Chapter Summaries

Qian Wuji intervened as Ah Yin began sacrificing herself to save the dying Tang Hao from Spirit Hall, freezing everyone in the valley with his Ninth Soul Skill. He stopped Ah Yin’s sacrifice and struck her down while the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Qian Xunji demanded that Tang Hao surrender Ah Yin, but Tang Hao refused and detonated his first four Soul Rings to fight Qian Xunji and three Titled Douluos.
• Tang Hao detonated his remaining four Soul Rings and attacked the encircling Soul Masters, but Qian Xunji defeated him with Angel Glory.
• Ah Yin placed their infant beside Tang Hao and approached Qian Xunji, then began sacrificing her life for Tang Hao.
• Qian Wuji used Angel Dance to freeze everyone in the valley, stopping Ah Yin’s sacrifice and leaving Qian Xunji and Tang Hao unable to move.
• Qian Wuji struck Ah Yin and sent her crashing to the ground while the others remained frozen.

Qian Renheng was summoned to the God Realm, where the God Kings of Destruction and Life revealed that they had chosen his Martial Souls to inherit their Godhoods. They asked him to spare the infant Tang San, leaving Qian Renheng aware that Asura and other gods had interfered in the Douluo Plane.

• Qian Renheng fell asleep under a mysterious force, and Ming Ji and Chun Xing worried over him.
• Qian Renheng awoke in the God Realm, where his Soul Power and Martial Souls were inaccessible, and met Destruction and Life.
• Destruction and Life explained that they had selected Qian Renheng as their inheritor after he awakened his Martial Souls, and that his God Trial would begin when he reached the Title Douluo rank.
• Destruction showed Qian Renheng an image of Tang Hao, Qian Wuji, and the infant Tang San, explaining that Asura had secretly brought the otherworldly soul to the Douluo Plane and wanted Qian Renheng to spare him.
• Life revealed that Xiao Xue would have been the era's true child of luck without Asura's interference, and that Destruction and Life had blocked the Sea God from choosing Qian Renheng as an inheritor.

Qian Renheng learned more about the Angel God and received a warning from the God King of Destruction to spare Tang Hao and his infant son. He stopped Qian Wuji from killing them, but Qian Wuji crippled Tang Hao instead.

• Qian Renheng asked the God King of Destruction about the Angel God's fall and learned that her inheritance trials still existed and could be overseen by Destruction and Life.
• The God King of Destruction sent Qian Renheng back to his room and told him to spare the infant chosen by the Asura God.
• Qian Renheng contacted Qian Wuji through the Death Apostle Seat and urged him to spare Tang Hao and his son because a god wanted them alive.
• Qian Wuji agreed to spare Tang Hao and the infant, then crippled Tang Hao by shattering his dantian, meridians, and Clear Sky Hammer.

Qian Wuji captured Ah Yin and crippled Tang Hao, who escaped with infant Tang San and vowed to raise him to destroy Spirit Hall. Back in Spirit City, Qian Renheng explained why he had spared Tang Hao and began cultivating in earnest, prompting Qian Renxue to work harder as well.

• Qian Wuji bound the unconscious Ah Yin and carried her away while Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall's forces to withdraw.
• Tang Hao, left crippled and badly wounded, clutched Tang San and vowed to raise him to avenge Ah Yin and destroy Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renheng explained that he had spared Tang Hao because the God Kings had intervened and killing him risked provoking Asura God.
• Qian Renheng told Ming Ji and Chun Xing to cultivate harder, then began meditating himself and planned to practice the Angel Sword Technique.
• Qian Renxue sensed her brother cultivating and resolved to work harder so she would not fall too far behind.

Qian Renheng explained to Qian Wuji that he had been chosen for two God King inheritances and revealed the truth about Tang Hao’s son and the fate of the Angel God. Qian Wuji accepted that the child should be spared, then left Qian Renheng to cultivate toward becoming a Soul Saint with the captured Blue Silver Emperor prepared for him.

