Recaps

Qian Renfeng demonstrated the Godly Zhuge Crossbow to Qian Xunji and Ah Yin, then proposed establishing a Hidden Weapon Hall to manufacture hidden weapons for Spirit Hall. Qian Xunji approved the plan, appointed Qian Renfeng as its first hall master, and suggested dividing production among different workers to protect the designs and speed up manufacturing.

• Qian Renfeng fired the Godly Zhuge Crossbow at Ah Yin's Soul Power barrier, and she recognized that its arrows could kill an unprepared Soul Elder or Soul Ancestor.
• Qian Renfeng claimed he had perfected hidden weapons from an incomplete manuscript found in the Library Hall, and Qian Xunji returned the manuscript to him.
• Qian Renfeng proposed a department devoted to hidden weapons, and Qian Xunji approved a Hidden Weapon Hall administered by the Papal Palace.
• Qian Xunji named Qian Renfeng the first hall master and assigned Chrysanthemum Elder, Ghost Elder, Poison Elder, and Elder Ye to assist him.
• Qian Xunji offered Spirit Hall's blacksmiths and storeroom materials, then proposed splitting production into separate tasks to protect the methods and increase output.
• Qian Renfeng agreed that different workers should forge and assemble separate components of the hidden weapons.

Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue took Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling around Spirit City and invited them to join Qian Renfeng’s new Hidden Weapon Hall. Their outing ended when they recognized Bibi Dong begging on the street, where she reflected on the twelve years she had spent begging and watched Qian Xunji’s children pass by.

• Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and Hu Liena invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join their family’s coming trip, and both girls agreed.
• Qian Renfeng invited the girls to join his Hidden Weapon Hall, and Qian Renxue and all three girls accepted.
• Qian Renfeng told Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling that their grandfathers would also join the Hidden Weapon Hall.
• Qian Renfeng accompanied the girls shopping in Spirit City and paid for Dugu Yan’s purchases.
• Ye Lingling spotted Bibi Dong begging at the end of the street, and Qian Renfeng told the group to ignore the Spirit Hall traitor.
• Bibi Dong recognized Qian Xunji’s children and reflected that she had spent twelve years begging in Spirit City.

Bibi Dong regretted leaving Spirit Hall after Yu Xiaogang deceived her, while Qian Renfeng and his family continued their peaceful lives. In Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao struggled to care for three-year-old Tang San while mourning A Zhi and wishing he could find the Clear Sky Sect.

• Bibi Dong watched Qian Renfeng and the others, then left in shame and sobbed alone over her past betrayal of Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renfeng told Qian Renxue he planned to teach Yan Yan, Ye Lingling, and Nana the Mysterious Heaven Skill after they joined the Hidden Weapon Hall.
• Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue returned to the Papal Palace, where Ah Yin called them and Qian Xunji to dinner.
• Three years after A Zhi's death, Tang Hao mourned her while sharing a meager meal with an undernourished Tang San.
• Tang Hao worried that his injuries had left him too weak to provide for Tang San and wished he knew where the Clear Sky Sect was hidden.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin took Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling on a trip to the Far North, with Qian Daoliu secretly watching over them. Back in Spirit City, the Hidden Weapon Hall’s construction continued, but it could not begin making weapons until Qian Renfeng returned.

• Qian Xunji established the Hidden Weapon Hall’s framework and assigned Yue Guan, Gui Mei, Dugu Bo, and Ye Changqing to it.
• Qian Xunji’s group collected Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before leaving Spirit City by carriage, while Qian Daoliu flew above them to guard the group.
• Dugu Bo, Ye Changqing, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei inspected the Hidden Weapon Hall on Divine Mountain after the travelers departed.
• Yue Guan said the hall should recruit blacksmiths and wait for Qian Renfeng to return before beginning production.

After returning to Spirit City from their travels, Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue visited the newly completed Hidden Weapon Hall, where he prepared to begin teaching its blacksmiths. Qian Renfeng discovered its storeroom full of rare materials and eagerly began examining them.

• Qian Xunji, Ah Yin, Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and the three girls returned to Spirit City after touring the Heaven Dou Empire, the Far North, Vast Sea City, and the Star Luo Empire.
• Qian Daoliu flew back to the Worship Hall, while Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena went to see their families.
• Qian Xunji took Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue to inspect the completed Hidden Weapon Hall, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei reported that blacksmiths and materials were ready for production.
• Qian Renfeng asked Qian Renxue to stay and help him at the hall, and she agreed before Qian Xunji and Ah Yin returned home.
• Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue visited the storeroom, where Qian Renfeng delighted in the rare materials and said he would seek a master blacksmith to teach him forging.

