Chapter Summaries

Su Wen and the others defeated a Golden-Eyed Poisonous Jade Scorpion, and Dugu Yan began absorbing its Spirit Ring. Su Wen found an External Soul Bone on the scorpion before a group from Thunder Academy arrived and questioned how Dugu Yan could absorb such a powerful Spirit Ring.

• A Golden-Eyed Poisonous Jade Scorpion poisoned Tian Yue, but Ah Yin pulled her clear and Su Wen neutralized the poison with his blood.
• Hu Liena and Dugu Yan defeated another Golden-Eyed Poisonous Jade Scorpion, and Su Wen let Dugu Yan absorb its Spirit Ring.
• Su Wen found an External Soul Bone shaped like a scorpion tail on the Golden-Eyed Poisonous Jade Scorpion he had spared.
• Ah Yin warned Su Wen that Soul Masters were approaching, so he recalled her and the Spirit Bone.
• Yu Tianxin, Lei Dong, Lei Tian, Lei Mie, and their teacher Lei Miesheng arrived from Thunder Academy and questioned Dugu Yan’s five-thousand-year Spirit Ring.

Tian Yue confronted Lei Miesheng and the Thunder Academy students, then defeated Yu Tianxin in a brief fight and taunted the group. As Bibi Dong and the others sensed a powerful presence approaching from the forest depths, Golden Crocodile Douluo went to investigate.

• Lei Miesheng questioned Tian Yue's group about the Spirit Beast remains, and Tian Yue refused to be intimidated by him.
• Tian Yue revealed her Golden Emperor Crocodile Martial Soul and unusual Spirit Ring configuration, shocking Lei Dong and Yu Tianxin.
• Yu Tianxin challenged Tian Yue, but she dodged his lightning attacks and knocked him down with a single clash.
• Lei Miesheng stopped Lei Dong from fighting Tian Yue and excused Yu Tianxin's loss by pointing to her greater Soul Power.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Bibi Dong, and Ye Yuan'er sensed a powerful presence approaching, and Bibi Dong sent Golden Crocodile Douluo to investigate.

Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Xiong Jun while a hidden plant-type Spirit Beast attacked Su Wen’s group and the Thunder Academy students. After Ye Yuan'er revealed her Titled Douluo strength, she fled with the girls, leaving Lei Miesheng and his students facing the danger.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo found Xiong Jun, transformed into his Golden Crocodile Martial Soul Avatar, and fought him.
• Dugu Yan completed her Spirit Ring absorption and revealed a thousand-year second Spirit Ring, astonishing Lei Miesheng and the Thunder Academy students.
• A hidden vine Spirit Beast grabbed Lei Tian and sent Lei Miesheng flying when he tried to attack it.
• The Spirit Beast formed a cage of vines and lashed at Su Wen’s group, but Ye Yuan'er burned the vines and revealed her Titled Douluo aura.
• Ye Yuan'er carried Su Wen and the girls away on her Blazing Fire Phoenix, while Lei Miesheng and the others realized a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast was nearby.

Lei Miesheng and Xiong Jun fought powerful enemies in the forest, while Ye Yuan'er fled with Su Wen, Tian Yue, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena. Their escape ended when Di Tian appeared and attacked, prompting Bibi Dong to intervene.

• Lei Miesheng transformed into his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon form and attacked the vines to rescue Lei Tian, but King of Myriad Demons turned his lightning against him and killed him.
• Xiong Jun and Golden Crocodile Douluo exchanged powerful attacks, and Golden Crocodile Douluo unleashed his Ninth Spirit Skill before Xiong Jun struck with Sky-Ripping Claw.
• Xiong Jun survived the clash and realized his human opponent had escaped, though he believed the opponent was injured.
• Ye Yuan'er carried Su Wen, Tian Yue, Dugu Yan, and Hu Liena away, but Di Tian's Dragon Might overwhelmed Dugu Yan and suppressed the others.
• Di Tian appeared as a massive Black Dragon and reached for the group, so Bibi Dong appeared before them and activated her Martial Soul Avatar.

