Chapter Summaries

Qian Yufeng confronted Xue Yao about her role in Mu Yusheng’s death and learned why the imperial family had kept her alive only until she became expendable. After Xue Yao died, Xue Ye ordered a grand burial while pursuing support for a war against the Star Luo Empire, and Qian Yufeng left Heaven Dou City vowing to settle old debts.

• Qian Yufeng told Xue Yao that he knew she had carried out her brother’s plan, which led to Mu Yusheng’s death, and said their choices had ended their love.
• Xue Yao explained that the imperial family had silenced her because she knew too many secrets, then died after asking Qian Yufeng to tell Mu Yulin that his son’s death had not been her intention.
• Qian Yufeng laid Xue Yao on the sofa and ordered her attendants to inform Xue Ye and bury her with the honors due a princess.
• Xue Ye decreed a grand burial for Princess Yaojia and reflected that her death would worsen relations between the Heaven Dou Empire and Spirit Hall.
• Xue Ye considered seeking the Clear Sky Sect’s support to conquer the Star Luo Empire, while Qian Yufeng left the palace and vowed to repay the imperial family’s debt.
• Spies reported Qian Yufeng’s appearance in Heaven Dou City, and Ning Fengzhi’s father reacted with shock that he was still alive.

Ning Yue warned Ning Fengzhi and the other powers that Qian Yufeng remained alive and that opposing Spirit Hall would be dangerous. Qian Yufeng met Dugu Bo, who revealed a poison-suppressing valley in Sunset Forest, and agreed to visit it with him.

• Ning Yue told Ning Fengzhi that Qian Yufeng had once commanded powerful Title Douluo and urged him never to oppose Spirit Hall.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's old leader warned Yu Yuanzhen to ease tensions with Spirit Hall after learning Qian Yufeng was alive.
• Qian Yufeng encountered Dugu Bo, who described finding a valley in Sunset Forest where an ice-and-fire spring suppressed his Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison.
• Dugu Bo invited Qian Yufeng to inspect the valley, and Qian Yufeng agreed before firing an Assembly Signal Flare to summon someone.

Qian Yufeng brought Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu to Dugu Bo’s residence and followed him to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. There, he discovered rare plants and identified several valuable herbs, leaving him considering their potential.

• Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu arrived after receiving the signal, and Qian Yufeng set out with them and Dugu Bo for Sunset Forest.
• Dugu Bo led the group through Sunset Forest and warned them about dangerous soul-beast territories and the poisonous miasma.
• Qian Yufeng used his sixth soul skill, Domain of Holy Light, to protect the group as they crossed the miasma.
• Dugu Bo guided them to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and warned that the springs’ cold and heat could make them ill if they stayed too long.
• Qian Yufeng spotted Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums, Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchids, and Ink Jade Divine Bamboo near the springs.
• Qian Yufeng turned toward the well and saw Aromatic Silk Beauties, Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass, and Infernal Delicate Apricot.

Qian Yufeng explained how Dugu Bo could contain the Jade Phosphorous Serpent Emperor Poison in a Soul Bone and gave him a ten-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Serpent left arm bone. Dugu Bo accepted it and vowed to show no mercy to Fallen Spirit Masters.

• Qian Yufeng warned Dugu Bo that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could suppress his poison only temporarily and that it would become harder to control over time.
• Qian Yufeng told Dugu Bo that a Soul Bone could serve as a container for his poison and recommended a limb bone as the safest option.
• Dugu Bo said he would seek a Soul Bone at the Heaven Dou Auction House, where one was auctioned weekly.
• Qian Yufeng gave Dugu Bo a ten-thousand-year Jade Phosphorous Serpent left arm bone that he had once intended for Dugu Bo's father.
• Dugu Bo accepted the Soul Bone and vowed to kill Fallen Spirit Masters to safeguard the continent's stability.

