Chapter Summaries

Hu Bai treated the wounded after the victory at Skywater City and reunited with the exhausted Ye Lingling before returning to Spirit City with the allied Soul Masters. On the journey, he teased the Ice Empress and Snow Empress about why humanoid-form Soul Beasts were so beautiful.

• Hu Bai arrived at the logistics area, reassured the wounded that they had won, and Ye Lingling fainted into his arms after seeing him.
• Dugu Yan explained that Ye Lingling had pushed herself to keep treating the injured until Hu Bai returned.
• Hu Bai spread his Sky Fox Domain across the logistics division and used healing elements to restore the wounded, impressing Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er.
• A few days later, Hu Bai and the Soul Masters returned toward Spirit City while Shui Tao stayed behind to deal with Thunder Academy.
• Hu Bai met Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian on the road, then joked with the Ice Empress and Snow Empress about Soul Beasts' humanoid forms and their beauty.

Hu Bai told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress about a future involving Tang San and the God Realm, while the gods confronted the God of Destruction over their decision to pass their Divine Seats to Hu Bai. The God of Destruction began considering the benefits of their plan but questioned whether Hu Bai truly had the power to bear the burden.

• Hu Bai told the Snow Empress and Ice Empress that, in a future without him, they would ascend to the God Realm alongside a later Child of Fortune who suffered under Tang San and the Asura God.
• The Ice Empress suggested killing Tang San, but the Snow Empress warned that he was protected by great fortune and the Asura God; Hu Bai added that Tang San's soul had been brought from another plane by the Asura God.
• The Ice Empress worried that Hu Bai's training in the City of Slaughter would provoke the Asura God, while the Snow Empress guessed that the God of Destruction had set the trial.
• Rong Nianbing and the Seven Element Gods told the God of Destruction that they had passed their Divine Seats to Hu Bai, and the God of Destruction erupted in anger before hearing their explanation.
• The Fire God explained that Hu Bai's Divine Seat combined their Origin Power, making it impossible to revoke the trials without harming the gods; the Seven Element Gods admitted they wanted to retire and believed Hu Bai could take over their duties.
• The God of Destruction considered whether Hu Bai could shoulder the God Realm's burdens, and Rong Nianbing claimed Hu Bai's Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Martial Soul was at least God King level.

Rong Nianbing and the Seven Element Gods persuaded Destruction to support Hu Bai’s ascension by explaining his extraordinary elemental and destiny powers and their potential to help the God Realm. They then asked Destruction to grant the God of Destruction and God of Desire inheritance trials to Xie Yue and Hu Liena, and the chapter ended with Destruction considering their case after hearing about the siblings’ three-person Divine Soul Fusion Skill.

• Rong Nianbing told Destruction that Hu Bai possessed many ultimate elements and divine artifacts, including a Destiny Divine Artifact capable of manipulating fortune and locating threats.
• The Life Goddess and the other gods argued that Hu Bai’s abilities could help protect the God Realm and make its expansion safer, and Destruction agreed to support Hu Bai while requiring the Seven Element Gods to remain and help him.
• Rong Nianbing asked Destruction to grant Xie Yue and Hu Liena inheritance trials for the God of Destruction and the God of Desire.
• The Dark God explained that Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena could perform a powerful three-person Divine Soul Fusion Skill, whose strength would depend on Xie Yue and Hu Liena receiving high-ranking Divine Seats.
• Destruction listened to the explanation and fell into deep thought about whether to grant the two inheritance trials.

The Life Goddess arranged a trial in the City of Slaughter for Hu Bai and his siblings, with the God of Destruction agreeing to judge their Martial Soul Fusion Skill and performance. Meanwhile, Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul had evolved into a Golden Sacred Dragon with a bloodline stronger than his own, leaving the furious Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan elders stunned.

• The Life Goddess proposed sending Hu Bai and his siblings to the City of Slaughter, where Hu Bai would face restrictions on his powers during his Fourth Trial.
• The God of Destruction agreed to block the Asura God’s Divine Thought and promised to authorize the God of Destruction and God of Desire’s Divine Seats if the trio impressed him.
• Yu Luomian and the clan elders berated Yu Yuanzhen after learning Yu Xiaogang had consumed the pills traded for the clan’s Soul Bones.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that he and Tang Xiao had given the pills to Yu Xiaogang while caught in a powerful illusion, though the elders could not identify who had created it.
• Yu Yuanzhen told the elders that Yu Xiaogang’s Martial Soul had evolved into a Golden Sacred Dragon whose bloodline power surpassed his own.

