Chapter Summaries

Su Wen accepted Bibi Dong’s order to kill sixteen Spirit Hall members who had turned against it, including three backed by the Heaven Dou Empire. Before the mission, he gave Ye Yuan'er an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo Immortal Herb and watched her consume it, hoping it would strengthen her Phoenix Martial Soul.

• Bibi Dong gave Su Wen a list of seven Soul Douluo and nine Soul Saints who had taken Spirit Hall’s resources but sided with other powers, and ordered him to kill them.
• Su Wen agreed to lead the mission, and Bibi Dong set their departure for half a month later.
• Su Wen asked Ye Yuan'er to accompany him and recruit more elders in case the mission led to a fight with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Su Wen gave Ye Yuan'er an Ink Jade Divine Bamboo Immortal Herb and explained its potential effects on her body, Martial Soul, and attributes.
• Ye Yuan'er swallowed the herb as Su Wen watched, hoping it would strengthen her Phoenix Martial Soul.

After Ye Yuan'er took the Immortal Herb, her Phoenix Martial Soul changed and she received the Fire God's Nine Trials. She chose to remain in Elder Hall with Su Wen, while Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong learned of her divine legacy.

• Ye Yuan'er awakened her Phoenix Martial Soul with golden feathers, and a beam of divine light descended upon her.
• Qian Daoliu, Bo Saixi, and Bibi Dong sensed the divine power and realized an unfamiliar deity had chosen someone on the mainland.
• Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong arrived at Elder Hall and questioned Ye Yuan'er about the mark on her forehead.
• Ye Yuan'er admitted she had received the Fire God's Nine Trials, but did not reveal that the Immortal Herb had drawn the deity's attention.
• Qian Daoliu offered Ye Yuan'er a place as the Worship Hall's Eighth Consecrated Elder and promised to help her complete the trials.
• Ye Yuan'er chose to stay in Elder Hall to look after Su Wen, and Bibi Dong asked him what he had done.

Ye Yuan'er gained a light attribute and a new eighth Spirit Skill after eating an Immortal Herb, and Su Wen learned that she had begun the Fire God's Nine Trials. Back at the Holy Son Hall, Hu Liena tried to spend time with Su Wen before Bi Ji delivered Bibi Dong's invitation to dinner.

• Ye Yuan'er told Su Wen that her Spirit Skills had grown stronger, her Martial Soul had gained a light attribute, and her eighth Spirit Skill had become Phoenix Nirvana.
• Ye Yuan'er withheld the details of her Fire God's First Trial, and Bibi Dong sent Su Wen away so she could speak privately with Ye Yuan'er.
• Su Wen returned to the Holy Son Hall and found Hu Liena asleep in his bed; he told her he was leaving on a task and could not take her along.
• Hu Liena summoned her fox Martial Soul and wrapped Su Wen in her tails, but a knock at the door interrupted them.
• Bi Ji told Su Wen that one of Bibi Dong's maids had invited him to Bibi Dong's bedchamber for a meal in an hour.

Su Wen helped Bibi Dong with her hair and discussed Spirit Hall’s prospects for unifying the continent. After Bibi Dong got drunk, he carried her to bed and stayed beside her, tempted to touch her again.

• Su Wen sent Hu Liena away, then went to Bibi Dong’s bedchamber after finding the bedding wet and asking the maids to clean it.
• Bibi Dong told Su Wen she had asked Aunt Ye to manage Elder Hall and had selected loyal, high-ranking Soul Douluo to test his Immortal Herbs on.
• Su Wen asked Bibi Dong to let Chrysanthemum Douluo accompany him to Heaven Dou City for protection, and she agreed.
• Bibi Dong explained that Spirit Hall would need to absorb smaller factions gradually to avoid provoking the other factions and both empires into uniting against it.
• After drinking, Bibi Dong asked Su Wen to help her to bed and lie beside her; he covered them with the quilt and considered touching her again.

