Pope

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Bibi Dong
Alias(es)	Pope; Her Holiness the Pope
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Martial Soul Hall
Occupation/Role	Pope of Martial Soul Hall; founder and patron of the Soul Master Creation Institute 13
Status	Deceased in the Sky Screen world; killed by Xiao Wu following a three-day battle in Su Mo's Void Space. 170 171 Active in the Original-Work World, where she remains Pope and receives the Sky Screen reward Spider God Descends. 224 225
First Appearance	Chapter 5

Power Progression

Chapter(s)	Rank/State	Advancement and Notable Feats
5	Twin Martial Soul wielder; Rakshasa God's inheritor	Possesses a second Martial Soul with two vacant Soul Ring slots and worries that the missing rings will prevent completion of her future Rakshasa God trials. 5
53	Nine-ring powerhouse	Her ninth Soul Ring activates when Su Mo's public disclosure ruins her plan to credit the Creation Institute for the Ring Condensation Technique. 53
138	Rakshasa God's Eighth Trial complete	Condenses a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, completing both Martial Souls' nine-ring configurations and finishing the Rakshasa God's Eighth Trial. 138
139	Rakshasa God's Ninth Trial candidate	Learns that beginning the Ninth Trial requires immense energy and a mortal representative; she seeks to substitute the required energy through an ancient sacrificial formation. 139
168	Divine Slaughter's Domain	Releases the blood-red Divine Slaughter's Domain in a berserk response to Yu Xiaogang's reported death, damaging the Pope Palace and suppressing Spirit City. 168
169–170	Rank 99 Twin Martial Soul Pope	Battles Su Mo and Xiao Wu with the Death Spider Emperor, Soul Devouring Spider Web, Eternal Scar, Divine Slaughter's Domain, and Devouring Domain; her regenerative defenses allow her to endure repeated attacks before her Soul Power is exhausted. 169 170
224–225	Spider God Descends (Original-Work World)	Receives a personal Martial Soul Fusion Skill from the Sky Screen after submitting the most complete answer regarding Su Mo Academy's first class. It merges the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor into a colossal purple-black spider form, combining both sets of Soul Rings and more than doubling her combat power without raising her cultivation level. 224 225

Appearance

Bibi Dong presents herself with deliberate papal grandeur: she wears a Pope’s robe and purple-gold crown, carries a scepter, and maintains an expressionless, imposing demeanor before subordinates and scholars. 12

• Stunningly beautiful face, typically cold and unreadable. 12
• Deep eyes described as carrying a majesty that discourages direct eye contact. 12
• Uses a scepter as a symbol of office and authority. 12
• Her papal robes are repeatedly described as moving without wind when her Soul Power or emotions surge. 32 53
• During her final battle in the Sky Screen world, her Pope's robes are left tattered and ruined before her corpse is returned to the steps of the Pope Palace. 170 171
• When using Spider God Descends in the Original-Work World, the phantoms of her two Spider Emperor Martial Souls merge into a massive purple-black spider wreathed in crimson flames. 225

Personality

Bibi Dong is decisive, politically calculating, and intensely protective of Martial Soul Hall’s authority. When the Soul Beast extinction threatens the cultivation system, she mobilizes scholars, funding, personnel, and the Hall’s continental influence rather than accepting the collapse of the soul master path. 5 13

She keeps her personal feelings tightly concealed behind a professional public image. Her continued concern for Yu Xiaogang influences her decision to bring him into the Creation Institute and support him despite repeated failures, though she refuses to openly acknowledge their history. 18 24 32

Her pragmatism can become ruthless. She attempts to control credit for the Ring Condensation Technique, uses Xiao Wu’s past and her mother’s Soul Bone to destabilize her publicly, spreads suspicions about Xiao Wu, and alters tournament rules in ways that restrict Su Mo and Xiao Wu. 47 53 61 77 86

