Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong recalled her first conversation with Spirit Dong'er, who challenged her faith in Yu Xiaogang and his Martial Soul theories. The chapter ended with Bibi Dong shaken and unable to refute Dong'er's criticism.

• After Fang Mo left, Bibi Dong sat in her study and pondered his promise to stand by her.
• Spirit Dong'er appeared before Bibi Dong and said she had something important to tell her about Yu Xiaogang.
• Dong'er declared that nine and a half of Yu Xiaogang's Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul were wrong.
• Bibi Dong defended Yu Xiaogang's research, but Dong'er argued that he lacked the experience and experiments to support his theories.
• Bibi Dong trembled as Dong'er's words exposed doubts she had avoided because she believed in Yu Xiaogang.

Dong'er confronted Bibi Dong with evidence that Yu Xiaogang's theories were wrong and that Fang Mo's discoveries could be replicated. She exposed Bibi Dong's lingering denial and revealed that Yu Xiaogang had quickly pursued another woman after Bibi Dong rejected him, leaving Bibi Dong stunned.

• Dong'er cited Fang Mo's Whale Rubber research, Immortal Herbs, and first Soul Ring as evidence against Yu Xiaogang's limits on Soul Ring absorption.
• Dong'er argued that Whale Rubber and Immortal Herbs benefited other Soul Masters too, pointing to the Golden Generation's rapid breakthroughs.
• Bibi Dong struck the table and resisted admitting that the man she loved had deceived her.
• Dong'er admitted she had once believed Yu Xiaogang until her death and regretted considering eloping with him.
• Dong'er told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had pursued another woman, who was his cousin, after Bibi Dong rejected him.
• Bibi Dong collapsed into her chair, shocked by Dong'er's revelation.

Dong'er confronted Bibi Dong with Yu Xiaogang’s betrayals and the flaws in his theories, while defending Bibi Dong’s decision to kill Qian Xunji. Bibi Dong remained uncertain about adopting Fang Mo’s new Martial Soul Cultivation System and was left alone, questioning what she had believed.

• Dong'er told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had used her research to help a disciple who later killed her before Jialing Pass.
• Dong'er explained that Fang Mo’s Martial Soul Cultivation System offered a broader reconstruction of cultivation, and Bibi Dong admitted his analysis had merit.
• Dong'er told Bibi Dong that killing Qian Xunji had been justified, while noting that Xue'er was innocent and knew nothing.
• When Dong'er asked whether she would replace Yu Xiaogang’s theories with Fang Mo’s system, Bibi Dong said she needed time, and Dong'er warned her not to take too long.
• Alone in her bedchamber, Bibi Dong recalled the evidence against Yu Xiaogang’s theories and struggled to believe that they could be wrong.

Bibi Dong visited Fang Mo at night with medicinal cuisine, but seeing him sharing a bed with Qian Renxue and Dong'er stirred unexpected feelings. She realized her physical reaction to Fang Mo was unlike her revulsion toward Qian Xunji and spent the rest of the night unable to sleep.

• Bibi Dong reflected on Fang Mo's unexplained knowledge and decided to speak with him more personally.
• Bibi Dong brought medicinal cuisine to Fang Mo's room and found Qian Renxue and Dong'er asleep beside him.
• Bibi Dong felt a deep, confusing bitterness as she looked at Qian Renxue holding Dong'er's hand.
• Bibi Dong's hand brushed Fang Mo's as he returned the empty bowl, making her tremble and blush.
• Bibi Dong hurried away, recognized that her racing heart and reaction to Fang Mo were abnormal, and tossed restlessly until dawn.

Dong'er sensed the Rakshasa God’s divine consciousness reaching her through a fragment of its divine spark and learned that it had been watching her since she returned from the future. The Rakshasa God asked whether she still wanted to become its inheritor, leaving Dong'er to answer.

• Dong'er watched Bibi Dong leave and recognized that Fang Mo’s touch had stirred an unusual reaction in her former self.
• Dong'er recalled that the Rakshasa God's divine spark fragment had trembled while she discussed Yu Xiaogang's flaws with Bibi Dong.
• The Rakshasa God projected its divine consciousness into Dong'er's Spirit Sea and revealed that it had sensed her return from the future.
• The Rakshasa God criticized Dong'er's weakness but called her circumstances interesting.
• The Rakshasa God asked Dong'er whether she still wanted to become the Rakshasa God.

