Chapter Summaries

Song Ye tried to persuade his adoptive mother to leave Spirit Hall after awakening an Imperial Jade Seal Martial Soul, unaware that she was Pope Bibi Dong herself. Bibi Dong remained torn between her loyalty to Spirit Hall and her growing love for Song Ye.

• Song Ye urged his mother to leave Spirit Hall, establish a kingdom, and avoid the coming war.
• Song Ye summoned his Imperial Jade Seal Martial Soul, whose face bore the words “By the Mandate of Heaven, may it enjoy eternal prosperity.”
• Bibi Dong acknowledged the Martial Soul’s imperial significance but claimed she could not leave Spirit Hall because the Pope valued her.
• Song Ye called Bibi Dong crazy and asked whether his mother had been brainwashed by her.
• Bibi Dong recalled adopting Song Ye six years earlier and realized how deeply she had come to regard him as her own child, while he still did not know her identity.

Song Ye warned Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall would become an empire and that she would wage war, then revealed the secret events behind her hatred of the Qian Family. Bibi Dong was left stunned by how precisely he knew her plans and past.

• Song Ye tried to persuade Bibi Dong to leave Spirit Hall by criticizing its Pope, but Bibi Dong defended herself and offered to make him her disciple and Spirit Hall's Holy Son.
• Song Ye claimed his Imperial Seal Spirit let him read fortune and fate, and predicted that Bibi Dong would found the Spirit Hall Empire and start a war to unify the continent.
• Bibi Dong questioned how Song Ye could know her plans, and he said she also intended to destroy Spirit Hall and take revenge on the Qian Family.
• Song Ye recounted Bibi Dong's relationship with Yu Xiaogang, Qian Xunji's assault, Qian Renxue's birth, and Bibi Dong's killing of Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong was left dumbfounded and began to believe Song Ye could truly know the past and future.

Song Ye warned Bibi Dong that Spirit Hall would be destroyed by the Tang Family of the Clear Sky Sect and begged her to leave with him. Bibi Dong remained unwilling to abandon Spirit Hall, so she decided to hide her identity and pretend to go along with Song Ye while gradually changing his mind.

• Bibi Dong questioned whether the Pope’s past proved she would harm Song Ye and urged him to help her rule the continent.
• Song Ye insisted that Bibi Dong would die and Spirit Hall would be destroyed if they stayed, and named the Tang Family of the Clear Sky Sect as the future enemy.
• Bibi Dong asked how Spirit Hall could fall despite the Pope’s strength and the Worship Hall’s support.
• Song Ye pleaded with Bibi Dong to leave Spirit Hall with him and threatened to use his life to make her listen.
• Bibi Dong decided to conceal her identity, pretend to rebel and establish themselves independently, and use Song Ye’s foresight while gradually changing his views.

Song Ye persuaded Bibi Dong to help him find high-year Whale Rubber so he could temper his body and absorb a stronger first Soul Ring. Bibi Dong left to look for it and commission metal items from his blueprints, while Song Ye planned to use the results to build her confidence in independence.

• Bibi Dong agreed to trust Song Ye and asked how he planned to grow stronger and establish himself independently.
• Song Ye said he intended to use high-year Whale Rubber to temper his body and absorb a first Soul Ring worth thousands of years.
• Bibi Dong worried that six-year-old Song Ye had gone to a place of pleasure, but he denied it and explained his research.
• Bibi Dong agreed to find Whale Rubber and left to handle Spirit Hall affairs, after Song Ye also asked her to commission metal items from his blueprints.
• Song Ye reflected that he still needed to strengthen Bibi Dong's confidence and planned to develop weapons comparable to Tang San's Hidden Weapons.

Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to obtain high-year Whale Rubber and specially forged arrows, then used Hu Liena to test whether the Whale Rubber could temper the body. After helping Hu Liena absorb it, Bibi Dong found that her physique had strengthened and her Soul Power had increased.

• Bibi Dong ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to collect Whale Rubber and have the items on Song Ye’s blueprint forged.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei speculated that Bibi Dong’s absences and interest in Whale Rubber meant she was meeting a lover.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei returned with nearly thirty-thousand-year Whale Rubber and the forged arrows.
• Bibi Dong summoned Hu Liena and claimed the Whale Rubber was a secret body-tempering method she wanted to test for Spirit Hall’s younger generation.
• Hu Liena consumed the Whale Rubber, and Bibi Dong helped her absorb it despite its intense side effects.
• Bibi Dong discovered that Hu Liena’s body had grown stronger and her Soul Power had increased.

Hu Liena’s Whale Glue Body Tempering raised her Soul Power from level 31 to 34 and greatly strengthened her body, convincing Bibi Dong that Song Ye’s knowledge was genuine. The next day, Bibi Dong brought Song Ye a piece of nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Whale Glue and prepared to help him absorb it.

