Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong defeated Tang Xiao by binding and whipping him until Tang Yuehua surrendered, while Spirit Hall competitors withdrew from the remaining matches. Qian Xunji declared Zhao Linchuan the competition’s champion, and the humiliated Tang brothers left amid the crowd’s cheers.

• Bibi Dong bound Tang Xiao in spider silk, hoisted him from her Death Spider God apparition, and whipped him until Tang Yuehua called for surrender.
• Yan Lingji’s next opponent surrendered without entering the arena, and a Spirit Hall competitor won the final internal bout, leaving Zhao Linchuan, Yan Lingji, Bibi Dong, and that competitor in the top four.
• At lunch, Yan Lingji withdrew from the evening matches, and Bibi Dong followed her, also claiming to feel unwell.
• The remaining Spirit Hall competitor withdrew as well, leaving Zhao Linchuan as the only contestant in the afternoon competition.
• Qian Xunji proclaimed Zhao Linchuan the greatest among the younger generation, while the cheering crowd celebrated and the Tang brothers left in disgrace.

Zhao Linchuan was tricked by Bibi Dong and Yan Lingji before turning the prank around on Bibi Dong. At the Clear Sky Sect, Tang Hao decided to seek training in Slaughter City, while Gui Mei approached Qian Xunji at night.

• Bibi Dong and Yan Lingji pretended to bathe, then laughed when Zhao Linchuan entered and found the pool empty.
• Zhao Linchuan caught Bibi Dong and teased her as she privately warned him not to embarrass her in front of Yan Lingji.
• Tang Hao complained to Tang Zhen about the Spirit Hall’s treatment of the Clear Sky Sect and urged him to find Tang Chen.
• Tang Hao asked to train in Slaughter City and pursue its legendary domain skill, and Tang Zhen told him to go after becoming a Soul Saint.
• Gui Mei came before Qian Xunji at Pope Hall and knelt behind him.

Qian Xunji learned that Gui Mei had eliminated Tang Zhen’s teams and assigned him to serve Bibi Dong as she pursued the papacy. At home, Zhao Linchuan opened the Heavens Treasury and began spending his fifty lottery draws, obtaining several soul bones and other rewards.

• Gui Mei reported that his men had killed all 108 Clear Sky Sect and Speed Clan disciples and erased every trace of the operation.
• Qian Xunji credited Gui Mei and ordered him to serve Bibi Dong, obeying her as his new master.
• Bibi Dong scolded Zhao Linchuan for his behavior, then went to help Ling Ji prepare food.
• Zhao Linchuan used ten Heavens Treasury draws and received Void Nether Grass, adaptive soul bones, storage soul tools, Flower of Yesterday No More, and an adaptive hundred-thousand-year left arm bone.
• Zhao Linchuan used another ten draws and received more flowers and adaptive soul bones, three Heavenly Silk Treasure Garments, and a Bitter Sea Crossing Boat.

After drawing three God-Level Soul Bones, Zhao Linchuan revealed them to Yan Lingji and Bibi Dong as gifts. He assigned the torso bone to Bibi Dong and the arm bone to Yan Lingji, but both women hesitated to accept them.

• Zhao Linchuan drew thirty rewards and became ecstatic when he received three God-Level Soul Bones.
• He rushed naked toward the bathroom and startled Bibi Dong, who complained to Yan Lingji about his behavior.
• After breakfast, Zhao Linchuan sealed the room and brought out three Soul Bones that filled it with divine light.
• Zhao Linchuan explained that the bones were at least a million years old and offered the torso bone to Bibi Dong and the arm bone to Yan Lingji.
• Yan Lingji and Bibi Dong grew emotional and said they could not accept the gifts.

Zhao Linchuan gave Bibi Dong and Yan Lingji God-Level Soul Bones and Soul Rings before leaving to inspect the Eight Great Families’ businesses, while the women wondered whether he might have someone else. At the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, he absorbed an Azure Life Soul Bone and a 390,000-year Eighth Soul Ring, then pulled Ah Yin into the hot spring as she insisted she needed to return to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land.

• Zhao Linchuan urged Bibi Dong and Yan Lingji to accept their Soul Bones and Soul Rings and told them to stay home while they fused with them.
• Bibi Dong asked whether Zhao Linchuan might have someone else, and Yan Lingji calmly said that another woman could help share the burden of having children.
• Zhao Linchuan met Zi Nu and Nong Yu, then flew with them toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well on the Supreme Ease Golden Edge.
• Two days later, Zhao Linchuan fused with the Azure Life Soul Bone and absorbed a 390,000-year Eighth Soul Ring at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Ah Yin told Zhao Linchuan that she had reached level fifty and needed to return to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land.
• Zhao Linchuan pulled Ah Yin into the hot spring when she brought him juice, and she demanded that he let her go.

