Chapter Summaries

Bibi Dong, Qian Renxue, and Bo Saixi reacted to Su Chen’s diary entry about gunpowder, each making plans or judging how useful the recipe would be. Hu Liena returned home worried that Bibi Dong would pursue the explosive, while Su Chen was still absent.

• Bibi Dong read Su Chen’s gunpowder notes, asked Hu Liena if she was ready for Spirit Hall’s rise, then sent Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo to gather saltpeter and sulfur.
• Qian Renxue ordered Snake Lance Douluo and another man to search for the ingredients, hoping to use gunpowder against Tang San.
• Sea Maiden Douluo urged Bo Saixi to return to Sea God Island and make gunpowder, but Bo Saixi reasoned that Su Chen had not revealed enough for anyone to produce a reliable weapon.
• Bo Saixi decided to continue toward the Heaven Dou Empire with Sea Maiden Douluo.
• Hu Liena returned home, asked whether Su Chen had come back, and told the women that Bibi Dong had sent people to find the gunpowder ingredients.

Liu Erlong explained how Yu Xiaogang had manipulated her, while Hu Liena and Ling Yuan returned to Spirit Hall to help Bibi Dong experiment with gunpowder. Su Chen made an oversized firecracker, and the chapter ended as a huge blast shook the night after Bibi Dong’s gunpowder only burned.

• Liu Erlong told Huo Wu and the others that Yu Xiaogang had won her over by acting confident, keeping her at a distance, and emotionally manipulating her.
• Ye Lingling reassured Hu Liena that Su Chen would stop Bibi Dong if she tried to use gunpowder, and Hu Liena promised to alert him if needed.
• Ling Yuan said she had become a level-one-hundred Quasi-God, and Hu Liena invited her to return to Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen asked Ye Lingling and the others to gather supplies, then mixed gunpowder and packed an oversized firecracker.
• Su Chen received Soul Ring and Soul Power rewards, while Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong also received diary rewards.
• Bibi Dong questioned why her gunpowder only burned, then a massive explosion sounded outside and startled Spirit City.

Bibi Dong’s gunpowder attempt failed to match Su Chen’s explosive power, while Su Chen’s own experiment startled the women at the Martial Arts Arena. Qian Renxue’s mixture ignited in an underground chamber, leaving her and the two Douluo soot-covered but excited by the result.

• Bibi Dong realized her gunpowder-making skills were still poor, and Hu Liena and Ling Yuan tried to console her about her other reward.
• A loud blast from Su Chen’s experiment brought Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, Zhu Zhuqing, Ning Rongrong, and the others to the Martial Arts Arena, where Su Chen assured them he was unharmed.
• Most of the women blushed at Su Chen’s gaze and returned indoors, while Ye Lingling invited Zhu Zhuqing to sleep with her and Dugu Yan.
• Su Chen decided to stop making firecrackers and move on to building a cannon.
• Qian Renxue’s overly generous gunpowder mixture erupted when a torch’s flame touched it, covering her, Snake Lance Douluo, and Pufferfish Douluo in soot.
• Qian Renxue praised the mixture’s power and left the underground chamber with Snake Lance Douluo and Pufferfish Douluo, who joked about their soot-blackened faces and bright teeth.

Qian Renxue’s gunpowder experiment left her face sooty and her hair singed, while Su Chen and the others practiced their Martial Soul Fusion Skills before Hu Liena’s investiture ceremony. The chapter ended with Liu Erlong learning that Spirit Hall’s ceremony would also serve as a major meeting ahead of a possible move.

• Qian Renxue received two diary rewards, but her gunpowder experiment singed her hair and left soot on her face.
• Su Chen and Zhu Zhuqing practiced the Owl Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan interrupted them with their own Martial Soul Skills.
• Hu Liena returned for her investiture ceremony and invited Su Chen and the others to stay by her side.
• Ning Rongrong told Liu Erlong that Hu Liena would be named Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and that the ceremony was also a major gathering for Spirit Hall.
• Liu Erlong wondered whether Spirit Hall planned to make a major move after the ceremony.

