Chapter Summaries

Qian Cheng awakened from his coffin and discovered that Qian Renxue had mistaken the Tian Clan’s grave for her own while praying to the ancestors. After revealing himself as the Sixth Generation Ancestor, he angered her, and she called for Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo.

• Qian Cheng remembered his rise as Spirit Hall’s Pope and explained that he had buried himself in a coffin to comprehend the Chaos Law.
• Qian Renxue prayed to the ancestors for approval to go undercover and help Spirit Hall recover.
• Qian Cheng called out that Qian Renxue was mourning at the wrong grave because she had been praying at the Tian Clan’s side of the Ancestral Hall.
• Qian Renxue insisted that Golden Crocodile Douluo’s ancestor was also her ancestor, even as Qian Cheng’s coffin began to open.
• Qian Cheng emerged and identified himself as the Sixth Generation Ancestor, but Qian Renxue accused him of being a demon impersonator and summoned her martial soul.
• Qian Renxue shouted for Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo, claiming someone had dug up the Qian Family’s ancestral graves.

Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted Qian Cheng after hearing that someone had dug up the Qian family graves, only to be overwhelmed by his power. Qian Daoliu recognized Qian Cheng as their ancestor, and Qian Cheng asked Qian Renxue to explain why she was going undercover.

• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo waited at the Ancestral Hall while arguing over Qian Renxue's plan to go undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Qian Renxue reported that someone had dug up the Qian family graves, and Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo rushed inside.
• Qian Cheng's aura forced Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo to their knees as he rebuked them for raising weapons against their ancestor.
• Qian Renxue challenged Qian Cheng's claim, but Qian Daoliu checked the Ancestral Records and recognized him as the Sixth-Generation Pope.
• Qian Daoliu kowtowed to Qian Cheng, who then asked Qian Renxue what had happened and why she was going undercover.

Qian Cheng confronted Qian Daoliu over his failure to avenge Qian Xunji and his plan to send Qian Renxue undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire. After beating him into abandoning both plans, Qian Cheng discovered Qian Renxue had been given two hundred-year soul rings and reached for another brick.

• Qian Daoliu told Qian Cheng that Tang Hao had killed Qian Xunji, and Qian Cheng learned that Qian Daoliu had not attacked the Clear Sky Sect because of an agreement with Tang Chen.
• Qian Renxue explained that she planned to infiltrate the Heaven Dou Empire and assassinate its heir, while Golden Crocodile Douluo confirmed the empire had no Titled Douluo.
• Qian Cheng berated Qian Daoliu for allowing the plan and struck him with a gravestone brick until he agreed to honor neither the agreement nor the undercover plan.
• Qian Cheng praised Qian Renxue's talent, then learned Qian Daoliu had given her two hundred-year soul rings despite her Rank 20 Innate Soul Power.
• Qian Renxue handed Qian Cheng another brick as Qian Daoliu lamented her betrayal.

Qian Cheng brought Qian Daoliu, Golden Crocodile Douluo, and Qian Renxue to Spirit City, where he reprimanded Qian Daoliu for leaving the Clear Sky Sect relief on the city wall and destroyed it. As Spirit Hall’s enforcement squad surrounded them, Qian Cheng prepared to test the younger generation while keeping his identity concealed.

• Qian Cheng told Golden Crocodile Douluo that he could defeat a hundred opponents like him with one hand and explained to Qian Renxue that he had cultivated inside a coffin.
• Qian Cheng questioned Qian Daoliu about the six reliefs on Spirit City's walls, then scolded him for displaying the Clear Sky Sect symbol after its members had killed his son.
• Qian Cheng struck Qian Daoliu on the forehead with a golden brick, stopping only when Qian Renxue pleaded for her grandfather.
• Qian Cheng blasted the Clear Sky Sect relief off the wall, and the noise drew Soul Masters out into the streets.
• Qian Cheng told Golden Crocodile Douluo to cover his face, then watched as an eight-ringed old man and Spirit Hall's black-armored enforcement squad surrounded them.

Qian Cheng confronted Spirit Hall elders after smashing a city-wall relief, easily defeating their attacks and revealing overwhelming power. As Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei prepared to fight together, Qian Cheng pulled the dark red energy from their bodies, beginning to treat injuries inflicted by Tang Hao.

• Qian Cheng learned from Golden Crocodile Douluo that Lor Diarra was an honorary Soul Douluo elder, then taunted him for destroying the city-wall relief.
• Lor Diarra attacked Qian Cheng with his eighth spirit skill, but Qian Cheng shattered the golden eagle with one punch and told Lor Diarra to call for help.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei descended and demanded that Qian Cheng leave, but Qian Cheng pointed out their injuries and challenged them to amuse him.
• Yue Guan attacked Qian Cheng with his ninth spirit skill, but Qian Cheng used his blood-red spear and God Slaying First Spear: Annihilation to destroy the golden tornado and injure him.
• Gui Mei prepared to use a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Yue Guan, but Qian Cheng seized them with an irresistible force and drew dark red energy from their bodies.