Four years later, the Spirit Hall had grown stronger, and Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena had become the academy’s Golden Generation. Qian Xunji discussed retiring in a few years and planned to pass the position of pope to Qian Renfeng, while Qian Renxue remained content to be spoiled.

• The Holy Dragon Sect rose to become the continent’s leading sect beneath the Spirit Hall after the Clear Sky Sect withdrew and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect weakened.
• Qian Renfeng’s Hidden Weapon Hall began operating, while he focused on cultivation and Qian Xunji ordered corrupt Spirit Hall Soul Masters to be killed.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin welcomed the return of Qian Renxue and the others for their break, noting their exceptional ranks and status as the Golden Generation.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that he might retire in a few years and intended to pass the pope’s position to Qian Renfeng, since Qian Renxue was too lazy for the role.

Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and Hu Liena returned from vacation and visited Spirit Hall’s expanded Hidden Weapon Hall. Qian Xunji planned to take Ah Yin to Holy Soul Village to watch Tang San awaken his Martial Soul, despite her lack of interest.

• Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and Hu Liena returned to the Papal Palace and reunited with Qian Xunji and Ah Yin.
• Qian Renfeng led Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling through the Hidden Weapon Hall and checked its materials warehouse, but the materials he wanted had not been found.
• Qian Xunji recalled that Tang San was six and said Tang Hao had raised him in severe poverty, leaving him malnourished and apparently ordinary.
• Qian Xunji invited Ah Yin to travel with him to watch Tang San awaken his Martial Soul, and she reluctantly agreed.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin watched Tang Hao’s malnourished son awaken his Martial Souls in Holy Soul Village. Tang San revealed a Death Spider Emperor and a Clear Sky Hammer, though his severe Congenital Deficiency might limit his talent.

• Qian Xunji showed Ah Yin Tang Hao’s dilapidated blacksmith shop and explained that Tang Hao remained injured and spent most of his earnings on alcohol.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin watched a Spirit Hall deacon take the gaunt Tang San from the shop to the village’s Martial Soul awakening ceremony.
• Su Yuntao awakened a Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul in Tang San, while Tang San secretly realized he possessed another Martial Soul.
• Ah Yin sensed Tang San’s Clear Sky Hammer, and Qian Xunji judged both of his Martial Souls powerful but worried that his severe Congenital Deficiency would diminish his talent.

Tang San awakened with Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power, and Su Yuntao tried to recruit him into Spirit Hall. Tang Hao refused, then belittled his son’s talent, while the hidden Qian Xunji and Ah Yin left after discussing Tang San’s danger and Tang Hao’s hopes for revenge.

• Tang San tested at Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power, and Su Yuntao urged him to join Spirit Hall.
• Tang San asked to consult his father, so Su Yuntao took him to Tang Hao’s blacksmith shop while Qian Xunji and Ah Yin followed unseen.
• Su Yuntao praised Tang San’s talent and urged Tang Hao to let him join Spirit Hall, but Tang Hao firmly refused.
• Su Yuntao left, and Qian Xunji and Ah Yin noted that Tang Hao could not protect Tang San from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang Hao called Tang San’s Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power useless, and Qian Xunji and Ah Yin departed.

Tang Hao despaired over Tang San’s seemingly limited talent and forbade him from becoming a Soul Master, fearing the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would find them. When Tang San revealed his second Martial Soul, the Clear Sky Hammer, Tang Hao rekindled his hopes for revenge and agreed to let him cultivate.

• Tang Hao lamented that Tang San’s Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power and Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul were not enough to avenge A Zhi against the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Tang San asked to join Spirit Hall and become a Soul Master, but Tang Hao rejected both ideas and told him to learn blacksmithing instead.
• Tang San insisted that he had another Martial Soul and revealed the Clear Sky Hammer to Tang Hao.
• Tang Hao celebrated Tang San’s Twin Martial Souls, blamed his low Soul Power on malnutrition, and told him to use the hammer to protect his Death Spider Emperor.
• Tang San agreed, and Tang Hao got up to cook for him when he said he was hungry.