Bibi Dong's composure is weakest where Yu Xiaogang is concerned. The exposure of her past brings her humiliation and fury, while news of his death causes her to lose control of Divine Slaughter's Domain, devastate the Pope Palace, and rush personally to recover his body. 79 168 169

Her pursuit of the Rakshasa God's divine position also reveals a ruthless willingness to sacrifice the Fallen Ones of Slaughter City for power. Even after that plan fails, she remains determined to find another means of completing her Ninth Trial. 139

In the Original-Work World, Bibi Dong demonstrates exceptional intelligence-gathering and strategic perspective when answering the Sky Screen's question about Su Mo Academy. Rather than merely naming Martial Soul Hall's Golden Generation, she correctly concludes that her counterpart would not send the Hall's elite disciples to an outside academy, allowing her to secure the most complete answer. 224 225

Equipment

• Pope’s Scepter — ceremonial and administrative symbol of her authority; she uses its strike against the floor to command silence. 12 57
• Soft Bone Charm Left Leg Bone — a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Bone associated with Xiao Wu’s mother; Bibi Dong displays it publicly to provoke Xiao Wu. 61

Abilities

• Twin Martial Souls — possesses two Martial Souls, including the Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor. In the Sky Screen world, she eventually completes the Soul Ring configuration of both Martial Souls. 5 138 169
• Rakshasa God Inheritance — the inheritor of the Rakshasa God's trials, whose Ninth Trial requires immense energy and a mortal representative. 5 139
• Divine Slaughter's Domain — a blood-red domain that radiates immense killing intent and can suppress weaker Soul Masters over a wide area. 168
• Devouring Domain — a domain used alongside Divine Slaughter's Domain during her final battle. 170
• Soul Devouring Spider Web — a web-like dark-purple Soul Skill released in response to Xiao Wu's attack. 169 170
• Eternal Scar — one of the offensive Soul Skills Bibi Dong uses against Su Mo and Xiao Wu. 170
• Death Spider Emperor regeneration — possesses exceptional defensive and regenerative capabilities, allowing her to withstand repeated heavy strikes in battle. 170
• Spider God Descends — a personal Martial Soul Fusion Skill gained in the Original-Work World through the Sky Screen. It fuses her Death Spider Emperor and Soul Devouring Spider Emperor into a single Spider God-like form, allowing the combined use of both Martial Souls' Soul Rings and raising her combat power by more than twofold. 224 225

Background / History

After Soul Beasts vanish across the continent, Bibi Dong has Martial Soul Hall investigate the crisis. Once the intelligence department confirms that no Soul Beasts remain in any known habitat and no new ones are awakening, she begins preparing an institutional response. 7

Although Martial Soul Hall’s public proclamation initially describes the Soul Beasts as mysteriously vanished, Bibi Dong later informs the continent’s leading scholars that they are extinct. She establishes the Soul Master Creation Institute, appoints Elder Yun Shuo as chief, commits three million Gold Soul Coins in annual funding, and orders the Institute to find a replacement for Soul Beast-derived rings. 8 12 13

When the Institute cannot resolve the fundamental structure of self-condensed rings, Bibi Dong personally seeks Yu Xiaogang’s assistance. She believes that, unlike the other researchers, he can find a path through a desperate situation, and offers Martial Soul Hall’s full resources in a personal letter. 18 20

Bibi Dong supports Yu Xiaogang’s proposal to summon every Title Douluo to Martial Soul City. Her decree guarantees attendees’ safety within one hundred miles of the city and frames the gathering as a matter of survival for all soul masters. 32

Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaogang had been lovers before Qian Xunji forcibly possessed her. She ended her relationship with Yu Xiaogang in order to protect him from Qian Xunji, later killed Qian Xunji, and eventually became Pope. 79 80 81

In the Original-Work World, she witnesses the Sky Screen's account of the alternate world and exploits Martial Soul Hall's extensive intelligence archives to identify likely recruits for Su Mo Academy. Her successful answer earns her Spider God Descends, substantially strengthening her personal combat potential. 224 225

