Chapter Summaries

Yu Yuanzhen returned battered from the forest with a fifty-thousand-year Bone Dragon Torso Bone for Yu Xiaogang, who absorbed it and broke through to level forty. The Spirit Bone also granted him a spatial passage skill and helped his Martial Soul evolve, leaving him celebrating his newfound strength.

• Yu Xiaogang practiced the Three Ultimates of Yu-Dong when Yu Yuanzhen fell into the courtyard, battered from fighting in the forest.
• Yu Yuanzhen gave Yu Xiaogang a fifty-thousand-year Bone Dragon Torso Bone and urged him to absorb it.
• Yu Xiaogang absorbed the Spirit Bone, reached level forty, and gained a spatial passage Soul Skill.
• Yu Yuanzhen noticed that Luo Sanpao had evolved into a stronger, more dragon-like form.
• Yu Xiaogang celebrated that he had finally advanced beyond level twenty-nine.

Yu Xiaogang obtained his fourth Spirit Ring in the Sunset Forest and advanced to level forty-three. He demonstrated his new poison-based Soul Skill to Yu Yuanzhen, leaving the father and son with his growing strength on display.

• Yu Xiaogang celebrated his breakthrough and promised Yu Yuanzhen he would become a powerhouse and lead the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to glory.
• Yu Yuanzhen took Yu Xiaogang to the Sunset Forest instead of the unsettled Star Dou Great Forest to search for a fourth Spirit Ring.
• Yu Yuanzhen crippled a five-thousand-year Poison Miasma Wind Dragon, and Yu Xiaogang killed it and absorbed its purple Spirit Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang absorbed the ring successfully and rose from level forty to level forty-three as energy from his fifty-thousand-year torso bone was released.
• Yu Xiaogang demonstrated his fourth Soul Skill, which let Luo Sanpao spread a broad cloud of poisonous gas that slowed and poisoned enemies.

Yu Xiaogang demonstrated how his poison and restraint Soul Skills combined with his Spirit Bones to form a powerful fighting style, then vowed to rescue Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Qian Xunji discovered that the Seven Deadly Sins were changing his personality, and the system confirmed that their influence was a normal effect of his growing power.

• Yu Xiaogang showed Yu Yuanzhen how his third and fourth Soul Skills could trap enemies in a cage and fill it with paralyzing poison.
• Yu Xiaogang explained how he would use his Bone Dragon Torso Bone and self-created attacks to finish trapped opponents, earning Yu Yuanzhen's approval.
• Yu Xiaogang said he would train for several more years before setting out to rescue Bibi Dong and make Ning Fengzhi pay.
• Qian Xunji reflected on his manipulations of Yu Xiaogang and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and realized that his motives and attitude had changed.
• Qian Xunji spent 10,000 Subversion Points to ask the system about his state of mind, and the system attributed his behavioral changes to the influence of the Seven Deadly Sins fused with his Godhead Core.

After realizing the original sins had been influencing his thoughts, Qian Xunji chose to master their power rather than suppress it. He spent a year refining his Soul Core into a Heart of Original Sin that contained the sins without letting them sway his mind, and gained new clarity about his past choices.

• The system explained how Pride, Sloth, Lust, and Greed had influenced Qian Xunji’s behavior.
• Qian Xunji decided to guide the original sins and keep them from controlling him, then ordered the guards not to disturb his seclusion.
• Qian Xunji compressed his Soul Power into a Soul Core, but the original sins’ influence intensified.
• Qian Xunji used 1,000 Subversion Points per hour to have the system purify and refine his power.
• After a year in meditation, Qian Xunji formed the Heart of Original Sin, which contained the sins as a source of power without letting them sway his thoughts.
• Qian Xunji gained a sudden insight into the choices he had made under the original sins’ influence.

After a year in seclusion, Qian Xunji accepted his strengthened Heart of Original Sin and returned to Spirit Hall. After learning what had happened during his absence, he went to the Snow Empress and prepared to begin her Water God's trials.

• Qian Xunji emerged from seclusion after concluding that his desires and choices were his own, and the system announced his demigod-level Heart of Original Sin and its new Original Sin Induction ability.
• Qian Xunji tested Original Sin Induction on Yue Guan, making the elder feel an urge to usurp the throne, then asked him for a report on the past year.
• Yue Guan told Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang had reached level 40, Bibi Dong was nearing level 70, and Qian Renhan was thriving as a gifted child.
• Qian Xunji praised Yue Guan for managing Spirit Hall and dismissed him before visiting the Snow Empress.
• Qian Xunji learned that the Snow Empress was ready for the Water God's trials and immediately set out with her to begin them.

