Chapter Summaries

Qian Xunji offered Bibi Dong the title of Pope’s Consort and real power in Spirit Hall in exchange for becoming a good mother to their children. She agreed, but secretly vowed to use her new influence and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring to take revenge on the Qian Family.

• Qian Xunji offered Bibi Dong the Pope’s Consort title, authority over Spirit Hall’s elders, and the chance to build her own faction if she agreed to care for their children.
• Bibi Dong accused Qian Xunji of humiliating her, but he threatened to keep her confined if she refused.
• Bibi Dong agreed to become a good mother, and Qian Xunji warned her that his father had wanted her cultivation crippled and her imprisoned.
• After Qian Xunji left, Bibi Dong secretly vowed to absorb the Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and make the Qian Family pay.
• Qian Daoliu warned Qian Xunji that Bibi Dong would never forgive him, while Qian Xunji said he could not be cruel to her because she was his student and the mother of his children.

Qian Daoliu accepted that he would not interfere further in Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong's affairs, then went to speak with her as preparations for the Saint Son and Saintess's coronation continued. Meanwhile, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reached Spirit Mountain, where Dugu Yan used Qian Renchuan's jade pendant to gain the guards' permission to enter.

• Qian Daoliu asked Qian Xunji about the coronation preparations and agreed not to interfere in his affairs with Bibi Dong.
• Qian Xunji pleaded with Qian Daoliu not to hurt Bibi Dong, saying she had promised to change and become a good mother.
• Qian Daoliu reflected that both he and Qian Xunji were too devoted to their loved ones to deliver a killing blow.
• Dugu Xin and Ye Qingcheng's daughters, Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, explored Spirit City while their parents attended social gatherings.
• Dugu Yan persuaded Ye Lingling to approach Spirit Mountain, then showed the Hall Guard Knights Qian Renchuan's jade pendant.
• The Hall Guard Knights recognized the pendant, withdrew their spears, and respectfully let Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling pass.

Dugu Yan used her Jade Pendant to get past the Spirit Hall Guard Knights and brought Ye Lingling up Spirit Mountain to find the person who had given it to her mother. After the exhausted girls got lost, they found a boy resting in a hammock in Spirit Academy’s Back Mountain, but two figures stopped them before they could reach him.

• Dugu Yan showed the Jade Pendant, and the Spirit Hall Guard Knights respectfully let her and Ye Lingling pass.
• Dugu Yan told Ye Lingling that her mother had received the Jade Pendant from someone who would help her if she came to Spirit Hall.
• The two girls climbed until they were exhausted and hungry, then continued uphill hoping to find someone who could help them.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling realized they had lost their way in a wooded area and followed the sound of people talking.
• The girls found a boy lying in a hammock in a clearing, but two figures appeared and ordered them to stop.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling reached the Spirit Academy after using a jade pendant to pass the guards, and Qian Renchuan recognized them as bond targets. He hid his identity while offering to help them find the Eldest Young Master, leaving Dugu Yan eager to ask him for help seeing her mother again.

• Xie Yue and Hu Liena intercepted the lost, hungry Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, whose sobbing woke Qian Renchuan.
• Qian Renchuan recognized Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling when his system identified them as new Bond Objects.
• Dugu Yan showed Qian Renchuan the jade pendant he had given her parents, explaining that it let them pass the mountain guards.
• Qian Renchuan hid that he was the Eldest Young Master while telling the girls he could take them to find him.
• Dugu Yan became hopeful because she wanted to ask the Eldest Young Master to help her see her mother again.

Qian Renchuan sent Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling back down the mountain and realized they had become new Bond Objects, then was summoned to the Pope's Palace. Qian Renxue was also summoned there after learning that Bibi Dong was present, and she feared her father was repeating the mistakes of his previous life.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling gave up climbing to the summit, ate Qian Renchuan's food, and were escorted down the mountain by Xie Yue and Hu Liena.
• Qian Renchuan checked the System Panel and saw Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling listed as Bond Objects, then guessed that talented figures from the original story could all qualify.
• A Hall Guard Knight told Qian Renchuan that the Pope wanted to see him at the Pope's Palace, and Qian Renchuan went with him.
• A female Hall Guard Knight summoned Qian Renxue and told her that Bibi Dong was also at the Pope's Palace.
• Qian Renxue left the dormitory, wondering why her father had released Bibi Dong and fearing he would repeat his past-life path.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling returned safely after sneaking onto Spirit Mountain with Qian Renchuan’s Jade Pendant, then told their parents about meeting a handsome boy who helped them. Meanwhile, Qian Renchuan arrived at the square outside the Pope’s Palace and saw Qian Renxue approaching.

