Recaps

After the Clear Sky Sect was destroyed, Huyan Zhen decided the Elephant Armor Sect would pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall and claim its place among the Upper Three Sects. Qian Renfeng accepted the Elephant Armor Sect as the first to pledge and ordered its promotion, while leaving the vacant Lower Four Sects position open for another sect.

• Huyan Zhen urged the Elephant Armor Sect elders to seize the opportunity created by the Clear Sky Sect's destruction and pledge allegiance to Spirit Hall.
• The Elephant Armor Sect sent its pledge before the Black Tiger Sect, Fire Leopard Sect, and Wind Sword Sect.
• Qian Renfeng received all four pledges and chose the Elephant Armor Sect as the first to act.
• Qian Renfeng ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to name the Elephant Armor Sect one of the Upper Three Sects and issue a unilateral condemnation of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qian Renfeng considered promoting another sect to fill the vacancy among the Lower Four Sects.

Huyan Zhen received an immortal herb and a letter from Qian Renfeng, pledging the Elephant Armor Sect’s loyalty to Spirit Hall as he prepared to break through to Titled Douluo. Meanwhile, Xue Ye and his ministers worried about Spirit Hall’s growing power and decided to seek an alliance with the Star Luo Empire.

• Huyan Zhen learned that the Elephant Armor Sect had replaced the Clear Sky Sect among the Upper Three Sects.
• Huyan Zhen and his elders read Qian Renfeng’s letter and discovered that the herb Spirit Hall sent could help him break through to Titled Douluo.
• Huyan Zhen pledged the Elephant Armor Sect’s loyalty to Spirit Hall and left to refine the immortal herb in seclusion.
• Xue Ye discussed Spirit Hall’s growing influence with his ministers and acknowledged that the Heaven Dou Empire could not confront it alone.
• Prince Xue Xing proposed joining forces with the Star Luo Empire, and Xue Ye assigned him to make contact.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin finished touring the continent and began their journey back to Spirit Hall, while Qian Renfeng managed affairs as Pope and visited Spirit Academy. The chapter left Qian Xunji and Ah Yin traveling home and Qian Renfeng at the academy.

• Huyan Zhen became Diamond Douluo, and Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed his breakthrough and planned to attend the Elephant Armor Sect's celebration.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin visited Vast Sea City after touring the continent, including viewing Sea God Island from afar.
• Ah Yin asked when they would return, and Qian Xunji said Spirit Hall had little to fear from the Two Great Empires' secret cooperation.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin left Vast Sea City by carriage for Spirit City, stopping along the way.
• Qian Renfeng finished his work in the Papal Palace, thought about his absent family, and went to visit Spirit Academy.

Tang Hao told Tang San that the Clear Sky Sect had been destroyed by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and demanded that he avenge it, but Tang San refused to inherit a feud from a sect that had never cared for him. After Tang Hao revealed that the sect had also caused Tang San’s mother’s death, Tang San agreed to avenge her alone and left Tang Hao confronting his own past choices.

• Tang San returned to the Blacksmith Shop and found Tang Hao worn down and surrounded by wine bottles.
• Tang Hao revealed that he had come from the Clear Sky Sect, blamed the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect for its destruction, and demanded that Tang San remember the blood feud.
• Tang San refused to shoulder the Clear Sky Sect’s hatred, citing his lack of ties to the sect and the danger the powerful Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect posed to him and Holy Soul Village.
• Tang Hao argued that Tang San’s twin martial souls would let him become powerful enough to avenge the sect, but Tang San said time would weaken the hatred.
• Tang Hao revealed that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had driven Tang San’s mother, a hundred-thousand-year Death Spider Emperor, to sacrifice herself to save him and Tang San.
• Tang San agreed to avenge his mother but not the Clear Sky Sect, then asked why Tang Hao had not stayed behind to protect her; he went to his room as Tang Hao wondered why he had not done so.

After returning to Spirit Hall, Qian Xunji and Ah Yin heard Qian Renxue describe her new job teaching practical combat and praised Qian Renfeng’s work as Pope. Qian Renfeng sensed a mysterious call growing stronger as his power increased, then he and Qian Renxue left the Back Garden.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin that she had become a practical combat teacher at the Spirit Academy.
• Qian Renfeng described his recent actions as Pope, including the Clear Sky Sect’s destruction and his support for the Elephant Armor and Rock Antelope Sects.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin praised Qian Renfeng for taking responsibility for Spirit Hall and Qian Renxue for finding work she enjoyed.
• Qian Xunji reminded Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue to keep cultivating, and Qian Renxue joked about one day becoming gods with her brother.
• Qian Renfeng recalled the Asura phantom and sensed that a distant call was growing stronger as he gained power.
• Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue finished chatting with their parents and left the Back Garden.

Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and their companions strolled through Spirit City's Great Garden, where they witnessed two academy seniors confess their love. Their romance left Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling worrying that Qian Renfeng, whom they both liked, would never notice their feelings, while Qian Renxue encouraged them to make an effort.

• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng took Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Rongrong to stroll through Spirit City's Great Garden.
• Hu Liena led the group to a crowd, where Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling recognized two sixth-year seniors confessing their long-held feelings to each other.
• After the crowd dispersed, Dugu Yan wondered when she and Qian Renfeng might become a couple and worried that he was oblivious to romance.
• Ye Lingling admitted she also liked Qian Renfeng, and she and Dugu Yan agreed that he seemed to see them only as little sisters.
• Qian Renxue teased Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena about their feelings for Qian Renfeng, then urged them to work harder so he would notice.

As the group enjoyed a lively evening together, Qian Renfeng reflected on how much he cherished his peaceful new life and feared losing it. He gave Rongrong an Immortal Herb suited to her Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul, which might help it evolve.

• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena decided they would stay at Spirit Academy as teachers after graduation, while Xiao Wu and Rongrong joked about being their future students.
• Qian Renfeng privately worried that his happiness was only a dream and that he might wake up back in Bashu as an outer disciple, separated from everyone he loved.
• Qian Renxue struck Qian Renfeng on the head and teased him, and he told her he was simply feeling grateful for their happy life together.
• Qian Renfeng presented Rongrong with an Immortal Herb suited to her Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda Martial Soul and said it might help her Martial Soul evolve.

Qian Renfeng gave Rongrong an immortal herb and proposed an experiment to help her Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda evolve by absorbing carefully selected, higher-age Soul Rings. After explaining his theory that Soul Rings can gradually change Martial Souls, he left the garden with everyone and told Qian Renxue the theory could apply even to their Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul.

• Qian Renfeng gave Rongrong an immortal herb and reminded her to follow the refining method correctly.
• Qian Renfeng offered to test whether selected Soul Rings could overcome the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda's limit, and Rongrong agreed.
• Qian Renfeng explained that Soul Rings can change Martial Souls according to their attributes, citing Blue Silver Grass and Dugu Yan's dragon-blood Soul Rings as examples.
• Qian Renfeng advised Rongrong to choose gem-type Soul Beasts for future Soul Rings, while Xiao Wu asked whether her Soft Bone Rabbit could evolve.
• After everyone left the garden, Qian Renfeng told Qian Renxue that even the Six-Winged Angel could develop a fire attribute if it absorbed only fire-attribute Soul Rings.

Ning Rongrong told Gu Rong about her day in Spirit City and explained Qian Renfeng’s theory that stronger, higher-age Soul Rings might evolve the Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda. After dinner, she went to absorb the immortal herb he had given her, while Gu Rong felt increasingly at home in Spirit City.

• Ning Rongrong returned home and told Gu Rong about visiting Great Garden Square with Qian Renxue, Xiao Wu, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, and Qian Renfeng.
• Ning Rongrong showed Gu Rong the immortal herb Qian Renfeng had given her and said it might help her Martial Soul evolve.
• Ning Rongrong relayed Qian Renfeng’s theory that every Soul Ring could evolve a Martial Soul, and that high-age gemstone-type Soul Rings might turn her Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda into an Eight-Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Gu Rong agreed that Soul Rings could shape Martial Soul evolution and praised Qian Renfeng’s knowledge.
• Ning Rongrong teased Qian Renxue for being poor at theory, then went to absorb the immortal herb as Gu Rong cleared the table.

Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng told Qian Xunji about the immortal herb and discussed how Soul Rings could change Martial Souls. Qian Xunji praised Qian Renfeng's leadership before his son called his habit of delegating work slacking off.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji how Qian Renfeng gave Rongrong an immortal herb and explained his theory about Martial Soul evolution.
• Qian Xunji said Soul Rings could make a Martial Soul's attributes more prominent, and he and Qian Renfeng considered whether the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's inherited Martial Soul could evolve.
• Qian Renfeng argued that the Clear Sky Hammer's strength was real but that his grandfather had fought Tang Chen without using the Six-Winged Angel's advantages.
• Qian Xunji described his father as an honorable gentleman who was a poor leader, then praised Qian Renfeng's abilities as Pope.
• Qian Renfeng said a leader should learn to slack off instead of handling every task personally, embarrassing Qian Xunji.

Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue learned that Ah Yin’s Martial Soul was the Blue Silver Emperor and that she was a transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast. Their family discussed how Ah Yin and Qian Xunji had stayed together and how her bloodline affected the siblings before Ah Yin sent them back to cultivate.

• Qian Renfeng asked why Ah Yin had reached Titled Douluo with what he thought was a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Ah Yin revealed her golden-marked Blue Silver Emperor Martial Soul and explained its place in the Blue Silver lineage.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng that Ah Yin was a Soul Beast transformed into human form, and both siblings accepted that she was still their mother.
• Qian Xunji explained that the siblings carried both Angel and Blue Silver Emperor bloodlines, though the Angel bloodline suppressed the latter.
• Ah Yin recalled that Qian Xunji had been willing to leave Spirit Hall with their children if his father rejected their family.
• Ah Yin told Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng to finish eating and return to cultivating.

After taking the immortal herb Pope Brother gave her, Rongrong discovered that her Seven-Treasure Glazed Pagoda had evolved into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, freeing her from the Soul Sage cultivation limit. Gu Rong planned to take the news to Fengzhi, while Rongrong looked forward to asking Pope Brother whether her Martial Soul could evolve again.

• Rongrong released her Martial Soul and discovered that the immortal herb had evolved it into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Rongrong told Gu Rong that she could now cultivate to Soul Douluo and hoped to eventually evolve her Martial Soul into the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Gu Rong celebrated Rongrong's evolution and said he would return to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to tell Fengzhi.
• Rongrong went back to her room, stayed too excited to sleep, and resolved to tell Pope Brother the news and ask about his theory.
• Gu Rong and Rongrong recognized that the Martial Soul's evolution had happened even though Qian Renfeng had not been certain the herb would cause it.

Ning Fengzhi celebrated Rongrong’s Martial Soul evolving into the Eight-Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect discussed its prospects after joining Spirit Hall. In Spirit City, Rongrong showed her evolved Martial Soul to Qian Renfeng and the others, then joined them for a walk through the Great Garden Square.

• Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Rongrong’s Martial Soul had evolved, and Ning Fengzhi rejoiced that she could now cultivate to level eighty-nine Soul Douluo.
• Chen Xin suggested Rongrong might someday evolve her Martial Soul again, while Gu Rong told Ning Fengzhi that Spirit Hall had not revealed how its method helped Soul Masters absorb high-age Soul Rings.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered whether immortal herbs could evolve his own Martial Soul and asked how Rongrong was getting along with Qian Renfeng.
• In Spirit City, Rongrong showed Xiao Wu, Qian Renfeng, and the others her Eight-Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda and explained its new cultivation limit.
• Qian Renfeng said he could not guarantee that Rongrong could evolve her Martial Soul again, but encouraged her to follow his advice about absorbing Soul Rings.
• Qian Renfeng urged Rongrong to keep cultivating, then led the group around the Great Garden Square.

Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and their companions visited a flower shop and discovered that its owner was Bibi Dong, Spirit Hall’s former Holy Maiden. After confronting her about her betrayal and learning she had been pardoned, they chose flowers and treated her as an ordinary shopkeeper.

• Qian Renxue and the others entered Flower Language, where they recognized the veiled owner as an old acquaintance.
• Qian Renxue revealed that the shop owner was Spirit Hall’s former Holy Maiden, and Rongrong criticized Bibi Dong for betraying Spirit Hall for a man.
• Bibi Dong admitted she regretted her choices and said the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had fallen through its own arrogance.
• Qian Renxue explained that her father had pardoned Bibi Dong and moved on, while Qian Renfeng rebuked Bibi Dong for calling him Teacher.
• Qian Renfeng told the others to treat Bibi Dong as an ordinary shop owner, and they selected flowers before he asked her the price.

Qian Renfeng and his companions visited Bibi Dong’s flower shop, where he paid extra for their flowers but remained furious at her betrayal of Spirit Hall. After meeting Xie Yue and Yan at Great Garden Square, they continued strolling until evening and then headed home for dinner.

