Chapter Summaries

Qin Xuan gave Ling Yuan a Soul Bone and the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, which evolved her Martial Soul and raised her Soul Power to Level-Ninety-Three. After returning to the Icefire Yin Yang Well, he offered Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, and both chose to absorb them.

• Jing Ni offered Ling Yuan the Seventy-Thousand-Year Ghost-Eyed Jade Lion Wisdom Skull, but Ling Yuan chose the Soul Bone Qin Xuan had prepared for her.
• Qin Xuan gave Ling Yuan the Ghost-Eyed Jade Lion Soul Bone and she refined it with the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower in a hidden cave.
• Ling Yuan's Martial Soul evolved into the Fire Spirit Kite Emperor, and her Soul Power reached Level-Ninety-Three.
• Qin Xuan returned with Ling Yuan and offered Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei a choice between a Ten-Thousand-Year Adaptive Soul Ring and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Chrysanthemum Pass and Gui Mei both chose the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and Qin Xuan gave each of them a blood-red bead that would condense into one.

Gui Mei and Yue Guan absorbed Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings, with Qin Xuan and Ling Yuan helping Yue Guan survive the dangerous process. Gui Mei awakened with powerful new Soul Skills, while Yue Guan’s absorption remained underway.

• Yue Guan and Gui Mei began absorbing their Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings after Qin Xuan instructed them.
• Yue Guan’s body began failing under the ring’s power, so Qin Xuan protected his meridians while Ling Yuan transferred Soul Power to Qin Xuan.
• By morning, Yue Guan had passed the danger point and the scarlet ring began forming around him.
• Gui Mei awoke with a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and reported that his Soul Power had surpassed Level-Ninety-Three.
• Gui Mei told Qin Xuan that his new Soul Skills were Demon God Manifestation and Infinite Ghost Shadow Blast.

After surviving the absorption of a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Yue Guan pledged wholehearted loyalty to Qin Xuan and revealed the two powerful Soul Skills it had granted him. The chapter ended with Ling Yuan jealous of Yue Guan’s new strength while Qin Xuan reassured her that she would eventually obtain a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.

• Yue Guan awakened with a red ninth Soul Ring, thanked Qin Xuan for saving his life, and pledged his loyalty to him.
• Yue Guan’s favorability reached 100, earning Qin Xuan the Undying Love achievement and one million Emotion Points; Gui Mei also reached 100 and earned the Blind Worship achievement.
• Yue Guan explained that his first new Soul Skill, Indestructible Little Chrysanthemum, granted temporary invulnerability and boosted strength and attack power.
• Yue Guan demonstrated his second Soul Skill, Chrysanthemum Withers, Wounds Cover the Ground, Flowers Fall and Hearts Break, by destroying a granite mountain with crescent blades.
• Jing Ni and Gui Mei praised Yue Guan’s ability, while Qin Xuan comforted the jealous Ling Yuan by promising that a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring would come eventually.

Yue Guan revealed that his Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring had awakened the Vajra Domain, and Qin Xuan tasked him and Gui Mei with monitoring Qian Xunji and the Holy Maiden. Gui Mei then reported that Qian Xunji had secretly sent Bibi Dong and a large Spirit Hall force to attack Sea God Island, prompting Qin Xuan to fear the campaign would deepen Bibi Dong’s devotion to Yu Xiaogang.

• Yue Guan demonstrated his Vajra Domain, which strengthened and protected allies within its range, while Ling Yuan envied his new power.
• After Yue Guan and Gui Mei reached Titled Douluo, Qin Xuan ordered them to earn Qian Xunji’s trust, watch his movements, and alert him if Qian Xunji met Bibi Dong alone.
• Yue Guan worried that Qian Daoliu and the other Spirit Hall leaders would oppose Qin Xuan, but Qin Xuan assured him he intended to pursue the next papal succession without directly confronting Qian Xunji.
• Gui Mei recalled that Qian Xunji had secretly sent Bibi Dong, four Titled Douluo, and over two thousand Spirit Hall soul masters to subjugate Sea God Island.
• Qin Xuan realized the disastrous expedition could make Bibi Dong believe she and Yu Xiaogang had endured life and death together, strengthening her obsessive attachment to him.