Yu Xiaogang revealed that his Martial Soul had evolved into a Golden Sacred Dragon, prompting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to invest in him and plan for him to pass on the powerful Martial Soul. The Great Elder ordered Yu Luomian to bring Liu Erlong back so she and Yu Xiaogang could marry, but Yu Yuanzhen revealed that Yu Xiaogang could no longer father children.

• Yu Yuanzhen summoned Yu Xiaogang, whose Golden Sacred Dragon burst through the council chamber roof and used its Dragon Might to suppress the clan members with dragon-type Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang said his Soul Power had reached Level 35 and his cultivation speed was equivalent to Innate Level 7; Yu Yuanzhen added that he had taken Body Forging Pills and could withstand an Eight-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring.
• The Great Elder granted Yu Xiaogang access to the clan's resources and ordered him to cultivate toward Titled Douluo so he could pass the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul to a son.
• The Great Elder ordered Yu Luomian to bring Liu Erlong back from Heaven Dou City and arrange her marriage to Yu Xiaogang, insisting that the clan's interests outweighed their close kinship.
• Yu Yuanzhen told the Great Elder that Yu Xiaogang was willing but powerless to continue his family line, leaving the Great Elder confused.

Yu Yuanzhen explained that Yu Xiaogang had become temporarily unable to father children after taking the Millennium Body Forging Pills, leaving the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan uncertain about investing in him. The Great Elder still allowed Yu Xiaogang some resources and told him to stay in the clan and cultivate.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Luomian and the others that the Body Forging Pills had left Yu Xiaogang unable to produce offspring for now.
• Yu Luomian blamed Spirit Hall, but Yu Yuanzhen suggested Yu Xiaogang had taken too many pills at once instead of starting with one.
• The Great Elder and the others reconsidered cultivating Yu Xiaogang because he could not pass down his martial soul and the clan faced a growing threat.
• Yu Xiaogang suggested that the Nine Heart Begonia might be able to heal him.
• The Great Elder decided Yu Xiaogang would still receive some clan resources and ordered him to remain in the clan and focus on cultivation.

After returning to Spirit City, Hu Bai learned that Gu Yue Na had enrolled at Spirit Hall Academy and suspected her true identity as the Silver Dragon King. He went to meet her, but his attempt to locate her with the Destiny Divine Artifact drained most of his Soul Power and confirmed that she was the Silver Dragon King.

• Hu Bai and his companions returned safely to Spirit City, and Dugu Bo reported their victory to Bibi Dong.
• Xie Tian told Bibi Dong that he had gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring while Hu Leyao had used a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong told Hu Bai that Gu Yue Na, a twelve-year-old Battle Soul King with a Silver Dragon Martial Soul, had enrolled and wanted to meet him.
• Snow Empress warned Hu Bai that Gu Yue Na might be the Silver Dragon King, but Hu Bai chose to meet her without revealing what he knew to Bibi Dong.
• Hu Bai entered Spirit Hall Academy, evaded the enthusiastic students, and asked a student for directions to the female dormitories.
• Hu Bai used the Destiny Divine Artifact to locate Gu Yue Na, but stopped when his Soul Power rapidly drained; the partial Fate Thread confirmed her identity as the Silver Dragon King.

Hu Bai tracked down Gu Yue Na, and the two met to discuss a challenge. Gu Yue Na proposed that the loser fulfill a condition, but Hu Bai rejected her playful offer to become his girlfriend because he already had a fiancée, leaving Gu Yue Na irritated and curious about the rival’s beauty.

• Hu Bai used a divine artifact to locate Gu Yue Na, who sensed his Power of Destiny and found him in the crowd.
• Hu Bai concealed Ice Empress and Snow Empress in his Second Sea of Consciousness before approaching Gu Yue Na.
• Gu Yue Na revealed herself and challenged Hu Bai to a match, saying the loser would have to fulfill a condition.
• Gu Yue Na offered to become Hu Bai’s girlfriend if she lost, but Hu Bai refused because he already had a fiancée.
• Gu Yue Na frowned and asked whether she was less beautiful than Hu Bai’s fiancée.