Dong'er confronted the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense and challenged the unfairness of her past-life inheritance, recounting how her trials gave her no rewards while Tang San received power and multiple God Positions. She described her defeat and death at Jialing Pass, leaving the Rakshasa God silent as she continued to press her case.

• Dong'er told the Rakshasa God's Divine Sense she wanted to negotiate terms rather than accept the inheritance as she had in her past life.
• Dong'er recounted how Tang San and three allied gods defeated her and Qian Renxue at Jialing Pass, destroying their God Positions.
• Dong'er compared Tang San's Sea God trials, which rewarded him at every stage, with her Rakshasa trials, which required slaughter and gave her no rewards.
• Dong'er accused the Asura God of bypassing the Rakshasa inheritance in Slaughter City and questioned how Tang San could inherit both Sea God and Asura God Positions.
• Dong'er recalled Tang San piercing her with the Asura Demon Sword and destroying the Rakshasa Godhead before she died in Qian Renxue's arms.

The Rakshasa God learned that Bibi Dong would be hunted by four gods and lose her God Position, so he redesigned the Rakshasa God Trials to guide her fall through heartbreak. He sent divine power to make Bibi Dong feel a flutter of attraction toward Fang Mo.

• The Rakshasa God recalled that Asura God, Sea God, God of Food, and Nine-Colored Goddess would join forces against Bibi Dong, shattering her Godhead and ending her God Position.
• He decided to change the Rakshasa God Trials while preserving their requirement that a successor fall into darkness yet remain clear-minded.
• The Rakshasa God studied Bibi Dong's past with Yu Xiaogang, her trauma at Qian Xunji's hands, and her distrust of men.
• He planned to make Bibi Dong trust someone close to her, then suffer betrayal by that person as part of the new trial.
• The Rakshasa God sent divine power to Pope Bibi Dong, causing her to feel a flutter of attraction toward Fang Mo.

The Rakshasa God decided to change Bibi Dong’s trials so they would guide her into emotional corruption while keeping her lucid. He sent divine power to make Bibi Dong feel her heart flutter toward Fang Mo.

• The Rakshasa God learned that four gods had hunted down Bibi Dong in the future, shattering her Rakshasa Godhead and costing her the god position.
• He vowed to avenge Bibi Dong and altered the Rakshasa God Trials while preserving their foundation of corruption and lucidity.
• The Rakshasa God considered Bibi Dong’s painful past with Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji, and Liu Erlong, then planned to make her trust someone and suffer betrayal again.
• The Rakshasa God sent divine power to Pope Bibi Dong, creating an illusion that made her feel her heart flutter toward Fang Mo.

The Rakshasa God devised a new trial designed to manipulate Bibi Dong’s feelings for Fang Mo before plunging her into betrayal and despair. It recruited Dong’er, the future Bibi Dong’s remnant soul in Fang Mo’s Spirit Sea, to help carry out the plan.

• The Rakshasa God planned to use Fang Mo to awaken Bibi Dong’s maternal affection and make her rationalize growing emotionally close to her disciple.
• The Rakshasa God set the trial’s second stage: after Bibi Dong found hope, she would witness Fang Mo with another woman and experience betrayal.
• The Rakshasa God identified Dong’er as an ideal Mortal Realm agent because she understood Bibi Dong and could sense Fang Mo’s actions.
• The Rakshasa God told Dong’er to help make Bibi Dong open her heart to Fang Mo and then push her into despair.
• Dong’er objected that the plan meant personally hurting herself, but the Rakshasa God insisted that Bibi Dong had to endure the trial to become the true Rakshasa God.

Dong'er agreed to the Rakshasa God's plan to make the present Bibi Dong fall into darkness, but insisted Qian Renxue would not be harmed. The next morning, Qian Renxue woke beside her mother and realized their night together had been real.

