Recaps

Zhao Linchuan forced Tian Meng to sacrifice himself to empower Qian Renxue, while the Snow Empress and Ice Empress sensed the immense surge and came to investigate. The Ice Empress considered killing the human receiving the sacrifice, but Zhao Linchuan emerged from the tunnel and confronted them.

• Zhao Linchuan suppressed Tian Meng's consciousness and forced him to sacrifice everything to Qian Renxue.
• Tian Meng's body burned as a pillar of energy rose, and Zhao Linchuan used his Azure Dragon Domain and Five Virtues Empowerment to support Qian Renxue.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress arrived after sensing the sacrifice's spiritual-power surge.
• The Ice Empress proposed killing Qian Renxue and devouring her and Tian Meng to avoid their next Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Snow Empress warned that someone had already come out, and Zhao Linchuan shot from the ice tunnel to face them.

Zhao Linchuan faced Snow Empress and Ice Empress while his wife received a Sacrifice from Tian Meng below, and revealed his extraordinary Soul Rings and life-giving power. He proposed joining forces to create a god who could revive the two Soul Beasts, but Snow Empress doubted anyone could become a god without the God Realm’s permission.

• Ice Empress questioned Zhao Linchuan about the Sacrifice, then threatened to eat him unless he offered up his wife, and Snow Empress stopped her.
• Zhao Linchuan revealed six Soul Rings and transformed the surrounding snowfield into a spring meadow, making the two Empresses wary.
• Snow Empress asked whether Zhao Linchuan intended to hunt them, and he explained that his first and sixth Soul Rings had not come from hunting.
• Zhao Linchuan argued that surviving one Heavenly Tribulation would not solve the problem of the stronger tribulations to come.
• Zhao Linchuan proposed that they join forces to create a god who could revive Snow Empress and Ice Empress and grant them endless lifespans.
• Snow Empress rejected the proposal as impossible without the God Realm’s permission and mentioned the Previous Civilization.

Zhao Linchuan persuaded Snow Empress to consider sacrificing herself to Qian Renxue in exchange for the chance at eternal life. After Qian Renxue emerged with her evolved God-Level Soul Ring and summoned Angel Avatar, Snow Empress agreed to sacrifice while retaining her sentience and dwelling in Qian Renxue’s Sea of Spirit.

• Zhao Linchuan told Snow Empress that Qian Renxue could inherit the Angel Godhood and might gain the power to reach the level of the ancient God Kings.
• Zhao Linchuan offered Snow Empress the possibility of receiving a divine position if she helped Qian Renxue ascend, while Ice Empress waited to follow Snow Empress’s choice.
• Qian Renxue emerged with six pairs of wings and a platinum God-Level Soul Ring, then summoned Angel Avatar.
• Qian Renxue promised Snow Empress eternal life if she sacrificed herself, and Snow Empress accepted on the condition that she retain her sentience and freedom to help when needed.
• Snow Empress began her sacrifice, and Qian Renxue vowed to share the ages with her once she became a god.

The Ice Empress sacrificed herself to become Qian Renxue’s second Soul Ring, and Qian Renxue completed her transformation while Zhao Linchuan broke through his bottleneck. After the pair spent a long time together in an ice palace, Qian Renxue asked to delay their departure from the Far North.

• The Ice Empress chose to sacrifice herself to Qian Renxue and asked to retain her mind in Qian Renxue’s Sea of Spirit.
• Zhao Linchuan realized his level-sixty-nine bottleneck had broken and planned to hunt a one-eyed fish for his Seventh Soul Ring.
• Qian Renxue completed the sacrifices, gaining four orange Soul Rings from the Snow Empress and a red, four-gold-lined Soul Ring from the Ice Empress.
• Qian Renxue awoke with silver hair and ice-blue eyes, then created an ice palace and drew Zhao Linchuan inside.
• The Snow Empress and Ice Empress felt Qian Renxue’s sensations through their shared connection and struggled to endure them.
• Qian Renxue asked Zhao Linchuan to wait half a month before they left the Far North.

