Chapter Summaries

Tang Hao, Tang Xiao, and Yu Xiaogang suspected that Spirit Hall’s Soul Core Method could raise Soul Ring ages, and Yu Xiaogang became convinced he had discovered its secret. Bibi Dong defeated Thunderclap Academy’s team and knocked out its last contestant before he could surrender.

• Tang Hao suggested the Soul Core Method might explain Bibi Dong’s powerful Soul Rings, and Tang Xiao warned that Spirit Hall would become impossible to oppose if the method truly raised Soul Ring ages.
• Yu Xiaogang decided the Soul Core Method increased Soul Ring ages and excitedly told Yu Yuanzhen he would make Spirit Hall reveal its cultivation method.
• Bibi Dong let Thunderclap Academy complete its Seven-in-One Fusion Technique, then casually threw its members from the arena one by one.
• Bibi Dong stopped Thunderclap Academy’s last contestant from surrendering by slapping him and knocking him unconscious with a punch.

After Spirit Hall won the finals, Yu Xiaogang publicly accused Ling Jing of crimes before Qian Xunji. He began by claiming Ling Jing had seduced Bibi Dong, leaving the crowd stunned and the confrontation unresolved.

• Bibi Dong defeated the last Thunderclap Academy student, securing Spirit Hall's victory in the finals.
• Ling Jing asked Ice Empress to wait and watch as he went to receive the Pope's rewards.
• Yu Xiaogang, encouraged by Yu Yuanzhen, interrupted Qian Xunji and announced that he wished to question Ling Jing's crimes.
• Qian Xunji calmly invited Yu Xiaogang to explain his accusation, while Bibi Dong reacted with killing intent and Chrysanthemum Douluo stepped forward.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Ling Jing of seducing Bibi Dong and committing adultery, shocking the spectators.

Yu Xiaogang accused Ling Jing of abusing his power, but Ling Jing mocked him for being the man he had maimed, prompting Yu Xiaogang to vomit blood as the crowd spread the name Pig Yu Xiaogang. Yu Xiaogang then accused Ling Jing of hoarding the Soul Ring Lifespan Enhancement Method and demanded he reveal it before the assembled crowd.

• Qian Xunji defended Bibi Dong and Ling Jing’s relationship and mocked Yu Yuanzhen for how he had raised Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Ling Jing of publicly beating and permanently disabling someone, and Ling Jing revealed that the victim was Yu Xiaogang himself.
• Ling Jing ridiculed Yu Xiaogang for becoming a eunuch, and Yu Xiaogang vomited blood as the crowd jeered and dubbed him Pig Yu Xiaogang.
• Yu Xiaogang accused Ling Jing of keeping the Soul Ring Lifespan Enhancement Method secret and demanded he share it with the Soul Master world.

Yu Xiaogang accused Spirit Hall of hiding a method that could raise Soul Ring ages, prompting Qian Xunji to confront him and pressure Yu Yuanzhen. Qian Xunji denied the accusation, explained that the Soul Core Method remained unfinished, and said it would be released after Ling Jing became Pope.

• Yu Xiaogang claimed the Soul Core Method could raise Soul Ring ages, and the sect representatives turned to Qian Xunji for answers.
• Qian Xunji condemned Yu Xiaogang and unleashed his Rank 96 aura against Yu Yuanzhen, while Yue Guan and Gui Mei also revealed their Rank 95 strength.
• Ning Fengzhi stopped Sword Douluo Chen Xin from intervening as Yu Yuanzhen endured the pressure and Yu Xiaogang prepared to speak again.
• Ling Jing slapped Yu Xiaogang unconscious before he could continue.
• Qian Xunji said the Soul Core Method was Ling Jing's unfinished concept, denied that it raised Soul Ring ages, and promised Spirit Hall would release it once Ling Jing became Pope.

Qian Xunji let Ling Jing decide Yu Xiaogang’s punishment, and Ling Jing proposed imprisoning him rather than executing him. After Bibi Dong supported the proposal, Qian Xunji ordered Yu Xiaogang sent to Spirit Hall’s prison and turned his attention to Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• The arena crowd accepted Qian Xunji’s claims about the Soul Core Method, and Yu Yuanzhen realized the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s plan had backfired.
• Qian Xunji asked Ling Jing how Yu Xiaogang should be punished for slandering him and Spirit Hall.
• Ling Jing described Yu Xiaogang’s alleged offenses and proposed sending him to Spirit Hall’s prison as a chance to repent.
• Yu Xiaogang protested that he could not be imprisoned because he was Yu Yuanzhen’s son, but the crowd drowned out his objections.
• Bibi Dong backed Ling Jing’s proposal, and Qian Xunji ordered Yu Xiaogang imprisoned until he truly repented.
• Qian Xunji fixed his attention on Yu Yuanzhen, while Ning Fengzhi prepared to mediate on the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s behalf.