• Dong'er recalled her death and accepted the Rakshasa God's new God Trial despite its cruelty.
• Dong'er demanded that Qian Renxue not be harmed, and the Rakshasa God promised she would not be a core variable in its plan.
• The Rakshasa God said it would return in three days to imprint the new trial into Bibi Dong's Spirit Sea and begin her fall.
• Dong'er worried that Fang Mo did not know what awaited him, while Bibi Dong lay awake wondering about her feelings toward him as Rakshasa Divine Sense quietly took root in her Spirit Sea.
• Qian Renxue woke from a dream about her mother leaving and saw Dong'er sleeping beside her, realizing the previous night had been real.

Qian Renxue secretly kissed Dong'er and then Fang Mo while they lay beside her, savoring a night of closeness she had never experienced before. Dong'er felt joy at her daughter's kiss, but Fang Mo's kiss stirred cold jealousy and displeasure within her Spirit Sea.

• Qian Renxue kissed Dong'er's cheek while believing her mother was asleep, then blushed and quietly celebrated the moment.
• Dong'er revealed in her thoughts that she had been awake and felt warmth and regret over Qian Renxue's kiss.
• Qian Renxue remembered that Fang Mo had made the night possible and secretly kissed his cheek as well.
• Dong'er sensed Qian Renxue kiss Fang Mo, and her warm feelings shifted into icy displeasure and scrutiny.

Qian Renxue quietly left Fang Mo’s room before dawn to avoid exposing that she had spent the night with him and Dong’er. After waking, Fang Mo noticed the bed bore traces of several people and wondered if he felt like a scumbag.

• Qian Renxue realized the maids and guards would soon arrive, so she carefully got out of bed without waking Dong’er or Fang Mo.
• Qian Renxue looked back at Dong’er and Fang Mo, felt grateful for their time together, and slipped out of the room.
• Dong’er’s memories of fanfiction stirred mixed feelings and a vague sense of crisis, but she could not bring herself to feel genuine hostility toward Fang Mo.
• A maid arrived to wake Fang Mo and bring breakfast, and he told her to set it on the table.
• Fang Mo noticed the marks left by more than one person on the bed and wondered why the situation made him feel like a scumbag.

Fang Mo considered his limits and his plans to obtain the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and pursue the Asura inheritance. In the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong struggled to understand her growing feelings for Fang Mo, then became distressed after seeing him smile and walk closely with Qian Renxue.

• Fang Mo stopped cultivating for three days because his six-year-old body could not withstand the strain of increasing his Soul Rings' ages.
• Fang Mo considered whether the Asura God had brought Little Bastard to the world and wondered how he could verify it before seeking Asura's inheritance.
• Bibi Dong remained sleepless and distracted as memories of Fang Mo and their night together stirred feelings she had tried to bury.
• Bibi Dong saw Fang Mo and Qian Renxue walking close together and felt a painful, jealous ache.
• Bibi Dong panicked at her own thoughts, drank her tea in haste, and called for Gui Mei.

Bibi Dong struggled with her growing feelings for Fang Mo while Gui Mei reported that Qian Renxue visited him daily. The Rakshasa God’s second trial began ahead of schedule, ordering Bibi Dong to open her heart and sincerely accept a man.

• Gui Mei told Bibi Dong that Fang Mo was recovering and that Qian Renxue visited him every day for about two hours.
• Bibi Dong grew distressed over Qian Renxue’s closeness with Fang Mo and could not focus on her work.
• Over the next three days, Bibi Dong’s condition worsened, worrying Spirit Hall’s attendants, Gui Mei, and Yue Guan.
• Bibi Dong admitted to herself that she no longer wanted to deny her feelings for Fang Mo.
• The Rakshasa God announced that Bibi Dong’s second trial had begun ahead of schedule.
• Bibi Dong read the trial’s requirement to open her heart and sincerely accept a member of the opposite sex, and reacted with shock and resistance.

After receiving the second Rakshasa God Trial, Bibi Dong struggled with its demand that she open her heart and accept someone of the opposite sex. Fang Mo came to mind, leaving her ashamed and confused as she failed to banish thoughts of him.

• Bibi Dong learned that the second Rakshasa God Trial required her to open her heart and accept someone of the opposite sex.
• Bibi Dong tried to reinterpret the requirement, but Fang Mo came to mind and unsettled her.
• Bibi Dong condemned herself for having feelings toward her young disciple and compared herself to Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong remained flustered and conflicted as Fang Mo's face continued appearing in her thoughts.

