Chapter Summaries

Jiang Bai urged Qian Renxue to seek the Angel God’s inheritance rather than submit to mortal politics, helping her find a new sense of purpose. Qian Renxue thanked him, asked him to call her “Sister,” and left to reconsider her path and speak with Qian Daoliu.

• Jiang Bai compared the family crises of the Jingnan Campaign to the burdens Qian Renxue faced amid Spirit Hall’s turmoil.
• Jiang Bai persuaded Qian Renxue to pursue godhood and imagine using divine power to settle her conflict with the Pope and Hu Liena.
• Qian Renxue embraced Jiang Bai, thanked him, and asked him to call her Sister; Jiang Bai agreed.
• Qian Daoliu watched their exchange from the darkness without interfering.
• Qian Renxue and Jiang Bai agreed to keep their conversation and his new form of address secret, then she asked about his first Spirit Ring.
• Qian Renxue left for Spirit City to reconsider her choices and talk with her grandfather.

Jiang Bai accepted Qian Daoliu’s reward and request to keep accompanying Qian Renxue, then Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong and refused the path she had arranged for her. The chapter ended with Qian Renxue defiantly repeating her refusal despite Bibi Dong’s fury.

• Qian Daoliu thanked Jiang Bai for comforting Qian Renxue and gave him a card containing one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Daoliu asked Jiang Bai to continue accompanying Qian Renxue and be a good playmate before disappearing.
• Qian Renxue visited Bibi Dong at the Pope’s Palace and addressed her formally instead of calling her mother.
• Bibi Dong assumed Qian Renxue had agreed to her arrangements, but Qian Renxue said she would not go.
• Qian Renxue repeated her refusal and asked Bibi Dong if she was deaf.

Bibi Dong attacked Qian Renxue after she refused her orders, but Qian Daoliu intervened and took his granddaughter away. Suspecting someone at the academy had influenced Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong ordered an investigation and later began reviewing dossiers in her private chambers.

• Qian Renxue refused Bibi Dong's order, and Bibi Dong struck her with Soul Power and tried to kill her.
• Qian Daoliu blocked Bibi Dong's attack, treated Qian Renxue's injuries, and escorted her out of the hall.
• Bibi Dong vented her fury, then suspected someone had changed Qian Renxue's mind and ordered an attendant to investigate her academy contacts.
• That night, Bibi Dong returned to her private chambers and opened a dossier at her desk.

Bibi Dong investigated Jiang Bai and decided to observe him rather than move against him, while Jiang Bai confronted Yan and Xie Yue over their demand that he apologize to Nana. Jiang Bai and Yan fought without using their Martial Souls, leaving their already strained roommate relationship further damaged.

• Bibi Dong read Jiang Bai's file, noted his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul and ties to Qian Renxue, and chose to keep him under secret observation.
• Yan demanded that Jiang Bai apologize to Nana and threatened him when Jiang Bai refused.
• Xie Yue advised Jiang Bai to keep his distance from Nana, but Jiang Bai dismissed their warnings as unreasonable.
• Yan grabbed Jiang Bai by the collar and challenged him to fight without using their Martial Souls, and Jiang Bai accepted.
• Jiang Bai dodged and blocked Yan's attacks, then seized Yan's ankle with enough force to shock him before releasing him.
• Xie Yue stopped the fight, and Jiang Bai returned to his bed as the roommates' fragile friendship deteriorated further.

Over six years, Jiang Bai secretly cultivated to Soul Elder rank while growing close to Qian Renxue, whose own strength rose to Soul Emperor. Their bond deepened Qian Daoliu’s worries and drove Bibi Dong’s resentment and killing intent toward Jiang Bai close to overwhelming her restraint.

• After conflict with Yan and Xie Yue, Jiang Bai changed dormitories and spent the next six years keeping to himself and hiding the true strength of his Martial Soul.
• Bibi Dong’s informants reported that Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue were spending nearly all their free time together, intensifying her jealousy and desire to kill him.
• At age twelve, Jiang Bai reached level thirty-seven and obtained second and third Spirit Rings from an Earth Dragon and a Wind Dragon with Qian Renxue’s help.
• Jiang Bai cultivated the Fire Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Wind Dragon within his pagoda, strengthening their Spirit Rings and his combat abilities.
• At age fifteen, Qian Renxue reached six-ring Soul Emperor rank and grew even closer to Jiang Bai, while Qian Daoliu worried their relationship could hinder her path to godhood.
• Bibi Dong’s resentment toward Jiang Bai continued to grow until his value as a chess piece barely restrained her killing intent.

Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue went together to Yelin City’s lantern festival after promising to attend, enjoying the celebration hand in hand. As they headed toward the great phoenix lantern, an unseen watcher stared at them from an attic window.

• After sword practice, Qian Renxue invited Jiang Bai to Yelin City’s lantern festival, and they sealed their promise with a pinky swear.
• Jiang Bai prepared for the outing, dressed carefully, and met Qian Renxue at the Spirit Academy gates.
• Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue arrived in Yelin City and marveled at the crowded, brightly lit festival streets.
• Jiang Bai took Qian Renxue’s hand as they walked toward the phoenix lantern and explored the festival together.
• A watcher in an inconspicuous attic fixed cold, venomous eyes on Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue.

Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue watched their flower lanterns drift along the river, then shared tea as Jiang Bai recited a poem that moved her. He gave her two handmade puppets, leaving her smiling over the crude Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.

• Qian Renxue and Jiang Bai released their flower lanterns into the river and followed them to a nearby teahouse.
• Qian Renxue spotted their lanterns drifting together and gazed dreamily at the river from the terrace.
• Jiang Bai recited a poem about searching for someone through a crowd and finding her where the lantern light faded.
• Jiang Bai presented Qian Renxue with handmade puppets of a little Angel and a Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King.
• Qian Renxue declared that the little Angel should win, then examined the puppets and called the crude one ugly while smiling.

Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue shared a kiss and promised to be together forever, while Bibi Dong watched with jealousy and resolved to kill him. After Jiang Bai returned to his dormitory, an icy voice transmission summoned him to the back mountain.

• Qian Renxue thanked Jiang Bai for the hand puppets, embraced him, and kissed him.
• Bibi Dong watched Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue together, remembering Yu Xiaogang and her rejection of Qian Renxue as a child.
• Bibi Dong grew jealous of Qian Renxue's affection for Jiang Bai and decided that Jiang Bai had to die.
• Jiang Bai and Qian Renxue returned to the academy holding hands, embraced, and promised to be together forever.
• Jiang Bai returned to his dormitory, where an icy voice transmission told him to come to the back mountain.

Jiang Bai was summoned to the back mountain by Bibi Dong, who attacked him after challenging his claim of loyalty. Near death, he revealed his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda with three purple Spirit Rings, leaving Bibi Dong stunned and questioning Yu Xiaogang’s theory.

• Jiang Bai followed a voice transmission to a clearing by the river and discovered Bibi Dong waiting for him.
• Bibi Dong accused Jiang Bai of not respecting her and pressed him with her Title Douluo aura.
• Jiang Bai claimed loyalty to Bibi Dong but could not answer when she asked about the second lesson he had learned.
• Bibi Dong unleashed her full pressure, then struck Jiang Bai and broke his ribs.
• Jiang Bai summoned his Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda, revealing three purple Spirit Rings and astonishing Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong defeated Jiang Bai and pierced him with her Death-Soul Spider Emperor Martial Soul, then threw his body into the river. At the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu listened to the storm and wondered whether he had done the right thing.

• Jiang Bai summoned three dragon beasts from his mutated Seven Treasures Glazed Pagoda and let them possess him together.
• Bibi Dong broke through Jiang Bai’s defenses and overwhelmed him in their clash, leaving him badly injured.
• Bibi Dong impaled Jiang Bai with all eight legs of her Death-Soul Spider Emperor Martial Soul, and he appeared to die.
• Bibi Dong kicked Jiang Bai’s body into the river and left as the storm began.
• Qian Daoliu knelt before the Angel God statue and quietly said he hoped he had done the right thing.

