Chapter Summaries

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue spent the evening with Yue Yi, who went to sleep with Bibi Dong. The next morning, Jun Xuehan received his Pontiff's Attire and prepared to attend the investiture ceremony.

• Yue Yi showed Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue the lavish outfit Great-Grandpa had bought her, and Qian Renxue changed her into pajamas and put the outfit away.
• Jun Xuehan asked Yue Yi to sleep with Bibi Dong, and Bibi Dong welcomed her into her room for the night.
• Before dawn, maids arranged the Pope's Palace for the ceremony to restart the Pope Position, which required the elders of both halls to attend.
• A maid delivered Jun Xuehan's Pontiff's Attire the next morning, and Qian Renxue urged him to get ready and avoid being late.

Jun Xuehan was appointed Pope alongside his role as Great Worship Elder, and Bibi Dong announced his wedding to Qian Renxue would take place in three days. As Spirit City began preparing for the celebration, Hu Liena told the Golden Generation, whose members discussed what wedding gift to give.

• Bibi Dong announced that Jun Xuehan would become Pope, and the elders and worship elders unanimously approved.
• Bibi Dong announced that Spirit City would be sealed off and Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue would marry in three days.
• Hu Liena congratulated the couple, then left to inform the Golden Generation while the elders and attendants began preparing for the wedding.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue left Pope's Palace to walk around Spirit City.
• Hu Liena told Xie Yue, Yan, Zong Ming, Tang Lingling, and the others about the appointments and wedding, and they scolded Zong Ming for suggesting a clock as a gift.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue prepared for their wedding and made their way to the Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu awaited them. They arrived together as the gathered guests fell silent and turned to watch them.

• Spirit City was decorated for the wedding, while Hu Liena recorded gifts and guests gathered in the hall.
• Bibi Dong sent Jun Xuehan to the Worship Hall to bring Qian Renxue to the Pope's Palace.
• Qian Renxue praised Yue Yi's comment that her bridal attire made her even prettier, and Yue Yi reported that Qian Daoliu was waiting outside.
• Qian Daoliu carried Yue Yi away and reminded Jun Xuehan not to delay the auspicious time.
• Jun Xuehan entered Qian Renxue's room, admired her bridal appearance, and carried her toward the Pope's Palace.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue arrived at the Pope's Palace, where Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu waited as the guests turned their attention to them.

Jun Xuehan welcomed Gu Yuena and Wang Qiu'er to his wedding to Qian Renxue, where they met Yue Yi and the other guests. The wedding ceremony concluded and the banquet began, leaving Yan and Xie Yue drinking with Jun Xuehan and admiring his daughter.

• Gu Yuena and Wang Qiu'er arrived at the Pope's Palace, and Yue Yi greeted Wang Qiu'er as her aunt.
• Gu Yuena asked Yue Yi to call her Aunt, then held the girl and sensed her Dragon Race bloodline.
• Bibi Dong presided over Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue's wedding procedures, gave the guests permission to celebrate, and announced Gold Soul Coin gifts for Spirit City's commoners.
• Jun Xuehan introduced Gu Yuena and Wang Qiu'er to Bibi Dong and Qian Daoliu before the banquet began.
• Yan and Xie Yue challenged Jun Xuehan to drink, then asked about Yue Yi and praised her resemblance to him.

After their wedding night, Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue discussed Spirit Hall’s influence in the Heaven Dou Empire with Bibi Dong. They learned the Clear Sky Sect had returned and proposed attacking it alongside the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan during the Spirit Hunting Operation.

• Gu Yuena and Wang Qiu'er left the banquet, and Jun Xuehan carried Qian Renxue back to their bridal chamber.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue emerged from their room near noon and joined Bibi Dong in the study.
• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong that their influence in the Heaven Dou Empire was secure through Xue Qinghe, Jun Xuehan, and Wind Snow Pavilion.
• Bibi Dong gave Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue an intelligence report revealing that the Clear Sky Sect had reemerged about four hundred li east of Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Xuehan judged the Clear Sky Sect too weak to threaten Spirit Hall and suggested striking both it and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan during the Spirit Hunting Operation.

Jun Xuehan devised a plan to cripple the Clear Sky Sect with a staged retreat and ten ambushes, and Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue agreed to it. After Qian Renxue left to condense a Soul Core, Bibi Dong took Jun Xuehan to a place like a divine inheritance site.