• Hu Liena discovered that Whale Glue had strengthened her body and raised her Soul Power from level 31 to 34.
• Bibi Dong decided to save the finest piece of Thirty-Thousand-Year Whale Glue for Song Ye, while Hu Liena thanked her and left to stabilize her Soul Power.
• Song Ye worked on a metal-and-bamboo Hand Crossbow and considered ways to improve its power.
• Bibi Dong returned to the courtyard and gave Song Ye the nearly thirty-thousand-year-old Whale Glue she had found.
• Song Ye explained that Whale Glue could increase Soul Power and asked Bibi Dong to help him absorb it safely.

Song Ye absorbed the Thirty-Thousand-Year Whale Glue and prepared to hunt for his first Soul Ring with Bibi Dong. On the way to the Star Dou Great Forest, he explained his plan to pursue early ten-thousand-year Soul Rings and rejected Yu Xiaogang’s absorption limits.

• Bibi Dong regulated Song Ye’s Soul Power as he absorbed the Thirty-Thousand-Year Whale Glue over two hours, leaving them both exhausted.
• Song Ye confirmed he was still at level 10, continued working on his Hand Crossbow, and arranged to go soul hunting with Bibi Dong the next day.
• Bibi Dong and Song Ye set out for the Star Dou Great Forest, and Song Ye said he wanted to build his mental strength so he could absorb ten-thousand-year Soul Rings early.
• Bibi Dong warned Song Ye that Yu Xiaogang’s theory set the third-ring limit at seventeen hundred years and the fourth-ring limit at five thousand years.
• Song Ye dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s theories and argued that Soul Ring absorption depended on physical and mental strength rather than a fixed level or ring count.

Song Ye brought Bibi Dong to the Star Dou Great Forest and successfully absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring as his first ring, challenging conventional Soul Ring theory. His Imperial Seal Spirit granted him the Soul Skill Prosperous Country and Strong Army, which boosted his Spiritual Power and speed and could produce understood resources, though its production took time.

• Song Ye rejected Yu Xiaogang's theories and told Bibi Dong that a hidden reason lay behind her feelings for him.
• Bibi Dong found a suitable spiritual-type Thousand-Year Soul Beast, and Song Ye killed it and began absorbing its Soul Ring.
• Song Ye successfully absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring and argued that Soul Ring limits depended on physique and Spiritual Power.
• Song Ye revealed that his first Soul Skill, Prosperous Country and Strong Army, increased his Spiritual Power and speed by fifty percent and could produce any understood resource except god-level resources.
• Bibi Dong asked about the Soul Skill's weakness, and Song Ye explained that producing supplies took a long time before beginning to describe how long making Thirty-Thousand-Year Whale Glue would require.

After producing his first Soul Ring, Song Ye discussed the limits and growth potential of his supply-producing Soul Skill with Bibi Dong. On their journey, they encountered Yu Xiaogang and Tang San at a Soul Hunting Forest, leaving Song Ye intent on eliminating Tang San if he could not recruit him.

• Song Ye told Bibi Dong that producing another piece of Thirty-Thousand-Year Whale Glue would take half a year, but his Soul Skills could grow as he gained more Soul Rings.
• Bibi Dong learned that Song Ye had reached Soul Power level seventeen, then took him toward a nearby city to eat and spend time together.
• At the Soul Hunting Forest, Song Ye spotted Yu Xiaogang and Tang San, and Bibi Dong recognized her former lover.
• Bibi Dong disguised her feelings by claiming she had met Yu Xiaogang while serving the Pope and did not want him to recognize her.
• Song Ye sensed that Tang San was extraordinary and considered killing him, but suspected Tang Hao was protecting him from the shadows.

Song Ye told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was hindering Tang San’s growth by giving him an unsuitable first Soul Ring, and said the child’s exceptional talent made him a future threat. Tang San overheard the insults and confronted Song Ye, while Bibi Dong urged her son to apologize to Yu Xiaogang.

• Song Ye told Bibi Dong that Tang San had Innate Full Soul Power and Twin Martial Souls, and she considered having the Chrysanthemum and Ghost Duo kill him later.
• Song Ye argued that Yu Xiaogang’s guidance and Tang San’s first Soul Ring would hold the boy back, prompting Bibi Dong to defend the Grandmaster.
• Tang San overheard Song Ye insulting Yu Xiaogang and angrily accused him of slandering his teacher.
• Tang San supported the weakened Yu Xiaogang and demanded that Song Ye apologize, drawing a crowd of onlookers.
• Bibi Dong felt guilty as Yu Xiaogang approached and asked Song Ye to apologize.