Ah Yin cried after Zhao Linchuan kissed her repeatedly, and he promised to take her to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land for a fifth Soul Ring. Two days later, four Jinyiwei thousand-household commanders discussed where they would settle and how they would carry out their assignments.

• Zhao Linchuan repeatedly kissed Ah Yin until she stopped resisting and sobbed that she was no longer pure and could not marry.
• Zhao Linchuan drew Ah Yin close and promised to take her to the Blue Silver Ancestral Land the next day to obtain her fifth Soul Ring.
• Chen Feng, Han Xiao, Shi Lei, and Zhao Yuanzhou met at the Yuelai Inn to discuss where they would blend in while serving the Jinyiwei.
• Han Xiao and Shi Lei planned to go to the Star Luo Empire, with Han Xiao aiming to join its army and Shi Lei intending to open a carpentry shop.
• Chen Feng planned to join the Heaven Dou Empire's army, while Zhao Yuanzhou planned to seek an official post and support his godmother.
• The four commanders joked about Zhao Yuanzhou's new younger sister and wife, and he assured them that he would not forget his mission.

Chen Feng and his companions toasted their resolve to make something of their journey. In Heaven Dou City, Zhao Linchuan told Ah Yin he was attracted to her and urged her to keep cultivating, then warned her to stay at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well because the city might soon become turbulent.

• Chen Feng apologized for his careless words and asked Zhao Yuanzhou, Shi Lei, and Han Xiao to keep the day's events secret before they all toasted their determination.
• Zhao Linchuan promised to open Ah Yin a pharmacy in Heaven Dou City once she reached Soul Saint level and encouraged her to keep consuming spirit plants and Immortal Herbs.
• Ah Yin questioned why Zhao Linchuan protected her, and he frankly said he wanted her as his wife and hoped she would bear his children.
• Ah Yin warned Zhao Linchuan she would rather die than be used for amusement, but said she would have his children if he genuinely cared for her.
• Zhao Linchuan told Ah Yin time would prove his intentions and warned her to remain at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while Heaven Dou City faced possible turmoil.

Zhao Linchuan returned home to Yan Lingji, who told him about her and Bibi Dong’s breakthroughs and Bibi Dong’s plan to become Pope. Yan Lingji worried that the sisters would grow apart, then complained that Zhao Linchuan had only gotten her pregnant three times.

• Zhao Linchuan returned to Spirit City after five or six days away, and Yan Lingji warned him that Bibi Dong suspected he had another woman.
• Yan Lingji told Zhao Linchuan that she had reached Level 90 after fusing with a God-Level Soul Bone and absorbing a seven-hundred-and-ninety-thousand-year-old Eighth Soul Ring.
• Yan Lingji said Bibi Dong had reached Level 88 and planned to strengthen her Second Martial Soul, become a Titled Douluo, and replace her teacher as Pope.
• Yan Lingji worried that Bibi Dong becoming Pope would leave the sisters with little time together, and Zhao Linchuan promised to bring everyone back so they could raise the children together.
• Yan Lingji rejected Zhao Linchuan’s suggestion and complained that he had only gotten her pregnant three times.

Bibi Dong suspected Zhao Linchuan had been seeing another woman, but Yan Lingji reassured her and the two sisters shared dinner. Zhao Linchuan was summoned to Pope Hall, where Qian Xunji asked to hear his thoughts on an unstated matter.

• Yan Lingji left Zhao Linchuan to greet Bibi Dong, who questioned him about his recent absence and dragged him away to inspect the granary.
• Afterward, Zhao Linchuan was summoned by the Pope’s maid and left before eating.
• Bibi Dong told Yan Lingji that Zhao Linchuan’s scent made her suspect he had been with someone else, and Yan Lingji explained he had returned early and spent the time with her.
• Yan Lingji told Bibi Dong they should accept a worthy woman and her child if Zhao Linchuan had a family elsewhere, and Bibi Dong agreed before they ate together.
• Zhao Linchuan met Qian Xunji in Pope Hall, where Qian Xunji asked to hear his thoughts on something.

Qian Xunji offered Zhao Linchuan the position of Pope and ordered him to lead the attack on the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. The next morning, Zhao Linchuan joked with Bibi Dong about maids Qian Xunji had sent and planned to outfit Yan Lingji and his other companions with Soul Bones before hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.

• Qian Xunji proposed that Zhao Linchuan become Pope, explaining that Bibi Dong would cultivate both Martial Souls and later serve as Judgment Elder.
• Zhao Linchuan questioned the plan but agreed, and Qian Xunji told him to choose a time in the next few days to take down the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Xunji ordered a meal for Zhao Linchuan and offered to send capable maids to his home.
• The next morning, Zhao Linchuan teased Bibi Dong that Yan Lingji had chased away beauties, and Bibi Dong rushed outside to investigate the maids.
• Zhao Linchuan planned to give Yan Lingji a complete set of Soul Bones, then take her to the Deep Sea to subdue the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and share spare Soul Bones with Zi Nu and the others.