Qian Xunji punished the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan for its role in spreading rumors, stripping it of its Upper Three Sects title and barring it from the Sect Ranking Tournament for ten years. He then announced that Spirit City would host the next Sect Ranking Tournament in six months.

• Ning Fengzhi tried to have Yu Yuanzhen charged with negligence, but Qian Xunji rejected the suggestion and accused the clan of directing Yu Xiaogang.
• Ice Empress's pressure kept Yu Yuanzhen from defending himself, and the crowd took his silence as an admission of guilt.
• Qian Xunji stripped the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan of its Upper Three Sects title, banned it from two tournaments, and ordered its core members to report to Spirit City for instruction.
• Yu Yuanzhen collapsed under the punishment and feared the clan's reputation and standing had been ruined under his leadership.
• Qian Xunji concluded the award ceremony and announced that Spirit City would host the Sect Ranking Tournament in six months.

Ling Jing imprisoned Yu Xiaogang and arranged for Scarface, a powerful prisoner with a history of assaulting men, to share his cell. After Scarface attacked Yu Xiaogang, Ling Jing left and decided a doctor would be needed to keep Yu Xiaogang alive.

• Ling Jing reflected that the sect rankings would be reshuffled in half a year but decided the tournament had little to do with him for now.
• Ling Jing put Yu Xiaogang in a guarded private cell at Spirit Hall and began searching for a suitable cellmate.
• Ling Jing chose Scarface, a six-ring Soul Emperor imprisoned for assaulting more than a hundred men, and offered him access to Yu Xiaogang.
• Scarface eagerly entered Yu Xiaogang's cell and overpowered him, while Ling Jing turned away from the scene.
• Ling Jing left the dungeon after hearing Yu Xiaogang's pleas and decided to assign a doctor to the cell so Yu Xiaogang would survive Scarface's treatment.

Ling Jing was taught Ice Explosion by Ice Empress while Bibi Dong was away, but Bibi Dong interrupted their private lesson by summoning him. She led him to a hidden door in the Pope's Hall instead of the Worship Hall, leaving him unsure what she planned.

• Ling Jing heard that Yu Yuanzhen had been made Supreme Clan Leader while Yu Luomian took control of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Ice Empress explained how to use Ice Explosion and advised Ling Jing to practice layering it with his clones.
• Ling Jing asked whether his true body and clones could stack Ice Explosion, and Ice Empress confirmed that they could.
• Bibi Dong summoned Ling Jing to meet the Grand Worshiper, prompting Ice Empress to release his hand and remain behind.
• Bibi Dong led Ling Jing to a hidden door in the Pope's Hall and invited him inside.

Bibi Dong led Ling Jing into a secret room she had spent two days preparing, filled with roses and romantic furnishings. She asked him to change into his Holy Son attire while she put on her Holy Maiden gown, promising to tell him something important afterward.

• Ling Jing accepted Bibi Dong's unspoken invitation and followed her into a hidden passage beneath Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong switched on the lights, led Ling Jing down the stairs, and unlocked the secret room.
• Ling Jing saw the rose-filled room, heart-shaped bed, and mirror, and realized how carefully Bibi Dong had prepared it.
• Bibi Dong showed Ling Jing his Holy Son attire and her Holy Maiden gown and asked him to change while she changed too.

Bibi Dong confessed how Ling Jing had become the most important person in her life, from their first meeting through his many contributions to Spirit Hall. Ling Jing returned her feelings, and they spent the night together before Bibi Dong prepared to leave for Slaughter City for up to a year and a half.

• Bibi Dong helped Ling Jing change into his Holy Son attire and told him how she had first noticed him at the Spirit Hall orphanage.
• Bibi Dong recalled Ling Jing’s achievements, including exposing Yu Xiaogang, discovering the Icefire Yin Yang Well, and strengthening Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong confessed that she had fallen in love with Ling Jing and feared he would reject her.
• Ling Jing told Bibi Dong that he had feelings for her too, and she tearfully welcomed his response.
• Bibi Dong and Ling Jing spent the night together, and she asked him to remember her while she went to Slaughter City for at most a year and a half.