Bibi Dong fought Di Tian in the Star Dou Forest while Ye Yuan'er evacuated the others. After the group escaped, Su Wen realized the awakened Ferocious Beasts could plunge the Douluo Continent into turmoil, and Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived to meet them.

• Bibi Dong battled Di Tian with both of her Martial Souls, wounded him, and escaped as he pursued her.
• The King of Myriad Demons asked Di Tian why they were trying to capture Su Wen, and Di Tian said their Master wanted them to investigate Su Wen's unusual Spirit Skills.
• Ye Yuan'er carried the group to the outskirts of a human town, where Su Wen worried that Di Tian and the other Ferocious Beasts had awakened.
• Su Wen checked on Dugu Yan, who realized she had been leaning against him, while Hu Liena offered to help her.
• Tian Yue recognized the powerful presence approaching, and Golden Crocodile Douluo landed before the group.

After Bibi Dong and Golden Crocodile Douluo returned from their encounters with powerful Ferocious Beasts in the Star Dou Forest, they led the group back to Spirit City and arranged further exploration. On the journey, Bibi Dong examined Dugu Yan and found that stored energy would soon raise her Soul Power to Level 38, while Su Wen kept her External Soul Bone for later.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo returned injured and told Tian Yue and Ye Yuan'er that he had fought a Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear over a hundred thousand years old, while Ye Yuan'er described their encounter with a Black Dragon.
• Bibi Dong returned safely, heard what had happened, and told the group to rest in town while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo withdrew from the forest.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo arrived at the hotel unharmed, and Bibi Dong decided the group would rest before returning to Spirit City and later send people to investigate the Star Dou Forest.
• Bibi Dong asked Golden Crocodile Douluo to search for a fourth Spirit Ring for Tian Yue and a third Spirit Ring for Hu Liena, then led everyone back to Spirit City.
• Su Wen asked Dugu Yan about her Soul Power, and she revealed she had reached the peak of Level 33; he showed her the External Soul Bone from the Golden-Eyed Poisonous Jade Scorpion.
• Bibi Dong advised Dugu Yan to wait before absorbing the External Soul Bone and said stored energy would likely raise her to Level 38, so Dugu Yan asked Su Wen to keep the bone for her.

Su Wen gave Dugu Yan an External Soul Bone and learned about her new poison-based Spirit Skill, then arranged a ten-thousand-year Spirit Ring trial for Tian Yue. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong promising Su Wen a reward when he reached level forty.

• Dugu Yan explained that her third Spirit Skill, Ten Thousand Snakes Strangling, summoned poisonous snakes and scorpions to attack one or multiple targets.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo brought Su Wen a five-thousand-five-hundred-year Spirit Fox and a ten-thousand-year Iron-Armored Giant Crocodile for Tian Yue’s Spirit Ring plan.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo told Qian Daoliu and the other Worshippers about the Dark Gold Terrorclaw Bear and Black Dragon he encountered in the Star Dou Forest.
• Su Wen ordered Palace Guard Knights to keep the Iron-Armored Giant Crocodile alive while whipping it three times a day.
• Bibi Dong invited Su Wen into her bedroom to cultivate and promised him a reward when he reached level forty.

Su Wen traveled with Dugu Yan to Heaven Dou City to seek a way to help her friend from the Undying Sect and potentially win the sect over to Spirit Hall. After settling at the Dugu residence, he toured the city with Dugu Yan and Bai Ying'er, where a lively voice called out behind them.

• Dugu Yan told Su Wen that her friend belonged to the Undying Sect, whose Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul was limited to two people per generation, and asked if its condition could be fixed.
• Su Wen asked Bibi Dong for permission to approach the Undying Sect, and she agreed while ordering Gui Mei to follow and watch him.
• Su Wen and Dugu Yan left Spirit City with Bai Ying'er and arrived in Heaven Dou City after half a month.
• Dugu Yan returned to the Dugu Clan residence and learned that Dugu Bo was away.
• Su Wen toured Heaven Dou City with Dugu Yan and Bai Ying'er, and a lively voice suddenly called out behind them.

