Chapter Summaries

As Heaven Dou and the Clear Sky Sect moved against Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji proposed replacing the old empire system with a new Martial Soul Federation. The council was left stunned by his plans for its government and laws.

• Ling Yuan reported that Heaven Dou forces led by two young Titled Douluo wielding Clear Sky Hammers had attacked the Suotuo City branch, injuring Bibi Xi as he covered the retreat.
• Ci Xue warned that Heaven Dou was mobilizing troops and Soul Masters to drive Spirit Hall’s influence back toward Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong noticed Qian Renxue and Bi Xiaoxiao sneaking into the council chamber but let them remain hidden.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and Bibi Dong discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s role in Heaven Dou’s expansion and agreed that Spirit Hall could not stand idle.
• Qian Xunji proposed founding the Martial Soul Federation, with a constitution, federal and local governments, equal treatment under the law, and a head of state chosen through strength and popular vote.

Qian Xunji presented plans to establish the Martial Soul Federation and prepare for war, while Bibi Dong agreed to enter secluded cultivation to become a god. The chapter ended with Ling Yuan asking to meet the two children Bibi Dong had brought back.

• Qian Xunji proposed six measures for founding the Martial Soul Federation, including restructuring the military, recruiting cultivators, courting sects, funding the treasury, expanding Soul Tool production, and establishing a federal government.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other attendees approved the proposals after refining them during the meeting.
• Qian Xunji discovered Qian Renxue and Bi Xiaoxiao hiding in the council chamber, and Qian Renxue took responsibility for bringing Xiao Xiao there.
• Bibi Dong reassured the girls and explained that Spirit Hall needed to found a nation to secure its position amid growing outside threats.
• Qian Xunji and Ling Yuan urged Bibi Dong to focus on becoming a god, and she agreed to enter seclusion the next day.
• Ling Yuan asked Bibi Dong to introduce her to the two children she had brought back.

Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong visited Xie Yue and Hu Liena in their new home, offered them support, and made Qian Renxue their older sister. They then checked on the injured Bibi Xi, who greeted them while happily eating a chicken leg.

• Bi Xiaoxiao led Qian Renxue, Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and Ling Yuan to the Golden Generation's courtyard, where Hu Liena and Xie Yue were cleaning.
• Qian Xunji asked Xie Yue about his age and Martial Soul, then promised that Spirit Hall would train him and gave him Gold Soul Coins for daily needs.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena cried with relief and gratitude, and Qian Renxue gave Hu Liena a handkerchief.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue to care for Xie Yue and Hu Liena as their big sister before he, Bibi Dong, and Ling Yuan left.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji visited Bibi Xi, who was recovering from his chest injury and insisted that he was suffering despite eating a chicken leg.

Bibi Xi recovered enough to discuss the Heaven Dou Empire’s aggression and Spirit Hall’s plan to found a nation. Qian Xunji revealed that his Ninth Trial was the coming Dark Turmoil, which he believed was tied to the dark force that had hidden the Clear Sky Sect.

• Ling Yuan teased Bibi Xi about his chest wound, and Bibi Dong questioned him about the Clear Sky Hammer Soul Master who had injured him.
• Qian Xunji explained that the Heaven Dou Empire had closed its Holy Temples and was preparing to expand, while Spirit Hall planned to found a nation.
• The family decided Liu Xiulan and the children should remain in Spirit City rather than move to isolated Anping Village.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Xi that the Clear Sky Sect had disappeared rather than been destroyed, and recounted sensing dark energy when its members vanished.
• Bibi Dong urged Qian Xunji to explain his Ninth Trial, and he revealed that it was the Dark Turmoil and that Spirit Hall’s preparations were meant to defend against the force behind the black mist.

Qian Xunji discussed Bibi Dong’s coming seclusion to absorb the Torso Bone and learned how Bibi Xi survived the siege in Suotuo City. As the family gathered for dinner, Xue’er arrived with Hu Liena, Xiao Xiao, Nana, and Xie Yue, leaving them to decide whether to visit.

• Qian Xunji said Bibi Dong would enter seclusion to absorb the Torso Bone and complete the six Spirit Bones needed for the Asura Godhood.
• Ling Yuan described Bibi Xi’s improved Silk Transformation, which let him withstand two Titled Douluo’s hammer blows and escape with her and Xiao Xiao.
• Bibi Dong and Ling Yuan teased Bibi Xi about his Silk Transformation’s vulnerability to fire, while Bibi Dong said her own silk was immune because of an Immortal Herb.
• Liu Xiulan and Bi Dashan prepared dinner, and Bi Dashan called Bibi Xi to help chop the chicken despite his protests.
• Xue’er arrived with Hu Liena, Xiao Xiao, Nana, and Xie Yue, who wondered whether they should return to Spirit Hall rather than visit unexpectedly.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena visited Bibi Dong’s family and were invited to stay for dinner. After seeing Xie Yue’s Moon Blade, Bibi Xi tested his skill and offered to take him as a disciple, but Xie Yue declined.