After half a month with Qian Renxue, Zhao Linchuan learned that the Snow Empress and Ice Empress had been forced to endure their intimacy from inside Qian Renxue’s spiritual space. Outside the Ice and Snow Palace, Gu Yuena watched them leave the Far North and accepted that her attempt to give the angel faction allies had led to an unexpected result.

• Qian Renxue told Zhao Linchuan to rest before they set off for the Deep Sea, while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress appeared in tiny spiritual forms and angrily confronted him.
• The Ice Empress complained that she and the Snow Empress had endured Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue’s intimacy for half a month, but the Snow Empress silenced her and urged the couple to cultivate faster.
• Qian Renxue laughed at the spirits’ embarrassment and refused to explain their situation to Zhao Linchuan.
• Gu Yuena told Bi Ji that she had meant to give the angel faction allies but had not anticipated the outcome.
• Gu Yuena watched the Snow Empress and Ice Empress fly beyond the Far North and said the unexpected result was not necessarily bad.

Gu Yuena planned to stand beside Zhao Linchuan and asked Bi Ji to stay with him, with Zi JI joining her. Later, Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue began hunting the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, trapping him in an ice field as Zhao Linchuan blocked his escape.

• Gu Yuena said she had recovered to the peak of a Third-Level God and planned to reveal herself to Zhao Linchuan after he became a Soul Sage.
• Gu Yuena asked Bi Ji to stay with Zhao Linchuan, and Bi Ji suggested that Zi JI join her.
• Many days later, Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue searched the sea for the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
• Zhao Linchuan hurled his battle spear into the whale's remaining eye, wounding him and forcing him to surface.
• Qian Renxue froze the sea around the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King with her Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain.
• Zhao Linchuan used Drawing a Circle as a Prison to seal the whale's escape routes.

Zhao Linchuan, Qian Renxue, and the Snow Empress killed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King, and Zhao Linchuan prepared to absorb his soul bone. Gu Yuena then appeared and confirmed that Zhao Linchuan’s dreams of her had been real.

• Qian Renxue trapped the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in her Ice Domain and struck him with the Emperor’s Palm.
• Qian Renxue and the Snow Empress severed the whale king in half with Peerless Ice.
• Zhao Linchuan destroyed the whale king’s head with Twin Radiance of Sun and Moon, then collected his soul ring, torso soul bone, and whale pearl.
• Qian Renxue froze the turbulent sea, and Zhao Linchuan asked her to guard him as he began absorbing the soul bone.
• Gu Yuena arrived with two others, and she told Zhao Linchuan that everything he had dreamed of was real.

Gu Yuena revealed how she had secretly guided Zhao Linchuan and protected him, then offered to help him absorb the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's soul ring and spirit bone. The chapter ended with Zhao Linchuan beginning the fusion as Gu Yuena used the shattered Heart of the Ocean to strengthen his seventh soul ring and take Sea God's Light for him.

• Gu Yuena told Zhao Linchuan that she had followed him since Holy Soul Village, arranged several of his soul rings, and been his first woman.
• Qian Renxue and Zhao Linchuan reeled from Gu Yuena's revelations, including the fact that Xiao Wu had known the truth.
• Gu Yuena explained that she had concealed Zhao Linchuan's defeat of the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King and hidden Qian Renxue's situation from Asura to protect them from the gods.
• Gu Yuena broke the Heart of the Ocean and instructed Zhao Linchuan to absorb its fragments along with the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's soul ring and spirit bone.
• Zhao Linchuan began absorbing the treasures while Gu Yuena shielded his meridians and prepared to make his seventh soul ring god-level and grant him Sea God's Light.

Zhao Linchuan absorbed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Spirit Bone and Soul Ring, while an Azure Dragon consumed the whale king's spirit and manifested above him. He awakened the Eastern Extremity Slaughtering Sword and explored its place within the Seed, where he began drawing on his Ultimate Attributes.