Ning Rongrong and Liu Erlong discussed the Spirit Hall’s plans before Su Chen teased Liu Erlong about their previous challenge. Hu Liena learned that Bibi Dong’s latest reward was meant for her on the day she would be named Holy Maiden, while Qian Renxue read Su Chen’s diary and felt jealous.

• Ning Rongrong suggested that Bibi Dong was using Hu Liena’s Soul Ring Configuration to win the Spirit Hall’s allies and asked Liu Erlong to pose as a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect member at an internal meeting.
• Liu Erlong refused to represent the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, and Ning Rongrong said she could represent her own sect and persuade her father.
• Su Chen came out with Hu Liena and the others, teased Liu Erlong about wanting to challenge him, and joked that she would have to drink with Laifu if she lost.
• Su Chen slapped Liu Erlong’s bottom, then left with Hu Liena and the others as Liu Erlong followed, embarrassed.
• Hu Liena read Su Chen’s diary entry about her upcoming appointment as Holy Maiden and realized Bibi Dong had likely given her the latest reward as a gift.
• Qian Renxue read Su Chen’s diary and felt jealous and envious of Hu Liena.

Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong reacted angrily to Su Chen’s late gunpowder safety warning, while Su Chen accompanied Hu Liena to Spirit Hall for her investiture as Holy Maiden. The chapter ended with Su Chen giving Xie Yue and Yan a giant firecracker to set off.

• Qian Renxue learned that gunpowder needed careful handling, realized she had mixed a large amount, and ordered She Long to arrange a beating for Tang Hao and Tang San.
• Bibi Dong read Su Chen’s warning and fumed because her own attempts to make gunpowder had barely burned.
• Hu Liena met Xie Yue, Yan, Shui Bing’er, and her friends at Spirit Academy, and they congratulated her before accompanying her to Spirit Hall.
• Su Chen’s diary praised Hu Liena’s character and contrasted her dedication with Bibi Dong’s behavior as a young woman.
• Su Chen showed Xie Yue and Yan a giant Double Kick Firecracker and told them to light its fuse and run.

At Hu Liena’s investiture, Bibi Dong revealed her extraordinary strength and named her Spirit Hall’s Holy Maiden and heir to the Pope’s position. Yan set off Su Chen’s sealed Soul Skills as instructed, causing a series of deafening explosions that left the ceremony in chaos.

• Su Chen gave Xie Yue nine paper tubes containing sealed Soul Skills and told him to light them after Hu Liena’s appointment, then flee.
• Bibi Dong welcomed the guests and brought Hu Liena onto the high platform for the ceremony.
• Hu Liena revealed eight Soul Rings, including four hundred-thousand-year rings, shocking the gathered Soul Masters.
• Ning Rongrong predicted that Spirit Hall’s reputation and influence would surge, while Liu Erlong worried about her clan’s future.
• Bibi Dong proclaimed Hu Liena the Holy Maiden and first heir to the Pope’s position, with authority over all Soul Masters except the elders.
• Yan ignited the tubes, triggering eighteen explosions, then emerged from the smoke and claimed the blasts were part of the Holy Maiden’s arrangement.

Bibi Dong announced that Hu Liena had pledged herself to Su Chen and praised his weapon, while Su Chen led the crowd in a cry of support for Spirit Hall. At Qian Renxue’s order, prisoners in the Heavenly Prison brutally bullied Tang Hao and Tang San, leaving Snake Lance Douluo ready to report back to Su Chen.

• Xie Yue identified Yan to Commander Zhao after Yan was left deafened by the explosion, and Zhao reported the incident to Bibi Dong.
• Bibi Dong announced Hu Liena’s commitment to Su Chen and revealed that his weapon had caused the blast.
• Su Chen stepped forward and shouted “Long live Spirit Hall,” prompting the gathered Soul Masters to join him.
• Qian Renxue arranged for four prisoners to torment Tang Hao and Tang San in the Heavenly Prison.
• Scarface and the other prisoners beat Tang Hao and forced his head into a piss bucket, then did the same to Tang San.
• Snake Lance Douluo watched the abuse and prepared to tell Su Chen, expecting it to cheer him up.

