Chapter Summaries

Ling Jing attended a grand ceremony at White Jade Square, where Qian Xunji formally invested him as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son. After accepting the title, Ling Jing promised to remember his teacher’s teachings.

• Spirit Hall members, citizens, sects, and imperial representatives gathered at White Jade Square for Ling Jing’s investiture ceremony.
• Bibi Dong led Ling Jing from Pope’s Hall, and Tang Hao sensed that she was stronger than him.
• Qian Xunji announced that Ling Jing had been chosen as Holy Son for his talent, character, cultivation, and creation of the Soul Core Method.
• Ling Jing accepted the title and pledged to remember Qian Xunji’s teachings.

At Ling Jing’s Holy Son Investiture Ceremony, Tang Hao and Tang Xiao questioned the importance of the Soul Core Method and worried about Spirit Hall’s hidden strength. After the ceremony, Qian Xunji found Ling Jing and Bibi Dong sitting together on his throne and called them to hear important news.

• Tang Xiao dismissed the Soul Core Method as a likely gimmick, while Tang Hao and he discussed Spirit Hall’s many surviving elders and Tang Hao’s goal of becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Ling Jing delivered his prepared speech at the Holy Son Investiture Ceremony, and Qian Xunji concluded the event.
• Qian Xunji asked Ling Jing and Bibi Dong to wait in Pope’s Hall so he could tell them something important.
• Ling Jing and Bibi Dong sat together on Qian Xunji’s throne, holding hands as Ling Jing played with her fingers.
• Bibi Dong and Ling Jing explained themselves to Qian Xunji, who lightly scolded them and decided to have more chairs brought into Pope’s Hall.

Qian Xunji warned Bibi Dong and Ling Jing that Yu Yuanzhen planned to use the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament to retaliate for Yu Xiaogang’s injury and damage Spirit Hall’s reputation. He asked Bibi Dong to join Spirit Hall Academy and suppress Thunderclap Academy, leaving her and Ling Jing uneasy about her overwhelming strength compared with the other competitors.

• Bibi Dong asked whether Qian Xunji’s serious concern involved the Ferocious Beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest, and he said it did not.
• Qian Xunji told Bibi Dong and Ling Jing that Yu Yuanzhen had met with the Heaven Dou Imperial Family and might stir up trouble at the tournament over Yu Xiaogang.
• Qian Xunji showed them Thunderclap Academy’s roster, which included six Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan members who had joined shortly before the tournament.
• Ling Jing suggested preventing Thunderclap Academy from reaching the finals, but Qian Xunji rejected the idea to avoid giving others grounds to criticize Spirit Hall.
• Qian Xunji asked Bibi Dong to compete for Spirit Hall Academy and overpower Thunderclap Academy if they met in the tournament.

Bibi Dong and Ling Jing agreed to join Spirit Hall Academy’s tournament roster, and Qian Xunji revealed that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved Bibi Dong’s Martial Soul and helped her become a Titled Douluo. He planned to use the herb’s eventual regrowth to draw the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect into Spirit Hall’s control, leaving Ling Jing to recognize the long-term scheme as a trap.

• Bibi Dong suggested that Ling Jing join her in competing, and Qian Xunji added them both to Spirit Hall Academy’s substitute roster after Ling Jing agreed.
• Qian Xunji told Ling Jing that the Aromatic Silk Beauty had evolved Bibi Dong’s Qiong Flower Martial Soul to nine petals and raised her to the Titled Douluo realm.
• Qian Xunji asked whether Ling Jing knew how to hasten the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s regrowth, but Ling Jing said he did not.
• Qian Xunji said Spirit Hall would publicize the herb’s ability to evolve Martial Souls and let the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect search for it until the herb matured again.
• Ling Jing realized Qian Xunji intended to use the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s desire for the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to make it submit to Spirit Hall.

Ling Jing and Bibi Dong left Pope's Hall after Qian Xunji mentioned Bibi Dong's stalled first trial and asked Ling Jing to visit Qian Renxue. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang obsessed over researching the Soul Core Method, and Yu Yuanzhen arrived with news that Aromatic Silk Beauty could evolve a Martial Soul.

• Qian Xunji told Ling Jing that Qian Xue wanted to see him and said his father might soon emerge from seclusion.
• Bibi Dong and Ling Jing bowed to Qian Xunji and left Pope's Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang, consumed by resentment toward Ling Jing and Spirit Hall, became convinced he could uncover the Soul Core Method before Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen found Yu Xiaogang obsessively muttering over his research and heard him boast that his discovery would undermine Spirit Hall.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that Aromatic Silk Beauty was rumored to let a Soul Master's Martial Soul evolve.

Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that the Immortal Herb Aromatic Silk Beauty might evolve his Martial Soul, while promising to seek a Nine-Heart Begonia healer for his injury. Yu Xiaogang regained hope and imagined becoming a powerful Soul Master, though Yu Yuanzhen remained concerned about whether either treatment would be possible.

• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaogang that the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and other groups were searching for Aromatic Silk Beauty, which might evolve his Martial Soul.
• Yu Xiaogang urged his father to find the herb, and Yu Yuanzhen said the search could take time and might involve a Soul Ferocious Beast.
• Yu Xiaogang asked whether Spirit Hall was searching too, and Yu Yuanzhen said its branch halls had received the information but were not treating it as a priority.
• Yu Yuanzhen offered to invite Ye Longyu, a Nine-Heart Begonia Soul Master, to treat Yu Xiaogang and explained that only two such Soul Masters existed at a time.
• Yu Xiaogang agreed to seek treatment and fantasized about reattaching his manhood, evolving his Martial Soul, mastering Martial Soul theory, and surpassing Spirit Hall.

Yu Yuanzhen brought Ye Longyu and her daughter Ye Linglong to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan to treat Yu Xiaogang, while secretly considering a marriage alliance. Ye Longyu examined Yu Xiaogang and realized that the rumor about his severed manhood was true.

• Yu Yuanzhen brought Ye Longyu and Ye Linglong to the clan, hoping to have Ye Linglong marry Yu Xiaogang and strengthen the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ye Linglong was unimpressed by Yu Xiaogang’s appearance and manner when he greeted her and Ye Longyu.
• Ye Longyu avoided Yu Yuanzhen’s question about her opinion of his son and insisted on examining Yu Xiaogang’s injury first.
• Yu Yuanzhen sent Ye Linglong out of the room so Ye Longyu could treat Yu Xiaogang privately.
• Yu Xiaogang showed Ye Longyu a small earthworm-like object preserved in medicinal liquid and asked if she could reattach it.
• Ye Longyu realized the object was Yu Xiaogang’s severed manhood and that the rumors about him were true.

Yu Xiaogang asked Ye Longyu to restore his severed root, but her powerful Nine-Heart Begonia healing could not overcome the divine power left by Ling Jing’s Angel Sacred Sword. The treatment failed, leaving Yu Xiaogang furious and his future as a rootless man seemingly unavoidable.

• Yu Xiaogang showed Ye Longyu his wound and asked whether she could reattach his severed root.
• Ye Longyu began treating Yu Xiaogang and the severed piece with her Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul.
• Ye Longyu intensified her healing with her Martial Soul Avatar, but neither the wound nor the severed piece improved.
• Ling Jing’s Angel Sacred Sword had left traces of divine power that ordinary healing could not overcome.
• Yu Xiaogang erupted in anger when the treatment failed, and Ye Longyu told him to seek other healers or methods.

Qian Daoliu explained the benefits and dangers of the Soul Core Method to Ling Jing, Bibi Dong, and Spirit Hall’s senior members, then promised to guide Bibi Dong when she was ready to condense her First Soul Core. Staying at the Icefire Yin Yang Well to cultivate, Bibi Dong pondered her feelings for Ling Jing and noticed an unusual white flower.

• Ling Jing arrived at the Icefire Yin Yang Well with Bibi Dong after Qian Daoliu condensed his Second Soul Core.
• Qian Daoliu described how Soul Cores improved recovery, cultivation, strength, and potential, while warning that a failed condensation could be fatal.
• Qian Daoliu said he would take Ling Jing to the Far North for his next Soul Ring and personally guide Bibi Dong in condensing her First Soul Core.
• Ling Jing and Bibi Dong stayed at the Icefire Yin Yang Well to cultivate, while Bibi Dong struggled to understand how to complete her First Trial.
• Bibi Dong reflected that she might be in love with Ling Jing, then noticed a small white flower attached to a black stone and wondered if it was an Immortal Herb.

Yue Guan explained the legend and picking conditions of Lovesick Heartbreak Red to Bibi Dong, who tested the flower and successfully plucked it. Her memories revealed that she loved Ling Jing, leaving Yue Guan shocked as he realized the Holy Maiden had fallen for the Holy Son.

• Bibi Dong asked Yue Guan whether Lovesick Heartbreak Red was an Immortal Herb, and he described its powers, legend, and strict picking conditions.
• Wondering whether her love for Little Jing was sincere, Bibi Dong spat blood onto the flower while thinking about their life together.
• Lovesick Heartbreak Red came loose and fell into Bibi Dong's arms, proving she met its conditions.
• Yue Guan saw Bibi Dong look at Ling Jing with obvious tenderness and realized she had fallen in love with the Holy Son.
• Yue Guan struggled over whether to report the matter to the Pope.

