winged Angel had made her eligible for the Angel Nine Trials, which she would postpone until the empire was stable.
• Lin Jin promised to help Qian Renxue stabilize the empire so she could eventually leave for the Angel Divine Temple without worries.
• Qian Daoliu freed Bibi Dong from the Angel Cage and told her that she had achieved her goal of destroying the Qian Family.
• Qian Daoliu told Bibi Dong that Qian Renxue had sacrificed her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul to protect the Heaven Dou Empire, and that the Qian Family no longer owed her anything.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Golden Crocodile Douluo to escort Bibi Dong out of Spirit Hall, and Bibi Dong left after seeing its Consecrates, Elders, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei.
• Bibi Dong turned back at the gates and took a deep look at the castle where she had spent more than forty years.

After leaving Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong wandered alone until the Rakshasa God exploited her grief over Qian Renxue and hatred of Lin Jin. Convinced that killing Lin Jin would restore her daughter’s martial soul and undo her losses, Bibi Dong flew north to hunt him.

• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan whether she had been wrong and learned that Qian Renxue had sacrificed her Six-winged Angel martial soul to save the Heaven Dou Army.
• Qian Daoliu let Bibi Dong leave Spirit Hall and placed the enshrinements under Golden Crocodile Douluo’s supervision.
• Bibi Dong walked alone to a riverside, where her reflection reminded her of Qian Renxue.
• The Rakshasa God appeared in the river and urged Bibi Dong to blame Lin Jin for her failures and her daughter’s lost martial soul.
• Bibi Dong gave in to her hatred, unleashed purple-black power, and flew north to kill Lin Jin, believing she could restore Qian Renxue’s martial soul after becoming a god.

After learning that Bibi Dong had left Spirit Hall, Qian Renxue realized she might be heading for Lin Jin and rushed to his barracks. Bibi Dong attacked Lin Jin, convinced that killing him would let her become a god and restore Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul, but Qian Renxue arrived as the confrontation continued.

• Pufferfish delivered Qian Daoliu’s letter telling Qian Renxue that Bibi Dong had left Spirit Hall and was no longer fit to serve as Pope.
• Qian Renxue learned Bibi Dong had left through the North Gate and suspected she was going to Lin Jin.
• Bibi Dong confronted Lin Jin in his barracks, blaming him for ruining her plan and separating her from her daughter.
• Bibi Dong declared she would kill Lin Jin to become a god, then struck him with her scythe and sent him crashing into the ground.
• Lin Jin ordered his guards and soldiers to stand back, but Bibi Dong prepared another attack as Qian Renxue arrived with Pufferfish and the Royal Knights.

Bibi Dong overcame a moment of hesitation and abducted Lin Jin to the Rakshasa Secret Realm, claiming she would kill him to become a god and restore Qian Renxue's Martial Soul. Lin Jin arrived at the secret realm, where Bibi Dong declared it would be his burial ground.

• Qian Renxue shielded Lin Jin from Bibi Dong and begged her mother to put down her scythe and go home.
• Bibi Dong briefly lowered her scythe, but the Voice of Rakshasa seized control again and bound Lin Jin with purple-black chains.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Renxue she intended to kill Lin Jin so she could become a god and restore Qian Renxue's Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong dragged Lin Jin through a purple-black vortex despite Qian Renxue's attempt to stop them.
• Bibi Dong released Lin Jin in the Rakshasa Secret Realm and told him it would be his burial ground.

Bibi Dong trapped Lin Jin in the Rakshasa Blood Pool to drain his power, while Qian Renxue raced to Spirit City to rescue him. After seven days of torment, Lin Jin still resisted as his Demon Armor remained motionless within his spiritual world, and Qian Renxue reached the city trusting her grandfather would find Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong dropped Lin Jin into the Rakshasa Blood Pool and said she would refine his martial soul and absorb his strength.
• Lin Jin endured the blood pool’s tendrils and assault on his consciousness, resisting despite his exhaustion and pain.
• After Bibi Dong and Lin Jin vanished, Qian Renxue ordered Lin Jin’s plan to proceed and entrusted Ning Fengzhi with affairs while she returned to Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue traveled day and night with Pufferfish and Snake Lance, determined to save Lin Jin.
• Three days into Lin Jin’s ordeal, Bibi Dong taunted him while he remained unable to respond, and his Demon Armor stayed still in his spiritual world.
• On the seventh day, Qian Renxue arrived in Spirit City and assured Pufferfish that her grandfather would find Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Hall and told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had taken Lin Jin into a deity’s secret realm. Qian Daoliu led her to a hidden chamber beneath the Pope’s room to find a possible entrance, where Qian Renxue confronted a strange purple-black statue.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu that Bibi Dong had taken Lin Jin into a secret realm seven days earlier.
• Qian Daoliu explained that only a deity’s chosen inheritor could enter that deity’s secret realm, but suggested a residual entrance might remain in the Pope’s hidden chamber.
• Qian Daoliu brought Qian Renxue through a secret passage beneath the Pope’s room and warned that neither of them might be able to open the entrance.
• Qian Daoliu identified a previously unseen purple-black statue in the chamber as the likely entrance anchor.
• Qian Renxue looked into the statue’s abyss-like eyes and felt herself falling endlessly.

Qian Daoliu forced open the entrance to the Rakshasa Secret Realm, but the damaged passage began to close permanently, leaving Qian Renxue to wait and trust that Lin Jin would escape. On the fifteenth day, Bibi Dong believed Lin Jin had been broken by the Blood Pool, but he opened his purple-gold eyes after she left.

• Qian Daoliu’s strike shattered the Rakshasa statue and exposed an unstable purple-black vortex, but the passage began collapsing.
• Qian Renxue tried to rush into the vortex to save Lin Jin, but Qian Daoliu stopped her and warned that the passage was closing permanently.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renxue to trust Lin Jin and wait for him, though he believed Lin Jin would need to become master of the Secret Realm to escape.
• On the fifteenth day, Bibi Dong watched Lin Jin lie motionless and cracked at the bottom of the Blood Pool, then left after telling him to give up.
• After Bibi Dong turned away, Lin Jin opened his purple-gold eyes.

As Lin Jin’s consciousness neared collapse in the Blood Pool, the Demon Armor awakened and began absorbing its power to save him. Outside the Secret Realm, Qian Daoliu revealed Bibi Dong’s history with Spirit Hall and the Qian Family, leaving Qian Renxue grieving but resolved to follow her own path.

• Lin Jin entrusted his last thread of consciousness to the Demon Armor, which repelled the Rakshasa Power and formed armor around his body as he absorbed the Blood Pool’s power.
• Qian Daoliu brought food to Qian Renxue and told her that Lin Jin might remain inside the Secret Realm for a long time if he was undergoing a deity’s trial.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu to explain Bibi Dong’s hatred of her and the Qian Family, and he revealed that Qian Renxue’s father had harmed Bibi Dong and confined her until she gave birth.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Bibi Dong later ambushed and killed Qian Renxue’s father while he was recovering from his injuries, thereby opening the Rakshasa God’s Secret Realm.
• Qian Renxue wondered whether staying by Bibi Dong’s side could have changed her, but Qian Daoliu told her she could only choose her own path, and Qian Renxue accepted this.