• Qian Wuji returned to Spirit City, imprisoned the unconscious Blue Silver Emperor, and went to visit Qian Renheng.
• Qian Renheng told Qian Wuji about his visit to the God Realm, his two God King inheritances, and the Angel God’s death.
• Qian Wuji dismissed the idea of seeking revenge for the Angel God and agreed to leave the matter for Qian Renheng to investigate after becoming a god.
• Qian Renheng explained that Tang Hao’s son had been artificially chosen by the Asura God and that Qian Xue was originally meant to bear the continent’s luck.
• Qian Wuji concluded that Qian Renheng would become a god before Tang Hao’s son could threaten Spirit Hall and accepted that divine intervention could protect the child.
• Qian Wuji left Qian Renheng to cultivate toward the Soul Saint realm, with the captured Blue Silver Emperor prepared for him.

Tang Xiao confronted the Clear Sky Sect's Elder Council over its refusal to help Tang Hao when Spirit Hall attacked, then left for Spirit City to demand answers from Qian Xunji. He departed alone, still desperate to learn whether Tang Hao was alive and what had happened to Ah Yin.

• The Clear Sky Sect elders argued over whether to search for Tang Hao, while Tang Xiao grieved over his brother's unknown fate and their father's death.
• Tang Xiao denounced the elders for suppressing Tang Hao's pleas for help and cowering before Spirit Hall, then rejected their claim that the Elder Council had granted him the Sect Master's position.
• When the elders tried to stop Tang Xiao from leaving, he fought them off with his Clear Sky Hammer and defeated them.
• Tang Xiao declared that he would go to Spirit City and demand an answer from Qian Xunji, insisting that his journey was his own responsibility and not the sect's.
• Tang Xiao mourned Tang Hao and Ah Yin, then left the Clear Sky Sect alone.

Tang Xiao traveled to Spirit City to learn whether Tang Hao was alive, and Ghost Leopard Douluo confirmed Spirit Hall had spared him but did not know where he was. Tang Xiao left to search the continent for his brother while Qian Xunji began preparing birthday gifts for Xiao Heng and Xiao Xue.

• Tang Xiao left the Clear Sky Sect despite the elders’ fears and flew toward Spirit City to ask about Tang Hao.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo intercepted Tang Xiao and told him Spirit Hall had captured the hundred-thousand-year transformed Soul Beast but had not killed Tang Hao.
• Tang Xiao accepted the warning not to cause trouble in Spirit City, then left relieved that Tang Hao was alive.
• Tang Xiao sensed a terrifying presence in Spirit City and decided to search the continent for Tang Hao rather than return to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Ghost Leopard Douluo reported to Qian Xunji that Tang Xiao had departed peacefully, and Qian Xunji went to prepare gifts for Xiao Heng and Xiao Xue’s ninth birthday.

Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue celebrated their ninth birthdays at a grand Spirit Hall banquet, where Bibi Dong gave them flowers and Qian Wuji presented a self-flattering painting. Later, Bibi Dong confronted Qian Xunji and condemned his past abuse, leaving him unable to defend himself.

• Qian Renheng reached the peak of level fifty-nine while Qian Renxue advanced to level fifty-six, and the siblings celebrated their birthdays with Spirit Hall’s elders.
• Dugu Yan asked Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue about her and Ye Lingling’s future talent, and they reassured her about their preparation and prospects.
• Qian Wuji gave the siblings a painting of the Blue Silver Emperor capture that placed himself prominently at its center, prompting Qian Renheng to tease him.
• Bibi Dong gave Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue Mother Flowers and apologized for missing their previous birthdays.
• After the banquet, Qian Xunji waited at a cliff and Bibi Dong told him she accepted their children but would never forgive him for violating her.
• Bibi Dong admitted she had betrayed Spirit Hall but denounced Qian Xunji for choosing to abuse her rather than stop or punish her by other means, and Qian Xunji fell silent.

Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji about her Rakshasa God inheritance, and he agreed to give his life to help her begin the trial while asking her to keep the truth from their children. Later, Qian Daoliu began teaching Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue the final five forms of the Angel Sword Technique.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Xunji that she had obtained the Rakshasa God inheritance and would have killed him to begin her trial if the Supreme Elders had not prevented her.
• Qian Xunji agreed to help Bibi Dong begin her God Trial with his life, asking her to hide the arrangement from Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Xunji said he believed Qian Renheng could resurrect him and promised to stay away from Bibi Dong if he returned; Bibi Dong left the cliff.
• Qian Xunji reflected that he and Bibi Dong owed each other nothing, then returned toward the Pope Palace as the secret of their conversation remained unknown.
• After Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue mastered the first four Angel Sword forms, Qian Daoliu demonstrated the fifth and sixth forms and instructed them to practice the fifth.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling awakened their Martial Souls, took Immortal Herbs, and obtained their first Soul Rings before joining Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue for a day in Spirit City. The girls learned they would soon attend Spirit Academy, while Qian Renheng predicted he would reach level sixty within a month.

• Dugu Yan awakened her Jade Phosphor Snake Martial Soul with level-seven Innate Soul Power, then consumed Dragon Scale Grass and evolved it into a Jade Phosphor Flood Dragon, reaching level ten.
• Ye Lingling awakened her Nine Heart Begonia Martial Soul with level-nine Innate Soul Power and consumed Narcissus Jade Muscle Bone to strengthen her body.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling traveled with their grandfathers to Star Dou Forest, where they each absorbed a first Soul Ring and rose to level fifteen.
• Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that they would have to attend Spirit Academy, despite the girls' reluctance.
• Ye Lingling asked when Qian Renheng would become a Soul Emperor, and he said he expected to break through to level sixty within a month.

Qian Renheng broke through to level sixty and prepared to obtain his sixth Soul Ring from the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Forest. Qian Wuji took him from Spirit City, but diverted their journey toward the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to raid its treasury.

• Qian Renheng reached level sixty after cultivating with Ming Ji and Chun Xing and told them he would seek his sixth Soul Ring.
• Qian Renheng told Qian Lingfeng and Qian Daoliu that he planned to hunt the marked Dark Demon Evil God Tiger in the Star Dou Forest.
• Qian Daoliu found Qian Wuji at the Great Soul Arena and told him to escort Qian Renheng to obtain a Soul Ring.
• Qian Wuji flew Qian Renheng out of Spirit City and proposed detouring to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to borrow money from its treasury.

Qian Wuji and Qian Renheng robbed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s vaults on two consecutive nights, while Ning Fengzhi suspected a peerless Douluo and chose not to pursue them. The pair left for the Star Dou Forest so Qian Renheng could obtain his sixth Soul Ring, though Qian Wuji was already considering another visit to the sect.

• Ning Fengzhi found a small treasure vault emptied, and Chen Xin suggested the thief might be the mysterious expert who had robbed the Heaven Dou Imperial Treasury.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the sect to keep the theft quiet and treat the stolen treasures as a gift rather than risk provoking a peerless Douluo.
• Qian Wuji and Qian Renheng celebrated their haul and planned another robbery, with Qian Renheng suggesting they target the large vault.
• Ning Fengzhi discovered the large vault had also been robbed, but he suppressed his anger and ordered the sect to strengthen its defenses.
• Qian Renheng and Qian Wuji left the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect with their Storage Soul Tools full and traveled to a town near the Star Dou Forest.

Qian Renheng and Qian Wuji hunted down the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger so Qian Renheng could claim its Soul Ring. After absorbing it and testing his new charged attack, Qian Renheng searched unsuccessfully for the tiger’s Natal Pearl.

• Qian Wuji pursued the fleeing Dark Demon Evil God Tiger and pinned it down with a golden Soul Power hand.
• Qian Renheng killed the restrained tiger and absorbed its black Soul Ring, while Ming Ji destroyed the tiger’s remnant soul in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Renheng completed the absorption, rose to Level Sixty-Three, and learned his sixth soul skill, Dark Demon Evil God Tiger Slash.
• Qian Renheng demonstrated an instant slash and then a charged slash, which broke Qian Wuji’s barrier and carved a long ravine through the ground.
• Qian Renheng searched for the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger’s Natal Pearl but found nothing, and he did not explain his search to Qian Wuji.

