Chapter Summaries

A year after reaching level forty, Hu Bai traveled to Death Valley with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo to obtain a Fourth Soul Ring from a Ten Thousand Year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear. He chose to face the bear himself, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was startled when Hu Bai summoned him.

• Hu Bai arrived in Death Valley with Chrysanthemum Ghost Douluo after Spirit Hall discovered a Ten Thousand Year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear there.
• Yue Guan reminded Hu Bai that his Saint Son ceremony was a month away, while Gui Mei noted his record-breaking cultivation at age nine.
• Hu Bai and his companions entered the bear's territory, and the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear confronted them as prey turned hunter.
• Hu Bai decided to fight the bear himself and entered Martial Soul Possession while Yue Guan and Gui Mei prepared to guard him with the Two Extremes Forbidden Domain.
• Hu Bai summoned Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who saw the bear and exclaimed that Hu Bai was trying to get himself killed.

Hu Bai awakened Tian Meng and fought a Ten Thousand Year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear to obtain his Fourth Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Hu Bai trapping the bear in a lightning array and repeatedly striking it.

• Tian Meng woke and warned Hu Bai about the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear’s strength, then raised Hu Bai’s First and Second Soul Rings to the Ten Thousand Year level.
• Hu Bai activated the Sky Fox Domain, Winter is Coming, and Lightning Domain to suppress the bear and hinder its movement.
• Hu Bai took to the air and summoned a Thunder Giant Sword with Thunder Ring Judgment.
• The Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear countered with Dark Gold Dreadclaw, and Yue Guan judged that Hu Bai’s attack would not defeat it alone.
• Hu Bai split the Thunder Giant Sword into nine lightning bolts, forming a Thunder Binding Array that injured and paralyzed the bear as more Lightning Elements gathered.

Hu Bai killed the ten-thousand-year Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear with a combined Light and lightning attack, then absorbed its Soul Ring and gained a Soul Bone. The Seven Element Gods rewarded him for completing their first trial and sent him on a new mission in the Extreme North Land.

• Hu Bai restrained the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear with lightning and struck it with Holy Light: Demon-Judging Sword, killing it.
• Hu Bai absorbed the Dark Golden Dreadclaw Bear's Soul Ring, reached Level Forty-Three, and obtained its Right Palm Bone.
• Hu Bai's Dark Attribute advanced to Ultimate Darkness, and he formed a Dark Element Heart.
• The Seven Element Gods rewarded Hu Bai with increased affinity, a Soul Power level, and a special God-Bestowed Soul Ring after he exceeded their first trial's requirements.
• The Seven Element Gods assigned Hu Bai their second trial: travel to the Extreme North Land, earn the Ice God's recognition, and determine the form of his second martial soul.

The Seven Element Gods chose to arrange an Ice God trial for Hu Bai, while Spirit Hall's plans prompted Ning Fengzhi to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In Saint Soul Village, Tang Hao grew suspicious of Tang San and questioned whether the boy was truly his and Ah Yin's child.

• The Seven Element Gods decided Hu Bai was suited to pursue the Ice God's inheritance in Ice Sealed Canyon and potentially gain a second Martial Soul.
• Ning Fengzhi asked Chen Xin whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should wait before reacting to Hu Bai's impending Saint Son inauguration.
• Chen Xin warned that the sect could not stand against Spirit Hall, so Ning Fengzhi decided to begin transferring the sect's assets while protecting Ning Rongrong.
• Tang Hao heard about Hu Bai's inauguration and resented Spirit Hall for producing such a talented youngster.
• Tang San brought Tang Hao dinner, and Tang Hao reflected on the three-year-old's unusual abilities and wondered whether he was truly his and Ah Yin's child.

As Hu Bai’s investiture as Spirit Hall’s Saint Son approached, Spirit Hall used his young Soul Ancestor status, Academy rewards, and public policies to attract support and provoke rival forces. At the ceremony, Hu Bai prepared to take his new position while Tian Meng urged him to leave for the Extreme North Land.