Yan Lingji left to absorb Soul Rings and Soul Bones while Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong prepared to attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. Ning Fengzhi learned that his ancestral tomb had been robbed, then saw a recording suggesting Gu Rong had attacked Zhao Linchuan and Yan Lingji.

• Yan Lingji took the Soul Tool and left for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to absorb its Soul Rings and Soul Bones.
• Bibi Dong told Zhao Linchuan that their forces were assembled, and they agreed to set out against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect the next day.
• Ning Fengzhi discovered that thieves had emptied his family's ancestral tomb, including taking his grandfather's coffin, and blamed Zhao Linchuan.
• Chen Xin showed Ning Fengzhi an Image Recording Stone from Spirit Hall, which depicted Gu Rong attacking Zhao Linchuan and Yan Lingji.
• Ning Fengzhi recognized the attacker as the Evil-Purging Soul Master Gu Rong had mentioned and feared for Gu Rong's fate.

The Image Recording Stone showed Gu Rong dying after Zhao Linchuan pursued him, leaving Ning Fengzhi reeling over the loss of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s second Titled Douluo. Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong confronted Ning Fengzhi, who struggled to answer the accusation that he had approved Gu Rong’s attack.

• Gu Rong broke Zhao Linchuan’s golden chains with his ninth Soul Skill and fled, but a vermilion arrow struck him and Southern Bright Li Fire reduced him to ash.
• Chen Xin cried out over Gu Rong’s death, while Ning Fengzhi feared what the loss of the sect’s second Titled Douluo meant for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Xin summoned the Seven Kill Sword as Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong arrived at the sect and accused Ning Fengzhi of allowing Gu Rong to attack Spirit Hall’s future successor.
• Ning Fengzhi claimed Gu Rong had acted alone, but Chen Xin reacted with disapproval and Zhao Linchuan insisted the sect could not escape responsibility.
• Zhao Linchuan accused Ning Fengzhi of secretly approving Gu Rong’s attack and invoked Tang Chen; Ning Fengzhi could not find a convincing reply.

Zhao Linchuan demanded that Ning Fengzhi hand over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and gave him until sunrise to decide, backing the threat with four Titled Douluo. Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong expected Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi to split over whether to resist, while Golden Crocodile Douluo continued feasting with the Heaven Dou Emperor until Prince Xue Xing arrived.

• Ning Fengzhi refused Zhao Linchuan's demand, and Chen Xin prepared to fight.
• Zhao Linchuan summoned four Titled Douluo to surround the sect and gave Ning Fengzhi until sunrise to submit, warning him not to seek help from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the four Titled Douluo withdrew; Ning Fengzhi went to the hall to think while Chen Xin asked what he would do.
• At a restaurant in Heaven Dou City, Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong discussed how Chen Xin and Ning Fengzhi would likely part ways, leaving the sect dependent on Spirit Hall for protection.
• At the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, the Heaven Dou Emperor entertained Golden Crocodile Douluo at a feast, and Prince Xue Xing hurried in from a side hall.

Xue Ye learned that Spirit Hall had attacked the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect but kept quiet while Golden Crocodile was present. Back at the Martial Soul Holy Hall, Bibi Dong recruited Ling Yuan as her Guardian Douluo and prepared to offer her a red arm-shaped Soul Bone.

• Xue Xing secretly warned Xue Ye, who saw Golden Crocodile with his father and signaled Xue Xing not to cause a scene.
• Ling Yuan reported that Golden Crocodile had left with the Heaven Dou Emperor's two concubines, after which Xue Ye collapsed in anger.
• Bibi Dong asked Ling Yuan, who was level seventy-nine, to join her and offered her a chance to reach Soul Douluo and obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Ling Yuan knelt and pledged loyalty to Bibi Dong, who appointed her Guardian Douluo.
• Zhao Linchuan brought out a blood-red arm-shaped Soul Bone as Bibi Dong promised to protect Ling Yuan.

Zhao Linchuan gave Ling Yuan a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone, and Bibi Dong rewarded her with credit for the upcoming operation. Bibi Dong and Zhao Linchuan planned to strengthen Ling Yuan further before preparing to depart for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect at dawn.

• Zhao Linchuan gave Ling Yuan a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone that suited her, and Bibi Dong told her to fuse with it in her room.
• Bibi Dong excused Ling Yuan from the next day's operation and assigned her the credit, prompting Ling Yuan to thank them both before leaving.
• Bibi Dong suggested giving Ling Yuan an Immortal Herb and helping her obtain an Eighth Soul Ring, and Zhao Linchuan agreed.
• Bibi Dong warned Zhao Linchuan not to take advantage of Ling Yuan, then went to prepare for their journey to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Zhao Linchuan watched the rain and remarked that he and Bibi Dong had stayed awake all night for Ning Fengzhi's sake.