Qian Cheng exposed the dark-red force behind Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo’s injuries, then went with Qian Daoliu, Qian Renxue, and Golden Crocodile Douluo to the Spirit Sacred Hall to watch the children’s awakenings. He criticized Spirit Hall’s administration and vowed to deal with the Clear Sky Sect’s influence on the Pope’s Token.

• Qian Cheng released Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo, who realized Tang Hao had used an outside power to defeat them and hastily praised Qian Cheng to avoid offending him.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed his identity, sent Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo away, and ordered Lor Diarra to repair the city wall and replace its Clear Sky Hammer relief.
• Qian Daoliu asked whether more trouble remained, and Qian Cheng warned him before the group headed through Spirit City toward the Papal Hall.
• Qian Renxue identified the Spirit Sacred Hall as the site of the children’s awakenings, and Qian Cheng decided to enter and inspect their talent.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo used the Pope’s Token to gain entry, and Qian Cheng complained that its design bore the Clear Sky Sect’s mark and promised to deal with the matter.
• Qian Cheng praised the Spirit Sacred Hall’s grand interior but mocked Qian Daoliu’s claim that Spirit Hall had followed its ancestral financial teachings.

At the Spirit Sacred Hall’s awakening ceremony, Qian Cheng recruited the talented Hu Liena as his Registered Disciple after testing her loyalty to Spirit Hall. He then questioned Qian Daoliu about the current Pope and prepared to confront him over a suspected breach of ancestral teachings.

• Hu Liena awakened a Demon Fox martial soul with Innate Soul Power level nine, and the Hall Master said a Titled Douluo would normally take her as a disciple.
• Qian Cheng used the Pope’s Token to question Hu Liena about whether she would kill someone she loved if they became an enemy of Spirit Hall.
• Hu Liena declared that Spirit Hall had saved her and her brother from starvation or slavery, so she would give everything to kill the person if necessary; Qian Cheng made her his Registered Disciple.
• Qian Cheng said he would teach Hu Liena himself, while Qian Daoliu approved of her keeping Qian Renxue company.
• Qian Cheng asked who the current Pope was, and Qian Daoliu tried to put off answering; Qian Cheng pulled out a golden brick and asked whether he should persuade him with reason or virtue.

Qian Cheng confronted Bibi Dong at a Worship Hall gathering and demanded to know why she hated him. Bibi Dong knelt before him as the Spirit Hall's Sixth Generation Ancestor, but he rejected her show of respect and gave her one more chance to answer.

• The Worship Masters discussed Qian Daoliu kneeling in punishment while they waited for Bibi Dong to arrive.
• Bibi Dong entered the Worship Hall and announced she would send someone to go undercover in Heaven Dou City, but Qian Cheng said he opposed the plan.
• Qian Cheng introduced himself as the Sixth Generation Ancestor of the Spirit Hall, and Golden Crocodile Douluo confirmed his identity to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong recognized Qian Cheng as an ancestor of the Qian Clan and felt resentment over the suffering she associated with the clan.
• Qian Cheng sensed Bibi Dong's hatred, threatened to kill her unless she explained it, and forced her to meet his gaze after she knelt and paid respects.

Qian Cheng confronted Bibi Dong over her resentment, overpowering her and using his abilities to expose her memories and hatred. After Bibi Dong attacked him without effect, he struck and berated her, leaving her helpless in the Worship Hall.

• Qian Cheng accused Bibi Dong of resenting him and choked her while the Six Great Enshrined tried to intervene.
• Bibi Dong released her Martial Soul and attacked Qian Cheng with Eternal Creation, but her strike could not pierce his clothing.
• Qian Cheng pressed a hand to Bibi Dong's forehead and read memories that revealed her hatred of the Angel Clan and the Qian Clan.
• Bibi Dong cursed the Angel Clan, and Qian Cheng slapped her twice and compared her unfavorably to his dog, Big Yellow.

Qian Cheng confronted Bibi Dong over her betrayal of Spirit Hall and revealed the power of his Chaos Domain, Return to Nothingness. He left her helpless and suffering inside the domain, where he controlled the world around her.

• Qian Cheng slapped Bibi Dong and condemned her for leaking Spirit Hall's intelligence and planning to elope with Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong revealed that she was the inheritor of the Rakshasa God and claimed Qian Daoliu feared killing her.
• Qian Cheng dismissed Bibi Dong's confidence in divine protection and unveiled his black-and-red Chaos Domain, Return to Nothingness.
• Bibi Dong attacked with Eternal Creation but found that she could not release a soul skill inside Qian Cheng's domain.
• Qian Cheng removed the air around Bibi Dong, leaving her choking and writhing in pain.

