Chapter Summaries

Zhu Zhuqing accompanied Xue Ke into the imperial palace and confronted the two Titled Douluo who had been abusing their power there. Zhu Zhuqing revealed her strength and prepared to fight them, leaving Xue Ke’s revenge within reach.

• Zhu Zhuqing told Xue Ke she would help because Xue Ke’s plight reminded her of her own past.
• Xue Ke brought Zhu Zhuqing into the imperial city, where Soul Masters disrespected the Empress and Spirit Hall’s influence became apparent.
• Xue Ke described how Yin-Yang Douluo and Ghost Axe Douluo had abused her maids and left her isolated in the palace.
• Yin-Yang Douluo and Ghost Axe Douluo entered Xue Ke’s bedchamber and tried to take Zhu Zhuqing for themselves.
• Xue Ke offered Zhu Zhuqing half the Heaven Dou Empire if she killed the two Titled Douluo.
• Zhu Zhuqing wiped the disguise from her face and revealed nine crimson Soul Rings as she faced the pair.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Yin-Yang Douluo and Ghost Axe Douluo after they attacked the imperial bedchamber, while Hai Ming stopped their reinforcements. The two Douluo were left at Zhu Zhuqing’s mercy as Hai Ming blamed Qian Renxue’s subordinates and considered confronting her and Bibi Dong.

• Zhu Zhuqing bound Yin-Yang Douluo and Ghost Axe Douluo with Dark Thunder and overwhelmed them, while Xue Ke helped the injured Caiyun, who died after expressing relief.
• Wutan'er gathered eight Soul Saint deacons to assist the two Douluo, but Hai Ming knocked them out before they could leave the Spirit Hall branch.
• Hai Ming entered the bedchamber and watched Zhu Zhuqing continue punishing the barely conscious Yin-Yang Douluo and Ghost Axe Douluo.
• Hai Ming revealed that he had defeated the Soul Masters sent as reinforcements and condemned Qian Renxue’s subordinates for harming the palace maids.

Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo discussed Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing’s overwhelming strength after they rescued Xue Ke from Spirit Hall. Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing reached Star Dou Forest to continue Zhu Zhuqing’s trial, where Er Ming welcomed them and confirmed Xiao Wu was still away training with Tang San.

• Ning Fengzhi ordered his people to protect the imperial city and keep Spirit Hall from entering freely.
• Sword Douluo told Ning Fengzhi that Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing had each defeated a palace Titled Douluo in one move, and that Zhu Zhuqing had beaten him without using the Shura God Sword.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing left for Star Dou Forest after declining Sword Douluo’s invitation and missing Xue Ke’s thanks.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked whether they should entrust the palace guard authority to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Hai Ming said Ning Fengzhi would act sensibly and might arrange for his son to marry Xue Ke.
• Er Ming arrived at Star Dou Forest’s outskirts, welcomed Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing, and refused their offer to escort him and Da Ming to Sea God Island because he wanted to protect their home.

Hai Ming brought Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Forest to learn about its Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and help her complete her third trial. After she defeated Er Ming, Da Ming, and the Frost Bear, only five Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts remained for the trial.

• Hai Ming asked Da Ming about other Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, and Da Ming named a Frost Bear in the northern extreme cold region and a Hell Lord that had died after taking human form.
• Hai Ming learned that Er Ming and the Frost Bear were friendly rivals who regularly fought, then arranged for Zhu Zhuqing to spar with the forest’s two guardians before visiting the Frost Bear.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated Er Ming by using Voidwalking and her Soul Skills to evade his attacks, then overcame Da Ming’s Slow Domain with the Shura God Sword and Asura Domain.
• Er Ming led Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to the northern extreme cold region, where Zhu Zhuqing struggled to harm the Frost Bear with her usual techniques.
• Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Frost Bear by using the Shura God Sword and Dark Thunder, realizing that her Soul Skills were less effective against heavily armored Soul Beasts.

After Zhu Zhuqing defeated the Frost Bear, he hosted her and Hai Ming in his cave and asked her to take in his young daughter, Little Fox. The Frost Bear wanted Little Fox to grow safely toward the hundred-thousand-year level, away from the strange, dangerous Soul Beasts appearing in the Star Dou Forest.