Bibi Dong and Su Wen crossed the boundary between teacher and disciple, then tried to act as though nothing had happened. The next morning, Bibi Dong resumed her duties as Pope, and Su Wen entered Pope Hall to face her.

• Su Wen covered Bibi Dong's eyes with a blindfold after realizing she was aware of him, and they spent the night together.
• Bi Ji sensed that Bibi Dong and Su Wen were not cultivating, then left, intending to talk with Su Wen later.
• After Su Wen fell asleep, Bibi Dong removed the blindfold, worried about their relationship, and settled beside him while telling herself nothing had happened.
• Bibi Dong woke in Su Wen's arms, dressed in her papal robes, and went to Pope Hall to handle her affairs.
• Su Wen entered Pope Hall and looked at Bibi Dong as she sat on the Pope Chair.

Su Wen traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire with Bi Ji and Ye Yuan'er to target Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s Soul Douluos and obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. In Heaven Dou City, Bo Saixi encountered Xue Beng, who tried to claim her as his princess, and sent him flying with her Soul Power.

• Bibi Dong told Ye Yuan'er and Chrysanthemum Douluo to let Su Wen gain experience but intervene if he was in danger, then privately warned Ye Yuan'er to keep her distance from him.
• Su Wen, Bi Ji, Ye Yuan'er, and Chrysanthemum Douluo flew to the Heaven Dou Empire with a list of sixteen targets, and Chrysanthemum Douluo split off to handle some of them.
• Su Wen suggested that he, Bi Ji, and Ye Yuan'er explore a city while they waited for Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Ye Yuan'er agreed.
• Bo Saixi arrived in Heaven Dou City while searching for news of Tang Chen, and Xue Beng stopped her and offered to make her his princess.
• Bo Saixi used her Soul Power to sweep Xue Beng into a stall, then walked away as bystanders gathered and Xue Beng shouted after her.

Bo Saixi killed Xue Beng in the street, prompting Xue Qinghe to worry that Emperor Xue Ye would blame her. The chapter ended with Xue Qinghe describing the killer to Emperor Xue Ye as a water-blue-haired woman with water-attribute abilities and at least Spirit Emperor strength.

• Bo Saixi swept aside Xue Beng’s knights and killed Xue Beng and the knight who tried to protect him.
• Xue Qinghe learned that Spirit Hall planned to punish Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhi Da, and ordered Snake Lance Douluo to tell the Pope not to target her prospective allies.
• A guard told Xue Qinghe that Xue Beng had been killed, and she worried Emperor Xue Ye would suspect her.
• Emperor Xue Ye confronted Xue Qinghe about Xue Beng’s death, and she described the killer’s appearance and abilities.

Su Wen and his companions arrived in Heaven Dou City, where Xue Beng’s murder had triggered a major investigation and royal turmoil. After asking Ye Yuan'er to help him obtain the empire’s national treasure, Su Wen spent the night with her, and she began teaching him about life.

• Xue Qinghe promised Xue Ye that he would investigate the woman who murdered Xue Beng and make the culprit answer for the crime.
• Prince Xue Xing accused Xue Qinghe of killing Xue Beng, but Xue Ye dismissed him for lacking evidence and refused to let the royal family turn against itself.
• Su Wen, Ye Yuan'er, and Bi Ji reached Heaven Dou City and learned that Xue Beng had been killed and that wanted posters and patrols filled the city.
• Su Wen asked Ye Yuan'er to help him acquire the Heaven Dou Empire’s national treasure, then said he had devised a plan involving Meng Shenji and the other two.
• After Bi Ji left, Ye Yuan'er brought Su Wen into the bathroom to wash him, then asked him to comb her hair and told him she would teach him about life.

Ye Yuan'er and Su Wen grew closer before Chrysanthemum Douluo and Snake Lance Douluo arrived with conflicting orders about the remaining Skywater Academy elders. Su Wen chose to follow his teacher and defied the Worship Hall's command, leaving Snake Lance Douluo warning him to reconsider.

