Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue spent her birthday believing her parents had left on a mission, until her family surprised her with a celebration at home. The chapter ended with her enjoying the birthday cake and trying on the knitted hat Bibi Dong had made for her.

• Qian Renxue learned that Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong had gone on a mission to pick up Elder Gui Mei, and she spent the day missing them.
• Qian Daoliu took Qian Renxue home, where Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong surprised her with a birthday cake and her family gathered to celebrate.
• Qian Renxue blew out the candle and gave the first piece of cake to Bibi Dong, saying her mother had worked hard that day.
• Qian Xunji cut the cake for the family, and Bibi Dong gave Qian Renxue a knitted hat as a birthday present.

Qian Xunji celebrated Qian Renxue's birthday with gifts, a family photograph session, and a gathering of loved ones. The chapter ended with Qian Xunji preparing to give Qian Renxue the Immortal Herb before bed.

• Ling Yuan gave Qian Renxue a little white dress, Qian Daoliu gave her a jade flute, and Qian Xunji presented her with a flower from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Qian Xunji used a Camera to take a photograph of Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue, then arranged a portrait of the whole family.
• Bibi Dong and the others used up the Camera's film taking pictures, including portraits of Qian Renxue, Ling Yuan, Bibi Xi, Liu Xiulan, Bi Dashan, and Qian Daoliu.
• Bibi Dong checked on Ling Yuan's pregnancy, reminded her to be careful, and then went upstairs to Qian Renxue.
• When Qian Renxue said she was sleepy, Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji when she should eat the Immortal Herb, and he said she should take it right then.

Qian Renxue absorbed the Immortal Herb and slept for three days, leaving Bibi Dong anxiously watching over her. She woke healthy and hungry, and her family discovered that she had grown four centimeters.

• Qian Renxue ate a petal of the Immortal Herb and fell asleep in Bibi Dong's arms as its effects took hold.
• Bibi Dong stayed beside Qian Renxue for three days, worrying as she continued to sleep while Qian Xunji assured her the herb was being absorbed.
• Qian Renxue woke and reassured Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji that she felt well, then told them she was hungry.
• Bibi Dong measured Qian Renxue and found that she had grown four centimeters, and Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan confirmed her growth.
• Qian Xunji brought Qian Renxue a bowl of stew, and she drank it by herself.

After Qian Renxue recovered, her parents discovered that her Sacred Attribute was already glowing intensely before her Martial Soul awakening. A month later, she painted with her feet at a flower field while two newly appointed elders guarded her.

• Qian Renxue woke after three days of sleep, and Qian Xunji reassured her that the Immortal Herb had not been wasted.
• That night, Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji saw golden light emanating from Qian Renxue and sensed that her Sacred Attribute was extraordinarily strong.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong decided to observe Qian Renxue for several days before telling Qian Daoliu.
• A month later, Qian Renxue painted with her feet at the tulip flower field outside Spirit City as tourists admired her work.
• Ci Xue and She Long, newly promoted to elders and assigned to protect Qian Renxue, accompanied her home with a painting for Bibi Dong.

Qian Renxue visited Qian Xunji at the Research Institute with Bibi Dong and watched him work on a Soul Tool. After Dugu Xin demonstrated his improved poison gas bomb, Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji she had reached a bottleneck and wanted to hunt for a Soul Ring.

• Qian Renxue showed Bibi Dong her painting of the Tulip Flower Field and asked to visit Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong took Qian Renxue to Qian Xunji's laboratory, where he was carving a Level 3 Soul Formation for a Soul Shield.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Xunji to teach her, and he said she was too young to use a carving knife.
• Dugu Xin presented his improved Level 3 Soul Poison Gas Bomb, and Qian Xunji praised his work and promised him a share of the Special Innovation Award.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji if he had time to accompany her to hunt for a Soul Ring because she had reached a bottleneck.

Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong left their daughter Qian Renxue with his parents and traveled to the Star Dou Forest to find Bibi Dong an eighty-thousand-year Soul Beast. There, a five-person team asked them to join a hunt for a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast.

• Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue went to a newly opened restaurant, then rode a Bicycle through Spirit City together.
• Several days later, Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong arrived at the outskirts of the Star Dou Forest to find Bibi Dong a suitable Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji showed Bibi Dong the Aromatic Silk Beauty and led her toward the forest's core area to attract Soul Beasts.
• They encountered a five-person team, whose captain asked them to help hunt a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for one hundred Gold Soul Coins.
• The team's vice-captain stared at Bibi Dong as the group approached.