Ice Empress realized Bibi Dong had taken Ling Jing away and resolved to make him hers while Bibi Dong was gone. Bibi Dong secretly left for Slaughter City while Ling Jing pretended to sleep, and Qian Xunji encouraged her to complete her God Trial and succeed him as Pope.

• Ice Empress questioned Qian Xunji, learned Bibi Dong had taken Ling Jing somewhere, and decided she would pursue Ling Jing while Bibi Dong was away.
• Bibi Dong told Ling Jing she was leaving for Slaughter City to complete the Evil God's second trial, and Ling Jing promised to wait for her.
• Bibi Dong left the secret chamber during the night after Ling Jing fell asleep, but Ling Jing opened his eyes and realized she had gone without him.
• Bibi Dong woke Qian Xunji and told him she was departing for Slaughter City, and he urged her to return safely and take the position of Pope.

Bibi Dong reached the entrance to Slaughter City, killed the tavern patrons and waiter rather than drink Bloody Mary, and entered through a hole she smashed in the floor. Her arrival caught the attention of gods in the God Realm, where Asura God discovered Rakshasa God's aura on Tang Chen, his God Trial successor.

• Bibi Dong followed Qian Xunji's map to a town and entered its tavern.
• Bibi Dong released her Soul Devouring Spider Emperor Martial Soul and killed the bald man who tried to touch her, then slaughtered the tavern's other patrons.
• The waiter told Bibi Dong she had to drink Bloody Mary to enter Slaughter City, but she killed him and smashed open the floor instead.
• Bibi Dong jumped through the hole and entered Slaughter City.
• The Evil God watched Bibi Dong's arrival, while Asura God sensed Rakshasa God's aura on Tang Chen and realized his successor had been tampered with.
• Asura God rose in fury and prepared to confront Rakshasa God.

The Asura God considered replacing Tang Chen with Bibi Dong as his Godhood inheritor, but discovered she already carried the Evil God’s aura and suspected her entry into Slaughter City was part of the Evil God’s plan. He set aside his anger at the Evil God and charged toward Rakshasa God’s Temple, while Rakshasa God suspected that even this confrontation was part of Evil’s scheme.

• The Asura God watched Bibi Dong enter Slaughter City and decided she might be a better Godhood inheritor than Tang Chen.
• The Asura God sensed the Evil God’s aura on Bibi Dong and concluded that she was already the Evil God’s inheritor.
• The Asura God suspected the Evil God had sent Bibi Dong into Slaughter City to provoke his reaction and set off toward Rakshasa God’s Temple.
• Rakshasa God sensed Bibi Dong’s arrival and suppressed his urge to confront Evil because he did not believe he could defeat him.
• The Asura God called out Rakshasa God, who wondered whether their confrontation was another part of Evil’s plan.

Evil God and the other God Kings contained Asura and Rakshasa's battle at Rakshasa God's Temple, while Ling Jing worried about Bibi Dong's trials in Slaughter City. He suspected three gods were competing over Bibi Dong and wondered whether he could inherit a Godhood himself.

• Evil God and Kindness God went to Rakshasa God's Temple, where God of Destruction and Life God were already watching Asura and Rakshasa fight.
• Life God asked why the two gods were clashing, and Kindness God urged everyone to contain the battle's aftershocks.
• God of Destruction, Life God, and Kindness God raised a protective barrier around Rakshasa God's Temple as Evil God watched the fight.
• Angel God arrived and asked why Asura and Rakshasa were fighting, while Evil God ignored her.
• Ling Jing left the secret chamber and worried that Bibi Dong's arrival in Slaughter City had drawn the attention of Asura and Rakshasa.
• Ling Jing anticipated that three gods might be competing over Bibi Dong and hoped he could inherit Kindness God's Godhood and divine artifact.

Ling Jing left Spirit City with Ice Empress and Ling Yuan, then brought them to Sunset Forest to visit the Icefire Yin Yang Well. He explained that its Extreme Cold Springwater might be a treasure comparable to Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow, leaving Ice Empress intrigued by the prospect.

• Ling Jing left Spirit City with Ice Empress after Qian Xunji assigned Ling Yuan to keep in contact with Spirit Hall.
• Ice Empress told Ling Jing she would accept him hunting soul Ferocious Beasts outside the Far North and could help him find dying Hundred-Thousand-Year Beasts willing to sacrifice themselves.
• Ling Jing told Ice Empress that he had not come to Sunset Forest to hunt Soul Rings, but to show her the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Ling Jing explained that the Icefire Yin Yang Well had nourished many Immortal Herbs and that he had consumed two of them there before.
• Ice Empress recalled finding the Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow plundered by an Ice Silkworm and chasing it after it claimed to like her.

