Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin arrived in Yelin City after a month on the road and checked into a couple’s suite at the Rose Grand Hotel. As Qian Xunji teased Ah Yin, he told her Tang Hao had been in love with her and had wanted to protect her.

• Qian Xunji and the exhausted Ah Yin reached Yelin City in time for its famous lantern festival, and he said he would seek justice from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after returning from vacation.
• They entered the bustling city and chose the Rose Grand Hotel, where Qian Xunji booked one room for them.
• Ah Yin discovered that their room was a pink couple’s suite scented with Passion Fragrance and accused the hotel of being disreputable.
• Qian Xunji teased the blushing Ah Yin about their intimacy and said she was fortunate he found her before Tang Hao and his brother could benefit from her.
• Ah Yin asked whether Tang Hao and his brother liked her, and Qian Xunji said Tang Hao’s longing looks and protectiveness made his feelings clear.

Qian Xunji and A Yin spent the day in Yelin City before going out to its lantern festival, where A Yin suddenly realized she was pregnant. Qian Xunji was stunned by the news, while A Yin asked if he was unhappy.

• Qian Xunji teased A Yin about their attraction and then let her sleep before the lantern festival.
• At the festival, A Yin admired a hairpin, corrected Qian Xunji's mistaken offer of a Gold Soul Coin, and bought it after the vendor made change.
• After Qian Xunji placed the hairpin in A Yin's hair, she crouched down and dry-heaved.
• A Yin told Qian Xunji she was pregnant, and he froze in surprise at how soon it had happened.

Ah Yin told Qian Xunji that she was pregnant with twins, leaving him nervous but eager to care for her and their children. The two continued enjoying Yelin City's lantern festival while Ah Yin kept her written wish private.

• Ah Yin teased Qian Xunji about becoming a father and revealed that she could sense two babies.
• Qian Xunji promised to protect Ah Yin and said their children would inherit Spirit Hall.
• Ah Yin and Qian Xunji shopped together at the lantern festival, with Qian Xunji buying whatever she liked.
• Ah Yin released a lantern bearing wishes for her children’s safety and for Qian Xunji to stop bullying her.
• Qian Xunji secretly sensed Ah Yin’s wish, and she asked whether it would come true before they went to explore while waiting for the performance.

While Qian Xunji remained away with Ah Yin, Spirit Hall struggled to contain public fury over Bibi Dong’s betrayal and pressure to punish the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. Qian Daoliu and the Worship Hall decided to wait for the Pope’s return, though they feared Spirit Hall’s reputation could not withstand further delay.

• Spirit City residents demanded revenge against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Bibi Dong endured their scorn and grew more resentful toward Yu Xiaogang and Qian Xunji.
• The Clear Sky Sect and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect declined to support the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and watched as Spirit Hall delayed its response.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo and the other Worship Hall members complained that they could not keep managing the Papal Palace and restraining the angry residents.
• At Light Feather Douluo’s suggestion, Qian Daoliu ordered Bibi Dong moved away from the central square to reduce public anger.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo argued that Spirit Hall had to act against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to protect its reputation, but Qian Daoliu postponed the decision until Qian Xunji returned.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo suspected Qian Xunji had deliberately used public pressure to force the Worship Hall to act, while Demon Subduing Douluo angrily criticized the absent Pope.

Yu Yuanzhen confronted Yu Xiaogang after he returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, blaming him for provoking Spirit Hall by becoming involved with Bibi Dong. Yu Yuanzhen agreed not to let Spirit Hall kill his son but ordered him to stay hidden from the clan.

• Yu Yuanzhen berated Yu Xiaogang for returning after a month and bringing Spirit Hall’s anger upon the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Xiaogang blamed Bibi Dong and insisted that success would have changed his family’s opinion of him, but Yu Yuanzhen said his plan had never had a chance.
• Yu Yuanzhen warned that Spirit Hall and even the people of Spirit City were demanding revenge, putting the entire clan at risk.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang to hide because the clan’s elders and disciples wanted to punish him, then promised he would not let Spirit Hall kill him.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Xiaogang out of the council hall and told him to stay out of sight; Yu Xiaogang hurried away.