Qian Xunji and Snow Empress traveled to Sea God Island for her Water God First Trial, which required her to challenge Bo Saixi. After Bo Saixi agreed to spar, Qian Xunji warned Snow Empress against trying to outlast her and gave her the Original Sin Demon Sword, which clashed with her Ultimate Ice.

• Qian Xunji opened a spatial rift and took Snow Empress to Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi confronted them, and Qian Xunji explained that Snow Empress's God Trial required her to challenge the High Priest.
• Bo Saixi agreed to the challenge after learning Qian Xunji was Qian Daoliu's son, and allowed them a quarter of an hour to prepare.
• Qian Xunji advised Snow Empress to focus on showing her strength and drawing out Bo Saixi's trump cards rather than trying to defeat her.
• Qian Xunji gave Snow Empress the Original Sin Demon Sword, but its negative energy clashed with her Ultimate Ice.

Snow Empress fought Bo Saixi over the ocean, using the Original Sin Demon Sword and Ultimate Ice to weaken her opponent’s ocean advantage. The battle remained unresolved as Snow Empress detonated the ice beneath Bo Saixi to prevent her from reclaiming control of the sea.

• Qian Xunji shared permission to wield the Original Sin Demon Sword with Snow Empress, who realized its power could amplify her Emperor Sword.
• Snow Empress froze the ocean around Bo Saixi with Absolute Zero, reducing Bo Saixi’s access to the sea’s power.
• Snow Empress activated Ice God Descent and struck Bo Saixi with Emperor Sword, Ice Extreme Peerless, injuring her despite her defenses.
• Snow Empress and Bo Saixi fought at close range as Snow Empress gradually infused Bo Saixi with extreme cold while Bo Saixi gathered undercurrents beneath the ice.
• Snow Empress sensed Bo Saixi preparing to break the ice, pulled away, and detonated the ice beneath Bo Saixi and the surrounding area.

Snow Empress survived Bo Saixi’s attack, and the Water God revealed that her trial was to find and protect a successor to the Fire God. Qian Xunji proposed his son Qian Renhan, and the Water God changed Snow Empress’s trial accordingly.

• Snow Empress used the Ice Dragon Torso Bone to withstand Bo Saixi’s explosion, but Bo Saixi retaliated with Sea God’s Descent.
• The Water God appeared through Snow Empress’s mark and suppressed Bo Saixi’s divine power, then declared Snow Empress had passed the First Trial.
• The Water God told Snow Empress to find and protect a successor to the Fire God so he could inherit the Divine Throne.
• Qian Xunji proposed his son Qian Renhan as the Fire God’s successor, and the Water God agreed to wait for him to grow and complete the trials.
• The Water God replaced Snow Empress’s Nine Trials with a task to assist the Fire God’s successor and awarded her increased Spirit Ring age and Water God affinity.

Snow Empress received the Water God's blessing, and Qian Xunji left Sea God Island with her after Bo Saixi accepted the changed trial. Back at Pope Hall, Qian Xunji named their son Qian Renhan as his candidate for the Fire God's trial, then left to catch up on events across the continent.

• Qian Xunji asked the Water God whether the God Realm had a Poison God or a Fart God, and she confirmed that it had a Poison God but no Fart God.
• The Water God lifted her suppression on Bo Saixi, then returned to Snow Empress through the waterdrop mark.
• Qian Xunji took the Original Sin Demon Sword, thanked Bo Saixi, and left Sea God Island with Snow Empress after Bo Saixi decided not to fight them.
• Qian Xunji told Snow Empress that their son, Qian Renhan, was his choice for the Fire God's trial and explained how he would prepare him for it.
• Qian Xunji left Snow Empress and the sleeping Qian Renhan to learn what had happened on the continent during his seclusion.

Qian Xunji learned that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was searching for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast for Bibi Dong and considered using A-Zhu's identity to provoke a conflict with Tang Hao. He visited Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong, then confronted Ning Fengzhi about the search.

• Qian Xunji read a report that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had been searching Soul Beast forests for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and deduced that Bibi Dong wanted one.
• Qian Xunji asked the system whether A-Zhu counted as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and learned that she would drop a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone if killed.
• Qian Xunji considered leaking A-Zhu's identity to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect so its agents and Tang Hao would fight over her.
• Ning Fengzhi and Bibi Dong welcomed Qian Xunji at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's Main Hall, where he praised their apparent marriage and Bibi Dong's cultivation.
• Qian Xunji asked Ning Fengzhi about the sect's search for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

Qian Xunji pressured Ning Fengzhi into publicly committing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to finding Bibi Dong a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. After Qian Xunji left, Ning Fengzhi promised to expand the search, while Bibi Dong watched with hidden mockery.