Dugu Yan introduced Su Wen to Ye Lingling and rejected Yu Tianheng’s objections to her joining Spirit Hall. When Yu Tianheng attacked Su Wen, Ah Rou appeared and swiftly defeated him, leaving Shi Nian stunned by her unusual Spirit Ring Configuration.

• Dugu Yan reunited with Ye Lingling and introduced her to Su Wen, the Pope’s disciple from Spirit Hall.
• Yu Tianheng questioned Su Wen’s presence in Heaven Dou City and learned that Dugu Yan had joined Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Yan refused Yu Tianheng’s demand to leave, and he accused Su Wen of tricking her before attacking him.
• Su Wen summoned Ah Rou, who used her Soul Skills to strike Yu Tianheng into a crater.
• Osler asked Ye Lingling to heal Yu Tianheng, but Dugu Yan took Ye Lingling away and left him behind.
• Shi Nian recognized that Ah Rou was a Soul Elder with one yellow, one purple, and one black Spirit Ring and watched Su Wen leave.

Dugu Yan tried to persuade Ye Lingling to join Spirit Hall with the promise of a thousand-year second Spirit Ring and a chance to address her Martial Soul’s flaw. As Su Wen and Dugu Yan set out to meet Ye Qingxian, Shi Nian trapped them in an illusion to seize their Spirit Ring method, and Su Wen summoned his Ghost Rain Spirit Skill to confront him.

• Dugu Yan showed Ye Lingling her level-thirty-five Spirit Power and urged her to join Spirit Hall for a thousand-year second Spirit Ring.
• Su Wen and Dugu Yan offered Ye Lingling a chance to use an Immortal Herb to address the flaw in the Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul, and Ye Lingling agreed to consult her mother.
• Su Wen and Dugu Yan left by carriage to visit Ye Qingxian, but Dugu Yan noticed the empty streets and realized they had been taken outside the city.
• Shi Nian revealed that he had trapped them in an illusion and demanded that they hand over the woman and the method for exceeding Spirit Ring age limits.
• Su Wen identified Shi Nian and used his third Spirit Skill, Soul-Returning Rain, summoning the Ghost Emperor of the Wedding Dress Martial Soul as blood rain darkened the sky.

Su Wen and Bai Ying'er defeated Shi Nian, who pleaded to join Spirit Hall before Bai Ying'er killed him and Su Wen claimed his Head Soul Bone. Shi Nian then rose again in a strange transformed state and vanished with Su Wen's Ghost Rain, while Yu Tianqing plotted to use Dugu Bo against Spirit Hall.

• Su Wen's Ghost Rain weakened Shi Nian, and Bai Ying'er struck him with her Sky-Splitting Claw while Bai He seized his ankles.
• Bai Ying'er crushed Shi Nian's neck, and Su Wen struck his head with the red Oil-paper Umbrella, revealing a seven-colored Head Soul Bone.
• A dark red force restored Shi Nian with altered features and Spirit Rings, after which Su Wen dispelled the Ghost Rain and Shi Nian disappeared.
• Dugu Yan asked Su Wen about the frightening rain and ghosts, and Su Wen told her she would get used to it.
• Yu Tianqing heard Osler explain Yu Tianheng's injuries and decided to ask Dugu Bo to confront Spirit Hall before attacking from the shadows.

Su Wen visited the Ye Family, where Ye Qingxian saw the exceptional Spirit Rings he and Dugu Yan possessed and agreed to let Ye Lingling join the Spirit Hall. He offered an Immortal Herb that might overcome the Nine Heart Begonia’s flaw, and Ye Lingling prepared to try it.

• Ye Lingling welcomed Su Wen and Dugu Yan to the Ye Family, where Ye Qingxian asked about Dugu Yan’s Spirit Rings.
• Dugu Yan showed Ye Qingxian her thousand-year second Spirit Ring and five-thousand-year third Spirit Ring.
• Ye Qingxian saw Su Wen’s black ten-thousand-year third Spirit Ring and agreed to let Ye Lingling join the Spirit Hall, asking Su Wen to nurture her.
• Su Wen clarified that he wanted Ye Lingling and the entire Ye Family to join the Spirit Hall, then offered Ye Lingling a Biluochangchun Flower that might repair her Martial Soul’s flaw.
• Ye Lingling accepted the Immortal Herb and, following Su Wen’s instructions, prepared to swallow its stamen and refine it with her Spirit Power.