• Bi Xiaoxiao welcomed Xie Yue and Hu Liena, and persuaded them to stay for dinner with the family.
• Bi Xiaoxiao served the siblings snacks, and Xie Yue and Hu Liena carefully shared the Peanut Crisp.
• Bibi Xi learned that Xie Yue had Rank Nine Innate Soul Power and invited him to test his Moon Blade against spider silk.
• Xie Yue failed to cut the spider silk until Bibi Xi showed him how to strike its base with the blade’s curved edge.
• Bibi Xi praised Xie Yue and offered to take him as a disciple, but Xie Yue refused.

Xie Yue and Hu Liena became disciples of Bibi Xi and Bibi Dong, then received Storage Soul Tools as gifts. The family gathered for dinner, where Bi Xiaoxiao exposed Bibi Xi for sneaking Peanut Crisp.

• Xie Yue initially refused Bibi Xi's offer so he could stay with Hu Liena, and Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong to take Hu Liena as her disciple.
• Bibi Dong praised Hu Liena's character and accepted her as a disciple, after which Bibi Xi agreed to accept Xie Yue.
• Xie Yue and Hu Liena performed their apprenticeship ceremonies and offered tea to their respective teachers.
• Bibi Dong and Bibi Xi gave Hu Liena a Storage Soul Tool pendant and Xie Yue a Storage Soul Tool bangle.
• The children helped prepare the dinner table, and Bi Xiaoxiao revealed that Bibi Xi had sneaked Peanut Crisp from the tea table.

At dinner, Bibi Dong revealed that she would enter seclusion to complete her cultivation, then walked with Qian Xunji through Spirit Hall after the meal. They reminisced about their first kiss and shared another kiss outside Saintess Hall, where a patrol of Knights spotted them.

• Liu Xiulan and Ling Yuan served chicken to the children, and Bibi Xi made Hu Liena and Xie Yue split a chicken leg.
• Qian Xunji announced that Bibi Dong would begin seclusion, and she confirmed that she had gathered six Spirit Bones and absorbed a Million-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong took Qian Renxue, Xie Yue, and Hu Liena back to Spirit Hall and settled them into their rooms.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji held hands as they walked past Saintess Hall and recalled their first kiss there.
• Bibi Dong kissed Qian Xunji's cheek, and he pulled her close for a long kiss.
• A patrol of Knights saw the couple kissing and hurried past, with their squad leader remarking on their lasting affection.

Qian Xunji urged the Lower Four Sects and the kings of Bala and Siville to join Spirit Hall in founding a Federation. He exposed the pills offered by Heaven Dou and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as mind-controlling medicine, raising the possibility that Emperor Xue Ye was being controlled.

• Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong shared a private moment before she entered seclusion.
• Qian Xunji proposed that the sects and kingdoms become founding member states of a Federation alongside Spirit Hall.
• The king of Bala revealed a pill from Prince Xue Xing, while the king of Siville presented an identical pill from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Qian Xunji used the system to identify dark energy and Demon Puppet Flower in the pills and learned they could control whoever took them.
• Qian Xunji warned the assembled leaders that Emperor Xue Ye or someone powerful beside him might be controlling the Heaven Dou Empire.

Qian Xunji warned the sect leaders against taking pills that would enslave them, but a vast black fog suddenly surrounded Spirit City. He mobilized the city’s defenders and activated the Bright Lamps, then faced an immense army of hollow-eyed soldiers emerging from the mist.

• Qian Xunji told the sect masters of the Black Tiger Sect and Fire Leopard Sect that the pills offered by Heaven Dou and Star Luo would turn them into puppets.
• Ling Yuan reported that black fog was approaching Spirit City from all four directions and that scouts and Soul-Guided Communicators had vanished inside it.
• Qian Xunji ordered the Bright Lamps activated and assigned the elders, sect forces, artillery, and troops to defend the city gates.
• Qian Xunji warned Spirit City’s civilians to shelter and summoned all combat personnel to the outer city as the Bright Lamps held the fog back beyond the walls.
• The black fog receded to reveal an enormous army of pale, hollow-eyed soldiers, and Qian Xunji demanded to know what Heaven Dou Empire and its people intended.

