Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu explained that his death would be required to help Qian Renxue complete the Angel God Trial, and asked Xue Ke to keep supporting her. Later, Bibi Dong reached From Demon to Dao, transformed her martial soul, and revealed its powerful new abilities, while a mysterious Gate of Truth appeared in the Dao Demon Space.

• Qian Daoliu told Xue Ke that he expected to die when he helped Qian Renxue begin the Angel God’s ninth trial, and asked her to keep Qian Renxue from becoming lonely or estranged from Bibi Dong.
• Xue Ke swore that her feelings for Qian Renxue would never change, then left the Elder Hall.
• With Qian Renxue and Xue Ke’s help, Bibi Dong condensed her Demon Seed and reached level 98; the three women cultivated together, raising their levels and transforming the Dao Demon Space into a black-and-white realm.
• Qian Renxue, Xue Ke, and Bibi Dong tried and failed to open the Gate of Truth, which Xue Ke sensed only she could open once she grew stronger.
• Bibi Dong infused her Dao Seed’s spiritual energy into her martial soul, fusing her two former martial souls into the ice-and-light Snow Dance Bright Spider Emperor and revealing its new soul skills and domain.

Xue Ke and Qian Renxue discovered that the Dao Heart Seed Demon Method let them borrow Bibi Dong's power and soul skills, strengthening their bond as a family. After Qian Renxue departed, the Rakshasa God offered to help Bibi Dong in exchange for a share of the secret hidden within Xue Ke, and Xue Ke agreed for now.

• Xue Ke and Qian Renxue borrowed Bibi Dong's power through their Dao Seeds, raising their Soul Power Levels and gaining access to Bibi Dong's soul skills.
• Xue Ke clung to Bibi Dong and declared she would follow her, while Qian Renxue tearfully expressed how grateful she was to have met Xue Ke.
• Bibi Dong urged them to leave, and Qian Renxue boarded a carriage to return to the Heaven Dou Empire while Xue Ke stayed in Spirit City.
• The Rakshasa God appeared before Xue Ke in Bibi Dong's likeness and offered to stop influencing Bibi Dong and help her complete her divine trials in exchange for a share of the secret within Xue Ke.
• Xue Ke suspected the Rakshasa God was hiding something but agreed to her condition for Bibi Dong's sake, and the Rakshasa God vanished.

Bibi Dong convened the Spirit Hall Elder Council to approve Xue Ke’s Plan to Enrich Spirit Hall and establish an anti-corruption committee, prompting Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi to fear Spirit Hall’s growing influence. At Shrek Academy, Yu Xiaogang wrote a new theory article in hopes of restoring his fame, unaware that cultivating the Sunflower Scripture was draining his vitality.

• Yue Guan told the elders that he had reached level 97 after consuming an immortal herb given to him by Xue Ke.
• Bibi Dong introduced Xue Ke as her adopted daughter and presented her proposal to enrich Spirit Hall to the elders.
• Bibi Dong proposed the Supervision Committee to investigate corruption in Spirit Hall branches, and the elders unanimously approved the plan.
• Xue Qinghe told Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall was uniting, improving its reputation, and growing wealthier, while Ning Fengzhi worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would eventually have to choose sides.
• Yu Xiaogang drafted an article titled Eleven Core Competencies of Soul Masters, expecting Spirit Hall to publish it and make him famous again.
• Liu Erlong asked to see Yu Xiaogang, but he dismissed her and said he was busy.

Xue Ke told Bibi Dong she planned to capture Xiao Wu and make her fifth soul ring, then helped her see Yu Xiaogang’s one-sided relationship for what it was. Bibi Dong resolved to judge his academic plagiarism impartially and support new scholarly standards.

• After half a month of studying and sparring at Spirit Hall, Xue Ke reached level 48.
• While dining with Bibi Dong, Xue Ke revealed that Xiao Wu was a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and explained her plan to make Xiao Wu her fifth soul ring.
• Bibi Dong told Xue Ke that the Spirit Hall Library had reported Yu Xiaogang’s article for excessive plagiarism and missing references.
• Xue Ke questioned whether Yu Xiaogang had ever supported or repaid Bibi Dong, persuading her that he had only taken from her.
• Bibi Dong let go of her lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang, ordered the library to handle his case impartially, and left to act on the report.
• Xue Ke proposed that Spirit Hall establish and circulate academic standards against plagiarism and fraud.