Ning Fengzhi lamented the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s ruin and demanded updates on the searches for Tang Hao and the Clear Sky Sect. After learning that neither could be found and that Rongrong had Innate Level-Nine Soul Power, he considered a future marriage alliance with Spirit Hall before Chen Xin objected.

• Ning Fengzhi angrily demanded news of Tang Hao, but Chen Xin said he had vanished after escaping their encirclement.
• Ning Fengzhi learned that Rongrong had Innate Level-Nine Soul Power, yet despaired that the Seven Treasure Glazed Pagoda could not advance beyond Soul Sage.
• Chen Xin reported that the Clear Sky Sect had disappeared into seclusion while the Four Single-Attribute Clans had recovered.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted the greed that had contributed to the sect’s decline and feared the Clear Sky Sect’s eventual return.
• Ning Fengzhi proposed a future marriage alliance between Rongrong and Spirit Hall, but Chen Xin urged him not to discuss it yet.

Tang Xiao worried that Tang Hao had vanished and lamented the Clear Sky Sect’s weakness while fearing discovery by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. In Spirit City, Qian Xunji finished his paperwork and headed to the Hidden Weapon Hall to see what Xiao Feng and the others were working on.

• A scout reported to Tang Xiao that he had failed to find Tang Hao, and Tang Xiao ordered him to keep the news from the clan elders.
• Tang Xiao reflected on Tang Hao’s relationship with a Soul Beast, his nephew, and the Clear Sky Sect’s vulnerability if the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect found its refuge.
• Tang Xiao descended the mountain after once again receiving no news of his younger brother.
• Qian Xunji completed the Cabinet’s paperwork in the Papal Palace and decided to visit the Hidden Weapon Hall.
• Qian Xunji changed course from the rear garden and headed to the Hidden Weapon Hall, whose affairs Qian Renfeng usually oversaw.

Ah Rou came to Spirit Hall to ask Ah Yin and Qian Xunji to protect her transformed daughter, Xiao Wu. Qian Xunji agreed to take Xiao Wu in and let Ah Rou stay in Spirit City with her.

• A female Soul Master told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin that an old acquaintance was asking to see them, and they went to meet her.
• Ah Yin recognized Ah Rou, who explained that she had come from Star Dou Forest because she feared for Xiao Wu after the Death Spider Emperor incident.
• Ah Rou revealed that Xiao Wu had transformed and asked Ah Yin to let her daughter stay under her protection.
• Qian Xunji agreed to protect Xiao Wu, saying that transformed Soul Beasts were human and that Spirit Hall could conceal her aura.
• Ah Yin invited Ah Rou to stay in Spirit City with Xiao Wu, and Qian Xunji agreed to keep them safe.

Ah Rou and Xiao Wu joined Ah Yin and Qian Xunji in Spirit City, where Ah Yin gave Xiao Wu a flower to conceal her Transformed Soul Beast aura. Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng welcomed Xiao Wu and showed her around the city, impressing her with their extraordinary Soul Power.

• Ah Rou led Ah Yin and Qian Xunji to a hotel, where Xiao Wu was waiting, and introduced her to Ah Yin.
• Ah Yin gave Xiao Wu the Lovesick Heartbreak Red to hide her Transformed Soul Beast aura, then invited Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to stay in Spirit City.
• Ah Yin introduced Ah Rou and Xiao Wu to Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng in the Papal Palace's Back Garden, and Ah Rou learned that both siblings were sixteen-year-old Soul Emperors.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng took Xiao Wu sightseeing around Spirit City, where she learned they had Divine-Level Martial Souls and Innate Level-Twenty Soul Power.

Ah Yin suggested that Xiao Wu enroll in the Spirit Academy, and Ah Rou agreed after Xiao Wu enthusiastically accepted. Meanwhile, Qian Renfeng reflected on his life and cultivation, then wondered about the mysterious Eight-Armed Asura phantom calling to him.

• Ah Yin told Ah Rou that transformed hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts had Innate Full Soul Power and suggested enrolling Xiao Wu in the Spirit Academy.
• Ah Rou asked Xiao Wu if she wanted to attend the Spirit Academy, and Xiao Wu agreed excitedly.
• Qian Renxue offered to introduce Xiao Wu to Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Hu Liena, while Qian Renfeng promised to show her around Spirit City.
• Qian Renfeng reflected on his past life and decided it was time to teach his parents the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
• Qian Renfeng noted that his Soul Power was level sixty-eight and wondered whether the growing Eight-Armed Asura phantom in his Spiritual Sea of Consciousness was a divine inheritance.

