Chapter Summaries

Spirit Hall’s joint meeting began with Mo Lin and Qian Renxue positioned as central figures, while Qian Renxue’s public appearance on Bibi Dong’s side stunned the Worship Hall’s six great worshippers. Her beauty also caught the attention of the young Soul Masters, and Hu Liena warned Xie Yue and Yan that Qian Renxue belonged to Mo Lin.

• Mo Lin taunted Golden Crocodile Douluo about his injuries before the joint meeting began.
• The hall guardian knight announced the meeting, and the gathered elders and representatives returned to their places.
• Qian Renxue emerged from the shadows and stood beside the two Holy Seats, unsettling the six great worshippers.
• Qianjun Douluo asked Golden Crocodile Douluo why Qian Renxue had sided with Bibi Dong, and Golden Crocodile admitted he did not know what had happened between her and Qian Daoliu.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue and Yan that Qian Renxue belonged to Mo Lin, and the two young men nervously agreed not to object.

Mo Lin proposed that Spirit Hall abandon the Soul Hunting Operation, arguing that its objectives had already been achieved after Grace Hall left the Heaven Dou Empire and destroyed the Clear Sky Sect. An elder stepped forward to challenge him before Mo Lin could continue.

• Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu arrived at the meeting, and Bibi Dong introduced Mo Lin as its chief speaker.
• Mo Lin proposed canceling the Soul Hunting Operation permanently, surprising the assembled Spirit Hall leaders.
• An elder argued that destroying the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would leave no strong faction in the Heaven Dou Empire able to oppose Spirit Hall.
• Mo Lin explained that the operation’s original aims had already been surpassed because Grace Hall had left the empire and destroyed the Clear Sky Sect.
• Most attendees accepted Mo Lin’s reasoning, but a loyalist elder stepped forward to challenge him.

Mo Lin persuaded Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu to abandon the Soul Hunting Operation against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, arguing that it would alert the Heaven Dou Empire and hinder Spirit Hall’s plans. After the leaders accepted his proposal, he stunned the meeting by calling for Spirit Hall to give up its plans for a Spirit Hall Empire.

• An elder argued that Spirit Hall should destroy the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before it grew stronger, but Mo Lin challenged him to explain the risks and how to avoid them.
• Mo Lin explained that attacking the sect would make the Heaven Dou Empire blame Spirit Hall and strengthen its defenses, while the sect was unlikely to grow into a serious military threat.
• Mo Lin suggested exploiting the Heaven Dou Empire’s large-scale military recruitment to gain influence over its armed forces.
• Bibi Dong abolished the Soul Hunting Operation, and Qian Daoliu agreed to proceed with plans targeting the empire’s military recruitment.
• As the hall debated whether Mo Lin was being groomed as the next Pope, he announced that Spirit Hall should stop pursuing the Spirit Hall Empire.

Mo Lin argued that Spirit Hall should pursue nation-building without openly establishing a country under the name Spirit Hall Empire or revealing its connection to Spirit Hall. The worshippers questioned the need for this change, and Mo Lin was left to explain his proposal.

• Jiang Mo Douluo and the other worshippers were stunned when Mo Lin appeared to reject the Spirit Hall Empire plan, while Hu Liena and Qian Renxue worried about the consequences.
• Bibi Dong asked Mo Lin how Spirit Hall could abandon nearly twenty years of preparation, and Mo Lin clarified that he opposed using Spirit Hall's name, not the work already completed.
• Bibi Dong confirmed Mo Lin's meaning, easing the tension among the people who had feared he wanted to discard the entire plan.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo objected that changing the method was unnecessary, and many people in the hall agreed with him.
• Qian Daoliu watched Mo Lin, knowing that Spirit Hall lacked the civil governance needed to sustain an empire but could not easily stop or reverse its preparations.

Mo Lin argued against Spirit Hall allying with the kingdoms and duchies to establish an empire, warning that the nobles could not be trusted and that a war under Spirit Hall’s banner would turn the common people against it. He left the assembly facing the consequences of becoming the continent’s perceived enemy if Spirit Hall broke the peace.

• Mo Lin challenged Golden Crocodile Douluo’s assumption that the kingdoms and duchies’ pledges meant they truly supported Spirit Hall.
• Mo Lin pointed out that Spirit Hall’s elders and bishops came from commoner families and questioned why they trusted the nobles who oppressed people like them.
• Qian Daoliu asked how Spirit Hall could quickly obtain ordinary soldiers without relying on the kingdoms and duchies or sacrificing its Soul Masters.
• Mo Lin warned that an empire built through cooperation with the kingdoms and duchies could collapse and destroy Spirit Hall with it.
• Mo Lin explained that launching a war would make Spirit Hall appear to shatter the common people’s peaceful lives, turning the majority of Douluo Continent against it.