After Ye Lingling ate the Immortal Herb, her Nine Heart Begonia evolved and broke through its inherited flaw, prompting her and Ye Qingxian to join the Spirit Hall. Su Wen arranged for the Ye Family to move to Spirit City and gave Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan mysterious treasures to prepare them for stronger Spirit Rings, while a man in black entered his room.

• Ye Lingling refined the Immortal Herb, gained two levels, and awakened an evolved Nine Heart Begonia with the Nine Heart Blossom healing skill.
• Ye Lingling embraced Ye Qingxian as they realized the Nine Heart Begonia's inherited flaw had begun to break.
• Ye Qingxian and Ye Lingling agreed to join the Spirit Hall, and Su Wen told them to move the Ye Family to Spirit City and delay Ye Lingling's Spirit Ring for three months.
• Dugu Yan brought Ye Lingling to Su Wen, who gave each of them a mysterious meat treasure intended to help with their Spirit Rings.
• Ye Qingxian saw the two girls leave Su Wen's room and mistakenly concluded he had not pursued her or Ye Lingling.
• A man in black entered Su Wen's room as Su Wen meditated near level thirty-six.

Su Wen escaped Snake Lance Douluo’s nighttime pursuit with Ah Rou’s teleportation and returned safely to the Ye Family, where he learned that the incident had interrupted his cultivation breakthrough. At the First Prince’s Palace, Qian Renxue concluded that Su Wen’s abilities were more unusual than she had expected and prepared to replace Xue Qinghe.

• Ah Yin warned Su Wen of an intruder, and he hid as Snake Lance Douluo searched his room.
• Snake Lance Douluo caught Su Wen as he tried to leave, but Ah Rou teleported him away and then escaped on her own.
• Su Wen used Ah Yin’s concealment to return to the Ye Family and found Bai Ying’er safe with Ghost Douluo, who had been secretly protecting him.
• Su Wen identified his pursuer as Snake Lance Douluo and asked Ghost Douluo to pass along his complaint that the pursuit had interrupted his breakthrough.
• Snake Lance Douluo reported to Qian Renxue that Ah Rou had vanished, and Qian Renxue decided to leave Su Wen alone while preparing to replace Xue Qinghe.

Ghost Douluo delivered Su Wen’s warning to Snake Lance Douluo, while Qian Renxue chose not to intervene. Dugu Bo arrived transformed into a level 92 Titled Douluo with the Jade Phosphorous Dragon Emperor Martial Soul, and learned how much Dugu Yan had grown under Su Wen’s care.

• Ghost Douluo told Snake Lance Douluo that Su Wen was breaking through and had warned him against choosing a bad time to visit; Snake Lance Douluo bristled, but Qian Renxue declined to act.
• Dugu Bo arrived and showed Su Wen, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling that the Crystal Blood Dragon Ginseng had evolved his Martial Soul and helped him reach level 92.
• Dugu Bo warned Su Wen that Yu Qinglong, a level 86 Soul Douluo from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, might come after him, but Su Wen decided not to involve Dugu Bo.
• Dugu Yan revealed that she was level 35, had an unusual Spirit Ring Configuration, and had obtained an External Soul Bone; Dugu Bo praised Su Wen and entrusted her to his care.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling left for Spirit City with Su Wen and the Ye Family, while Yu Tianheng failed to stop them. Yu Qinglong attacked the traveling group, but Ghost Douluo defeated him, leaving Su Wen to strike with Red Mirror.

• Dugu Yan refused to see Yu Tianheng and told him she was going to Spirit City; a vine struck him when he chased the carriage.
• Su Wen, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the Ye Family traveled toward Spirit City as Yu Qinglong secretly followed them.
• Yu Qinglong decided to attack the group after realizing Dugu Bo had not appeared.
• Ghost Douluo confronted Yu Qinglong and defeated him with his soul skills.
• Su Wen summoned the Ghost Emperor of the Wedding Dress and used Soul-Returning Rain on the bloodied battlefield.