Qian Xunji reviewed a report about Oscar and considered recruiting him into Spirit Hall while reflecting on how much the timeline had changed. In Holy Soul Village, Tang Hao gave up teaching Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer and warned him to hide his Clear Sky Hammer, while refusing Tang San’s suggestion to join Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunji read a report about Oscar’s innate full soul power and ordered that a Titled Douluo invite him to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji wondered whether Shrek Academy and Liu Erlong still existed, then finished his paperwork and went to find Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao tried to teach Tang San the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, but Tang San struggled and asked to stop learning it.
• Tang Hao told Tang San never to reveal his Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and said they faced a blood-deep vendetta.
• Tang Hao planned to send Tang San to Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy with Old Jack and rejected Tang San’s suggestion to join Spirit Hall.

Yue Guan and Gui Mei brought seven-year-old Oscar to Spirit Hall after inviting him to join, and Yue Guan asked Qian Xunji for permission to take him as a disciple. Oscar joined willingly, became Yue Guan’s disciple, and set off with him to learn about Spirit Academy.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei found Oscar at his academy and invited him to join Spirit Hall, with Yue Guan offering to take him as a disciple.
• Yue Guan proved he was a Titled Douluo by displaying his nine Soul Rings, and Oscar agreed to join Spirit Hall.
• Yue Guan settled Oscar’s departure from the academy, then brought him with Gui Mei to Papal Palace.
• Oscar told Qian Xunji he had joined voluntarily, and Qian Xunji allowed Yue Guan to take him as a disciple.
• Yue Guan accepted Oscar as his disciple and began explaining Spirit Academy as they left Papal Palace.

Qian Xunji enjoyed the quiet after the children returned to school, while Tang San began his journey to Notting City to attend the Junior Soul Master Academy. The chapter ended with Tang San, Tang Hao, and Old Jack entering the city.

• Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, Xiao Wu, and Oscar went to their respective Spirit Academies, leaving Qian Xunji and Ah Yin to enjoy the quiet Back Garden.
• Old Jack came to the Blacksmith Shop to take Tang San to Notting City, and he argued with Tang Hao about refusing Spirit Hall.
• Tang San told Old Jack not to blame Tang Hao and said he would attend the Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Tang Hao, Tang San, and Old Jack walked for more than half a day and reached Notting City.
• Tang San admired the city gates, while Old Jack and Tang Hao argued before the three of them entered Notting City.

Tang San, Tang Hao, and Old Jack arrived at Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy, where the gatekeeper rejected Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate and insulted them. Su Yuntao intervened, confirmed the certificate was genuine, and confronted the academy headmaster, leaving the gatekeeper in trouble.

• Tang Hao and Old Jack argued as they walked with Tang San through Notting City, then the three reached Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Old Jack presented Tang San’s Spirit Hall certificate, but the gatekeeper called it fake and refused to let Tang San enroll.
• Tang Hao grabbed the gatekeeper when he shoved Old Jack, and the dispute drew Su Yuntao’s attention.
• Su Yuntao confirmed the certificate was genuine and threatened the gatekeeper for slandering Spirit Hall.
• The academy headmaster came out and greeted Su Yuntao, who rebuked Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy.

Su Yuntao intervened when Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy’s doorman tried to bar Tang San’s entry, then helped Tang San enroll. After Tang San left with the headmaster, Old Jack confronted Tang Hao over blocking his son from joining Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao revealed that Spirit Hall had once taken his former lover.

• The headmaster beat the doorman for slandering Spirit Hall, and Su Yuntao took the doorman away while promising to help Tang San if he faced unfair treatment.
• Tang San thanked Su Yuntao, while Tang Hao said they could discuss joining Spirit Hall another time.
• The headmaster welcomed Tang San into Notting City Junior Soul Master Academy, and Tang San vowed to become a powerful soul master.
• After Tang San entered the academy, Old Jack struck Tang Hao with his walking stick and accused him of holding back Tang San’s future.
• Tang Hao insisted that Tang San could never join Spirit Hall and explained that its people had taken his former lover, who later had a daughter and a son.
• Old Jack condemned Tang Hao for letting that old grievance harm Tang San’s prospects, but Tang Hao remained unrepentant.