Spirit Hall published a plagiarism report accusing Yu Xiaogang of copying most of his Eleven Core Competencies of Martial Souls, and the booklet spread across Douluo Continent. After reading it, Tang San began doubting his teacher and the theories he had long trusted.

• Mo Tianxing ordered Spirit Hall Library staff to publish Yu Xiaogang's plagiarism report alongside Xue Ke's Academic Norms and distribute ten thousand copies.
• Seven days later, the booklet circulated across Douluo Continent, and people mocked Yu Xiaogang as a plagiarism Master.
• Tang San heard the accusations but initially suspected Spirit Hall of scheming against his teacher.
• After recalling Xue Ke's criticism, Tang San questioned whether Yu Xiaogang's claim that there were no useless Martial Souls was true.
• Tang San obtained the booklet from the Spirit Hall in Heaven Dou City and read its report of extensive similarities between Yu Xiaogang's work and library texts.
• The report and Academic Norms convinced Tang San that Yu Xiaogang's theories were flawed, deepening his doubts about his teacher.

Tang San maintained his relationship with Yu Xiaogang after Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism scandal, hoping to obtain his Twin Martial Souls cultivation method. Yu Xiaogang regained hope through Tang San’s reassurance, while the scandal also angered the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Tang San decided to keep pretending to support Yu Xiaogang until he obtained the Twin Martial Souls cultivation method.
• At Shrek Academy, Ma Hongjun and Ning Rongrong discussed Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism, and Tang San asked them not to speak ill of his teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang shut himself away, blamed Bibi Dong for his ruined reputation, and feared Tang San would abandon him.
• Tang San reassured Yu Xiaogang and blamed Spirit Hall for the scandal, restoring Yu Xiaogang’s determination to nurture him.
• Yu Yuanzhen condemned Yu Xiaogang for damaging the clan’s reputation and ordered Yu Luomian to keep Liu Erlong away from him.

Xue Ke visited the Lake of Life and obtained a token from Da Ming and Er Ming to help gain Xiao Wu’s trust, then encountered four men who demanded Xue Aotian and tried to abduct her. The men refused to accept Xue Ke’s refusal and prepared to take her by force.

• Xue Ke entered the Star Dou Great Forest alone, released Xue Aotian at Thunderclap Valley, and flew to the Lake of Life.
• Xue Ke told Da Ming and Er Ming that a Titled Douluo had targeted Xiao Wu and asked them for something that could prove their connection to her.
• Er Ming gave Xue Ke the carrots Xiao Wu had treasured, and Xue Ke left after warning that she could not guarantee Xiao Wu’s return.
• After picking up Xue Aotian, Xue Ke was stopped by a middle-aged Soul Sage and three young men who demanded the soul beast and proposed taking her to their sect as Tang Mao’s wife.
• Xue Ke refused to go with them or hand over Xue Aotian, but Tang Mao urged his uncle to take her by force.

Xue Ke fought off four Clear Sky Sect men who tried to take her with them, killing them with her fists despite being injured. After recovering briefly, she left the Star Dou Great Forest with Xue Aotian.

• Xue Ke pretended to accept Tang Mao’s invitation to join the Clear Sky Sect, then killed him with a single punch.
• Xue Ke raised her Soul Power to Level 58 and shattered the middle-aged Soul Sage’s Clear Sky Hammer before killing him.
• Xue Ke killed the two remaining Clear Sky Sect disciples after they begged for mercy.
• Xue Aotian swallowed the four corpses and spat out a right leg soul bone, which Xue Ke collected.
• Xue Ke meditated to recover from her injuries, then rode Xue Aotian out of the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xue Ke reunited with the Imperial Fighting team and learned that Tang Hao had killed Dugu Bo and that Tai Tan was trying to recruit Bai He for Tang San. She and Xue Qinghe decided to use Spirit Hall to eliminate the Strength Clan, and Xue Ke began raising a separate matter concerning Xiao Wu.