Hu Bai rejected Gu Yue Na’s advances and agreed to spar with her without using Spiritual Power. At the open ground, Gu Yue Na learned that Hu Bai was already a Level 73 Soul Sage, far stronger than she had assumed, and that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s life essence had enhanced his Soul Rings.

• Hu Bai told Gu Yue Na he would not abandon Sister Xiao Xue and refused her proposal to become his girlfriend or make him wear women’s clothes.
• Gu Yue Na acknowledged Hu Bai’s Power of Destiny and suggested a spar without Spiritual Power, which Hu Bai accepted.
• Gu Yue Na and Hu Bai went to an open ground while nearby Spirit Hall students speculated about their relationship and avoided watching the match.
• Gu Yue Na revealed her Silver Dragon Martial Soul and Level 55 Soul King cultivation, while Hu Bai revealed his Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Martial Soul and Level 73 Soul Sage cultivation.
• Hu Bai explained that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s life essence had increased the age of his Soul Rings, and Gu Yue Na realized this might offer room for future negotiation.

Hu Bai and Gu Yue Na competed in elemental control, then he fell asleep and she brought him to her room. After they woke and went out for breakfast as friends, Gu Yue Na continued pursuing the Heart of the Dragon God while hiding her identity as the Silver Dragon King.

• Hu Bai defeated Gu Yue Na in an elemental-control match, and they agreed to spar again in the future.
• Hu Bai told Gu Yue Na that he planned to enter the City of Slaughter for his Fourth Divine Trial, then fell asleep beside her.
• Di Tian appeared and called Gu Yue Na Master, confirming to the concealed Ice Empress and Snow Empress that she was the Silver Dragon King.
• Gu Yue Na carried Hu Bai to her room, where he slept through the night while she cultivated nearby.
• After Hu Bai woke and bathed, Gu Yue Na said they were friends, and the two went out for breakfast together.
• Gu Yue Na revealed that she had sent Di Tian to search for the Heart of the Dragon God, which could let her wield power beyond a God King.

Hu Bai brought Gu Yue Na home after they shared breakfast, where Hu Liena and Xie Yue revealed that Gu Yue Na had defeated them both. Four months later, Qian Renxue emerged from seclusion at level seventy and received a God-Bestowed Soul Ring, then asked how Hu Bai was doing.

• Hu Bai and Gu Yue Na ate breakfast together, drew attention at the shop, and Hu Bai paid before taking her to Xie Mansion.
• Uncle Fu welcomed Hu Bai home and explained that his parents were still asleep while Hu Liena and Xie Yue were up.
• Hu Liena and Xie Yue confronted Gu Yue Na, and Hu Bai learned that she had defeated both siblings when they challenged her.
• Hu Liena worried that Gu Yue Na might draw Hu Bai away from Qian Renxue, while Gu Yue Na wondered about Qian Renxue's beauty.
• Four months later, Qian Renxue emerged from seclusion at level seventy, and Qian Daoliu gave her a God-Bestowed Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Daoliu how Hu Bai was doing.

Qian Renxue learned that Hu Bai had grown close to Gu Yue Na and hurried to find him, while Bibi Dong reflected on his growing charm and the widening political power of the Spirit Hall Empire. The chapter ended with Spirit Hall’s recent conquests and punishments described, as Qian Renxue headed to the Academy sparring grounds.

• Qian Daoliu and the other Worships told Qian Renxue about Gu Yue Na, prompting her to abandon absorbing her God-given Soul Ring and fly off to find Hu Bai.
• The Worships discussed whether Gu Yue Na might affect Qian Renxue and Hu Bai’s relationship, and Qian Daoliu recalled his past feelings for Bo Saixi and speculated about Tang Chen’s divine trials.
• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong where Hu Bai was, learned he was training with Gu Yue Na at the Academy sparring grounds, and flew there.
• Bibi Dong considered how Hu Bai’s growing Spiritual Power and charm had attracted several female students and made Qian Renxue feel pressured.
• The Heaven Dou Empire paid Spirit Hall’s ransom, several cities joined the Spirit Hall Empire, Thunder Academy was disbanded, and its headmaster and the city lord were killed.