Story Role / Major Arcs

Soul Beast Extinction Crisis

• Confirms the extinction of Soul Beasts through Martial Soul Hall’s intelligence network. 7
• Issues a continent-wide announcement regarding the disappearance of Soul Beasts. 8
• Establishes and funds the Soul Master Creation Institute to research alternative Soul Rings. 13
• Brings Yu Xiaogang to Martial Soul City and entrusts him with the Institute’s research. 18 24 28

Self-Condensed Soul Ring Revelation

• Learns that Su Mo has independently condensed seven Soul Rings, including a Ten-Thousand-Year second ring, after the Creation Institute fails to achieve the same result for eleven years. 45 46 47
• Initially plans to attribute the breakthrough to the Creation Institute and Yu Xiaogang, but Su Mo publicly reveals the Ring Condensation Technique before that plan can proceed. 47 48 53
• Publicly recognizes Su Mo’s achievement and hosts his demonstration in Martial Soul City to preserve Martial Soul Hall’s role in the event. 53 57
• Personally offers Su Mo an Honorary Elder position with status second only to the Pope and the Worship Hall; Su Mo refuses. 61

Conflict with Su Mo and Xiao Wu

• Attempts to expose Xiao Wu as a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast in human form by displaying a Soul Bone associated with Xiao Wu’s mother. 61
• Is forced to apologize publicly after failing to provide proof of Xiao Wu’s identity. 62
• Orders Chrysanthemum Douluo to spread rumors that Xiao Wu is a transformed Soul Beast and that Su Mo obtained the Ring Condensation Technique from her. 77 78
• Becomes the target of Su Mo’s retaliatory notes exposing her former relationship with Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji’s death, and her accession to the papacy; she orders a search for the person responsible. 79
• Eventually abandons the investigation and restores the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament to redirect public attention. 82

Tournament and Academy Opposition

• Adds a tournament rule barring participants whose cultivation exceeds the Soul Saint rank, a restriction that affects Su Mo and Xiao Wu as the only Soul Saints under twenty. 86
• Orders surveillance on Su Mo and Xiao Wu, seeking evidence of Xiao Wu’s identity and an opportunity to seize her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. 94
• Reassesses Su Mo after his academy demonstrates advanced Self-Created Soul Skills and chooses not to move against him immediately. 108
• Watches Su Mo Academy turn the tournament she revived into a showcase for Su Mo’s teaching methods and growing reputation. 125
• Recognizes Yu Xiaogang's contribution after learning that his Barak Team qualified undefeated through the Self-Created Soul Skills he taught them. 125
• Personally presents the championship reward of three Soul Bones to Xiao Wu after Su Mo Academy wins the tournament, but cannot act against her in full public view. 136
• Orders Martial Soul Hall to send ten exceptional youths to Su Mo Academy's next recruitment, intending for them to learn Su Mo's methods. 136

Slaughter City

Bibi Dong is connected to Slaughter City through her planned ninth Rakshasa God trial. Su Mo’s decision to destroy the city therefore threatens a place she intends to use for her divine trials. 115

• Completes the Rakshasa God's Eighth Trial after condensing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and fully cultivating both Martial Souls with nine rings. 138
• Learns that the Rakshasa God's Ninth Trial requires vast energy and a mortal representative, then discovers an ancient formation that can derive the necessary energy through mass sacrifice. 139
• Plans to sacrifice Slaughter City's Fallen Ones, only to find the city ruined, its inhabitants mostly dead, and its survivors driven into senseless slaughter by toxic baleful energy. 139
• Abandons Slaughter City as unusable and vows to find another method of initiating the Ninth Trial. 139