• Xue Ke returned to the academy, comforted the grieving Dugu Yan, and learned that Tang Hao had killed Dugu Bo.
• Xue Ke met with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Zhu Zhuqing, and Bai Chenxiang, discussed their cultivation, and gave Ye Lingling a Nine-Rank Purple Ganoderma.
• Bai Chenxiang told Xue Ke that Tai Tan had been urging Bai He to serve Tang San, prompting Xue Ke to bring the matter to Xue Qinghe.
• Xue Qinghe and Xue Ke decided to use Spirit Hall to assassinate Tai Tan and wipe out the Strength Clan without acting against them openly.
• Xue Ke told Xue Qinghe that she had another matter to discuss concerning Xiao Wu from Shrek Academy.

Tang San failed to recruit the Speed Clan into the Tang Sect but sold Bai He two hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows. Bai Chenxiang defeated Tang San in a spar, leaving him unconscious and determined to rely on the Clear Sky Hammer instead of Blue Silver Grass.

• Bai He refused Tang San and Tai Tan’s invitation to join the Tang Sect because he had pledged the Speed Clan’s loyalty to the Prince’s Mansion, but he bought two hundred Godly Zhuge Crossbows for thirty thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Bai Chenxiang revealed that she was Yufeng from the Imperial Fighting Team and challenged Tang San to a spar.
• Bai Chenxiang revealed her level-forty-five Dark Flame Sharp-tailed Swallow Martial Soul and overwhelmed Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass with her speed and flames.
• Bai Chenxiang dodged Tang San’s hidden Dragon Whisker Needle and struck him with Swallows Competing for Warmth, burning him unconscious.
• After healing, Tang San blamed his defeat on Blue Silver Grass and resolved to prove himself by cultivating the Clear Sky Hammer.

Xue Ke gave Zhu Zhuqing a Ten Thousand Year Crimson Flame Scaled Beast right arm bone after Zhu Zhuqing and Bai Chenxiang drew lots. Later, in the Dao Demon Space, Xue Ke taught Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue the Pure Heart Benevolent Mantra and defended her plan to obtain Xiao Wu's soul ring with a lie.

• Bai Chenxiang raced Zhu Zhuqing at Heaven Dou Royal Academy and caught up with her using her soul skills and Floating Willow Movement Technique.
• Xue Ke offered Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Bai Chenxiang, and Zhu Zhuqing a Ten Thousand Year Crimson Flame Scaled Beast right arm bone, and Zhu Zhuqing won it by drawing lots.
• Xue Ke, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue cultivated in the Dao Demon Space, where Xue Ke reached level forty-nine and Qian Renxue reached level sixty-nine.
• Bibi Dong asked Xue Ke to teach her the Pure Heart Benevolent Mantra, and Qian Renxue learned it alongside her.
• Qian Renxue questioned how Xue Ke knew about Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast sacrifices, so Xue Ke blamed the Silver Dragon King and hurriedly ended the conversation.

Tai Tan and the Strength Clan were massacred by Spirit Hall’s assassins, while Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi failed to obtain proof of Spirit Hall’s responsibility. At Shrek Academy, the surviving Tailong asked Tang San to avenge his family, and Xiao Wu was told that a handsome young nobleman was waiting for her.

• Tai Tan declared that the Strength Clan would support Tang San, but that night She Long, Ci Xue, and sixty men in black attacked the residence and killed more than five hundred clan members, including Tai Tan.
• Tai Long survived because he had stayed at Shrek Academy, and the attackers withdrew without finding him as Heaven Dou City’s patrol troops arrived.
• At court, Xue Qinghe argued that Spirit Hall was the likely culprit, and Emperor Xue Ye ordered him to investigate with Ning Fengzhi.
• Xue Qinghe and Ning Fengzhi confronted Salas at Spirit Hall, but neither they nor Xue Ye’s Dark Guards found evidence, so the matter was dropped.
• Tailong begged Tang San to avenge the Strength Clan, while Ning Rongrong and Xiao Wu discussed Spirit Hall’s suspected role in the massacre.
• Jiang Zhu told Xiao Wu that a handsome young nobleman was waiting for her outside the academy.