• The Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's spirit entered Zhao Linchuan's spiritual space, but the Azure Dragon swallowed it whole.
• The Azure Dragon emerged from Zhao Linchuan and circled above the sea, overwhelming Zi JI and Bi JI with its presence until both collapsed.
• With help from Gu Yuena and the Heart of the Ocean, Zhao Linchuan transformed the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King's Soul Ring into an azure-gold divine ring.
• The Azure Dragon returned to Zhao Linchuan, and a surge of life spread greenery across the Ice Domain as the Eastern Extremity Slaughtering Sword appeared and entered his chest.
• Zhao Linchuan entered the Seed's inner space, saw seven streams corresponding to his Ultimate Attributes, and drew the white stream along the sword's blade.

Zhao Linchuan discovered that his Divine Core contained a vast world with immense Soul Power reserves and a towering golden-veined tree. He left the sea with Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena, while Bi Ji and Zi JI hurried after them, worried about the Sovereign.

• Zhao Linchuan used the Azure Dragon to split the Void and witnessed a world form through cycles of growth, fire, and rain.
• A golden-veined blue sapling grew into a towering tree, and a five-colored Phoenix arrived and perched on it.
• Zhao Linchuan realized the ninety-thousand-meter world inside him was his Soul Core and credited Na'er with giving him an extraordinary gift.
• Zhao Linchuan left the inner world and opened his eyes on the sea, where Qian Renxue, Gu Yuena, Bi Ji, and Zi JI had recovered from the Azure Dragon's pressure.
• Zhao Linchuan took Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena into the sky and flew toward the continent, while Bi Ji and Zi JI chased after them, fearing for the Sovereign.

Qian Renxue waited outside Zhao Linchuan’s bedroom while Gu Yuena, Zi JI, and Bi Ji took turns joining him. By dawn, Bi Ji had entered the room, leaving Qian Renxue outside.

• Qian Renxue listened to Gu Yuena and suspected she was making noise to stake her claim on Zhao Linchuan.
• Bi Ji and Zi JI arrived, and Zi JI hurried into the bedroom after hearing Gu Yuena.
• Zi JI’s pleas for mercy came from the bedroom, while Bi Ji struggled between fear and impatience.
• Bi Ji told Qian Renxue that she and the others did not mind Zhao Linchuan having many women, as long as he could handle it.
• After washing, Bi Ji invited Qian Renxue to join them, then entered the bedroom when Qian Renxue declined.

After Qian Renxue confided in Zhao Linchuan about her painful relationship with her mother, he agreed to return with her to Spirit Hall and investigate Bibi Dong. They secretly watched Bibi Dong for three days, and Zhao Linchuan noticed something strange about her.

• Zhao Linchuan sent Bi Ji and Zi JI back to Azure Dragon Academy while he kept Qian Renxue with him to discuss her mother.
• Qian Renxue told Zhao Linchuan that she had gone undercover in the Heaven Dou Empire to earn Bibi Dong's approval and had long yearned for her affection.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested that something might have happened to Bibi Dong or affected her mind, and Qian Renxue agreed to investigate with him.
• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue secretly observed Bibi Dong in the Supreme Pontiff's Palace for three days.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue that he had noticed something strange about Bibi Dong and said they would decide what to do after she returned.

Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue confronted the evil god controlling Bibi Dong, whose own will briefly resisted and begged for death. As Qian Renxue pleaded for her mother to be saved, Zhao Linchuan brought a golden gemstone to Bibi Dong’s brow.

• Qian Renxue led Zhao Linchuan to Bibi Dong’s quarters, where they waited until Bibi Dong began meditating.
• Zhao Linchuan approached Bibi Dong, but she sensed them and attacked Qian Renxue before her own voice forced her hand to stop.
• Qian Renxue summoned her Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, while Zhao Linchuan struck Bibi Dong between the brows with Canghua Divine Light.
• Bibi Dong’s gentle self called to Qian Renxue and asked her to kill her, then the evil god twisted her voice and begged to be saved.
• Qian Renxue asked Zhao Linchuan to save Bibi Dong, and he produced the Eastern Extremity Slaughtering Sword before pressing its golden gemstone against Bibi Dong’s brow.