Qian Cheng defeated Bibi Dong in the Chaos Guixu and captured her soul in the Ten Thousand Souls Banner. He then ordered Spirit Hall’s available leaders and powerful elders to assemble at the Papal Hall immediately.

• Qian Cheng explained that he controlled the Chaos Guixu, leaving the Six Great Enshrined stunned and Bibi Dong despairing.
• Qian Cheng crushed Bibi Dong’s body, and her soul appeared with a Rakshasa-like form.
• Qian Cheng absorbed Bibi Dong’s soul into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, where she would remain under his control.
• Qian Cheng ordered the Seven Great Enshrined to gather Spirit Hall’s senior members at the Papal Hall.
• Qian Cheng told Golden Crocodile Douluo to summon the Titled Douluo and authoritative elders currently in Spirit City, and Golden Crocodile Douluo hurried to carry out the order.

Qian Cheng took control of Spirit Hall after Bibi Dong was declared gravely ill and announced that he would serve as Pope until Qian Renxue came of age. He began reshaping Spirit Hall’s policies, leaving the elders waiting to hear how he would handle commoner soul masters who refused to join.

• Spirit Kite Douluo told the elders that Bibi Dong had entered the Worship Hall and had not come out for three hours.
• Qian Daoliu introduced Qian Cheng as his little uncle and let him preside over the meeting.
• Qian Cheng announced that Bibi Dong was gravely ill, that he would temporarily become Pope, and that Qian Renxue would succeed him when she reached adulthood.
• Qian Cheng ordered Spirit Hall to withdraw all aid to the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Daoliu and the elders agreed.
• Qian Cheng questioned Spirit Hall’s policy toward commoner soul masters who refused to join, arguing that leaving them alone meant nurturing talent for hostile forces.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo asked Qian Cheng how Spirit Hall should handle those commoner soul masters.

Qian Cheng demanded strict contracts for those Spirit Hall awakened and insisted Clear Sky Sect be destroyed for Tang Hao’s killing of Qian Xunji. He planned to exploit Clear Sky Sect’s upcoming 444th anniversary and issued an ultimatum demanding Tang Hao be crippled and handed over within five days.

• Qian Cheng ordered Spirit Hall to require contracts from newly awakened Spirit Masters and execute those who betrayed the agreement.
• Qian Cheng slapped Qian Daoliu for accepting Clear Sky Sect’s expulsion of Tang Hao as sufficient punishment for killing Qian Xunji.
• Qian Cheng declared that Clear Sky Sect must be wiped out, and Mighty Lion Douluo proposed taking hostages to draw its wandering disciples back.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo revealed that Clear Sky Sect’s 444th anniversary would take place in seven days, giving Qian Cheng an opportunity to strike.
• Qian Cheng fabricated a public account blaming Tang Hao’s betrayal and Clear Sky Sect’s collusion, then demanded Tang Hao be crippled and delivered to Spirit Hall within five days.

Qian Cheng rallied Spirit Hall to destroy the Clear Sky Sect, dismissing Qian Daoliu’s old promise to Tang Chen as no obstacle. After the meeting, Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue the Qian Clan’s Ancestral Records, and she discovered the Sixth Generation Ancestor’s long history of exterminating sects.

• Qian Cheng persuaded Spirit Hall’s enshrined and elders to attack the Clear Sky Sect during its 444th anniversary celebration, and they chanted their support.
• Qian Daoliu went to Qian Renxue after the meeting but struggled to explain what had happened to Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu gave Qian Renxue the restricted Qian Clan’s Ancestral Records and said she was destined to become the next Pope.
• Qian Renxue read that Qian Cheng had awakened eight hundred years earlier and repeatedly wiped out sects over perceived wrongs.

Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that he had found a suitable marriage candidate, while Spirit Hall spread damaging rumors about Tang Hao. When Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender confronted a group of powerful soul masters, Liu Erlong attacked an elder and Yu Xiaogang recognized his Diamond Mammoth martial soul.

• Qian Daoliu explained that the Sixth Generation Ancestor's martial soul grew stronger with each life he killed, then hinted to Qian Renxue that he had found her marriage candidate.
• Spirit Hall's rumors turned Tang Hao's reputation into infamy, and a group of eight large soul masters mocked him.
• Yu Xiaogang, Liu Erlong, and Flender arrived, and Yu Xiaogang denounced the rumors as Spirit Hall's slander.
• A little fatty insulted Yu Xiaogang, prompting Liu Erlong to threaten him and then challenge the group's elder.
• Liu Erlong attacked the elder with her Blazing Dragon Claw, but Yu Xiaogang recognized his Diamond Mammoth martial soul and tried to warn her.