Qian Xunji protected Bibi Dong from a group of Soul Masters, killing the man who challenged his identity before sparing the survivors. They continued into the inner region of Star Dou Forest to search for a Soul Ring, where Qian Xunji used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to draw in powerful Soul Beasts that watched them warily.

• A tall, skinny Soul Master mocked Qian Xunji’s claim to be the former Pope, so Qian Xunji seized him and killed him with his overwhelming power.
• Qian Xunji spared the captain and the other Soul Masters, who fled into the forest, then continued searching for a Soul Ring with Bibi Dong.
• Near the core region, Qian Xunji concealed his aura and revealed the Aromatic Silk Beauty, whose fragrance spread through the woods.
• Fifty-thousand-year to seventy-thousand-year Soul Beasts gathered and followed Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong from the shadows, waiting for an opening.

Bibi Dong chose to absorb a fifty-thousand-year Ghost Tiger Soul Ring rather than keep searching for a stronger spider-type beast. By dawn she had reached Rank 82 and gained the ability to create a lifelike clone.

• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong searched for a suitable Soul Beast, but the available beasts did not include an appropriate spider type.
• A half-tiger, half-goat beast forced a fifty-thousand-year Ghost Tiger to attack, and Bibi Dong killed it with her Soul Skills.
• Qian Xunji revealed his Rank 98 strength, driving away the surrounding Soul Beasts.
• Bibi Dong decided the Ghost Tiger's agility, attack power, and cloning ability suited her Death Spider Emperor, and Qian Xunji agreed to let her absorb its Soul Ring.
• Bibi Dong absorbed the Soul Ring overnight and reached Rank 82 by dawn.
• Bibi Dong demonstrated her new Soul Skill by creating an identical, lifelike clone, which Qian Xunji touched.

Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong hunted a seventy-thousand-year-old Soul-Devouring Sickle Mantis, and Bibi Dong absorbed its Soul Ring while he guarded her. The Star Dou Forest’s core region stirred with the arrival of terrifying beasts, and a gigantic azure-horned python emerged.

• Qian Xunji sensed an attack and rescued Bibi Dong from the Soul-Devouring Sickle Mantis’s twin blades.
• Bibi Dong and her clone coordinated their attacks, then she bound the mantis’s wing and killed it with a strike through its abdomen.
• Bibi Dong collected the mantis-shaped left arm Spirit Bone and began absorbing its black Soul Ring while Qian Xunji kept watch.
• The ground shook as a bull’s bellow and a giant ape’s roar came from the core region of Star Dou Forest.
• Qian Xunji suspected the Sky Azure Bull Python and the Titan Giant Ape were approaching, and a gigantic azure-horned python rose from the forest.

Qian Xunji protected Bibi Dong while she absorbed a Soul Ring, then fought the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape when they demanded he leave the Star Dou Forest's core region. After trading heavy blows with both beasts, he declared he would take their Soul Rings and Spirit Bones as the Sky Azure Bull Python gathered its divine lightning.

• Qian Xunji shielded Bibi Dong with the Angel Barrier and flew toward the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape to hold them off.
• Qian Xunji refused the Sky Azure Bull Python's order to leave while Bibi Dong was still absorbing her Soul Ring.
• The Sky Azure Bull Python slowed Qian Xunji with its domain as the Titan Giant Ape attacked with a Titan Fist, but Qian Xunji broke free and blocked the blow.
• Qian Xunji used Angel True Body and the Sword of Angels to wound the Sky Azure Bull Python and burn the Titan Giant Ape's fist.
• Qian Xunji declared that he would take both beasts' Soul Rings and Spirit Bones, and the Sky Azure Bull Python summoned Sky Azure Divine Lightning.

Flender and Liu Erlong witnessed Qian Xunji clash with the Sky Azure Bull Python in a battle that devastated the forest. After the shockwave injured Flender, they escaped toward the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

• Qian Xunji unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Angel Judgment, against the Sky Azure Bull Python’s azure lightning, flattening the forest around them.
• Dozens of miles away, Flender recognized the Angel Martial Soul as Qian Xunji and told Liu Erlong who he believed was fighting.
• A shockwave from the battle struck Flender and Liu Erlong, and Flender shielded her before the impact threw him into a tree.
• Liu Erlong checked on Flender and gave him a handkerchief when she saw that he was bleeding.
• Flender and Liu Erlong released their Martial Souls and flew toward the outskirts of Star Dou Forest.