• Dugu Xin and Ye Qingcheng searched Spirit City in panic after Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling disappeared.
• Dugu Xin and Ye Qingcheng reunited with the girls, who cried and explained that they had climbed Spirit Mountain using Dugu Yan’s Jade Pendant.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling told their parents that a boy had given them food and sent two children to escort them down the mountain.
• Dugu Xin scolded Dugu Yan for taking the Jade Pendant onto Spirit Mountain, and Ye Qingcheng lectured Ye Lingling.
• Qian Renchuan arrived at the square outside the Pope’s Palace and noticed Qian Renxue approaching.

Qian Renchuan learned that Bibi Dong had been released from confinement and suspected she was the reason Qian Xunji summoned him and Qian Renxue. At the Pope's Palace, Bibi Dong agreed to keep a promise while reminding Qian Xunji of his betrayal, and the siblings stopped in the hall instead of approaching him.

• Qian Renxue told Qian Renchuan that Bibi Dong was out of confinement and might be connected to Qian Xunji's summons.
• Qian Renchuan reflected that Qian Xunji had released Bibi Dong despite previously confining her, and doubted he could escape his tragic fate.
• Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue entered the Pope's Palace and saw Qian Xunji seated beside Bibi Dong, who wore a pale gold gown.
• Qian Xunji urged Bibi Dong not to disappoint him, and she promised to do what she had agreed while reproaching him for locking her in the Secret Chamber.
• Qian Xunji beckoned Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue forward, but they stopped in the center of the hall.

Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue met with Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong at the Pope’s Palace, where Qian Renxue challenged Bibi Dong’s sudden attempt to act like their mother. The meeting ended in open hostility as Qian Renxue asked Qian Xunji to explain why he had summoned them.

• Qian Renxue sensed a faint presence of the Rakshasa God around Bibi Dong, and Qian Renchuan wondered whether the god had begun influencing her.
• Bibi Dong beckoned Qian Renchuan over, but he stayed beside Qian Renxue and asked Qian Xunji why they had been summoned.
• Qian Xunji called Bibi Dong their mother, and Bibi Dong also invited the siblings to come closer as their mother.
• Qian Renxue asked Bibi Dong when they had gotten a mother and said she had thought they and Yuhao had come from rocks.
• Bibi Dong mocked Qian Renxue, who retorted that she had spared Bibi Dong the hardship of carrying her for ten months.
• Qian Renxue turned to Qian Xunji and asked him to state the reason for the summons so she and Qian Renchuan could return to cultivation.

Qian Xunji announced that he would reveal Bibi Dong as Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue’s mother and formally make her the Pope’s Consort at the coronation. Qian Renchuan suspected Bibi Dong had accepted in exchange for power or a lead on the Blue Silver Emperor, then asked what financial and material benefits he and Qian Renxue would receive.

• Qian Renchuan asked Qian Xunji for practical details about the coronation, while Qian Renxue shared his dismissive attitude.
• Qian Xunji told Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue that he would publicly reveal Bibi Dong’s identity as their mother and make her the Pope’s Consort.
• Qian Renchuan wondered whether Qian Xunji had offered Bibi Dong a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring or authority, and worried that Qian Xunji would be killed if events followed their previous life.
• Qian Xunji told the children he wanted their family to stand together openly and promised to keep searching for their younger brother Yuhao.
• Qian Renchuan asked whether the ceremony’s gifts and resources would belong to him and Qian Renxue or the Pope’s Palace, then requested a Soul Bone as a name-changing gift for calling Bibi Dong Mom.

Qian Renchuan negotiated permission to leave Spirit City with Qian Renxue after the coronation, while Qian Xunji and Bibi Dong clashed over the children and the ceremony. Back at Spirit Academy, Zhang Meng told Qian Renchuan he had found the children he was searching for at his family’s orphanage.

• Qian Renxue distanced herself from Qian Xunji’s plans for the coronation, and Qian Renchuan demanded an appearance fee for playing along.
• Qian Xunji agreed to send two Titled Douluo to protect Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue on an outing after the ceremony.
• After the siblings left, Bibi Dong mocked Qian Xunji’s attempt at a family reunion, and he promised to secure the Hundred-Thousand-Year Blue Silver Emperor for her ninth Soul Ring.
• Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue returned to Spirit Academy, where Zhang Meng hurried to report that he had found the children at his family’s orphanage.
• Zhang Meng said the children were nearly three years old and had been living at the orphanage.