Qin Xuan learned that Bibi Dong’s expedition to Sea God Island faced the Peerless Douluo Bo Saixi and tried to prevent Spirit Hall from losing its forces. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang’s published theory caused Soul Masters to die, and Qian Xunji read the work with contempt.

• Jing Ni explained that Bo Saixi could defeat Qian Daoliu and Tang Chen together at sea, and Qin Xuan ordered Gui Mei and Yue Guan to spread word of Qian Xunji’s expedition before it was too late.
• Three days later, Gui Mei and Yue Guan returned to Spirit City, received their titles as Ghost Douluo and Chrysanthemum Douluo, and gained favor and prominence within Spirit Hall.
• News leaked that Spirit Hall had sent over two thousand Soul Masters to Sea God Island, but Qian Xunji suppressed it before it reached Elder Hall.
• Yu Xiaogang’s theory gained popularity among commoner Soul Masters, but its unsafe guidance led some to die while absorbing Soul Rings, damaging his reputation.
• Families of the dead appealed to Spirit Hall, and Qian Xunji mocked Yu Xiaogang’s claims as he read Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul.

Qian Xunji planned to use the Sect Tournament to pressure the major sects, while Qin Xuan returned to Spirit City and explained Jing Ni’s sudden rise in power to Qian Daoliu with a fabricated story. The chapter ended with Qian Daoliu asking whether Qin Xuan had found a way to resolve the backlash from cultivating Twin Martial Souls.

• Qian Xunji dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s work, then ordered Elder Gui Mei and Elder Yue Guan to invite the Upper Three Sects to the Sect Tournament and pressure the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Sect.
• Qian Xunji planned to use the tournament and three Papal Decrees to establish his authority over the Soul Master world.
• Qin Xuan, Ling Yuan, and Jing Ni returned to Spirit City, and Qian Daoliu was shocked by their improved cultivation, especially Jing Ni’s Level-97 strength.
• Qin Xuan claimed that Jing Ni had Twin Martial Souls and had inherited Soul Bones from her teacher, using disguised Martial Souls and Soul Rings to support his story.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qin Xuan whether he had developed a way to resolve the backlash of Twin Martial Souls.

Qin Xuan revealed his hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring and impressed Qian Daoliu, who appointed Jing Ni as Spirit Hall’s Fifth Worship. Jing Ni then challenged Golden Crocodile for the Second Worship’s rank, and Qian Daoliu summoned him to face her.

• Qin Xuan explained Jing Ni’s strength and revealed that she had helped him obtain a hundred-thousand-year seventh Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu was deeply impressed by Qin Xuan and announced Jing Ni’s coronation as Spirit Hall’s Fifth Worship.
• Qin Xuan questioned Jing Ni’s ranking, and Qian Daoliu explained that worship ranks depended on strength rather than seniority.
• Jing Ni asked to challenge Golden Crocodile for the Second Worship’s position, and Qian Daoliu agreed to grant her request.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Golden Crocodile, who soon appeared in the room.

Qin Xuan warned Qian Daoliu that Qian Xunji had secretly sent an army to attack Sea God Island, prompting Qian Daoliu to dispatch reinforcements and punish his son. Jing Ni went with Golden Crocodile Douluo to establish her standing as a future Offering, while Qin Xuan left after achieving his aim.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo assessed Jing Ni's strength and took her outside to test her in battle.
• Qin Xuan told Qian Daoliu that Spirit Hall forces were attacking Sea God Island and claimed Qian Xunji had ordered the expedition behind his father's back.
• Qian Daoliu confirmed that the four Titled Douluo elders had left Elder Hall and sent Azure Luan and Mighty Lion Douluo to catch up with the force.
• Qian Daoliu praised Qin Xuan and let him leave after he urged action against the attack.
• Qian Daoliu cursed Qian Xunji and forbade Papal Hall from summoning Titled Douluo elders without his permission.