• News of Hu Bai’s talent spread across the continent, and Yu Xiaogang decided to visit Spirit Hall to investigate how Hu Bai had advanced so quickly.
• Spirit Hall sent invitations to every force, including Tang Yuehua, while Qian Daoliu dismissed concerns about provoking enemies and declared that he would handle everything.
• Spirit Hall Academy introduced Angel worship for Points and offered precious Foundation Building Pills and Soul Ascension Pills as mission rewards.
• The Academy’s worship gathered Angel Faith Power, allowing Qian Daoliu to store divine power for use beyond Spirit City as he considered drawing Tang Chen out.
• Representatives of major forces arrived at Pope Mountain for Hu Bai’s investiture, and Tian Meng urged him to go to the Extreme North Land for the Ice God Inheritance.

Hu Bai’s Saint Son ceremony stunned the assembled powers when Bibi Dong revealed his extraordinary Soul Ring configuration and claimed his Third Soul Ring came from a Million Year Soul Beast’s sacrifice. The guests began weighing Spirit Hall’s growing power, while Hu Bai noticed Yu Xiaogang and resolved to kill him if Bibi Dong would not.

• Bibi Dong, Hu Bai, and Qian Renxue appeared before the gathered sects and imperial representatives, and Bibi Dong spotted Yu Xiaogang among the guests.
• Bibi Dong announced Hu Bai’s Saint Son appointment and revealed that his Soul Rings were Yellow, Purple, White Gold, and Black.
• Yu Xiaogang asked how Hu Bai had exceeded known Soul Ring limits and what his white-gold Third Soul Ring represented.
• Bibi Dong said Hu Bai’s Second Soul Ring was a Spirit Hall secret and claimed his Third Soul Ring came from a Million Year Soul Beast that had sacrificed itself to him.
• The representatives recognized Hu Bai as a potential future Limit Douluo or even a Deity, while Ning Fengzhi worried about Spirit Hall’s plans and smaller sects considered pledging loyalty.
• Hu Bai noticed Yu Xiaogang and decided he would kill him if Bibi Dong did not act.

Bibi Dong announced Hu Bai as Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and revealed that Qian Renxue was his fiancée, prompting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Three Single-Attribute Sects to pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall. Tang Hao attacked the ceremony, and Chen Xin confronted him as Spirit Hall’s new allies proved their loyalty.

• Bibi Dong named Hu Bai Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and announced his betrothal to Qian Renxue, whose identity as her daughter shocked the gathered factions.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded an explanation from Bibi Dong, who struck him down and ordered him to address her as Your Eminence the Pope.
• Ning Fengzhi pledged the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Spirit Hall, and Yang Wudi, Bai He, and Niu Gao brought the Breaking Clan, Speed Clan, and Defense Clan into the alliance.
• Xue Xing challenged Ning Fengzhi’s decision, but Chen Xin said the partnership between the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Heaven Dou Empire had ended.
• Tang Hao attacked Hu Bai and Qian Renxue with his Clear Sky Hammer, and Chen Xin met him with the Seven Kill Sword while Ning Fengzhi strengthened his attack.

Tang Xiao tried to distance Clear Sky Sect from Tang Hao, but Qian Daoliu captured and crippled him before announcing Spirit Hall’s transformation into an empire. After Hu Bai advised killing Tang Hao, Qian Daoliu agreed and considered assigning Hu Bai additional protection.

• Tang Xiao told Bibi Dong that Tang Hao had been expelled from Clear Sky Sect and that the sect had no objection to Spirit Hall settling its debt with him.
• Tang Hao tried to escape by detonating his first seven soul rings, but Qian Daoliu arrived with the other six Worships and pinned him down.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel God Power to shatter all of Tang Hao’s Soul Bones except his skull bone, then announced that Spirit Hall would accept the six bones as Clear Sky Sect’s gift.
• Qian Daoliu announced the establishment of the Spirit Hall Empire and promised soul power subsidies, rewards, cultivation pills, and access to information about breaking soul ring limits to those who joined.
• Qian Daoliu asked Hu Bai whether Tang Hao should die, and Hu Bai advised killing him because their enmity could not be reconciled.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to Hu Bai’s advice and considered sending another Titled Douluo to protect him while preparing for Qian Renxue to begin the Angel God Trial.