Song Ye confronted Yu Xiaogang in front of Tang San and Bibi Dong, calling him a fraud who had plagiarized his famous Martial Soul theories. The chapter ended with Song Ye challenging Yu Xiaogang to explain why high-level Soul Masters already knew the Soul Ring absorption limits before Yu Xiaogang published them.

• Song Ye challenged Tang San to identify what he had said about Yu Xiaogang that was false or insulting.
• Tang San accused Song Ye of calling Yu Xiaogang trash and anyone who studied under him an idiot, while Song Ye insisted he had stated facts.
• Yu Xiaogang stepped forward to defend his reputation, and Bibi Dong chose not to interrupt Song Ye.
• Song Ye accused Yu Xiaogang of stealing and plagiarizing the Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul instead of researching them himself.
• Yu Xiaogang demanded evidence, and Song Ye argued that high-level Soul Masters already knew the Soul Ring absorption limits before Yu Xiaogang published his theory.

Song Ye challenged Yu Xiaogang’s Soul Ring absorption theory and exposed the weakness in his claims about its accuracy. He summoned his own thousand-year first Soul Ring, leaving Yu Xiaogang speechless and Tang San doubting his teacher.

• Song Ye argued that high-level Soul Masters had optimal Soul Ring configurations long before Yu Xiaogang published his supposed research, making Tang San and the onlookers question Yu Xiaogang’s theory.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed that his research gave precise Soul Ring absorption limits, including a maximum of 423 years for the first ring.
• Song Ye asked Yu Xiaogang to judge his newly acquired first Soul Ring and summoned a purple thousand-year ring.
• The spectators were shocked, and Yu Xiaogang’s theory appeared disproven as Tang San stared at the ring and Yu Xiaogang struggled to explain it.

Song Ye challenged Yu Xiaogang’s theories and exposed contradictions that made Tang San doubt his teacher. When Yu Xiaogang attacked Song Ye, Bibi Dong stopped him and confronted him, leaving her disappointed in the man she had once admired.

• Song Ye showed Yu Xiaogang his Thousand-Year first Soul Ring, but Yu Xiaogang dismissed it as an illusion and accused him of slander.
• Song Ye questioned the saying that there were no useless Martial Souls, pointing out that Yu Xiaogang had never broken through level 30 with Luo Sanpao.
• Tang San began doubting Yu Xiaogang as his teacher, while Yu Xiaogang failed to answer Song Ye’s challenges.
• Yu Xiaogang summoned Luo Sanpao and attacked Song Ye, but Bibi Dong’s Titled Douluo pressure dispersed the projectile.
• Bibi Dong defended Song Ye and confronted Yu Xiaogang, recognizing flaws in his theories and feeling wistful and disappointed.
• Yu Xiaogang was stunned by Bibi Dong’s power and guessed that she was at least a Soul Emperor.

Song Ye challenged Yu Xiaogang’s training of Tang San, arguing that Tang San’s Datura Snake Soul Ring suppressed Blue Silver Grass’s natural vitality and gave him a basic Entangle skill. Tang San recalled that Yu Xiaogang had been unable to defeat the snake and had nearly gotten him killed, leaving him convinced that his teacher had misled him.

• Song Ye asked Tang San to explain his First Soul Ring, and Tang San said it came from a four-hundred-year-old Datura Snake and granted poison and an Entangle Soul Skill.
• Yu Xiaogang defended his choice, claiming the snake’s poison and the Entangle skill made Blue Silver Grass useful in combat.
• Song Ye argued that Blue Silver Grass’s defining strengths were vitality and resilience, and that Yu Xiaogang’s choice of a poison Soul Ring suppressed those traits.
• Song Ye questioned why Yu Xiaogang had chosen an animal Soul Ring instead of a poisonous plant and criticized the basic Entangle skill as a wasted Soul Ring slot.
• Tang San recalled that Yu Xiaogang had been poisoned and incapacitated by the Datura Snake, and realized his teacher had been a burden and might have wasted his First Soul Ring.

Song Ye exposed Yu Xiaogang’s doubts about Blue Silver Grass and his poor judgment during Tang San’s soul-hunting expedition, causing Tang San to question his teacher. After Song Ye defeated Yu Xiaogang and Bibi Dong admitted she may have misjudged him, Song Ye led her away, leaving Yu Xiaogang desperately pleading with Tang San to stay.

• Song Ye pointed out that Yu Xiaogang had called Blue Silver Grass useless, and Tang San confronted his teacher about the contradiction and the Datura Snake Soul Ring.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Song Ye for turning Tang San against him, then charged at Song Ye in a rage.
• Song Ye dodged Yu Xiaogang’s attack and kicked him to the ground, while Tang San hesitated to help.
• Song Ye told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang was useless, and Bibi Dong sighed that she may have been wrong about him.
• Song Ye led Bibi Dong away as the spectators mocked Yu Xiaogang, while Tang San backed away from his injured teacher.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded with Tang San to trust him, claiming only he could guide Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls.