Qian Xunji knowingly endured Bibi Dong’s poison as part of their agreement, trusting Xiao Heng’s new resurrection slot to bring him back. The Supreme Elders accepted the plan, decided to hide the truth from the children, and prepared for Xiao Heng to become Pope after Qian Xunji’s apparent death.

• Qian Xunji recognized that Bibi Dong had poisoned him and chose not to seek treatment, believing his death would help her inherit the Rakshasa Godhood and that Xiao Heng could resurrect him.
• Qian Lingfeng explained to the gathered Supreme Elders that Qian Xunji had agreed to the sacrifice and that Xiao Heng’s new resurrection slot would protect the Qian Clan from losing him permanently.
• Qian Caidie and the other elders agreed to keep Qian Xue and Xiao Heng from learning the truth about Bibi Dong’s poisoning.
• Qian Lingfeng announced that Xiao Heng would become Spirit Hall’s next Pope after Qian Xunji died, while the elders would help manage Spirit Hall and use the appointment to make their rivals underestimate them.
• Qian Lingfeng decided Spirit Hall would announce that Qian Xunji had died from an incurable strange illness, as it had previously claimed when Xiao Wuji died.

Bibi Dong killed Qian Xunji to activate the Rakshasa God's inheritance, leaving his body intact so Xiao Heng could revive him when he returned from Star Dou Forest. Spirit Hall announced the Pope's death, while its elders and loyal subordinates mourned and waited for Xiao Heng's return.

• Bibi Dong admitted her regrets and hatred to Qian Xunji, then promised to protect Xiao Heng, Xiao Xue, and Spirit Hall while taking revenge on Yu Xiaogang.
• Bibi Dong used her Death Spider Emperor to pierce Qian Xunji's heart, killing him and awakening the Rakshasa Divine Will and its inheritance trial.
• Bibi Dong left Qian Xunji's corpse intact and departed, knowing the Supreme Elder Hall would destroy her if she broke their agreement.
• Spirit Hall announced that Qian Xunji had died after an untreatable illness, and spies sent news of the Pope's death to other powers.
• Qian Lingfeng assured Qian Yanyan and Qian Daoliu that Xiao Heng could revive Qian Xunji, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei grieved in the Worship Hall.

Qian Renxue grieved after Qian Xunji died, while the elders and Bibi Dong concealed that his death had been allowed as part of a bargain involving her Godhood inheritance. When Qian Renheng returned from the Star Dou Forest, he learned of his father’s death, and Qian Wuji nearly attacked Bibi Dong before Qian Lingfeng revealed the elders’ complicity and said Qian Xunji could soon be resurrected.

• Qian Renxue mourned Qian Xunji, and Qian Lingfeng told her that an incurable illness had killed him but that Qian Renheng might bring him back with his Martial Soul ability.
• After Qian Renxue left with Qian Daoliu, Bibi Dong admitted that Qian Xunji had willingly allowed her to kill him and confronted the elders over their tacit approval.
• Qian Wushuang and Qian Caidie urged the elders to accept their role in Qian Xunji’s death and wait for Qian Renheng to return with a resurrection slot.
• Qian Renheng and Qian Wuji returned to Spirit City and learned from Qian Renxue that Qian Xunji was dead.
• Qian Wuji guessed that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji and rushed toward Pope Palace, but Qian Lingfeng stopped him and said the elders had accepted the death as part of a Godhood-related arrangement.
• Qian Lingfeng persuaded Qian Wuji to return to the hall, explaining that Qian Renheng’s new resurrection slot meant Qian Xunji could soon return.

Qian Renheng revived Qian Xunji and learned that his father’s death had been part of a tacit bargain with Bibi Dong. Qian Xunji then declared Qian Renheng Spirit Hall’s next Pope, leaving the nine-year-old stunned by the burden.