Zhao Linchuan used the Golden Gemstone to drive the Dark Purple Phantom out of Bibi Dong, but the Rakshasa God changed Bibi Dong’s trial and demanded that she make love with Zhao Linchuan for thirty days in Qian Renxue’s presence. Meanwhile, Tang San reached the peak of rank thirty-eight with his Clear Sky Hammer before Dugu Yan and her grandfather encountered him in the Sunset Forest.

• Zhao Linchuan used the Golden Gemstone’s divine light to burn the Dark Purple Phantom out of Bibi Dong.
• The Rakshasa God changed Bibi Dong’s eighth trial, requiring her to make love with Zhao Linchuan in Qian Renxue’s presence for thirty days or be erased.
• Qian Renxue accepted the trial’s demand and asked Zhao Linchuan to endure the month, promising to stay beside him and explain everything to Bibi Dong.
• Tang San broke through his soul power bottleneck, gained three soul rings and a Great Strength Gorilla left arm bone, and reached the peak of rank thirty-eight.
• Yu Xiaogang and Flender discussed Tang San’s prospects for the tournament, and Flender guarded him when footsteps approached.
• Dugu Yan and her grandfather emerged from behind the shrubs and spotted Tang San.

Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan discovered Tang San had both Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, and Dugu Bo hurried away rather than risk provoking him. Yu Xiaogang kept Tang San’s origins secret and promised to consider revealing them after the Soul Master Tournament, while urging him to challenge Yu Tianheng for the captain’s position.

• Dugu Bo’s spiritual pressure forced Yu Xiaogang to the ground and caused Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer to appear.
• Dugu Bo recognized the Clear Sky Hammer, connected it to Tang San’s identity, withdrew his pressure, and left Sunset Forest with Dugu Yan.
• Flender feared Tang San’s identity had been exposed, but Yu Xiaogang reasoned that Dugu Bo would keep his origins secret rather than incur Spirit Hall’s vengeance.
• Tang San asked Yu Xiaogang who he was, but Yu Xiaogang deferred the answer until after the Soul Master Tournament and based on Tang San’s performance.
• Yu Xiaogang told Tang San to defeat Yu Tianheng and take the Heaven Dou Royal Team captain’s position, then headed back with Tang San and Flender.

After a month with Zhao Linchuan, Bibi Dong withdrew in shame and sorrow, while he gave Qian Renxue a demigod core for her mother. As Bibi Dong confided in Qingrou, she promised to revive her and bring her back to see Xiao Wu.

• Bibi Dong limped away from Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue, unable to face them after the month they had spent together.
• Zhao Linchuan comforted Qian Renxue and gave her an artificial demigod core, explaining that Bibi Dong might use it to pursue godhood.
• Qian Renxue decided to bring the core to Bibi Dong and try to have a heart-to-heart with her.
• Bibi Dong bathed and reflected on her shame and sorrow after escaping the Rakshasa God's corruption.
• Qingrou appeared as a phantom and said the situation seemed natural from a Soul Beast's perspective, while asking Bibi Dong to take her back to see her daughter.

Bibi Dong realized the Rakshasa God had fueled her hatred and reconciled with Qian Renxue, who gave her Zhao Linchuan’s demigod-level Divine Core. Days later, Zhao Linchuan welcomed Bibi Dong back with dinner, leaving her flustered by his familiar address and touch.

• Bibi Dong blamed Yu Xiaogang for turning her and Qian Renxue against each other, but set aside her anger when Qian Renxue came to see her.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue shared a bath and confided in each other, beginning to mend their relationship.
• Qian Renxue gave Bibi Dong a demigod-level Divine Core from Zhao Linchuan and explained that he hoped she could use it to create her own Godhood.
• Over the following days, Qian Renxue advanced her cultivation in the Angel Secret Realm while Bibi Dong worked to correct Spirit Hall’s corruption.
• Zhao Linchuan greeted Bibi Dong with dinner, called her “Dong'er,” and led her to the table despite her embarrassed protests.