Qian Xunji attacked Emperor Xue Ye and fought Tang Xiao and Tang Yin as the forces of Spirit Hall faced the Clear Sky Sect and its allies. Tang Yin was injured, but black roses transported him and Tang Xiao to Xue Ye’s side, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Emperor Xue Ye accused Spirit Hall of destroying the Clear Sky Sect, while Tang Xiao stood with Ning Fengzhi, Gu Rong, and Chen Xin.
• Qian Xunji shot a divine arrow at Xue Ye, but Tang Xiao intercepted it and Ning Fengzhi amplified Tang Xiao’s strength, allowing him to shatter the arrow.
• Qian Xunji used Ghost Shadow Step to approach Tang Xiao and attack his throat, but Tang Yin intervened and Bibi Xi shielded Qian Xunji with spider silk.
• Qian Xunji struck Tang Yin in the chest with Titan Firmament Cannon, blasting him backward and making him spit blood.
• Black roses appeared around Tang Yin and Tang Xiao and transported them beside Emperor Xue Ye, where Tang Yin dropped to one knee.

Xiao Wu forced Emperor Xue Ye to send Heaven Dou’s army against Spirit City while Qian Xunji confronted her and fought Chen Xin and Gu Rong. As the city’s defenses faltered, Tang Xiao broke through the gate and attacked Spirit Kite and Bibi Xi.

• Xiao Wu ordered Xue Ye to send out the troops, and he led hundreds of thousands of black-armored soldiers in a charge toward Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji left the city’s defenses to Ling Yuan and flew toward Xiao Wu, but Chen Xin and Gu Rong intercepted him at her command.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong revealed that Xiao Wu held the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s people hostage, then attacked Qian Xunji with their soul skills.
• Qian Xunji transformed into an eight-winged angel, broke Gu Rong’s Bone Prison Cage, and clashed with Chen Xin’s sword force and domain.
• Tang Xiao and Tang Yin led elite black-armored troops through the cannon fire, and Tang Xiao smashed open Spirit City’s gate.
• Tang Xiao attacked Spirit Kite on the city wall; Bibi Xi intervened, and Spirit Kite’s flames forced Tang Xiao back before he prepared his Heaven-Surpassing Strike.

Bibi Xi died protecting Ling Yuan after poisoning Tang Xiao, and Golden Crocodile Douluo and Qian Daoliu drove back the Clear Sky Sect attackers. Xiao Wu withdrew her forces, while Qian Renxue reunited with Qian Xunji on the city wall.

• Bibi Xi used his eighth soul skill to poison Tang Xiao, then took Tang Xiao's hammer strike while shielding Ling Yuan and died in her arms.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo blocked Tang Xiao's attack and struck him down as the poison weakened him.
• Qian Daoliu arrived with Qian Renxue and defeated Tang Yin with his ninth soul skill, Angel's Breath.
• A black rose carried Tang Yin and Tang Xiao back to Xiao Wu, who ordered Xue Ye and the army to retreat.
• Chen Xin and Gu Rong disengaged from Qian Xunji and withdrew with Xiao Wu's forces.
• Qian Renxue rushed into Qian Xunji's arms and recalled seeing Tang Xiao's hammer pierce Bibi Xi's chest.

After Bibi Xi died, Qian Xunji preserved his soul in a Soul Storage Bottle and ordered his body frozen so he could be revived after someone became a god. Ling Yuan returned to Spirit Hall with the bottle and told Bi Xiaoxiao that her father could not come back for now.

• Qian Renxue asked Qian Xunji whether her uncle was dead, and he found Ling Yuan grieving beside Bibi Xi's body.
• Qian Xunji told Ling Yuan he could save Bibi Xi and used the Soul Storage Bottle to preserve his soul.
• Qian Xunji ordered Bibi Xi's body frozen and directed the wounded to be treated and the damaged city defenses repaired.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo stayed to guard the city gate while Qian Xunji, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, and the elders returned to Spirit Hall.
• Bi Xiaoxiao asked Ling Yuan why her father had not returned, and Ling Yuan told her he could not come back for now.

Qian Xunji briefed Spirit Hall’s leaders on the Heaven Dou Empire’s strength and laid out a plan to defeat the mysterious woman in black. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao’s poison continued to worsen despite Tang Yin’s desperate attempts to save him.

• Bi Xiaoxiao grieved for her father, and Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu promised her and her family that he would return.
• Qian Xunji told the council about the enemy’s Peak Douluo, the black fog, the mind-controlling pills, and the woman in black, whom he suspected was a god.
• Qian Xunji proposed using Guanyin’s Tears to wound the woman in black, then coordinating with Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Worship, Mighty Lion Douluo, and Azure Luan Worship to kill her.
• Qian Xunji assigned the other elders to guard the city gates and directed Dugu Bo to use the six Soul Guidance Bombs if Spirit Hall’s forces could not hold out.
• In the Heaven Dou command tent, Tang Yin tried to save the poisoned Tang Xiao by giving him pills, but the First Elder grabbed his hand.