Qian Xunji fought the Sky Azure Bull Python and Titan Giant Ape while protecting Bibi Dong during her Soul Ring absorption. After Flender and Liu Erlong carried her to safety, he unleashed the God of Light Bow’s Aurora God-Slaying at the Sky Azure Bull Python, and the Titan Giant Ape moved to intercept it.

• The Titan Giant Ape used its Gravity Domain alongside the Sky Azure Bull Python’s Slow Domain to restrain Qian Xunji, while the python attacked Bibi Dong’s barrier.
• Qian Xunji broke free and blocked the python’s strike, but the clash shattered the Angel Barrier and disrupted Bibi Dong’s Soul Ring absorption.
• Qian Xunji promised Flender and Liu Erlong a favor if they rescued Bibi Dong, and they carried her away while he blocked the Titan Giant Ape’s Firmament Cannon.
• With Bibi Dong safe, Qian Xunji formed the God of Light Bow and fired its Aurora God-Slaying at the Sky Azure Bull Python.
• The Titan Giant Ape stepped in front of the Sky Azure Bull Python and raised its arms to take the arrow.

Qian Xunji wounded the Titan Giant Ape with his God of Light Bow, but Ah Rou shielded him and helped the three soul beasts escape to the Lake of Life. Qian Xunji abandoned the pursuit and went to check on Bibi Dong, while Ah Rou agreed to remain in the Star Dou Forest; Flender was left calculating what to do next.

• Qian Xunji pierced the Titan Giant Ape's defenses with a golden arrow, and the Sky Azure Bull Python attacked him with the Sky Azure Divine Dragon Break.
• Qian Xunji aimed another arrow at the wounded Titan Giant Ape, but Ah Rou blocked it with Invincible Golden Body and used Charm to help the three soul beasts escape.
• Qian Xunji followed the soul beasts to the Lake of Life, then turned back after deciding that pursuing them risked awakening the Dragon Clan beneath the lake.
• Ah Rou and the Sky Azure Bull Python confirmed that the Titan Giant Ape was badly wounded, and the Sky Azure Bull Python urged Ah Rou not to take human form; she agreed.
• Qian Xunji flew toward Flender and Liu Erlong, who were tending to Bibi Dong, while Flender considered what to do next.

Flender and Liu Erlong guarded Bibi Dong while she recovered after Qian Xunji’s battle with two savage beasts. Qian Xunji returned, thanked them, and offered to repay their help, but Liu Erlong refused while Flender silently lamented the lost reward.

• Flender and Liu Erlong stayed beside Bibi Dong and discussed Qian Xunji’s strength and devotion to his wife.
• Qian Xunji returned and reassured Bibi Dong, whose breathing and expression eased when he spoke to her.
• Flender introduced himself and Liu Erlong to Qian Xunji, who recognized their names and thanked them for saving Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji offered to grant Flender and Liu Erlong whatever they wanted in return for their help.
• Liu Erlong refused the reward, leaving Flender staring at her in dismay over the Gold Soul Coins he had hoped to receive.

Qian Xunji recruited Flender and Liu Erlong to become Deans of Spirit Hall’s new academies, and they accepted. After Bibi Dong finished absorbing her Soul Ring, she embraced Qian Xunji and asked whether he was injured.

• Qian Xunji offered Flender and Liu Erlong the Dean positions at Martial Soul Academy and Scholarship Academy.
• Flender and Liu Erlong discussed the offer, agreed to take the jobs, and received a Spirit Hall Guest Elder token from Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji warned them to take responsibility for their students, and they promised to train them properly.
• Bibi Dong’s aura rose as she finished absorbing the Soul Ring, then she embraced Qian Xunji and asked whether he was hurt.
• Qian Xunji reassured Bibi Dong that he was unharmed and reminded her that people were watching.

After Bibi Dong reunited with Qian Xunji, he brought Flender and Liu Erlong back to Spirit Hall and confirmed his plan to appoint them as academy deans. Gui Mei questioned whether the two Soul Emperors could handle the responsibility, and Flender and Liu Erlong pledged to do their best.

