Chapter Summaries

Qian Renxue found the Solar True Flame and, after learning Angel God's account of the past, began refining it with Youquan's help. A month later, she completed Angel God's Third Trial beyond its requirements, raising her affinity to thirty-five percent.

• Qian Renxue and Youquan descended into the flames and found the Solar True Flame in the form of a miniature Six-Winged Angel containing Angel God's final Divine Sense.
• Angel God told Qian Renxue and Youquan the truth behind her fall and explained why she had hidden her remnant within the Solar True Flame.
• Qian Renxue vowed to become Angel God, protect her family, and make Sea God and Asura God pay before swallowing the Solar True Flame.
• As Qian Renxue endured the flame's agony, Youquan shared her power and helped refine it through the Fennel Art and Heavenly Flames.
• After a month, Angel God announced that Qian Renxue had exceeded the Third Trial's requirements, increasing her Angel God affinity by twenty percent to a total of thirty-five percent.

Qian Renxue, Youquan, and their companions completed the Third Trial and learned the objectives of their Fourth Trials. Their new missions sent them to annihilate Slaughter City, subdue several cities, kill powerful Evil Soul Masters, or assist in the Soul Hunting Plan, while Qian Renxue and Youquan prepared to protect them.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Daoliu what had happened during her Third Trial, and he warned that the Sea God and Asura God might oppose her inheritance and Spirit Hall's plans.
• Qian Daoliu left to discuss the threat with the Worship Hall and Pope's Hall while Youquan and Qian Renxue continued cultivating.
• Over the following year, Nan Xi, Kong Yuer, Xiaoxiao, Baishuang, Ning Rongrong, and Zhuang Yanyan completed their Third Trials and reached Soul Power ranks from 82 to 86.
• Ning Rongrong read the Fourth Trial objective to annihilate Slaughter City, while Qian Renxue and Youquan received nearly identical assessments.
• Baishuang, Zhuang Yanyan, Kong Yuer, Xiaoxiao, and Nan Xi revealed their different missions, including subduing cities and killing Titled Douluo-level enemies or assisting in the Soul Hunting Plan.
• Youquan worried about the dangers, and Qian Renxue agreed to have Qian Daoliu assign Elder Grandfathers to escort the companions and warned them not to rashly go to sea.

After learning that Slaughter City had released possessed Evil Soul Masters, Qian Renxue and Youquan joined Bibi Dong’s meeting and organized a campaign to contain the threat. Bibi Dong approved their plan and launched the Soul Hunting Plan against Clear Sky Sect.

• Qian Renxue and Youquan discussed their concerns about the Angel God’s Fourth Trial and decided to travel to Slaughter City the next morning.
• Youquan and Qian Renxue followed a bloodied Spirit Master to Pope’s Hall, where Chrysanthemum Douluo revealed that Slaughter City’s bats had possessed Spirit Hall’s monitoring force and that the survivors had escaped or been hunted.
• Qian Renxue assigned Xie Yue and Yan to lead forces against Evil Soul Masters in the Northern Border and Seaside, while Hu Liena joined her and Youquan in attacking Slaughter City.
• Qian Renxue proposed the Soul Hunting Plan to annihilate Clear Sky Sect, and Bibi Dong ordered the plan to begin immediately and Slaughter City’s threat to be resolved within three years.

Qian Renxue, Youquan, Hu Liena, and Spirit Hall’s elite forces returned to Slaughter City to destroy it and stop its inhabitants from threatening the continent. They burned the city, killed its defenders and Fallen Ones, and advanced through its shattered gates.

• Youquan gave Hu Liena and the others cultivation techniques, then reassured an irritated Qian Renxue that strengthening Hu Liena would help Qian Renxue rule Spirit Hall in the future.
• Qian Renxue led Spirit Hall’s forces into Slaughter City, where Youquan killed the Black Veil Woman and declared that they had come to eradicate the city.
• Hu Liena unleashed Divine Slaughter’s Domain so Spirit Hall’s members could use their Soul Skills, while Youquan combined her Heavenly Flames with Qian Renxue’s Solar True Flame to create a six-colored Fire Lotus.
• Youquan sent flames raining across Slaughter City, and Qian Renxue used her eighth Soul Skill to kill the Black Armored Knights.
• Youquan burned the fleeing Fallen Ones, and Qian Renxue cleaved apart the city gate before ordering the attack to continue.