Tang Xiao died from Spirit Hall's poison, and Xiao Wu told Tang Yin that the medicine could not save him. Xiao Wu planned to kill Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu that night, while Qian Xunji refused to let Qian Renxue join the coming battle.

• Tang Yin forced the medicine into Tang Xiao's mouth, but Tang Xiao stopped breathing.
• Xiao Wu explained that the poison had destroyed Tang Xiao's organs and spirit source, then stopped Tang Yin from rushing out to fight Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Wu said she would personally kill Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu before Tang Yin and the others launched a full assault on Spirit City.
• Emperor Xue Ye questioned Xiao Wu about Bibi Dong's absence and her interest in Bibi Dong's soul rings, but Xiao Wu refused to explain.
• Qian Renxue asked to accompany Qian Xunji into battle, but he refused and reminded her that her uncle had fallen despite being a Soul Douluo.

Qian Xunji left his grieving family to defend Spirit City as Heaven Dou’s forces attacked the East Main Gate. The chapter ended with the battle underway and Qian Xunji spotting the Clear Sky Sect First Elder directing the enemy formation.

• Qian Xunji ordered Qian Renxue to stay with the family, then flew to the East Main Gate after she asked him to return safely.
• Qian Renxue found Ling Yuan grieving over the Soul Storage Bottle, while Liu Xiulan mourned and Hu Liena and Xie Yue prepared food; Bi Dashan stopped Qian Renxue from sneaking away and kept her near him.
• Qian Xunji joined Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo on the wall as reports arrived that Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong were attacking the North and West Gates.
• Qian Daoliu sent Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo to reinforce the other gates while warning them not to face the black-clad woman alone.
• Heaven Dou’s army charged the East Main Gate, and Qian Xunji ordered the cannons and city forces to attack as both sides’ soul masters clashed.
• Qian Xunji spotted the Clear Sky Sect First Elder directing the enemy formation.

Xiao Wu revealed her dark divine power and unleashed an attack on Spirit City, while Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall’s elders fought to defend it. The chapter ended as Qian Daoliu’s Angel Protection barrier shattered under Xiao Wu’s Hand of Darkness.

• Qian Xunji fired a Light Divine Power arrow at the First Elder, but Tang Yin smashed it aside with his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Xiao Wu emerged from the black fog, declared herself the master of darkness, and destroyed the five Bright Lamps that sustained the city’s light domain.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo joined forces to push back the darkness as Qian Xunji began forming a water drop and summoned an illusory Angel Guanyin.
• Tang Yin detonated all nine of his spirit rings and charged Qian Xunji, but Golden Crocodile Douluo moved to intercept him.
• Xiao Wu unleashed her divine skill, Hand of Darkness, sending over a hundred giant hands crashing toward Spirit City.
• Qian Renxue warned Qian Daoliu, who shielded the city with Angel Protection, but the barrier broke under the seventy-third strike.

Xiao Wu crushed Qian Daoliu’s defenses, but Qian Xunji struck back with Guanyin’s Tears and the Sun-Piercing Arrow. She survived by using Tang Yin as a shield and draining his power to heal herself, leaving the battle raging.

• Qian Daoliu blocked Xiao Wu’s attacks but fell, and Qian Renxue caught him and tried to suppress the Dark Divine Power in his wound.
• Qian Xunji revealed Guanyin’s Tears and pierced Xiao Wu’s heart despite her Black God Shield, while Qian Renxue recognized the move from her previous life.
• Qian Xunji fired the God of Light Bow’s Fourth Form, Sun Piercer, at the wounded Xiao Wu.
• Xiao Wu seized Tang Yin and placed him in the arrow’s path, and the Sun-Piercing Arrow killed him.
• Xiao Wu drained Tang Yin’s Soul Power and dark energy to heal her heart, while Golden Crocodile Douluo stood bloodied below.

Xiao Wu defeated Qian Xunji and turned her vengeance on Qian Renxue, but Qian Xunji struck back to protect his daughter. He sacrificed himself to free the Heaven Dou soldiers from the darkness, leaving Qian Renxue holding his dying body.

• Qian Xunji's Sun-Piercing Arrow failed to break Xiao Wu's Dark Shield, and she kicked him through the city wall's battlements.
• Xiao Wu restrained Qian Renxue with dark vines and prepared to stab her with the Divine Staff.
• Qian Xunji rushed to save Qian Renxue, but Xiao Wu pierced his chest with the staff.
• Qian Xunji used his remaining Divine Light Power to punch Xiao Wu away and spread golden Seeds of Light that freed the Heaven Dou soldiers from their control.
• Qian Xunji fell from the sky, and Qian Renxue caught him and poured Angel Soul Power into his wound as she pleaded for him to wake.