Qian Renxue learned that Tang Hao and Tang San had been humiliated in the Heavenly Prison, while Bo Saixi and Sea Maiden Douluo continued toward Heaven Dou City to rescue Tang San. In Spirit City, Bibi Dong sent Xie Yue and Yan to ask Su Chen for more sealed Soul Skills in exchange for ten-thousand-year Soul Bones, and they went searching for him.

• Snake Lance Douluo told Qian Renxue that Heavenly Prison inmates had beaten Tang Hao and Tang San and shoved their heads into a chamber pot; Qian Renxue ordered them watched so they would not die too soon.
• Bo Saixi refused Sea Maiden Douluo's suggestion to rest overnight by a waterfall and insisted they hurry to Heaven Dou City to rescue Tang San.
• Bibi Dong summoned Xie Yue and Yan and learned that Yan had set off all nine of Su Chen's Heaven and Earth Two-Sounds, damaging his hearing.
• Bibi Dong offered Xie Yue and Yan ten-thousand-year Soul Bones if they could get two more Heaven and Earth Two-Sounds from Su Chen.
• Xie Yue explained the offer to Yan, then led him through Spirit Hall's Banquet Hall to look for Su Chen.

At the banquet, Xie Yue asked Su Chen for more Sealing Soul Skills on Bibi Dong’s behalf, but Su Chen refused for now. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang and Flender traveled toward Spirit City so Yu Xiaogang could seek Bibi Dong’s help for San, while Su Chen returned with Ye Lingling and Dugu Yan and had Ye Lingling treat Yan’s ears.

• Xie Yue and Yan approached Su Chen and Hu Liena at the banquet, and Su Chen promised to treat Yan’s ears after dinner.
• Xie Yue admitted that Bibi Dong had asked him to obtain two more Sealing Soul Skills in exchange for Ten Thousand Year Soul Bones, but Su Chen said he had none available and Hu Liena offered to help find Soul Bones.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender continued traveling toward Spirit City, where Yu Xiaogang planned to visit Bibi Dong and ask for help for San.
• Yan wondered how Su Chen and Hu Liena had grown so powerful, and Xie Yue told him he would not hear an answer anyway.
• Ye Lingling used her Nine Heart Begonia Empress to heal Yan’s ears, and Su Chen told Xie Yue to report that the Sealing Soul Skills could not fall into anyone else’s hands.

Bibi Dong learned that Su Chen would not give Spirit Hall his Sealing Soul Skill and wondered how to earn his trust. Hu Liena returned to Su Chen, who asked her to use Spirit Hall’s influence to gather metals for making guns and cannons.

• Xie Yue reported that Su Chen refused to hand over the Sealing Soul Skill, and Bibi Dong told him and Yan to stop pursuing it.
• Xie Yue told Yan that they had missed a chance at a major reward, while Hu Liena learned from them that Bibi Dong was not angry.
• Hu Liena and Ling Yuan discussed changing the fates of Bibi Dong and Xiao Xue, then returned to their quarters.
• Su Chen showed Hu Liena his drawings and asked her to gather metal materials through Spirit Hall for making guns and cannons.
• Su Chen told Hu Liena that Bibi Dong was an ambitious and patient leader, unlike Liu Erlong, whom he believed could be changed.

Hu Liena read Qian Renxue’s letter describing how she had Tang Hao and Tang San arrested, while Su Chen remained skeptical that they would stay imprisoned. After Su Chen and Hu Liena went to bed together, Yu Xiaogang prepared to seek Bibi Dong’s help, and Ling Yuan received her first diary reward as Huo Wu visited her.

• Su Chen gave Hu Liena a letter from Qian Renxue and refused to read it with her.
• Hu Liena told Su Chen that Qian Renxue had arranged for Tang Hao and Tang San to be arrested after they sought the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and had described Liu Erlong driving Yu Xiaogang’s group away.
• Su Chen said Liu Erlong could be trusted but that they would have to wait and see about Hu Liena’s teacher, then he and Hu Liena went to bed together.
• Yu Xiaogang told Flender he was confident Bibi Dong would help him, despite Flender’s concern that they might struggle to leave Spirit City.
• Ling Yuan received a diary reward that let her choose a diary-related topic, and Huo Wu congratulated her and praised her life and accomplishments.

