Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji negotiated with rulers and sect leaders over joining Spirit Hall's Soul Tool Research Institute, securing support from three kingdoms and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Back at the Pope Palace, he learned that Evil Soul Masters had wiped out a Heaven Dou squad in Frost Flower Town and escaped.

• Qian Xunji sent Bibi Xi to rest, then met with Xue Ye, Dai Yutian, and representatives of the kingdoms and sects after their meeting.
• Xue Ye and Dai Yutian declined to invest in the Soul Tool Research Institute, while Bala Kingdom, Silves Kingdom, and Vannes Kingdom agreed to cooperate.
• Ning Fengzhi committed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to trying the project, while Tang Xiao and Yu Luomian refused on behalf of their sects.
• Qian Xunji dismissed the visitors and returned to the Pope Palace, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei greeted him.
• Yue Guan reported that Evil Soul Masters had defeated a Heaven Dou squad in Frost Flower Town and disappeared before Spirit Hall's people arrived.

Qian Xunji rewarded Yue Guan and Gui Mei with Immortal Herbs and ordered Bibi Xi to join Spirit Hall as a promising young disciple. Ling Yuan visited Bibi Xi, who told her how Qian Xunji had met his parents under a false identity, before Yue Guan arrived to test and register him.

• Qian Xunji gave Yue Guan the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and Gui Mei the Nether Ghost Vine, then sent them to absorb the herbs.
• Bibi Xi returned to his room and met Ling Yuan, who had come to ask whether Bibi Dong was back.
• Bibi Xi persuaded Ling Yuan to stay by promising news about Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji, then told her Qian Xunji had posed as Lin Qianxun when meeting their parents.
• Yue Guan arrived to take Bibi Xi for Soul Power and Martial Soul testing, distribute his joining rewards, and register his information.

Qian Xunji assigned Ling Yuan to lead a covert mission against the Evil Soul Masters in Frost Flower Town and gave her an Immortal Herb, which she mistakenly thought meant he liked her. After Bibi Xi reassured her that the Pope was generous to his own people, Ling Yuan said he had not always been so kind.

• Yue Guan told Ling Yuan that Qian Xunji wanted to see her, and she went to the Pope Palace.
• Qian Xunji ordered Ling Yuan to lead a team to locate and eliminate the Evil Soul Masters in Frost Flower Town, with Bibi Xi accompanying her.
• Qian Xunji gave Ling Yuan a Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and she blurted out a question about whether he liked her before apologizing.
• Qian Xunji explained that he had prepared Immortal Herbs for others as well and told Ling Yuan to prepare for the team’s departure the next day.
• Qian Xunji asked Yue Guan to secretly obtain red, white, and yellow tulip seeds, while Bibi Xi returned to find Ling Yuan waiting in his room.
• Bibi Xi told Ling Yuan that Qian Xunji had also given Immortal Herbs to his family, and Ling Yuan replied that the Pope used to be fierce and cold toward them.

Bibi Xi told Ling Yuan about Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji growing closer, then guarded her as she absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji outlined plans for Spirit Hall’s Soul Tool Research Institute, including its construction, trainee program, and investment shares.

• Bibi Xi told Ling Yuan that Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji had shared a room in Anping Village, and he boasted that he would rise in status as the Pope’s future brother-in-law.
• Bibi Xi offered to guard Ling Yuan while she absorbed the Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone, and she swallowed the Immortal Herb and began guiding its energy through her body.
• Qian Xunji presented the Soul Tool Research Institute’s three-phase construction plan to Golden Crocodile and the other elders, who accepted it.
• Qian Xunji proposed five hundred annual trainee slots for Spirit Hall and cooperating factions, with trainees serving their sponsors and sharing research results.
• Qian Xunji set Spirit Hall’s stake at fifty-one percent and reserved the other forty-nine percent for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, the kingdoms, and other factions according to their investments.

Qian Xunji arranged Spirit Hall’s partnership and prepared to plant tulips, then sent Ling Yuan and a team of Soul Masters on a dangerous mission. When Bibi Dong returned early to the Pope Palace, she learned that Qian Xunji had left and had not come back.