Youquan and Qian Renxue invaded Slaughter City, defeated its defenders, and entered the Road to Hell to destroy the Blood Pool. After clearing away the pool and bones beneath it, they considered Slaughter City’s original purpose as a prison for evil.

• Youquan and Qian Renxue attacked Slaughter City, burning and killing its Fallen Ones and Black Armored Knights as Hu Liena urged the others to help.
• Youquan and Qian Renxue raced through the city, defeating its defenders and reaching the Hell Slaughter Arena.
• Youquan opened a way beneath the arena with Earth Gang Flame, and she and Qian Renxue descended into the Road to Hell together.
• Qian Renxue recognized that Rakshasa and Asura were trying to exploit her painful memories, and she and Youquan decided to burn the Blood Pool.
• Qian Renxue stabilized the collapsing space while Youquan used Buddha's Wrath Reincarnation to empty the Blood Pool and turn the bones beneath it to ash.
• Qian Renxue said Slaughter City could have served Spirit Hall as a prison for evil, but its makers had forgotten its original purpose.

Nan Xi led the Spirit Hall Empire's assault on the Clear Sky Sect, citing its crimes and seeking revenge for the destruction of her clan. She defeated the First Elder's attacks, and he recognized her Demon-Breaking Spear as the Nan Clan's martial soul.

• Nan Xi briefed the Titled Douluo on the Clear Sky Sect's strength and ordered the Soul Hunt Operation to begin.
• Spirit Kite Douluo and the other attackers bombarded the Clear Sky Sect with fiery feathers and soul skills, killing disciples as the alarm sounded.
• Nan Xi confronted the First Elder and accused the sect of releasing Evil Soul Masters, sheltering Tang San, and harming Spirit Hall's elders.
• The First Elder denied the charges, and Nan Xi ordered Spirit Hall's forces to leave no Clear Sky Sect members alive before attacking him.
• Nan Xi broke through the First Elder's Clear Sky Nine Absolutes with her Demon-Breaking Spear, and he realized she was a descendant of the Nan Clan.

Nan Xi avenged her clan by defeating the Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder, while Qian Renxue and Youquan destroyed Slaughter City and completed their fourth trials. The survivors returned toward Spirit City as Qian Renxue’s Angel God affinity rose to 60 percent and Youquan’s trial progress reached four of nine.

• Nan Xi revealed her Nan Clan identity to the Clear Sky Sect’s First Elder and fought him as Spirit Hall’s forces battled the sect’s elders.
• Nan Xi killed the First Elder, then Spirit Kite Douluo carried her back to Spirit City for treatment while Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo handled the aftermath.
• Youquan and Qian Renxue emerged from the Road to Hell after burning the Blood Pool, and Hu Liena and the Spirit Hall Empire’s forces finished dealing with Slaughter City.
• Youquan warned that Slaughter City’s destruction could leave Evil Soul Masters with nowhere to go, and Qian Renxue vowed to protect ordinary people and create a more orderly refuge.
• Ning Rongrong, Qian Renxue, and Youquan received confirmation that their fourth trials were complete, with Qian Renxue’s Angel God affinity reaching 60 percent.

Qian Renxue, Youquan, and Ning Rongrong defeated Qian Daoliu in the Angel God's Fifth Trial and received their rewards. Qian Renxue planned to travel the continent with Youquan while Ning Rongrong stayed in Spirit City to accompany Nan Xi on her trial.