Qian Renxue returned from seclusion and publicly declared herself Hu Bai’s fiancée after finding him training with Gu Yue Na. Gu Yue Na concealed her growing feelings and remained composed, but Qian Renxue’s declaration left her secretly hurt.

• Qian Renxue entered Spirit Hall Academy, intending to make everyone aware that she was Hu Bai’s fiancée.
• Hu Bai and Gu Yue Na exchanged elemental attacks, and Gu Yue Na used his explanation to create a small wooden figure from water and earth.
• Hu Bai spotted Qian Renxue, embraced her warmly, and eased her jealousy, while Gu Yue Na felt an unfamiliar sense of loss.
• Gu Yue Na reminded herself that she had approached Hu Bai to advance the Soul Beasts’ interests, then suppressed her personal feelings and went to greet Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue introduced herself as Hu Bai’s fiancée and held his arm as Gu Yue Na shook her hand, hiding how deeply the declaration hurt her.

Qian Renxue reunited with Hu Bai after emerging from seclusion, while Gu Yue Na left the arena without confronting her. Hu Bai and Qian Renxue privately cleared up her doubts about Gu Yue Na, and Qian Renxue asked him to tell her about his strength and divine trial.

• Gu Yue Na accepted Qian Renxue's claim that she was Hu Bai's fiancée, then left after asking Hu Bai to discuss soul skills with her another time.
• Hu Bai took Qian Renxue to a secluded forest, where they silently stared at each other until she blushed and looked away.
• Qian Renxue admitted she felt uneasy about Hu Bai's closeness with Gu Yue Na and the attention he received from female students.
• Hu Bai assured Qian Renxue that he and Gu Yue Na were only friends, while keeping Gu Yue Na's special background secret.
• Qian Renxue believed Hu Bai and asked about his current strength and progress in his divine trial.

Hu Bai told Qian Renxue about his past year and invited her into his sea of consciousness so she could meet the Ice Empress and Snow Empress. Inside, Qian Renxue marveled at the vast golden and blue seas before the two spirit forms appeared.

• Hu Bai told Qian Renxue about reaching rank seventy-three, gaining the Ice Empress and Snow Empress as neighbors, and the events of his past year.
• Hu Bai said he worked hard so he could protect Qian Renxue, and he explained that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress could not safely appear in the outside world because Gu Yue Na might detect them.
• Hu Bai lowered his spiritual defenses and guided Qian Renxue's consciousness into his sea of consciousness.
• Qian Renxue was astonished by Hu Bai's enormous golden sea and the separate blue sea of consciousness within it.
• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress emerged from the blue sea and appeared before Qian Renxue.

Qian Renxue visited Hu Bai’s sea of consciousness, thanked the Ice Empress and Snow Empress for supporting him, and then absorbed her God-Bestowed Soul Ring, which reached the hundred thousand years level. Watching her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul, Hu Bai began considering how to make it evolve and summoned three divine artifacts.

• Qian Renxue met the Ice Empress and Snow Empress in Hu Bai’s sea of consciousness, and the three spoke about caring for Hu Bai and their companionship.
• Qian Renxue thanked the Ice Empress and Snow Empress for staying by Hu Bai while she underwent her Angel God trials.
• Qian Renxue asked Hu Bai to stand guard as she absorbed the God-Bestowed Soul Ring given to her by her grandfather.
• Qian Renxue’s God-Bestowed Soul Ring changed from white through black to red, becoming a hundred thousand years Soul Ring.
• Hu Bai watched Qian Renxue’s Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and began thinking about evolving it, then summoned the Fate Wheel Time Weaving Staff, Ember Extinguishing Flame Wheel, and Holy Radiance Sun Sword.

Hu Bai exhausted his Soul Power to help Qian Renxue evolve her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul into an Eight-Winged Angel, leaving her with a new Angel Domain. After catching him as he nearly collapsed, Qian Renxue kissed him twice while Ice Empress and Snow Empress watched and teased each other.