Final Conflict and Death

• Receives news of Yu Xiaogang's death, destroys much of the Pope Palace in grief and rage, and travels to the Tang Sect ruins to retrieve his body. 168 169
• Is drawn into Su Mo's Void Space alongside Yu Xiaogang's corpse and chooses to fight Su Mo and Xiao Wu to the death. 169
• Battles Su Mo and Xiao Wu for three days on a Floating Island, using her Twin Martial Souls, domains, and regenerative defenses against their coordinated attacks. 170
• Is ultimately defeated and killed by Xiao Wu's sword after Su Mo detonates his remaining Soul Rings to exhaust her Soul Power. 170
• Her corpse is returned to the front of the Pope Palace, where Martial Soul Hall confirms her death and Qian Daoliu arranges a grand papal funeral. 171

Sky Screen Events

• In the Original-Work World, watches the Sky Screen reveal the alternate world's Soul Beast extinction crisis, the Soul Master Creation Institute, and Su Mo's rise. 182 183 190 192
• Reacts with intense interest to the Sky Screen's prospective Ring Ascension Technique, recognizing that improving all of her Twin Martial Souls' rings to Hundred-Thousand-Year quality would radically increase her power. 223
• Uses Martial Soul Hall's decades of intelligence records to submit the most complete list of Su Mo Academy's future first-class students. 224
• Correctly excludes Martial Soul Hall's Golden Generation from her answer, reasoning that her alternate counterpart would not outsource the education of the Hall's strongest youths. 224 225
• Receives Spider God Descends as her reward and immediately tests the self-cast Martial Soul Fusion Skill, discovering that it more than doubles her combat power. 224 225

Relationships

• Yu Xiaogang — former lover and the researcher Bibi Dong recruits to lead the Soul Master Creation Institute; she continues supporting him despite his lack of progress. Their separation resulted from Qian Xunji forcibly possessing Bibi Dong, and Yu Xiaogang later realizes that she had pushed him away to protect him. 18 24 32 47 79 80 His death devastates Bibi Dong and directly leads to her final confrontation with Su Mo and Xiao Wu. 168 169
• Su Mo — independent innovator whose Ring Condensation Technique undermines the Creation Institute’s work and challenges Martial Soul Hall’s influence; Bibi Dong attempts to recruit, discredit, and later monitor him. 53 61 94 108 He retaliates against her rumors by exposing her past and later traps her in Void Space for her final battle. 79 169 In the Original-Work World, her analysis of his future academy’s recruitment choices earns her Spider God Descends. 224 225
• Xiao Wu — Bibi Dong suspects her of being a transformed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast and uses Xiao Wu’s mother’s Soul Bone to provoke her. 61 77 Xiao Wu recognizes Bibi Dong as her mother's killer, seeks revenge, and ultimately kills her. 67 170
• Chrysanthemum Douluo (Yue Guan) — subordinate who receives Bibi Dong’s orders, including the dissemination of rumors about Xiao Wu. 32 77 He witnesses the destruction caused by her grief over Yu Xiaogang and later arrives too late to prevent her disappearance into Void Space. 168 169
• Ghost Douluo (Gui Mei) — senior Martial Soul Hall subordinate who accompanies Chrysanthemum Douluo in papal affairs. 32 46 He joins Chrysanthemum Douluo in searching for Bibi Dong after she is pulled into Void Space. 169
• Elder Yun Shuo — chief of the Soul Master Creation Institute and Bibi Dong’s envoy to Yu Xiaogang. 13 18 20
• Qian Renxue — Bibi Dong's daughter, whom Bibi Dong admits she hates because Qian Renxue reminds her of Qian Xunji. Qian Renxue disowns her following their confrontation. 81 After Bibi Dong's death in the Sky Screen world, Qian Renxue's succession as Pope becomes secure, and she later guides Spirit City toward peace. 171 180
• Qian Daoliu — Great Worship whose disapproval makes Bibi Dong conceal her lingering feelings for Yu Xiaogang. 24 He arranges her funeral after her death despite their political conflict. 171
• Martial Soul Hall's Golden Generation — Bibi Dong regards Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan as Martial Soul Hall's own elite talents. When assessing Su Mo Academy's prospective students through the Sky Screen, she correctly concludes that her alternate self would not send them to an external academy. 224 225