Tang San forced Yu Xiaogang to admit he had no method for cultivating Twin Martial Souls, but Yu Xiaogang promised to seek one from Bibi Dong. Meanwhile, Song Ye comforted Bibi Dong and revealed that her love for Yu Xiaogang had been part of Qian Xunji's scheme.

• Tang San demanded that Yu Xiaogang explain how to cultivate his second Martial Soul without side effects, and Yu Xiaogang admitted he did not know the method yet.
• Yu Xiaogang promised Tang San he would ask Bibi Dong for the method, claiming their past relationship would make her help him.
• Tang Hao watched Yu Xiaogang from the shadows and warned that he would face consequences if he failed to obtain the method.
• Bibi Dong took Song Ye to a top-class hotel, but remained distracted by her thoughts about Yu Xiaogang.
• Song Ye comforted Bibi Dong and told her that her love for Yu Xiaogang had been fake and was caused by Qian Xunji's scheme.

Song Ye told Bibi Dong that Qian Xunji had used illusions to make her fall in love with Yu Xiaogang, leaving her distraught over whether her feelings had ever been real. Song Ye comforted her, and Bibi Dong gradually calmed down while doubting the love she had once believed in.

• Song Ye explained that Qian Xunji had raised Bibi Dong as his disciple and devised a plan to make her experience heartbreak so she would focus on cultivation.
• Song Ye claimed Qian Xunji used illusions to make Bibi Dong see Yu Xiaogang's flaws as virtues and fall in love with him.
• Bibi Dong panicked and questioned whether her love for Yu Xiaogang was genuine or fabricated by Qian Xunji.
• Song Ye noticed Bibi Dong's distress, hugged her, and reminded her that she was his mother, not Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong calmed down in Song Ye's embrace, shed a tear, and apologized.

Song Ye comforted Bibi Dong by claiming that Qian Xunji's illusions had shaped her love for Yu Xiaogang, and she resolved to let that love go and focus on her son. After returning to Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong summoned the elders and moved to strip Yu Xiaogang of his honorary elder position.

• Bibi Dong calmed down in Song Ye's embrace and said her child was the only person she could rely on.
• Song Ye explained that Qian Xunji's illusions and her idealized memories had distorted Bibi Dong's feelings for Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong accepted that her love for Yu Xiaogang might have been false and promised to depend on Song Ye instead.
• Song Ye and Bibi Dong shared a meal and spent the day together before returning to Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong returned to the Pope Palace, convened the elders, and ordered Yu Xiaogang stripped of his honorary elder position.

Bibi Dong stripped Yu Xiaogang of his honorary elder position and ordered Spirit Hall to gather Whale Rubber, intending to build a faction for Song Ye. She visited Song Ye with supplies and a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue, offering it to help develop his strength.

• Bibi Dong removed Yu Xiaogang as an honorary elder and ordered the elders to gather Whale Rubber, leaving the Title Douluo speculating about her motives.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei argued over whether Bibi Dong had found another man, while the elders worried that her recent changes could affect Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong revealed to herself that she wanted to train Song Ye's future followers, recruit Hu Liena and other talented youths, and arrange for Hu Liena to become Song Ye's woman.
• Song Ye spent the night improving his Hand Crossbow and considering how to recruit followers, unaware of Bibi Dong's plans for him.
• Bibi Dong visited Song Ye with food and daily necessities, explained that she was gathering Whale Rubber to cultivate talent for him, and offered him a piece of Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.

Song Ye explained to Bibi Dong his plan to build an independent power by recruiting unsupported sects and academies. He chose the Single-Attribute Four Clans and several Elemental Academies as long-term targets, and planned to begin with the struggling Speed Clan.

• Song Ye refused Bibi Dong’s offer of more Whale Rubber and said they should save it for recruiting talent.
• Song Ye argued that, with the major powers stable, he would need to inherit an existing foundation by recruiting Soul Masters from sects and academies.
• Song Ye identified the Single-Attribute Four Clans as a prime target because the Clear Sky Sect had abandoned them and Spirit Hall had suppressed them.
• Song Ye named Skywater Academy, Blazing Fire Academy, and Godwind Academy as academy targets, while noting that Thunder Academy and Elephant Armored Academy had powerful backers.
• Bibi Dong praised Song Ye’s strategic vision but worried that he lacked the strength and influence to recruit the factions quickly.
• Song Ye said he would build strength and resources over time, starting with the Speed Clan and using benefits and his opposition to Spirit Hall to win them over.