Qian Daoliu killed Tang Hao and Spirit Hall’s founding of an empire shook the continent’s rulers. As Hu Bai set out for the Extreme North Land, he planned to detour to Saint Soul Village for Ah Yin’s Soul Bone, while Tang Xiao headed there to retrieve Tang Hao’s son.

• Qian Daoliu crushed Tang Hao and recovered his six Soul Bones, offering Xie Yue the oldest one when he reached level forty.
• Xue Ye collapsed after learning the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had joined Spirit Hall, while the Star Luo Great Emperor considered the threat of Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo.
• Tang Xiao learned from Tang Hao’s final voice transmission that Tang San and Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone were in Saint Soul Village, then set off to retrieve the child.
• Hu Bai left for the Extreme North Land with Yue Guan and two others, intending to stop at Saint Soul Village and take Ah Yin’s Soul Bone.

Hu Bai awakened the Fate Wheel Time Weaving Staff and used its power to bring misfortune upon Yu Xiaogang. The chapter left Yu Xiaogang badly injured by a lightning strike, while Yu Yuanzhen and a food-type Soul Master tried to save him.

• Hu Bai abandoned his plan to kill the young Tang San after sensing that doing so might bring a bad outcome.
• Hu Bai focused on Yu Xiaogang and awakened the Fate Wheel Time Weaving Staff, but its power rapidly drained his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and Bloodline Power.
• Hu Bai learned that the staff could foresee and alter fate, stop time, and potentially reverse time and space, though its abilities carried severe backlash.
• Yu Xiaogang traveled with Yu Yuanzhen and others from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, intending to return to the clan and learn its plans regarding Spirit Hall.
• A lightning bolt struck Yu Xiaogang's room, leaving him charred and bleeding, and a food-type Soul Master forced a recovery carrot into his unconscious mouth.

Yu Xiaogang was repeatedly struck by lightning that seemed to target only him, while Hu Bai traveled to Saint Soul Village and learned he could not yet affect Tang San's fate. In the God Realm, Fire God and God of Space recognized Hu Bai's innate divine artifact as a potential path to a God King-level Divine Seat.

• Yu Xiaogang recovered briefly after a carrot was given to him, then another bolt of lightning struck him despite Yu Yuanzhen and the clansmen trying to protect him.
• Yu Yuanzhen had a food-type Soul Master give Yu Xiaogang another carrot and ordered the clan to return home to prepare to block the lightning.
• Hu Bai traveled toward Saint Soul Village, unaware of Yu Xiaogang's repeated misfortune, and decided not to use the artifact on Yu Xiaogang again soon.
• Hu Bai found that he could not use the Fate Wheel Time Weaving Staff on Tang San and planned to take the Soul Bone from Saint Soul Village instead.
• Fire God and God of Space discussed Hu Bai's innate divine artifact and judged that his talent might let him create a God King-level Divine Seat.

The Seven Element Gods realized Hu Bai might inherit several Divine Seats and warned him not to endanger Tang San, who carried the Asura God's Divine Thought. Hu Bai reached Saint Soul Village with Yue Guan and Gui Mei to retrieve a treasure before Tang Xiao arrived, while the God of Emotion set out toward a mysterious Spiritual Power fluctuation.

• The Dark God told the other gods that Hu Bai's nine tails could correspond to nine divine artifacts, leaving the Seven Element Gods uncertain about passing their Divine Seats to him.
• The gods discussed Tang San's hidden Asura God Divine Thought and decided to warn Hu Bai not to put him in grave danger before completing his inheritance.
• The Dark God warned Hu Bai that harming Tang San could awaken the God King's Divine Thought and draw the Asura God's attention.
• Rong Nianbing sensed a Spiritual Power fluctuation through his seven blades and decided to investigate before visiting the God Realm.
• Hu Bai arrived at Saint Soul Village's Back Mountain with Yue Guan and Gui Mei, identified the young Tang San, and said they should take the treasure before Tang Xiao arrived.

