Chapter Summaries

Tang San and Su Yuntao’s group searched the Soul Beast Forest for a suitable First Soul Ring, eventually finding a three-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider. Tang San killed it, absorbed its hundred-year Soul Ring, and became a Soul Master at Level 11.

• Tang San studied which Soul Rings suited his Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul while Su Yuntao’s group guarded him overnight.
• Su Yuntao told the other Soul Masters that Tang San had Innate Seventh-Level Soul Power and the Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul, and wondered why his father disliked Spirit Hall.
• The group found a three-hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider, weakened it, and left Tang San to deliver the killing blow.
• Tang San killed the Man Faced Demon Spider and absorbed the hundred-year Soul Ring, raising his Soul Power from Level 10 to Level 11 and gaining his first Soul Skill.
• Su Yuntao congratulated Tang San, who thanked the group, and Su Yuntao invited him to call him Brother Tao.

Qian Renfeng revealed the Mysterious Heaven Skill to Qian Xunji and Ah Yin, and Qian Xunji decided to restrict the technique to Spirit Hall’s most loyal elites. Qian Xunji then named Qian Renfeng his successor, leaving Qian Renfeng set to become Pope at eighteen.

• Qian Renfeng told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin that he and Qian Renxue had learned the Mysterious Heaven Skill, which he claimed cultivated Internal Power and had no hidden risks.
• Qian Xunji examined the skill and its accompanying martial arts, while Qian Renfeng attributed their discovery to the treasures in the Library Hall.
• Qian Renfeng said Yan Yan, Lingling, and Nana had also learned the skill, and recommended limiting it to Spirit Hall geniuses with spotless backgrounds and unwavering loyalty.
• Qian Xunji agreed to keep the Mysterious Heaven Skill secret and threatened severe retaliation against anyone outside Spirit Hall who learned or leaked it.
• Qian Xunji announced that Qian Renfeng would succeed him as Pope when he turned eighteen, and Qian Renfeng accepted the responsibility.

Qian Xunji told Qian Renfeng that Spirit Hall would replace the Two Great Empires and taught him to dismantle their old ruling order. He prepared Qian Renfeng for his future as pope and emperor, then explained that strength and family ties underpinned the respect he received.

• Qian Xunji declared that Qian Renfeng would succeed him as pope at eighteen and announced Spirit Hall’s plan to establish an empire.
• Qian Xunji said Spirit Hall would eliminate the imperial families and disloyal nobles of the Two Great Empires to prevent the old order from returning.
• Qian Renfeng embraced his father’s vision of a new order and promised to become a good pope and emperor.
• Qian Xunji explained that the pope should focus on major decisions and use the Cabinet to handle Spirit Hall’s administration.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Renfeng to protect her, and he promised no one would bully her.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renfeng that a future pope needed strength and said Spirit Hall members respected him because he was Qian Xunji’s son and his grandfather was a Peerless Douluo.

Qian Renfeng lay awake and assessed Spirit Hall’s strength as he prepared to become its next pope and considered its future as an empire. He concluded that the Two Great Empires and the weakened sects could not stop Spirit Hall’s rise.

• Qian Renfeng recalled his father’s use of the Cabinet and realized its members were periodically replaced to keep it from overpowering the pope.
• Qian Renfeng reflected on Spirit Hall’s destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and judged that his father had carefully set the stage for it.
• Qian Renfeng counted Spirit Hall’s powerful Douluo, elite forces, and promising young Soul Masters, recognizing the organization’s considerable strength.
• Qian Renfeng compared Spirit Hall with the battered Two Great Empires and weakened sects, noting that most lacked Titled Douluo or had been crippled.
• Qian Renfeng laughed and concluded that Spirit Hall’s opponents were weak and its imperial undertaking could succeed.

Tang San returned to Holy Soul Village with a hundred-year Soul Ring and told Tang Hao about his poisonous Spider Web Restraint skill. Tang Hao advised him to focus on poisonous beast Soul Rings and arranged for him to learn smithing before school started.

• Su Yuntao escorted Tang San back to Old Jack, who celebrated Tang San’s hundred-year Soul Ring and thanked Su Yuntao.
• Old Jack took Tang San to the Blacksmith Shop, where Tang Hao eagerly asked how he had found a Soul Ring so quickly.
• Tang San explained that he had killed a hundred-year Man Faced Demon Spider and gained Spider Web Restraint, which released a potent, poisonous web.
• Tang Hao told Tang San that his Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul made the skill especially poisonous and advised him to choose poisonous beast Soul Rings in the future.
• Tang Hao asked Tang San to practice smithing each morning before school, and Tang San agreed.