• Qian Daoliu fought Qian Renxue and Youquan while Ning Rongrong defended them and provided support with her Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Youquan and Qian Renxue combined their attacks against Qian Daoliu, and Youquan grew concerned about his condition before using Five Seals Unity.
• Qian Renxue, Youquan, and Ning Rongrong defeated Qian Daoliu, completing their trials and earning their respective rewards.
• Qian Daoliu congratulated the three and advised Qian Renxue to rest and wait for her companions before continuing the trials.
• Qian Renxue planned to travel the continent with Youquan, while Ning Rongrong remained in Spirit City to accompany Nan Xi in her Fifth Trial.

Qian Renxue and Youquan traveled to Heaven Dou City, where they encountered Yu Tianheng searching for Dugu Yan and learned that Shrek Academy was still operating despite the empire’s upheaval. They approached the academy to investigate and overheard a grandmother describe it as backed by Spirit Hall, leaving them suspicious.

• Qian Renxue and Youquan reminisced about Youquan’s first visit to Heaven Dou City, and Youquan said she had no desire to meet her biological parents.
• Qian Renxue and Youquan ran into Yu Tianheng and the Imperial Fighting Team, and Youquan told him that Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo had gone into seclusion.
• Qian Renxue explained that Dugu Yan had hidden because she would not oppose Youquan and Spirit Hall for the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, then led Youquan away.
• Qian Renxue questioned why Shrek Academy remained open despite Tang San’s murder of Xue Ye and Shrek’s past support for him, so the pair went to investigate.
• At Shrek Academy’s gate, Youquan and Qian Renxue overheard a grandmother tell a boy that Spirit Hall backed the academy, prompting Qian Renxue to ask whether they meant Shrek.

Youquan and Qian Renxue investigated Shrek Academy and witnessed a student injure her younger brother after rejecting the Spirit Hall allowance that supported their family. After rescuing him, Qian Renxue learned that Shrek Academy celebrated its couples as blessed by the God of Love, leaving her stunned by the academy’s reputation.

• Youquan explained that Shrek Academy had recruited students using Spirit Hall’s name while discouraging them from joining Spirit Hall after graduation, and Qian Renxue agreed to investigate further.
• A Shrek student struck her younger brother after he confronted her for refusing the allowance their family needed, and Qian Renxue caught the injured boy and gave him medicine with Youquan.
• Zhao Wuji dismissed the assault as a family matter and told the student not to damage Shrek Academy’s reputation, while Qian Renxue arranged for the boy to go home.
• Qian Renxue paid another girl for information and heard that Shrek Academy’s couples were regarded as blessed by the God of Love, with Tang San and Xiaowu, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing, and the Dean and teachers offered as examples.

Qian Renxue and Youquan condemned Shrek Academy for misleading children and resolved to expose its corruption. When Youquan challenged Shrek’s registration fee and false claims about Spirit Hall, Zhao Wuji attacked her, but a Titled Douluo’s pressure forced him to his knees.

• Qian Renxue and Youquan criticized Shrek Academy’s promotion of romance among students and discussed reporting rules to the Pope.
• Youquan proposed shutting down Shrek Academy, and she and Qian Renxue joined the enrollment line to investigate it.
• A Soul Emperor teacher demanded a hundred Gold Soul Coins from Youquan, failed her Soul Power test, and refused to refund her fee.
• Youquan accused Shrek Academy of fraud and challenged Zhao Wuji’s claim that it had defeated Spirit Hall Academy.
• Zhao Wuji attacked Youquan, but a Titled Douluo’s pressure forced him to his knees.

Qian Renxue revealed her Titled Douluo-level strength, apologized to the people cheated by Shrek Academy, and promised refunds and free Spirit Hall branch academies. She ordered Flender to repay the fees and close Shrek within three days, while Liu Erlong challenged her authority.

• Qian Renxue summoned her Angel Martial Soul and forced Zhao Wuji to kneel, then identified herself as Spirit Hall's Saintess rather than the Angel God.
• Qian Renxue promised the victims refunds, emergency aid, and free enrollment for their children in future Spirit Hall branch academies, and sent them home with white feathers.
• Huo Wu challenged Qian Renxue, and Youquan slapped her, wounded her shoulder with a feather, and warned her against using the wrong name for Youquan.
• Qian Renxue ordered Flender to return the stolen registration fees with compensation and abolish Shrek Academy within three days, then shattered its sign with the Angel Sword.
• Liu Erlong objected that Spirit Hall had no right to interfere with Shrek Academy's admissions.