Old Jack told Tang San about Spirit Hall’s new aid for commoners, while Hu Bai and the others uncovered the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul bone and found Ah Yin growing in a cave. Ah Yin realized that Spirit Hall had discovered her and feared for Tang Hao and Tang San.

• Old Jack told Tang San about Spirit Hall’s subsidies and village construction projects, and Tang San considered how he would build a life and establish a Tang Sect when he grew up.
• Hu Bai, Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ling Yuan went to the Back Mountain while Tang San was away, and Hu Bai used earth element power to retrieve a hidden box.
• Hu Bai opened the box and revealed the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone, confirming Tang Hao’s connection to the village.
• Hu Bai followed another trace to a cave and found Ah Yin, a Blue Silver Emperor growing among Blue Silver Grass.
• Ah Yin recognized Yue Guan and Gui Mei, saw her soul bone in their possession, and feared that Tang Hao might be gone while Tang San remained at home.

Hu Bai reincarnated Ah Yin as a Blue Silver Emperor Seed and sent her toward the Star Dou Great Forest, while Tang Xiao arrived at Saint Soul Village and told Tang San that Tang Hao had left. Tang San suspected his father was in danger, unaware that Tang Hao was already dead.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed whether to kill Ah Yin, and Hu Bai chose to spare her if he could erase her memories and consciousness.
• Hu Bai used his divine artifact to turn Ah Yin into a Blue Silver Emperor Seed, then set out with Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ling Yuan for the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Hu Bai left Ah Yin's seed at the forest's outskirts, where a Blue Silver King could find it, and later rested in a nearby city while absorbing a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Tang Xiao reached Saint Soul Village and told Tang San that he was Tang Hao's elder brother and had come to take him back to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang San concluded from Tang Xiao's story that Tang Hao had gone to face a dangerous situation that might threaten them both.

Tang Xiao searched the Back Mountain for Ah Yin’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone but found that someone had already taken it, then weighed whether to bring Tang San to the Clear Sky Sect. After hearing Tang San wanted to study Martial Soul theory, Tang Xiao decided to take him to Yu Xiaogang at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, leaving Tang San to prove himself as a disciple.

• Tang Xiao searched the Back Mountain and found fresh signs that someone had taken the soul bone, while Ah Yin’s special Blue Silver Grass was also missing.
• Tang Xiao decided to wait until Tang San turned six before judging his talent, then took him by carriage toward the nearest town.
• Tang Xiao taught Tang San about Martial Souls, the continent’s major powers, the empires, and Spirit Hall.
• Tang San asked for a teacher who could explain Martial Soul theory, but Tang Xiao said the Clear Sky Sect lacked such a specialist and would soon close its gates.
• Tang Xiao proposed Yu Xiaogang as Tang San’s teacher and said he would take him to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, where Tang San would need to earn a place as a direct disciple.

Yu Xiaogang learned that the lightning damage might have left him unable to have children, while Hu Bai absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and discovered its second skill could extend lifespans. The chapter left Hu Bai considering how a Soul Master's martial soul could change the abilities granted by a Soul Bone.

• Old Li told Yu Xiaogang that healing Soul Masters could not restore his damaged vitality, though the Nine Heart Begonia might offer a chance to cure him.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked Yu Xiaogang to stay with the clan, help train its talent, and study how Spirit Hall raised a Soul Master's Second Soul Ring to a thousand years.
• Hu Bai planted the Blue Silver Emperor's seed in the Star Dou Great Forest and used the Power of Destiny to draw the Blue Silver King toward it.
• Hu Bai absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone and God-Bestowed Soul Ring, gaining Level Fifty-Five cultivation and an Element Control skill that increased his control of the elements by three hundred percent.
• Hu Bai discovered that the Blue Silver Emperor Soul Bone's second skill granted Life Energy that had increased Yue Guan and the other two's lifespans by about five years and improved their cultivation speed.
• Hu Bai recalled that a Soul Bone's skills could change according to the characteristics of the Soul Master's martial soul.