Two years after receiving the Mysterious Heaven Skill, Qian Xunji reached Level 98 and Ah Yin reached Level 95 while they enjoyed a relaxed life together. As their children and friends returned for the break, Qian Xunji planned to pass the Pope's Seat to Qian Renfeng and wait for him to lead their future move; the chapter ended with Xiao Xue and Qian Renfeng arriving home.

• Qian Xunji reflected on reaching Level 98 with the Mysterious Heaven Skill, while Ah Yin had advanced to Level 95.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin he intended to pass the Pope's Seat to Qian Renfeng but would wait until the young generation became Titled Douluos before acting.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed the girls' feelings for Qian Renfeng and joked about marriage and their own relationship.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin shared an affectionate moment before Xiao Xue and Qian Renfeng announced their return.

Qian Renxue returned home as a newly minted Soul Sage, while Qian Renfeng was already level seventy-four, and their parents discussed his future as Pope. The siblings left to reunite with their friends after Qian Renxue arranged for a comfortable post at the Papal Palace.

• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng walked in on Qian Xunji and Ah Yin being affectionate, then teased their parents about having another child.
• Qian Xunji noticed Qian Renxue had reached Soul Sage level seventy-one and compared her progress with Qian Renfeng, who was level seventy-four.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renfeng to prepare to inherit the Pope's Seat, and Qian Renfeng agreed despite feeling apprehensive.
• Qian Renxue decided not to stay at the academy after graduation and asked Qian Renfeng for an easy job, so he offered her a position in the Papal Palace archives.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng left to find Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and the others, then invited Hu Liena and Xiao Wu to join them.

Qian Xunji arranged for Qian Renfeng to succeed him as Pope of Spirit Hall, and Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall elders approved. He planned to step down and travel with Ah Yin while Qian Renfeng learned to lead Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Daoliu and the elders that he wanted Qian Renfeng to inherit the Pope's Seat, and they agreed to support the succession.
• Qian Xunji explained that he wanted Qian Renfeng to gain experience before Spirit Hall's future wars against the Two Great Empires.
• Qian Xunji declined to join the Worship Hall after stepping down and said he wanted to travel with Ah Yin and watch their children grow.
• Qian Xunji said he would invite the continent's powers to Qian Renfeng's succession ceremony, while noting the Clear Sky Sect might not attend.
• Qian Xunji returned to Ah Yin and told her that Qian Renfeng would become Spirit Hall's new Pope within the next few days.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin discussed Qian Renfeng’s impending succession as pope, explaining the responsibilities and political caution the role required. Qian Renfeng learned how Spirit Hall funded itself and handled misconduct, and was left confronting the corruption and slavery tolerated across the Douluo Continent.

• Qian Xunji told Qian Renfeng that he would soon become pope, and Qian Renfeng said he would first learn how Spirit Hall operated.
• Ah Yin warned Qian Renfeng that a pope’s decisions could affect Spirit Hall, other factions, and the balance of power, while Qian Xunji promised to answer his questions.
• Qian Renfeng suspected Qian Xunji had knowingly let the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast remain with Tang Hao, but Qian Xunji denied that Spirit Hall had monitored Tang Hao.
• Qian Xunji explained that the Two Great Empires funded Soul Master subsidies and that Spirit Hall earned money through merchant caravans, Great Soul Arenas, and taxes.
• Qian Xunji admitted that some Spirit Hall Soul Masters committed evil and advised Qian Renfeng to use repeated Enforcement Team sweeps and treat commoners better.
• Qian Renfeng learned that slavery and human trafficking existed in the Heaven Dou Empire, and Qian Xunji told him the world was not simply black and white.

News of Spirit Hall's new pope's succession ceremony reached the Holy Dragon Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, prompting both to plan to attend and pledge allegiance. Ning Fengzhi told Rongrong that the eighteen-year-old new pope was a powerful prodigy, while the question of her future with him remained unresolved.

• Tuoba Xi learned that the pope was stepping down and decided to attend the succession ceremony in person to reaffirm the Holy Dragon Sect's loyalty to Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi showed the invitation to Chen Xin and Gu Rong and said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would submit to Spirit Hall.
• Chen Xin agreed that he and Gu Rong would follow Ning Fengzhi's decision and attend the ceremony with him.
• Ning Fengzhi asked whether Rongrong might have a chance with the new pope, then set the idea aside for later.
• Rongrong entered the hall, and Ning Fengzhi explained that Spirit Hall's new pope was the old pope's eighteen-year-old son and already a Soul Sage.

Xue Ye and the Star Luo Emperor discussed Spirit Hall’s invitation to the new Pope’s succession ceremony and feared its growing power. Both rulers decided to send representatives rather than attend in person, while Xue Ye wondered whether Spirit Hall might eventually establish an empire.