Qian Yufeng helped Dugu Bo absorb a Jade Phosphorous Serpent left arm bone and transfer his poison into it, freeing him from its harmful effects. After receiving the Alchemy Grandmaster honorific, Qian Yufeng harvested two Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums to make a special pill.

• Dugu Bo absorbed the Soul Bone, then began directing his poisonous Soul Power into it while Qian Yufeng and the two maids stood guard.
• After nearly a day, Dugu Bo had transferred the poison into the Soul Bone and took medicine to recover from his weakened state.
• Qian Yufeng received the Alchemy Grandmaster honorific and gained pill-refining knowledge from the system.
• Dugu Bo said he wanted to study poison and wait for grandchildren, then joined Qian Yufeng and the maids for breakfast.
• Qian Yufeng went to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, harvested two Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemums, and planned to refine a Wonder Velvet Sky-Cleansing Marrow Pill.

Qian Yufeng refined thirty Wonder Velvet Sky-Cleansing Marrow Pills at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, then left Sunset Forest for Spirit Hall. After giving pills to Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu, he sensed someone hiding nearby and called them out.

• A-Luo ate an Eight-Petaled Immortal Orchid, circulated its medicinal power, and returned to Qian Yufeng's spiritual world to sleep.
• Qian Yufeng gathered herbs and refined thirty Wonder Velvet Sky-Cleansing Marrow Pills without a pill furnace.
• Qian Yufeng told Dugu Bo that he was leaving and advised him to improve his alchemy until he could refine pills without relying on a furnace.
• After leaving Sunset Forest, Qian Yufeng gave pills to Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu, whose bottlenecks began to loosen as the medicine took effect.
• Qian Yufeng noticed someone hiding in the bushes and ordered them to come out.

Qian Yufeng fought the Thirteen Protectors, who had been sent to kill him under Xue Yao’s final order. After discovering that his sword and shield could combine into the Emperor Halberd, he gained the upper hand, but the battle continued.

• The Thirteen Protectors surrounded Qian Yufeng with the Heavenly Dipper Formation and revealed that all thirteen were Soul Douluos.
• Qian Yufeng summoned his Aurora True Body and clashed with the fused General Spirit while Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu remained away, unable to leave during the pill treatment.
• After thirty rounds, Qian Yufeng combined his sword and shield into the Emperor Halberd, transforming his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Yufeng struck the General Spirit with the Emperor Halberd, sending it crashing into the barrier and leaving the Thirteen Protectors shaken.
• Qian Yufeng recognized that the Third Protector’s weak defense could undermine the formation and challenged the Thirteen Protectors to attack with all their strength.

Qian Yufeng defeated the Thirteen Protectors after his system upgraded his ninth soul skill during their assassination attempt. He met Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang afterward, revealed his identity, and advised Chao Tianxiang on choosing soul rings.

• The system upgraded Qian Yufeng’s ninth soul skill to Emperor Demon-Subduing Annihilation Slash at forty percent power when the Thirteen Protectors threatened his life.
• Qian Yufeng’s attack overcame the Protectors’ fusion skill, destroyed their sword and formation, and killed all thirteen.
• First Protector told Qian Yufeng that the organization’s leader was dead and asked him to treat the imperial family’s descendants leniently before he died.
• Qian Yufeng called Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang out of hiding and recognized them as the current Peerless Dragon and Snake couple.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang learned Qian Yufeng’s identity, and Qian Yufeng advised Chao Tianxiang to choose Mandala Snake or Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent soul rings.

Qian Yufeng advised Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang on their cultivation, then met Mu Cheng in Tianyong City and revealed that her father had been assassinated in a conspiracy. He identified the previous Heaven Dou Emperor as the mastermind and named Xue Yao, the emperor’s younger sister, as the leader of the Secret Guard Organization.