Mo Lin warned Spirit Hall’s leaders that launching an unjust war would undermine any empire they built, and that Sea God Island posed a threat their plans had ignored. Bibi Dong adjourned the meeting and said the revisions to the Soul Hunting Operation and empire plans would be worked out before specific orders were issued.

• Mo Lin argued that a Spirit Hall Empire founded through an unjust war would provoke rebellion and could not endure, even if someone gained godhood.
• Mo Lin raised the possibility that an enemy might produce a god, prompting Qian Daoliu to identify Sea God Island as a potential threat.
• The leaders recognized that Sea God Island had a divine inheritance and formidable strength, and they questioned whether Spirit Hall’s original plan was safe.
• Bibi Dong silenced the hall and announced that she, Qian Daoliu, and other personnel would discuss the revisions before issuing orders in five days.
• Bibi Dong adjourned the meeting.

Dai Tianfeng summoned Dai Mubai and Dai Weisi to reveal that the Star Luo Empire had secretly allied with Grace Hall. He left the brothers facing an undisclosed task that Dai Mubai suspected might involve Yu Xiaogang.

• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing hurried back to Star Luo City after Dai Tianfeng summoned him, but palace guards admitted only Dai Mubai.
• Dai Mubai entered Dai Tianfeng’s bedchamber and found Dai Weisi already there.
• Dai Tianfeng told his sons that Grace Hall had established itself in Gengxin City, and Dai Mubai realized he had not known about its movements.
• Dai Tianfeng revealed that Grace Hall’s arrival was backed by a deal and that the Star Luo Empire was now allied with it.
• Dai Mubai suspected his father would assign them a task involving Yu Xiaogang.

Dai Tianfeng tasked Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai with winning Grace Hall’s support, making the victor crown prince, and Dai Mubai reluctantly accepted the mission with Zhu Zhuqing. Meanwhile, Mo Lin checked how Bibi Dong reacted to his relationship with Qian Renxue, then went to seek a private conversation with Bibi Dong under the pretext of discussing a new plan.

• Dai Tianfeng explained that Star Luo needed to secure Grace Hall’s loyalty and made the prince who won it over the next crown prince.
• Dai Mubai eagerly considered the chance to change the empire’s succession tradition, but Dai Tianfeng judged him too easy to read.
• Dai Mubai told Zhu Zhuqing about the mission and his wish to avenge Tang San, and Zhu Zhuqing urged him to proceed for their future.
• Mo Lin asked Qian Renxue whether she had told Bibi Dong about their relationship, and Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong had seemed surprised.
• Mo Lin used the new plan as a reason to meet Bibi Dong alone, while Qian Renxue declined to come.

Bibi Dong explained to Mo Lin how reconciling with Qian Renxue had changed her willingness to confront her feelings, and the two began to address their own relationship. Just as Mo Lin was about to make his decision, Qian Renxue interrupted them after visiting Hu Liena to assert her place in their relationship.

• Bibi Dong told Mo Lin that reconciling with Qian Renxue had helped her stop hiding her emotions and prompted her to speak plainly about her feelings for him.
• Mo Lin admitted he wanted both Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, but said he might need to restrain himself because of the taboo surrounding his relationship with a mother and daughter.
• Bibi Dong recognized that Mo Lin was about to make his decision, and their private conversation was interrupted when Qian Renxue opened the door.
• Qian Renxue visited Hu Liena and calmly declared that they were already sisters, catching Hu Liena off guard.

Qian Renxue visited Hu Liena to discuss avoiding conflicts over Mo Lin, but Hu Liena’s nervous reaction revealed that she knew about Mo Lin and Bibi Dong’s relationship. Qian Renxue confronted them after learning the truth, and she told Bibi Dong she did not blame her before turning to Mo Lin.

• Qian Renxue entered Hu Liena’s room and said she wanted them to get along for Mo Lin’s sake.
• Hu Liena reacted nervously when Qian Renxue mentioned that Mo Lin was meeting Bibi Dong.
• Qian Renxue questioned Hu Liena, who confessed to knowing about Mo Lin and Bibi Dong’s complicated relationship.
• Qian Renxue rushed to Bibi Dong’s room and confronted Mo Lin about what he and Bibi Dong had discussed.
• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that she already knew and did not blame her, then looked at Mo Lin.

Qian Renxue confronted Mo Lin and Bibi Dong about their feelings, then accepted a compromise that let Mo Lin and Bibi Dong share a nonphysical relationship. That night, Qian Renxue returned to Mo Lin’s room and made clear she intended to keep a close eye on him.