• Qian Xunji settled a fifty-one percent partnership and assigned Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Jiang Mo, and Qian Jun to coordinate the work and supervise construction.
• Qian Xunji received tulip bulbs and decided to plant them himself, then planned to inspect land in the western outskirts.
• Ling Yuan led twenty Soul Masters on a mission to hunt Evil Soul Masters, and Qian Xunji urged them to prioritize their survival.
• After the convoy departed, Qian Xunji left the palace with Spirit Hall personnel in plain clothes, leaving Gui Mei to handle its affairs.
• Bibi Dong returned early to the Pope Palace, but a guard told her that Qian Xunji had left and had not yet returned.

Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall early, found Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi away, and waited anxiously all day for Qian Xunji to come back. He returned late at night, and they went to the kitchen so he could make her a sweet-and-sour meal, while Bibi Dong wondered where he had been.

• Bibi Dong learned that Ling Yuan was away on a mission and Bibi Xi was not there, then returned to the Saintess Hall to cultivate.
• Bibi Dong searched for Qian Xunji and waited for him at his bedchamber through the evening and into the night.
• Qian Xunji returned late, and Bibi Dong embraced him and asked where he had gone.
• Bibi Dong asked Qian Xunji to make her something sweet and sour, so he took her to the kitchen to cook fish and ribs.
• As Qian Xunji prepared the fish, Bibi Dong wondered whether she should ask where he had spent the day.

Qian Xunji cooked dinner for Bibi Dong, reassured her about his day, and told her that her younger brother Bibi Xi had gone on a mission with Ling Yuan. After Bibi Dong agreed to share a bed with him, Qian Xunji brought out his new Wings of Flight Soul Tool to show her.

• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that he had inspected the western outskirts, where the Soul Tool Research Institute would be built, and Bibi Dong admitted she had been worried about him.
• Qian Xunji cooked sweet-and-sour ribs and fish for Bibi Dong, and they shared dinner in the kitchen.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong that Bibi Xi had joined Ling Yuan's team on a mission to deal with Evil Soul Masters, and explained that he hoped the two would grow closer.
• Qian Xunji suggested that he and Bibi Dong share a bed, and Bibi Dong agreed after he offered several excuses.
• Qian Xunji showed Bibi Dong his second-grade Wings of Flight Soul Tool and explained that it let even ordinary people fly.

Qian Xunji tested the Wings of Flight and found that their short endurance still needed improvement. After Bibi Dong realized she had left her bathwater for him, Qian Xunji assured her he did not mind and privately treasured the thought.

• Bibi Dong admired the Wings of Flight before taking a bath and wondering whether she was ready for something to happen with Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji flew around the courtyard with the Wings of Flight, then landed when their Soul Power ran low and identified the need to improve their energy storage.
• Qian Xunji returned to Saintess Hall and dried Bibi Dong's hair while she called him Teacher instead of Qian Xun.
• Bibi Dong considered wearing black stockings, then realized she had not changed the bathwater after bathing.
• Bibi Dong warned Qian Xunji to change the water, but he said he did not mind while privately thinking of it as Holy Water.

Qian Xunji returned to Bibi Dong after bathing, and he massaged her feet as they prepared to sleep. Bibi Dong relaxed in his care as he drew her into his arms and began kissing her face.

• Qian Xunji finished bathing and returned to find Bibi Dong waiting in a silk nightgown and stockings.
• Bibi Dong admitted her feet were uncomfortable after walking, and Qian Xunji offered to massage them.
• Qian Xunji gently massaged both of Bibi Dong's feet while teasing her with compliments.
• Bibi Dong thanked Qian Xunji after the massage, and he pulled her into his arms.
• Qian Xunji kissed Bibi Dong's forehead, the space between her brows, and the tip of her nose.

Qian Xunji dreamed of Bibi Dong as an alluring Pope, then woke beside her and left early, claiming he had work at the Soul Tool Research Institute. After cultivating and discovering the powerful effects of her Immortal Herb, Bibi Dong went looking for him and learned he had not returned since morning.

• Qian Xunji gave Bibi Dong a hickey, and she reluctantly agreed to let it remain until the next day.
• Qian Xunji dreamed that Pope Bibi Dong ordered him to remove her stockings with his mouth, but he woke before touching her.
• Qian Xunji kissed Bibi Dong's forehead and left early, saying he needed to handle work at the Soul Tool Research Institute.
• Bibi Dong cultivated for four hours, felt her Soul Power flow more smoothly, and realized how powerful the Immortal Herb was.
• Bibi Dong went to the Pope Palace to find Qian Xunji for lunch, but a guard said he had not returned.
• Bibi Dong asked Gui Mei about Qian Xunji, and Gui Mei said Bishop Salas oversaw the Research Institute's construction and he did not know whether Qian Xunji had visited.