Ling Jing brought Ice Empress to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where she considered using the Extreme Cold Springwater but decided its boost would only hasten her Four-Hundred-Thousand-Year Heavenly Tribulation. Their visit was interrupted when Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop warned that Dugu Bo was approaching the well.

• Ling Jing led Ice Empress through the poisonous miasma to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where Yue Guan and Gui Mei were guarding the Immortal Herbs for Spirit Hall.
• Ice Empress felt drawn to the Extreme Cold Springwater but withdrew from it, explaining that she lacked confidence in surviving her next Heavenly Tribulation.
• Ling Jing considered how he might help his contracted Soul Ferocious Beasts reach the God Realm despite the limited number of ascension quotas.
• Spirit Hall’s Platinum Bishop warned Ling Jing that Dugu Bo was approaching the Icefire Yin Yang Well and might be difficult to drive away.
• Ling Jing recognized the approaching Soul Douluo as Old Poisoner Dugu Bo.

Ling Jing and Ice Empress left the Icefire Yin Yang Well and encountered Dugu Bo outside its poisonous miasma. After Dugu Bo recognized Ling Jing as Spirit Hall’s Holy Son and tried to leave, Ling Jing stopped him.

• Ling Jing led Ice Empress and the Platinum Bishop through the poisonous miasma to meet Dugu Bo.
• Spirit Hall’s Red-robed Bishops blocked Dugu Bo and told him to leave the guarded area.
• Dugu Bo noticed the Platinum Bishop defer to Ling Jing and guessed that the young man was Spirit Hall’s Holy Son.
• Dugu Bo agreed to leave, but Ling Jing told him he had not given permission to go.
• Ice Empress followed Ling Jing toward Dugu Bo, whose reaction to her presence convinced him she was a powerful Titled Douluo.

Ling Jing forced Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall by having Ice Empress overwhelm him with her Ferocious Beast aura and threaten his family’s safety. Dugu Bo agreed, and the pressure vanished.

• Ling Jing invited Dugu Bo to join Spirit Hall, but Dugu Bo declined because he preferred an independent life.
• Ling Jing signaled Ice Empress, who used her aura to force Dugu Bo to his knees.
• Ling Jing promised Dugu Bo an elder position and benefits for his family while warning him to consider his descendants.
• Ice Empress’s freezing pressure made Dugu Bo fear for his life and his family’s future.
• Dugu Bo agreed to join Spirit Hall, and Ice Empress immediately withdrew her pressure.

Ling Jing brought Dugu Bo through the poisonous miasma to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, where Dugu Bo discovered the abundant natural energy and Spirit Hall’s powerful guards. Ling Jing explained how Dugu Bo could cure the poison afflicting him and his son, leaving Dugu Bo grateful for joining Spirit Hall.

• Ling Jing led Dugu Bo and the bishops through the poisonous miasma to the Icefire Yin Yang Well.
• Dugu Bo felt the natural energy suppressing the toxins in his body and recognized Yue Guan and Gui Mei guarding the area.
• Ling Jing identified the poison as a buildup from Dugu Bo’s Jade Phosphor Serpent Emperor martial soul and explained that it worsened with cultivation.
• Dugu Bo admitted that he had found no cure for the poison, especially worrying about his son.
• Ling Jing told Dugu Bo that forcing the toxins into a Soul Bone could cure both him and his son, and Dugu Bo’s resentment toward Spirit Hall disappeared.

Tang Xiao and Tang Hao entered the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Tang Xiao’s ninth Soul Ring, while Ah Yin learned that Xiao Wu wanted to choose Transformation Re-cultivation and become human. After hearing humans hunting nearby, Ah Yin offered to investigate.

• Tang Xiao and Tang Hao found an eighty-thousand-year Soul Ferocious Beast suited to Tang Xiao’s Clear Sky Hammer and prepared to attack it from two directions.
• Ah Yin returned to the forest boundary, where Ah Rou noticed her melancholy and asked what was troubling her.
• Ah Yin admitted she regretted choosing Transformation Re-cultivation, recalling that Ah Rou had warned her about its dangers and shorter lifespan.
• Ah Rou told Ah Yin that Xiao Wu wanted to undergo Transformation Re-cultivation after becoming a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ferocious Beast, but Ah Rou had refused and asked Da Ming and Er Ming to watch her.
• Ah Rou and Ah Yin heard humans nearby, and Ah Yin volunteered to investigate because her Soul Saint cultivation would conceal her identity from even Soul Douluos and Titled Douluos.