Zhao Linchuan cooked for Bibi Dong, then carried her to her bedroom and pursued an intimate encounter while she worried about Xue'er finding out. When Nana came to report to Bibi Dong, she sent her to wait in the living room and tried to conceal Zhao Linchuan, who refused to leave her room.

• Zhao Linchuan served Bibi Dong dinner and brewed her hawthorn and dried tangerine peel tea.
• Zhao Linchuan massaged Bibi Dong's shoulders, then carried her to her bedroom despite her protests.
• Bibi Dong agreed to keep Zhao Linchuan's visit secret from Xue'er.
• Nana knocked and asked to speak with Bibi Dong, interrupting them during their encounter.
• Bibi Dong told Nana to wait in the living room, then warned Zhao Linchuan to stay quiet while he remained in her room.

Zhao Linchuan and Bibi Dong learned that Clear Sky Sect disciples had become active in the Star Luo Empire, while Bibi Dong sensed Qian Renxue emerging from seclusion and hurried to conceal her relationship with Zhao Linchuan. Qian Renxue left for the Heaven Dou Empire with Zhao Linchuan, and Bibi Dong warned Hu Liena not to get involved with him.

• Bibi Dong told Zhao Linchuan that many Clear Sky Sect disciples had been active in the Star Luo Empire, and he wondered whether their movements were tied to the approaching Soul Master Tournament.
• Zhao Linchuan asked Bibi Dong to assemble low-quality hundred-year or thousand-year Spirit Bones, but she sensed Qian Renxue emerging from seclusion and urged him to leave before their relationship was discovered.
• Zhao Linchuan met Qian Renxue in her bedroom, and she said she needed to visit Bibi Dong and say goodbye before they left.
• At the Ten-Mile Pavilion, Bibi Dong and Hu Liena farewelled Qian Renxue and Zhao Linchuan, who departed together for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Hu Liena remarked that Zhao Linchuan seemed powerful, and Bibi Dong sternly warned her not to get involved with him because he was Qian Renxue's man.

Zhao Linchuan learned that fallen soul masters were devouring organs and growing stronger, then heard from Dugu Bo that Tang San had added soul rings to his second martial soul. The chapter ended with Zhao Linchuan surprised by Tang San’s reckless choice.

• Huang Yuan and Jing Ling reported that they had killed seven or eight Soul Elder-level evil soul masters and fought a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor.
• Zhao Linchuan praised Huang Yuan and Jing Ling and promised them triple academic credits, then wondered why evil soul masters had appeared so early.
• Dugu Bo visited Zhao Linchuan and revealed that he and Dugu Yan had encountered Tang San, whose identity was tied to an incident from over a decade earlier.
• Dugu Bo explained that Tang San’s soul power had risen seven levels in a few months and that he had added soul rings to his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Zhao Linchuan was shocked that Tang San had equipped his second martial soul with soul rings before reaching the Titled Douluo level.

Zhao Linchuan learned that Tang San was cultivating his twin martial souls despite the risks and planned to arrange a dangerous soul-ring trial for him. After agreeing to reattach Sword Douluo’s severed arm, Zhao Linchuan decided Gu Rong was the right person to help with his plan for Tang San.

• Dugu Bo told Zhao Linchuan that Tang San had managed to cultivate both martial souls, despite the danger, and suspected his bloodline was responsible.
• Zhao Linchuan told Dugu Bo to keep the secret and decided to arrange a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring trial that might kill Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong asked Zhao Linchuan to reattach Sword Douluo’s left arm using a twenty-thousand-year Spirit Bone, and he agreed to go to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with her the next morning.
• Zhao Linchuan decided to recruit Gu Rong to help with his plan for Tang San and called it a grand gift.