Bibi Dong passed the Evil God's first trial and received a reward that increased the age of every Soul Ring on her first martial soul by one thousand years and granted her a God-Given Soul Ring for her second. As its age continued rising beyond a hundred thousand years, Bibi Dong had not yet reached her limit.

• The Evil God conceded his wager to the Kindness God and promised to let her choose where they would travel after their Godhoods were inherited.
• Yue Guan agonized over whether to report Bibi Dong and Ling Jing's relationship to the Pope, then tried to convince himself he had seen nothing.
• Bibi Dong heard the Evil God's voice, sat down, and returned to the space where she had first met him.
• The Evil God announced that Bibi Dong had passed her first trial and awarded her a thousand-year increase to the Soul Rings of her first martial soul and a God-Given Soul Ring for her second.
• The God-Given Soul Ring appeared beneath Bibi Dong and rapidly grew from white through black to crimson, continuing to increase in age.

Bibi Dong completed the Evil God's first trial, gaining stronger Soul Rings and a God-Given Soul Ring, while Ling Jing learned that his cultivation had reached level thirty-nine. When he teased her about Lovesick Heartbreak Red, Bibi Dong hid her feelings and changed the subject, leaving her second trial—passing through Slaughter City within three years—awaiting her.

• Bibi Dong stabilized her new God-Given Soul Ring and learned that her second Evil God trial required her to pass through Slaughter City within three years.
• Ling Jing finished cultivating at the Icefire Yin Yang Well and reached Soul Power level thirty-nine.
• Ling Jing noticed Lovesick Heartbreak Red in Bibi Dong's hands and teased her about the sincere love behind plucking it.
• Bibi Dong hesitated to reveal whom she loved and changed the subject by announcing that she had completed the Evil God's first trial.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Jing that her rewards were a thousand-year increase to the Soul Rings of her Death Spider Emperor Martial Soul and a God-Given Soul Ring for her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul.

Bibi Dong explained her God-Given Soul Ring skill, Pain of Repayment, and revealed that her second Evil God trial was to pass through Slaughter City within three years. The Evil God disclosed that he had sent her there to provoke Asura and Rakshasa, then urged the Kindness God to choose a successor, prompting her to consider Ling Jing.

• Bibi Dong showed Ling Jing her two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings and described Pain of Repayment, a delayed attack that turns her target's Soul Power expenditure and damage back against them.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Jing that her second trial was to pass through Slaughter City within three years, and he wondered about the Evil God's motives.
• In the God Realm, the Kindness God asked whether the Evil God intended to interfere in the conflict between Asura and Rakshasa.
• The Evil God said he had sent Bibi Dong to Slaughter City to amuse himself with Asura's and Rakshasa's reactions, and refused to warn Asura about Rakshasa's scheme.
• The Evil God urged the Kindness God to choose a successor before he left the God Realm, and she considered passing her Godhood to Ling Jing.

The Kindness God considered Ling Jing as a possible candidate for her inheritance while the Evil God promised Bibi Dong the Judgment Scales if she completed her trials. Bibi Dong planned to enter Slaughter City after the tournament, and Qian Daoliu learned she had received the Evil God's inheritance and wondered whether Spirit Hall could one day have three gods.

• The Kindness God and the Evil God discussed passing their Super Divine Artifacts to qualified inheritors, and the Kindness God added Ling Jing to her list of candidates.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Jing she would compete in the Continental Soul Master Elite Tournament before heading to Slaughter City for her second God Trial.
• Qian Daoliu saw Bibi Dong's second Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and asked about it.
• Bibi Dong explained that the Evil God had chosen her as an inheritor and that her first trial had rewarded her with a God-Given Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu accepted Bibi Dong's revelation and anticipated that Qian Renxue and Ling Jing might also receive Godhood inheritances, potentially giving Spirit Hall three future gods.

Ling Jing considered which God Trial or Godhood to pursue while Qian Daoliu and Bibi Dong reassured him that he would receive a divine inheritance. In the Star Dou Great Forest, Xiao Wu wondered why she kept thinking of Ling Jing and whether taking human form would let her find him.

• Ling Jing weighed the Sea God's God Trial against creating his own Godhood, considering a God of Copying as a possibility.
• Qian Daoliu mistook Ling Jing's silence for worry and assured him that his talent would eventually earn him a God Trial.
• Ling Jing told Qian Daoliu that he had reached rank thirty-nine, and Qian Daoliu praised his progress at ten and a half years old.
• Bibi Dong silently resolved to find Ling Jing a Godhood inheritance if he could not receive a God Trial himself.
• Xiao Wu reflected on the powerful soul Ferocious Beasts that had displaced her family from the Lake of Life and on her growing thoughts of Ling Jing.
• Xiao Wu wondered whether taking human form would allow her to find Ling Jing.