Qian Renchuan went with Zhang Meng to the Martial Soul Nursery to find Yan, a red-haired toddler with a reputation for being domineering. They watched Yan start a violent fight with several older children, leaving the childcare teachers struggling to restrain him.

• Qian Renchuan ordered Zhang Meng to take him to the nursery after learning Yan was there, and Zhang Meng warned him about the toddler’s temperament.
• Qian Renchuan and Zhang Meng secretly watched Yan eating in the dining hall and identified him by his fiery-red hair.
• Yan smashed a tray over an older boy’s head and punched him until two other boys joined the fight and knocked Yan down.
• Yan bit one of the boys while the three pinned and beat him, then broke free from a childcare teacher and attacked again.
• A childcare teacher dragged Yan away as he continued kicking and shouting at the other children.

Qian Renchuan bonded with Yan despite the system warning that Yan had low fortune, then learned Yan had been mocked for being an abandoned child. The chapter ended with Yan breaking free and punching Qian Renchuan, who stood unmoved.

• Qian Renchuan entered the cafeteria with Zhang Meng and saw Yan fighting while caregivers tried to restrain him.
• The system warned Qian Renchuan that bonding with Yan was not recommended because Yan had low fortune, but Qian Renchuan bonded with him anyway and learned only three bond slots remained.
• Qian Renchuan asked Yan why he had attacked another child, and Yan said the child had called him an unwanted bastard.
• A caregiver explained that Yan had been found outside the city with a piece of iron engraved with his name and that the other children believed his family had abandoned him because of his unusual red hair.
• Qian Renchuan mocked Yan's spiky hair, prompting Yan to break free from the caregivers and punch him in the stomach; Qian Renchuan did not move.

Qian Renchuan took the orphan Yan under his wing after discovering he was a fan of his books, and began training him alongside Xie Yue and Hu Liena. As preparations for the Saint Son and Saintess coronation ceremony neared completion, Yan's grit pushed all three children into harder training.

• Yan punched Qian Renchuan, hurt his fist, and vowed to beat him after awakening his Martial Soul.
• Qian Renchuan offered to take Yan in and train him, and Yan agreed once he realized Qian Renchuan was the author of the books he admired.
• Qian Renchuan brought Yan to Spirit Academy, introduced him to Xie Yue and Hu Liena, and arranged for an Instructor to find him lodging.
• In the following days, Qian Renchuan trained the three children intensively and added Whale Rubber to their meals, strengthening Yan's body.
• Yan's relentless training spurred Xie Yue and Hu Liena to compete with him, and the three children resumed training with renewed intensity.

Spirit Hall prepared Pope's Square for the coronation as the continent's major factions arrived. Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling searched the crowd for the boy they had met on Spirit Mountain, and after spotting Hu Liena, they hurried off to look for him.

• Spirit Hall cleaned and decorated Pope's Square, while Red-Robed Archbishops guided arriving faction representatives to their viewing stands.
• Dugu Xin reminded Dugu Yan to behave properly among the continent's top experts, and she asked whether she would see the Eldest Young Master at the ceremony.
• Ye Lingling searched the Hall Guard Knights for the boy who had given her and Dugu Yan food and helped them down the mountain.
• Dugu Yan spotted Hu Liena passing nearby and told Ye Lingling that the boy might be with her.
• Dugu Yan grabbed Ye Lingling's wrist, and the two slipped away from their parents to search for Hu Liena.

Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling failed to find Hu Liena and were led back by their parents, while Hu Liena reunited with Yan and Xie Yue before Spirit Hall’s coronation ceremony. As the final guests took their seats and the bell rang, the ceremony was about to begin.

• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling searched the corridor for Hu Liena but found only White Jade Pillars and two Hall Guard Knights.
• Dugu Xin and Ye Qingcheng caught up with the girls, scolded them for wandering, and led them back after Ye Lingling explained she wanted to thank the big brother who had helped them.
• Hu Liena met Yan and Xie Yue in a secluded corner, where she argued with Yan and insisted she would call the Eldest Young Master “Brother Saint Son.”
• Xie Yue reminded Hu Liena and Yan to address the Eldest Young Master as His Highness the Holy Son after the ceremony.
• A Red-Robed Archbishop led the final invited sect representatives to their seats, the plaza grew solemn, and a bell rang to signal the ceremony’s start.