• Xue Ye questioned why Qian Xunji had relinquished the Pope’s Seat to his eighteen-year-old son, and the Empress argued that Qian Xunji and Qian Daoliu would guide the new Pope.
• Xue Ye lamented Heaven Dou’s losses and worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect might join Spirit Hall, leaving no faction able to restrain it.
• Xue Ye ordered a representative to attend the ceremony and wondered whether Heaven Dou might need to cooperate with the Star Luo Empire against Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo Emperor also chose to send a representative, fearing Spirit Hall’s strength and regretting that the war with Heaven Dou had benefited Spirit Hall and the Holy Dragon Sect.

On the eve of Qian Renfeng’s Papal Succession Ceremony, Qian Xunji explained the ceremony and how to keep Spirit Hall’s Cabinet from overshadowing the pope. Qian Renfeng left for the preparations worried about bearing the responsibility, but resolved to learn as he went and seek Qian Daoliu’s advice.

• Ah Yin recalled how nervous she had been marrying Qian Xunji, the pope, in front of Spirit Hall’s prominent guests.
• Qian Xunji described the ceremony in Spirit City’s Central Square and told Qian Renfeng to put Spirit Hall’s interests first once he became pope.
• Qian Xunji advised Qian Renfeng to use the Cabinet while preventing it from accumulating too much power, and Qian Renfeng proposed rotating members and barring former members from serving again.
• Qian Renfeng left the Back Garden with Qian Renxue and worried privately that he might fail to manage Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renfeng resolved to shoulder the burden and ask Qian Daoliu for advice when he needed help.

On the eve of Qian Renfeng’s succession as Spirit Hall’s Pope, he and Qian Renxue gathered their friends for a celebratory dinner. Xiao Wu learned that becoming the Pope’s friend would not let her rule Spirit Academy, and discovered that its acknowledged leaders earned their status through strength and ability.

• Qian Renxue suggested that Qian Renfeng celebrate his appointment as Pope by gathering their friends for dinner, and he agreed.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng invited Dugu Yan, while Dugu Bo teased Qian Renfeng about his impending succession and reassured him that ceremony guests had more reason to be nervous.
• The group collected Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu before setting out together.
• Xiao Wu imagined that Qian Renfeng becoming Pope would let her do as she pleased at Spirit Academy, but Qian Renfeng explained that the academy had its own rules.
• Dugu Yan told Xiao Wu that Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng were Spirit Academy’s acknowledged leaders because of their strength and achievements, including Qian Renfeng’s title as Martial Soul Theory Grandmaster.
• After Hu Liena pointed out that Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng were eighteen-year-old Soul Sages, Xiao Wu gave up on becoming the academy’s big boss.

Spirit City gathered representatives from across the continent for the succession ceremony of the eighteen-year-old Mid-Rank Soul Sage who would become Spirit Hall’s new Pope. As the ceremony awaited its start, Tuoba Xi discussed Spirit Hall’s strength, the Holy Dragon Sect’s dependence on it, and the absent Clear Sky Sect.

• Representatives of the empires, sects, families, and academies assembled in Spirit City’s Central Square alongside Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos and former Pope Qian Xunji.
• Tuoba Xi and a Holy Dragon Sect elder praised Spirit Hall’s eighteen Titled Douluos and discussed the prospects of its two eighteen-year-old Soul Sage children.
• Tuoba Xi declared that the Holy Dragon Sect would follow Spirit Hall’s decisions and credited Spirit Hall with the sect’s recent prosperity.
• Tuoba Xi and the elder remarked that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had weakened after its wars and that the Holy Dragon Sect could benefit if its guardian Douluos were gone.
• Tuoba Xi noted that the Clear Sky Sect had sent no representative, and the elder recalled that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect continued searching for it after the Clear Sky Sect’s defeat.

As Spirit Hall prepared for Qian Feng’s succession as Pope, guests gathered and reflected on how much had changed. Ning Fengzhi and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s elders decided to seek entry into Spirit Hall, while the Clear Sky Sect’s absence and Ning Fengzhi’s regret over pursuing Tang Hao underscored the consequences of past choices.

• Qian Xunji comforted Ah Yin as they looked forward to Qian Feng’s succession ceremony and discussed traveling afterward.
• Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Hu Liena, and Xiao Wu talked excitedly about the ceremony and Spirit Hall’s strength.
• Bibi Dong watched the gathering from an upper room, reflecting on her past with Yu Xiaogang and regretting how she had turned against Spirit Hall.
• Ning Fengzhi noticed that the Clear Sky Sect had not attended, and Chen Xin and Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s power and the sect’s uncertain future.
• Ning Fengzhi explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should join Spirit Hall for protection, and the elders agreed to meet the new Pope after the ceremony.
• Ning Fengzhi regretted hunting Tang Hao, recognizing that it had helped set off the war between the Two Great Empires.