• Jun Xuehan proposed delaying the Spirit Hunting Operation until Qian Renxue took the throne, then using troops and soul masters to attack the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jun Xuehan laid out a plan to surround the Clear Sky Sect on three sides and funnel its retreating members through ten ambushes toward the Star Luo Empire.
• Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue approved Jun Xuehan's plan to severely cripple the Clear Sky Sect.
• Jun Xuehan explained Soul Cores to Bibi Dong, while Qian Renxue went to her room to condense one.
• Bibi Dong invited Jun Xuehan to follow her to a place similar to a deity's inheritance site.

Bibi Dong brought Jun Xuehan to the Rakshasa Secret Realm, where he was named her companion for the Sixth Trial: killing the Nether Plume Beast. After assessing the beast’s formidable strength and weaknesses, they prepared to test it together.

• Bibi Dong led Jun Xuehan from Pope's Palace to a hidden chamber beneath the forest outside Spirit City.
• The Rakshasa God’s trial marked Jun Xuehan as Bibi Dong’s companion and assigned them to kill the Nether Plume Beast within one year.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Nether Plume Beast rivaled a rank 99 Limit Douluo, was immune to poison, and gained strength in the secret realm.
• Bibi Dong and Jun Xuehan found the beast behind a dark-purple barrier and learned that its low intelligence was its main weakness.
• Jun Xuehan proposed attacking from the flank while Bibi Dong engaged the beast from the front, and Bibi Dong warned him to avoid its horns.

Jun Xuehan and Bibi Dong fought the Nether Plume Beast inside the barrier, eventually wounding it and breaking off one of its horns. Jun Xuehan used the barrier to fling the beast back whenever it charged after him, and the chapter ended when the beast spoke and challenged him to come inside.

• Jun Xuehan and Bibi Dong entered the barrier and attacked the Nether Plume Beast, but its scales resisted their initial strikes.
• Jun Xuehan switched to the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear and wounded the beast, drawing its anger toward him.
• Jun Xuehan dodged the beast’s charge while Bibi Dong struck its wounded spot, and together they tore away scales and broke off one horn.
• The Nether Plume Beast blasted Jun Xuehan and Bibi Dong away, then charged Jun Xuehan, who escaped beyond the barrier and watched it crash into the boundary.
• Jun Xuehan repeatedly baited the beast into charging him beyond the barrier, causing the barrier to fling it back each time.
• The Nether Plume Beast spoke to Jun Xuehan and challenged him to enter the barrier.

Jun Xuehan and Bibi Dong wore down the Nether Plume Beast through a combination of ranged Elemental Attacks and targeted strikes. When the beast began preparing to self-destruct, Jun Xuehan offered it a chance to survive by sacrificing itself to Bibi Dong and being revived after she became a god.

• The Nether Plume Beast turned its attack toward Bibi Dong while Jun Xuehan entered the barrier and struck it with flames.
• Jun Xuehan lured the Nether Plume Beast into charging at the barrier, then attacked it with both spears while Bibi Dong targeted its unarmored body.
• Jun Xuehan’s and Bibi Dong’s attacks gradually broke the beast’s scales and left it bleeding and weakened.
• The Nether Plume Beast began gathering energy to self-destruct, and Bibi Dong retreated beyond the barrier.
• Jun Xuehan urged the beast to sacrifice itself to Bibi Dong, promising it could retain its soul consciousness and be revived after she became a god.

Bibi Dong secured the Nether Plume Beast’s soul ring after promising to resurrect it when she became a god, and she and Jun Xuehan passed the Rakshasa Sixth Trial. They returned to Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong began condensing a Soul Core and Jun Xuehan visited Qian Renxue and Yue Yi.

• Jun Xuehan persuaded the Nether Plume Beast to sacrifice itself by offering it the chance to reach the Beast God realm, and Bibi Dong swore to resurrect it when she became a god.
• The Nether Plume Beast sacrificed itself to Bibi Dong, giving her its soul ring and passing the Rakshasa Sixth Trial for her and Jun Xuehan.
• The Rakshasa God increased Bibi Dong’s affinity and the Cultivation Age of both their soul rings, then assigned the Seventh Trial: ascending the Netherworld Staircase and taking up the Rakshasa Magic Scythe within three years.
• Bibi Dong and Jun Xuehan returned to Pope’s Palace, where Bibi Dong went to condense a Soul Core and Jun Xuehan visited Qian Renxue and Yue Yi.
• Yue Yi told Jun Xuehan about the people who had played with her in Spirit City and said she wanted to fight little monsters after awakening her Martial Soul.

After Qian Renxue finished condensing a Soul Core, Jun Xuehan and his family visited Qian Xunji’s neglected grave, where Qian Renxue shared how she had avenged him. They paid their respects and then left for Spirit City to take Yue Yi out to play.