• The Frost Bear told Er Ming that he had little loyalty for bringing humans to challenge him, while Er Ming explained that Zhu Zhuqing had defeated him and Da Ming.
• The Frost Bear explained that few hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts remained active in the Star Dou Forest and suggested searching other forests.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing discussed having three years to complete the trial and agreed they could search other regions if necessary.
• The Frost Bear asked Zhu Zhuqing to take in his daughter, Little Fox, so she could grow safely and avoid the unstable, evil Soul Beasts disrupting the forest.
• Zhu Zhuqing agreed to take Little Fox in, and the Frost Bear explained that the Ice Fox Clan wielded powerful ice abilities despite their small size.

Zhu Zhuqing and Hai Ming returned from the Extreme Cold Domain with the Frost Bear’s daughter, whom Hai Ming named Little Snow after discovering her powerful Blizzard ability. Back at Central Lake, Da Ming learned that the Frost Bear had willingly entrusted Little Snow to them.

• Zhu Zhuqing accepted the Frost Bear’s daughter, and Er Ming stayed behind to spar with the Frost Bear.
• On the journey back to Star Dou Forest, Hai Ming struggled to come up with a name for the Ice Fox.
• Little Fox created a heavy snowfall, then imitated Hai Ming’s Blizzard and transformed a forest into a frozen wasteland.
• Hai Ming named her Little Snow and asked her to use her Blizzard to protect her mother; Zhu Zhuqing imagined a quiet future with Hai Ming in Star Dou Forest.
• Da Ming wondered whether the Frost Bear knew they had taken Little Fox, and Zhu Zhuqing reassured him that the Frost Bear had personally entrusted her to them.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing searched for the Phoenix clan leader in the southern mountains, only to discover that it had become an Evil Soul Beast and forcibly reincarnated. Hai Ming froze the powerful Phoenix before Zhu Zhuqing could engage it.

• Da Ming told Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing about a Phoenix clan in a southern volcano that might help them complete a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast task.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing found the Phoenix cave abandoned, with signs of a fierce battle but no Phoenix corpses.
• Hai Ming sensed Evil Soul Beast traces, and a purple-black Phoenix emerged from the volcano with an aura nearing the Hundred-Thousand-Year level.
• Zhu Zhuqing realized the Phoenix had become an Evil Soul Beast and devoured other Soul Beasts to replenish its energy and reincarnate.
• Hai Ming held Zhu Zhuqing back and used Sea Emperor Avatar and Primal Reversion to extinguish the Phoenix's flames and freeze it with Absolute Zero.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing defeated an Evil Soul Beast Undying Bird and watched it reincarnate, but discovered the Evil God's Power still tainted it. Hai Ming destroyed it and took its Soul Bone, while a glowing egg emerged from the ashes after they left.

• Hai Ming battered the Undying Bird with Scorching Hell and Origin Pulse, driving it into reincarnation.
• After half a month, the Undying Bird emerged as a small black bird, but Zhu Zhuqing and Hai Ming realized it remained an Evil Soul Beast.
• Zhu Zhuqing struck the reincarnated Undying Bird to advance her trial, and Hai Ming erased it with Sea God's Light.
• Hai Ming picked up the Undying Bird's skull Soul Bone and left with Zhu Zhuqing, who still needed three more Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• After they left, a fiery red egg appeared in the ashes, cracked, and filled the cave with multicolored light.

After completing four Angel Trials, Qian Renxue invited Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to her thirtieth birthday banquet in Spirit City. They accepted the invitation and arrived, where Qian Daoliu welcomed them and Bibi Dong sent Hu Liena to greet them.

• Qian Renxue reached Rank 93 after completing four Angel Trials and told Qian Daoliu she needed a few days to rest.
• Qian Daoliu told Qian Renxue that Heaven Dou Empire had slipped out of their control after Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing killed the two Soul Douluos causing trouble there.
• Qian Renxue invited Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to her thirtieth birthday banquet, and Hai Ming agreed to attend with Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qian Daoliu and Qian Renxue waited at Spirit City's gates and welcomed Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing when they arrived ten days later.
• Bibi Dong instructed Hu Liena to greet Hai Ming and his companions at Papal Hall.

Hai Ming asked Bibi Dong about her captive Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Spider Emperor, hoping Zhu Zhuqing could fight it for her trial. Bibi Dong agreed to take Zhu Zhuqing to the beast but challenged her to go without Hai Ming.

• Qian Daoliu arranged a secluded courtyard for Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing, who decided to sightsee in Spirit City before Qian Renxue's birthday.
• Hai Ming guessed that Qian Renxue had invited them because she needed their help or because her Divine Trial involved them.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing encountered Hu Liena, who said Bibi Dong welcomed them as guests, and Hai Ming asked to see the Pope.
• Hai Ming asked Bibi Dong to let Zhu Zhuqing fight the Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Devouring Spider Emperor without killing it.
• Bibi Dong agreed to lead Zhu Zhuqing to the beast but told Hai Ming he could not come and asked Zhu Zhuqing whether she dared go alone.

