Chapter Summaries

Qian Renfeng, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling encountered the disgraced former Spirit Hall saintess Bibi Dong begging in the streets. Bibi Dong mistook Qian Renfeng for her former teacher and pleaded to return, but he rejected her before the group left.

• Ye Lingling spotted a beggar, and Qian Renfeng identified her as Bibi Dong, the former Spirit Hall saintess who had betrayed Spirit Hall for Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renfeng explained that Bibi Dong had lost her cultivation and Martial Soul and that Spirit Hall had destroyed the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan after it failed to make amends.
• Bibi Dong regretted trusting Yu Xiaogang and betraying Spirit Hall, but she believed her former teacher had abandoned her.
• Bibi Dong mistook Qian Renfeng for Qian Xunji and begged to return to his side, offering to serve as a slave.
• Qian Renfeng told Bibi Dong he was Qian Xunji's son, condemned her betrayal, and questioned why his father had spared her.
• Ye Lingling gave Bibi Dong a Gold Soul Coin, and Qian Renfeng, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling left.

After encountering the remorseful Bibi Dong, Qian Renfeng dismissed her suffering as the consequence of her betrayal and reflected on Spirit Hall’s future security. The group continued shopping, while Qian Renfeng resolved to grow stronger and quietly considered how hidden weapons might help Spirit Hall.

• Bibi Dong regretted betraying Spirit Hall and mourned that she did not even know the names of her teacher’s children.
• Ye Lingling, Qian Renxue, and Dugu Yan discussed whether Bibi Dong was pitiful, and Qian Renfeng blamed her for choosing Yu Xiaogang and betraying Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renfeng criticized Spirit Hall for sparing members of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect and privately resolved to eliminate future threats to Spirit Hall.
• Qian Renfeng considered that Spirit Hall might someday move against the two empires and thought hidden weapons could aid it, but decided to focus on cultivating first.
• Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Qian Renxue each asked Qian Renfeng to buy them something, and he agreed to treat them.

Qian Renfeng, Qian Renxue, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling went shopping, then Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue returned to the Papal Palace and told their parents they had encountered Bibi Dong. The chapter ended with Qian Xunji reaffirming that he would keep Bibi Dong alive to suffer in regret.

• Qian Renfeng paid for Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling’s purchases, and Qian Renxue lent him more Gold Soul Coins when his money ran low.
• Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue returned to the Papal Palace while Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling went back to the Elder District, where Dugu Bo and Ye Changqing welcomed them and admired their gifts.
• Qian Renxue told Qian Xunji and Ah Yin that they had encountered the former Holy Maiden, Bibi Dong, and the siblings shared their opinions of her.
• Ah Yin explained that Qian Xunji had left Spirit Hall because of Bibi Dong, which had led him to meet Ah Yin and start their family.
• Qian Xunji sent Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue to cultivate, then told Ah Yin he would not give Bibi Dong a quick death and wanted her to live with regret.

Qian Renxue reached Level-Thirty Quasi-Soul Venerable and asked Qian Xunji to take her to the Star Dou Forest for her third Soul Ring. Before leaving, Qian Xunji went to notify the Consecration Hall as Qian Renfeng teased him about his father’s concerns.

• Qian Renxue broke through to Level-Thirty Quasi-Soul Venerable and celebrated with Qian Renfeng.
• Qian Xunji confirmed Qian Renxue’s breakthrough and agreed to take her to hunt a third Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji explained that Qian Renxue could withstand a Soul Ring of around nine thousand years, but not a ten-thousand-year ring because her spiritual strength was insufficient.
• Qian Xunji said he had to notify the Consecration Hall before taking Qian Renxue to the Star Dou Forest, as Qian Renfeng’s grandfather had instructed him.
• Qian Xunji arrived at the Consecration Hall and announced Qian Renxue’s breakthrough to the gathered consecrators.

Qian Xunji left with Qian Renxue for the Star Dou Forest after Qian Daoliu warned him against letting her absorb a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as her third soul ring. Back at the Consecration Hall, Qian Daoliu’s fellow consecrators teased him about Qian Xunji’s Cabinet and the extra time it gave him to cultivate.