Zhao Linchuan warned Qian Renxue that the Evil Soul Masters invading the empires might have escaped from Slaughter City and ordered preparations to contain the threat. He left Qian Renxue to oversee Heaven Dou City while directing Spirit Hall to mobilize forces and use the crisis to gather faith for the Angel God.

• Qian Renxue told Zhao Linchuan that Evil Soul Masters from the Far Western Lands had infiltrated the empires and captured cities in several Heaven Dou kingdoms.
• Zhao Linchuan connected the invaders to Slaughter City and warned that something might have happened there.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue to ask the Pope to send the Soul Master Legion with at least two Titled Douluos and ideally a Consecrated Elder to eliminate the Evil Soul Masters.
• Qian Renxue agreed to return to Spirit Hall, but Zhao Linchuan ordered her to stay in Heaven Dou City and forbade the Heaven Dou army from joining the campaign.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue to prepare the army to reinforce the empire's border, provide relief to civilians, and proclaim that the Angel God had ordered their rescue.

Zhao Linchuan warned Qian Renxue not to let Bibi Dong visit Slaughter City, then began studying Ring Detonation with her. After a night of testing, they learned the technique could inflict severe injuries even on their god-level physiques, though it granted a terrifying burst of strength.

• Qian Renxue prepared to alert Bibi Dong and investigate the Star Luo Empire, but Zhao Linchuan warned her that Slaughter City could be fatal for her mother.
• After Qian Renxue left to carry out his instructions, Zhao Linchuan began experimenting with detonating a Soul Ring and wondered whether Tang Chen had truly invented the technique.
• Qian Renxue guarded Zhao Linchuan as they tested Ring Detonation throughout the night and both suffered considerable injuries.
• Zhao Linchuan and Qian Renxue concluded that their high-quality Soul Rings and rushed experiments might explain the damage, while Qian Renxue realized the technique could briefly bring her strength near demigod level.
• Zhao Linchuan suggested that raising Qian Renxue’s first six Soul Rings to higher levels could make a Ring Detonation powerful enough to approach the realm of true gods.

The Snow Empress offered to perfect Ring Detonation while Qian Renxue stayed behind to recover, and Zhao Linchuan went to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to restore Chen Xin’s arm. Chen Xin’s arm regrew successfully, leaving Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi overwhelmed with emotion.

• The Snow Empress volunteered to use her essence to simulate Ring Detonation and told Qian Renxue to keep cultivating.
• Zhao Linchuan told Qian Renxue he was going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to restore Chen Xin’s arm.
• Ning Fengzhi welcomed Zhao Linchuan with a grand reception and persuaded him to stay for lunch before treatment.
• Zhao Linchuan used a spirit bone as a medium and regrew Chen Xin’s left arm.
• Chen Xin tested his restored arm, while Ning Rongrong and Ning Fengzhi wept with relief.

Chen Xin thanked Zhao Linchuan for restoring his arm, while Zhao Linchuan privately entrusted Ning Fengzhi with a request and secured the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s support. Ning Fengzhi resolved to commit to Zhao Linchuan and sent Gu Rong to carry out the request that night.

• Chen Xin thanked Zhao Linchuan for restoring his arm and promised to repay the favor, then went to meet Gu Rong.
• Ning Fengzhi spoke privately with Zhao Linchuan and agreed to arrange for Gu Rong to make a trip after nightfall.
• Ning Fengzhi escorted Zhao Linchuan from the mountain gates and learned that Tang San was Clear Sky Douluo’s son and Tang Hao had fallen to Zhao Linchuan.
• Ning Fengzhi decided to bind the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect more firmly to Zhao Linchuan and summoned Gu Rong to his study.
• Gu Rong arrived battered from his spar with Chen Xin, and Ning Fengzhi gave him a storage ring containing four Thousand-Year Soul Bones and two hundred-year Spirit Bones for the night’s errand.