• Qian Renxue questioned Mo Lin about when he had become interested in Bibi Dong and learned that Bibi Dong and Mo Lin had never confirmed their relationship.
• Mo Lin said he wanted to end the current situation, while Bibi Dong stayed silent about what she wanted.
• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong she supported her pursuing happiness and proposed that Bibi Dong and Mo Lin maintain a spiritual relationship without crossing the final line.
• Mo Lin agreed to respect the boundary, and Bibi Dong thanked Qian Renxue for the compromise.
• Qian Renxue returned to Mo Lin’s room, criticized his concealment, pinned him to the bed, and said she would keep him from having any reserves left.

Mo Lin returned to Gengxin City after settling Spirit Hall’s affairs and sent Qian Renxue back to Heaven Dou City to exploit the military power vacuum. There, he reunited with the five dragon sons, who questioned his use of Qilin and Phoenix in the city’s construction and smithing work.

• Mo Lin sent Qian Renxue to Heaven Dou City to infiltrate the empire’s military while its commanders competed for the authority left by Ge Long’s death.
• Mo Lin returned to Gengxin City with Mo Ning and saw that Grace Hall’s headquarters was nearly complete.
• Mo Jia hurried Mo Lin to the temporary headquarters, where five dragon sons had been waiting for him.
• Mo Lin greeted Qiuniu, Yazi, Mock Wind, Pulao, and Suanni, who had tracked him down through Qilin and Phoenix.
• Mo Lin explained that Qilin and Phoenix were auspicious beasts meant to connect with humans, leaving the five dragon sons curious about how such a bond could form.

Mo Lin explained his ambition to let soul masters break through their bottlenecks without hunting soul beasts, hoping to win Qiuniu’s support. After seeing the research behind the plan, Qiuniu began to consider following Mo Lin.

• Mo Lin described how demon beasts in another world could coexist with humans and explained why he kept Qilin and Phoenix hidden.
• Mo Lin said he hoped to perfect a method for soul masters to advance without hunting soul beasts, shocking Qiuniu and the other dragon sons.
• Mo Lin took Qiuniu to Lou Gao’s forging room, where Lou Gao demonstrated magical artifacts that could replace hunted soul beasts.
• Mo Lin explained his martial-soul theory to Qiuniu, who was impressed by how quickly Mo Lin had formed its framework.
• Qiuniu pondered whether to follow Mo Lin, despite preferring a peaceful and quiet life.

Mo Lin explained the history of the Dragon God, the Silver Dragon King, and the soul beasts’ defeat to Qiuniu, then revealed his plan to seek an alliance with the Silver Dragon King. Qiuniu worried that Mo Lin’s companions were not ready to face the Savage Beasts.

• Phoenix charged into Mo Lin and complained that he and the other divine beasts had been left tending fires in Gengxin City.
• Mo Lin reassured Phoenix that he would soon have a chance to fight, then showed Qiuniu a scale bearing the Silver Dragon King’s elemental auras.
• Qiuniu did not recognize the Silver Dragon King, so Mo Lin explained the Dragon God’s war, the division of his body into the Golden Dragon King and Silver Dragon King, and the Silver Dragon King’s retreat to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Mo Lin said he planned to form an alliance with the Silver Dragon King and explained how soul beasts fought to establish their ranks.
• Qiuniu objected that facing Savage Beasts would be too dangerous for Qilin and Phoenix at their current strength.

Mo Lin planned to take Phoenix and Qilin to spar with ten-thousand-year soul beasts and recruit Yazi and other dragon sons for his soul beast alliance. In Gengxin City, he assigned Dugu Bo to select promising young soul masters from several clans before Mo Lin returned.

• Mo Lin told Qiuniu that Phoenix and Qilin would spar with ten-thousand-year soul beasts while Yazi and other dragon sons would handle the ferocious beasts.
• Qiuniu said the dragon sons would decide by majority whether to join Mo Lin, as they had when leaving Soul Beast Island.
• Dugu Bo explained that he had felt watched wherever he went until Mo Lin arrived, and that he feared leaving Gengxin City would get him killed.
• Mo Lin asked Dugu Bo to select ten adaptable soul masters under twenty-five from each of the former Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, the Mo Family, the Fu Family, the Zhou Family, and the Nine-Heart Begonia Clan.
• Mo Lin excluded Yu Tianxin and Yu Tianheng and explained that he wanted Dugu Bo to choose impartially rather than let family members favor their own younger relatives.