Ning Fengzhi decided the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would stay out of Spirit Hall’s feud with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, while Qian Xunji and Ah Yin made a home together in Yelin City and awaited their twins. In the Divine Realm, a god noticed that the fate of the chosen child had changed and that their fortune was rising explosively.

• Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s silence and feared that a Peerless Douluo might become involved.
• Ning Fengzhi decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would not help the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and urged the sect to educate its disciples better.
• Qian Xunji showed Ah Yin their new estate in Yelin City and reassured her that his father would accept her and their future children.
• Ah Yin told Qian Xunji that she was carrying one boy and one girl, and he urged her to be careful as the birth approached.
• A god in the Divine Realm noticed that the chosen one’s fate had changed and their fortune was growing rapidly.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin welcomed twins, naming them Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng, then prepared to return to Spirit Hall after Ah Yin recovered. As they left Yelin City, Qian Xunji reassured Ah Yin about Spirit City, where she would soon meet his father.

• Ah Yin gave birth safely to a daughter and a son, and Qian Xunji named them Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng.
• Ah Yin spent a month recovering while Qian Xunji planned to return to Spirit Hall and resume his duties as Pope.
• Qian Xunji reflected that Qian Renfeng seemed to be the original timeline's protagonist and Qian Renxue its great villain.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin left Yelin City with their twins after reminiscing about the year they had spent there.
• Qian Xunji described Spirit City as the safest city on the continent and reassured Ah Yin as they traveled toward Spirit Hall.

Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City with Ah Yin and their children after a year away, while the Worship Hall elders waited angrily for him to explain his absence. As Qian Daoliu summoned him inside, Qian Xunji feared the reprimand awaiting him.

• Qian Xunji brought Ah Yin into Spirit City, where the Titled Douluo sensed her but held back because he was with her.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin climbed Divine Mountain toward the Worship Hall, and he asked her to plead for him when his father confronted him.
• Qian Daoliu and the enshrined elders complained that Qian Xunji had left them to handle Spirit Hall's affairs without sending a letter.
• Ah Yin worried that Qian Daoliu might not accept her, and Qian Xunji promised to leave his position and take their family away if necessary.
• Qian Daoliu thundered at Qian Xunji to enter the Worship Hall and explain himself.

Qian Xunji brought Ah Yin and their newborn children, Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng, to the Worship Hall, where Qian Daoliu welcomed them with delight. Qian Daoliu accepted Ah Yin and concealed her Soul Beast aura, then arranged for the children to join the Worship Hall after their Martial Soul awakenings before sending Ah Yin out so he could speak privately with Xunji.

• Qian Xunji brought Ah Yin and their children before Qian Daoliu and the enshrined elders, who initially rebuked him for being absent from Spirit Hall for a year.
• Qian Xunji introduced Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng, and Qian Daoliu joyfully took the babies and celebrated the Qian Clan's new heirs.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel Divine Power to conceal Ah Yin's Soul Beast aura and reassured her that he accepted her as family.
• Qian Daoliu said the children would be raised in the Worship Hall after their Martial Souls awakened, and Ah Yin agreed.
• Qian Daoliu handed the children back to Ah Yin and asked her to leave while he discussed matters with Xunji, despite Xunji's protest.

Ah Yin left Qian Daoliu’s hall with Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng, while Qian Xunji learned that his year away had inflamed Spirit Hall’s anger at the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. The elders misread his revenge on Bibi Dong as a calculated scheme, and Qian Daoliu planned to personally crush the clan as Qian Xunji returned to the Papal Palace.

• Ah Yin left the hall with Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng, relieved that Qian Daoliu had treated her reasonably and given her the Angel God’s divine power.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo accused Qian Xunji of orchestrating events to force Spirit Hall to act against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, but Qian Xunji insisted he had only wanted revenge on Bibi Dong.
• Qian Daoliu and the other elders punished Qian Xunji for abandoning his duties as Pope for a year, then ordered him to put seeking justice from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan on the schedule.
• Qian Daoliu decided to personally crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan because Spirit Hall’s anger had grown beyond a simple demand for justice.
• Qian Xunji left the hall with Ah Yin and the children, doubting whether his actions had truly been part of a grand scheme, and went back toward the Papal Palace.