• Ye Yuan'er and Su Wen became intimate, and she reflected on how she had raised him into a fine man.
• Bi Ji realized Ye Yuan'er had stayed the night and reacted with jealousy when Ye Yuan'er emerged from the bathroom.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Meng Shenji, Zhilin, and Bai Baoshan were the only targets left for Su Wen to handle.
• Snake Lance Douluo delivered the Grand Pontiff's order that Su Wen must not kill Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, or Zhilin.
• Su Wen refused to obey the Worship Hall and told Snake Lance Douluo he would listen only to his teacher.

Su Wen and A Xie confronted Bai Baoshan at the Heaven Dou Royal Academy over his refusal to obey the Pope Token. A Xie’s attack overwhelmed his defenses, and as Bai Baoshan tried to flee, Su Wen activated his fifth Spirit Skill.

• Snake Lance Douluo delivered Qian Renxue’s message, but Su Wen refused to change plans and said they would act that night.
• Su Wen and A Xie waited in Bai Baoshan’s residence at the Royal Academy and questioned him about disobeying the Pope Token.
• Bai Baoshan tried to explain his refusal, but Su Wen demanded that he take his own life or face death.
• A Xie attacked Bai Baoshan, pierced his defenses with her Darkness: Devour skill, and began pulling him toward a black hole.
• Bai Baoshan used his Martial Soul Avatar to break through the building and flee, but Su Wen activated his fifth Spirit Skill, Red and White Collision of Evil.

Su Wen and A Xie killed Bai Baoshan with their combined attacks, then faced the furious Heaven Dou Royal Academy elders. Zhilin attacked A Xie, and the chapter ended as she countered with Evil God Thunder.

• Bai Baoshan used his eighth Spirit Skill to defend against Su Wen and A Xie's funeral and wedding processions, but A Xie's Evil God Claw overwhelmed his barrier and gravely wounded him.
• The bride and the young man from the coffin seized Bai Baoshan, then exploded, killing him and destroying buildings across the academy with Yin Thunder and evil power.
• Meng Shenji and Zhilin arrived too late to save Bai Baoshan, and Meng Shenji stopped Zhilin from immediately attacking Su Wen and A Xie.
• Su Wen dismissed Zhilin's threats and promised compensation for the damage, while Zhilin broke free of Meng Shenji and attacked A Xie with Azure Vine Entanglement.
• A Xie cut through Zhilin's vines and launched Evil God Thunder toward him.

Su Wen and A Xie defeated Meng Shenji and Zhilin at Heaven Dou Royal Academy, completing Su Wen’s mission. The battle left the academy grounds scorched and damaged, with teachers and students watching.

• A Xie used her unusual Soul Ring configuration and wind, thunder, and evil abilities to wound Zhilin, while Meng Shenji activated his Martial Soul Avatar and attacked Su Wen.
• Su Wen summoned ghosts with Hundred Ghost Lament, overwhelming Meng Shenji’s mental attack, and used Soul-Returning Rain to suppress him and summon Bai He, Bai Baoshan, and others.
• A Xie ambushed Meng Shenji with Darkness: Devour, and Bai He, Bai Baoshan, and the others dragged him into the black hole as Zhilin tried to intervene.
• Su Wen summoned the Fire Dragon King, whose roar weakened Meng Shenji’s Martial Soul and whose flames burned away Zhilin’s vines.
• A Xie struck Zhilin from behind, and the Fire Dragon King’s flames swallowed him; Su Wen declared the mission complete and surveyed the damaged academy.

Su Wen killed the three chief deans of Heaven Dou Academy and refused Crown Prince Xue Qinghe’s demand that he answer for it. After his Soul Skill killed dozens of Royal Knights, Prince Xue Xing arranged for Su Wen to meet Emperor Xue Ye the next morning.