• Bibi Dong thanked Flender and Liu Erlong for rescuing her, and Qian Xunji told her he planned to make them deans of Martial Soul Academy and Scholarship Academy.
• Qian Xunji, Bibi Dong, Flender, and Liu Erlong returned to Spirit City, where Bibi Dong left to visit Xiao Xue.
• Qian Xunji took Flender and Liu Erlong to the Reception Hall and asked what they thought of Spirit Hall.
• Gui Mei arrived, heard Qian Xunji's plan to appoint the pair as deans, and questioned whether they could manage the academies.
• Liu Erlong and Flender defended their suitability and promised to fulfill the responsibility entrusted to them.

Bibi Dong returned to the Worship Hall and found Qian Daoliu playing with Qian Renxue on bicycles. After reuniting with her daughter, she told Qian Daoliu she had reached level eighty-four and added a Soul Ring to her second Martial Soul, prompting him to warn her about the danger of Twin Martial Souls.

• Qian Xunji welcomed Flender and Liu Erlong to Spirit Hall and asked Gui Mei to show them around the academy the next day.
• Bibi Dong learned that her parents and Xiao Xi had returned to the village, then went to Qian Daoliu's residence.
• Bibi Dong saw Qian Daoliu riding a Bicycle with Qian Renxue and watched her daughter run over to greet her.
• Bibi Dong reunited with Qian Renxue, who told her that Qian Daoliu had let her ride a Bicycle and treated her to stories and food.
• Bibi Dong told Qian Daoliu she had reached level eighty-four and absorbed a Soul Ring for her second Martial Soul.
• Qian Daoliu warned Bibi Dong that a previous Twin Martial Soul genius had died after adding Soul Rings to the second Martial Soul.

Qian Xunji recounted his dangerous trip to the Star Dou Forest and revealed that Flender and Liu Erlong would become Spirit Hall Academy's deans, prompting Qian Renxue to wonder how her changed future would unfold. After Qian Daoliu took the sleeping Qian Renxue for the night, Bibi Dong prepared a seductive surprise for Qian Xunji.

• Qian Daoliu explained why Bibi Dong had cultivated her Death Spider Emperor before adding Soul Rings to her second Martial Soul, and Bibi Dong realized Qian Xunji had been protecting her.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong about fighting two rulers of the Star Dou Forest and a hundred-thousand-year Soft Bone Rabbit, then said Flender and Liu Erlong would serve as Spirit Hall Academy's deans.
• Qian Renxue reflected that Flender and Liu Erlong joining Spirit Hall could prevent Shrek Academy and its enemies from appearing as they had in her previous life.
• Qian Daoliu took the sleeping Qian Renxue to stay with him, leaving Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji to return to their room together.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji to cook for her, then chose a purple gauze nightdress and black stockings from her wardrobe to surprise him.

Qian Xunji prepared steak and pasta for Bibi Dong, then brought the meal to her bedroom and was captivated by her appearance. The chapter ended as he turned back to look at her after setting down the tray.

• Qian Xunji dismissed the cook on duty and made steak in the kitchen.
• Qian Xunji used the system to obtain Romanée-Conti red wine and prepared sauce, vegetables, and pasta to serve with the steaks.
• Qian Xunji carried the meal to Bibi Dong’s bedroom and found her wearing a sheer nightgown and stockings.
• Bibi Dong asked what he was looking at, and Qian Xunji told her he had seen a fairy.
• Bibi Dong asked whether he liked her appearance, and Qian Xunji set down the tray before turning to look at her.

Qian Xunji prepared a candlelit dinner for Bibi Dong, and their playful meal turned intimate as they shared wine and affection. After spilled wine soaked Bibi Dong’s stockings, she stopped Qian Xunji from helping her change and left him unsure what she wanted him to do.

• Qian Xunji served Bibi Dong steak and fruit wine, then arranged a candlelit dinner for them.
• Qian Xunji taught Bibi Dong how to use a knife and fork, and they fed each other pieces of steak.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji if she looked beautiful, then passed wine to him with a kiss as a reward for cooking.
• Qian Xunji bent down to retrieve Bibi Dong’s dropped fork, and her wineglass toppled, spilling wine across her stockings.
• Qian Xunji offered to help Bibi Dong change, but she caught his wrist and told him not to change the stockings.