Su Chen accidentally climbed into Ling Yuan's bed while Huo Wu was there, leaving Huo Wu wondering whether to make him take responsibility. In Heaven Dou City's prison, Tang Hao and Tang San endured further humiliations while holding on to hope of revenge, and Huo Wu woke exhausted the next morning before the group was due to report to Spirit Academy.

• Su Chen mistakenly crawled into Ling Yuan's bed, where Huo Wu was sleeping, and covered Huo Wu's mouth to stop her from screaming before she fled to her own room.
• Ling Yuan teased Su Chen about mistaking Huo Wu for her, and Su Chen said he would not take Huo Wu in unless their feelings were genuine.
• Huo Wu lay awake regretting that she had run away and resolved to make Su Chen take responsibility, then worried that he might reject her.
• In Heaven Dou City's prison, Tang Hao encouraged Tang San to endure their confinement and said they would escape and take revenge.
• A Fat Prisoner splashed urine onto Tang Hao and Tang San, and the father and son restrained their anger and endured it.
• The next morning, Jiang Zhu woke the exhausted Huo Wu and reminded her that everyone was going to report to Spirit Academy.

Yu Xiaogang went to Spirit Hall with Flender to meet Bibi Dong, who decided to use his visit to prove to Su Chen, Hu Liena, and Ling Yuan that she had recovered her sanity. After guards found them at Spirit Academy, they interrupted their lesson to deliver greetings.

• Jiang Zhu urged Huo Wu to finish explaining what had happened, but Huo Wu refused and told her to get ready to register at Spirit Academy.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender headed to Spirit Hall with the Pope Token, while Flender spotted Liu Erlong near Spirit Academy but Yu Xiaogang dismissed the sighting.
• A guard told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang had arrived with the Pope Token, and Bibi Dong changed her mind about sending him away.
• Bibi Dong ordered the guard to find Hu Liena, Ling Yuan, and Su Chen, tell them Yu Xiaogang had come, and keep Yu Xiaogang waiting until they were notified.
• Spirit Hall guards found Su Chen, Hu Liena, and the others attending a lecture at Spirit Academy, then entered the classroom and greeted them.

Yu Xiaogang came to Spirit City to meet Bibi Dong, prompting Hu Liena, Su Chen, and their companions to rush to Spirit Hall. Bibi Dong deliberately stayed silent until Yu Xiaogang tried to leave, then called him back, which he mistook for proof that he could still manipulate her.

• A guard told Hu Liena that Yu Xiaogang had arrived with a Pope Token to see Bibi Dong, and Hu Liena, Su Chen, Ling Yuan, Liu Erlong, and the others headed to Spirit Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender entered Pope Palace after Bibi Dong agreed to receive them, while Su Chen and the others approached in time to listen from outside.
• Bibi Dong watched Yu Xiaogang without answering because she wanted Su Chen and Hu Liena to arrive before she responded.
• Yu Xiaogang pretended to leave when Bibi Dong remained silent, and Bibi Dong called him back.
• Yu Xiaogang took Bibi Dong's response as a sign that he could still manipulate her, then told her she had changed and lamented the difference in their positions.

Bibi Dong faced Yu Xiaogang after more than ten years apart and learned that he had come to ask how she overcame the dangers of having Twin Martial Souls. She realized he wanted the knowledge for his disciple Tang San, and Yu Xiaogang’s promise that the boy would never oppose Spirit Hall left her laughing in grief and disillusionment.

• Bibi Dong heard Yu Xiaogang call her “Dong'er” and demanded that he address her as Your Holiness.
• Su Chen and the others arrived outside Pope Palace, where Hu Liena, Liu Erlong, and the others listened in anger.
• Yu Xiaogang asked Bibi Dong how she had overcome the difficulties of Twin Martial Souls.
• Yu Xiaogang explained that his disciple had the same Twin Martial Souls and that he wanted to raise him into a peerless powerhouse.
• Yu Xiaogang promised that his disciple would never oppose Spirit Hall if Bibi Dong shared her knowledge, and Bibi Dong laughed as tears fell.