Bibi Dong struggled to suppress her feelings for Fang Mo after the Rakshasa God Trial stirred her thoughts, but his unexpected visit made her panic and lose her composure again. Fang Mo brought her tea and pastries, while Bibi Dong hid her distress behind her cold manner.

• Bibi Dong cursed the Rakshasa God Trial and tried to convince herself that rest would make her thoughts of Fang Mo disappear.
• After someone knocked, Bibi Dong hastily fixed her appearance and forced herself back into Pope mode before inviting the visitor in.
• Fang Mo entered with tea and pastries after Dong'er suggested Bibi Dong might be unwell from staying in her study.
• Seeing Fang Mo caused Bibi Dong's suppressed feelings and blush to return, and she avoided his gaze.
• Fang Mo asked whether Bibi Dong was tired, and she quickly insisted that she was fine.

Bibi Dong struggled with her feelings for Fang Mo after he left her study, then accepted his presence as she continued the Rakshasa God Trial. In the Spirit Sea, Dong'er revealed to herself that the Rakshasa God had ordered her to help Fang Mo win Bibi Dong, a command she was too embarrassed to tell him about.

• Bibi Dong avoided Fang Mo when he reached to check her temperature, then sent him away with the Calming Tea and osmanthus cakes he had brought.
• After Fang Mo left, Bibi Dong drank the tea, ate the cakes, and accepted that she had lost her three-day struggle against her feelings for him.
• Bibi Dong reflected on the second Rakshasa God Trial, opened a window to cool her face, and resumed reviewing official documents with a calmer heart.
• Fang Mo walked back to his room and realized Bibi Dong's attitude had changed, but Dong'er refused to explain what had happened.
• After Fang Mo fell asleep, Dong'er recalled that the Rakshasa God had ordered her to help Fang Mo win over Bibi Dong, and she felt too embarrassed to tell him.

Dong'er struggled with the Rakshasa God's order to help Fang Mo win over Bibi Dong, while keeping the embarrassing command secret from him. When Bibi Dong failed to leave her bedroom the next morning, Dong'er urged Fang Mo to check on her, but he worried that entering would violate her boundary and distress her.

• Dong'er rejected the idea of helping Fang Mo court her but accepted the Rakshasa God's order and withdrew into deep hibernation.
• Fang Mo arrived at the study to resume training and found Bibi Dong absent.
• Bibi Dong's three maids told Fang Mo that she had not left her bedroom or answered their knocks for nearly half an hour.
• Dong'er sensed Fang Mo's concern and told him to enter Bibi Dong's bedroom.
• Fang Mo hesitated because Bibi Dong had forbidden others from entering and was wary of men.

Fang Mo overcame his hesitation and entered Bibi Dong’s bedchamber to check on her after Dong’er convinced him it was safe. He found her asleep behind purple gauze and called out to her, but she did not respond.

• Dong’er reminded Fang Mo that she knew Bibi Dong better than anyone and urged him to go inside.
• Dong’er mocked Fang Mo with a fanfiction he had read, provoking him into agreeing to check on his teacher.
• Fang Mo followed three maids to Bibi Dong’s bedchamber and asked them to wait outside.
• Fang Mo entered the purple room alone and called to Bibi Dong, who remained asleep on the bed.
• Fang Mo approached the bed, tried not to stare at Bibi Dong, and asked whether she had woken up.

Fang Mo entered Bibi Dong’s bedchamber to wake her, unaware that she had already awakened and was secretly pleased by his concern and gaze. Bibi Dong decided to tease him, then opened her eyes with Fang Mo standing close beside her bed.

• Fang Mo entered Bibi Dong’s room and approached her bed, believing she was still asleep.
• Bibi Dong recognized Fang Mo’s Soul Power, relaxed, and let him draw aside the gauze while she pretended to sleep.
• Bibi Dong interpreted Fang Mo’s gaze as evidence that he had feelings for her and felt her guilt begin to fade.
• Dong'er watched Fang Mo tenderly wake Bibi Dong, then sealed off her consciousness and withdrew into the Spirit Sea.
• Bibi Dong pretended to wake and opened her eyes while Fang Mo stood less than a foot away.