• Hu Bai used the three divine artifacts to draw out Qian Renxue's remaining medicinal effects and transform her Six-Winged Angel into an Eight-Winged Angel.
• Qian Renxue gained a new Angel Domain, while Hu Bai's Soul Power was completely depleted and the herbs' remaining effects were exhausted.
• Qian Renxue caught Hu Bai as he began to fall and kissed him when he reassured her he would recover.
• When Hu Bai teased her that the first kiss was too quick to feel, Qian Renxue kissed him again for a full minute.
• Ice Empress and Snow Empress discussed whether Gu Yue Na had a chance with Hu Bai, then Ice Empress insisted she only liked Snow Empress.

Eight months after Qian Renxue’s Martial Soul evolved, Spirit Hall prepared Hu Bai and his companions for their City of Slaughter training while Gu Yue Na learned where the Heart of the Dragon God lay. The chapter ended with Spirit Hall rounding up Fallen Ones and ordering Shrek Academy to disband after capturing Zhao Wuji.

• Qian Renxue told Hu Bai that her Martial Soul had evolved into an Eight-Winged Angel, her Soul Power had reached Level Seventy-Five, and she had awakened the Angel Domain.
• Gu Yue Na learned from Di Tian that the Heart of the Dragon God lay in a Dragon’s Graveyard on a distant, unnamed continent, then angrily rejected his suggestion that she had fallen for Hu Bai.
• Qian Daoliu and the Worships witnessed Qian Renxue’s transformed Martial Soul, while Qian Daoliu privately reflected on the sacrifice required to complete her Angel God inheritance.
• Over the next eight months, Hu Liena reached Level Fifty-Three and gained her Fifth Soul Ring, while Xie Yue advanced to Level Fifty-Seven.
• Spirit Hall’s agents captured Fallen Ones across the continent, including Zhao Wuji, and Qian Daoliu sealed their cultivation so they could be sent into the City of Slaughter as supplies for Hu Bai and the others.
• Spirit Hall ordered Shrek Academy to disband for harboring Zhao Wuji and other alleged offenses, while Hu Bai criticized its training methods and lack of resources.

Hu Bai lent Gu Yue Na a Space Divine Artifact before she left Spirit Hall to search another continent, then traveled with Xie Yue and Hu Liena to enter the City of Slaughter. The three began their dangerous trial, learning that Bibi Dong had been the last person to pass through the Hell Road.

• Gu Yue Na told Hu Bai she planned to leave Spirit Hall and travel to another continent, and he lent her a pair of Space Divine Artifact blades for protection.
• Hu Bai chose not to reveal the location of the Ice Fire Dragon Kings' corpses, concerned that taking them would eventually destroy the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Eye.
• Bibi Dong personally saw Hu Bai, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena off, then accompanied them to the City of Slaughter's entrance and warned Xie Yue and Hu Liena to prioritize survival.
• The Slaughter Messenger explained the City of Slaughter's rules, including the deathmatches, the requirement for one hundred consecutive victories, and the deadly Hell Road.
• The Slaughter Messenger revealed that Bibi Dong had been the most recent person to pass through the Hell Road, shocking Xie Yue and Hu Liena.

Hu Bai began registering for the Slaughter City trials while explaining the Asura God’s power and Bibi Dong’s transformed domain. Meanwhile, Tang San awakened twin martial souls, became the Clear Sky Sect’s Young Sect Master and Yu Xiaogang’s disciple, but privately doubted that he truly had Innate Full Soul Power.

• Hu Bai rejected the Slaughter Messenger’s warning and asked to register for a life-and-death battle that day.
• Hu Bai told the Ice Empress and Snow Empress that the Asura God’s power sealed soul rings in the trial grounds, and that he would not use his divine weapon or accept Divine Slaughter’s Domain.
• Tang San awakened Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, prompting Tang Xiao to name him Young Sect Master despite an elder’s reservations.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that all Twin Martial Souls wielders had Innate Full Soul Power, accepted Tang San as his final disciple, and advised him to leave the Clear Sky Hammer without soul rings until Soul Saint.
• Tang San’s test confirmed Innate Full Soul Power, but he privately questioned the result because it had taken him two or three years to complete the first level of his Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang advised Tang San to cultivate Blue Silver Grass as a control-type martial soul and use poison to restrain opponents.