Qian Renxue and Youquan confronted Shrek Academy over its mistreatment of applicants and ordered it to return its ill-gotten fees and close. Yu Xiaogang tried to stop them with a Papal Edict, but Youquan exposed his history of stealing Spirit Hall’s research and challenged his claim that the Pope had given him the edict.

• Liu Erlong challenged Qian Renxue, and Youquan kicked her into the academy wall when she refused to back down.
• Qian Renxue cited academy regulations and ordered Shrek to return its fraudulently obtained funds with compensation, then close after three days.
• As Qian Renxue prepared to attack, Yu Xiaogang arrived with a Papal Edict and ordered the two Spirit Hall women to leave.
• Youquan broke Yu Xiaogang’s hand, took the edict, and kicked him into the wall beside Liu Erlong.
• Youquan recounted how Yu Xiaogang had stolen Spirit Hall’s research and lost his original Papal Edict, then questioned whether the Pope had truly given him the one he carried.

Youquan exposed Yu Xiaogang's stolen theories and challenged Shrek Academy to answer for its crimes. After defeating the academy's leaders, she ordered Tang Hao to kill Yu Xiaogang and turned her attention to Liu Erlong.

• Youquan revealed that Yu Xiaogang's theories were stolen and that his Papal Edict came from the Clear Sky Sect, then demanded compensation, Shrek Academy's closure, and prison sentences.
• Yu Xiaogang, Flender, and Liu Erlong attacked Youquan with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but her aura forced Luo Sanpao back to its original form.
• Youquan separated the attackers with Earth Gang Flame and defeated Flender, Liu Erlong, and Zhao Wuji, while Yu Xiaogang fell into a furious delirium.
• Youquan summoned Tang Hao, now a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and ordered him to kill Yu Xiaogang with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• Liu Erlong cried out over Yu Xiaogang's death, and Youquan told her that she was next.

Youquan and Qian Renxue confronted Shrek over its fraud and Yu Xiaogang’s death, while Liu Erlong tried to attack Youquan and was rescued by her father, Yu Luomian. Qian Renxue forced Yu Luomian to choose between taking Liu Erlong and risking war with Spirit Hall or leaving; when he hesitated, she ordered Youquan to deal with Shrek.

• Youquan declared herself a Spirit Hall Adjudication Elder and accused Yu Xiaogang and Shrek Academy of damaging Spirit Hall’s reputation through fraud.
• Liu Erlong attacked Youquan but lost access to her Soul Power inside Qian Renxue’s Angel Domain.
• Yu Luomian rescued Liu Erlong and asked Qian Renxue and Youquan to spare his daughter.
• Qian Renxue challenged Yu Luomian to either take Liu Erlong and risk war with Spirit Hall or stop interfering.
• After Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong fell silent, Qian Renxue ordered Youquan to enter Shrek Academy and act.

Youquan forced Shrek Academy’s teachers to choose between standing by the academy and staying to help compensate the children it had mistreated, then killed Zhao Wuji and the teachers who remained loyal to Shrek. At Thunderbolt Canyon, Yu Yuanzhen intervened to protect Liu Erlong, and Qian Renxue and Youquan prepared to fight him and his allies.

• Youquan brought Shrek Academy’s teachers to Zhao Wuji and asked whether they would stay with Shrek or help return compensation to the children who had been deceived.
• An old teacher condemned Flender’s changes to Blue Tyrant Academy and chose to stay; Youquan promised Spirit Hall would value teachers who cared for children, and other teachers joined him.
• Zhao Wuji and the original Shrek teachers refused to leave, so Youquan killed them with Heavenly Flames; Zhao Wuji insisted Shrek would endure as long as its little monsters lived.
• Qian Renxue demanded Yu Luomian abandon Liu Erlong or declare war on Spirit Hall, but Yu Yuanzhen arrived and ordered Yu Luomian to take Erlong and leave.
• Yu Yuanzhen released his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul, while Yu Luomian joined him; Qian Renxue told Youquan to kill Yu Luomian and Liu Erlong and left Yu Yuanzhen to her.

