Chapter Summaries

Bai Chen used an illusion built from several Soul Skills to defeat the Third Worship and was named the new Third Worship. Golden Crocodile Douluo then challenged him, offering him the Deputy Hall Master position if he won; their battle began with Bai Chen at a disadvantage in Soul Power.

• Bai Chen defeated the Third Worship by combining Fate Soul Skills, illusions, Spiritual Disturbance, Simulation, and Spiritual Prison, though the other Worships could not understand what had happened.
• Qian Daoliu announced Bai Chen as the new Third Worship, and the other Worships accepted the result without objection.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo challenged Bai Chen so the Worships could witness his true strength, promising him the Deputy Hall Master position if he won.
• Bai Chen recovered, then faced Golden Crocodile Douluo as both released their Soul Rings and clashed their auras.
• Bai Chen ultimately fell behind in the aura contest because Golden Crocodile Douluo possessed far more Soul Power.

Bai Chen used Battle Armor, a fused Dragon King domain, and spiritual attacks to battle Golden Crocodile Douluo. After trapping him and charging a powerful combined elemental strike, Bai Chen left Golden Crocodile Douluo facing an attack strong enough to threaten him.

• Bai Chen donned his Battle Armor and unleashed the fused Scarlet Flame Cold Light Domain against Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Worshippers.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo activated his Martial Soul Avatar and clashed with Bai Chen, who secretly hurt him with a spiritual attack.
• Bai Chen slowed Golden Crocodile Douluo with Spiritual Prison, then trapped him in Cast-Off Shell Prison while preparing his strongest attack.
• Bai Chen used a secret art to summon the Water-Fire Dragon Kings' Soul Spirits simultaneously and gathered water, fire, light, and spiritual power.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo broke free as Bai Chen's Fate Soul Skills struck him, and Bai Chen unleashed his charged attack, which Qian Daoliu recognized as a threat to Golden Crocodile Douluo.

Bai Chen earned recognition as the Worship Hall’s Third Worship after fighting Golden Crocodile Douluo, while Qian Renxue received the Angel’s Nine Trials. Bai Chen challenged Qian Daoliu’s ten-year timeline for Qian Renxue to take control of Spirit Hall, giving him at most three years.

• Bai Chen’s Soul Seizure and Sorrow of Destiny weakened Golden Crocodile Douluo, but Bai Chen conceded after their clash because he had exhausted his strength.
• Qian Daoliu named Bai Chen the Worship Hall’s Third Worship, and the elders accepted him more sincerely.
• Qian Daoliu guided Qian Renxue through the Angel God’s trial, and nine golden screens revealed that she had received the Angel’s Nine Trials.
• Qian Daoliu asked the elders to support Qian Renxue’s future rule over Spirit Hall, and Golden Crocodile Douluo pledged their help.
• Bai Chen objected to Qian Daoliu’s ten-year plan and said he would allow at most three years.

Bai Chen proposed using mass-produced battle armor to build support for Qian Renxue, then founded the Mandate Alliance to offer its members discounted armor in exchange for their allegiance. The chapter ended with weaker factions beginning to join, while Qian Daoliu worried that Bai Chen might become the true power behind Spirit Hall.

• Bai Chen told Qian Daoliu that his clan’s support and battle armor could help Qian Renxue rise to power within one year.
• Bai Chen explained that battle armor could be mass-produced and planned to sell it at a high price, with a steep discount for factions that pledged allegiance.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to Bai Chen’s plan but worried that Spirit Hall’s members might ultimately become Bai Chen’s people rather than Qian Renxue’s.
• Bai Chen invited the continent’s top factions to Heaven Eye Academy, revealed his true identity, and demonstrated his battle armor.
• Bai Chen announced the Mandate Alliance, offering member factions discounts on battle armor in exchange for accepting his authority.
• Weaker factions were the first to choose to join the Mandate Alliance, seeing it as a chance to gain a powerful backer.

Bai Chen offered custom battle armor to offset the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s disadvantages and asked for its support in making Qian Renxue the next Spirit Hall Pope. After the Mandate Alliance formed, the Star Luo Empire joined and invited Bai Chen to move its headquarters, but he refused.

