Chapter Summaries

Qian Renheng struggled with the Pope’s administrative workload until Qian Lingfeng agreed to handle it so he could focus on cultivation. Freed from his duties, Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue set out to visit their father and noticed his newly opened Angel Hotel.

• Qian Renheng complained to Ming Ji and Chun Xing about the burdensome documents piling up in Pope Palace.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Renheng that Qian Lingfeng had summoned him to Supreme Elder Hall.
• Qian Renheng asked the elders to honor their promise to help with his duties, but they avoided volunteering until Qian Lingfeng agreed to serve as his shadow Pope.
• After Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue left, Qian Lingfeng scolded the other elders for shirking the work, and they praised him for taking it on.
• Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue decided to visit their father and spotted his newly opened hotel, whose sign read “Angel Hotel.”

Qian Renheng enjoyed a day away from cultivation and encouraged Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before they entered Spirit Academy. In Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao continued raising infant Tang San and pinned his hopes for revenge on his son.

• Qian Renheng reached the sixty-fourth-rank mid-level Soul Emperor realm and gave Ming Ji and Chun Xing a day off in Spirit City.
• Qian Renheng took Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling to a teahouse, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling discussed entering Spirit Academy the next day.
• Qian Renheng urged Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to focus on cultivating, then offered to pay for their last day of freedom before academy life began.
• In Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao forged iron while reflecting on his crippled state and believing that Spirit Hall had killed Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao told infant Tang San to grow powerful, destroy Spirit Hall, and avenge his parents, while rejecting the idea of seeking help from the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao reflected on Clear Sky Sect’s abandonment of him, accepted Old Jack’s help, and struggled to care for infant Tang San in Holy Soul Village. Meanwhile, Tang Xiao continued searching for Tang Hao and ordered a broader effort despite the Elder Council’s interference.

• Tang Hao recalled how Clear Sky Sect had ignored his pleas, leaving him injured, powerless, and separated from Ah Yin.
• Old Jack collected the farming tools, questioned Tang Hao about his arrival in the village, and urged him to feed and care for Little San properly.
• Old Jack gave Tang Hao extra soul coins for Little San’s food, and Tang Hao used them to buy better provisions before returning to forge tools.
• Tang Xiao worried about Tang Hao’s whereabouts, resented the Elder Council’s obstruction, and hoped Tang Chen would return to strengthen Clear Sky Sect.
• After learning the search had found no trace of Tang Hao, Tang Xiao ordered his subordinate to expand it and promised to cover the expenses himself.

Bibi Dong told Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue about the Rakshasa inheritance eroding her mind, and Qian Renheng healed her with Life Essence. She introduced her new disciple Hu Liena to the siblings and arranged Immortal Herbs and Soul Master training for her and other promising youths.

• Bibi Dong revealed that the Rakshasa God's Divine Will was damaging her soul and asked Qian Renheng for Life Essence.
• Qian Renheng gave Bibi Dong a drop of Life Essence, which healed her mental wounds and suppressed the Rakshasa Divine Will.
• Bibi Dong introduced Hu Liena as her disciple, and Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue welcomed the nervous girl into their family.
• Qian Renheng arranged Immortal Herbs for Hu Liena, her brother Xie Yue, and Yan, and suggested that Hu Liena befriend Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling at Spirit Academy.
• After Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue left, Bibi Dong encouraged Hu Liena to treat them as family and sent her to refine Whale Rubber before hunting for Soul Beasts.

Qian Daoliu taught Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue the Angel Sword Technique’s seventh form while the elders struggled with the Supreme Elder Hall’s paperwork. Qian Yanyan escaped to Qian Caidie’s flower shop, where she reprimanded him for complaining about helping the nine-year-old Pope, Qian Renheng.

• Qian Daoliu demonstrated Radiant Might and guided Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue as they began practicing the difficult seventh form.
• Qian Yanyan complained about the paperwork burden, and Qian Lingfeng suggested that he fetch Qian Wuji to help.
• Qian Yanyan left the Supreme Elder Hall but decided not to search for Qian Wuji and instead took refuge at Qian Caidie’s flower shop.
• Qian Yanyan complained to Qian Caidie about the elders’ administrative work, and she scolded him for criticizing Qian Renheng and failing to help the young Pope.

Qian Wuji was forced to handle Spirit Hall’s paperwork and complained to Qian Renheng, who proposed creating a Cabinet to manage routine affairs. Qian Renheng planned to refine the system before putting it into effect, leaving Qian Wuji hopeful he would regain his freedom.