Di Tian continued searching the Star Dou Great Forest for Sky Dream Ice Silkworm while worrying about the growing strength of humans. After reaching rank forty, Ling Jing traveled with Qian Daoliu to the Far North, hoping to contract the Ice Empress or Snow Empress.

• Scarlet King reported that the search had found no trace of Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Di Tian ordered the Ten Thousand Year Soul Ferocious Beasts to join the hunt.
• Di Tian told Bi Ji that he feared the humans who had invaded the forest, especially the one with divine power, and kept his injured lord's existence secret.
• After cultivating for another month and a half at the Icefire Yin Yang Well, Ling Jing broke through to rank forty and chose the Ice Empress or Snow Empress as his fourth contract candidate.
• Qian Daoliu took Ling Jing to the Far North while Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall to gather intelligence about Slaughter City.
• Ling Jing entered the Far North under Qian Daoliu's protection, confident that the elder could face even the Snow Empress.

Qian Daoliu recalled a lost love from his youth as he guided Ling Jing through the Far North to find a suitable fourth Soul Ring. The chapter ended when Qian Daoliu spotted people wearing the same clothes as the woman’s clan and wondered whether she was still alive.

• Qian Daoliu remembered falling in love with an ice-element Soul Master, parting from her under family pressure, and later marrying and having Qian Xunji.
• Ling Jing asked Qian Daoliu about his past, but Qian Daoliu brushed him off and discussed choices for Ling Jing’s fourth Soul Ring instead.
• Qian Daoliu recommended a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion, and Ling Jing became eager to find one because it might lead him to Ice Empress.
• Qian Daoliu recalled what his former love had taught him about the Far North and warned Ling Jing to stay close as they ventured deeper.
• Ling Jing spotted a group of people in the distance, and Qian Daoliu recognized their clothing as belonging to the clan of the woman he had loved.

Ling Jing and Qian Daoliu encountered Su Jie in the Far North, and both noticed that she looked strikingly similar to Qian Daoliu. Suspecting she might be his daughter from a past romance, Qian Daoliu decided to approach her and find out.

• Ling Jing noticed that the approaching Su Jie resembled Qian Daoliu and pointed it out to him.
• Qian Daoliu recognized the resemblance and wondered whether Su Jie might be his unknown daughter.
• Su Jie learned from her mother that Qian Daoliu was her father, though she had never met him because her mother returned to the Ice Clan.
• Su Jie felt an urge to ask the man about his identity, while Qian Daoliu also wanted to learn whether she carried his bloodline.
• Ling Jing teased Qian Daoliu about a romantic debt from his youth, and Qian Daoliu recalled a night of passion with Su Jie's mother.
• Qian Daoliu asked Ling Jing to accompany him so they could speak with Su Jie.

Qian Daoliu learned that Su Jie was his daughter with Su Yue, who had died years earlier, and discovered that the Ice Clan lived in secrecy in the Far North. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu realizing Su Jie might also be afflicted by the Ice Clan’s hereditary Heavenly Remnant Bloodline.

• Su Jie told Qian Daoliu that she was his daughter and that her mother, Su Yue, had died while still longing for him.
• Su Jie explained that Su Yue had hoped Qian Daoliu would find her and the Ice Clan, but had understood why he could not leave Spirit Hall.
• Qian Daoliu said he had searched for Su Yue without knowing where to look, then eventually gave up and married.
• Su Jie asked Qian Daoliu to keep the Ice Clan’s peaceful life and existence out of Spirit Hall’s records, and he promised not to disturb them.
• Su Jie revealed that Su Yue died at forty-eight from the Ice Clan’s hereditary Heavenly Remnant Bloodline, leaving Qian Daoliu worried about Su Jie’s health.

Su Jie revealed that she had survived past fifty despite the Ice Clan’s Heavenly Remnant Bloodline, then offered to guide Qian Daoliu and Ling Jing to a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion. Qian Daoliu accepted, and the group set off together, giving him more time with his daughter.

• Ling Jing wondered whether Su Jie possessed both Qian Daoliu’s Seraphim Martial Soul and the Ice Clan’s Heavenly Snow Woman Martial Soul, but decided not to contract her.
• Su Jie learned that Ling Jing was a twelve-or-younger Soul Ancestor seeking a Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Jade Scorpion for his fourth Soul Ring and was astonished by his talent.
• Su Jie offered to help Ling Jing find the Ice Jade Scorpion and said she would be hunting Soul Rings for the two girls traveling with her.
• Qian Daoliu agreed to travel with Su Jie, and she led the group onward while he followed quietly.
• Ling Jing looked forward to telling Bibi Dong about the reunion but resolved not to let Qian Xunji hear about Qian Daoliu’s past.