• Bai Chen offered to redesign battle armor for Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect members, shifting its amplification toward soul power and defense in exchange for the sect’s unconditional support.
• Bai Chen told Ning Fengzhi that he intended to support Qian Renxue as Spirit Hall’s next Pope and revealed that she was Xue Qinghe; Ning Fengzhi said he would consult his sect.
• Bai Chen ended the exhibition, and soul master influences across the continent began deciding whether to join Mandate Alliance.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire joined Mandate Alliance, and the Star Luo Empire invited Bai Chen to relocate Heaven Eye Academy and Mandate Pavilion to Star Luo City.
• Bai Chen refused the Star Luo Empire’s invitation, and most other influences chose to join Mandate Alliance.

Bibi Dong brought Spirit Hall into the Mandate Alliance but warned Bai Chen that she intended to keep control of Spirit Hall. After Qian Renxue emerged from her 108-day Divine Trial, Bai Chen explained how Battle Armor had reshaped the continent and weakened Bibi Dong’s position within Spirit Hall.

• The Worship Hall backed Spirit Hall joining the Mandate Alliance, and Bibi Dong visited Bai Chen to announce Spirit Hall’s decision while questioning his identity and warning him not to interfere with her rule.
• After Bibi Dong left, Bai Chen reflected that his plans were already undermining her influence and waited for Qian Renxue’s Divine Trial to end.
• Qian Renxue completed her 108 days of Deep Meditation and sensed an inexplicable reverence toward Bai Chen after inheriting the Angel God’s Divine Trial.
• Bai Chen explained that Battle Armor had transformed the continent, made the Mandate Alliance its central power, and earned the loyalty of soul masters across many factions.
• Bai Chen revealed that Spirit Hall members had grown dissatisfied with Bibi Dong’s opposition to the Mandate Alliance, leaving her with many potential enemies inside her own faction.

After Qian Renxue awoke from Deep Meditation, Bai Chen gave her Three-Character Battle Armor and proposed that she claim Spirit Hall’s papacy as the Angel God’s successor. He then summoned the Mandate Alliance’s factions, revealed the new armor, and demanded their help with his plan, threatening to remove any who refused from the alliance.

• Bai Chen explained that Three-Character Battle Armor could let a Soul Saint fight a Title Douluo, then gave Qian Renxue a specially modified set that she could wear at six rings.
• Bai Chen offered Three-Character Battle Armor to the priests, who welcomed the chance to strengthen themselves, while Qian Daoliu speculated that Bai Chen was a divine inheritor.
• Bai Chen asked Qian Renxue if she was prepared to become Spirit Hall’s Pope, and she agreed to take the position.
• Bai Chen summoned the major factions to Heaven Eye Academy and announced that Three-Character Battle Armor would cost three hundred million Gold Soul Coins per set.
• Bai Chen asked the Mandate Alliance factions to help him, warning that anyone who refused would be permanently removed from the alliance.

Bai Chen forced Spirit Hall’s factions to support Qian Renxue taking Bibi Dong’s position as Pope, and Qian Renxue defeated Bibi Dong’s envoy. Bibi Dong stepped down and disappeared, while Bai Chen worried that her retreat would thwart his plan to resolve her heart knot; Qian Renxue prepared to assume the position.

• Bai Chen introduced Qian Renxue as a candidate to replace Bibi Dong and warned that those supporting Bibi Dong would lose the Mandate Alliance’s benefits.
• A Title Douluo sent by Bibi Dong tried to flee, but Bai Chen struck him down and Qian Renxue killed him with Angel Domain and Angel’s Roar.
• Bibi Dong learned that more than ninety percent of the world’s sects and families demanded her resignation, then left the Papal Palace and disappeared that night.
• Bai Chen told Gu Yuena that Bibi Dong’s disappearance was bad for his plan to resolve her heart knot and complete the Divine Trial’s mission.
• Bai Chen told Qian Renxue to prepare for her accession as Pope, while she felt little joy despite achieving her goal.