Xue Ling Xi met Xiao Wu at Shrek Academy and warned her that Tang Hao intended to capture her as a hundred-thousand-year soul ring and soul bone for Tang San. Xiao Wu believed him after he proved his connection to Da Ming and Er Ming, and he arranged to take her out of Heaven Dou City the next day.

• Xue Ling Xi introduced himself to Xiao Wu outside Shrek Academy and claimed Da Ming and Er Ming had sent him to find her.
• Xue Ling Xi told Xiao Wu that Tang Hao knew she was a soul beast and planned to save her as a soul ring for Tang San.
• Xue Ling Xi showed Xiao Wu her treasured carrot and explained that he had met Da Ming and Er Ming at the Lake of Life.
• Xiao Wu wondered whether Tang San had asked Tang Hao to spare her, but Xue Ling Xi warned her that humans would covet her soul ring and soul bone.
• Xue Ling Xi told Xiao Wu to pack and meet him the next day at the First-Rank Teahouse so he could disguise her and take her back to the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xiao Wu learned from Xue Ling Xi that she had to return home and decided to leave Shrek Academy, while Tang Hao met Tang San and revealed the story of his parents. The chapter ended with Tang Hao explaining how Ah Yin sacrificed herself to save him and their newborn son from Spirit Hall.

• Xiao Wu thanked Xue Ling Xi and said goodbye as he arranged to meet her at the First-Rank Teahouse the next day.
• Ning Rongrong waited for Xue Ling Xi outside Shrek Academy, but he hurried away when she suggested going with him to see Princess Xue Ke.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San, Oscar, Ning Rongrong, Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and the others that she had to go home and would leave Shrek Academy the next day.
• Xiao Wu explained her decision to Flender, who accepted that she was determined to leave.
• Tang Hao summoned Tang San to the back mountain and told him that his mother, Ah Yin, had been a hundred-thousand-year Blue Silver Emperor who loved Tang Hao and gave birth to Tang San.
• Tang Hao recounted how Spirit Hall attacked his family and how Ah Yin sacrificed herself, allowing him to defeat their pursuers and escape with Tang San.

Tang Hao told Tang San that Spirit Hall was responsible for his mother’s death and urged him to learn the Twin Martial Soul cultivation method through Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Xue Ling Xi disguised Xiao Wu and led her out of Heaven Dou City, while Tang Hao followed them; they traveled by a secluded road toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Tang Hao explained that Yu Xiaogang might obtain the Twin Martial Soul cultivation method from Bibi Dong and warned Tang San to grow stronger against Spirit Hall.
• Tang Hao said he would hide near Shrek Academy to protect Tang San, who vowed to follow his father’s instructions.
• Xiao Wu said farewell to Shrek Academy, and Tang Hao secretly followed her after deciding she would become a soul ring for Tang San.
• Xue Ling Xi disguised Xiao Wu, used the Silver Dragon King’s Reverse Scale to conceal her aura, and took her from Heaven Dou City in a prepared carriage.
• Tang Hao recognized Xue Ling Xi and pursued the carriage as Xue Ling Xi and Xiao Wu traveled along a secluded road toward the Star Dou Great Forest.

Xue Ke, disguised as Xue Ling Xi, lured Tang Hao into an ambush, but Xiao Wu sacrificed herself to save her and became Xue Ke’s fifth soul ring. After revealing her identity, Xue Ke taunted Tang Hao and vowed he would never again terrorize the continent.

• Xue Ling Xi stopped the carriage in a deserted area, where Tang Hao appeared and claimed he had come to take Xiao Wu back.
• Xue Ling Xi accused Tang Hao of wanting Xiao Wu’s soul ring, and Tang Hao crushed him and Xiao Wu with his Soul Power.
• Xue Ling Xi grabbed Tang Hao’s leg to give Xiao Wu a chance to escape, but Xiao Wu burned her life force to save him.
• Xiao Wu vanished, leaving Xue Ling Xi with her fifth soul ring and a right arm soul bone, while a little white rabbit remained in his arms.
• Xue Ling Xi revealed that he was Xue Ke, who had disguised herself to lure Tang Hao into the encounter.
• Xue Ke reminded Tang Hao of their past and declared that he would never again have the chance to terrorize the continent.