• Qian Yufeng buried the Thirteen Protectors and explained how Chao Tianxiang could adjust her Soul Rings to balance her Serpent Cane Martial Soul’s yin energy.
• Qian Yufeng advised Meng Shu to hunt a Crypt Demon Spider for his fifth Soul Ring and Chao Tianxiang to seek a Mandala Snake or Phoenix-tail Crested Serpent before choosing a Crypt Demon Spider for her sixth.
• Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu arrived, and Qian Yufeng left with them after Meng Shu thanked him for his guidance.
• Three days later, Qian Yufeng arrived in Tianyong City and told Mu Cheng he had come to reveal the truth about her father’s death.
• Qian Yufeng revealed that the previous Heaven Dou Emperor had arranged her father’s assassination through the Heaven Dou Empire Secret Guard Organization.
• Qian Yufeng identified Xue Yao, the previous emperor’s younger sister, as the organization’s leader.

Qian Yufeng revealed the truth behind Mu Cheng’s father’s death, freeing her from the grudge that had stalled her cultivation. He then ordered her to revive Tianyong City’s autonomy and pressure Xue Ye, setting the Heaven Dou Empire on a path toward decline.

• Qian Yufeng told Mu Cheng that her father had been targeted in a conflict with the former Heaven Dou Emperor and that he had avenged him by arranging the emperor’s death.
• Qian Yufeng explained that the woman behind the plot had died, and Mu Cheng thanked him before vowing to pursue greater strength.
• Qian Yufeng ordered Mu Cheng to declare Tianyong City autonomous and prepare five Soul Douluo and three Title Douluo to deter Heaven Dou City’s envoys.
• Mu Cheng agreed to send only one-tenth of Tianyong City’s former taxes to the Heaven Dou Imperial Family as a gesture of respect.
• Qian Yufeng planned to use the challenge to Xue Ye’s authority to deepen the Heaven Dou Empire’s troubles.

Qian Yufeng returned to Spirit City and went to the Pope Palace, where he found Clear Sky Sect elders arguing with Qian Xunji. He took over the confrontation, leaving the elders speechless and Qian Xunji satisfied.

• Qian Yufeng returned to Spirit City with Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu, and a guard told him that Clear Sky Sect members had clashed with a Spirit Hall disciple.
• Qian Yufeng sent Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu home, then listened outside the Pope Palace as Qian Xunji argued with the Clear Sky Sect elders.
• Qian Yufeng entered the palace and berated Tang Wenjing, Tang Wenguang, Tang Wening, and the other Clear Sky Sect member for their disrespect toward Qian Xunji.
• Tang Wenjing protested that Qian Yufeng was disparaging the Clear Sky Sect, but Qian Yufeng accused its disciples of starting the conflict and criticized their manners.
• Qian Xunji felt pleased as the Clear Sky Sect elders fell silent under Qian Yufeng's scolding.

Qian Yufeng confronted Tang Wenjing and the Clear Sky Sect elders over their disciple’s fight with a Spirit Hall Deacon and the sect’s past betrayal of Spirit Hall. Tang Wenjing apologized and offered compensation for the Deacon, but Qian Xunji insisted that the broken promise still needed to be addressed.

• Tang Wenjing apologized to Qian Xunji, then demanded an explanation from Qian Yufeng for the injuries to the Clear Sky Sect disciple.
• Qian Yufeng accused the Clear Sky Sect of abandoning its assigned ambush during the campaign against the Fallen Spirit Masters, causing the deaths of three hundred Deacons.
• Qian Yufeng reviewed the report and showed that the Clear Sky Sect disciple had started the fight with a Spirit Hall Deacon who held a Second-Class Honor Medal.
• Qian Xunji summoned the records, confirmed the Deacon’s medal, and demanded that the Clear Sky Sect answer for the incident.
• Tang Wenjing apologized and promised fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins in compensation, and Qian Xunji accepted the proposal while reserving discussion of the sect’s broken promise.