Qian Renxue became the new Pope of Spirit Hall, but the ceremony left her uncertain and widely regarded as Bai Chen’s figurehead. Bai Chen persuaded Qian Daoliu to reveal the truth behind Bibi Dong’s treatment of Qian Renxue, and the chapter ended as they summoned her to the Papal Palace roof to talk.

• Qian Renxue accepted the crown at her inauguration while Bai Chen used Spiritual Detection Sharing to speak privately with Qian Daoliu backstage.
• Bai Chen asked Qian Daoliu why Bibi Dong hated Qian Renxue and pointed out that Qian Renxue remained confused and dissatisfied despite becoming Pope.
• Bai Chen admitted that he had contributed to Qian Renxue’s uncertainty and asked Qian Daoliu to tell her the truth about what had happened in the past.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to tell Qian Renxue the truth after the succession ceremony because she had a right to know.
• Qian Renxue finished the day’s duties and went to the top of the Papal Palace, where Bai Chen and Qian Daoliu were waiting to speak with her.

Bai Chen and Qian Daoliu revealed the truth about Qian Xunji’s assault on Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue’s birth, leaving Qian Renxue shaken as she reconsidered her feelings toward her mother. Instead of choosing a future path, Qian Renxue challenged Bai Chen to a fight, while in the Divine Realm the God of Kindness hinted at a reward for his nearly completed Divine Trial.

• Bai Chen urged Qian Daoliu to tell Qian Renxue the truth about Bibi Dong, Qian Xunji, and her birth.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Qian Xunji had raped Bibi Dong and forced her to give birth to Qian Renxue, shocking Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue realized why Bibi Dong resented her and asked Bai Chen whether he had revealed the truth to make her stop opposing Bibi Dong.
• Bai Chen told Qian Renxue to choose a path she would not regret, but she declared that she wanted to fight him instead.
• Qian Renxue ordered Bai Chen to spar with her, and Qian Daoliu encouraged him to indulge her.
• In the Divine Realm, the God of Kindness argued with the Evil God about Bai Chen and revealed that she had a reward planned for his nearly completed Divine Trial.

Qian Renxue deduced that Bai Chen was completing a Divine Trial and agreed to cooperate if he helped her meet Bibi Dong. When a staged execution of Yu Xiaogang drew Bibi Dong out of hiding, Bai Chen confronted her and found that her fusion with the Rakshasa power had deeply corrupted her.

• The God of Kindness gave Bai Chen a generous First Trial reward while he fought Qian Renxue, who eventually accepted that she could not match his strength.
• Qian Renxue concluded that Bai Chen’s actions were tied to a Divine Trial involving her and Bibi Dong, and agreed to cooperate in exchange for chances to speak with her mother.
• Qian Renxue searched for Bibi Dong across the continent, then used a broadcast of Yu Xiaogang’s supposed execution to lure her out.
• Bibi Dong rushed into the execution ground, where Bai Chen intercepted her as Qian Renxue shut down the broadcast.
• Bai Chen confronted Bibi Dong and warned that her deep fusion with the Rakshasa power had corrupted her.

Bai Chen fought Bibi Dong, whose Rakshasa power had pushed her beyond the Limit Douluo threshold, and used his battle armor and divine inheritance to withstand her. He trapped her in his Battle Armor Domain of Illusory Dreams, while the observers watched and waited for the outcome.

• Bai Chen warned Bibi Dong that he would sever her connection to the Rakshasa God, but she attacked him with overwhelming fallen divine power.
• Bai Chen donned his specially designed three-character battle armor and used his soul shock to strike Bibi Dong, then countered her killing-intent domain with his own domain.
• Bibi Dong kept her distance and harassed Bai Chen as the fight became a war of attrition, while Gu Yuena and the Spirit Hall elders watched without intervening.
• Bai Chen secretly prepared his counterattack, with Demon Spirit helping him construct the Battle Armor Domain of Illusory Dreams.
• Bai Chen trapped Bibi Dong in Cast-Off Shell Prison and activated the dream domain, which threatened to turn her own fears into physical harm.