Jing Ni defeated Golden Crocodile and was appointed Spirit Hall’s Second Worship. Meanwhile, Yu Xiaogang was expelled from the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, unaware as he traveled with a Spirit Hall fleet toward Sea God Island.

• Jing Ni returned from her fight with Golden Crocodile, who admitted her strength surpassed his.
• Qian Daoliu appointed Jing Ni Spirit Hall’s Second Worship and offered to guide her as she adjusted to becoming a Peak Douluo.
• After Spirit Hall demanded an explanation for the deaths caused by Yu Xiaogang’s Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, Yu Luomian persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to expel his son to protect the clan.
• Yu Xiaogang’s work was rejected by major forces, and his expulsion spread among the Soul Master clans.
• Yu Xiaogang traveled toward Sea God Island aboard a Spirit Hall ferry with a fleet of fifty vessels, accompanied by four Titled Douluo.

Bibi Dong led Spirit Hall’s fleet to Sea God Island while Yu Xiaogang worried over his unfinished theories. As the two sides prepared to fight, Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo arrived and halted the battle.

• Yu Xiaogang worried that the Soul Master world would dispute his Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul, and Bibi Dong reassured him.
• Bibi Dong left Yu Xiaogang aboard the ship and went to meet Sea God Island’s defenders.
• Bo Saixi learned that Spirit Hall had invaded without Qian Daoliu and ordered Sea God Island to show no mercy.
• Bibi Dong prepared Spirit Hall’s forces to attack Sea Dragon and Sea Witch’s defenders, unaware of the danger beneath the sea.
• Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo landed between the opposing forces, and Spirit Hall’s Soul Masters knelt to them.

Bo Saixi rejected Spirit Hall’s explanation but allowed its forces to withdraw, while Qin Xuan read Yu Xiaogang’s book and gave Nong Yu a protective garment. The chapter ended with Nong Yu accepting the gift and stepping away from Qin Xuan, who kept his intentions to himself.

• Azure Luan Douluo and Mighty Lion Douluo asked Bo Saixi for an audience and conveyed Qian Daoliu’s message that the operation was not his intention.
• Bo Saixi warned that another incident would lead her to destroy Spirit Hall, then ended the conversation.
• Azure Luan Douluo canceled the operation, and Mighty Lion Douluo led Bibi Dong and the Spirit Hall forces away from Sea God Island.
• Qin Xuan read Ten Core Competencies of Martial Soul and mocked Yu Xiaogang for copying Spirit Hall’s updated fourth Soul Ring record.
• Qin Xuan gave Nong Yu the Thousand-Gold Fur, which transformed into a golden court gown, and reassured her that he would not force her.

Qin Xuan balanced his cultivation with his growing family life, while he and Jing Ni worked toward a Martial Soul Fusion Skill through their sword training. After an exhausting practice session, Ling Yuan apologized to Jing Ni for joining Qin Xuan the previous night.

• Qin Xuan embraced Nong Yu, asked her to take Ayan to a room, and prepared to discuss important matters with Ling Yuan and Jing Ni.
• Qin Xuan went to practice swordsmanship with Jing Ni, who said their Martial Souls had begun to resonate since she started learning the Vertical Sword Technique.
• Qin Xuan explained that their opposing Martial Soul attributes still needed to adapt before they could achieve a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Qin Xuan and Jing Ni sparred for three hours until their practice exhausted him, and she helped him back to the living room.
• Ling Yuan asked about Qin Xuan's exhaustion, then apologized to Jing Ni for joining Qin Xuan the previous night.

Qin Xuan supported Ling Yuan’s decision to take Nong Yu as her disciple and gave Ling Yuan three powerful cultivation and combat techniques. He also urged her to abandon Spirit Hall’s overly formal combat habits, leaving her to consider whether dignity mattered more than survival.