• Bibi Dong told Qian Renfeng that his payment was insufficient for her flowers, so he tossed her another bag of Gold Soul Coins before leaving.
• Bibi Dong reflected on her past betrayal and explained that she had sold the golden bowl given to her by the Pope to fund her flower shop.
• Qian Renxue and the others teased Qian Renfeng about the payment, and he admitted that seeing Bibi Dong made him furious.
• Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, Qian Renxue, and Qian Renfeng ran into Xie Yue and Yan, who greeted the siblings respectfully before the group continued on.
• As evening arrived, Qian Renfeng said he was tired and suggested they go home for dinner, and everyone left Great Garden Square.

At dinner, Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin about meeting Bibi Dong, and the family discussed her betrayal of Spirit Hall and the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The meal ended with Qian Renxue chasing Qian Renfeng after he teased her about cultivating.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin that she and Qian Renfeng had encountered Bibi Dong, who now ran the Flower Language shop in Great Garden Square.
• Qian Renfeng condemned Bibi Dong for betraying Spirit Hall, while Qian Xunji and Ah Yin described her punishment and regret over Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji recounted how his father had led the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, killing Yu Xiaogang and Yu Yuanzhen.
• Qian Renfeng warned Qian Renxue not to become a love-brain like Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue slapped him for the insult.
• Qian Xunji urged the siblings to cultivate after dinner, and Qian Renfeng teased Qian Renxue before running from the living room as she pursued him.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling each returned home, where their families urged them to pursue Qian Renfeng, whom they both liked. The chapter ended with Ye Lingling learning that Qian Xunji and Ah Yin supported the girls’ hopes.

• Dugu Yan returned to Dugu Manor, and Dugu Bo asked how far she had gotten with His Holiness the Pope.
• Dugu Yan said Qian Renfeng treated her and the others as little sisters, but vowed to keep trying despite the competition from Ye Lingling and Hu Liena.
• Ye Qingxian and Ye Changqing discussed Ye Lingling’s prospects with Qian Renfeng while waiting for her to return.
• Ye Lingling told her family that she and Qian Renfeng had run into Bibi Dong, who was now running a flower shop in Great Garden Square.
• Ye Lingling said Qian Renfeng was a blockhead who did not realize the girls liked him, and Ye Changqing told her that Qian Xunji and Ah Yin supported them.

After a year in seclusion, Qian Xunji attempted to break through from level 98 to the Peerless Douluo realm while his family waited anxiously outside. He shattered the barrier and successfully reached level 99.

• Ah Yin waited outside the seclusion chamber as Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng tried to reassure her about Qian Xunji's breakthrough.
• Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived, and Qian Daoliu explained that failure would only delay Qian Xunji's next attempt.
• Qian Xunji circulated the Mysterious Heaven Skill and sensed the barrier between level 98 and level 99 weakening.
• Qian Xunji broke through the barrier, announced his success, and released the aura of a Peerless Douluo.

Qian Xunji emerged from a year of seclusion after breaking through to Peerless Douluo, giving Spirit Hall its third. Qian Renfeng planned a celebration that would also intimidate the Two Great Empires, while Qian Xunji and Ah Yin reunited in private.

• Qian Xunji left his seclusion chamber, and Ah Yin embraced him as Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng congratulated him on reaching Peerless Douluo.
• Qian Xunji reunited with Ah Yin and joked with Qian Daoliu while Golden Crocodile Douluo congratulated him.
• Qian Renfeng agreed to arrange a celebration for Spirit Hall's third Peerless Douluo and invite people from across the continent.
• Qian Xunji sent Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng away so he could spend time alone with Ah Yin, while Qian Daoliu and Golden Crocodile Douluo left to share the news.
• Qian Renfeng told Qian Renxue he would invite the Two Great Empires to the celebration partly to intimidate them, and she teased him about the feelings of Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena.

Qian Renfeng accepted that he would marry Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena, though he wanted more time before making arrangements. Qian Renxue told the three women his answer, leaving them reassured as Qian Renfeng turned to planning his father's breakthrough ceremony.

• Qian Renxue urged Qian Renfeng to stop avoiding the feelings of Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena, and he said he would marry them when the time came.
• Qian Renfeng decided to prepare a ceremony for his father's breakthrough to Peerless Douluo and considered the increasingly clear Asura figure guiding him somewhere.
• Qian Renxue gathered Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Rongrong at Great Garden Square to tell them what Qian Renfeng had said.
• Qian Renxue assured Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena that Qian Renfeng understood their feelings and intended to marry them, likely after they graduated.
• Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena happily accepted that they would have to wait until graduation.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin celebrated their children’s rapid cultivation and talked about Xiao Feng’s impending marriage. In the Worship Hall, Qian Daoliu and the other Consecrated Douluos celebrated Qian Xunji’s breakthrough and praised Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng as Spirit Hall’s twin prodigies.

• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed Qian Renfeng’s hundred-thousand-year eighth Soul Ring, his Soul Power Level of eighty-three, and Qian Renxue’s approaching breakthrough to level eighty.
• Ah Yin explained that Qian Daoliu had taken Qian Renfeng to the sea to find a hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast, and Qian Xunji admitted he might owe his father thanks despite their strained relationship.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin joked about their ages and talked about Qian Renfeng marrying Yan Yan, Lingling, and Nana, with Ah Yin favoring a joint wedding.
• Qian Daoliu and the Consecrated Douluos celebrated Qian Xunji reaching Peerless Douluo and noted that Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue had reached Soul Douluo at age twenty.
• Qian Daoliu invited the Consecrated Douluos to drink together, and they agreed.

Tuoba Xi and Ning Fengzhi learned that Spirit Hall's former Pope had become a third Peerless Douluo and prepared to attend his celebration. They believed the ceremony would also warn the increasingly aligned Two Great Empires, while Ning Fengzhi planned to visit Ning Rongrong.

• Tuoba Xi told the Holy Dragon Sect Elders that Spirit Hall's former Pope had broken through to the Peerless Douluo realm and showed them the celebration invitation.
• Tuoba Xi and the Elders agreed to prepare impressive congratulatory gifts and discussed how the celebration could warn the Two Great Empires.
• Ning Fengzhi marveled that Spirit Hall now had three Peerless Douluo and said joining Spirit Hall had been his wisest choice.
• Chen Xin reacted with disbelief at the former Pope's rapid advancement, and Ning Fengzhi suggested he might have had a fortuitous encounter and great talent.
• Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should attend the celebration and planned to visit Ning Rongrong, while he and Chen Xin discussed the Two Great Empires' fear of Spirit Hall.

The Star Luo Emperor and Xue Ye received Spirit Hall’s invitation celebrating its third Peerless Douluo and recognized that the organization had become too powerful to oppose. Both empires considered submitting to Spirit Hall, leaving their rulers resigned to avoiding conflict.

• The Star Luo Emperor told the Empress that Spirit Hall’s invitation announced Qian Xunji as its third Peerless Douluo and warned that the empire could not challenge Spirit Hall’s strength.
• The Star Luo Emperor explained that Spirit Hall’s widespread branches and influence among Soul Masters made it indispensable and difficult to undermine.
• The Star Luo Emperor concluded that Star Luo must not provoke Spirit Hall, while the Empress worried about the empire’s future.
• Xue Ye summoned Heaven Dou’s ministers to discuss Spirit Hall’s invitation, and one minister urged the empire to bow its head and wait for Spirit Hall to decline.
• Xue Xing supported submission, and Xue Ye reluctantly accepted that Heaven Dou should avoid challenging Spirit Hall.

Tang San discussed his plans after graduating from Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Su Yuntao and decided to visit Shrek Academy. He returned to Holy Soul Village with Su Yuntao, where Old Jack also cautioned him about choosing an academy.

• Su Yuntao urged Tang San to choose a reputable academy and warned him against attending the unfamiliar Shrek Academy.
• Tang San said he wanted to inspect Shrek Academy and would transfer elsewhere if it proved unimpressive, and Su Yuntao offered to help him if needed.
• Su Yuntao brought Tang San back to Holy Soul Village, where Old Jack reminded Tang San to repay Su Yuntao's kindness.
• Old Jack asked about Tang San's plans after graduation, and Tang San said he intended to attend Shrek Academy before going to see his father.

Tang San confronted Tang Hao over his neglect, drunkenness, and lingering love for another woman, while rejecting any duty to avenge the Clear Sky Sect. He left to pursue his own path and seek a chance to avenge his mother, while Tang Hao collapsed in grief.

• Tang San returned home and gave the drunken Tang Hao Gold Soul Coins to buy wine.
• Tang San told Tang Hao he planned to visit Shrek Academy, and rejected the idea that he owed the Clear Sky Sect revenge.
• Tang San blamed Tang Hao for his childhood hardships and poor cultivation, and the two argued over Tang Hao’s responsibilities as a father.
• Tang San confronted Tang Hao about his love for Ah Zhu and his refusal to let Tang San join Spirit Hall.
• Tang San said he would continue supporting Tang Hao but would pursue his own plans and seek a chance to avenge his mother.
• Tang Hao fell to the floor weeping after Tang San returned to his room.