Spirit Hall staged an imposing coronation ceremony, displaying its military discipline and powerful experts to envoys from the major powers. Pope Qian Xunji emerged from the palace with Bibi Dong at his side as the ceremony began.

• Spirit Hall rang the nine ceremonial bells and marched thousands of Hall Guard Knights onto the square, alarming the visiting powers.
• Ning Fengzhi and Sword Douluo Chen Xin recognized that Spirit Hall was using the ceremony to display its strength to the two empires.
• The Hall Guard Knights formed silver walls around the route to the Heaven Sacrifice Altar, and Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan announced the ceremony.
• Yue Guan welcomed Pope Qian Xunji as the palace doors opened and the Pope emerged with Spirit Hall's Titled Douluo and elders.
• Bibi Dong walked beside Qian Xunji, drawing the attention of the assembled guests.

At the coronation ceremony, Qian Xunji brought the former Saintess Bibi Dong into public view and seated her beside him, alarming the gathered factions and drawing criticism from those who believed she had tried to assassinate Qian Renchuan. The ceremony then began its formal summons for Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue to ascend the Heaven-Worship Altar.

• The assembled sect representatives reacted with shock when Bibi Dong appeared beside Qian Xunji, despite her suspected role in the attack on Qian Renchuan.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin questioned Qian Xunji’s motives, while Qian Daoliu watched from a clock tower and grew displeased at his son’s decision.
• Dugu Xin, Ye Qingcheng, Dugu Yan, and Ye Lingling criticized the way Qian Xunji treated Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue.
• Qian Xunji seated Bibi Dong on the throne beside him and nodded for Yue Guan to continue the ceremony.
• After delivering the ceremonial proclamation, Yue Guan announced Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue’s ascent to the Heaven-Worship Altar and their crowning as Saint Son and Saintess.

Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue entered the square for Qian Renchuan’s Saint Son coronation ceremony. Dugu Yan recognized Qian Renchuan, shouted to him from the viewing platform, and received a wave, leaving Qian Renxue wary and Qian Xunji curious about their connection.

• Yue Guan rang the morning bell three times as Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue emerged hand in hand and walked toward the altar.
• Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling recognized Qian Renchuan as the boy who had shared food with them at Spirit Academy.
• Dugu Yan shouted to Qian Renchuan from the viewing platform, and Dugu Xin hurriedly covered her mouth and pulled her close.
• Qian Renchuan heard Dugu Yan, waved to her and Ye Lingling, and continued toward the altar.
• Qian Renxue noticed the exchange and grew wary, while Qian Xunji learned from a Red-Robed Archbishop that Dugu Yan was Dugu Bo’s granddaughter.

Qian Xunji crowned Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue as Spirit Hall’s Saint Son and Saintess, then revealed that Bibi Dong was their birth mother and declared her Pope’s Consort. The revelation stunned the assembled factions and left them questioning the rumors surrounding the attempted assassination.

• Qian Daoliu learned that Dugu Yan had attended the ceremony with Dugu Xin and ordered his subordinate to summon Dugu Xin after the proceedings.
• Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue swore their oaths before the Angel God Statue, and Qian Xunji crowned them Saint Son and Saintess.
• Qian Xunji declared that rumors accusing Bibi Dong of arranging an assassination attempt on Qian Renchuan were false.
• Qian Xunji revealed that Bibi Dong was Qian Renchuan and Qian Renxue’s birth mother.
• Qian Xunji named Bibi Dong Pope’s Consort, and the assembled faction representatives erupted in shocked discussion.

After Qian Xunji publicly announced Bibi Dong’s past and named her Pope’s Consort, Qian Daoliu left in fury while Qian Renchuan returned to Riverside Courtyard with Qian Renxue. The chapter ended with Qian Renchuan ordering Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan to kneel when they addressed him, startling his friends.

• Qian Daoliu condemned Qian Xunji’s public announcement but left rather than worsen Spirit Hall’s embarrassment.
• Qian Renchuan took Qian Renxue back to Riverside Courtyard after the ceremony, while Hall Guard Knights summoned Dugu Xin, Dugu Yan, Ye Qingcheng, and Ye Lingling to see the Grand Priest.
• Qian Renchuan dismissed Qian Renxue’s concerns about the ceremony and told her to rest and continue cultivating.
• Xie Yue, Hu Liena, and Yan greeted Qian Renchuan as the Holy Son when they arrived at Riverside Courtyard.
• Qian Renchuan told the three that they should kneel when speaking to him in the courtyard, leaving them shocked by his changed behavior.