• Jun Xuehan agreed to take Yue Yi to Spirit City after Qian Renxue finished condensing a Soul Core, and Qian Daoliu suggested they visit Qian Xunji’s grave.
• Qian Renxue successfully condensed a Soul Core, then joined Jun Xuehan, Yue Yi, and Qian Daoliu on the trip to the grave.
• Jun Xuehan cleared the weeds around Qian Xunji’s tombstone while Qian Daoliu spoke to the deceased and Qian Renxue recounted avenging him.
• Yue Yi poured her Beast Milk before the tombstone as an offering, then Qian Daoliu carried her away toward Spirit City with Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue following.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue debated whether to take Yue Yi back to Heaven Dou City or leave her in Spirit City, partly because Jun Xuehan wanted her to spend time with Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu offered to go with them and help care for Yue Yi, resolving their disagreement.

• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue discussed taking Yue Yi back to Heaven Dou City after their outing in Spirit City.
• Jun Xuehan argued that Yue Yi should stay in Spirit City with Qian Daoliu, while Qian Renxue wanted their daughter to grow up with her parents.
• Jun Xuehan revealed that he feared Qian Renxue's Angel Nine Trials might begin soon, leaving Qian Daoliu with little time.
• Qian Daoliu entered, heard their disagreement, and offered to accompany them to Heaven Dou City to help care for Yue Yi.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue agreed that Qian Daoliu's solution settled the matter, then prepared to go to sleep.

Jun Xuehan, Qian Renxue, Qian Daoliu, and Yue Yi traveled toward Vast Sea City, but strange silence in a village and the forest led Jun Xuehan to discover wolf bandits pursuing an injured girl. The girl fought one of her pursuers while Jun Xuehan and Qian Daoliu watched from a tree.

• Jun Xuehan drove the carriage out of Spirit City while Qian Renxue promised Yue Yi they would see more of the continent’s scenery.
• Jun Xuehan found that the villagers near Vast Sea City would not answer or open their doors, so the group continued onward.
• Jun Xuehan and Qian Daoliu sensed strange movement and fighting in the silent forest, and Jun Xuehan went to investigate.
• Jun Xuehan found an injured girl carrying a spear as several wolf bandits chased her.
• The girl fought one wolf bandit, and Jun Xuehan and Qian Daoliu observed her skill from a tree.

Jun Xuehan rescued a girl from Wolf Bandits and learned she planned to join the Tang Sect in Heaven Dou City. After revealing he was from Wind Snow Pavilion, he watched her quickly change her mind and ask to join his faction.

• Qian Daoliu left Jun Xuehan to handle the Wolf Bandits, and Jun Xuehan swiftly killed the bandits pursuing a girl.
• Jun Xuehan learned the girl had encountered hundreds of Wolf Bandits near a village, but declined to search for them when she could not say where they had gone.
• The girl followed Jun Xuehan toward Heaven Dou City, explaining that she had Level 9 Innate Soul Power and wanted to join the newly established Tang Sect.
• The girl said she had rejected Spirit Hall and Wind Snow Pavilion because she hoped to stand out in a smaller faction.
• Jun Xuehan told the girl that Wind Snow Pavilion and the Tang Sect were enemies, then revealed he was surnamed Jun and came from Wind Snow Pavilion.
• The girl immediately praised Wind Snow Pavilion and asked Jun Xuehan to let her join, and he pointed out that she had just said otherwise.

Jun Xuehan brought Li Shang to Suotuo City and chose to visit Dragon Duke Meng Shu, forcing his way into the Meng family residence. An elder’s command made the disciples stand aside, leaving Jun Xuehan to walk deeper inside.

• Jun Xuehan rescued Li Shang and let her drive the carriage toward Heaven Dou City while he traveled with Qian Renxue, Yue Yi, and Qian Daoliu.
• During the journey, Li Shang introduced herself, and Jun Xuehan said he had dealt with only some of the nearby wolf bandits.
• Five days later, Li Shang chose to join Wind Snow Pavilion, and Jun Xuehan told her to serve as his maid for now.
• Jun Xuehan and Li Shang reached Suotuo City and headed to a luxurious residence to visit Dragon Duke Meng Shu.
• Jun Xuehan kicked open the residence gates and sent aside the disciples who tried to stop him.
• An aged, powerful voice ordered the disciples to stand down, and Jun Xuehan continued farther into the residence with Li Shang behind him.

Jun Xuehan visited Meng Shu to invite his family into Wind Snow Pavilion, but Meng Shu refused and said his family would join neither Wind Snow Pavilion nor the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect. Three days later, soul masters began appearing around Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, and Tang San suspected Wind Snow Pavilion was behind them.