Zhu Zhuqing entered Martial Soul Forest to face the chained Soul Devouring Spider Emperor while Bibi Dong waited outside. In Spirit City, Hu Liena took Hai Ming to her favorite ramen shop, where the chef mistook them for a couple and Hu Liena admitted she felt unworthy of him.

• Bibi Dong led Zhu Zhuqing through Martial Soul Forest to the cave where she had kept the Soul Devouring Spider Emperor chained for years.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the cave, vaporized the spider's venom with dark lightning, and attacked it with Hell Slash and Hell Stab.
• Hai Ming bought two modified fruit tree saplings while Hu Liena accompanied him around Spirit City.
• Hu Liena brought Hai Ming to her favorite ramen shop, where Uncle Wang teased her about having a boyfriend.
• Hu Liena told Uncle Wang that Hai Ming was not her boyfriend and said she was not worthy of him.

Hai Ming spent time with Zhu Zhuqing and attended Qian Renxue’s birthday gathering at Spirit Hall, where few guests appeared because Bibi Dong controlled the institution. Zhu Zhuqing suggested that Bibi Dong might still care about Qian Renxue because she was her daughter.

• Hai Ming ate pulled noodles with Hu Liena at Uncle Wang’s shop and enjoyed them.
• Zhu Zhuqing and Bibi Dong returned after completing two of their tasks, leaving two soul beasts still to find.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing discussed preparing a birthday gift for Qian Renxue, and Hai Ming said their presence would be enough.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing arrived at Qian Renxue’s birthday gathering and met Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Qian Renxue said Bibi Dong wished her dead, but Zhu Zhuqing replied that Bibi Dong was still her mother.

At Qian Renxue’s banquet, Hai Ming’s knowledge of her relationship with Bibi Dong exposed old tensions, while the arrival of Bibi Dong’s clone Vice raised questions about the divided woman. Later, Qian Renxue asked Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing to help her enter Slaughter City to obtain the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, and Hai Ming urged her not to distrust her mother.

• Bibi Dong denied telling anyone that Qian Renxue was her daughter, while Hai Ming said he had learned about Bibi Dong’s past from clues.
• Vice introduced herself to Hai Ming as a separate clone and said she was allied with Bibi Dong’s original body, not with herself.
• Qian Renxue hosted a banquet attended by Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, Hu Liena, Qian Daoliu, and the enshrined elders.
• Hai Ming signaled Qian Renxue to meet him at three in the morning, and she arrived in his courtyard to ask for help visiting Slaughter City.
• Qian Renxue explained that she needed the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent for her trial, while Zhu Zhuqing noted that Slaughter City was central to her own godhood.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing questioned Qian Renxue’s suspicion of Bibi Dong, and Hai Ming said her mother would not harm her.

Zhu Zhuqing revealed that Bibi Dong’s resentment toward Qian Renxue stemmed from Qian Xunji forcing himself on her, changing how Qian Renxue understood her mother and father. Qian Renxue left to process the revelation and offered Spirit Hall’s help in searching for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.

• Hai Ming gave Zhu Zhuqing permission to tell Qian Renxue about Bibi Dong’s past while he turned to admire the moon.
• Zhu Zhuqing asked Qian Renxue to consider why Bibi Dong disliked her and explained that the reason was Qian Xunji.
• Qian Renxue realized that Qian Xunji had forced himself on Bibi Dong, who had been involved with Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Renxue left to calm herself and offered to use Spirit Hall’s resources to find Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts.
• Qian Renxue visited Qian Xunji’s memorial tablet, while Qian Daoliu reflected that the Qian Family owed Bibi Dong and that Qian Renxue’s birth had drawn the Angel God’s attention.

Qian Renxue learned the truth about her father and reconciled with Bibi Dong, who agreed to accompany her to Slaughter City for her Divine Trial. The group reached the hidden entrance, where Zhu Zhuqing opened the way with blood.

• Qian Renxue told Bibi Dong she knew the truth about her father, called her Mom, and invited her to dinner together.
• Bibi Dong warned that Angel God power would be suppressed in Slaughter City and decided to accompany Qian Renxue.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled with Bibi Dong and Qian Renxue to a town outside Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong led the group into the town's central tavern, where the attendant recognized them as the Rakshasa, Sea Emperor, and Asura.
• Zhu Zhuqing ordered the entrance opened, and the attendant killed the tavern's customers to provide the blood required.

Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, Bibi Dong, and Qian Renxue arrived at Slaughter City, where Malphite welcomed them and opened Hell Road. Qian Renxue entered with Bibi Dong’s Divine Slaughter’s Domain and quickly overcame the bat swarm, but then faced the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

• Bibi Dong returned to Slaughter City with Hai Ming, Zhu Zhuqing, and Qian Renxue, and Greedy Knight Scott escorted them toward the inner city.
• Qian Renxue questioned Slaughter City’s violence, and Bibi Dong explained that it contained dangerous Soul Masters who would threaten the outside world.
• Malphite hosted the group, then used Zhu Zhuqing’s Shura God Sword to open Hell Road without a large blood sacrifice.
• Qian Renxue entered Hell Road while Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing stayed behind, and she destroyed the bat swarm with her Angel Sword and Soul Skills.
• Qian Renxue reached the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent.

Qian Renxue killed a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, secured its core, and left Slaughter City with Bibi Dong after abandoning her attempt to complete Hell Road. Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing began traveling while waiting for Spirit Hall news, then learned that the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Forest held two Hundred-Thousand-Year Four-Winged Swans.

• Qian Renxue beheaded the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent and used Angel God's Light to extract a crimson core from its body.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained that the serpents were subjects of a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent King sealed beneath the Blood Pool by the Asura God.
• Qian Renxue and Bibi Dong returned through Hell Road's entrance and left Slaughter City with Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Qian Renxue promised to track Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts and repay Zhu Zhuqing's favor, while Hai Ming asked Bibi Dong to urge Qian Renxue to finish her trial.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing traveled while awaiting Spirit Hall intelligence, and a bishop reported Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts at two locations.
• Zhu Zhuqing saw that one location was the Heaven Dou Empire Royal Forest, where two Hundred-Thousand-Year Four-Winged Swans lived.

Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing returned to Heaven Dou City and secretly entered the Royal Forest to find its guardian beasts. They discovered that the two Four-Winged Swans were far stronger than expected, each having cultivated for at least two hundred thousand years.

• Hai Ming planned to bring the Four-Winged Swans and their potential offspring to Sea God Island, then traveled back to Heaven Dou City with Zhu Zhuqing.
• After resting in a private residence, Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing secretly entered the Royal Forest behind the imperial palace.
• Hai Ming and Zhu Zhuqing crossed the forest’s guarded zones and reached the Central Lake, avoiding surveillance along the way.
• Hai Ming spotted two Four-Winged Swans with three young swans at the lake and sensed that the adults were at least two-hundred-thousand-year Soul Beasts.

Zhu Zhuqing attacked the Four-Winged Swan couple to test her strength, while Hai Ming captured their young and revealed that he wanted the parents to become guards of Sea God's Mountain. The couple faced a choice: defeat Zhu Zhuqing to bargain for their children or leave the forest with Hai Ming.

• Zhu Zhuqing unleashed Hell Hundred Slashes on the Four-Winged Swan flock, destroying the swans' habitat as the parents blocked her attack.
• The Four-Winged Swan couple counterattacked, and Zhu Zhuqing met the male's white-light assault with Dark Thunder Slash.
• Hai Ming captured the Young Four-Winged Swans in a blue-gold net, prompting their parents to attack him and demand their release.
• The female Four-Winged Swan was wounded while defending her children, and the male offered to let Hai Ming leave if he released them.
• Hai Ming refused to negotiate and offered to free the young only if their parents defeated Zhu Zhuqing; otherwise, they had to leave the forest with him.

Zhu Zhuqing battled the Four-Winged Swans while Hai Ming held their young captive, driving the swans to unleash their strongest attack. Zhu Zhuqing countered with her modified Ring Detonation, and a devastating blast shook the Royal Forest as Hai Ming waited for the result.

• Hai Ming restrained the Four-Winged Swans by playing with their young, while Zhu Zhuqing fought the swan couple for hours without either side suffering serious injuries.
• The female Four-Winged Swan warned Zhu Zhuqing that their next attack might endanger her, then saw that Hai Ming was entertaining their young with Sea God's Light.
• The Four-Winged Swans combined their power for a strike that reached the level of a Peak Douluo and locked onto Zhu Zhuqing.
• Zhu Zhuqing detonated all nine Soul Rings and poured their energy into the Shura God Sword for a demigod-level attack.
• A huge explosion and blast wave struck the Royal Forest, prompting the garrison general to report the disturbance to Her Majesty Xue Ke.