Qian Yufeng returned to Spirit Hall, helped Qian Xunji secure money for recruitment, and urged him to consider marriage alliances. He then met Bibi Dong, who was bringing soup to her teacher, and invited her to lunch.

• Qian Xunji praised Qian Yufeng for forcing the Clear Sky Sect to pay ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Qian Yufeng revealed that he had become a Title Douluo and offered Qian Xunji five hundred million Gold Soul Coins, including funds for recruitment and marriage.
• Qian Yufeng suggested Qian Xunji pursue Jin Yuchan, Ling Jingxin, or Mo Yu to build alliances with Spirit City families.
• Qian Xunji recognized that his marriage and strength could help secure support from Spirit Hall's factions.
• Qian Yufeng met Bibi Dong, who said she was bringing soup to her teacher, and invited her to lunch after delivering it.

Qian Yufeng enjoyed a happy lunch with Bibi Dong and A-Luo, then visited Qian Daoliu to discuss Spirit Hall’s troubles and cultivation. The system gave him a mission to change Qian Daoliu’s fate and revive the Six-Winged Angel Lineage, along with a Soul Cultivation Method.

• Qian Yufeng welcomed Bibi Dong to his home, where she met A-Luo and the two became friends over lunch.
• After Bibi Dong left, A-Luo told Qian Yufeng she sensed two powerful, unsettling forces inside Bibi Dong and explained that she could now perceive such things.
• Qian Yufeng went to the Worship Hall and discussed the pressure on Qian Xunji from Spirit City’s families with Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu explained that advancing beyond level ninety-five depended on comprehending one’s realm and estimated Qian Yufeng would need decades to reach his level.
• The system assigned Qian Yufeng a mission to change Qian Daoliu’s fate of dying during the Angel God inheritance and revive the Six-Winged Angel Lineage, and issued him a Soul Cultivation Method.

Qian Yufeng gave Qian Daoliu a soul cultivation method that could let him survive the sacrifice required to open the Angel God's final trial. After Qian Daoliu accepted the method, Qian Yufeng turned his attention to settling accounts between Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Qian Yufeng asked whether Qian Daoliu would sacrifice his life for a future Angel God inheritor, and Qian Daoliu said he would fulfill his duty.
• Qian Yufeng revealed that he had found the Ice God's relic and explained that a powerful soul could survive after the body lost its vitality.
• Qian Daoliu thought of Bo Saixi, but Qian Yufeng rebuked him for dwelling on her and reminded him of the hurt he had caused Amian and his family.
• Qian Yufeng gave Qian Daoliu a bound soul cultivation method, which Qian Daoliu absorbed and realized could help him gain a new life after his Guardian duty.
• Qian Yufeng said it was time for Spirit Hall and the Heaven Dou Empire to settle their accounts, and Qian Daoliu urged him to stay calm.

Qian Yufeng calmed his anger over Spirit Hall’s losses, helped Qian Daoliu begin a new cultivation method, and received the Emperor Armor as his second Martial Soul. After awakening it, he unleashed an aura that drew the attention of powerful beings across the continent.

• Qian Yufeng told Qian Daoliu he would pursue his own plans to settle accounts with those responsible for Spirit Hall’s losses without making things difficult for Qian Xunji.
• Qian Daoliu began circulating Qian Yufeng’s Soul Cultivation Method, and the system rewarded Qian Yufeng with the Emperor Armor as a second Martial Soul.
• Qian Yufeng considered obtaining powerful Soul Rings, then gave Golden Crocodile Douluo a pill made with Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum to help him improve.
• Qian Yufeng entered his secret chamber and awakened the Emperor Armor, manifesting a Universe Belt-shaped Soul Mark in his left palm.
• Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu felt Qian Yufeng’s aura, while powerful experts across the continent and the Snow Empress sensed its godlike strength.

Qian Yufeng discovered his Emperor Armor Martial Soul and its Ultimate Emperor Armor fusion skill, then cultivated with a Wonder Velvet Sky-Cleansing Marrow Pill and regained some of his youth. After learning that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had paid Spirit Hall two hundred million Gold Soul Coins, he decided to spare the sect for now.