• Jing Ni reassured Ling Yuan that she had not been angry, while Qin Xuan’s suggestion of repeating their night together earned him a rebuke from both women.
• Ling Yuan told Qin Xuan that Nong Yu had gone to train and that she wanted to take her as a disciple.
• Qin Xuan reassured Ling Yuan that he would always love and take responsibility for her, then agreed that she could mentor Nong Yu.
• Qin Xuan gave Ling Yuan a meditation method, a movement technique, and a claw technique, and told her not to teach them to anyone else without permission.
• Qin Xuan criticized Ling Yuan and other Spirit Hall Soul Masters for allowing enemies to recover between attacks and argued that survival mattered more than combat etiquette.

Qin Xuan attended Jing Ni’s title ceremony in Douluo Hall, where Spirit Hall’s leaders and Titled Douluos had gathered. He viewed Golden Bell Douluo, Silver Hammer Douluo, and Qian Xunji as enemies he intended to kill.

• Qin Xuan told Ling Yuan to fight enemies without mercy and kill anyone who threatened him.
• Qian Daoliu assembled Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluos in Douluo Hall to honor Jing Ni, with Qin Xuan admitted to strengthen her ties to Spirit Hall.
• Golden Bell Douluo praised Qin Xuan’s strength and his technique for resolving Twin Martial Soul backlash, and Qin Xuan credited his wife.
• Qin Xuan recalled how Qian Xunji and the Golden and Silver Elders had fought Tang Hao foolishly, then resolved to kill them for having once plotted against him.

Jing Ni entered Douluo Hall for her coronation, and Qian Daoliu unexpectedly appointed her Spirit Hall’s Second Worship. The announcement shocked the assembled Worships and Qian Xunji, who questioned whether it violated the rules.

• Golden Bell Douluo and Silver Hammer Douluo apologized to Qin Xuan, who accepted their words while privately planning to settle matters after their deaths.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo announced the start of the coronation ceremony, and Jing Ni entered Douluo Hall in golden Worship robes.
• Spirit Hall’s Titled Douluo below Worship rank knelt and hailed Jing Ni as she received her crown and title.
• Qian Daoliu announced Jing Ni as Spirit Hall’s Second Worship, surprising the crowd and the other senior figures.
• Qian Xunji asked Qian Daoliu whether appointing Jing Ni Second Worship went against the rules.

Jing Ni was formally appointed Spirit Hall’s Second Worship after Golden Crocodile Douluo acknowledged her strength, and the chapter ended with Qian Xunji provoking Qin Xuan and Jing Ni by bringing up Qin Xuan’s past with Bibi Dong. Bibi Dong returned to Spirit Hall and was left feeling eclipsed by Jing Ni’s talent and power.

• Golden Crocodile Douluo accepted the position of Third Offering and dared anyone who objected to defeat him before challenging Jing Ni.
• Qian Daoliu appointed Jing Ni as Second Worship and ordered the other Worships to move down one rank.
• Azure Luan Douluo told Guangling Douluo that Qian Jun and Jiang Mo might soon emerge from seclusion stronger, and Mighty Lion Douluo suggested Guangling ask Qin Xuan for help breaking through.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qin Xuan and Jing Ni to remain after the ceremony, where they found Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong, who had returned that morning.
• Bibi Dong compared herself with Jing Ni and felt her pride crushed by Jing Ni’s Twin Martial Souls, cultivation, and victory over Golden Crocodile Douluo.
• Qian Xunji reminded Qin Xuan that he had once sought a marriage with Bibi Dong, then implied that Qin Xuan had given her up for Jing Ni.

Qian Xunji grew furious as Qin Xuan and Jing Ni teased him, while Qian Daoliu explained why Bibi Dong had been chosen as a successor. After revealing Bibi Dong’s Twin Martial Souls, Qian Daoliu asked Qin Xuan to guide her cultivation, leaving Qian Xunji alarmed.