Mo Lin reassured Dugu Bo that Qilin and Phoenix posed no threat to Gengxin City, then reflected on how to overcome his companions’ prejudice toward soul beasts through action. Five days later, he gathered Qilin, Phoenix, and Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni for a journey intended to strengthen the two young lords and bring him closer to gods.

• Dugu Bo asked Mo Lin about the soul beasts Qilin and Phoenix living in Gengxin City, and Mo Lin assured him they would leave with him and had no reason to harm the city.
• Mo Lin revealed that Qilin had built the city wall overnight, but told Dugu Bo that the two soul beasts could have harmed the city already if they had wanted to.
• After Dugu Bo left, Mo Lin realized that his family might share Dugu Bo’s prejudice and decided that actions would be needed to change their views.
• Five days later, Mo Lin waited at Grace Hall’s temporary headquarters with Qilin and Phoenix, and Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni arrived to join his journey.
• Mo Lin said their first destination would help Qilin and Phoenix grow stronger and bring him closer to gods, while the others explained why they had agreed to travel with him.

Mo Lin led Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni to a secluded cave and had them prepare to contain the aftershocks of his and his companions’ cultivation breakthroughs. As Mo Lin, Qilin, and Phoenix began their breakthrough, Mo Lin entered his spiritual space and discovered the Winged Dragon Martial Soul’s gray energy had sealed the Asura Demon Sword.

• Mo Lin led Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni into a cave in the Star Luo Empire and explained that they would help contain the effects of the breakthroughs.
• Mo Lin showed the three dragon sons his artifacts and instructed them to use the artifacts to maintain a Soul Power barrier at Titled Douluo level.
• Mo Lin, Qilin, and Phoenix sat in the cave’s center and began circulating Soul Power as Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni activated the barrier.
• Mo Lin entered his spiritual space and found the Heaven-Devouring Titan Python, the Space-Evading Mantis, and the Winged Dragon Martial Soul still asleep after the tribulation.
• Mo Lin saw that gray energy from the Winged Dragon Martial Soul had sealed the Asura Demon Sword, preventing the God Realm from tracing him through it.

Mo Lin absorbed five Clear Sky Hammer Martial Souls, strengthening his other Martial Souls and awakening the Winged Dragon. As the Qilin and Phoenix began circulating Soul Power with him, the resulting tremors left Suanni concerned that humans might investigate the cave and provoke conflict with Mo Lin.

• Mo Lin absorbed the five Clear Sky Hammers and discovered that they carried the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
• Non-Aggression and Primordial Qi absorbed much of the energy, advancing their soul rings, while Mo Lin suspected Primordial Qi might eventually condense a ninth soul ring on its own.
• The Winged Dragon awakened, and Mo Lin began circulating Soul Power with the Qilin and Phoenix.
• Yazi, Mock Wind, and Suanni increased their Soul Power output to contain the first aftershock, which shook the cave and frightened nearby soul beasts.
• Suanni worried that curious human soul masters might come to investigate and that Yazi's response could cause conflict with Mo Lin.

Mo Lin established a Soul Power channel with Qilin and Phoenix, causing their spiritual spaces to connect and his Winged Dragon Martial Soul to grow. He realized the method could let Beast and Plant Martial Soul masters gain soul rings without hunting soul beasts, but saw that it depended on profound mutual trust that would be difficult to achieve.

• Mo Lin felt his spiritual space expand as his Soul Power circulated with Qilin and Phoenix, and the two appeared inside it.
• Phoenix and Qilin confirmed their spiritual spaces had connected and reported that their Soul Power storage had rapidly increased.
• Mo Lin watched his Winged Dragon Martial Soul begin condensing a fourth gray soul ring and concluded that resonance could provide soul rings without hunting soul beasts.
• Mo Lin recognized that his success depended on treating Qilin and Phoenix as siblings and trusting them as equals, not as pets.
• Mo Lin judged that persuading Soul Masters and soul beasts to form such bonds would make the method harder to spread than Weapon Martial Soul heart's blood refinement.

While Mo Lin, Qilin, and Phoenix continued raising their cultivation, their power caused repeated earthquakes in a Star Luo Empire soul beast forest. Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing joined Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun to investigate, and Dai Mubai warned his brother not to use the mission against them.

• Mo Lin, Qilin, and Phoenix continued their cultivation in the spiritual space as their power shook the forest for three days.
• Mock Wind complained about waiting, but Suanni stopped him from questioning Yazi about his strange expression.
• Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing and Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun arrived at the forest to investigate the earthquakes.
• The guards told Dai Mubai that the tremors seemed to come from a cave near a small mountain in the forest.
• Dai Mubai warned Dai Weisi not to exploit the investigation to harm him and Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Weisi denied having such intentions.