• Qian Yufeng summoned the Emperor Armor and found that it absorbed Soul Power particles, gradually increasing his Soul Power.
• Qian Yufeng swallowed a Wonder Velvet Sky-Cleansing Marrow Pill and cultivated for three days in his secret chamber.
• Qian Yufeng saw that one-third of his white hair had turned black again and that his lifespan had increased by a hundred years.
• Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu congratulated Qian Yufeng and recalled how he had rescued them and trained them into Title Douluo.
• Qian Lingxin told Qian Yufeng that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had apologized to Qian Xunji and paid two hundred million Gold Soul Coins in compensation.
• Qian Yufeng recognized the payment as a gesture of the sect’s allegiance and decided to spare the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for now.

After learning that Qian Yufeng had survived and was exacting retribution, Xue Ye sent Spirit Hall a large apology payment. In Spirit City, Qian Yufeng told Qian Xunji that compensation was on its way and urged him to recruit commoner Soul Masters, leaving Qian Xunji determined to surpass his father and grandfather.

• Xue Ye learned that Qian Yufeng had killed a Shadow Guard squad and ordered compensation to be sent to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Yufeng told Qian Xunji that factions and the Heaven Dou Empire were sending compensation, easing Spirit Hall’s financial crisis.
• Qian Yufeng advised Qian Xunji to delegate more responsibilities and focus on decisions as Pope.
• Qian Yufeng urged Qian Xunji to recruit commoner Soul Masters and identify gifted children for Spirit Hall.
• Qian Yufeng gave Qian Xunji a pill that had helped his breakthrough, and Qian Xunji vowed to surpass his father and grandfather.

Qian Yufeng asked Qian Daoliu to test his strength after his Martial Soul Evolution, and the two relatives fought an evenly matched spar in the Worship Hall square. They ended the match with a powerful clash, leaving Qian Yufeng satisfied with his assessment and Qian Daoliu facing questions from the other Pontiffs.

• Qian Yufeng told Qian Daoliu that his Soul Power had reached level ninety-three and asked him to assess his evolved Martial Soul.
• Qian Yufeng and Qian Daoliu released their Martial Soul Avatars and exchanged controlled sword strikes in the square.
• Qian Yufeng and Qian Daoliu traded attacks until Qian Daoliu proposed settling the match with one move.
• Qian Yufeng combined his sword and shield into the Emperor Halberd and unleashed the Demon-Subduing Annihilation Slash, which Qian Daoliu met with his Angel Holy Sword.
• Qian Yufeng praised Qian Daoliu's strength and left after their clash ended, while Qian Daoliu prepared to explain the spar to the approaching Pontiffs.

Qian Yufeng gave Qian Xunji his bloodstained greatsword and left Spirit Hall to travel the continent, while the Star Luo Emperor ordered Spirit City watched. Qian Yufeng then set out with Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu for the Star Dou Great Forest, where he hoped to encounter Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and system tasks.

• Envoys from across the Heaven Dou Empire arrived in Spirit City to pay homage to Qian Xunji, and Qian Yufeng gave him his notorious greatsword to stand in for meeting them.
• Qian Yufeng told Qian Xunji he was leaving Spirit Hall to explore the continent and pursue his own path after sparring with Qian Xunji's father.
• The Star Luo Emperor celebrated his decision not to challenge Spirit Hall and ordered his men to monitor Spirit City for Qian Yufeng's whereabouts.
• Qian Yufeng chose to travel to the Star Dou Great Forest with Qian Lingxin and Qian Lingsu, while his Wonder Velvet Sky-Cleansing Marrow Pill continued to aid his cultivation.
• Qian Yufeng gave Chrysanthemum Douluo an eight-thousand-year-old Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, which delighted him and enriched his garden.