• Jun Xuehan offered Meng Shu a high-ranking position if his family joined Wind Snow Pavilion, but Meng Shu declined.
• Meng Shu told Jun Xuehan that the Tang Sect and Clear Sky Sect had also approached his family, and that he had rejected them as well.
• Jun Xuehan left Meng Shu's grounds with Li Shang, saying his main objective was somewhere else.
• Three days later, many soul masters appeared in Heaven Dou City and gathered around Heaven Dou Imperial Palace.
• Tang San heard reports of the soul masters and suspected they were connected to Wind Snow Pavilion, but chose not to act yet.

Jun Xuehan and Qian Renxue prepared for Xue Ye’s death and planned how Qian Renxue could transfer Heaven Dou to Spirit Hall. They visited Xue Ye’s bedside, where Jun Xuehan concealed how close the emperor was to dying.

• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue that everything was ready for the palace to be placed under martial law and for Xue Ye to die quietly.
• Jun Xuehan proposed that Xue Qinghe reclaim the duchies and kingdoms, then yield the throne to Bibi Dong, allowing the Heaven Dou Empire to become the Spirit Hall Empire.
• Qian Renxue agreed to the plan and disguised herself as Xue Qinghe before going with Jun Xuehan to see Xue Ye.
• At Xue Ye’s bedside, Jun Xuehan examined him and privately confirmed that the poison had reached his heart meridian.
• Jun Xuehan told the Healing Soul Masters that Xue Ye might recover, while Xue Qinghe understood from Jun Xuehan’s glance that the emperor might not survive the night.

Jun Xuehan and Xue Qinghe put the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace under heavy guard while they waited for developments in Xue Ye’s chambers. Mistaking the preparations for a coup, Tang San mobilized the Tang Sect to rescue Xue Ye and sent Titan to inform the Clear Sky Sect.

• Jun Xuehan and Xue Qinghe arranged a lockdown of the palace, placing Imperial Guards at its entrances and Soul Masters around the palace and Xue Ye’s chambers.
• Jun Xuehan told Xue Qinghe that the conspicuous deployment had a purpose, and the two shared a smile over his plan.
• Tang San and Ma Hongjun suspected that Jun Xuehan was preparing a coup, but Titan advised them not to interfere without knowing the facts.
• Tang San ordered Titan to report to the Clear Sky Sect and told Ma Hongjun to fetch Dai Mubai as he prepared to lead Tang Sect disciples to rescue Xue Ye.
• Tang San gathered several hundred disciples armed with Hidden Weapons and declared that Jun Xuehan had made a careless move.

Tang San led the Tang Sect into the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace, believing Jun Xuehan’s Wind Snow Pavilion had staged a coup, but found Xue Ye dead and was framed for the assassination. Xue Qinghe arrived and ordered the group seized, leaving Tang San unable to prove his innocence.

• The Imperial Guard Commander refused to let Tang San’s group enter, so Tang San and the Tang Sect attacked the guards with Hidden Weapons.
• Jun Xuehan ordered Wind Snow Pavilion soul masters to seal the street and covertly instructed the Imperial Guard Commander to let Tang San’s group through, then prevent anyone from leaving.
• Tang San, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun entered Xue Ye’s bedchamber and found his body cold, then decided to search for the Crown Prince.
• The bedchamber lights came on as a voice announced that Tang San’s group had assassinated Xue Ye, and Xue Qinghe appeared at the doorway.
• Tang San blamed the Wind Snow Pavilion, but Xue Qinghe rejected his explanation and ordered his people to seize the alleged assassins.

Jun Xuehan confronted Tang San and the Tang Sect in Xue Ye’s bedroom, accusing them and the Clear Sky Sect of conspiring with the Star Luo Empire to assassinate the emperor. Tang Xiao rescued Tang San, but Jun Xuehan turned his intervention into another public accusation against the Clear Sky Sect.

• She Long, Ci Xue, and the other fighters attacked Tang San, while Zi Ji blasted Ma Hongjun through a wall and Dugu Bo and Ci Xue captured Dai Mubai.
• Tang San fled the bedroom, but Jun Xuehan intercepted him and revealed a new soul-ring configuration of five black and two red rings.
• Jun Xuehan accused Tang San of leading the Tang Sect in attacking the Imperial Guards and assassinating Xue Ye, and Tang San charged him with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• She Long stabbed Tang San from behind, and Jun Xuehan launched him into the air before a flying Clear Sky Hammer knocked aside Jun Xuehan’s spear.
• Tang Xiao caught Tang San and denied that the Clear Sky Sect had joined the assassination, while Jun Xuehan pointed to the palace incursion and other evidence as proof of their guilt.