Bai Chenxiang restored her talent, evolved her Martial Soul, and became a Soul Ancestor after absorbing a fourth Soul Ring. The chapter left Xue Ke, Bai Chenxiang, and Bai He in the Star Dou Great Forest as an unexpected incident interrupted Bai Chenxiang’s explanation of her new Soul Skill.

• Bai Chenxiang refined the Eight-petal Immortal Orchid, broke through to level 40, and evolved her Sharp-tailed Swallow into a fire-wreathed Dark Flame Sharp-tailed Swallow.
• Bai Chenxiang tested her evolved Martial Soul, discovered that her Wing Blade could burn a boulder to ash, and reconciled with Bai He as she wept in his arms.
• Bai Chenxiang confronted Xue Ke about using her cure to win over the Speed Clan, and Xue Ke admitted her plan while explaining the competing duties and ideals they faced.
• Bai He, Xue Ke, and Bai Chenxiang traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest, where Bai Chenxiang hunted a nearly five-thousand-year-old Fire Phoenix and absorbed its Soul Ring.
• Bai Chenxiang became a Soul Ancestor with four Soul Rings, but an unexpected incident interrupted her as she began describing her fourth Soul Skill.

Xue Ke encountered Hu Liena while traveling through the Star Dou Great Forest, then joined her and Chrysanthemum Douluo on the journey to Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong. After Xue Aotian advanced into a thousand-year spirit beast at Thunderclap Valley, Xue Ke challenged Hu Liena's Golden Generation to a spar.

• Xue Ke helped Hu Liena capture a Great Tail Dark Moon Fox, and Hu Liena introduced Chrysanthemum Douluo, who had been guarding her.
• Xue Ke whispered to Hu Liena, left with Bai He and Bai Chenxiang, and headed to Thunderclap Valley, where Xue Aotian absorbed lightning and advanced into a thousand-year spirit beast.
• Xue Ke later met Hu Liena and Chrysanthemum Douluo in a teahouse and asked to travel with them to Spirit City so she could meet Bibi Dong.
• During the carriage ride, Xue Ke told Hu Liena she was level 41 and proposed sparring with Spirit Hall's Golden Generation, which Hu Liena accepted.

Xue Ke arrived in Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Hu Liena, saw how the city compared favorably with Heaven Dou City, and went to the Papal Palace to meet Bibi Dong. While waiting, she considered visiting Qian Daoliu but decided to meet Bibi Dong first.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo showed his Elder Token at Spirit City's gate, allowing the carriage to enter.
• Xue Ke observed Spirit City's orderly streets and Martial Soul Hall Academy, and told Hu Liena that Heaven Dou City fell far short of it.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo went to report to Bibi Dong while Hu Liena brought Xue Ke to a side hall.
• Xue Ke encountered Xie Yue and Yan, who teased Xie Yue about being interested in her.
• After Hu Liena left Xue Ke to wait, Xue Ke considered visiting Qian Daoliu but chose to wait until after meeting Bibi Dong.

Xue Ke arrived in Spirit City with Chrysanthemum Douluo and Hu Liena, admired the orderly city, and went to the Papal Palace to meet Bibi Dong. While waiting, she considered whether to visit Qian Daoliu after meeting the Pope.

• Chrysanthemum Douluo showed his Elder Token at Spirit City's gate, and the guards let the carriage pass.
• Hu Liena asked Xue Ke to compare Spirit City with Heaven Dou City, and Xue Ke praised Spirit City's order and residents' happiness.
• Xue Ke saw Martial Soul Hall Academy and judged it more vigorous than Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo went to report to Bibi Dong while Hu Liena led Xue Ke toward the side hall.
• Xue Ke encountered Xie Yue and Yan, who teased Xie Yue about having fallen for her.
• After Hu Liena left Xue Ke to wait, Xue Ke considered visiting Qian Daoliu but decided to meet Bibi Dong first.