• Qian Yanyan found Qian Wuji wandering Spirit City and ordered him to work in the Supreme Elder Hall processing official documents.
• Qian Wuji endured the workload and visited Qian Renheng nightly to complain about the exhausting state affairs.
• Qian Renheng explained that Spirit Hall’s responsibilities had grown and that Qian Xunji’s cultivation had suffered from handling them.
• Qian Renheng proposed establishing a Cabinet to manage routine matters and submit plans for major affairs to the Supreme Elder Hall.
• Qian Wuji approved the idea, and Qian Renheng said he would refine the Cabinet’s selection rules, duties, and safeguards before implementing it.

Qian Renheng’s Cabinet system began handling Spirit Hall’s routine government work, easing the Supreme Elders’ burden. Qian Renheng agreed to attend the Spirit Academy freshman ceremony in two days and give a speech, partly because Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena would be among the students.

• Qian Renheng added rules to the Cabinet charter that prioritized capable, loyal members and limited their strength to no higher than the Soul Douluo realm.
• The Supreme Elder Hall approved the Cabinet system, and its members began handling routine affairs and submitting major decisions for review.
• Qian Lingfeng decided Qian Renheng should attend the Spirit Academy freshman ceremony to gain public experience and establish his presence as Pope.
• Qian Wuji summoned Qian Renheng from sword practice to review the ceremony proposal.
• Qian Renheng agreed to deliver a speech at the ceremony in two days after remembering that Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena were enrolling.

Qian Renheng brought Qian Renxue in disguise to Spirit Academy’s opening ceremony and delivered a speech to the new students. After inspiring the crowd, he left the platform with the students cheering for him and Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renxue disguised herself as an ordinary young guard and accompanied Qian Renheng to the ceremony, while Qian Daoliu learned their trip had canceled his swordsmanship lesson and returned to the Supreme Elder Hall to review documents.
• Qian Renheng arrived at Spirit Academy in a papal procession, and Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, Xie Yue, and Yan watched from the front rows.
• Dugu Yan and Hu Liena told Yan that Qian Renheng had reached the Soul Emperor realm despite being nine years old.
• Qian Renheng spotted his friends in the crowd and waved to them before addressing the teachers and new students.
• Qian Renheng urged students to serve Spirit Hall and protect others regardless of their talent or rank, then concluded his speech to loud cheers and applause.

Qian Renheng visited Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena at Spirit Academy, then continued cultivating as his tenth birthday approached. He reached Soul Emperor rank 65 and reflected on the rapid progress of his family, while Qian Renxue continued her own breakthrough.

• Qian Renheng met with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena, learned Hu Liena had obtained a nearly thousand-year first Soul Ring, and encouraged the three girls to support one another as family.
• Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue tried to supervise the Old Ancestors’ paperwork but were chased out, so they took the day off from sword practice.
• Qian Renheng broke through to Soul Power rank 65 and gave Ming Ji and Chun Xing a few days off after they helped him cultivate.
• Qian Renheng sensed Qian Renxue cultivating behind her closed door and left her undisturbed to visit Bibi Dong and Qian Xunji.
• Bibi Dong reached Soul Douluo rank 80, while Qian Xunji’s Soul Power reached the peak of rank 96 and neared a breakthrough to rank 97.

On Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue’s tenth birthday, the siblings celebrated Spirit Hall’s prosperity and Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong’s peaceful separation. The next morning, Bibi Dong told them she was leaving to take revenge on a disgraced, powerless enemy, and Qian Renheng suspected the target was someone from her past.

• Qian Renxue reached Soul Power rank sixty-two after absorbing a rare Radiant Unicorn’s Soul Ring, while Qian Renheng advanced to rank sixty-seven.
• Qian Renheng hosted a birthday banquet attended by Spirit Hall’s powerful elders, where Qian Xunji quietly toasted Bibi Dong and accepted that they were strangers now.
• Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue reminisced about their family’s revived ancestors and Spirit Hall’s growth before their friends joined them outside the banquet.
• The next morning, Bibi Dong visited the siblings during sword practice and announced she would leave Spirit City to avenge an old grievance.
• Qian Renheng inferred that Bibi Dong’s target was a disgraced man from her past and believed the revenge would end badly for him.

Bibi Dong infiltrated Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy to confront Yu Xiaogang, whom she blamed for her past suffering and resolved to kill. After she exposed his cowardice and challenged his claims as a theorist, she revealed her killing intent and activated her Martial Soul.