• Xue Qinghe arrived with Royal Knights and demanded that Su Wen explain the destruction and the deaths of Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin.
• Su Wen refused to go to the palace, saying Meng Shenji had belonged to Spirit Hall and he had been cleaning house.
• When the knights surrounded him, Su Wen warned them back and summoned two Ghost Dancers with his Second Soul Skill, killing dozens of knights.
• Xue Qinghe withdrew while the remaining knights formed a defensive line, and the academy teachers sought help rather than joining the fight.
• Prince Xue Xing arrived, urged Su Wen to see Emperor Xue Ye, and accepted Su Wen’s promise to come the next morning.

After Su Wen left the Heaven Dou Empire’s gathering, he returned to the hotel with Ye Yuan'er and prepared to seek the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud at the palace the next day. Ye Yuan'er dismissed Bi Ji and privately indulged Su Wen, while Bi Ji’s interest in him left Ye Yuan'er wary.

• Su Wen withdrew his Spirit Skill and left as the Heaven Dou Empire’s observers watched, knowing Xue Ye would likely summon the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Dugu Bo.
• Ye Yuan'er praised Su Wen for killing three Soul Douluo and followed him back to the hotel.
• Ye Yuan'er told Bi Ji to leave, but Su Wen arranged for Bi Ji to rest next door and said they would visit the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace in the morning.
• Ye Yuan'er promised to protect Su Wen and help him obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, then teased him before going to the bathroom.
• Su Wen asked Ye Yuan'er for a taste before she washed, and she indulged him while wondering whether Bi Ji was interested in him by choice or on the Master’s orders.

Su Wen and two Spirit Hall elders went to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, where they met Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Dugu Bo. Chrysanthemum Douluo provoked Ning Fengzhi over the people he had bought at auction, then turned his attention to Dugu Bo.

• Ye Yuan'er made Su Wen finish a table of nourishing food after deciding she needed to keep him in check.
• Su Wen brought Chrysanthemum Douluo, Lingyuan Douluo, and Bi Ji to meet Prince Xue Xing, who warned him that Ning Fengzhi was at the palace.
• Su Wen said he wanted to speak with Ning Fengzhi and asked whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s newly awakened princess would become its next sect master.
• Xue Qinghe introduced Marshal Ge Long when Su Wen and the others arrived at the palace, where Xue Ye, Ning Fengzhi, Sword Douluo, and Dugu Bo awaited them.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo teased Ning Fengzhi about buying beast-girls, and Ning Fengzhi explained that he had taken them in out of pity.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo ignored Ning Fengzhi’s answer and remarked on how much Dugu Bo had changed.

Su Wen challenged Ning Fengzhi over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s interference in the academy killings, and Sword Douluo attacked him before Chrysanthemum Douluo intervened. The confrontation exposed Chrysanthemum Douluo’s breakthrough to level ninety-six, and Su Wen accused Prince Xue Xing of inviting the sect to intimidate him as the hall teetered on the brink of a fight.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Su Wen about his Spirit King rank and Spirit Rings, and Su Wen said his rings were simulations made by his Spirit Skills.
• Ning Fengzhi demanded that the Spirit Hall compensate the Heaven Dou Royal Academy with three Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones for the deaths of Meng Shenji, Bai Baoshan, and Zhilin.
• Su Wen questioned why Ning Fengzhi kept meddling in other factions’ disputes, prompting Sword Douluo to unleash his Soul Power at him.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo blocked Sword Douluo, while Lingyuan Douluo drove the palace guards from the hall and revealed her red ninth Spirit Ring.
• Sword Douluo recognized that Chrysanthemum Douluo had reached level ninety-six, and Prince Xue Xing tried to stop the Spirit Hall and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect from fighting.
• Su Wen rested his hand on Xue Qinghe’s shoulder and accused Prince Xue Xing of inviting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to intimidate him.