Bibi Dong broke down laughing over Yu Xiaogang’s betrayal, while Hu Liena and the other women sympathized with her. Su Chen entered the Pope Palace as Yu Xiaogang and Flender confronted the women, and Liu Erlong and Huo Wu began beating Yu Xiaogang.

• Bibi Dong laughed in grief as Hu Liena, Liu Erlong, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and the others understood her pain and condemned Yu Xiaogang.
• Hu Liena rushed in and embraced Bibi Dong, then Su Chen entered the Pope Palace with Dugu Yan and the other women.
• Yu Xiaogang called Su Chen a demon and complained to Bibi Dong about him and Hu Liena, while Su Chen claimed he was Yu Xiaogang’s savior.
• Flender recognized Liu Erlong, and Yu Xiaogang realized her presence could disrupt his plan to learn the secret of Twin Martial Souls.
• Liu Erlong slapped Yu Xiaogang, spat at him, and warned Flender not to interfere.
• Huo Wu slapped Yu Xiaogang twice, and he angrily accused the women of humiliating him in front of Bibi Dong.

Bibi Dong exposed Yu Xiaogang's theft of Spirit Hall records and his ties to Tang Hao, then turned on him when he tried to use the Pope Token for protection. She left him pinned beneath her heel and accused him of seeking the Twin Martial Souls secret to help Tang San kill her.

• Yu Xiaogang displayed the Pope Token and demanded that Bibi Dong protect Spirit Hall's honorary elder.
• Bibi Dong questioned how Yu Xiaogang, exiled by the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, had obtained the token and accused him of stealing Spirit Hall records.
• Bibi Dong struck Yu Xiaogang with Soul Power and demanded that he reveal where the token came from.
• Yu Xiaogang pleaded that he still loved Bibi Dong, but she pinned his head to the floor with her heel.
• Bibi Dong declared that Tang Hao had given Yu Xiaogang the token and accused him of seeking the Twin Martial Souls secret to train Tang San against Spirit Hall.

Liu Erlong confronted Yu Xiaogang over his deception and rejected Flender’s defense of him. She crushed Yu Xiaogang’s leg as she declared that her friendship with Flender would end if he continued supporting Yu Xiaogang.

• Yu Xiaogang denied Bibi Dong’s accusations, while Liu Erlong crushed his hand and Flender objected.
• Liu Erlong slapped Flender and condemned Yu Xiaogang for claiming to love Bibi Dong while deceiving her and asking her to help Tang San.
• Liu Erlong argued that Yu Xiaogang had concealed her identity and Martial Soul to serve his own ambition, then dismissed his attempts to deny it.
• Liu Erlong warned Flender that she would end their friendship if he kept helping Yu Xiaogang, then crushed Yu Xiaogang’s lower leg under her foot.
• Su Chen and the others watched in shock as Liu Erlong’s outburst overshadowed Bibi Dong’s confrontation.

Liu Erlong and Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang over his past lies, while Su Chen offered him a wager tied to a breakthrough in Soul Power. Yu Xiaogang lost the test about Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power, and Hu Liena revealed that Tang San’s Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor.

• Liu Erlong beat Yu Xiaogang again after he claimed his relationship with her had been one-sided, and Bibi Dong rejected his pleas and struck him with her scepter.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Su Chen and Hu Liena for turning Bibi Dong and Liu Erlong against him, so Su Chen challenged him to explain why Tang San’s Blue Silver Grass had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Su Chen promised to reveal a way for Yu Xiaogang to reach Level 30 Soul Power if he won, and Yu Xiaogang accepted the wager.
• Yu Xiaogang claimed Tang San’s Innate Full Soul Power came from his Twin Martial Souls and the Clear Sky Hammer, but Su Chen declared that he had failed.
• Hu Liena explained that Tang San’s Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor, leaving Yu Xiaogang stunned and insisting that she and the others were wrong.