Bai Chen defeated Bibi Dong, then entered Deep Meditation and completed the First Trial of the Kindness God's Divine Trial. The God of Kindness rewarded him with the White Sacred Sword and set a new task: resolve sect conflicts across the land within a year.

• Bai Chen trapped Bibi Dong in Domain of Illusory Dreams, and she collapsed unconscious after absorbing the Kindness Divine Power hidden in her Battle Armor.
• Qian Renxue stayed with Bibi Dong to speak with her, while Bai Chen meditated and fell into Deep Meditation for more than a month.
• The God of Kindness told Bai Chen that Yu Xiaogang, Qian Renxue, and Bibi Dong had reconciled, and awarded him a ninety-six percent completion rate and ten percent more affinity.
• The God of Kindness gave Bai Chen the White Sacred Sword, a Pseudo-Super Divine Artifact that could unite with the Evil God's sister sword to become a Super Divine Artifact.
• The God of Kindness announced Bai Chen's Second Trial: resolve sect conflicts across the land within one year, earning more points for settling conflicts involving stronger sects.

In the Douluo II Era, Bai Chen tested the stronger team he had helped train, facing Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Ning Tian in a five-on-one battle. He defeated them without using Battle Armor, and the chapter ended with the team reflecting on the gap between their strength and his.

• At age twelve, Bai Chen faced Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Ning Tian in an underground training ground in Mingdu.
• Bai Chen eliminated Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen by exploiting openings in their fighting styles and Battle Armor.
• Xiao Hongchen used his metal control to form a one-use Seventh-Level Disintegration Cannon, while Meng Hongchen tried to help the shot land.
• Bai Chen redirected the Disintegration Cannon with Controlling Crane Capturing Dragon, and Xiao Hongchen conceded before Meng Hongchen and Ning Tian followed.
• Jing Ziyan teased Xiao Hongchen after the battle, and he snapped at her before lying down.

Bai Chen declined to join the tournament and returned to the Heaven Dou Empire with Ning Tian and Di Yueqiu for the vacation. He showed Ning Jingchen and Hua Tianyu the poisonous miasma concealing the Icefire Yin Yang Well in Sunset Forest and concluded that Tang San had placed a cognitive barrier over the area.

• Bai Chen explained that Xiao Hongchen’s cannon barrage still could not threaten him, while Xiao Hongchen planned to win the tournament with Meng Hongchen.
• Bai Chen declined to compete because of the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect’s concerns and his own plans in Star Luo City.
• Di Yueqiu announced that she would spend the vacation in the Heaven Dou Empire with Bai Chen, and she, Bai Chen, and Ning Tian returned there.
• Bai Chen brought Ning Jingchen and Hua Tianyu to Sunset Forest and pointed out the poisonous miasma hiding the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Bai Chen said the miasma concealed an herb that could evolve the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda into the Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda and suspected Tang San had hidden the area behind a cognitive barrier.

Bai Chen led Ning Jingchen, Hua Tianyu, and Di Yueqiu through Sunset Forest’s poisonous defenses to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where they sought Immortal Herbs that could help evolve Ning Jingchen’s Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda. He intimidated the Hundred-Thousand-Year Aromatic Silk Beauty Youyou into agreeing to cooperate, then asked where the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum were.

• Bai Chen gave the group poison-resistant Soul Guide Shields and led them into Sunset Forest’s core.
• Di Yueqiu used her Ultimate Fire to disperse the poisonous miasma formed by Jade Phosphor Nine Extremes Flowers.
• The group reached the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and Bai Chen warned them not to underestimate its powerful Immortal Herbs.
• Bai Chen rushed to the Aromatic Silk Beauty and threatened her with his Darkgolden Terrorclaw until she agreed to let them take Immortal Herbs.
• Youyou introduced herself as the Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Bai Chen asked where the Aromatic Silk Beauty and Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum were.