Hu Bai and Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and the others traveled to the Extreme North Land, where Hu Bai encountered Shui Bing'er of Skywater Academy and recognized her powerful Ice Phoenix Martial Soul. The chapter left Shui Miaomiao realizing Hu Bai was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son while remaining unaware of Spirit Hall’s recent political changes.

• The Blue Silver King found Ah Yin’s seed and took it to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land to nourish it.
• Hu Bai’s group traveled to the Extreme North Land, hoping to reach Ice God Valley, and stopped at a tavern on its outskirts.
• Hu Bai spotted Shui Bing'er and sensed that her powerful, turbulent aura was difficult for her to control.
• Shui Bing'er told Shui Miaomiao that Hu Bai’s presence had suppressed the icy power within her.
• Shui Miaomiao recognized Yue Guan and Gui Mei as Spirit Hall worshippers and realized Hu Bai must be Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Shui Miaomiao remained unaware of Spirit Hall’s founding of a nation and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s submission to Spirit Hall.

Shui Miaomiao asked Hu Bai and Spirit Hall’s elders for help controlling Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix power, and they offered to resolve it in exchange for Skywater Academy and possibly Skywater City joining the newly founded Spirit Hall Empire. Shui Miaomiao was left to consider the proposal.

• Shui Miaomiao considered whether Hu Bai’s Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Martial Soul could suppress Shui Bing’er’s dangerous Ice Phoenix power.
• Shui Miaomiao approached Hu Bai and explained Shui Bing’er’s difficulty controlling her Martial Soul, asking for a solution and offering compensation.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and Ling Yuan discussed recruiting Shui Bing’er and bringing Skywater Academy and Skywater City into the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Yue Guan told Shui Miaomiao that Hu Bai could resolve Shui Bing’er’s problem if Skywater Academy and possibly Skywater City joined the empire.
• Yue Guan revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had already joined Spirit Hall and suggested Shui Bing’er might become a disciple of its consecrated elders.
• Yue Guan told Shui Miaomiao to consider the offer and answer after they finished eating.

Shui Miaomiao agreed to bring Skywater Academy and Skywater City under Spirit Hall’s jurisdiction after Chrysanthemum Douluo offered help for Shui Bing’er. Hu Bai suppressed Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix power and began teaching her his Ice Element Breathing technique.

• Shui Miaomiao decided that Skywater Academy and Skywater City would join Spirit Hall’s jurisdiction.
• Shui Miaomiao introduced Shui Bing’er’s First Soul Skill, Ice Seal, and explained that they had planned to seek a defensive Second Soul Ring.
• Hu Bai offered to suppress Shui Bing’er’s Ice Phoenix power so she could pursue a more suitable Soul Beast.
• Shui Bing’er released her Martial Soul, and Hu Bai confined its icy power to a small area around her.
• Hu Bai took Shui Bing’er’s hand and transmitted his Ice Element Breathing technique into her sea of consciousness.

Hu Bai taught Shui Bing'er his Ice Element Breathing Technique and gave her a token to enter Spirit Hall and seek two worshippers as teachers. The chapter ended with Hu Bai explaining why Spirit Hall had abolished its old honorary tokens and replaced them.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm praised Shui Bing'er's Ice Phoenix Martial Soul but noted that her bloodline was too impure for Ultimate Ice, while Hu Bai explained the difference between Martial Souls and true Soul Beasts.
• Hu Bai dismissed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's unspoken plan to recruit the Ice Empress, preferring to pursue the Snow Empress after obtaining the Ice God's trial.
• Hu Bai guided Shui Bing'er through the Ice Element Breathing Technique and left a spiritual imprint that would suppress her Martial Soul for about three months.
• Hu Bai gave Shui Bing'er a token bearing his Nine-Tailed White Fox and told her to go to Spirit Hall with her mother and ask the Third Worshipper and Fifth Worshipper to take her as a disciple.
• Shui Miaomiao recognized that Hu Bai's backing made the token valuable, and Hu Bai explained that Spirit Hall had abolished the old tokens that gave Upper Three Sects leaders honorary authority.