• Ning Fengzhi pretended he had been searching for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast out of devotion to Bibi Dong, and she played along despite her disgust.
• Qian Xunji offered to have Spirit Hall search for the beast and asked what Ning Fengzhi would do if another force tried to claim it.
• Ning Fengzhi declared that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would spare no effort to secure the beast and make an enemy of anyone who took it from them.
• Qian Xunji praised Ning Fengzhi, ended his visit, and flew away from Heaven Dou City.
• Ning Fengzhi promised Bibi Dong he would send more people to search, while Bibi Dong silently questioned whether his sect could deliver the Soul Ring.

Qian Xunji visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to check on Yu Xiaogang, whose Soul Power had risen to level forty-six. After watching Yu Xiaogang demonstrate his self-created moves, Qian Xunji recognized their names as techniques associated with Huo Yuhao in the distant future and praised Yu Xiaogang despite his surprise.

• Qian Xunji visited the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and asked Yu Yuanzhen about the clan and Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang had reached level forty-six and led him to the rear courtyard.
• Qian Xunji watched Yu Xiaogang practice a smooth series of self-created moves.
• Yu Xiaogang named the techniques the Three Ultimates of Yu-Dong: Longing for Dong Fist, Thinking of Dong Palm, and Yu-Dong Cannon.
• Qian Xunji recognized the first two moves as techniques associated with Huo Yuhao in the future, then praised Yu Xiaogang's genius and credited his own guidance.

Qian Xunji learned that Yu Xiaogang had absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Bone Dragon torso bone, then warned Yu Yuanzhen that the secret could attract Bone Douluo’s attention. He also pointed out that Yu Xiaogang’s remaining Spirit Bone slots might not be enough to overcome all the cultivation bottlenecks ahead, leaving Yu Xiaogang worried that he would never rescue Dong'er.

• Qian Xunji examined Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Power and asked why it had advanced so quickly.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Yu Xiaogang had absorbed a fifty-thousand-year Bone Dragon torso bone after creating a Self-Created Soul Skill.
• Qian Xunji warned Yu Yuanzhen to keep the Spirit Bone secret from Bone Douluo Gu Rong.
• Qian Xunji noted that Yu Xiaogang had filled four Spirit Bone slots but still faced five cultivation bottlenecks, while only his head and left arm slots remained empty.
• Yu Xiaogang admitted that he feared he would never be strong enough to rescue Dong'er from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Xunji advised Yu Xiaogang to save his remaining slots for high-grade Spirit Bones, and Yu Yuanzhen considered how reaching Spirit Emperor could help his son survive independently.

Qian Xunji manipulated Yu Yuanzhen with the promise of a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and advised Yu Xiaogang to focus on improving Luo Sanpao. He then traveled to the Sun Moon Continent to assess its Soul Tool technology, discovering that it could mass-produce Level 6 Soul Tools and produce Level 7 Soul Tools at low efficiency.

• Qian Xunji promised to have Spirit Hall search for high-quality Soul Beasts, especially transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Yu Yuanzhen vowed to seize the opportunity for Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji advised Yu Xiaogang to choose complementary fifth and sixth Spirit Rings and keep seeking pure-blooded dragon-type Soul Beasts to help Luo Sanpao evolve.
• Qian Xunji left the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and used a spatial rift to travel to the Sun Moon Continent in search of Soul Tool knowledge.
• Qian Xunji sensed Soul Tool research at a school and judged that the continent's practical theories were less refined than the system's later-generation knowledge.
• Qian Xunji spent 1,000 Subversion Points to scan the continent, learning that its highest Soul Tool technology was roughly Level 7.5, with Level 6 tools mass-produced and Level 7 tools produced at low efficiency.

Qian Xunji raided the Sun Moon Empire’s library and Mingde Hall, taking its Soul Tool research, blueprints, and materials back to Spirit Hall. He explained the technology’s military potential to Qian Daoliu while Qian Renhan, reborn as Qian Renxue, listened and tried to understand how much this world differed from her previous life.

• Qian Xunji secretly emptied the Sun Moon Empire’s Library Pavilion, taking all its books and records.
• Qian Xunji broke into Mingde Hall and collected rare metals, Soul Tool blueprints, and research materials.
• Qian Renxue listened while Qian Daoliu taught her to read, secretly watching Spirit Hall’s records and wondering why her new life differed so greatly from her previous one.
• Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City and gave Qian Daoliu storage rings filled with the Soul Tool materials he had taken overseas.
• Qian Xunji explained that Soul Tools could let low-ranking Soul Masters defeat stronger opponents, and Qian Daoliu recognized their potential to transform Spirit Hall’s armies.