Qian Renfeng took part in Spirit Hall’s papal succession ceremony and was formally installed as its new Pope. The guests’ willingness to kneel before him left the representatives of the Two Great Empires fearing Spirit Hall’s growing power.

• Qian Renfeng left the Papal Palace and arrived at Spirit City’s Central Square, where guests gathered to witness his succession.
• Ah Yin cried as she watched her son, while Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan commented on Qian Renfeng’s potential and future in Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu questioned Qian Renfeng during the ceremony, and Qian Renfeng pledged to fulfill his papal duties and eliminate Fallen Soul Masters.
• Qian Daoliu declared Qian Renfeng the new Pope, and nearly all the guests knelt to pay their respects.
• The Heaven Dou Empire’s representative knelt under Spirit Hall’s pressure, prompting the Star Luo Empire’s representative to kneel as well.
• Qian Renfeng told the guests to rise, while the two empire representatives feared Spirit Hall had become too powerful to restrain.

After his succession ceremony, Qian Renfeng took up the role of Spirit Hall’s Pope and received the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s pledge of allegiance. He accepted the sect as a subordinate power, while offering it the choice to merge completely into Spirit Hall.

• Qian Renfeng left the Central Square as Spirit City’s residents greeted him, reflecting on his new authority as Pope.
• The Heaven Dou and Star Luo empires’ representatives argued over kneeling before Qian Renfeng, then each planned to blame Spirit Hall for forcing them to do so.
• The Lower Four Sects regretted not pledging allegiance earlier, while the Holy Dragon Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect stayed in Spirit City.
• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong knelt before Qian Renfeng and asked him to accept the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect as a subordinate power.
• Qian Renfeng accepted their allegiance, granted the sect access to Spirit Academy and positions in Spirit Hall, and offered them the option of merging fully into Spirit Hall.

Ning Fengzhi agreed to merge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall, hoping its members would gain positions and his daughter might overcome her martial soul’s limits. He left the Papal Palace to arrange the transfer, while Tuoba Xi arrived and realized he had not been the first to visit.

• Qian Renfeng explained that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect could become a vassal or merge into Spirit Hall, and described the Holy Dragon Sect’s choice to merge.
• Qian Renfeng offered Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and the sect’s other protectors positions as Spirit Hall Elders, while explaining how the sect’s younger members could study at the Spirit Academy.
• Ning Fengzhi chose to merge the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall and asked Qian Renfeng to look after his daughter, Ning Rongrong.
• Qian Renfeng suggested that Spirit Hall might be able to help Ning Rongrong break through her martial soul’s limits, and Ning Fengzhi promised to transfer the sect’s assets and send its members to Spirit Hall within a week.
• Ning Fengzhi left the Papal Palace and encountered Tuoba Xi, who realized that someone had arrived before him and entered the palace.

Tuoba Xi left the Papal Palace worried that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s submission would threaten the Holy Dragon Sect’s standing in Spirit Hall. Qian Renfeng learned from his family why Ning Fengzhi had chosen to merge his weakened sect into Spirit Hall, while Qian Xunji said the sects would announce their merger when Spirit Hall prepared to attack the Two Great Empires.

• Tuoba Xi learned that Ning Fengzhi had brought the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to submit to Spirit Hall and worried it would outshine the Holy Dragon Sect.
• After Tuoba Xi left, representatives of other factions, including the Lower Four Sects, visited the Papal Palace to approach the new Pope.
• Qian Renfeng told Qian Xunji, Qian Renxue, and Ah Yin that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had chosen to merge directly into Spirit Hall.
• Ah Yin explained that Ning Fengzhi had lost hope in his sect’s future after years of devastating losses and because its Martial Soul’s potential was capped.
• Qian Xunji said the Holy Dragon Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would announce their mergers when Qian Renfeng decided to establish Spirit Hall and attack the Two Great Empires.

After Spirit Hall’s new Pope’s succession ceremony, Xue Ye and the Star Luo Emperor feared that Spirit Hall had become too powerful to oppose. The chapter left both emperors contemplating an alliance and regretting that they had failed to restrain Spirit Hall earlier.

• Xue Ye learned that representatives of the empires and many major factions had knelt at the ceremony and worried that Spirit Hall could overwhelm the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Xue Ye rejected the idea of a broad alliance because most sects and academies were either aligned with Spirit Hall, too weak, or unwilling to oppose it.
• Xue Ye concluded that the Star Luo Empire might be the Heaven Dou Empire’s only potential ally and feared the new Pope would follow in Qian Xunji’s formidable footsteps.
• The Star Luo Emperor raged at his representative for kneeling and feared the ceremony’s news made the empire appear to have submitted to Spirit Hall.
• The Star Luo Emperor considered Spirit Hall’s eighteen Titled Douluos and regretted that the empires had not restrained it before it grew powerful enough to destroy them.