• Bibi Dong arrived in Nuoding City and waited until midnight to enter the academy and find Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang recognized Bibi Dong and tried to explain his past departure, but she rejected his familiar address and suppressed him with her Soul Douluo pressure.
• Bibi Dong mocked Yu Xiaogang for fleeing his wedding, relying on Spirit Hall’s resources, and claiming credit for his theories.
• Yu Xiaogang insulted Bibi Dong and offered to take her back, assuming she had come to rekindle their relationship.
• Bibi Dong declared that she had come to send Yu Xiaogang to hell and manifested her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong confronted Yu Xiaogang in a sealed dormitory, confessed that she had killed Qian Xunji, and revealed that her nine-year-old son was Spirit Hall’s new Pope. She tortured Yu Xiaogang with her spider spears and toxin, leaving him crippled and begging her to kill him.

• Bibi Dong cornered Yu Xiaogang and admitted that she had personally killed Qian Xunji.
• Yu Xiaogang threatened her with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Bibi Dong dismissed the threat and said she would kill him without leaving evidence.
• Bibi Dong revealed that her nine-year-old biological son was the new Pope of Spirit Hall, humiliating Yu Xiaogang and provoking him to curse her.
• Bibi Dong pierced Yu Xiaogang’s arms and legs with her spider spears, then used her Death Spider Emperor’s toxin to keep him conscious.
• Bibi Dong mocked Yu Xiaogang’s weakness and past, pierced his chest without killing him, and left him writhing in pain as he begged for death.

Bibi Dong tortured Yu Xiaogang for hours before killing him, believing his death settled the resentment she had carried for years. She left his corpse in Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy and vanished into the night.

• Bibi Dong repeatedly stabbed Yu Xiaogang with her spider lances and used Death Spider Emperor venom to keep him conscious and alive.
• Bibi Dong threatened to kill Liu Erlong after Yu Xiaogang died, prompting him to beg her to spare Liu Erlong.
• Bibi Dong continued torturing Yu Xiaogang for another hour as he regretted provoking her and cursed her.
• Bibi Dong pierced Yu Xiaogang's neck with a spider lance, killing him after hours of torment.
• Bibi Dong felt relieved after killing Yu Xiaogang, then withdrew her Martial Soul Possession and escaped through the window.

Bibi Dong left Nuoding City without a trace, and Yu Xiaogang was discovered murdered in his dormitory at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy. Yu Yuanzhen arrived to claim his son’s remains and resolved to bring him home, though the killer remained unknown.

• Bibi Dong slipped out of Nuoding City while the academy began its morning routine.
• A handyman entered Yu Xiaogang’s dormitory and found his mutilated body, prompting the dean to seal the scene and notify the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen rushed to the academy, mourned Yu Xiaogang, and assured the dean that he would not blame the school.
• The dean told Yu Yuanzhen that Yu Xiaogang had no known enemies and that the investigation had uncovered no clues.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered his men to place Yu Xiaogang’s remains in an ice coffin and decided to bring him back to the clan.

After killing Yu Xiaogang, Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City with her mind clearer and the Rakshasa Divine Will's influence weakened. She reunited with Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue, then the siblings returned to cultivation, with Qian Renheng focused on reaching Rank 70.

• After wandering the continent for a week, Bibi Dong returned to Spirit City and went to the Martial Arts Arena to see Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renheng connected Yu Xiaogang's death in Nuoding City to Bibi Dong's revenge, and she confirmed that she had killed him and described her hatred for him.
• Bibi Dong told her children that fulfilling her revenge had eased the Rakshasa Divine Will's erosion, then left them to continue sword practice with Qian Daoliu.
• After Qian Daoliu ended their training at noon, Qian Renxue chose to cultivate rather than tour Spirit City, and Qian Renheng decided to cultivate as well.
• The siblings returned to the Worship Hall to cultivate, while Qian Renheng resolved to reach Rank 70 and gain another Death Apostle slot.

After half a year apart, Qian Renheng, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena reunited for the start of vacation. Qian Renheng revealed his level 69 Soul Emperor cultivation and Qian Renxue her level 64, leaving the three girls stunned; afterward, Hu Liena returned to Bibi Dong, who approved of her spending time with Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena met Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue at a teahouse after Spirit Academy began its vacation.
• Dugu Yan complained about the academy’s strict rules and theory classes before asking about Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue’s Soul Power Levels.
• Qian Renheng revealed that he had reached the peak of level 69, and Qian Renxue said she had reached level 64, stunning the three girls.
• Qian Renheng took the group shopping around Spirit City, then sent Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena home as evening fell.
• Hu Liena told Bibi Dong about her reunion and outing with Qian Renheng and Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong approved of her spending time with them.