After reading a year of reports, Qian Xunji realized Spirit Hall’s silence over Bibi Dong’s betrayal had damaged its reputation and left its people furious. He decided to crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to restore Spirit Hall’s morale and began preparing a campaign.

• Qian Xunji read the reports and learned that Bibi Dong had been transferred after Spirit City turned against her, while Spirit Hall’s failure to retaliate had earned it the nickname Coward Hall.
• Qian Xunji concluded that Spirit Hall needed a decisive victory because its Soul Masters were seething with resentment and losing faith in its leaders.
• Qian Xunji decided to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, which had ignored Spirit Hall for a year instead of apologizing or handing over Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji called for a Cabinet to help manage Spirit Hall’s affairs and summoned Yue Guan and Gui Mei.
• Yue Guan reported that Spirit Hall could quickly mobilize a little over five thousand Soul Masters, and Qian Xunji ordered them to crush the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall to prepare a force of five thousand Soul Masters and several elders, with the Grand Worshipper joining the attack on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan. As Spirit Hall quietly mobilized, the clan had grown complacent after a year without retaliation and continued to mock Spirit Hall.

• Qian Xunji told Yue Guan and Gui Mei that the Grand Worshipper would join the operation and ordered them to gather five thousand combat-ready Soul Masters and notify the elders.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei discussed why Qian Xunji had waited a year before targeting the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, believing the delay gave Spirit Hall a justification to act.
• Qian Xunji overheard their conversation, recognized that the delay had benefited Spirit Hall's reputation, and called the plan a lucky accident.
• Yue Guan and Gui Mei began gathering Spirit Hall's forces as its war machine quietly stirred into motion.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had gradually stopped fearing an attack and openly mocked Spirit Hall, while perceptive observers saw its recklessness as a sign of impending ruin.

Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that Spirit Hall planned to destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to restore its strength and authority after Bibi Dong's betrayal. The next morning, he ordered Yue Guan and Gui Mei to prepare five thousand Soul Masters for an attack in two days.

• Qian Xunji returned to Ah Yin and their sleeping children, and explained that Spirit Hall's backlog of affairs had driven him to plan a Cabinet.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin Spirit Hall would wipe out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan because the clan had not apologized and Spirit Hall needed to restore its reputation.
• Qian Xunji said his father would join the campaign, and Ah Yin questioned why such a powerful Peerless Douluo was needed against the clan.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin left the children's room together for the night.
• Qian Xunji asked Yue Guan and Gui Mei how soon five thousand Soul Masters could assemble, and ordered them to mobilize the troops for a departure in two days.

Qian Daoliu and Spirit Hall launched a devastating assault on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, destroying the sect after giving it a year to respond to an earlier incident. Yu Yuanzhen survived the attack but was captured and taken to face the Pope, while Spirit Hall also threatened his son.

• Qian Daoliu used his ninth Soul Skill, Angel's Breath, killing more than half the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan in their sleep.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall's five thousand combat-ready Soul Masters and four Titled Douluo elders to storm the clan's burning grounds.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Xunji not to use underhanded methods again, and Qian Xunji kept his explanation to himself.
• Yu Yuanzhen woke to find the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan under attack and realized Spirit Hall was responsible.
• Yue Guan told Yu Yuanzhen that Spirit Hall had given his clan a year to make amends, then ordered his capture and said Spirit Hall would not spare his son.

Spirit Hall destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and brought Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang before Qian Daoliu. Qian Daoliu explained that Yu Yuanzhen’s yearlong refusal to make amends after the Holy Maiden’s betrayal had led to the clan’s destruction, leaving Yu Yuanzhen to face the ruin caused by his inaction.

• Qian Daoliu watched the burning Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan stronghold while Qian Xunji massaged him.
• Qian Daoliu learned through his senses that Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang were the only survivors after Spirit Hall’s forces wiped out the clan.
• Yue Guan and the others brought Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang before Qian Daoliu.
• Yu Yuanzhen asked why Spirit Hall had destroyed his clan, and Qian Daoliu blamed his refusal to make amends during the year Spirit Hall had allowed.
• Yu Yuanzhen realized he had ignored the danger despite knowing the clan might face disaster, and regretted losing its legacy.