• Qin Xuan thanked Qian Xunji for sending him to Slaughter City and joked about marrying both women, provoking Qian Xunji’s resentment.
• Jing Ni teased Bibi Dong about Qin Xuan’s feelings for her, making Qian Xunji even angrier.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qin Xuan why Bibi Dong had been chosen over him, and Qin Xuan credited her diligence and Innate Domain.
• Qian Daoliu explained that Bibi Dong was chosen because she possessed Twin Martial Souls, and Bibi Dong displayed the Death Spider Emperor and Soul-Eating Spider Emperor.
• Qian Daoliu asked Qin Xuan to guide Bibi Dong in cultivating her Twin Martial Souls, and Qian Xunji objected because she was his disciple.

Qian Xunji grew jealous and fearful as Qin Xuan advised the others on how Bibi Dong could safely cultivate Twin Martial Souls. After seeing Bibi Dong embrace Qin Xuan, Qian Xunji decided to move against her after next month’s Sect Tournament, using Yu Xiaogang as leverage.

• Qian Daoliu asked Qin Xuan whether Bibi Dong could safely cultivate Twin Martial Souls, and Qin Xuan recommended waiting until she had several high-quality Soul Bones.
• Qian Xunji urged Bibi Dong to wait until she reached the Titled Douluo level before adding Soul Rings to her Second Martial Soul, and Qian Daoliu agreed.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qin Xuan and Jing Ni to keep Bibi Dong’s cultivation plan secret from the Elder Hall’s Titled Douluo elders.
• Bibi Dong caught up with Qin Xuan as he prepared to return to the Elder Hall, and she rode his sword with her arms around his waist.
• Qian Xunji watched Bibi Dong embrace Qin Xuan, damaged the wall in anger, and decided to act after next month’s Sect Tournament, using Yu Xiaogang to pressure her.

Qin Xuan told Bibi Dong that Yu Xiaogang’s theories had harmed Soul Masters and revealed that most of his published work was copied from Spirit Hall’s library. Bibi Dong remained determined to tell her teacher about their relationship and make it public, but she was left shaken by Qin Xuan’s evidence against Xiaogang.

• Qin Xuan brought Bibi Dong to the grove where he had awakened memories of his previous life, and she thanked him for stopping the Sea God Island campaign.
• Bibi Dong decided to tell her teacher about their relationship and make it public when Yu Xiaogang returned, while refusing to threaten to leave Spirit Hall.
• Qin Xuan explained that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had expelled Yu Xiaogang after his theories were blamed for the deaths of ordinary Soul Masters.
• Qin Xuan showed Bibi Dong a book whose recorded Soul Ring absorption limit matched Yu Xiaogang’s calculations exactly, then revealed that more than ninety percent of Xiaogang’s work had been copied from Spirit Hall’s library.
• Qin Xuan accused Yu Xiaogang of presenting borrowed knowledge as his own and gambling with lives through unsupported claims about Soul Ring absorption, leaving Bibi Dong stunned.

Bibi Dong chose to remain with Yu Xiaogang despite learning that his celebrated wisdom was plagiarized, while resolving to leave her position as saintess and take responsibility for the harm caused by his theories. After Qin Xuan warned her about Qian Xunji and left, the story shifted to Spirit City, where the Sect Tournament was set to determine the Upper Three Sects and the martial soul rankings.

• Bibi Dong said she would start over with Yu Xiaogang, help him complete his research, and compensate those harmed by his theories.
• Bibi Dong told Qin Xuan she would resign as saintess, become a Titled Douluo elder, and restrain Yu Xiaogang if he threatened Spirit Hall.
• Bibi Dong explained that Yu Xiaogang had attracted her with his supposed wisdom before she understood love, and she ended her ambiguous relationship with Qin Xuan.
• Qin Xuan warned Bibi Dong to be careful of Qian Xunji, then flew back to Elder Hall as Bibi Dong broke down and sobbed.
• The Sect Tournament began in Spirit City, where the Upper Three Sects would win reliefs on the city walls and Spirit Hall would rank beast and tool Martial Souls.