Qian Renheng reached level seventy and went to absorb the imprisoned Blue Silver Emperor Ah Yin’s Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, while Qian Renxue told her friends about his breakthrough. He began the dangerous absorption in the dungeon, and his companions planned to celebrate once he emerged.

• Qian Renheng broke through to level seventy and told the elders he was ready to claim Ah Yin’s Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu took Qian Renheng to the dungeon, where Qian Renheng killed Ah Yin and summoned her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Renheng began absorbing the Soul Ring, and Ming Ji destroyed Ah Yin’s resentful remnant soul inside his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Daoliu guarded Qian Renheng and reflected on how far his grandson’s talent surpassed the old generation.
• Qian Renxue told Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena that Qian Renheng had gone to absorb the Soul Ring, then suggested they explore the city and celebrate when he returned.

Qian Renheng absorbed the Blue Silver Emperor’s Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone, reaching Soul Power Level 74 and awakening the Death Domain. He left the dungeon to find Qian Renxue and the others, while the elders discussed testing his new abilities and reminded Qian Daoliu that his breakthrough had unlocked another resurrection slot.

• Qian Renheng completed absorbing the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, rose four Soul Power levels to Rank 74, and gained Death Cage as well as his seventh-ring Martial Soul Avatar.
• Qian Renheng revealed that he had awakened the Death Domain, which weakened and drained enemies while enhancing him, though his Life Angel had not awakened a domain.
• Qian Daoliu urged Qian Renheng to absorb the Blue Silver Emperor Right Leg Bone, which granted flight and the healing skill Spring Breeze Brings New Life.
• Qian Renheng fused the Soul Bone, then left the dungeon with Qian Daoliu and went to find Qian Renxue and the others.
• Qian Yanyan and Qian Lingfeng proposed having Qian Wuji spar with Qian Renheng to test his new abilities, while Qian Daoliu told the elders that Qian Renheng had reached Rank 74.
• Qian Lingfeng pointed out that Qian Renheng’s breakthrough had unlocked another resurrection slot, but Qian Daoliu said there was no rush to use it.

After absorbing a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, Qian Renheng revealed that he had reached the Seventy-Fourth Rank and showed Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena the ring. He explained his new Death Cage skill and Angel Domain, then joined the others in heading to Angel Hotel to celebrate.

• Qian Renheng reunited with Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena in Spirit City's Central Plaza and told them his Soul Power had reached the Seventy-Fourth Rank.
• Qian Renheng took the group to a private room in a teahouse and revealed his seven Soul Rings, including the Hundred-Thousand-Year red ring, whose pressure overwhelmed the three younger girls.
• Qian Renheng explained that his Hundred-Thousand-Year soul skill, Death Cage, trapped him and a targeted enemy in a life-or-death battle or could restrain a single enemy.
• Qian Renheng told the group that he had awakened Angel Domain after reaching the Soul Saint realm, and Qian Renxue resolved to work harder to reach that threshold herself.
• Qian Renxue proposed a celebratory feast, and the group agreed to go to Angel Hotel with Qian Renheng paying.

Qian Renheng and the Qian Clan gathered at the Hall of Douluo cemetery, where he used his resurrection ability to bring his great-grandfather, Qian Xuanling, back to life. The ritual succeeded, but it drained Qian Renheng of all his Soul Power, and Qian Wuji caught him and replenished him.

• Qian Renheng reminded Qian Xunji to attend the planned resurrection, then went with Qian Renxue to the Supreme Elder Hall.
• Qian Wuji praised Qian Renheng's hundred-thousand-year Soul Ring and joked about testing his new abilities before Qian Lingfeng led everyone to the Hall of Douluo.
• Qian Lingfeng identified Qian Xuanling's grave, and Qian Renheng opened the coffin and summoned Ming Ji to help with the resurrection ritual.
• Qian Renheng and Ming Ji summoned the Death Realm, and a beam from its Blood Moon rebuilt Qian Xuanling's body before his soul returned through the Underworld Gate.
• The Death Realm vanished after the ritual, Ming Ji returned to Qian Renheng, and Qian Wuji caught the exhausted Qian Renheng and restored him with Soul Power.