Hu Yan Zhen forced Liu Erlong to apologize and slap herself after she insulted his grandson, while Yu Xiaogang kept Flender from challenging him. At the Clear Sky Sect, the younger generation mocked Spirit Hall’s demand over Tang Hao, and the elders turned to planning the sect’s 444th anniversary celebration.

• Hu Yan Zhen overpowered Liu Erlong and warned Flender and Yu Xiaogang not to interfere.
• Yu Xiaogang persuaded Liu Erlong to apologize to Hu Yan Li, and Hu Yan Zhen demanded that she slap herself twice.
• Liu Erlong obeyed, and Hu Yan Zhen left with the Elephant Armored Sect.
• Flender reproached Yu Xiaogang, but Liu Erlong defended him and scolded Flender.
• Clear Sky Sect’s younger members dismissed Spirit Hall’s demand over Tang Hao and bragged about their strength.
• Tang Lie asked Sect Master Tang Zhen which sects to invite to the Clear Sky Sect’s anniversary celebration.

Tang Zhen ordered the Clear Sky Sect to summon its affiliated clans to a celebration and demand gifts, while Qian Cheng criticized Qian Renxue’s soul-ring configuration and prepared to take Hu Liena to find Yu Xiaogang. He left Qian Renxue behind to cultivate, promising her a surprise when he returned.

• Tang Zhen ordered invitations sent to everyone except Spirit Hall, including the Lower Four Sects, and demanded they bring gifts despite their losses.
• Tang Zhen told a disciple to bring Ning Fengzhi a small gift for his newborn daughter.
• Qian Cheng told Qian Renxue and Hu Liena that Self-Created Soul Skills were the true foundation of cultivation, then scolded Qian Daoliu over Qian Renxue’s soul-ring configuration and struck him with a gold brick.
• Ghost Douluo reported that Yu Xiaogang was in a remote city near the Star Dou Great Forest and appeared to be preparing to marry.
• Qian Cheng decided to take Hu Liena to see Yu Xiaogang, ordered Qian Daoliu to oversee her body tempering, and refused Qian Renxue’s request to come along.

Qian Cheng explained to Hu Liena how soul power shaped the class system after they witnessed a Clear Sky Sect disciple threaten two poor sisters. When Tang Hai challenged them, Qian Cheng recognized him as an unexpected opportunity.

• Qian Cheng trained Hu Liena under twice the normal gravity as they entered Heaven Star City.
• Qian Cheng and Hu Liena found a gray-robed soul master demanding that two sisters sell themselves to repay his alleged clothing damage.
• Qian Cheng told Hu Liena that power determined authority and that the sisters were powerless against the soul master.
• Tang Hai identified himself as a direct disciple of the Clear Sky Sect and mocked Qian Cheng and Hu Liena.
• Qian Cheng recognized Tang Hai’s identity and saw him as an unexpected delight.

Qian Cheng crippled Tang Hai after the Clear Sky Sect disciple threatened him and Hu Liena, then urged Hu Liena to make her first kill. Hu Liena began attacking Tang Hai but paused because she could not reach his neck.

• Tang Hai insulted Qian Cheng and propositioned Hu Liena, while Qian Cheng learned that Tang Hai was a direct disciple of the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tang Hai attacked Qian Cheng with his Clear Sky Hammer, but Qian Cheng snapped his fingers and burst all five of Tang Hai's fingers.
• Qian Cheng gave Hu Liena a short sword and told her to kill Tang Hai, while warning that the Clear Sky Sect would be destroyed in four days.
• Qian Cheng's killing intent formed a domain that left Tang Hai unable to move, and Hu Liena cut off his remaining fingers and stabbed his thigh.
• Hu Liena turned to Qian Cheng and said she wanted to stab Tang Hai's neck but could not reach it.

Qian Cheng killed Tang Hai, then watched Bibi Dong confront Yu Xiaogang at his wedding to Liu Erlong. Bibi Dong emerged from Chaos Guixu and called Yu Xiaogang’s name, but he did not recognize her.

• Qian Cheng killed Tang Hai and left the rescued sisters to continue their training.
• Flender hosted Yu Xiaogang and Liu Erlong’s private wedding at the Ink Moon Hotel and served as their witness.
• Bibi Dong watched Yu Xiaogang marry Liu Erlong and seethed with anger over his apparent betrayal.
• Qian Cheng told Hu Liena that Bibi Dong was a Spirit Hall elder whose soul he controlled, then lifted some of Bibi Dong’s restrictions.
• Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang at the wedding, but he asked who she was and failed to recognize her.