• Qian Daoliu congratulated Qian Renxue on her breakthrough, then warned Qian Xunji not to risk her foundation with a Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring as her third soul ring.
• Qian Xunji reassured Qian Daoliu that he would not endanger Qian Renxue and joked that his child was stronger than Qian Daoliu’s.
• Qian Xunji took Qian Renxue and flew from the Consecration Hall toward the Star Dou Forest.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo, Azure Luan Douluo, and Lion Douluo discussed how Qian Xunji’s Cabinet had freed him from the Pope’s workload, while Qian Daoliu insisted he had merely disdained the idea.
• Yue Guan, Gui Mei, and three other Cabinet members continued handling government affairs and regarded their elevated status as repayment for the Pope’s kindness.

Qian Xunji took Qian Renxue to the Star Dou Forest and found her a light-attributed Soul Beast with a nine-thousand-eight-hundred-year cultivation for her third Soul Ring. While she absorbed it, he considered sending her and Qian Renfeng to Spirit Academy when classes began in a few days.

• Qian Xunji flew Qian Renxue to the Star Dou Forest and searched for a Soul Beast close to ten thousand years old.
• Qian Xunji found a nine-thousand-eight-hundred-year light-attributed avian Soul Beast and struck it down.
• Qian Renxue killed the wounded Soul Beast, then began absorbing its Millennium Soul Ring as Qian Xunji stood guard.
• Qian Xunji considered sending Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng to Spirit Academy and decided to ask them after they returned.

Qian Renxue absorbed her third Soul Ring, gained the Angel Roar mental-attack skill, and reached level thirty-two. She and Qian Xunji returned to Spirit City, where Qian Daoliu praised her and lectured his son before they left the Worship Hall.

• Qian Renxue finished absorbing the 9,800-year Soul Ring, reached level thirty-two, and revealed her third Soul Skill, Angel Roar.
• Qian Xunji tested Angel Roar and judged the mental attack powerful, then took Qian Renxue back to Spirit City.
• Qian Daoliu welcomed Qian Renxue at the Worship Hall and praised her progress while ignoring Qian Xunji.
• Qian Daoliu criticized Qian Xunji's approach to his duties as pope, and Qian Xunji explained that he had distributed authority among the five Cabinet members.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Renxue about Angel Roar, then warned Qian Xunji against letting her absorb a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji left with Qian Renxue, who discovered that he had not listened to a word of Qian Daoliu's lecture.

Qian Xunji proposed sending Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng to Spirit Academy so they could meet other Soul Masters and build connections. They agreed to enroll in a few days, with Qian Xunji promising to arrange weekly visits home and keep their identities discreet.

• Qian Renxue returned as a level thirty-two Soul Elder and told Ah Yin that her nine-thousand-eight-hundred-year Soul Ring granted her the mental attack Soul Skill Angel Roar.
• Qian Xunji summoned Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue to ask what they thought about studying at Spirit Academy.
• Qian Renfeng questioned whether he needed school, but accepted that Spirit Academy could help him find future allies.
• Qian Xunji revealed that he was Spirit Academy's headmaster and promised to let the siblings come home one or two days each week while concealing their identities.
• Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue agreed to report to Spirit Academy in a few days, and Ah Yin learned that Qian Xunji had sent them away so they would stop interrupting the couple.

Tang Hao traveled with A Zhi, a Hundred-Thousand-Year Death Spider Emperor in human form, and hoped she would eventually join him at the Clear Sky Sect. Unaware that other sects had learned her secret, the two agreed to travel together for three more years before deciding whether to return.

• Tang Hao and A Zhi discussed their future, and he reassured her that his family would accept her despite his duties as the Clear Sky Sect’s next sect master.
• A Zhi kept her identity secret because she feared the Clear Sky Sect would covet her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• The next morning, Tang Hao and A Zhi set out to find a town, while hidden figures reported A Zhi’s identity to their sects.
• Tang Hao noticed possible watchers but dismissed the danger, and A Zhi asked whether they were strong.
• Tang Hao asked A Zhi to return to the Clear Sky Sect with him after three more years of travel, and she agreed to decide then.

Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng said goodbye to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling before setting out for Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy. They arrived at the vast school, where Qian Renfeng reflected on Spirit Hall’s role in bringing children with Soul Power from across the continent to study.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling cried at the thought of Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng leaving, and the siblings promised to visit them during breaks.
• Qian Xunji reassured the girls that they could attend Spirit Academy after awakening their Martial Souls, and the four children made a hundred-year pinky promise.
• Qian Xunji and the others took a carriage from Divine Mountain to Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Qian Renxue asked about the children arriving from around the continent, and Qian Xunji explained how Spirit Hall Branch stewards brought in those whose families could not afford the journey.
• Qian Renfeng considered how most Spirit Hall stewards had once been commoner children brought to the academy, and wondered whether he would have been one of them.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin enrolled Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng at Spirit Academy, instructing the vice principal to keep their identities secret while allowing them to visit home whenever they wished. After their parents departed, the siblings entered the vast academy and were stunned by its size.