Qian Daoliu agreed to Bibi Dong’s plan involving Jiang Bai in exchange for her promise to treat Qian Renxue like a mother should. When Jiang Bai vanished, Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong, learned she had killed him, and attacked her in a fury before Bibi Dong stopped her with Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

• Bibi Dong offered to change how she treated Qian Renxue if Qian Daoliu gave her Jiang Bai, and Qian Daoliu implicitly agreed.
• Qian Daoliu worried that Jiang Bai’s mortal lifespan would bring Qian Renxue sorrow and tried to calm himself through prayer.
• Qian Renxue searched the academy and back mountain after Jiang Bai failed to appear, then suspected Bibi Dong had taken him.
• Qian Renxue confronted Bibi Dong at the Pope’s Palace, and Bibi Dong admitted she had killed Jiang Bai.
• Qian Renxue awakened her Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul and charged at Bibi Dong, who halted her with Divine Slaughter’s Domain.

After Bibi Dong killed Jiang Bai, Qian Renxue confronted Qian Daoliu over his knowledge and consent, then grieved alone. The next morning, she demanded the Angel God Trial and vowed to avenge Jiang Bai and kill Bibi Dong.

• Bibi Dong overpowered Qian Renxue, but Qian Daoliu intervened before she could strike her again.
• Qian Renxue demanded that Qian Daoliu kill Bibi Dong, then realized he had known Jiang Bai would die and rejected his explanation.
• Qian Renxue returned to her bedchamber and mourned Jiang Bai while clutching the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King puppet.
• The next morning, Qian Renxue demanded that the Great Pontiff initiate her Divine Examination, despite Qian Daoliu's warning to wait.
• Qian Daoliu declared the Angel God Trial for Qian Renxue, who vowed to avenge Jiang Bai and kill Bibi Dong.

After Bibi Dong threw Jiang Bai into a river, his three dragon beasts rescued him and carried him into Star Dou Forest to seek help from the Emerald Swans. The swans stopped his bleeding but could not remove the corruption of Eternal Trauma, so they decided to ask their clan chief.

• The Fire Dragon, Earth Dragon, and Wind Dragon guarded Jiang Bai as he lay unconscious in a sheltered cave.
• The Wind Dragon proposed seeking the Emerald Swans, whose healing abilities might save Jiang Bai.
• The three dragon beasts carried Jiang Bai into Star Dou Forest and traveled toward an Emerald Swan lake.
• The dragons landed near several Emerald Swans and asked them to help their gravely injured master.
• A large Emerald Swan used emerald light on Jiang Bai, but the corruption of Eternal Trauma remained, so the swans considered asking their clan chief.

The three dragons brought the unconscious Jiang Bai to Bi Ji, who healed his physical wounds and allowed them to wait near the lakes. Three-Eyed Golden Lion arrived and teased Bi Ji about her interest in Jiang Bai, leaving her suggestion unresolved.

• The three dragons followed the Emerald Swans to Lake Heart Island and asked Bi Ji to save Jiang Bai.
• Bi Ji healed Jiang Bai’s wounds and found that his soul remained asleep, so she told the dragons to wait for him to awaken.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion visited Bi Ji and spotted Jiang Bai lying unconscious.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion teased Bi Ji about liking Jiang Bai, and Bi Ji flicked her forehead.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion rubbed her forehead and replied, “Hard to say.”

The Three-Eyed Golden Lion secretly examined Jiang Bai with her Eye of Destiny, then touched her forehead to his and triggered a mysterious exchange of memories and information. Bi Ji sensed the event and arrived as the Three-Eyed Golden Lion staggered back, confused by a new connection within her soul.

• Bi Ji scolded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for sneaking away and explained that Jiang Bai's Martial Soul bound the three dragons' fates to his.
• After Bi Ji and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion left, the Three-Headed Dragon Beast guarded Jiang Bai by the lakeshore.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion slipped back to the lakeshore at midnight and used her Eye of Destiny to inspect Jiang Bai's immense fortune and unusual threads of fate.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion pressed her vertical eye against Jiang Bai's brow, triggering a soul-level exchange of memories and information that the Three-Headed Dragon Beast could not stop.
• Bi Ji sensed the disturbance, flew to the lakeshore, and found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion confused and shaken.

Three-Eyed Golden Lion used the Eye of Destiny to view Jiang Bai’s memories and was shocked by his extraordinary fortune. After Bi Ji helped him recover, Jiang Bai awoke, left the Star Dou Forest’s core region with the Three-Headed Dragon Beast, and resolved to grow stronger before confronting Bibi Dong.