Ning Fengzhi agonized over the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s future and decided that pledging himself to Zhao Linchuan was preferable to surrendering to Spirit Hall or relying on the Clear Sky Sect. Chen Xin left for the Clear Sky Sect before Ning Fengzhi could explain, and Ning Fengzhi went to meet Zhao Linchuan.

• Ning Fengzhi weighed his choices and concluded that serving Zhao Linchuan might preserve some of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s standing and independence.
• Ning Fengzhi saw that stress had turned half his hair white and heard Chen Xin ask whether he had made up his mind.
• Chen Xin cut off Ning Fengzhi’s answer, said he was leaving to visit the Clear Sky Sect, and vanished before Ning Fengzhi reached the doorway.
• A disciple told Ning Fengzhi that Zhao Linchuan’s group had returned, and Ning Fengzhi agreed to meet them.
• Ning Fengzhi faced Zhao Linchuan in the Seven Treasure Main Hall, where Zhao Linchuan remarked on his gray hair and asked whether he had decided.

Zhao Linchuan secured Ning Fengzhi’s allegiance by promising to protect the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and help a descendant break its Soul Ring limit. In Heaven Dou City, Xue Ye and Xue Xing plotted to let the emperor die and sought an alliance with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as Spirit Hall threatened the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed to bring the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to Zhao Linchuan’s side, and Zhao clarified that Bibi Dong was his wife and the future Pope.
• Zhao Linchuan promised to send a powerful Soul Master to guard the sect and help one of Ning Fengzhi’s descendants become a Titled Douluo.
• Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong left the sect, and Zhao said he planned to send Ling Ji’s powerful fellow townspeople to guard it.
• Xue Xing told Xue Ye he had arranged for the Ye Family’s two healing Soul Masters to be sent away for months, leaving their father without help.
• Xue Ye ordered Xue Xing to contact Yu Yuanzhen and seek an alliance with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect fell.

Qian Xunji praised Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong for their success with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, then decided to prepare Zhao Linchuan’s induction into the Worship Hall. Alone afterward, he resolved to purge Spirit Hall’s corrupt factions before stepping down, while Zhao Linchuan waited at home for someone to return.

• Qian Xunji praised Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong for resolving the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect crisis without bloodshed, and Zhao Linchuan explained that his teacher had helped in Heaven Dou City.
• Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong recounted how Second Worship had angered the Heaven Dou Emperor and left with two of his consorts, prompting Qian Xunji to order Bibi Dong to spread the story.
• Qian Xunji told Zhao Linchuan to prepare for a ceremony inducting him into the Worship Hall and said he need not show courtesy to anyone except his teacher and the other Worships.
• After Zhao Linchuan left, Qian Xunji decided to use his impending abdication to root out corruption in Spirit Hall and ordered the guards to bring him every long-neglected file.
• At home, Zhao Linchuan waited beneath the locust tree, hungry and alone, until someone pushed open the courtyard gate.

Zhao Linchuan shared a meal with Ling Yuan, then took her to a remote cliff and gave her an Immortal Herb to absorb. As she entered a cave, Ling Yuan wondered whether he intended to sleep with her.

• Ling Yuan brought Zhao Linchuan food at the Holy Maiden's request and shared the meal with him.
• Zhao Linchuan took Ling Yuan flying on the Supreme Ease Golden Edge, frightening her by speeding up despite her pleas to slow down.
• At a scenic cliff, Zhao Linchuan gave Ling Yuan a jade box containing a Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower and told her to swallow it whole.
• Ling Yuan went into a concealed cave to absorb the herb and wondered whether Zhao Linchuan had brought her there because he wanted to sleep with her.

After absorbing the Immortal Herb, Ling Yuan gained strength and purified her Martial Soul’s flames, but the transformation burned away her clothes and Soul Tool. She invited Zhao Linchuan into the cave for help and, two days later, complained about the painful position he had kept her in.

• Ling Yuan discovered that the Immortal Herb had improved her cultivation talent and purified her Martial Soul’s flames, and she sensed that a suitable eighth or ninth Soul Ring might let her Martial Soul evolve.
• Ling Yuan realized the flames had burned away her clothes and Soul Tool, then called Zhao Linchuan into the cave for spare clothes.
• Ling Yuan teased Zhao Linchuan and invited him to take advantage of her trust, and he suddenly acted before she could finish speaking.
• Two days later, Ling Yuan wore Zhao Linchuan’s outer robe and rubbed her swollen, scraped knees as she complained that he had kept her kneeling in one position for two days and three nights.