Qian Daoliu killed Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Xiaogang after the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect was destroyed, then ordered Spirit Hall to hunt down its surviving members and erase its martial soul. News of the sect’s overnight annihilation spread across the continent, strengthening Spirit Hall’s reputation and authority.

• Yu Yuanzhen begged Qian Daoliu to spare the sect’s branch families, and Qian Daoliu agreed before killing him and ordering Qian Xunji to take his soul bones.
• Yu Xiaogang broke down and blamed the Spirit Hall Saintess for the sect’s destruction, so Qian Daoliu killed him.
• Qian Daoliu ordered the Angel Legion to hunt the remaining members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for two years and eliminate its martial soul.
• Qian Xunji ordered Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters to loot the sect’s treasury and clean up the ruined grounds.
• A merchant and other visitors discovered the ruins, and news of the sect’s destruction spread, leading people to credit Spirit Hall and fear its power.

Ning Fengzhi, Chen Xin, and Gu Rong discussed Spirit Hall’s destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and feared the consequences for the continent’s balance. Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to wait and watch, while worrying Spirit Hall might target them next.

• Ning Fengzhi shared intelligence that Spirit Hall had wiped out the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and was hunting its surviving disciples.
• Chen Xin argued that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect had ignored Spirit Hall’s yearlong chance to apologize and pay compensation, while Gu Rong feared the same fate could befall their sect.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that Spirit Hall had used the saintess’s betrayal as a public pretext to punish the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect for its arrogance.
• Ning Fengzhi warned that Spirit Hall’s victory had shifted the continent’s balance and that even the Upper Three Sects might not be able to aid one another in time.
• Ning Fengzhi told Chen Xin and Gu Rong to take no action and watch Spirit Hall, wondering whether it would attack the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect or choose a new Upper Three Sects member.

Qian Xunji finished his work and reassured Ah Yin that she did not need to feel guilty about being unable to help run Spirit Hall. He told her he was planning to establish a Cabinet to ease his workload, then took her and their children out for a walk.

• Qian Xunji reviewed reports showing that the Clear Sky Sect, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and the Two Great Empires feared Spirit Hall might strike again.
• Qian Xunji decided that the next Upper Three Sects member would be the first sect to declare submission to Spirit Hall.
• Ah Yin massaged Qian Xunji’s shoulders and admitted she felt guilty for being unable to help him.
• Qian Xunji explained that he planned to establish a Cabinet to review administrative matters and make recommendations, while he retained final authority.
• Qian Xunji reassured Ah Yin that she and their children were already a great help to him, then suggested visiting Worship Hall with Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng.

Qian Xunji promised Ah Yin a grand wedding, and Qian Daoliu offered to preside over it. Qian Xunji then took Ah Yin to see Bibi Dong, who recognized her teacher after a year of isolation.

• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin left the Worship Hall while Qian Daoliu kept Xiao Xue and Xiao Feng with him.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin he would hold a grand wedding for her, and Qian Daoliu said he would preside over it personally.
• Qian Xunji took Ah Yin through secluded alleys to the place where Bibi Dong was guarded.
• Ah Yin recoiled at Bibi Dong's disheveled appearance, and Qian Xunji angrily told Bibi Dong not to frighten her.
• Bibi Dong recognized Qian Xunji and thought her teacher had finally come to see her, while recalling the destruction of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

Bibi Dong begged Qian Xunji to forgive her, believing her suffering had been atonement, but he refused and left her to the Security Team. As she lay injured in the alley, memories of her happy early years with Qian Xunji and his later punishment resurfaced.

• Bibi Dong pleaded with Qian Xunji to forgive her and promised to serve him, while Ah Yin urged him to show compassion.
• Qian Xunji told Ah Yin that Bibi Dong’s punishment served as a warning to Spirit Hall and walked away without forgiving her.
• Bibi Dong cursed Qian Xunji and Spirit Hall after he left, and a Security Team member kicked and spat on her.
• Bibi Dong remembered Qian Xunji saving her as a child and teaching her about Spirit Hall’s duty to protect the continent.
• Bibi Dong recalled Qian Xunji crippling her cultivation and shattering her Martial Soul in the Papal Palace.