• Three-Eyed Golden Lion saw Jiang Bai’s childhood, his lightning-struck Martial Soul awakening, his love for Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong’s attack, then sensed the immense fortune protecting him.
• Bi Ji comforted Three-Eyed Golden Lion, told the Three-Headed Dragon Beast that Jiang Bai would recover, and instructed them to leave the next day.
• Jiang Bai awoke beside Emerald Lake, remembered Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong, and thanked the Three-Headed Dragon Beast for staying by him.
• Jiang Bai bowed toward Lake Heart Island in gratitude, then left the forest’s core region on Wind Dragon with the Three-Headed Dragon Beast.
• Jiang Bai remembered Bibi Dong’s attack and decided that he was too weak to face her directly.

Jiang Bai traveled toward Niuma Village, stopping in Suotuo City to rest and buy supplies. There, he found Flender’s curio shop and bought a rare crystal before Flender noticed Jiang Bai’s extraordinary strength.

• Jiang Bai recovered in the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest, then ordered Wind Dragon to carry him toward Niuma Village in the Balak Kingdom.
• After ten days of travel, Jiang Bai arrived in Suotuo City, ate at a restaurant, and bought tools, building materials, and gifts for people in his village.
• Jiang Bai spotted Flender’s curio shop and entered to examine its wares.
• Jiang Bai recognized a dark-yellow Crystal Board as the material for Dragon Whisker Needles and bought it from Flender for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• Flender examined Jiang Bai and sensed that the young man was a Soul Elder with unusually powerful Soul Power.

Jiang Bai returned to Niuma Village after six years away and reunited with Xihai, who welcomed him home. Meanwhile, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion tried to sneak into the human world, and Bi Ji agreed to accompany her.

• Flender waited at Shrek Academy for Jiang Bai, but Jiang Bai had already left Suotuo City and flown home on the Wind Dragon.
• Jiang Bai reached Niuma Village and recognized Xihai, who was herding cattle with faint traces of Soul Power in his whip strikes.
• Jiang Bai told Xihai he had come home and agreed to have dinner at his house before visiting the village chief and his mother.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion tried to leave the Star Dou Forest to see the human world, but Bi Ji stopped her.
• Three-Eyed Golden Lion persuaded Bi Ji to accompany her, and Bi Ji agreed to make the trip with her.

Jiang Bai returned to Niuma Village, honored his mother and said goodbye to the people who had cared for him before traveling to Nuoding City. After learning that Nuoding Academy’s enrollment had passed, he began planning how to torment Yu Xiaogang without exposing himself.

• Jiang Bai visited Xihai and the village chief grandmother, shared breakfast with the old woman, and brought her gifts.
• Jiang Bai rebuilt his mother Jiang Ning’s grave, made offerings, and vowed to grow stronger and return.
• Jiang Bai said goodbye to Xihai and the village chief grandmother, then left Niuma Village with rice cakes for the road.
• Jiang Bai traveled to Nuoding City, checked into the Oak Inn, and learned that Nuoding Academy’s enrollment period had passed.
• Jiang Bai considered ways to torment Yu Xiaogang while avoiding Tang Hao’s attention and keeping Yu Xiaogang alive to guide Tang San.

Jiang Bai sent his Fire Dragon to attack Yu Xiaogang in his office at Nuoding Academy, seeking revenge for Bibi Dong’s attack. The flames struck Yu Xiaogang, and he screamed in terror.

• Jiang Bai bribed a gatekeeper to learn where Yu Xiaogang kept his office at Nuoding Academy.
• Jiang Bai watched the academy from a nearby restaurant and summoned his Fire Dragon from the Seven-Story Glazed Pagoda.
• Jiang Bai ordered the Fire Dragon to burn Yu Xiaogang without killing him, explaining that he wanted to torment him for being Bibi Dong’s former lover.
• The Fire Dragon shrank into a small birdlike shape and flew toward Yu Xiaogang’s office.
• Yu Xiaogang reviewed records from Tang San’s Spirit Ring hunt and imagined the recognition his theories would bring him.
• The Fire Dragon burst through the office window in flames, setting Yu Xiaogang ablaze and making him scream.