Bai Chen secured the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s agreement to become Ning Tian’s Soul Spirit, offering a path for her Martial Soul to evolve into a Nine-Treasure Glazed Pagoda. He then consumed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum and raised his physique to the level of a Limit Douluo, leaving his companions astonished.

• Bai Chen found the Aromatic Silk Beauty and explained that Ning Tian could use it as a Soul Spirit to evolve her Martial Soul, and Ning Jingchen agreed to trust him.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty accepted becoming a Soul Spirit after Bai Chen explained the technique and the consequences of refusing.
• Bai Chen asked Youyou to point out the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew, and Di Yueqiu went to consume it.
• The Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum’s energy body attacked Bai Chen, who destroyed it with his Darkgolden Terrorclaw before harvesting the herb.
• Bai Chen absorbed the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum, reaching a Limit Douluo-level physique and raising his Soul Power to level fifty-seven.
• Di Yueqiu and Hua Tianyu reacted with surprise to Bai Chen’s rapid growth.

Bai Chen attacked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot to use their power for the Ice and Fire Golden Body. With Hua Tianyu and Ning Jingchen supporting him, he defeated and plucked both Immortal Herbs, leaving the other herbs to witness his overwhelming victory.

• Bai Chen announced that he wanted the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, and the two joined forces to attack him with the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s power.
• Hua Tianyu blocked the other Immortal Herbs from interfering while Ning Jingchen enhanced Hua Tianyu and Bai Chen with his Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda.
• The Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass trapped Bai Chen in an ice prison, but Bai Chen shattered it with a Lion-Mastiff Roar and plucked the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass from the Ice Spring.
• Bai Chen withstood the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s counterattack, knocked him unconscious with a close-range Lion-Mastiff Roar, and turned to face the Infernal Delicate Apricot.
• Bai Chen used Ice Spring water and the steam it produced to weaken the Infernal Delicate Apricot’s attack and obscure her senses, then plucked her from the Fire Spring.
• The Aromatic Silk Beauty watched the one-sided battle and trembled, relieved that she had not joined the resistance.

Bai Chen swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then endured the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s opposing energies to complete his Martial Soul’s Second Awakening. He emerged with an evolved, terrifying aura and left the well with his companions and Aromatic Silk Beauty.

• Bai Chen swallowed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass and Infernal Delicate Apricot, then entered the spring where the Ice Spring and Fire Spring met to undergo Ice and Fire Golden Body.
• Youyou told Hua Tianyu that Tang San had once used the two Immortal Herbs to cultivate in the spring, while Bai Chen remained conscious to use the pain to trigger his Second Awakening.
• As Hua Tianyu grew tired suppressing the plant-type Soul Beasts, Bai Chen erupted from the spring in a burst of golden light.
• Bai Chen’s new aura frightened Hua Tianyu and made Di Yueqiu sense a dangerous bloodline transformation, which she associated with the Dragon God Era.
• Bai Chen demonstrated precise control of black-gold energy, then led the group out of the Icefire Yin Yang Well with Aromatic Silk Beauty while the Immortal Herbs stayed silent.

Bai Chen returned to the Sun-Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy after gaining a major breakthrough and began weighing whether to acquire the Snow Empress. As the tournament approached, the academy selected its competitors, while Jing Hongchen interpreted Bai Chen and Ning Tian’s absence from the reserve team as a sign that the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect had not committed to the Sun-Moon Empire.

• Bai Chen’s Martial Soul Second Awakening transformed his bloodline, expanded his Domination Domain to support nearby allies, and brought him to Soul Emperor level.
• Bai Chen and his companions left most of the Icefire Yin Yang Well’s Immortal Herbs untouched, choosing to return for them when the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect could protect them.
• After returning to the academy, Bai Chen considered buying the Snow Empress Embryo, judging that its combat power was worth the risks despite its incompatible attributes and potential danger.
• Bai Chen and Ning Tian skipped the reserve team selection trials but agreed to accompany Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to Star Luo City for the tournament.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed the competitor roster and concluded that Bai Chen and Ning Tian’s absence showed the Nine-Treasure Glazed Sect had not yet chosen to join the Sun-Moon Empire.