Qian Renhan asked to study the newly acquired Soul Tool technology, while Qian Daoliu organized a research department to investigate it. Qian Xunji gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a secret Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan technique to inspire his family, then entered seclusion to absorb energy refined from the Dragon God Core.

• Qian Renhan asked Qian Xunji to let him learn about the Soul Tools, and Qian Xunji agreed.
• Qian Daoliu took charge of organizing basic materials for Qian Renhan and creating a research department for Soul Tool technology.
• Qian Xunji visited Golden Crocodile Douluo and gave him the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's right-arm Dragon Transformation technique.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo said the technique could help his family develop a Golden Transformation suited to their bloodline.
• Qian Xunji entered seclusion beneath Pope Hall and prepared to absorb the energy stored in his Return to Void Refining Cage.

Qian Xunji emerged from three and a half years of seclusion after creating the divine skill Judgment of Pride, which he tested by cutting through a pillar of Deep Sea Silver Mother. A servant told him Elder Ju urgently needed to speak with him, hinting that a major event had unfolded during his absence.

• Qian Xunji used the magic cube's origin energy to refine his body and Heart of Original Sin during deep meditation.
• After three and a half years, Qian Xunji gained an initial grasp of Pride and spent half a month shaping it into the divine skill Judgment of Pride.
• Qian Xunji explained the skill's effects: suppressing weaker opponents, turning their resistance against them, and potentially shattering concepts as his power grew.
• Qian Xunji tested Judgment of Pride and sliced a pillar of Ten-Thousand-Meter Deep Sea Silver Mother in two with a touch.
• Qian Xunji left seclusion, and a servant reported that Elder Ju had ordered him to be summoned as soon as he emerged.

Qian Xunji emerged from seclusion and learned that Yu Yuanzhen had been kneeling outside Pope Hall for over a month, begging him to save Yu Xiaogang. Yu Yuanzhen explained that Yu Xiaogang had secretly gone to Heaven Dou City and ambushed Ning Fengzhi, hoping to free Bibi Dong.

• Yue Guan reported that Yu Yuanzhen had been kneeling outside Pope Hall for over a month and insisted on seeing Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunji found Yu Yuanzhen exhausted in the square, lifted him from the ground, and brought him into Pope Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Qian Xunji that Chen Xin had joined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect after Chen Jianjun died from his injuries.
• Yu Yuanzhen explained that Yu Xiaogang panicked at the thought of the sect gaining Sword Douluo and believed he would lose his chance to rescue Bibi Dong.
• Yu Yuanzhen said Yu Xiaogang had secretly left the clan and ambushed Ning Fengzhi at the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's residence in Heaven Dou City.

Yu Yuanzhen begged Qian Xunji to rescue Yu Xiaogang from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s dungeon after Xiaogang’s failed assassination attempt. Qian Xunji went to confront Ning Fengzhi, who pretended not to know why he had come.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Qian Xunji that Yu Xiaogang had been captured after trying to assassinate Ning Fengzhi and that Gu Rong and Chen Xin had forced him to retreat when he tried to rescue his son.
• Yu Yuanzhen knelt before Qian Xunji and begged him to save Yu Xiaogang, whom Ning Fengzhi had vowed not to release.
• Qian Xunji called Yu Xiaogang an idiot, asked about his condition, and then opened a spatial rift to travel to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Xunji appeared in the sect’s main hall, where Ning Fengzhi welcomed him while Chen Xin watched him warily.
• Ning Fengzhi pretended not to understand Qian Xunji’s reason for coming, and Qian Xunji mocked him for it.

Qian Xunji confronted Ning Fengzhi and demanded to see Yu Xiaogang, whom Ning had imprisoned after an assassination attempt. He found Yu Xiaogang mutilated and barely conscious in the dungeon, while Ning’s reasons for maiming him were revealed.

• Qian Xunji used his Level 99 Soul Master pressure to subdue Ning Fengzhi and stop Sword Douluo Chen Xin and Bone Douluo Gu Rong from intervening.
• Qian Xunji demanded that Ning Fengzhi tell him where Yu Xiaogang was, and Ning claimed Yu Xiaogang had tried to assassinate him and was imprisoned.
• Ning Fengzhi tried to delay Qian Xunji from seeing Yu Xiaogang, but Qian ordered Ning to lead him to the dungeon.
• Qian Xunji found Yu Xiaogang with a broken left leg and his right arm severed.
• Ning Fengzhi had cut off Yu Xiaogang’s right arm to prevent Bibi Dong from helping him obtain the Golden Sacred Dragon Right Arm Bone, and he had confiscated a thousand-year-old Right Arm Soul Bone found inside it.
• Yu Xiaogang, barely conscious, begged Ning Fengzhi to kill him.