Bibi Dong discovered that Qian Xunji had lied about visiting the Soul Tool Research Institute and spent the day imagining where he might be and insisting she did not care. She waited at Spirit Hall’s gate until Qian Xunji returned at night carrying treats, leaving her to face him.

• Bibi Dong learned from Bishop Salas that Qian Xunji had never visited the Research Institute, despite saying he would go there.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Saintess Hall, imagined Qian Xunji with other women, and tried to convince herself his whereabouts did not matter to her.
• Bibi Dong used Spider Sense to search Spirit Hall for Qian Xunji but could not find him.
• Bibi Dong waited outside Spirit Hall’s main gate, claiming she was looking at the night scenery.
• Qian Xunji returned with pastries, fruit juice, and candied hawthorns, and asked Bibi Dong why she was waiting at the gate.

Qian Xunji’s attempt to keep his tulip field surprise secret made Bibi Dong believe he had lied to her, and she left in tears. He summoned Yue Guan to learn why he had failed to cover for him at the Research Institute.

• Qian Xunji offered Bibi Dong candied hawthorn and roasted chicken, but she refused and asked where he had been.
• Bibi Dong confronted Qian Xunji after Bishop Salas told her he had not visited the Research Institute; Qian Xunji’s hesitation convinced her he was lying, and she ran away.
• Qian Xunji realized Bibi Dong was angry, saw that her favorability had fallen by five percent, and decided to seek Yue Guan’s help.
• Qian Xunji questioned Yue Guan about his absence from the Research Institute while the Saintess was there.
• Yue Guan admitted that he had left to receive Huyan Zhen and had asked Salas to watch the site, unaware that Bibi Dong would come looking for Qian Xunji.

Qian Xunji tried to make peace with Bibi Dong by sending her food, but she remained hurt and ate alone. Meanwhile, Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi completed a mission by killing a woman who had used forbidden arts on civilians, and Bibi Xi asked for a reward.

• Qian Xunji pardoned Yue Guan and sent food to Bibi Dong, but left when her maid said she had retired.
• Bibi Dong accepted the food after recalling Ling Yuan’s advice not to starve herself, then lamented that Qian Xunji had lied about being at the Research Institute.
• Ling Yuan confronted a fleeing woman accused of killing civilians and cultivating forbidden arts.
• Bibi Xi restrained the woman with Poison Silk Entanglement, allowing Ling Yuan to kill her with Soaring Kite Split.
• Ling Yuan confirmed the mission was complete, praised their coordination, and told Bibi Xi to ask Qian Xunji for a reward.

After Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi returned to Frost Flower Town with the last corpse, Spirit Hall began burying the dead and prepared to escort the captured Evil Soul Masters away. At the mass graveyard, black mist possessed a bald Soul Master, who attacked his companions.

• Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi flew back to Frost Flower Town with the charred corpse, where the squad reported that thirty-two hostages had survived and 116 people had died.
• Ling Yuan promised the villagers that the captured Evil Soul Masters would face Spirit Hall trials, then ordered the prisoners guarded and the corpses buried.
• Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi headed into town to rest before escorting the prisoners to Spirit City the next morning.
• Four Spirit Hall Soul Masters dug graves outside town, and the charred corpse twitched as they worked.
• Black mist burst from the corpse and entered the bald Soul Master's body, causing him to return to the others in a strange, stiff gait.
• The possessed bald Soul Master stabbed a dirt-covered hand through another Soul Master's back and seized his still-beating heart.

At a mass graveyard, a monstrous woman emerged from a Soul Master's corpse and absorbed the dead as Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi sensed the danger and rushed out of Frost Flower Town. They found the horror waiting beyond the town, but the chapter ended before they acted.

• A possessed Soul Master killed Old Li, then crawled toward the Dark Bear Soul Master after being split in half.
• Black hair erupted from the corpse, pierced and strangled the Dark Bear Soul Master, and held him aloft.
• A corpse-pale woman crawled out of the body and gathered the dead and their Soul Power into a growing mass.
• Ling Yuan sensed the icy Soul Power and distant screams, then rushed outside as Bibi Xi emerged from the neighboring room.
• Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi ran to the town entrance and froze at the sight beyond it.

Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi fought the Female Ghost, who had fused herself with a Demon Puppet made from corpses and overpowered Ling Yuan’s flames. As Bibi Xi faced the Female Ghost’s death beam, Ling Yuan shielded him with her body and was pierced through.