• Qian Renheng deduced that Bibi Dong had killed Qian Xunji with the elders’ knowledge, and that Qian Xunji had accepted his death to help her pursue the Rakshasa God Trial.
• Qian Renheng comforted Qian Renxue and took her and the elders to the Pope Palace to revive Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renheng and Ming Ji performed the resurrection ritual, restoring Qian Xunji while hearing a strange sound from the depths of the Death Realm.
• Qian Xunji awoke, comforted Qian Renxue, and claimed that a sudden, incurable illness had caused his death.
• Qian Xunji apologized to Qian Renheng for using a resurrection slot, then announced that Qian Renheng would become Spirit Hall’s next Pope.
• Qian Renheng realized that his father had used the staged death to leave the Pope’s duties to him, and reluctantly accepted that the elders would not oppose the decision.

After Qian Xunji’s reported death, Ning Fengzhi and Tang Xiao considered Spirit Hall’s uncertain succession while their own sects prepared to attend the ceremony. Spirit Hall then announced a new Pope: Qian Renheng, who reluctantly accepted the position while Qian Xunji began a quiet life in Spirit City.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong questioned Spirit Hall’s claim that Qian Xunji had died of illness and discussed who might succeed him.
• Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to attend Spirit Hall’s succession ceremony and abandoned the search for the thief who had robbed its treasury.
• Tang Xiao argued with the Clear Sky Sect’s Elder Council over his support for Tang Hao, then decided to represent the sect at the ceremony.
• Spirit Hall announced that it had chosen a new Pope and invited the continent’s major powers to witness the succession, keeping the successor’s identity secret.
• Qian Xunji, secretly resurrected, left the Pope Palace and opened an upscale hotel in Spirit City.
• Qian Renheng accepted the Pope’s position after the Old Ancestors promised to handle the paperwork, while Qian Renxue wondered whether Ming Ji and Chun Xing would help him manage his duties.

Spirit Hall held its new Pope’s succession ceremony before representatives from across the continent, revealing that the new leader was the nine-year-old Qian Renheng. The guests reacted with disbelief as Qian Renheng took his place, while his family watched from the crowd in disguise.

• Qian Daoliu presided over the ceremony as Ning Fengzhi noticed Spirit Hall’s powerful lineup of Title Douluo and Tang Xiao wondered whether Qian Daoliu had caused the danger he once sensed.
• Above the plaza, Qian Lingfeng and the other Supreme Elder Hall elders discussed how the guests might underestimate Spirit Hall after learning its new Pope was a child, while Qian Wushuang rebuked Qian Wuji for suggesting they kill the assembled leaders.
• Qian Renheng emerged from Pope Palace in ceremonial robes and regalia, shocking the assembled representatives by appearing to be only nine years old.
• Disguised in the crowd, Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue watched Qian Renheng take the stage, and Bibi Dong told her daughter that he was now Spirit Hall’s rightful Pope.
• Qian Xunji watched his son with pride as guests voiced disbelief that Spirit Hall had entrusted its leadership to a nine-year-old.

Nine-year-old Qian Renheng completed his succession ceremony and became Spirit Hall’s new Pope, prompting the gathered factions to question his age and speculate that he was Qian Xunji’s son. He joined Qian Daoliu at a banquet, where the guests’ deference to the Peerless Douluo revealed how much Spirit Hall still depended on him.

• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin interpreted Qian Renheng’s youth as evidence that Spirit Hall lacked successors, while they and other guests speculated about his identity.
• Qian Daoliu silenced the crowd with his Peerless Douluo aura, encouraged Qian Renheng, and began the succession ceremony.
• Qian Renheng answered the ceremonial questions and was invested as Pope, revealing his name and leading the guests to suspect he was Qian Xunji’s direct descendant.
• Qian Renheng completed the ceremony, raised the Pope Scepter, and received the assembled factions’ homage.
• Qian Renheng changed into lighter clothes and went with Qian Daoliu to the banquet, where the guests stood to honor the powerful elder.