Su Wen pressured Emperor Xue Ye and Ning Fengzhi into surrendering the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and compensation. As Su Wen claimed the treasure, Bo Saixi arrived above the palace and sensed a response from below.

• Su Wen threatened Xue Qinghe and demanded compensation from Emperor Xue Ye, who offered a thousand-year Spirit Bone and one million Gold Soul Coins.
• Su Wen demanded the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, prompting Chrysanthemum Douluo and Sword Douluo to face off before Prince Xue Xing stopped them.
• Emperor Xue Ye agreed to hand over the national treasure, and Bo Saixi arrived above the palace while Prince Xue Xing fetched it.
• Su Wen took the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and recognized it as the key to beginning the Sea God's Nine Trials.
• Ning Fengzhi offered Su Wen three million Gold Soul Coins to settle their dispute.

Bo Saixi stormed into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace and demanded that Su Wen return the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud. After revealing her overwhelming strength, she offered him a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone in exchange, leaving the palace tense over the artifact’s importance.

• Bo Saixi entered the palace, brushed aside the guards, and was recognized by Prince Xue Xing as the one who had killed Xue Beng.
• Bo Saixi revealed eight black Spirit Rings and one red Spirit Ring, shocking everyone with her immense power.
• Bo Saixi told Su Wen that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud belonged to her and asked him to return it.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo considered taking the artifact but decided that Bo Saixi was too powerful to provoke.
• Su Wen identified himself as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and introduced the others with him.
• Bo Saixi offered Su Wen a Ten Thousand Year Soul Bone for the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, drawing the attention of Xue Ye, Prince Xue Xing, and Xue Qinghe.

Bo Saixi pursued Su Wen to reclaim the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, forcing the group to flee while Heaven Dou’s leaders realized she was a Limit Douluo. The chapter ended with Ye Yuan'er, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and Bi Ji preparing to hold Bo Saixi off so Su Wen could escape.

• Su Wen tried to persuade Bo Saixi to take the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud to Spirit Hall and consult Qian Daoliu, but she gave him a jade token and then threatened to take it by force.
• Bo Saixi’s Soul Power clashed with Dugu Bo’s and the Spirit Hall elders’, wrecking Xue Ye’s hall as Bi Ji whisked Su Wen away and Bo Saixi pursued them.
• Sword Douluo confirmed that Bo Saixi was a Limit Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi urged Xue Ye to rescind the wanted order; Xue Ye ordered Prince Xue Xing to handle it.
• Xue Qinghe asked about the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, but Xue Ye said he had never discovered anything special about the royal treasure.
• As Bo Saixi caught up outside Heaven Dou City, Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ye Yuan'er transformed to hold her off while Bi Ji boosted their abilities and Su Wen was told to escape.

Bo Saixi confronted Chrysanthemum Douluo, Bi Ji, and Ye Yuan'er while demanding the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and the three fought back with powerful Spirit Skills. Ye Yuan'er’s Phoenix: World Burning briefly engulfed Bo Saixi, but Bo Saixi emerged and tried to seize Chrysanthemum Douluo as the others fled.

• Bo Saixi ignored Chrysanthemum Douluo’s warning and attacked with Sea Wave Ripple, while Bi Ji and Ye Yuan'er defended their group with Emerald Barrier and Burning Heaven Echo.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Bo Saixi traded Spirit Skills, and Bo Saixi revealed her Sea God Martial Soul Avatar.
• Ye Yuan'er unleashed Dragon Phoenix Absolute Chant, but Bo Saixi countered with Sea God's Light, Sea God's Summons, and Sea Burial.
• Ye Yuan'er used Phoenix: World Burning to engulf Bo Saixi, and Bi Ji and Chrysanthemum Douluo fled.
• Bo Saixi emerged from the flames and tried to drag Chrysanthemum Douluo into her giant hand, but Bi Ji shielded him and helped him escape.