• The Female Ghost revealed that she had fused with the Demon Puppet and absorbed corpses, then attacked Ling Yuan and Bibi Xi.
• Ling Yuan’s Blazing Prairie Fire was overwhelmed by the Flesh Mountain’s purple-black energy, and she was knocked down.
• Ling Yuan instructed Bibi Xi to bind the Female Ghost’s head, and he used Thousand-Silk Entanglement to restrain the Flesh Mountain while Ling Yuan struck it with flames.
• The Female Ghost broke free, grabbed Ling Yuan in its bone hand, and smashed her through a mud wall despite Bibi Xi’s poison sword attack.
• The Female Ghost fired a violet beam at Bibi Xi, but Ling Yuan charged out of the ruins and took the beam through her body.

Bibi Xi defeated the Female Ghost with his Thousand Silk Myriad Transformations technique, then carried the gravely wounded Ling Yuan toward Spirit City for help. Meanwhile, Bibi Dong decided to take the initiative with her teacher and set out to buy him a bouquet of red roses.

• Ling Yuan was struck through the chest and fell unconscious as Bibi Xi faced the Female Ghost's attack.
• Bibi Xi used Thousand Silk Myriad Transformations to bind and crush the Female Ghost, destroying her core and collapsing the Flesh Mountain.
• Bibi Xi used spider silk to stem Ling Yuan's bleeding, carried her on his back, and headed for Spirit City to seek help from his brother-in-law.
• Bibi Dong reflected that she had been too passive with her teacher and decided to confess her feelings first.
• Bibi Dong went to Hundred Flowers Pavilion and bought a bouquet of red roses for the Pope.

Bibi Dong bought roses and an amethyst ring to confess her feelings to Qian Xunji, but he flew away before she could reach him. She later rushed to Ling Yuan’s residence and found her gravely injured, with Bibi Xi by her side.

• Bibi Dong bought eleven roses and chose an amethyst ring for Qian Xunji, deciding to confess her love in person.
• Bibi Dong saw Qian Xunji leave Spirit Hall by flying toward the western outskirts, and her hopes collapsed.
• Bibi Dong returned to Saintess Hall and lay beside the flowers without eating, until a maid told her that Ling Yuan had come back seriously injured.
• Bibi Dong went to Ling Yuan’s residence and found Bibi Xi holding Ling Yuan’s hand while healing Soul Masters treated her.
• Elder Gui Mei said Ling Yuan was likely to recover, crediting her strengthened constitution and Bibi Xi for carrying her back.

Bibi Xi suffered a severe poison backlash after saving Ling Yuan, while Qian Xunji returned to find Bibi Dong asleep and left her flowers and a hairpin. The next morning, Bibi Dong woke in her own bed and discovered her roses were missing.

• Bibi Xi collapsed in his room from the backlash of his Thousand Silk Myriad Transformations technique, and Gui Mei treated him while Bibi Dong watched over him.
• Qian Xunji learned that Ling Yuan was out of danger and Bibi Xi had suffered poison backlash, then carried the sleeping Bibi Dong back to the Saintess Hall.
• Qian Xunji found Bibi Dong's roses and ring, left her a White Jade Iris Hairpin and Osmanthus Cake, and apologized before leaving.
• Qian Xunji visited Bibi Xi, warned him against using his harmful secret technique except in a life-or-death situation, and allowed him to visit Ling Yuan.
• Qian Xunji replaced the peonies in his chambers with Bibi Dong's roses, and Bibi Dong woke the next morning to find the bouquet gone.

Bibi Dong found a jade hairpin after learning Qian Xunji had carried her back to her room, then joined him for a mysterious outing. He took her up in a hot air balloon, and she wondered where they were going as Spirit Hall watched them rise.

• Bibi Dong found a white jade iris hairpin and learned from the maid that Qian Xunji had carried her back the previous night.
• Bibi Dong worried that Qian Xunji had seen the ring in her jewelry box, dressed carefully, and went to meet him outside the Saintess Hall.
• Qian Xunji praised Bibi Dong, took her hand, and said he would explain what he had deceived her about while taking her somewhere.
• Qian Xunji showed Bibi Dong a hot air balloon he had assembled, and she climbed into its basket with him.
• The balloon lifted above Spirit Hall as guards and Soul Masters watched, while Bibi Dong delighted in flying and asked where Qian Xunji was taking her.