• Qian Xunji introduced Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng to the vice principal and ordered him to treat them as ordinary students without revealing their identities.
• Qian Xunji arranged for the siblings to be allowed to go home whenever they wanted, and the vice principal promised to comply.
• Qian Renfeng and Qian Renxue assured their parents they would behave, while Qian Renxue mostly echoed her brother's words.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin left the children with the vice principal, and Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling they should grow up quickly so they could join their friends after awakening their Martial Souls.
• Qian Xunji proposed spending the children's time away on a honeymoon, while Ah Yin urged him to cultivate toward Level-Ninety-Six Super Douluo.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng entered Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy and were amazed by its enormous grounds.

Qian Xunji decided to attend Spirit Academy’s new student opening ceremony and invited Ah Yin to join him because Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng had enrolled there. Their arrival surprised the students and the academy staff, who waited for the Pope and Supreme Pontiff Consort to give their addresses.

• Qian Xunji chose to deliver the opening address himself after realizing his children were new students at Spirit Academy.
• Qian Xunji invited Ah Yin to accompany him, and she agreed.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin traveled from the Papal Palace to Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Renfeng whether their father would attend, and he doubted it.
• The vice principal announced that Qian Xunji and Ah Yin had arrived to address the students, surprising Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and the crowd.

Qian Xunji and Ah Yin welcomed the new students at Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy, urging them to believe in themselves and see themselves as Spirit Hall’s future. After the ceremony, their children saw how Qian Xunji’s words had inspired a sense of belonging, while the vice dean commemorated his message with calligraphy.

• Qian Xunji welcomed the students and told them to hold their heads high because they were Spirit Hall’s future and hope.
• Ah Yin encouraged the students not to give up on themselves, drawing on her own ordinary background.
• The vice dean and department heads echoed the couple’s message, and the opening ceremony ended.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng walked around the academy and heard students praising Qian Xunji’s address.
• The vice dean hung calligraphy reading “The flame will pass from hand to hand and never die!” in his office.

Ning Fengzhi learned that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast was following Tang Hao and decided that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect should seize her before Spirit Hall discovered her identity. Gu Rong worried that capturing her would provoke the Clear Sky Sect, while Chen Xin supported acting quickly.

• Ning Fengzhi questioned Chen Xin about reports that a Hundred-Thousand-Year Transformed Soul Beast had taken human form and was following Tang Hao.
• Chen Xin confirmed that the intelligence was reliable and said the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect was likely the only faction with solid proof of her identity.
• Ning Fengzhi considered capturing the transformed Soul Beast for her guaranteed Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Gu Rong warned that taking her could make the Clear Sky Sect an enemy and pointed to the sect's two Titled Douluo.
• Ning Fengzhi dismissed the risk, and Chen Xin urged the sect to strike before Spirit Hall learned the truth.
• Gu Rong said he was weighing the consequences of a complete break with the Clear Sky Sect, not acting out of softheartedness.

Ning Fengzhi ordered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to track Tang Hao and seize A Zhi for her Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone. Unaware of the danger, Tang Hao decided to take A Zhi back to the Clear Sky Sect, where he promised to protect her.

• Ning Fengzhi agreed with Chen Xin that the sect would claim A Zhi’s Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then ordered Chen Xin and Gu Rong to monitor Tang Hao and prepare an ambush.
• Chen Xin noted that Spirit Hall could have made the prize impossible to take, unaware that Ah Yin’s Soul Beast identity had already been concealed there.
• While camping in a distant forest, Tang Hao told A Zhi that he sensed danger approaching.
• Tang Hao boasted that detonating all eight of his rings would let him challenge even Qian Xunji, then briefly thought of Ah Yin.
• Tang Hao urged A Zhi to return with him to the Clear Sky Sect, and she agreed after he promised to protect her.

After three years at Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy, Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng became nine-year-old Soul Ancestors and returned home for vacation. The family looked ahead to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's Martial Soul awakenings and prepared for Ah Yin's new disciple to join the academy.

• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng reached Soul Power Levels forty-four and forty-seven, and Qian Renfeng absorbed a thirty-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring.
• Qian Xunji and Ah Yin welcomed their children home for vacation and discussed whether Ye Changqing could break the Martial Soul Inheritance Curse before Ye Lingling awakened her Martial Soul.
• Qian Renxue asked Qian Xunji if she and Qian Renfeng could attend Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling's awakenings, and he agreed.
• Ah Yin revealed that she had taken on a girl with level-nine Innate Soul Power as a disciple, and Qian Renxue promised that she and Qian Renfeng would look after her at the academy.
• Qian Xunji learned that the girl was an orphan whose Spirit Hall-serving parents had died on a mission and that she had a talented older brother, prompting him to wonder why the story sounded familiar.

Ah Yin introduced her new disciple, Hu Liena, to Qian Xunji, Qian Renxue, and Qian Renfeng, and the family welcomed her warmly. Hu Liena began to feel safe among them as they shared a meal prepared by Ah Yin.

• Ah Yin brought Hu Liena out of the garden and introduced her as her disciple, revealing that she had a Demon Fox Martial Soul and Innate Level-Nine Soul Power.
• Qian Xunji recognized Hu Liena and reflected that her becoming Ah Yin's disciple had changed the original timeline.
• Hu Liena met Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng, became captivated by their looks, and learned that her brother Xie Yue had a Moon Blade Martial Soul.
• Ah Yin told Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng to look out for Hu Liena, and Qian Renfeng promised that no one would bully her.
• The family ate Ah Yin's cooking, and Hu Liena was delighted by the meal.

Qian Xunji and A Yin sent Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and Hu Liena around Spirit City before taking them to watch Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling awaken their Martial Souls. The group reached Dugu Bo’s residence, while Qian Xunji worried that Ye Changqing might fail to break the Nine-Heart Begonia inheritance curse.

• After breakfast, A Yin told Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, and Hu Liena to tour Spirit City and later join the visit to Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling.
• Qian Xunji recalled how meeting A Yin had changed their lives, and A Yin said she was glad she had chosen to stay with him.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Renfeng took Hu Liena through the city, where she stopped at the orphanage where she and her brother had grown up.
• A Yin and Qian Xunji took the children toward the Elder District, and Qian Xunji worried that Ye Changqing might die if he could not break the Nine-Heart Begonia inheritance curse.
• Qian Xunji called at Dugu Bo’s residence, and Dugu Bo opened the gate while extravagantly welcoming the Pope.

Dugu Yan awakened her Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul and tested at Innate Soul Power Level Eight. With an Immortal Herb waiting to help her Martial Soul evolve, she looked ahead to joining Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy with Hu Liena.

• Qian Xunji, Ah Yin, Qian Renfeng, and Qian Renxue arrived at Dugu Manor to watch Dugu Yan awaken her Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan met Hu Liena and promised to protect her when they attended Spirit Hall Junior Soul Master Academy together.
• Dugu Bo formed the Awakening Formation, and Dugu Yan awakened the Jade Phosphor Serpent Martial Soul.
• Dugu Yan placed her hand on the crystal ball, which revealed Innate Soul Power Level Eight.
• Qian Renfeng said Dugu Yan could take her Immortal Herb to evolve her Martial Soul, and Qian Renxue was surprised he had predicted her Soul Power level.

Dugu Yan took the Immortal Herbs Dugu Bo had saved for her and evolved her Jade-Scaled Snake Martial Soul into a Jade-Scaled Flood Dragon. The group then went to the Ye Residence to witness Ye Lingling’s Martial Soul Awakening, which Ye Changqing began as the chapter ended.

• Dugu Yan absorbed the Immortal Herbs, raised her Soul Power to level ten, and evolved her Martial Soul into a Jade-Scaled Flood Dragon.
• Dugu Bo explained that dragon-blooded Soul Rings might help Dugu Yan evolve her Martial Soul further, and Qian Renfeng described how compatible Soul Rings could induce Martial Soul evolution.
• Qian Xunji urged Qian Renxue to work harder after comparing her level with Qian Renfeng’s, and Ah Yin suggested they visit Ye Lingling.
• Qian Xunji, Ah Yin, Qian Renxue, Qian Renfeng, Dugu Yan, Hu Liena, and Dugu Bo arrived at the Ye Residence and met Ye Lingling and Ye Qingxian.
• Ye Changqing welcomed the group, then beckoned Ye Lingling over to awaken her Martial Soul.