Tang Hao decided to give Tang San a hundred-thousand-year soul bone and worried that the academy might give him a ten-year first soul ring. He asked Old Jack to help hire a soul master, and they agreed to approach Su Yuntao for help securing a hundred-year soul ring.

• Tang Hao retrieved the Death Spider Emperor Right Leg Bone from a hidden cave and resolved to let Tang San absorb it when he returned for the break.
• Tang Hao worried that Nuoding Junior Soul Master Academy might give Tang San a ten-year first soul ring and considered how to secure a hundred-year one instead.
• Tang Hao went to Old Jack's house and asked him to help Tang San obtain a hundred-year first soul ring.
• Old Jack agreed to have the village hire Su Yuntao from Spirit Hall, and Tang Hao accepted his proposal.

Qian Xunji granted Bibi Dong her freedom after learning that she had spent sixteen years crippled and begging in Spirit City. At Spirit Hall Advanced Soul Master Academy, Qian Renfeng studied while Qian Renxue struggled with class and wanted to visit Xiao Wu.

• Qian Xunji approved a report recommending Bibi Dong be freed, saying she could live as she pleased but should no longer beg in Spirit City.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that Bibi Dong had been crippled for sixteen years and that he had nearly forgotten about her.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed making Qian Renfeng Pope when he turned eighteen, with the Cabinet keeping his workload light.
• Qian Renfeng listened attentively in class while Qian Renxue struggled to understand the lecture and was reprimanded for disturbing him.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Renfeng to visit Xiao Wu, but he refused because academy rules barred senior students from entering the junior campus area.
• Qian Renfeng urged Qian Renxue to work harder at cultivation, and she covered her ears and walked away before they headed to find Yan Yan and the others.

After sixteen years of begging, Bibi Dong was freed by order of the Pope and struggled to imagine a life beyond the streets. Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed her release, her past with Yu Xiaogang, and the suffering she had endured, while Bibi Dong remained uncertain about her future.

• A Security Team member told Bibi Dong that Qian Xunji had freed her from begging and urged her to sell her gold bowl and start a business.
• Bibi Dong sold the cleaned bowl for Gold Soul Coins, bought clothes, washed at a hotel, and covered her scarred face with a veil.
• Bibi Dong sat by the hotel window and wondered what she could do now that she was free.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that Bibi Dong had sold the bowl and predicted she would feel lost after sixteen years as a beggar.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed Bibi Dong's fall from the Holy Maiden's position, her relationship with Yu Xiaogang, and his death at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan's headquarters.

Old Jack persuaded Holy Soul Village to pool money to hire Soul Masters to help Tang San obtain his first Soul Ring. The villagers entrusted Old Jack with the fund, and Tang Hao recorded their contributions as they began collecting them.

• Old Jack gathered the villagers and proposed raising Gold Soul Coins to hire Soul Masters to help Tang San hunt a Soul Beast for his first Soul Ring.
• Old Jack explained that Tang San’s Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power gave him the potential to become a Soul Sage, and the villagers agreed to help him.
• The villagers insisted that Tang Hao should not control the money, and Tang Hao acknowledged his past failures and thanked them on Tang San’s behalf.
• Old Jack offered to keep a record of each household’s contribution and hold the money until Tang San needed it.
• The villagers brought money to Old Jack’s house, where Old Jack counted the contributions and Tang Hao recorded them.

Xiao Wu beat up her classmates at the start of term to make them call her Sister Xiao Wu, so Ah Rou was summoned and spanked her. Xiao Wu returned to class embarrassed but still threatened her classmates, while Qian Renfeng explained that she could have earned their respect through healthy competition.

• Xiao Wu stood on a desk and demanded that her classmates call her Sister Xiao Wu after beating them into submission.
• The academy summoned Ah Rou, who apologized to the director and spanked Xiao Wu for fighting and causing trouble.
• Ah Rou warned Xiao Wu not to hit her classmates again, and Xiao Wu returned to class limping and threatened the students when they laughed at her.
• After the teacher addressed the incident, Xiao Wu felt embarrassed and finally settled down.
• Qian Renfeng told Qian Renxue that Xiao Wu could have earned her classmates' recognition by showing her strength during an assessment instead of beating them up.