Su Wen and his companions returned to Spirit Hall after defeating Yu Qinglong, and Bibi Dong welcomed them and heard his report. She announced that his Holy Son ceremony would take place in three months, while Hu Liena and Tian Yue celebrated their progress and Tian Yue learned she could absorb a Spirit Ring the day after tomorrow.

• Ghost Bride Red Mirror reflected Yu Qinglong’s thunder attack and defeated him, after which Su Wen dispelled Ghost Rain and the group prepared to leave.
• Ghost Douluo urged Su Wen and the others to depart before the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan discovered Yu Qinglong’s fate.
• Half a month later, Su Wen returned to Spirit City with Ye Qingxian and Ye Lingling, and Bibi Dong promised Spirit Hall’s protection to Ye Qingxian’s clan.
• Bibi Dong examined Su Wen, learned about his journey, and announced that she would hold his Holy Son ceremony in three months.
• Hu Liena and Tian Yue greeted Su Wen, who praised their cultivation and told Tian Yue she could absorb a Spirit Ring the day after tomorrow.

Hu Liena visited Su Wen while he rested, then joined him for dinner with Bibi Dong, who discussed the upcoming Holy Son and Holy Maiden ceremony. After dismissing Hu Liena, Bibi Dong began teaching Su Wen to comb her hair, leaving him at her side with a comb in hand.

• Hu Liena sneaked into Su Wen's room, and the Blue Silver Emperor struck her with a vine when she leaned close to him.
• Su Wen woke, stopped Ah Yin from hitting Hu Liena again, and learned Hu Liena had come to show him her assignment notebook.
• A maid summoned Su Wen to train with Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena accompanied him to the Pope's bedchamber.
• Bibi Dong told Su Wen and Hu Liena about the Holy Son and Holy Maiden ceremony, then sent Hu Liena back to meditate.
• Bibi Dong asked Su Wen to comb her hair and began teaching him, leaving him combing her damp hair as her ears reddened.

Bibi Dong brought Su Wen to her underground cultivation chamber and revealed that she was inheriting the Rakshasa God’s power. She proposed that Su Wen become the next Grand Pontiff, but he hesitated because he knew the inheritance could be dangerous.

• Su Wen finished styling Bibi Dong’s hair and helped her dress before she took him to her cultivation chamber.
• Bibi Dong led Su Wen through a dark, spider-filled underground passage into the chamber, which she said would become his as well.
• Bibi Dong told Su Wen that the Grand Pontiff could draw on the Angel God’s power and reach demigodhood in Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she was a god’s inheritor and that Su Wen was the second person she had told.
• Bibi Dong said Su Wen’s Martial Soul made him a strong candidate to become Grand Pontiff and warned that the trials could take years.
• Su Wen asked what would happen if he did not want to become Grand Pontiff, leaving Bibi Dong confused.

Su Wen declined Bibi Dong’s offer to pursue the Rakshasa inheritance and later set out with Hu Liena and Tian Yue to meet Ye Lingling. Their walk became a mental illusion, and after Ghost Douluo broke it, a powerful stranger called King of Myriad Demons ordered them to come with him.

• Su Wen refused to seek the Rakshasa Trial, and Bibi Dong let him cultivate in her room among her spiders.
• The following evening, Su Wen summoned Hu Liena and Tian Yue and told them he planned to introduce them to Ye Lingling, whose Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul could save lives.
• As the three walked through deserted streets, they became trapped in a mental illusion that made them wander out of Spirit City.
• Ghost Douluo recognized the illusion and shattered it with his sixth Spirit Skill, revealing the group on the outskirts of the city.
• A vine struck Ghost Douluo and sent him flying, after which two mysterious figures appeared.
• The powerful King of Myriad Demons ignored Ghost Douluo and ordered Su Wen, Hu Liena, and Tian Yue to come with him.