Qian Renxue and Youquan fought Yu Yuanzhen and Yu Luomian as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect opposed Spirit Hall. Yu Luomian died after saving Liu Erlong, while Yu Yuanzhen unleashed the True Dragon Nine Crowns against Qian Renxue, who answered with her ninth soul skill.

• Qian Renxue challenged Yu Yuanzhen while Youquan attacked Yu Luomian.
• Youquan used Great Heaven Creation Palm to overwhelm Yu Luomian, and Liu Erlong charged in to die alongside her.
• Yu Luomian knocked Liu Erlong away and, before being devoured, revealed the True Dragon Nine Crowns and begged Youquan to spare his daughter.
• Qian Renxue drove Yu Yuanzhen back with her Angel Domain and sword, while he realized Yu Luomian had died.
• Yu Yuanzhen unsealed the True Dragon Nine Crowns, transforming his Spirit Rings and lightning as Qian Renxue unleashed Angel! Blazing Sun.

After defeating Yu Yuanzhen, Qian Renxue and Youquan left Heaven Dou City to resume their travels while the Spirit Hall prepared to target the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect. On the road, Qian Renxue considered how Spirit Hall could expand education and support for Spirit Masters without exhausting its resources.

• Youquan checked on Qian Renxue after the battle, and Qian Renxue said Yu Yuanzhen's True Dragon Nine Crowns had not been enough to threaten her.
• Qian Renxue ordered the Platinum Bishops to report to the Pope and begin the Soul Hunting Plan against the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect, and told them to cripple Liu Erlong's martial soul.
• Qian Renxue and Youquan left Heaven Dou City and continued their journey after Qian Renxue reassured Youquan that Bibi Dong would not be angry about Yu Xiaogang's death.
• In the carriage, Qian Renxue explained that she was writing down her thoughts about the Shrek Academy incident and commoner enrollment for the Pope.
• Youquan warned that Spirit Hall could not afford to fund free academies and subsidies for the entire continent, and suggested that sects could help train Spirit Masters under Spirit Hall's control.
• Qian Renxue agreed with Youquan's proposal and decided to write another letter to the Pope.

Qian Renxue and Youquan tracked the girl who stole Qian Renxue’s soul-coin pouch and discovered that Third Uncle was exploiting and abusing a group of children. The chapter ended as they intervened to stop him from whipping three boys.

• A little girl bumped into Youquan and stole Qian Renxue’s pouch of soul coins without her noticing.
• Youquan led Qian Renxue to follow the girl to a filthy courtyard, where Third Uncle took the stolen money and gave her scraps to eat.
• Qian Renxue wanted to help the girl, but Youquan asked her to wait and see whether other children were involved.
• After nightfall, more than a dozen children returned and handed their daily earnings to Third Uncle in exchange for bowls of black sludge or nothing.
• Third Uncle stripped three boys who had earned nothing, hung them upside down, and whipped them until Youquan and Qian Renxue shouted for him to stop.

Qian Renxue and Youquan rescued abused children from a man who had used them to steal, and Qian Renxue identified herself as Spirit Hall’s Saintess to make him confess. The man revealed that he had gathered and trained children to steal for him, while the rescued children began to hope that Qian Renxue would protect them.

• Qian Renxue kicked the man away, and Youquan freed the three injured, malnourished children and treated them with medicine.
• Youquan threatened to burn down the house, forcing the man to return Qian Renxue’s purse and offer the little girl as compensation.
• Qian Renxue comforted the little girl, while Youquan injured the man after he leered at Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue questioned the man and revealed that she was Spirit Hall’s Saintess, prompting the children to hope for her protection.
• The man identified himself as Tang San and confessed that he had taken in children and trained them to steal, sometimes accepting children from struggling families.